New formats such as cross-border e-commerce have become important weights for stabilizing foreign trade

This year's government work report stated that in order to promote the basic stability of foreign trade, the development of cross-border e-commerce and other new formats should be accelerated . This is the sixth consecutive year that the government work report mentioned cross-border e-commerce. Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan previously emphasized at a press conference held by the State Council’s new office that it should support the development of new formats such as cross-border e-commerce, cultivate new momentum for foreign trade, and make these new models and new formats a new bright spot in foreign trade development.

Intensive release of policy dividends

By 2025, the scale of cross-border e-commerce transactions will reach 10 billion yuan, and it will take 3 to 5 years to build a model with "convenient logistics clearance channels + unique cross-border industrial clusters + one-stop service for the entire industry chain", with regional and Industry-specific comprehensive test zone... This is the newly determined development goal of the Fushun cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zone.

After the State Council issued the "Response on the Agreement to Establish a Comprehensive Pilot Area for Cross-Border E-Commerce in 46 Cities and Areas such as Xiong'an New Area" on May 6, the nationwide cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area was expanded from 59 to 105 now.

Since the beginning of this year, the state has intensively introduced relevant policies to support the development of new formats such as cross-border e-commerce.

The executive meeting of the State Council held on April 7 launched a series of measures including the establishment of a cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zone, actively responding to the impact of the epidemic, and striving to stabilize the basic foreign trade foreign investment.

In April, the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Notice of Further Giving Full Play to the Role of China-Europe Trains in Responding to the New Coronary Pneumonia Outbreak and Doing a Good Job in Stabilizing Foreign Trade, Stabilizing Foreign Investment, and Promoting Consumption."

In May, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange issued the "Notice on Supporting the Development of New Trade Formats" to relax foreign exchange policies for new trade businesses and optimize foreign exchange services.

Zhang Zhouping, director of the B2B e-commerce research center of the Netease and the cross-border e-commerce department, and a senior analyst said in an interview with the International Business Daily that the new format incorporates elements such as the digital economy and new transaction models. Strong vitality. Cross-border e-commerce has the advantages of no meeting, no time limit, no place limit, etc. It can give full play to its characteristics and advantages, provide support for enterprises to increase orders and expand markets, and accelerate to stabilize the basic foreign trade plate. Therefore, the introduction of relevant incentive measures by the state is conducive to promoting the healthy and rapid development of cross-border e-commerce, and on the basis of the rapid development of previous years, further release potential and enhance the new momentum of foreign trade development.

Help stabilize the basic foreign trade plate

"The implementation of the New Deal has relieved us of a great burden." Mr. Wang, the e-commerce business director of a foreign trade company in Zhejiang, told the International Business Daily that the relevant policies issued by the state have brought tangible benefits to enterprises. For example, benefiting from the reform of the foreign exchange settlement model and account revenue and expenditure scope of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, a single one million yuan of goods, the company had to pay all the goods and related taxes in one time, about 1.2 million yuan, now only need to pay about With a deposit of 200,000 yuan, the goods can be put up for sale, and the balance and taxes can be applied for later payment. "For enterprises with tight funds under the epidemic, this policy is not only in line with the actual situation, but also eliminates the pain points of enterprises."

Driven by policies, the new format has achieved rapid development and played an important role in stabilizing the basic foreign trade.

Customs statistics show that this year, despite the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, my country’s cross-border e-commerce imports and exports still achieved a 34.7% growth in the first quarter, and it has exerted its advantages in integrating the global supply chain.

Zhang Zhouping believes that the policy dividend has played an important role in the development of the new format of foreign trade, not only in the drive of the new format by the policy itself, but also in the increased attention brought by the policy effect. However, the development of new formats requires more policy support, and the development of cross-border e-commerce requires higher synergy, mainly reflected in the coordination of domestic and foreign, e-commerce platforms and foreign trade companies, the coordination of different links, etc. . Therefore, there is still room for the introduction of policies.

Xu Hongcai, deputy director of the Economic Policy Committee of the China Policy Science Research Association, said in an interview with a reporter from the International Business Daily that the development of the new format is not long and the industry is developing rapidly. It is necessary to bring the policy closer to the enterprise and be more inclusive. Regulate in development, develop in norms. With the continuous release of policy dividends and the development of the digital economy, the new format will have a far-reaching impact on stabilizing foreign trade and accelerating the high-quality development of foreign trade.