China News Service, Qingdao, January 1st (Reporter Hu Yaojie) The launch of RCEP's entry into force in Qingdao and the launch ceremony of "China·Shandong·Qingdao-Japan·Kanto·Kingbin" was held in Qingdao on the 1st.

At the ceremony, the first fast logistics channel between northern China and Japan-RCEP Sino-Japanese high-end logistics and Sino-Japanese maritime postal cooperation project signed and landed. The postal route serves as a fast channel for Japanese goods trade and transportation, balancing timeliness and economy. At the same time, it saves the cost of logistics and transportation for the enterprise while greatly shortening the capital return cycle.

　　At the ceremony, four parties including Shandong International Air Exchange, China Post Group Co., Ltd. Qingdao Branch, Dongchen Shipping, and Nippon Express Logistics signed the RCEP Sino-Japanese high-end logistics and Sino-Japanese maritime postal cooperation project on the spot to build a joint project between northern China and Japan. The first fast logistics channel between the two.

This postal route is an EMS postal route for China Post to realize express delivery services between Qingdao, China and Osaka, Japan based on the ro-ro ship of the China-Japan RCEP express line.

China Post is responsible for domestic transportation, port operations, and sea transportation of mail. Japan Post is responsible for overseas customs clearance and local delivery via the China-Japan RCEP express line, and the reach is all over Japan.

This postal route can effectively meet the demand for shipping mail and cross-border e-commerce goods between China and Japan in the trade of goods, and has the characteristics of low price, stable time limit, and flexible operation.

Ceremony scene.

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　　Zhang Zhongxing, head of the RCEP special class of China Post Group Co., Ltd. Qingdao Post, believes that the first fast logistics channel in northern China and Japan has two major advantages in price and timeliness compared to traditional channels.

China-Japan maritime mail freight is about one-fourth of air freight, and the transportation capacity is more sufficient, which makes up for the high price of air mail and the lack of transportation capacity.

In addition, the shipping time of the China-Japan maritime mail route is only one and a half days, which is about a week shorter than the average shipping time, and it is not much different from the air transport time.

He said that the goods are transported by the China-Japan maritime postal route, which can be docked at a dedicated terminal, with more accurate schedules, customs clearance in advance, and shorter customs clearance time.

　　At the event site that day, as the country’s first exemplary leading comprehensive service platform focusing on the RCEP field, RCEP Qingdao Enterprise Service Center was upgraded to RCEP Shandong Enterprise Service Center during this event, focusing on the construction of the RCEP foreign trade practice inquiry APP platform. Realize the digitization of all links in the entire trade chain as the ultimate goal, and provide cross-border trading companies with RCEP information consultation, economic and trade rules inquiries, and comprehensive foreign trade services, and strive to solve the high operating costs, expensive financing, complex process operations and risk prevention capabilities of individual companies Weak and other industry pain points, coordinate the customs and tax resources, and realize the full-process service of the enterprise.

　　According to reports, the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (referred to as "RCEP") covers approximately 30% of the world’s population, 30% of the total economic volume and 30% of foreign trade. It is the largest number of participants in China’s negotiations so far. The free trade agreement with the most diverse membership and the greatest potential for development.

RCEP is determined to be officially effective for 10 members including China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam from January 1, 2022, and will implement tariff concessions among the 10 countries.

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