第三批自貿區即將公佈 重慶舟山有望入圍

Chongqing, and the coastAl city of Zhoushan, in Zhejiang province, are being tipped by shipping experts as hot favorites to be chosen as new free trade zones for the third round selection, as the central government devotes more resources to developing the Yangtze River Economic Belt within its 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).

隨着中央政府“十三五規劃”的提出，我國將致力於投入更多的資源來發展長江經濟帶。近日，從航運專家處獲悉，重慶市和浙江省沿海城市舟山將有望入圍中國第三批自貿區候選名單。

Eager to enhance the earning ability of inland regions, China has been keen to support the growth of city clusters in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, which comprises the Yangtze River Delta, the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Chengdu-Chongqing region, as well as encouraging more foreign companies to invest in central and western regions.

熱切期待提高內陸地區的盈利能力，中央政府一直積極支持包括長江三角洲地區、長江中游地區和成渝地區在內的長江經濟帶城市羣的發展，並鼓勵更多的外商投資中西部地區。

The central government is also likely to give priority to restoring the Yangtze valley's ecological conditions, while pressing ahead with efforts to develop an integrated transportation and modern industrial corridor within the country.

中央政府也將優先恢復長江流域的生態環境，並着力推進發展綜合交通樞紐，構建現代化產業走廊。

China's existing four FTZs offer a range of incentives, including more favorable interest rates, reduced tariffs on goods and trade, the use foreign currencies for payment, liberalized financing agreements, and other offshore financial services.

我國現有的四個自貿區提供了一系列的優惠政策，包括更優惠的利率，對貨物、貿易降低關稅，使用外幣支付，放開融資協議，以及其他離岸金融服務等。

But with all of those in coastal regions, Dong Liwan, a shipping industry professor at Shanghai Maritime University, said Chongqing especially is seen as a strong likely new FTZ location.

上海海事大學的航運業教授董力萬表示，由於這些自貿區都分佈在沿海地區，所以重慶極有可能成爲一個新的保稅區選址。

"Selecting Chongqing as a new free trade zone would result in upgraded development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, where growing shipping activities offer a diversified business platform for 11 provinces and municipalities including Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan and Hubei," said Dong.

他說：“選擇重慶作爲新的自貿區，將促進長江經濟帶的發展。此區域日益增長的航運活動爲江蘇、安徽、湖南、湖北等11個省市提供了多樣化的商務平臺。”

Already officials have expressed an interest in accelerating the developing pace of Wuhan, the inland capital city of Hubei province, Chongqing and Nanjing as regional shipping and logistics centers, which can act as river-ocean and water-railway combined-transportation hubs. Zhoushan, however, has become a favorite given its existing transshipment cargo and logistics facilities, and strong transport links with the rest of the country, both by water and rail.

作爲江海聯運和水鐵聯運的運輸樞紐，儘管政府已經表達了加速發展武漢（內陸城市、湖北省省會）、重慶和南京這三個城市作爲區域航運和物流中心的興趣。但是鑑於其現有的貨物轉運和物流設施，以及與中國其他地方無論是水運還是鐵路的強大的運輸連接，舟山市已然成爲了一個熱門之選。

The city has rare deep-water port facilities, and is located strategically, close to the T-shape intersection of the Yangtze River and the coastline. The integration of Zhoushan Port and nearly Ningbo Port was started in 2006, and their throughput has been counted together since. They officially merged into one in September 2015, and recorded container throughput of 20 million twenty-foot-equivalent units for the first time last year.

舟山市有罕見的深水港設施，且地理位置很具戰略性，它坐落在長江和南北海運的T形交匯處。舟山港和附近的寧波港從2006年開始一體化建設，自那時起，他們的吞吐量就合併計算。2015年9月，雙方正式合併，集裝箱吞吐量刷新記錄，去年首次達到2000萬標箱。

Chen Yingming, executive vice-president of the Shanghai-based China Ports and Harbors Association, said Zhoushan already has plans to focus on FTZ-related shipping and finance services.

中國港口協會上海執行副總裁陳英明表示，舟山市已經計劃把重點放在保稅區相關的航運和金融服務。