The Chongqing Lianglu Cuntan Bonded Port Area, which will be officially closed for operation in early 2010, is my country's first inland bonded port area and the only bonded port area in my country where airports and water ports are linked. In order to speed up the work of attracting investment in the Cuntan Bonded Port Area of Chongqing Lianglu, better attract powerful enterprises at home and abroad to invest in the area, promote the open economic development of Chongqing and the western region, accelerate the construction of Chongqing into an important growth pole in the western region and an economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, build Chongqing's "open highland", and use this as an opportunity to promote the construction of Chongqing's "National Comprehensive Reform Pilot Zone for Urban and Rural Development" to solve the employment problem of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the Chongqing Municipal Government formulated and passed the "Chongqing Lianglu Cuntan Bonded Port Zone Preferential Policies for Investment Promotion", and held a press conference on December 3 for promotion.

The "Preferential Policies for Investment Promotion in the Cuntan Bonded Port Area of Chongqing Lianglu" is divided into 6 chapters and 22 articles, which are detailed on import and export taxation and supervision, entry-exit inspection and quarantine, fiscal and tax support, foreign exchange and warehouse leasing in the bonded port area. Regulations and specific preferential measures are given. Enterprises entering the bonded port area can obtain advantages and benefits such as cash flow, convenient customs clearance services, tax cost reduction, storage and transportation safety.

At the press conference, Zhou Mubing, vice mayor of Chongqing, said that the construction of Lianglu Cuntan bonded port area is a control project in Chongqing to build an inland open highland. The introduction of preferential policies for attracting investment in the bonded port area has provided a real policy platform for attracting investment in the bonded port area and enhanced the policy attraction of the bonded port area, which will greatly speed up the work of attracting investment and attract more enterprises to the bonded port area, strengthen Chongqing's economic radiation and driving role in the entire western region, and accelerate the pace of opening up inland areas.

At the same time, he said that in the future, the Chongqing municipal government will also organize enterprises to publicize enterprises, answer various questions that investors are concerned about, and help enterprises settle down in the zone smoothly.
According to reports, in order to make the preferential policies of Chongqing Bonded Port Area more comprehensive and more in line with Chongqing's reality, in the process of formulating preferential policies, Chongqing Economic and Information Commission, Foreign Economic Commission, Finance Bureau, Local Taxation Bureau, National Taxation Bureau, Chongqing Customs, Chongqing On the basis of full investigation, relevant municipal departments such as the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and the Foreign Exchange Management Department have gone through many consultations and discussions, superimpose the current inclusive policy of the bonded port area with the national western development and Chongqing's investment promotion policy, and strive to give full play to the "policy depression" advantages of the Chongqing bonded port area.

As of November 30, Chongqing Lianglu Cuntan Bonded Port Zone Airport Functional Zone has completed a total investment of 1.44 billion yuan, with a total of about 7.12 million square meters of earthwork completed. The total investment in the water port functional zone is 1.66 billion yuan, with a total of about 7.7 million square meters of earthwork completed. There are 11 enterprises that have settled in the bonded port (including export processing zone), including Fiat, Futaitong and other well-known enterprises, in addition, 33 companies including ITOCHU, Southwest Aluminum, Chang'an, and Lifan signed agreements with the bonded port area, laying the foundation for the entry of enterprises after the first phase of the closure of the fence.

(Background Information) Bonded Port Area

The bonded port area refers to the special customs supervision area established with the approval of the State Council, which integrates port operation, logistics and processing in the port operation area and the specific area connected to it, and has the function of port.

The bonded port area has the functions of bonded zone, export processing zone and bonded logistics park. It is a new free trade port model with the highest level of opening up, the most preferential policies, and the basic operating rules in line with international standards. The businesses that can be carried out are:

Storage of import and export goods and other goods for which customs formalities have not been completed;

Foreign trade, including international re-export trade;

international procurement, distribution and delivery;

International transit;

Inspection and after-sales service maintenance;

Commodity display;

Research and development, processing, manufacturing: the "processing" function includes substantive processing and simple processing of circulation links;

Port operations;

Other business approved by the Customs.

As of October 2009, there are 13 bonded port areas in China, and Chongqing Lianglu Cuntan bonded port area is the only inland bonded port area.