Chinanews.com, March 13. According to the website of the Development and Reform Commission, 23 departments including the Development and Reform Commission have jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting Consumer Expansion and Quality Enhancement and Accelerating the Formation of a Strong Domestic Market" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"). The "Opinions" proposes to standardize the management of large cross-border e-commerce platforms and encourage online implementation of domestic and overseas products with the same price and same price. At the same time, we will increase penalties for illegal purchases and other illegal activities, and block the illegal entry of related goods to the “side door”.
The "Opinion" proposes to improve the supply of imported goods. Relying on the China International Import Expo to actively expand imports and further increase the supply of high-quality goods in the domestic market. Support central cities to strengthen the "first store economy" and "first launch economy", and encourage well-known international brands to launch or launch new products simultaneously in the Chinese market. Implement the list of cross-border e-commerce retail import goods and relevant regulatory policies. Except for the products in epidemic areas where the country has explicitly suspended imports and those that have initiated emergency response to risks due to significant quality and safety risks, cross-border e-commerce retail import goods are classified as individuals. Supervision of self-use inbound articles further opened the channel for return and exchange of goods. Optimize the online marketing ecology, standardize the management of large-scale cross-border e-commerce platforms, and encourage online first to achieve the same price and same price for domestic and overseas products. We will implement measures to reduce import tariffs on consumer goods, adjust and optimize the collection of some consumer tax items, and move the consumption tax on high-end watches, precious jewelry, and jewellery from the import link to the retail link.
The Opinions are clear and further improve the tax-free industry policy. With the goal of building a tax-free system with Chinese characteristics, strengthen the top-level design, remove obstacles to industry development, and improve the quality and level of industry development. Scientifically determine the functional position of the duty-free industry, adhere to the equal emphasis on serving foreigners and Chinese residents abroad, strengthen the overall planning for the development of the duty-free industry, and improve the tax-free industry policy system. Improve the policy of duty-free shops in the city, and build a group of duty-free shops with Chinese characteristics. Cities with conditions are encouraged to provide land, financing and other support for the construction and operation of duty-free shops in the city, and set up departure pick-up points for duty-free shops in the city at the airport duty-free shops. Expansion of port duty-free business and establishment of port duty-free shops. According to the improvement of residents' income level and consumption upgrade, timely study and adjustment of tax exemption limits and tax exempt categories. Establish a certain area of domestic product sales areas in duty-free shops, guide relevant enterprises to develop high-quality and characteristic domestic products exclusively for duty-free channels, and build duty-free shops into an important platform to support domestic products, display independent brands, and spread national traditional culture.
The "Opinions" require the strengthening of market order supervision. Strengthen anti-unfair competition law enforcement and maintain a fair competition market environment. Strictly crack down on various types of illegal and criminal activities such as infringing intellectual property rights and manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy goods, thoroughly investigate the source of production and sales network, launch a full-chain crackdown, and effectively purify the consumption environment. Strengthen the supervision of the entry of individuals with items to improve the efficiency and accuracy of on-site inspections. Intensify the punishment for illegal purchases and other illegal activities, and block the "side door" of illegal entry of related goods. Strengthen the construction of imported product safety traceability system and increase the transparency of imported products and channels. Encourage the exchange of information between local regulatory platforms, e-commerce platforms, third-party traceability platforms and national important product traceability platforms.