Xi'an: Create Inland Open New Highland
Source: 51Callcenter View: 215 Date: 2015-05-15

On April 27th, Korea imported a batch of semiconductor supporting equipment from Qingdao Port, it successfully passed the clearance in Xi'an customs by regional clearance integration mode, which marks the launch of trail run of customs regions clearance integration reform of the Silk Road economic belt.

Xi’an, by every solid and sound measure, is extending the opening degree of cities to the outside world, striding the solid paces of creating inland reform and opening-up new highland.

Play the Regional Advantages  Form Industrial Strong Trend

Make the Inland Port Become the Open Export Channel

Taking about the opening-up advantages of Xi’an, Chengrong Pei, Chairman of Shaanxi Academy of Social Science Economic Research Institute, said that,”Xi’an has regional advantage of linking east and west, radiating south and north, as the new start of Silk Road Economic Belt, it has a very active effect for connecting the commercial intercourse of Western Cities in the Middle East and Central Asia regions, it has special advantage for creating inland reform and opening-up new highland.” Xi’an is relying on this advantage to build the biggest inland port of the country, and two functional comprehensive tariff-free zones and one export processing zone, provide convenient logistics service for clients at home and abroad, fully connect the export of South-east coastal areas to the west, let the goods circulation, business operation, entry and exit of personnel and funds circulation be more smooth. The statistics data shows that the total import and export value of Xi’an of the first quarter in 2015 is 39.54 Billion RMB, and the export amount is 18.69 Billion RMB, increased by 24.7%. These achievements benefit by the strong reflect of the core competitiveness of enterprises themselves, and are closely connected with the increasingly improved bonded clearance ability of Xi’an.

In the export processing zone of Xi'an Economic and Technological Development Zone, in the manufacturing shop of XiHangLaiTe, workers operate large device, adjust the rhythm of production according to the changes of data. Most of the spare parts produced here are exported to the world's famous aircraft manufacturing or aircraft engine manufacturing enterprises in America, France, Canada, England, which are parts of aero-engine. XiHangLaiTe entered into the export processing zone in 2008, with the support of preferential policy, it extends the production scale, the export delivery amount of the company increases nearly twice times up to the last year. In 2015, under the trend of constant development of company, the orders increase significantly.

XiHangLaiTe is not a single case. In Xi'an Hi-tech Industries Development Zone, relying on the special advantage of export processing zones B zone, the enterprise Micron and application material company achieve rapid development, currently Micron has achieved integrated circuit chip testing productivity 30 million pieces per month, memory production productivity 2.8 million pieces per month, processing export products over 100 Million USD per month.

Big Company Drives  Big Project Leads

Outsourcing Business with High Added Value Strongly Increases

Lei Liu, expatriate engineer of Ericsson in Xi'an, works on projects in Thailand, Vietnam throughout the year, he has deep feeling about the progress of service outsourcing industry in Xi'an with connection to the world, "At present, the personnel of service outsourcing enterprises in Xi'an have improved in both technology and language ability, for example, people may only know simple Enligh words before, and now most of them can communicate in English; we only gave simple works to the sub-contractors before, now we directly let them deliver, and communicate with the local operators."

Xi'an has abundant technology and talent resources, with the access of big project and leading of big company, the service outsourcing industrial structure has become the pattern which is led by transnational companies and domestic famous big companies, the local companies are competing to develop towards this pattern. In the first quarter, the contract amount of service outsourcing industry in Xi'an firstly breaks 200 Million USD in the single quarter, researches 224 Million USD, increased by 92.9% year-on-year; the implementation amount researches 151 Million USD, increased by 43.2%. The data of Zhaopin 2015 spring city salary level shows that the monthly salary of service outsourcing industry in Xi'an researches 7,167 RMB, the salary level surpasses the average monthly salary level of 6,774 RMB in Shanghai which is ranked first of China's city salary.

"The top ten enterprises of service outsourcing business of the first quarter, the contract amount of service outsourcing researches 210 Million USD, accounting for 91% of the whole city, there are five enterprises whose contract amount surpasses 10 Million USD, and, the contract amount of ZTE New Software Inc. researches 70.54 Million USD, the contract amount of Micron semiconductor researches 47.66 Million USD, which surpass fourteen enterprises with 1 Million USD." The responsible people of Municipal Ministry of Commerce express that the driving effect of service outsourcing leading enterprises has been very obvious, the top ten enterprises, their total implementation amount of service outsourcing is 148 Million USD, accounting for 91.53% of the whole city, and the implementation amount of Micron semiconductor researches 112 Million USD.

The responsible people of the Ministry of Commerce in Xi'an say,"In the first quarter of 2015, the business proportion of ITO and KPO in contract amount researches 96.03%, the businesses basically involve information system operation service, information system application service and software technology service, engineering design and research and development, medicine and biotechnology research and development and testing, the contract amount of traditional BPO is only 3.97%." In recent years, with the successive operation of international famous enterprises research centers such as Ericsson, ThoughtWorks, Samsung data, ChinaSoft International, Xi'an R & D strength of outsourcing has improved significantly, the outsourcing business with high added value strongly increases, the features of high added value business of service outsourcing industry in Xi'an are more instinct.

Well Seize the leading Companies  Activate Relative Supporting Facility

Create Industrial Cluster with Strong Vitality

The upstream and downstream industrial chain has researched over 160 companies since Samsung project was located in Xi’an. In the first quarter of 2015, there are another 9 Korean companies investing in Shaanxi, increased by 125% year-on-year; the foreign capital of contract is 413.34 Million USD, increased by 866.7%; the actual use of foreign capital is 1.07677 Billion USD, increased by 84.3%, Samsung effect is still in fermentation.

The industrial effect brought by Samsung project and promotion of economic export-oriented degree in Xi'an, Kangguo Li, Head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Xi'an, Republic of Korea, is very touched,"With the large deployment of Samsung, the trade amount of Korea-Shaanxi researched 2.86 Billion USD, increased by 56% year-on-year. With the increasing investment of Korean enterprises in Xi'an, the number of Koreans who always live in Xi'an has increased from over 1,000 people three years ago to over 5,000 people." Kangguo Li calculates that the number of visas signed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Xi'an, Republic of Korea, has researched 70,000, increased by 100% year-on-year, the number of Koreans who visit Shaanxi researches 230,000 people, increased by 25% year-on-year, which is ranked first among foreign tourists.

The industrial effect brought by Samsung project provides an opportunity for the followers. The same opportunity also appears in Xi’an which is the fertile land for investment, more and more semiconductor enterprises are optimistic about Xi’an, forming a constantly extending semiconductor industrial chain with many global semiconductor enterprises such Micron of America, application material, SIMMTECH of Korea, a semiconductor industrial cluster with a scale of over hundred billion RMB has extended in Xi'an.

With the constant promotion of strategy of “One Belt And One Road”, the process of Xi’an to build the new beginning of Silk Road economic belt, create inland reform and opening-up new highland is also constantly accelerating.

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