As an open and innovative foreign trade service enterprise in the province, Guansheng Company, relying on the nine national open platform of "three zones, one port and five ports", vigorously carries out self operated and agency import and export trade business, and rapidly improves the volume and scale of foreign trade. Its main trade categories cover agricultural products, energy and chemical industry, minerals and other bulk commodities, rubber, wood, polyethylene and other raw materials, as well as more than 20 fields such as automobiles, meat, electronic products, and daily commodities. Since its establishment in 2015, the company's foreign trade performance has grown exponentially. In particular, the import and export trade volume has crossed three 10 billion steps in the past three years. In 2022, the import and export trade volume will exceed 30 billion yuan, making great contributions to the development of Yueyang and even open economy's open economy.
The designated port for importing grain in Chenglingji, Yueyang, was officially approved in October 2014 and is one of the first 58 designated ports for importing grain in China. There are currently three entry grain inspection points, with a reasonable layout of areas for loading, unloading, transportation, storage, inspection, and processing of entry grain. They are equipped with relevant equipment and supplies, and can directly import grain from Southeast Asian countries such as Pakistan, Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar. In 2022, the import and export trade volume reached 14.4 billion yuan, entering the ranks of "one million grain ports".
The designated port for importing meat from Yueyang Chenglingji was officially approved in November 2014. It is the third Yangtze River inland port after Shanghai and Chongqing, and the first import meat inspection port platform in Hunan, which can radiate to the central region. Imported frozen meat in the province can save logistics costs of 500-800 yuan per ton compared to the original channel. The port has established a regional center laboratory for meat food testing under the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, equipped with 94 sets of high-precision and large-scale equipment. The testing capacity covers 84 items such as imported meat microbiology, veterinary drug residues, and disease pathogen testing. In 2022, the import and export trade volume will reach 2.2 billion yuan.
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Yueyang Chenglingji Automobile Complete Vehicle Import Port passed the acceptance inspection in July 2015. It is the third automobile complete vehicle import port along the Yangtze River, after Shanghai and Zhangjiagang, and the first automobile complete vehicle import port in the central region. With an annual throughput capacity of 180000 vehicles, it ranks among the top parallel vehicle import ports in China. Guansheng Company is fully committed to building a parallel import full industry chain management service platform for automobiles that integrates vehicle import and sales trade and automotive related services (including agency issuance, customs declaration and inspection, financial services, warehousing and logistics, compliance modification, accessory sales, personalized customization, and automotive maintenance). From 2020 to 2022, the import and export trade volume was approximately 2.4 billion yuan, and the equipment manufacturing and modification project (Phase I) of Yueyang Emerging Industrial Park, a supporting facility for automobile ports, was fully capped in April 2023.
The designated supervision site for imported fruits at Chenglingji Port was officially approved by the General Administration of Customs in December 2021. The supervision site is equipped with a food comprehensive laboratory recognized by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) CANS. The inspection site has a 2000 square meter cold chain storage and cold chain inspection platform, inspection area, detention warehouse, supervision warehouse, and simple laboratory, as well as a dedicated refrigerated container yard. Technical personnel and equipment meet the corresponding testing and identification requirements for imported fruits. The next step will be to accelerate the construction of designated supervision sites for imported fruits at Chenglingji Port, striving to pass the inspection and acceptance of the General Administration of Customs as soon as possible, and saving the transportation cost of imported fruits.
The designated supervision site for Chenglingji imported logs passed the acceptance inspection in November 2022, with an investment of approximately 5 million yuan from Guansheng Company. It is divided into inspection area, fumigation and disinfection area, and dock operation area. After the project is put into operation, it can directly import over 1 million cubic meters of logs per year, increasing the import volume by 40000 TEUs, and stabilizing the log import and export channels required for the China Africa Economic and Trade Industrial Park. In the future, imported logs can be directly declared at Chenglingji, saving 1000 yuan in logistics costs and taxes per standard box. This will save enterprises over 40 million yuan annually, which is of great significance for improving port functions, reducing logistics costs for enterprises, and building a billion level timber trade and processing base in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
Guansheng Company fully leverages the investment and financing functions of state-owned platforms, effectively strengthens deep cooperation with the banking and credit departments, customizes new financial products according to the actual needs of enterprises in the park, and innovatively carries out diversified foreign trade financial services such as comprehensive credit extension, import bill negotiation, TT payment, bank acceptance, and tariff guarantee letter.
The company has closely cooperated with 24 financial institutions, striving for a total bank credit of over 20 billion yuan, and provided more than 120 billion yuan in foreign trade financing for park enterprises, effectively helping park enterprises solve the pain points, difficulties, and bottlenecks in the financing process.
In 2022, Guansheng Company actively played the guiding role of the 5 billion yuan scale Shanghai Yue Industrial Fund, investing in the restructuring of Ziguang Group. Ziguang Group will invest in the entire semiconductor industry chain and semiconductor industry education integration and research and development center in Yueyang, including wafer chip manufacturing, packaging testing, electronic equipment manufacturing, semiconductor processing equipment manufacturing, raw material supply, component manufacturing, etc., striving to create the largest semiconductor technology park in central China and promote the development of Yueyang's billion level electronic information industry cluster.
By acquiring the listed company Zhenghong Technology and achieving equity acquisition innovation, Zhenghong Technology will form a good synergy with multiple grain foreign trade enterprises in the area, and create an agricultural innovation demonstration enterprise with Yueyang characteristics for the port area.
As a platform enterprise under the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, Guansheng Company is also responsible for the development, construction, and operation of the park. At present, more than 10 major projects have been completed, including the new Jinbao factory building, the China Africa Industrial and Trade Park, and the designated supervision site for imported logs, covering a total construction area of 1.1 million square meters for factories, dormitories, and commercial buildings. Through investment, construction, and operation of the park, more than 20 well-known domestic and international physical enterprises and high-quality projects have been attracted to settle.