Shanghai once again ushered in major good news. **Recently, Shanghai agreed in principle to the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone", and asked Shanghai to better give full play to its advantages in opening up to the outside world, and "take the initiative to respond to the situation, cultivate new opportunities, and open up a new situation".
**In the reply, it was mentioned that the implementation of the "Overall Plan" should give better play to the advantages of Shanghai's opening up, rely on the conditions of the international aviation hub, make good use of the institutional innovation achievements of the China (Shanghai) Free Pilot Zone, create a highly convenient carrier for international business exchanges, coordinate development and security, better connect the domestic and international markets, make better use of domestic and international resources, and make greater contributions to promoting high-level opening up.
Oriental Hub is located in Zhuqiao Town, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, and is in the core area of the "three ports and three zones" industrial belt of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port, Pudong Airport and Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port. According to the plan, relying on the Shanghai East Railway Station, the Oriental Hub is a large-scale comprehensive transportation hub integrating aviation, national railway, municipal railway, urban rail transit and other transportation functions as well as the development of the station city, and is a major project to comprehensively promote the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, build a leading area for Pudong's socialist modernization, and promote the construction of the Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, which is of great significance for Shanghai to accelerate the construction of a socialist modern international metropolis with world influence.
With the construction of the Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone kicking off, the Oriental Hub will be upgraded from a comprehensive transportation hub to a "comprehensive transportation hub + international business cooperation zone". With the help of this major carrier, Shanghai will further promote the international center to improve its energy level.
Sun Yuanxin, a professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, believes that the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone will form a pattern of "two wings flying together" with the Hongqiao International Open Hub.
The reporter noted that this year's Shanghai Municipal Work Report has proposed in the part of accelerating the construction of an international first-class center, focusing on the facilitation of cross-border personnel exchanges and accelerating the construction of the Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone.
He Jianhua, a researcher at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said that the Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone and the Hongqiao International Open Hub form an east-west echo pattern, which is also conducive to the balanced development of Shanghai's urban space functions. In addition, the comprehensive transportation hub brings the best logistics, and the international business cooperation zone brings the flow of information, technology and capital, and the oriental hub will become a new growth point for Shanghai's urban construction and development in the future by gathering popularity and wealth.
The reporter learned from China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group that the Oriental Hub includes 6 sub-projects, including above-ground engineering in the station yard area, underground engineering in the station yard area, superstructure development, station area development, Shanghai Rail Transit Line 21, and collection and distribution system, with a total scale of about 1.34 million square meters. At present, the underground structure of the engineering pile foundation and foundation pit enclosure reinforcement have been completed, and the earthwork excavation within 80 meters of Metro Line 21 and both sides will begin in the near future. The station complex will be operational in 2027.
Zhang Juan, deputy director of the Shanghai Business Development Research Center, believes that the Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone and the Hongqiao International Open Hub are the two major sectors of the Shanghai International Center.
Wang Zhen, vice president of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said that the construction of the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone can provide a more comprehensive reform and innovation integration platform for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone's pilot measures on international business cooperation. Through international and domestic cooperation, Pudong's advantages in openness and innovation can be more smoothly radiated to all parts of the Yangtze River Delta. He suggested that the construction of the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone could learn from the successful practice of the Hongqiao International Open Hub.
In terms of the industrial layout of the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone, although the specific spatial plan of the Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone has not yet been promulgated, experts from all parties have also put forward suggestions according to the resource endowment of the Oriental Hub.
Zhao Xiaolei, dean of the Free Zone Research Institute of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, said that the Oriental Hub Area will build a world-class "airport economy + hub economy" demonstration zone relying on open functional platforms and key industrial bases such as Pudong International Airport and Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone. It can gather high-tech and large-scale hard-core industries, and become a "window of the world" for the high-level opening up and high-quality development of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone.
Zhang Juan said that the eastern hub area can focus on high-recognition airport-based industries; At the same time, it is necessary to lay out green and low-carbon landmark carriers, and fully consider the development needs of the freight logistics industry, aircraft maintenance industry, and commerce industry, and lay out the corresponding space and functions in the area adjacent to the airport. She said that the Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone focuses on cultivating offshore business functions, conforms to the development trend of service-oriented and service-oriented, and will play a pioneering role in docking the temporary movement rules of international natural persons, which is a new battlefield for Shanghai's high-standard docking of international economic and trade rules, and has milestone significance. (Economic ** reporter Li Zhiguo).
*:Economy**.