Re-expansion of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive experimental zone
Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province actively promotes the "integration of three areas" between Ganzhou land port and Ganzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone and China (Ganzhou) cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone, and realizes the integrated development of "China-Europe trains and cross-border e-commerce". The picture shows the busy scene of land port Railway Station in Ganzhou. Photo by Zhu Haipeng (People’s Vision)
Pingxiang County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province vigorously expands the foreign trade export market, supports cross-border e-commerce enterprises to expand export scale, and promotes foreign trade enterprises to become bigger and stronger. The picture shows that the employees of a bicycle company in Pingxiang County are rushing to make baby carriage export orders recently. Photo by Chai Gengli (People’s Vision)
On November 24th, "the State Council’s Reply on Agreeing to Establish cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone in 33 cities and regions such as Langfang" (hereinafter referred to as "Reply") was officially released, agreeing to establish cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone in 33 cities and regions such as Langfang, Zaozhuang and Lhasa. So far, the number of comprehensive experimental zones in cross-border electronic commerce, China has reached 165, covering 31 provinces.
There are 165 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas.
The "Reply" proposes to agree to Langfang City, Cangzhou City, Yuncheng City, Baotou City, Anshan City, Yanji City, Tongjiang City, Bengbu City, Nanping City, Ningde City, Pingxiang City, Xinyu City, Yichun City, Ji’ an City, Zaozhuang City, Jining City, Taian City, Dezhou City, Liaocheng City, Binzhou City, Heze City, Jiaozuo City and Xuchang City. This is the seventh batch of cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone established in China. Previously, the State Council has carried out the construction of cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone in 132 cities including Hangzhou, Ningbo and Tianjin in six batches.
Hong Yong, an associate researcher at the E-commerce Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, told this reporter: "In recent years, the model of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area has become more and more mature, and this year there has been a relatively rare ‘ Two batches a year ’ This also shows China’s determination to further expand reform and opening up. " After this expansion, there are 165 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zones in China, covering 31 provinces in China, and the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zones are moving towards the stage of inclusiveness.
In terms of geographical distribution, the cities where the 33 newly-established cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zones are located have a good foreign trade foundation, and pay more attention to the central and western regions and border areas in geographical distribution, gradually expanding from the eastern and southern coastal areas to inland provinces, and extending from central cities and provincial capitals to second-and third-tier cities. Hong Yong pointed out that it is worth noting that this expansion includes Lhasa, Xizang Autonomous Region, which fills the gap that there is no cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area in Xizang. After this expansion, Shandong Province has achieved full coverage of cities under its jurisdiction, becoming the fourth province in China to achieve full coverage of cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone. Previously, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces also achieved full coverage.
Copy and popularize mature experiences and practices.
According to the "Reply", the construction of a new batch of comprehensive test areas should replicate and promote the mature experience and practices of the first six batches of comprehensive test areas.
In terms of specific construction promotion, the Reply proposes to give full play to cross-border electronic commerce’s positive role in helping traditional industries to transform and upgrade, promoting the digital development of industries, promoting the optimization and upgrading of foreign trade, and accelerating the construction of a trade power. It is necessary to protect the rights and interests of personal information and create a good business environment for all kinds of market players to participate in market competition fairly.
Subjects at all levels should implement their responsibilities. The "Reply" requires that the people’s governments of relevant provinces (autonomous regions) should further refine the task of piloting first, highlight key points, be driven by innovation, give full play to the decisive role of the market in allocating resources, give better play to the role of the government, effectively guide social resources, rationally allocate public resources, and solidly promote the construction of comprehensive experimental areas. At the same time, the relevant departments of the State Council should strengthen coordination, guidance and policy support for the comprehensive experimental zone in accordance with the division of functions, and give full play to the demonstration and leading role of the comprehensive experimental zone. Efforts will be made to explore and innovate in the technical standards, business processes, supervision modes and information construction related to business-to-business (B2B) mode in cross-border electronic commerce, and more supporting measures will be studied and introduced to create a good environment for the development of the comprehensive experimental zone and better promote and standardize the industrial development of cross-border electronic commerce.
In addition, the "Reply" also proposes to further improve cross-border electronic commerce’s statistical system and implement supporting policies such as exempting cross-border electronic commerce’s retail export goods from value-added tax and consumption tax according to regulations. Enterprises can choose to collect enterprise income tax, and automatically apply cross-border electronic commerce’s retail import pilot policy to cities (regions) where the comprehensive experimental area is confirmed to meet the regulatory requirements by the local customs, and support enterprises to build and share overseas warehouses.
Add impetus to the steady growth of foreign trade.
In recent years, cross-border e-commerce has become an important starting point for stabilizing foreign trade and promoting consumption with the support of policies. In the past five years, the scale of cross-border e-commerce in China has increased nearly tenfold. In 2021, the import and export scale of cross-border e-commerce in China reached 1.92 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.6%, achieving continuous growth. In the first half of this year, the import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce increased by 28.6% year-on-year. Among them, the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area has obvious driving effect.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce said earlier that at present, the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zone in China basically covers the whole country, forming a development pattern of linkage between the land and the sea and mutual assistance between the east and the west. According to the previous comprehensive evaluation of the first five batches of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zones by the Ministry of Commerce, the first five batches of comprehensive test zones have vigorously promoted innovation in systems, management and services, and achieved remarkable results in construction, effectively helping foreign trade to maintain stability and improve quality.
The continuous expansion of the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive experimental zone will accelerate the pace of building a strong trading country. "The new cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone reflects the government’s emphasis on the new format of cross-border e-commerce, and hopes to help transform and upgrade traditional industries and promote the high-quality development of foreign trade through cross-border e-commerce." Hong Yong said, "We should accelerate the B2B model and support cross-border e-commerce brand building. Relying on ‘ 9710’ ‘ 9810’ Regulatory model, used car export pilot, etc., promote the integration of industries with international competitive advantages and cross-border e-commerce, optimize the international logistics channel of cross-border e-commerce based on China-Europe trains and new channels of international trade, and support the innovation of B2B export business of cross-border e-commerce. "