Cross-border e-commerce welcomes China’s foreign trade to benefit the world again

Original title: Cross-border e-commerce welcomes China’s foreign trade to benefit the world again Source:Xinhuanet

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 1, Title: Cross-Border E-Commerce Welcomes Good News Again, China’s Foreign Trade Benefits the World

Xinhua News Agency reporters Liu Hongxia, Chen Weiwei, Wang Yuxiao

In just two months of the pilot, China’s cross-border e-commerce business-to-business (B2B) export monitoring has ushered in an update. As of September 1, on the basis of the existing 10 pilot customs, 12 directly affiliated customs, including Shanghai, Fuzhou and Qingdao, have joined the cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision “pilot group”.

Doubling the number of pilot cities to help cross-border e-commerce “fly higher”

On July 1 this year, China launched a pilot program for cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision, adding two export supervision codes “9710” and “9810”, corresponding to “cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export” and “overseas cross-border e-commerce export warehouse”. “.

Under the new regulations, companies can enjoy facilitation measures such as single registration, one-point berthing, simplified declaration, priority inspection, and convenient return. For most cross-border e-commerce companies, exports are faster and smoother. The pilot was carried out for the first time in 10 customs directly under the jurisdiction of Beijing, Tianjin, Shenzhen, etc., and within two months, the effect was obvious. As of August 30, the pilot customs has inspected and issued 6.323 million tickets of related goods types, averaging around 100,000 tickets per day.

“Cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilots provide new options for companies to expand their business,” said Huang Honghua, general manager of Foshan Yongwei Import and Export Co., Ltd., “Now the company has increased rates of export products in nearly a hundred, and the speed of customs clearance is also faster., Businesses are more confident to ‘go out’. “

Zhuang Rui, secretary of the Party Committee of the National Opening Research Institute of the University of International Business and Economics, believes that the scope of the pilot project has been expanded from 10 customs to 22 customs in just two months, indicating that this reform is timely and effective, touching the weak points of the companies and overcoming the obstacles of the companies.

“Not only that, the substantial expansion of the pilot program also shows that China’s opening-up pace is accelerating. It also reflects that China’s global demand is increasing. This is a mutually beneficial and win-win measure,” he said.

Customs statistics show that in the first half of this year, the total import and export value of cross-border e-commerce online transactions was 604.4 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7% year-on-year. During the same period, the total value of China’s imports and exports of goods fell 3.2%. It can be said that cross-border e-commerce is a “top student” in China’s new foreign trade format and a “light cavalry” in stabilizing foreign trade.

This year, China has added 46 new comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones to the original 59, bringing the total to 105. In an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Xinhua News Agency, the Director of the General Administration of Customs , Ni Yuefeng said that customs will increase support for cross-border e-commerce and comprehensively promote cross-border e-commerce product return supervision measures, so that cross-border e-commerce products can be imported and exported. Go and retire to promote the rapid and healthy development of new business formats.

Policy convergence and continue efforts to stabilize foreign trade

“After obtaining the AEO certification from customs, the” golden card “of international trade, our company enjoys better customs clearance services at home and abroad than before.” Speaking of the recent changes in customs clearance, the head of the customs declaration section of Guangdong Pohang Steel Processing Co., Ltd. Guo Zhenshan’s eyes lit up.

The AEO certification you refer to refers to the “certified operator” system commonly used by customs around the world. At the end of July this year, China had 3,266 AEO-certified advanced companies, 25,346 general-certified companies, 1.4517 million general credit companies, and 6,710 unreliable companies.

The level of certification is different and the probability of inspection is very different. Taking 2019 as an example, the average inspection rate of advanced certified companies import and export was 0.87%, while the inspection rate of untrustworthy companies reached 90%, which is basically a ticket inspection. For businesses, the more frequent the inspection, the higher the cost.

Hu Dongsheng, Director of the Department of Business Management and Inspection of the General Administration of Customs, said that customs will further cultivate and expand the number of AEO companies, help more companies that meet the standards to enjoy the bonus of AEO system and they will continue to promote mutual recognition of the AEO to achieve better results.

This is a microcosm of China’s efforts to stabilize foreign trade. Since the beginning of this year, China has successively implemented pragmatic measures in tax and fee reduction, credit financing, tariff guarantee insurance and promotion of “credit insurance + guarantee”, and has done its best to promote the “stability of foreign trade” with “stabilize foreign trade”.

Taking tariff guarantee insurance as an example, data from Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance shows that since the introduction of this policy until the end of July this year, Ping An Property & Casualty has guaranteed 1,238 shipments with an insured amount of 4,380 million yuan, effectively reducing the capital occupancy of foreign trade enterprises and increasing capital turnover efficiency.

It should also be noted that the current world trade situation remains complicated and serious, and there are still many factors affecting the stability of foreign trade. For example, some foreign trade companies told reporters that transportation costs have increased significantly in recent months, especially for shipping, and they hope that relevant parties will urge and guide transportation companies to adjust shipping costs. shipping reasonably.

Actively expand openness to boost the global economy.

In a few days, the China International Services Trade Fair 2020 will open in Beijing; In October, the 128th Canton Fair will continue to open the world boutique window; In November, the third CIIE will welcome visitors from all directions …

From offline to “in the cloud”, no matter how “open” the exposure, as the epidemic increases the physical distance between people, the connection between China and the world always increases.

Some time ago, a photo posted on the “West German Debrief” website became popular in Germany. In the photo, four Chinese and German workers wearing yellow safety vests and helmets took a group photo with a smile while keeping a safe distance. This is a warm scene as Duisburg, Germany welcomes the Wuhan China-Europe train outburst.

Stabilizing the fundamentals of China’s foreign trade is to contribute to the stability of the fundamentals of world trade. Since the beginning of this year, China has always been committed to maintaining the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain on the basis of active prevention and control of the epidemic. Among them, the China-Europe Express has contributed a lot.

According to the data, in the first half of this year, China-Europe freight trains have operated 5,122 trains, a sharp increase of 36% year-on-year. They have become a hope-bearing “steel camel team” and will play a role in ensuring the smooth flow of goods and stable supply of materials for China-Europe and their “Belt and Road” partners during the epidemic. . It played an important role.

Continuously reduce tariffs, actively expand imports, continue to deepen the reforms of the pilot free trade zone, and advance the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port … Today’s China persists in promoting reform and development through the opening.

Gao Feng, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said that China will intensify efforts to promote the implementation of various policies and measures, continue to optimize the business environment and promote a higher level of openness.