(Source: Think Tank Toutiao 2026-4-13)
Headline Focus·Summary: At the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan", my country has announced the "Overall Plan for China (Inner Mongolia) Free w88 Pilot Zones" and expanded the number of free w88 pilot zones to 23. It is a pragmatic measure to effectively promote high-level opening up and actively expand independent opening up. It is of great significance and marks that my country has taken new steps and leaped to a new level in independent opening up since the Hainan Free w88 Port was closed for operation in December 2025.
my country’s Pilot Free w88 Zone welcomes its 23rd new member.
On April 9, the "Overall Plan for the China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free w88 Zone" (hereinafter referred to as the "Overall Plan") issued by the State Council was officially announced to the outside world, giving Inner Mongolia greater autonomy in reform, encouraging pilot trials, and carrying out original, integrated, and differentiated exploration in a wider field and at a deeper level, focusing on mutual w88 between border residents. Reform and innovation measures have been launched in 19 directions, including China Unicom, international logistics, transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and external exchanges, aiming to create "five major centers" (information exchange center, transportation logistics center, element resource allocation center, key area science and technology innovation center, and industrial cooperation center) that connect the country's internal and external areas and radiate to the surrounding areas, and give full play to the important bridgehead role of the country's opening to the north.
Professor Zhuang Rui, w88 casino of Economics, w88 casinoIn an interview with a reporter from China Economic Times, he pointed out that the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline adopted and officially released by the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress this year clearly stated that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, our country will "expand high-level opening up to the outside world", especially "actively expand independent opening up." At the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan", my country has announced the "Master Plan" to expand the number of free w88 pilot zones to 23. This is a pragmatic measure to effectively promote high-level opening up and actively expand independent opening up. It is of great significance and marks that my country has taken new steps and leaped to a new level in independent opening up since the Hainan Free w88 Port was closed for operation in December 2025.
Li Ying, deputy director and researcher of the Institute of Economics of the Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Sciences, told a reporter from the China Economic Times that 2026 is the starting year of the "15th Five-Year Plan". The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to steadily expand institutional opening up and build a new higher-level open economic system. The announcement of the new free w88 pilot zone at this time is a concrete action to implement the requirements of the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline. It is also a comprehensive opening-up pattern that further improves the linkage between land and sea and domestic and east-west mutual assistance by deepening the opening to the north, and provides support for high-quality development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Why choose Inner Mongolia to establish a free w88 pilot zone
From the perspective of national openness and regional development, why was Inner Mongolia chosen to establish a free w88 pilot zone? What is the top-level strategic intention behind it?
Zhuang RuiThis analysis said that the 23 free w88 pilot zones in our country so far have been generally established from east to west and from south to north. The previous 22 free w88 pilot zones in Inner Mongolia have covered many places in the east, west, south, north and central. The selection of Inner Mongolia to establish the free w88 pilot zone this time fully reflects the country's strategic orientation of further increasing efforts to "open up to the north". Since the reform and opening up, most of my country's opening-up measures have been concentrated in the southeast, while "opening up to the north" has been relatively weak. Therefore, it is both timely and meaningful to choose Inner Mongolia to establish a pilot free w88 zone, which can serve as a new fulcrum to promote "opening up to the north" to a higher level.
Li Ying said that the reason for choosing Inner Mongolia was not only because of its location advantages, but also mainly because of the strategic positioning and mission of “two barriers, two bases, and one bridgehead” given to Inner Mongolia by General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee. Inner Mongolia spans Northeast, North and Northwest China, connects eight provinces inland, and connects Russia and Mongolia on the outside. It has the unique advantage of developing border opening. It has 20 ports open to the outside world. It is the only province in the country that has both the east channel and the middle channel of China-Europe trains. It is the frontier of opening up to the north. In addition, Inner Mongolia is an important national energy and strategic resource base, an important agricultural and livestock product production base, an important ecological security barrier in northern my country, a security and stability barrier in northern China, and an important bridgehead for opening up to the north. Inner Mongolia's strategic positioning determines that it is not only an important channel to support international and domestic cooperation in my country's industrial chain and supply chain, but also an important support for the opening up to the north in the new era of service guarantee. At the same time, through the establishment of free w88 pilot zones and relying on institutional innovation, we can enhance the economic vitality of border areas, improve the quality of development and people's livelihood security in border areas, promote border governance and ethnic unity with a high level of openness, and coordinate development and security.
How to understand the core functional positioning of the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free w88 Zone
According to the "Master Plan", the implementation scope of the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free w88 Zone is 119.74 square kilometers, covering 3 areas: Hohhot area 76.28 square kilometers (including Hohhot Comprehensive Bonded Zone 0.88 square kilometers), Manzhouli area 25.11 square kilometers (including Manzhouli Comprehensive Bonded Zone 1.44 square kilometers), and Erenhot area 18.35 square kilometers.
So, how to understand the core functional positioning of the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free w88 Zone? inZhuang RuiIt seems that the "Overall Plan" clearly points out the core strategic positioning of the Inner Mongolia Free w88 Pilot Zone, which is to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important speeches and instructions on Inner Mongolia, speed up the implementation of the "five major tasks", take institutional innovation as the core, take replicability and promotion as the basic requirements, and develop Inner Mongolia according to local conditions. "With its location advantage, we will deeply participate in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, and strive to build an information exchange center, a transportation and logistics center, a factor resource allocation center, a key area science and technology innovation center and an industrial cooperation center that connect the inside and outside of China and radiate to the surrounding areas. We will build a strategic highland for border and inland development and opening up and a service guarantee national high-quality development demonstration area, and create a strategic fulcrum to stabilize borders, manage surrounding areas, and serve the whole country.
Zhuang Ruisaid that in terms of building five centers within and outside China Unicom, the "Overall Plan" clearly lists 19 main tasks and measures, covering a wide range of w88 and investment, industrial focus, channel construction and other contents, pointing out the direction for the Inner Mongolia Free w88 Pilot Zone.
“The core functional positioning of the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free w88 Zone is to be a strategic highland for development and opening up along the border and inland, to serve as a demonstration area for high-quality development across the country, to be a strategic fulcrum for stabilizing borders, managing surrounding areas, and serving the whole country.” Li Ying said.
How to achieve differentiated development in each area
Combining resource endowment and industrial foundation, what characteristic and advantageous industries will the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free w88 Zone focus on cultivating? How can each area achieve differentiated development?
Zhuang Ruipointed out that the "Master Plan" combines Inner Mongolia's own resource endowments, industrial characteristics and advantages, and the sub-areas have clarified their respective construction priorities: First, the Hohhot area focuses on the development of new energy, new materials, biomedicine, new generation information technology and other strategies. Strategic emerging industries and green agricultural and livestock product processing, dairy and other characteristic industries, and actively cultivate modern service industries such as business logistics, digital economy, technology services, exhibitions, cultural tourism, etc., to create a core hub as an important bridgehead for the country's opening to the north and an innovation cluster for the high-quality development of characteristic industries. The second is the Manzhouli area, focusing on the development of specialty industries such as local processing of imported resources, cross-border tourism, cross-border finance, and port services, to create an important window radiating Northeast Asia and Europe and an important platform for China, Russia and Mongolia to open up and cooperate. The third is the Erenhot Area, which focuses on the development of international w88, international logistics, cross-border tourism, international medical and other special industries, creating an important hub for the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor and a model for friendly cooperation with neighboring countries.
Li Ying said that based on resource endowments and the advantages of building important national energy and strategic resource bases and important national agricultural and livestock product production bases, we will accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system that reflects Inner Mongolia's unique advantages, accelerate the development of green agricultural and livestock product processing, dairy and other special industries, promote the development of strategic emerging industries such as new energy, new materials, biomedicine, and new generation information technology, and actively promote the development of modern service industries such as cross-border tourism, cross-border finance, and international medical care. The Hohhot Area will build a core hub, an important bridgehead for the country's opening to the north, and an innovation cluster for the high-quality development of specialty industries. The Manzhouli area has created an important window radiating Northeast Asia and Europe and an important platform for open cooperation between China, Russia and Mongolia. The Erenhot Area will create an important hub for the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor and a model for friendly cooperation with neighboring countries.
What benefits will the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free w88 Zone bring to people’s livelihood
From the perspective of ordinary people, what visible and tangible benefits will the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free w88 Zone bring to people’s livelihood?
Zhuang Ruisaid that the "Overall Plan" contains many facilitation measures involving w88, investment, and international exchanges, from which ordinary people can benefit. For example, "innovative development of cross-border w88" encourages border w88 platforms to accelerate digital transformation and optimize the export commodity supervision model. Border residents will be able to do business faster, better and more conveniently and make money; the construction of "smart ranches" will also promote the development of Inner Mongolia's agriculture, animal husbandry and even cultural tourism, and bring more employment opportunities and benefits to Inner Mongolia's farmers and herdsmen.
“Through the development of an open economy, opportunities for residents to work and start businesses have significantly increased. By optimizing the international route network, residents’ travel efficiency has been greatly improved. "Li Ying pointed out.
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