China News Agency, Dongguan, April 23 (Li Yingmin, Li Huo) A reporter learned from the Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Commerce of Guangdong Province on the 23rd that the "Implementation Opinions of Dongguan City on Promoting the Stable Development of Foreign Trade" (hereinafter referred to as "Stable Foreign Trade 20 Articles") was officially introduced , A total of 20, 87 policy measures to promote the stable development of foreign trade.
Dongguan, Guangdong, known as the "World Factory", has many foreign trade enterprises and is a city with an export-oriented economy. This is the peak period for foreign trade companies to receive orders at this time in the past years. However, the current global epidemic of new pneumonia has caused a sharp decline in external demand, and some foreign trade companies have been significantly affected by the epidemic.
According to the introduction of the Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the 20 "stabilization of foreign trade" introduced this time include five major parts, including stable operation, market expansion, strong cultivation, transformation promotion, and excellent service.
In terms of stabilizing foreign trade and operations, a total of five measures have been arranged, including stabilizing processing trade capacity, stabilizing imports and exports of key industries, stabilizing comprehensive costs of production and operation, stabilizing the operation of industrial chain supply chains, and strengthening financial credit support. Among them, in terms of stabilizing the comprehensive cost of production and operation, from March 1 to June 30, 2020, the port construction fee for import and export goods will be exempted, and the port government's pricing operation service charge will be reduced. From May 1 to August 31, 2020, the government pricing charges such as cargo port fees and port facility security fees will be reduced by 50%.
In terms of expanding the market and improving the quality and efficiency of foreign trade, it includes five measures including diversifying the international market, smoothing international logistics channels, increasing the speed of export tax rebates, expanding the coverage of export credit insurance, and deepening the reform of intelligent customs clearance. Among them, in terms of expanding the coverage of export credit insurance, the company ’s export credit insurance related insurance premium ratio was raised from 20% to a maximum of 50%, and the maximum annual funding amount for each enterprise was raised from 500,000 yuan (RMB, the same below) to 1 million yuan.
In building a new model of foreign trade development, "Stable 20 Foreign Trade" will arrange 5 million yuan to support the creation of "Online Canada Expo". Accelerate the cultivation of a batch of online exhibitions, and the maximum support for each project is no more than 500,000 yuan.
In order to promote the growth of foreign-invested enterprises, the 20 measures to stabilize foreign trade have introduced three measures to encourage high-quality foreign-invested enterprises to increase capital and expand production, support the innovation and development of high-quality foreign-invested enterprises, and support foreign-invested enterprises to carry out the "Three Olds" transformation. For companies that have increased actual foreign capital of USD 5 million or more in 2020, each company supports a maximum of 1.5 million yuan. (Finish)