BIEJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- North China's Hebei Province will further expand opening-up of its service industry and strive to enhance proportion of the industry in utilization of foreign investment to about 35 percent and see the amount of the foreign investment exceed 4 billion U.S. dollars in about three years, the Xinhua-run cnstock.com quoted the local authorities as saying on Thursday.
The province will improve the international functions of coastal ports, broaden international aviation logistics channels, and promote construction of commodity trading centers involving energy and raw materials in Tangshan Port and Huanghua Port.
In terms of the innovation and opening-up of financial services, Hebei will build financial innovation clusters to attract various financial institutions to settle down. It will encourage national financial institutions to set up branches and subsidiaries in Xiongan New Area.
Meanwhile, Hebei will actively use the new generation of information technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and Internet of Things, introduce and cultivate a group of specialized information service enterprises, and build the industrial Internet innovation platforms.
The province will encourage Tangshan and Shijiazhuang to build cross-border e-commerce comprehensive experimental zones, establish export-oriented service outsourcing bases, and deepen international cultural exchanges and cooperation. (Edited by Hu Pingchao, hupingchao@xinhua.org)
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