Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Protection Zone-TEDA Cooperation Zone "Dual Zone Linkage": New Energy Vehicle Starts "Green Move" in China and Egypt

Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Protection Zone-TEDA Cooperation Zone "Dual Zone Linkage": New Energy Vehicle Starts "Green Move" in China and Egypt
On the morning of July 15, the dual-zone linkage between Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone and TEDA Cooperation Zone and the launch ceremony of China's new energy vehicle export to Egypt were officially held in the conference room of China-Africa TEDA Investment Co., Ltd. The first batch of new energy export vehicle sources provided by Tianjin Huatu Automobile Logistics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huatu Automobile Logistics") have successfully completed vehicle transfer, environmental protection testing, customs clearance and other related procedures, and will soon be shipped to the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone in Egypt.

Liu Qingliang, Director of the Free Trade Zone Work Bureau of Dongjiang Free Trade Port Area, Geng Binyao, Section Chief, Zhang Tingting, Secretary General of Tianjin Used Car Export Association, Wu Qiong, Minister of Export Division, Shi Yunsheng, General Manager of Huatu Auto Logistics, Chen Guofu, General Manager of Logistics Division, Jiang Min, General Manager of Chelizi Auto Import and Export Division, china-Africa TEDA Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China-Africa TEDA") Chairman Liu Aimin, Deputy General Manager Wei Jianqing, Commercial Real Estate Investment Director Li Chentao, and R & D Promotion Director Xu Lei attended and witnessed this exciting moment.

Opportunities for new energy vehicles

"As one of Tianjin's second-hand car export pilot enterprises, we have developed well in the past two years." Shi Yunsheng, general manager of Huatu Auto Logistics, said that recently consumers in oil-producing countries in the Middle East have also begun to choose new energy vehicles. It is precisely seeing the "unexpected" business opportunities. As an old friend of TEDA, Huatu Auto Logistics decided to ship several new energy vehicles from Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone to TEDA Cooperation Zone on the basis of the second-hand car business cooperation with TEDA last year. The energy vehicle is expected to arrive in Alexandria, Egypt in mid-August; in addition, another partner of TEDA, China Aid Group, will also deliver dozens of Hyundai cars. Currently, shipment is expected on July 30.

Jiang Min, general manager of Chelizi Automobile Import and Export Division, said that as a high-quality enterprise in China, the TEDA Cooperation Zone has played an irreplaceable role in opening up overseas used car export channels and solving used car export problems. Combined with more than ten years of deep cultivation in the automobile circulation industry, Chelizi will jointly promote the rapid development of China's second-hand car export with China Africa TEDA, and take a new step in the construction of overseas distribution channels for domestic automobile manufacturers.

Since the official operation of the second-hand car import business in 2021, the TEDA Cooperation Zone has successfully carried out import customs clearance and sales of second-hand cars for many times, and has established good cooperative relations with a number of second-hand car dealers in Egypt, as well as domestic export pilot enterprises, such as Huatu Automobile Logistics, China Huaxingbei, China Aid Group, Cheli, etc. Up to now, the second-hand car project in the cooperation zone has imported about 500 vehicles and sold 450 vehicles. The TEDA Cooperation Zone is giving full play to the advantages of the platform to build a distribution center for used cars and spare parts in China, to promote domestic second-hand cars to Egypt, the Middle East and Africa, thus promoting the upgrading of domestic automobile consumption and speeding up the mutual promotion of domestic and international double cycles in the automobile industry.

"Two-zone" linkage collaborative innovation dividend superposition

Director Liu Qingliang said that combined with the dual policy superposition advantages of the free trade zone and the comprehensive protection zone, as well as the promotion of policy innovation, in recent years, the eastern Xinjiang comprehensive protection zone has gradually enriched the automobile industry and gradually improved the supporting facilities, becoming the source of parallel import automobile business policy and the first batch of second-hand car export pilot areas in the country. At present, Dongjiang is making every effort to build the largest second-hand car export base in northern China. Through the establishment of "internal and external dual-zone linkage" with the TEDA cooperation zone, with the port as the leader, investment and trade as the link, and industry as the support, it will help promote various The elements of the automobile industry gather in Dongjiang, empower each other, and develop in integration.

Secretary-General Zhang Tingting said that the TEDA Cooperation Zone has enabled Tianjin second-hand car enterprises to successfully find a fulcrum in Africa and is an important platform for second-hand cars to enter the Middle East non-market. At the end of 2021, Tianjin proposed to build a "large automobile circulation center city", hoping to guide the automobile industry from production to service. As one of the new forms of automobile trade, the export of second-hand cars has undoubtedly ushered in a new development opportunities. The second-hand car association will also rely on the linkage of the two zones, make good use of the "two markets and two resources", give full play to the advantages of regional superposition and complementary functions of the "two zones", and help the second-hand car industry to cultivate overseas.

Chairman Liu Aimin of China-Africa TEDA pointed out that the Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone is the core port area of Tianjin Port. The state has given a number of functional positioning and policy support. Dongjiang has passed more than ten years of development and construction, financial leasing, international trade, and shipping services. The three leading industries are growing in fierce competition. Similar to Dongjiang, TEDA, as a demonstration project of China-Africa cooperation to jointly build the "Belt and Road", has become the park with the best comprehensive environment, the largest investment density, the highest unit output, and the densest Chinese-funded enterprises in Egypt after more than ten years of construction. TEDA and Dongjiang have the same spirit of daring to break, dare to try and dare to be the first. At present, the TEDA Cooperation Zone is at a critical moment in the upgrading of the park. The exclusive trade license in Egypt, the second-hand car business license and the development of bonded warehouses and other new businesses obtained by the park have laid a good foundation for the export of Chinese second-hand cars to Egypt and the continuation of a new chapter of the "Maritime Silk Road.

The automobile industry often plays a leading role in the process of social and economic development. This new energy export cooperation is of great significance.

Director Liu Qingliang pointed out that the export of new energy vehicles is not only an important measure to deepen the implementation of the national "Belt and Road Initiative" cooperation initiative, promote the high-quality development of China's foreign trade, and do a good job in the steady growth of foreign trade, but also an important way to stimulate the vitality of China's automobile market, free up domestic market space for new cars and new energy vehicles, and promote the healthy development of the automobile industry, it is of great significance to promote the healthy development of automobile and parts processing and manufacturing, vehicle logistics, warehousing and other supporting industries around automobiles.

At present, China's acceleration of the construction of domestic and international "double cycle" mutual promotion of the new development pattern is in the ascendant. In this context, the "dual-zone linkage" of Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone and TEDA Cooperation Zone, starting from the second-hand car export business, creates a bridgehead for the trade and logistics distribution of China's second-hand cars and spare parts in the Middle East and North Africa, which is conducive to the superposition of resources and policy advantages of the two parks at home and abroad.

The upgraded TEDA Cooperation Zone will become an important platform for large-scale and multi-field cooperation between China and Egypt. With the improvement of the radiation level of the entire Suez Canal Economic Zone, it is possible for logistics to reduce costs and increase efficiency, which will facilitate Africa's in-depth cooperation in resources and production capacity. The construction of an international marketing service platform in the TEDA Cooperation Zone, including the import and export trade of second-hand automobiles, will make innovative breakthroughs in finance, thereby strengthening financial cooperation between China and Egypt, West Asia and North Africa, and other Arab countries, and promoting the internationalization of the RMB.