Recently, the “Action Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of Cross-border E-commerce and Helping Foreign Trade to Stabilize Scale and Optimize Structure (2024-2027)” was issued, and seven key tasks and 20 key tasks were put forward, namely, promoting market players to double their capacity, creating an “N Park +N Belt” for cross-border e-commerce industry, strengthening the platform radiation drive, cultivating local brands going to sea, improving the quality and efficiency of cross-border e-commerce development, improving the service supervision system, and establishing a sound exchange and cooperation mechanism.
In terms of promoting market players to double their capacity, the “Proposal” proposes that traditional enterprises will be guided to test water transformation, production enterprises will be guided to transform into industrial and trade-integrated enterprises, and traditional trading enterprises and individual merchants in professional wholesale markets will be encouraged to test water cross-border e-commerce, support the establishment of stores on tripartite platforms, participate in professional exhibitions at home and abroad, and expand online and offline sales channels. At the same time, cultivate the main team by classification, support cross-border e-commerce sellers to deeply link the source manufacturers, and drive the industrial chain to move inward and the supply chain to upgrade with reverse customization. Encourage the return of cross-border e-commerce talents who are deeply involved in the eastern coast and build a professional team rooted in the local area.
Promote the upgrading of ability and qualification, support qualified cross-border e-commerce enterprises to declare national e-commerce demonstration enterprises, national high-tech enterprises and AEO (certified operators) enterprises, and give incentives according to regulations. Support powerful enterprises to build overseas warehouses through overseas investment.
In terms of improving the quality and efficiency of cross-border e-commerce development, we will build a new base for cross-border e-commerce import, support cross-border e-commerce import enterprises to lay out stocking warehouses in comprehensive bonded areas and bonded logistics centers (type B), develop the format of “bonded warehouses+live broadcast”, promote the rapid distribution mode of cross-border e-commerce retail import, promote the integration of cross-border e-commerce import direct mining and new retail development, and encourage the development of the format of “experience store+live broadcast”. Promote the mutual integration and promotion of business formats, support overseas warehouses to superimpose the function of comprehensive service, lay out port cities along the RCEP and the Belt and Road, cooperate with local e-commerce platforms, develop the “front store+middle warehouse+back port” model, and create a new sales scene of cross-border self-lifting, wholesale and retail.
In terms of improving the service supervision system, the “Proposal” proposes to strengthen cross-departmental service supervision, promote inclusive and prudent supervision, establish a fault-tolerant and error-correcting mechanism, clarify the timeliness and directionality of policy retrospective accountability, and adhere to the combination of seeking truth from facts and non-retroactivity. At the same time, make good use of active tax policies and improve the level of customs clearance facilitation. Not only that, but also put forward innovative foreign exchange management services and strengthened financial and insurance services.
Source: Chengdu Daily
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