The Qingdao West Coast International Energy Free Trade Port has rapidly attracted bulk commodity trading companies since its launch in late May. By the end of October, 114 enterprises had settled, rising to 135 by Nov 5, with an average of eight to nine companies joining weekly.
As an essential part of the development of a bulk commodity resource allocation hub in the Qingdao Area of the China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone, or Qingdao FTZ, the port now hosts 162 enterprises and service institutions. It is working to address key pain points for businesses, such as fragmented information management and risk prevention.
The port creates exclusive profiles for each enterprise, covering qualifications, licenses, operational data, and policy needs. These real-time "digital profiles" improve information verification efficiency for government, tax, and customs departments by 60 percent and serve as an "intelligent brain" for proactive services.
The port's initiatives aim to build an industrial ecosystem to "facilitate exchange" by creating an entrepreneurial community that links market resources with enterprises. It also ensures "policy connectivity" by leveraging enterprise profiles to connect with policy resources and establish a bulk commodity risk compensation fund pool. Through a "government-bank-enterprise" risk-sharing mechanism, it has secured 2 billion yuan ($280.82 million) in bank credit lines, addressing SMEs' financing challenges.
By 2029, the port plans to cultivate over 1,000 enterprises with sales exceeding 100 million yuan each, driving the zone's total bulk commodity trade volume to the 1-trillion-yuan level, contributing to Qingdao's goal of becoming a bulk commodity resource allocation hub.
Email: xhatg@qd.shandong.cn 
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