China News Service, Xiamen, October 25th, title: Forty years in Xiamen Special Economic Zone: Tax benefits have helped Taiwanese enterprises "break the cocoon and become a butterfly"

　　Author Li Siyuan Chen Haimin

　　In October 40 years ago, the Xiamen Special Economic Zone broke ground in the lake.

Today, the Xiamen Special Economic Zone Memorial Hall is located within the scope of the special zone that year.

Xiamen Taihe Electronics Co., Ltd., less than 600 meters away from the memorial hall, is one of the first Taiwanese-funded enterprises to invest in Xiamen.

　　Recently, a reporter from China News Agency came to Taihe Electronics Co., Ltd., the person in charge of the company told reporters that the company has introduced new automated production lines and other equipment. The number of employees has been reduced from more than 7,000 to nearly 3,000, but the output value has quadrupled.

　　"To transform from a labor-intensive enterprise to a technology-intensive enterprise, Xiamen's business environment is an important boost for our smooth transition." Luo Hongling, head of the Finance Department of Taihe Electronics Co., Ltd., showed reporters last year's "tax cut bill" , Including enjoying R&D expenses plus deduction of approximately 8.53 million yuan (RMB, the same below), export tax rebates over 70 million yuan, etc.

　　"As a first-class export company, we also enjoy the service of'Tax Rebate Green Channel', and the funds will arrive in the account within two or three days!" Luo Hongling said.

　　In Xiamen, there are still many Taiwan-funded enterprises such as "Taihe" that are mainly export-oriented.

Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic last year, these Taiwanese companies have inevitably been impacted.

　　Xu Zhenhong, the financial manager of Xiamen Hongtai Optical Co., Ltd., who has been deeply involved in the glasses industry for nearly 30 years, told reporters that in the first half of last year, the company's exports fell by 30% year-on-year.

At that time, the Xiamen Taxation Department proactively contacted them, conducted multi-dimensional analysis and guidance on the company, and helped select the best production and sales method, which enabled the company to quickly stabilize its exports.

　　"This has restored our confidence." Xu Zhenhong said that the company immediately invested several million yuan in the research and development center, continued to promote intelligent upgrades, and further improved product quality.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Xiamen Taxation Bureau stated that Taiwanese enterprises in Xiamen are mainly export Build a big boost.

　　In order to better serve Taiwanese and Taiwanese enterprises, the Xiamen Municipal Taxation Bureau also regularly visits Xiamen Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Xiamen Taiwanese Business Association and Xiamen Municipal Administration of Foreign Exchange and other institutions to jointly organize policy lectures on benefiting Taiwan and jointly build Taiwanese business information sharing Platform, build a bridge of communication and cooperation mechanism, and innovatively launch Xiamen's first green channel for taxation by Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots.

　　Since 2012, the Xiamen Taxation Department has continuously organized "Taiwanese Business Taxation Lectures."

In this regard, Wu Jiaying, chairman of the Xiamen Taiwanese Investment Enterprise Association, believes that the tax authorities, experts and scholars’ policy interpretations are very timely, and the content is close to the needs of Taiwan-funded enterprises. Businessmen are willing to cultivate one of the important factors in Xiamen's development for a long time.

　　Over the past 40 years since the establishment of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, Taiwanese businessmen and Taiwanese enterprises have seized opportunities and continued to develop their confidence in deepening the mainland and increasing capital and production.

Official data show that Xiamen has actually utilized more than 11 billion US dollars of Taiwanese capital, and the industrial output value of Taiwanese enterprises accounts for one-third of Xiamen's total industrial output value above designated size.

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