Cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone expanded again (Rui Finance)
On November 24, the "Reply of the State Council on Approving the Establishment of Cross-Border E-Commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zones in Langfang and Other 33 Cities and Regions" (hereinafter referred to as the "Reply") was officially released, agreeing to establish cross-border e-commerce in 33 cities including Langfang, Zaozhuang and Lhasa. A comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce will be set up in several cities and regions.
So far, the number of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot areas in China has reached 165, covering 31 provinces.
A total of 165 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas
The "Reply" proposes that Langfang City, Cangzhou City, Yuncheng City, Baotou City, Anshan City, Yanji City, Tongjiang City, Bengbu City, Nanping City, Ningde City, Pingxiang City, Xinyu City, Yichun City, Ji'an City, Zaozhuang City, Jining City, Tai'an City, Dezhou City, Liaocheng City, Binzhou City, Heze City, Jiaozuo City, Xuchang City, Hengyang City, Zhuzhou City, Liuzhou City, Hezhou City, Yibin City, Dazhou City, Tongren City, Dali Bai 33 cities and regions, including the Autonomous Prefecture, Lhasa City, and Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, have set up cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot areas.
This is the seventh batch of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot areas established by China.
Previously, the State Council had carried out the construction of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones in 132 cities including Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Tianjin in six batches.
Hong Yong, an associate researcher at the Institute of Electronic Commerce of the Ministry of Commerce, told our reporter: "In recent years, the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area model has become more mature, and this year there has been a relatively rare 'two batches a year', which is also true. It shows my country's determination to further expand reform and opening up." After this expansion, China has a total of 165 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas, covering 31 provinces across the country, and the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas are moving towards the inclusive stage.
In terms of geographical distribution, the 33 newly established cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas are located in cities with a good foreign trade foundation. In terms of geographical distribution, more emphasis is placed on the central and western regions and border areas, gradually moving from eastern and southern coastal areas to inland provinces. Expansion, extending from central cities and provincial capitals to second- and third-tier cities.
Hong Yong pointed out that it is worth noting that this expansion includes the city of Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region, filling the gap that there is no cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area in Tibet.
After this expansion, Shandong Province has achieved full coverage of the districts and cities under the provincial jurisdiction, becoming the fourth province in China to achieve full coverage of the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area of the provincial districts and cities.
Previously, Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province and Guangdong Province also achieved full coverage.
Replicate and promote proven practices
According to the "Reply", the construction of the new batch of comprehensive test areas should copy and promote the mature experience and practices of the first six batches of comprehensive test areas.
In terms of specific construction advancement, the "Reply" proposes to give full play to the positive role of cross-border e-commerce in helping the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and promoting the digital development of industries, promote the optimization and upgrading of foreign trade, and accelerate the construction of a trade power.
It is necessary to protect the rights and interests of personal information and create a good business environment for all types of market players to participate in market competition fairly.
Subjects at all levels must fulfill their responsibilities.
The "Reply" requires that the people's governments of relevant provinces (autonomous regions) should further refine the pilot tasks, highlight key points, drive innovation, give full play to the decisive role of the market in allocating resources, better play the role of the government, effectively guide social resources, and rationally allocate public resources. Resources, solidly promote the construction of a comprehensive test area.
At the same time, the relevant departments of the State Council should strengthen coordination, guidance and policy support for the comprehensive test zone in accordance with the division of functions, and effectively play the demonstration and leading role of the comprehensive test zone.
Efforts will be made to explore and innovate in technical standards, business processes, regulatory models, and informatization construction related to cross-border e-commerce business-to-business (B2B), research and introduce more supporting measures to create a good environment for the development of the comprehensive pilot zone, and more It is good to promote and regulate the development and growth of cross-border e-commerce industry.
In addition, the "Reply" also proposes to further improve the cross-border e-commerce statistical system, implement support policies such as exempting value-added tax and consumption tax for cross-border e-commerce retail export goods in the comprehensive test area, and enterprises can choose to collect corporate income tax after approval , The cities (regions) where the comprehensive test zone is located that have been confirmed by the local customs to meet the regulatory requirements will automatically apply the cross-border e-commerce retail import pilot policy, and support enterprises to jointly build and share overseas warehouses.
Add impetus to the steady growth of foreign trade
In recent years, with the support of policies, cross-border e-commerce has become an important starting point for stabilizing foreign trade and promoting consumption.
In the past five years, the scale of China's cross-border e-commerce has increased by nearly 10 times.
In 2021, China's cross-border e-commerce import and export scale will reach 1.92 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.6%, achieving continuous growth.
In the first half of this year, the import and export transaction volume of cross-border e-commerce increased by 28.6% year-on-year.
Among them, the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area has an obvious driving role.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce previously stated that China's cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area basically covers the whole country, forming a development pattern of land, sea and overseas linkage, and two-way mutual assistance between the east and the west.
According to the Ministry of Commerce's previous comprehensive assessment of the first five batches of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zones, the first five batches of comprehensive test zones have vigorously promoted system, management and service innovation, and achieved remarkable results in construction, effectively helping foreign trade to maintain stability and improve quality.
The continuous expansion of the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zone will accelerate the pace of building a trading power.
"The newly established cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone reflects the government's emphasis on the new business model of cross-border e-commerce, and hopes to help the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and promote the high-quality development of foreign trade through cross-border e-commerce." Hong Yong said, "It should be accelerated. The B2B model supports cross-border e-commerce brand building. Relying on the '9710' and '9810' regulatory models and second-hand car export pilots, etc., to promote the integration of industries with international competitive advantages and cross-border e-commerce, based on the China-Europe Railway Express and the new land-sea channel for international trade Optimize cross-border e-commerce international logistics channels, and support cross-border e-commerce B2B export business innovation.”
Xu Peiyu