Recently, the General Office of the Hebei Provincial Government issued the “Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Open Development of Coastal Areas”.

Hebei Province will give play to the advantages of Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Zhangzhou City, and take the initiative to dock the “Belt and Road” construction, and build a new pattern of port-based, urban-oriented and open-type industrial agglomeration. The expansion will improve the two growth poles of Caofeidian District and Bohai New District. And will create a first-class International Coastal Tourism Zone, to create a Modern Coastal Industrial Zone, and to create the first to develop innovative demonstration zone.

Moreover, Hebei Province will improve the function of urban international exchanges, encourage Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Cangzhou to actively undertake the International Cooperation Forum of local governments according to their own characteristics and opening up needs, and expand international cooperation channel. Enhance the vitality of urban innovation, give play to the synergy of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and promote the construction of a deep-integrated regional science and technology innovation cooperation community to enhance the quality of urban development.

In addition, Hebei Province will also optimize the business environment, insist to be equal for domestic and foreign investment, and establish a comprehensive “negative list” access system for domestic and foreign investment. And will create a high-quality policy environment, implement a unified examination and approval standards for domestic and foreign-funded enterprises, and also will implement the unified standards in terms of apply for foreign investment, project establishment, industrial and commercial registration, foreign exchange registration, business license processing, qualification licensing and government licensing, etc.