□ 文/本刊記者 李易之

“邊”是中國東興市的大文章。

作為一座與越南山水相連的城市，東興將憑借自身“邊”的獨(dú)特優(yōu)勢，在“一帶一路”和南向通道建設(shè)中，扮演重要的角色。近年來，東興依托區(qū)位優(yōu)勢，實(shí)現(xiàn)了與東盟國家在社會、經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化等多方面的良好合作，促進(jìn)了自身和周邊地區(qū)經(jīng)濟(jì)社會的快速發(fā)展，成績突出。

近日，本刊記者就相關(guān)問題對東興市委書記周世軍進(jìn)行了獨(dú)家專訪。

用好5大平臺，發(fā)展成績亮眼

東興的各項(xiàng)發(fā)展指標(biāo)，均反映出這座城市目前良好的發(fā)展態(tài)勢。

據(jù)周世軍書記介紹，截至2017年，東興市生產(chǎn)總值達(dá)到了102.3億元人民幣，是2013年的1.4倍，年均增長率為10.2%；在人均產(chǎn)值、人均財(cái)政收入、人均存款余額、城鎮(zhèn)居民人均可支配收入和農(nóng)民人均純收入等方面，該市也保持在全區(qū)的前列，13項(xiàng)主要經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)保持兩位數(shù)以上增長。

尤為值得一提的是，作為中國唯一與東盟國家海陸相連的城市，東興市夠通過多種渠道與東盟國家密切往來，在邊境貿(mào)易和跨境人員交流等方面取得了顯著的成果。周世軍書記表示，據(jù)國家口岸辦數(shù)據(jù)顯示，東興口岸已成為我國陸地邊境人員出入境第一大口岸，2017年東興口岸進(jìn)出境人數(shù)996.5萬人次。在東興口岸，每天都有大量跨境貿(mào)易貨物在這里通關(guān)。

在周世軍書記看來，東興市的發(fā)展成就，首先離不開對國家賦予東興5大平臺優(yōu)勢的把握。“自2010年東興獲批成為國家重點(diǎn)開發(fā)開放試驗(yàn)區(qū)核心區(qū)、先行區(qū)以來，東興市先行先試，敢做善成，改革開放取得新突破?！敝苁儡姇浺詮V西東興國家重點(diǎn)開發(fā)開放試驗(yàn)區(qū)（以下簡稱東興試驗(yàn)區(qū)）為例介紹道，在許多制度領(lǐng)域創(chuàng)新的先行先試上，東興走在了全國的前列。

近年來，東興試驗(yàn)區(qū)平臺積極推進(jìn)改革創(chuàng)新，不僅實(shí)現(xiàn)了廣西首張外國籍自然人經(jīng)營戶執(zhí)照的發(fā)放，推行“先照后證”“六證合一”等登記制度，還在東興與芒街兩市的外辦之間開通了24小時熱線電話，做到了中越邊境線兩側(cè)之間“隨時可以會晤”的良好溝通狀態(tài)。

東興沿邊金融綜合改革試驗(yàn)區(qū)平臺的金融綜合改革也不斷深入推進(jìn)。2013年以來，東興市不斷進(jìn)行探索與創(chuàng)新，創(chuàng)造了人民幣和越南盾特許兌換、東盟貨幣服務(wù)平臺、跨境保險、人民幣和越南盾現(xiàn)鈔跨境調(diào)運(yùn)、跨境反假貨幣合作機(jī)制5項(xiàng)“全國第一”，中國—東盟貨幣服務(wù)平臺推出的“東興指數(shù)”已成為人民幣兌越南盾的重要參考，在全區(qū)乃至全國范圍內(nèi)推廣。

良好合作機(jī)制的建立，促進(jìn)了兩國在產(chǎn)品、通關(guān)等邊境貿(mào)易問題上的充分溝通，促進(jìn)了邊境貿(mào)易更加快速地發(fā)展。目前東興的邊民互市平臺已經(jīng)得到了中國海關(guān)等相關(guān)部門的高度認(rèn)可，東興進(jìn)境水果指定口岸、進(jìn)口冰鮮水產(chǎn)品口岸已經(jīng)開通運(yùn)營；“東興邊貿(mào)”區(qū)域品牌通過國家質(zhì)檢總局區(qū)域品牌價值評估，價值超7億元人民幣；東興創(chuàng)新邊民互市貿(mào)易結(jié)算模式，大力發(fā)展跨境貿(mào)易的做法在廣西得到了表彰和推廣。

東興市委書記周世軍

東興還不斷加快推進(jìn)邊境經(jīng)濟(jì)合作區(qū)平臺的調(diào)整工作，擴(kuò)區(qū)調(diào)整方案已報(bào)商務(wù)部待批復(fù)。該平臺積極采取“一區(qū)三園一港”模式進(jìn)行發(fā)展，沖欖產(chǎn)業(yè)園、東盟特色產(chǎn)品加工（牛軛嶺）產(chǎn)業(yè)園、江平工業(yè)園等園區(qū)建設(shè)不斷加快，東興港前期工作也在積極謀劃中，東興有關(guān)方面正奮力將其建成面向越南的集加工制造、邊境貿(mào)易、金融服務(wù)和物流配送為一體的經(jīng)濟(jì)合作區(qū)。

在構(gòu)建開放型經(jīng)濟(jì)新體制試點(diǎn)試驗(yàn)區(qū)的平臺上，中國東興與越南芒街越來越緊密的經(jīng)貿(mào)合作，還在彼此間催生了跨境勞務(wù)合作相關(guān)機(jī)制的建立健全。

“截至目前，需要在東興工作的越南籍務(wù)工人員已經(jīng)可以申請最長半年審批一次的通行證，而且這類通行證最多可以延期兩次。也就是說，一名越南籍務(wù)工人員在東興試驗(yàn)區(qū)最長可以待上一年半的時間。目前東興31家試點(diǎn)企業(yè)聘用境外勞工超過6800人?！敝苁儡姇浾f。

6大產(chǎn)業(yè)齊發(fā)力，“口岸經(jīng)濟(jì)”有內(nèi)涵

產(chǎn)業(yè)的發(fā)展程度是一個城市成功的重要標(biāo)志之一。

在過去，東興的經(jīng)濟(jì)很大程度上需要依賴中越貨物流通帶來的“通道經(jīng)濟(jì)”。然而這種經(jīng)濟(jì)模式存在一種很大的弊端——沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)商品附加價值的提升，也就沒有太多剩余價值可以留在當(dāng)?shù)亍?/p>

為了改變這樣的現(xiàn)狀，東興市將努力實(shí)現(xiàn)“通道經(jīng)濟(jì)”向“口岸經(jīng)濟(jì)”的轉(zhuǎn)型，大力發(fā)展東興市的邊貿(mào)上下游產(chǎn)業(yè)，在跨境貿(mào)易、跨境加工、跨境旅游、跨境電商、跨境金融、跨境物流等6大跨境產(chǎn)業(yè)上尋求突破。

據(jù)周世軍書記介紹，東興近年來全力打造跨境加工產(chǎn)業(yè)升級版，重點(diǎn)打造了跨境經(jīng)濟(jì)合作區(qū)產(chǎn)業(yè)園、江平工業(yè)園、沖欖工業(yè)園、東盟商品加工貿(mào)易中心、東興邊貿(mào)中心、海峽兩岸（防城港·東興）產(chǎn)業(yè)合作示范區(qū)等6個產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)，以及海產(chǎn)品、紅木、果類（水果、堅(jiān)果）、建材、輕紡制造、電子和新能源等加工制造業(yè)門類。將這些產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)納入東興的發(fā)展中，將有利于吸引更多企業(yè)落戶當(dāng)?shù)亍?/p>

旅游業(yè)則是除了工業(yè)制造業(yè)之外，能夠快速提升一座城市收入和知名度的另一個重要產(chǎn)業(yè)。東興目前積極推進(jìn)國家全域旅游示范區(qū)和跨境旅游合作區(qū)建設(shè)，常態(tài)化開通跨境自駕游，成功開通“兩國四地”黃金旅游線路，國家全域旅游示范區(qū)通過自治區(qū)初審，東興—芒街跨境旅游合作區(qū)列入“十三五”國家重點(diǎn)項(xiàng)目。

而在與本刊記者的對話過程中，周世軍書記對東興市跨境電商的蓬勃發(fā)展也頗有感想。

近年來，中國網(wǎng)信集團(tuán)、圓通速遞等大型企業(yè)成功落戶，2015年以來新增電商企業(yè)606家，累計(jì)達(dá)2511家。電子商務(wù)交易額63.3億元，東興電子商務(wù)發(fā)展指數(shù)進(jìn)入中國縣域20強(qiáng)，位居中國西部地區(qū)最前列，4次榮獲“全國電子商務(wù)百佳縣”稱號。

“數(shù)字出來我們都嚇了一跳，不敢相信是真的?！敝苁儡姇浕貞浀?。很多人似乎也不曾預(yù)料到，東興這座邊境城市，在如今蓬勃發(fā)展的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)商業(yè)的新興業(yè)態(tài)中，能有這樣強(qiáng)大的潛力和爆發(fā)力。

01 /東興萬眾國際批發(fā)市場

02 / 在東興，跨境勞務(wù)合作方興未艾

科學(xué)布局產(chǎn)業(yè)，做好“邊”的文章

對于產(chǎn)業(yè)的整體架構(gòu)，本刊記者了解到，東興將會按照“前岸中區(qū)后城”發(fā)展模式布局其產(chǎn)業(yè)，構(gòu)建邊海聯(lián)動經(jīng)濟(jì)新格局。

“東興將更加突出‘邊’的文章，沿北侖河及邊境一線橫向區(qū)域，完善提升口岸區(qū)、貿(mào)易區(qū)等基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施及通關(guān)便利等服務(wù)功能，打造‘一口岸多通道’，形成‘前岸’特色產(chǎn)業(yè)集群?！敝苁儡姇浾f道。在東興市的6大跨境產(chǎn)業(yè)中，跨境貿(mào)易、跨境金融和跨境電商等跨境產(chǎn)業(yè)，將被列入“前岸”的布局中。

對于“中區(qū)”，他解釋道，東興將在口岸的后方推進(jìn)特色產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)發(fā)展，積極布局有關(guān)產(chǎn)業(yè)，形成“中區(qū)”特色產(chǎn)業(yè)集群。這其中將涵蓋跨境經(jīng)濟(jì)合作區(qū)產(chǎn)業(yè)園、江平工業(yè)園、沖欖工業(yè)園等園區(qū)，通過這些園區(qū)內(nèi)加工制造業(yè)、服務(wù)業(yè)等行業(yè)的發(fā)展，為東興的邊境產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展吸引企業(yè)入住，切實(shí)推動“口岸經(jīng)濟(jì)”的成型。

而“后城”則意味著通過縱橫銜接、輻射發(fā)展，全面形成沿邊開放型經(jīng)濟(jì)新體系，讓后方城市的支撐將對口岸和工業(yè)園區(qū)的產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)揮重要支持作用。

東興市的“前岸”“中區(qū)”與“后城”將會通過目前正在興建的一系列交通基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施實(shí)現(xiàn)互聯(lián)互通和相互關(guān)聯(lián)。

推進(jìn)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)，“邊”界變通途

東興市擁有良好的邊境資源，與越南芒街合作緊密，邊境產(chǎn)業(yè)蓬勃發(fā)展。然而當(dāng)?shù)鼗A(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)的速度，相對滯后于邊境貿(mào)易發(fā)展的速度。

長期以來，北侖河一橋口岸是中越兩國通過東興市開展邊貿(mào)的重要通道。這座橋梁的設(shè)計(jì)藍(lán)本來自20世紀(jì)中葉。然而在中國與越南經(jīng)濟(jì)水平和經(jīng)貿(mào)關(guān)系不斷向前發(fā)展的時代背景下，雙向僅有兩車道的北侖河一橋已難堪重負(fù)。

因此，2018年年內(nèi)即將合龍的中越北侖河二橋被寄予厚望，將會成為東興跨境合作區(qū)中越雙方區(qū)域之間生產(chǎn)要素自由流動的通道，進(jìn)一步提升東興跨境產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展的“天花板”。

另一方面，從防城港通往東興的動車預(yù)計(jì)將在2021年正式開通。與國門大道相呼應(yīng)，這兩條人員和要素往來的陸路通道將東興市的東擴(kuò)，與防城港市向西發(fā)展的大趨勢相融合，兩座城市的發(fā)展也將于此實(shí)現(xiàn)深度對接；東興支線機(jī)場的落成也指日可待，為要素在東興市的聚集提供重要的支持。

不過周世軍書記表示，交通基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)的紅利將不僅僅面向東興市，更可以覆蓋周邊的“一帶一路”沿線地區(qū)。

積極推進(jìn)南向通道建設(shè)，是廣西實(shí)現(xiàn)國家賦予“三大定位”的重要舉措。東興市作為全廣西乃至全國唯一與東盟國家海陸相連的城市，在其中將扮演重要的角色。東興市互聯(lián)互通基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的日漸完善，將有利于越南等中南半島上的東盟國家參與到南向通道的建設(shè)中。隨著南向通道建設(shè)的推進(jìn)，東興市“邊”的文章也有望越寫越精彩！

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Making Full Use of Border Advantages to Develop a More Open Dongxing— Exclusive Interview with Zhou Shijun, Secretary of the CPC Dongxing Municipal Committee

Written by Li Yizhi / Translated by Zhang Haiyan

Being a border city is a great and unique advantage of Dongxing.

Capitalizing on its geographical advantage as a border city that links Vietnam by mountains and rivers,Dongxing will play a signi ficant role in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Southern Transport Corridor. In recent years, Dongxing has carried out social, economic and cultural cooperation with ASEAN countries, bringing about a rapid socioeconomic development of the city itself and the nearby regions. Recently, China-ASEAN Panorama had an exclusive interview with Zhou Shijun, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Dongxing Municipal Committee.

Remarkable development achievements with “ five platforms”

Dongxing’s sound development could be reflected by various development indicators.

According to Zhou Shijun, Dongxing’s GDP reached RMB 10.23 billion yuan in 2017, representing an annual average growth rate of 10.2% and 1.4 times of that in 2013. Dongxing also outstripped many other cities in Guangxi in terms of per capita GDP, per capita fiscal revenue, per capita bank balance, urban per capita disposable income, and rural per capita net income,with 13 major economic indicators maintaining doubledigit growth.

It is worth mentioning that, as the only Chinese city connecting ASEAN both by land and sea, Dongxing is able to conduct close exchanges with ASEAN countries through multiple channels, and has made notable achievements in border trade and cross-border personnel exchanges. Zhou Shijun mentioned that, according to data from the National Office of Port Administration,Dongxing Port has been the land port with the largest number of exits and entries of people in China, with the year 2017 witnessing 9.965 million persons passing through the port. Every day, a large quantity of goods go through customs clearance in Dongxing Port.

In the view of Zhou Shijun, Dongxing could not make such outstanding achievements without taking advantages of the five platforms provided by the country. “Since it was approved as a national key pilot zone for development and opening-up in 2010,Dongxing has made new breakthroughs in reform and opening-up with a pioneering spirit and bold actions.”Citing the Dongxing National Key Experimental Zone for Development and Opening-up (hereinafter referred to as “Dongxing Experimental Zone”), he said that Dongxing leads the way in piloting institutional innovation in China.

In recent years, Dongxing is actively deepening reform and innovation. In 2017, Dongxing issued Guangxi’sfirst business licenses for foreign natural persons, and implemented the practice of “l(fā)icense first, operating permit second” and “integration of six certificates required of businesses into one”. A 24-hour hotline was opened between foreign affairs of fices of Dongxing and Vietnam’s Mong Cai, which created a good mechanism where two sides across the China-Vietnam borderline are able to communicate at any time.

Further progress has also been made in the financial reforms of Dongxing Border Pilot Zone for Comprehensive Financial Reforms. Since 2013, through continuous exploration and innovation, Dongxing has created five “firsts” in China, including the first to initiate the business of currency exchange between CNY and VND, the first to build an ASEAN currency service platform, the first to establish a cross-border insurance service center, the first to launch crossborder allocation and transportation of RMB and VND banknotes, and the first to put in place a cross-border cooperation mechanism for anti-counterfeit money.The “Dongxing Index” launched by China-ASEAN Currency Service Platform has been an important reference for CNY-VND exchange, which are applied across Guangxi and even nationwide.

The sound cooperation mechanism helps facilitate the communication between both countries in border trade issues related to products and custom clearance, speeding up the development of border trade. Dongxing border trade zone is highly recognized by relevant departments including Chinese customs, and Dongxing Port designated for fruit imports and chilled and fresh aquatic products imports have been put into operation. The regional brand of “Dongxing Border Trade” was valued at over RMB 700 million yuan in the 2015 Regional Brand Value Evaluation conducted by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Dongxing has innovated the model of border trade settlement, and channeled great energy into developing cross-border trade, which is commented by and applied to other parts of Guangxi.

Dongxing has also been accelerating the adjustment of its border economic cooperation zone, with an expansion plan reported to the Ministry of Commerce for approval.Following the model of “one district, three parks and one port”, construction of Chonglan Industrial Park, ASEAN Featured Products Processing (Niueling) Industrial Park,and Jiangping Industrial Park is gathering pace, and preliminary work of Dongxing Port is under planning.Through these efforts, Dongxing is striving to build a Vietnam-oriented economic cooperation zone that integrates processing, manufacturing, border trade, financial service and logistic.

In the building of the pilot zone for new systems for an open economy, Dongxing has formed closer economic and trade collaboration with Mong Cai, and set up and improved relevant mechanisms for cross-border labor cooperation.

“So far, Vietnamese workers in Dongxing may apply for a pass that requires approval up to every half a year, and can be renewed twice. That is to say, a Vietnamese worker may stay in Dongxing Experimental Zone for at most one and a half year. At present, more than 6,800 overseas workers are employed in 31 pilot enterprises in Dongxing,” said Zhou Shijun.

“Port economy” booming through six major industries

The degree of industrial development is an important indicator of a city’s success.

In the past, Dongxing’s economic development followed the model of “corridor economy” that depended heavily on the cargo movement between China and Vietnam. However,such economic model failed to increase the added value of products, leaving little residual value for local area.

In order to improve the situation, Dongxing is trying to transform its economic development model from “corridor economy” to “port economy”, vigorously developing the upstream and downstream industries of border trade, and seeking breakthroughs in six major cross-border industries including cross-border trade, cross-border processing,cross-border tourism, cross-border E-commerce, crossborder finance, and cross-border logistics.

According to Zhou Shijun, Dongxing has made every effort to upgrade cross-border processing industry, building six industrial parks including the Cross-border Economic Cooperation Industrial Park, Jiangping Industrial Park,Chonglan Industrial Park, ASEAN Goods Processing Trade Center, Dongxing Border Trade Center, and Crossstrait (Fangchenggang-Dongxing) Industrial Cooperation Demonstration Zone, with a focus on maritime products,rosewood, fruits (fruits and nuts), building materials, textile manufacturing, electronics and new energy. These industrial parks will help attract more enterprises to Dongxing.

In addition to manufacturing, tourism represents another important industry to boost a city’s revenues and popularity.Dongxing is actively advancing the construction of the integrated tourism demonstration zone and cross-border tourism cooperation zone. It launched normalized crossborder self-driving tours, and opened a golden tourist route connecting four cities in two countries. The project of the integrated tourism demonstration zone has passed preliminary review by Guangxi authorities, and the Dongxing-Mong Cai Cross-border Tourism Cooperation Zone has been listed in the national key projects of the 13thFive-Year Plan.

Zhou Shijun also briefed on the prosperous development of cross-border E-commerce in Dongxing. In recent years,many large enterprises such as NCF Group and YTO Express have started their operation here. Since 2015,the number of newly-registered E-commerce enterprises has risen by 606 to 2,511, with an E-commerce turnover of RMB 6.33 billion yuan. Dongxing’s E-commerce development index is among the top 20 of all counties,ranking the first in western China, and Dongxing has won the honor of “TOP 100 E-commerce Counties in China” for four times.

“The figure was so amazing that we could not believe it,”he said. It is beyond all expectation that the border city of Dongxing boasts such great potential and power in the flourishing Internet commerce.

Scientific industrial layout helping make full use of border advantages

Dongxing will make scienti fic plans for its industrial layout following the “Port-Park-City” development model, forming a new economic pattern that integrates both border and sea.

“Dongxing will give greater priority to its border advantages. It will improve the infrastructure and services like customs clearance of port and trading area along the Beilun River, and build “one port with multiple corridors”, thus to create port industrial clusters with local characteristics,” said Zhou Shijun.Among the six major cross-border industries in Dongxing, cross-border trade, cross-border finance and cross-border E-commerce will be incorporated into the port industrial layout.

He then stated that Dongxing will make a big push to develop industrial parks behind the port, and make plans for industrial layout to cultivate industrial clusters in these parks, which will include the Cross-border Economic Cooperation Industrial Park, Jiangping Industrial Park,Chonglan Industrial Park and others. Through developing the processing, manufacturing and service sectors in these parks, Dongxing is able to attract more enterprises to grow its border industries, thus effectively promoting the formation of “port economy”.

Lastly, by integrating the development of different sectors,and forging new systems for an open border economy, the whole city of Dongxing will play a supporting role in the industrial development of the port and industrial parks.

And Dongxing is now pushing forward with the construction of transport infrastructure to realize the connectivity within the “Port-Park-City” model.

Strengthening infrastructure construction to facilitate border trade

Endowed with good border resources, Dongxing enjoys thriving border industries through its close cooperation with Mong Cai. Yet, the local infrastructure construction is lagging behind its development of border trade.

For a long time, the first bridge over the Beilun River in Dongxing Port, which was designed in the middle of the 20thcentury, serves as an important channel for China to conduct border trade with Vietnam. Nevertheless, as the economy and trade relations of the two countries keep growing, the two-way two-lane bridge is unable to bear the heavy transport load.

That is why high hopes are pinned on the second bridge on the Beilun River, with its two sections set to be connected within 2018. It will become a channel for free flow of factors of production between China and Vietnam, further improving the cross-border industrial development in Dongxing.

Moreover, a high-speed railway linking Fangchenggang and Dongxing is expected to be operated in 2021. Together with Fangchenggang’s Guomen Avenue project, these two overland routes, in line with the trend of Dongxing’s eastward urban expansion and Fangchenggang’s westward development, will help synergize the development of the two cities. Construction of a regional airport in Dongxing will be completed in the near future, providing important support for the gathering of factors here.

Zhou Shijun said the said transport infrastructure will bene fit not only Dongxing, but also the surrounding regions along the Belt and Road.

To move forward with the construction of the Southern Transport Corridor is an important step for Guangxi to build itself into an international passage to ASEAN, a new strategic pivot for the opening-up and development of southwest and central China, and a crucial gateway connecting the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21stCentury Maritime Silk Road. Dongxing, as the only city linking China and ASEAN via both land and sea, is playing a vital role in this effort. The increasingly complete infrastructure in Dongxing will offer favorable conditions for ASEAN countries on Indo-China Peninsula such as Vietnam to participate in the building of the Southern Transport Corridor. With the progress of the Southern Transport Corridor, there is every reason to believe that Dongxing will write a new chapter in the development with its border resources.