Building a Comprehensive Green Free-trade Port with New
Concept in Hainan Province: Research on How to Build
Free-trade Port with International Depth Space Resource
Y M Cai
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Institute of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Ocean University , China
adjunct professor
Research professor of Zhoushan Port and Shipping Administration, Zhejiang, China
Abstract. Many countries in the world banning the sale of fuel vehicle have released their
ban schedule, Hainan (Province of China) also released itself as the ban pilot. Resources and
environmental pressure led to new energy revolution. ‘Depth’ in ‘depth resources space’ is
according to resources utilization, divide them into breadth and depth space and stress the
‘depth’ refers to sustainable resources constantly working through a new interpretation of
resources utilization rule, rather than the depth of water. In order to cope with multiple
pressure brought about by economy, trade, environment and neo-geopolitics, we should have
an anchor to windward. Combing new situation, problem appeared in human society’s
development, we study to build a new free-trade port (Island) to deal with those pressure.
Considering China’s national strategy-building Hainan into a free-trade port, this article
applies depth space resources theory as scientific basis and put forward some schemes and
measures on how to construct a new free-trade port under multi-pressure.
In April 2018, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council
announced to build Hainan pilot free-trade zone and free-trade port with Chinese characteristics. The
aim of the commission is by 2020, free-trade zone construction work has achieved progress
significantly with international openness greatly improved. While by 2025, the quality and benefits
of the economy growth both have improved significantly with free-trade port system preliminarily
established.
1. Crisis of fossil energy industry’s development
In late September, 2017, Five ministries and bureaus, including Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology, have published Parallel Management Regulation of Passenger Vehicle’s Average Fuel
Consumption and New Energy Vehicle Integration [1] through their official internet. This double
integration regulation has formulated the required elimination rate of fuel vehicles in 2019 and 2020,
officials of MIIT said that this regulation method is just transitional. From the perspective of
technology and environment, gradually halting traditional fuel vehicle’s production and sale is an
inevitable choice.
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Since 2016, some countries have declared that in the near future, they will totally ban the sale of
traditional fuel vehicles. It is reported that Norway and Holland planned to ban the sale of gasoline
and diesel engine vehicles domestically before 2025. Germany has issued to stop selling traditional
fuel vehicles from 2030. UK and France also planned to stop selling gasoline and diesel engine
vehicles before 2040. India declared to ban selling traditional fuel vehicles in 2030 [2-3]. State of
California, US also scheduled to ban selling fuel vehicles in 2030 [4]. The reasons why traditional
fuel vehicles would be restricted is that the engine’s thermal efficiency is not high enough, with most
energy turning into exhausted gases, wasting resources and polluting air.
According to related statements and analysis concerning Xi Jinping's report at 19th CPC, such as
China's ecology, green development and development of human destiny, more power will be needed
to promote and implement double integration regulation.
Banning the sale of traditional fuel vehicles will be fully implemented and arouse high echoes in
related industries. Besides, it will also affect the transportation of crude or refined oil in traditional
supply chain. Ban of selling fuel-powered vehicles totally perhaps still has a long way to go because
we will need to continue consuming fossil fuels and resources even in new energy age. However, in
the next one or two decades, or even shorter period, the rules will bring unneglectable effect on
traditional fossil energy industry. Thus we should cast an anchor to windward, response actively and
innovatively build new free port with lucid waters and lush mountains.
2. Depth space resources
Depth space resources exploitation, simply speaking, means using sustainable rule brought forward
by the new interpretation of resources utilization law and integrating resources utilization and solving
the sustainable development and environmental problems in resources utilization. Depth space
resources exploitation and utilization has become the most significant and fundamental original
power in resources exploitation and utilization.
The breadth of ocean space, solely means the sheer ocean space, from micro-space to entire ocean
space, all of which can be called the breadth of ocean space. To a certain degree, ocean exploitation
can be understood as space exploitation. Exploitation towards space is also a space development
towards new ocean, so breadth space also includes outer space. Breadth space is nearly infinite. The
depth of ocean space refers to the development of renewable energy and resources, such as ocean
wind energy and solar energy, because these resources are also inexhaustible, with indefinite depth,
thus its depth exploitation are nearly indefinite. In the future, the exploitation of renewable energy
and resources, such as solar energy, will also include the depth space exploitation. Depth space
resources not only existed in ocean and new ocean, on land you can also find renewable energy, such
as wind, solar energy as well as bountiful resources. Therefore, on land there also existing depth
space resources. In addition, recycling waste steel and petrochemical products can also be summed
up as depth space exploitation. Ocean depth space refers to ocean and new ocean depth space, while
depth space, apart from ocean and new ocean, also contains depth space on land [5-6].
The natural science, geopolitics and economics all require scientific development. In June, 2014,
by referring to the new interpretation of resource utilization rule, the author published a new
discipline monograph named Multi-Dimensional Space Resources Subject [5]. The core of this book
is dividing resources utilization into breadth and depth space.
To a large degree, breadth and depth space of multi-dimensional space resources are all related to
the working form during resources utilization. When using a word to describe their difference, we
may say most depth space resources working instantly and directly, while breadth space resources
working every 350 million years (using coal as an example) [5]. Bringing forward the time
dimension length of resources utilization aimed at quantifying breadth and depth of space resources,
just like using a ruler to measure in time dimension of resources essential dynamic. While dividing
breadth and depth space resources providing coordinate to measure the length of time dimension.
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In the future, the persons who can scientifically and rationally develop and use energy and other
resources as needed own the key to harmonious development with nature concerning deplore energy
and other resources of nations and human, and meanwhile own the key to peace and own the primary
material base necessary for controlling the fate of the world and the human being [7].
Although recently there are still uncertainty and debate over climate change degree among
scientists, the Multi-dimensional space resource subject mainly put forward the balance among
resource utilization, environmental harmony and the scientific knowledge on the exhaustion of
resource utilization.
With human progress and productivity development, traditional developing mode characterized
by savage, blind, rugged and cancer cell in law of jungle can no longer suit developing human beings.
Multi-dimensional space resource subject has made an innovative, systematic and through research
over human progress and the relationship between new productive forces and productive relations.
3. Building a comprehensive green free-trade port with new concept
Building a comprehensive green free-trade port with new concept as well as international depth space
resources. Multi-dimensional space resource subject mainly introduces basic theory, bringing
forward that building a free port with international depth space will turn from basic theory to applied
theory [8].
With the strengthening efforts to ban selling traditional fuel vehicles, future energy economy will
gradually transform towards new energy industry, new energy economy, finance and services
industry. Depth space resources are renewable and sustainable energy resources. Building free trade
port characterized with depth space resources will benefit ecological protection and help construct
lucid waters and lush mountains, it will also help explore and implement innovative immigration
system that combined international practice and used in new energy, new energy finance, foreign
exchange, investment, trade and industrial operation. Grasping the new requirements of China’s trade
transformation and upgrading, as well as the new trends of international company’s division of labor
in new energy, taking advantage of free port’s preferential policy to improve and support our new
energy industry’s competitive power, so that we will be able to promote global new energy
sustainable industry developing in the direction of trade facilitation and reaching a higher level. We
should conform to the future energy development trend and build perfect risk prevention mechanism
on traditional energy and new energy resources.
Here, one point need to be noticed, depth space resource is different from new energy because the
former has a wider meaning than the latter one, which contains the meaning of renewable and
sustainable development. By connecting natural science, geopolitics, economic development and
their interaction and connection, depth space resource extend the relationship between human and
nature to geopolitics and economic development. Moreover, it includes mutual connections in time
dimension [5].
In recent years, China has gain competitive advantage and good momentum in global new energy
developing industry competition. According to the results of global top 500 new energy enterprises
list in 2016, the number of China’s new energy enterprise has significantly increased, with more than
193 domestic enterprises (including the mainland of China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) entering
this list, which makes China ranked number one with a proportion of 38.6%, 27 more than the year
2015 [9-10]. While in 2017, five more enterprise enter this list, with 198 domestic enterprises entered
this list, with a proportion of 39.6% and keep China still ranked top one. Certainly, due to excellent
industrial foundation and strong innovative ability, western developed countries also possess strong
competitive power in new energy industry. Western countries and the largest developing country,
China, have mutual cooperation and competition in new energy industry area, they join hands in
hands to promote human resources utilization, environmental protection and the prosperity of
sustainable activity.
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In Guiding Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Supporting Hainan's
Comprehensive Deepening of Reform and Opening Up issued on April 11, 2018, it mentioned that
the strategic positioning of building Hainan (Province) free-trade zone and Chinese characteristic free
trade port was to deepen reform and opening up pilot areas, national ecological civilization
experimental area comprehensively [11]. Among which further mentioned that emphasizing through
all-round personal development to fully stimulate development vitality and creativity so as to build
an open economy with a higher level. We should promote the existing manufacturing industry to be
intelligent, green and service oriented, accelerate constructing green industrial system. We should
also promote to construct power grid main frame structure and urban/rural power grid intelligent
upgrading ， carry out intelligent power grid, micro-grids and other demonstration projects.
Conducting carbon sequestration pilot of marine ecosystem and studying how to build a green
standard system. Support establishing legal compliance in Hainan (Province) Carbon Emission
Trading Agency. We should accelerate promoting new energy vehicles, energy-saving and
environment-friendly vehicles while prohibiting the sale of traditional fuel vehicles gradually in
Hainan Province. Return tranquility, harmony and beauty to nature. The guidance covers a wide
range, especially the core content related to building free trade port with international depth space
resource and lucid waters and lush mountains. Intelligent power grid and ban traditional fuel vehicle
selling seemed not very eye-catching. However, it can replace traditional energy with new energy
and bring subversive revolution. New energy economic activities, such as setting up Carbon
Emission Trading Agency, signify an important transition from world petroleum finance to new
energy finance. Industry transformation will bring exciting opportunity and productivity development
for new economic prosperity and staff employment.
With the progress of human society, we should consider the new situation and problems in natural
science, geopolitics and economic development and study how to build a new free trade port or
island to deal with multiple pressures from environment, resources, economy and trade. It is quite
different from building a traditional free trade port previously. How to practice it? Would it succeed?
It greatly depends on a practical policy and scientific operation. Lacking ready-made experience in
this respect require us conducting careful study, discussion and considering inadequacies frequently
and be thoughtfully, only by doing so can we successfully build a new concept, green and
comprehensive free-trade port that will promote human civilization progress, which is our main
purpose obviously.
Acknowledgement
I appreciate this International Conference on academic exchange for awarding me and my colleagues
such an academic exchange opportunity. I also appreciate Mr. Li Yang’s translation work and
Professor Xu Jianhua’s translation proofreading work.
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