China's foreign trade benefits the world

Just two months after the trial, China's cross-border B2B export regulation has been upgraded. Starting from September 1, 12 customs directly affiliated to Shanghai, Fuzhou and Qingdao have joined the "pilot group" of cross-border E-COMMERCE B2B export supervision on the basis of the existing 10 pilot customs.

Global trade continues to come under pressure in the context of coVID-19. In the face of the complex and severe situation, China has actively opened wider to the outside world and stabilized the basic momentum of foreign trade. At the same time, China has been injecting "Chinese impetus" into the world economy.

Double pilot cities to help cross-border e-commerce businesses fly higher

On July 1 this year, China launched the cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilot project and added two export supervision codes "9710" and "9810", respectively corresponding to "cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export" and "cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse".

According to the new regulation, enterprises can enjoy facilitation measures such as one-step registration, one-point connection, simplification of declaration, priority inspection and facilitation of return of goods. For the majority of cross-border e-commerce enterprises, the export is faster and smoother. The pilot was carried out in 10 customs directly under Beijing, Tianjin and Shenzhen at first, and the results were obvious within two months. By August 30, the pilot customs had inspected and released 6.323 million tickets of relevant goods, an average of about 100,000 tickets per day.

"Cross-border E-COMMERCE B2B export regulation pilot provides new options for enterprises to expand their business." Huang Honghua, general manager of Foshan Yongwei Import and Export Co., LTD., said, "The company now exports nearly 100 kinds of goods, and the customs clearance speed is faster, so enterprises have more confidence to 'go global'."

Zhuang Rui, party secretary of the National Institute of Opening up at the University of International Business and Economics, said the expansion of the pilot program from 10 to 22 customs offices in just two months shows that the reform is timely and effective and has touched the most difficult spots for enterprises.

"Not only that, but the large expansion of the pilot program also reflects China's accelerating pace of opening up, and also reflects the world's growing demand for China. This is a win-win move." She said.

Customs statistics show that in the first half of this year, the value of imports and exports transacted online by cross-border e-commerce enterprises reached 604.4 billion yuan, up 6.7% year on year. During the same period, the value of China's imports and exports of goods declined by 3.2 percent. It can be said that cross-border e-commerce B2B is the "top student" in China's new foreign trade format, and also the "light cavalry" to stabilize foreign trade.

This year, China added 46 to the original 59 comprehensive pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce, bringing the total number to 105. Ni Yuefeng, director of the General Administration of Customs, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua news Agency that the Customs will strengthen its support for cross-border E-COMMERCE B2B and comprehensively promote the supervision measures on the return of cross-border e-commerce commodities, so as to facilitate the import, export and return of cross-border e-commerce commodities and promote the healthy and rapid development of new business forms.

We will pool policy forces and continue to work to stabilize foreign trade

"With the AEO certification, our company enjoys better customs clearance services at home and abroad than ever before." Speaking of recent changes in customs clearance, Guangdong Posco Steel Processing Co., LTD. Customs clearance section chief Guo Zhenshan eyes a bright.

By AEO certification, he means the "certified operator" system commonly used by customs worldwide. By the end of July this year, China had 3,266 AEO advanced certification enterprises, 25,346 general certification enterprises, 1,451,700 general credit enterprises and 6,710 faithless enterprises.

The authentication level is different, the verification probability is very different. In 2019, for example, the average import and export inspection rate of advanced certification enterprises was 0.87%, while the inspection rate of dishonest enterprises was as high as more than 90%, which was basically ticket inspection. For enterprises, the more frequent inspection means the higher the cost.

Hu Dongsheng, director general of the Enterprise Management and Inspection Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that the Customs will further cultivate and expand the number of AEO enterprises, help more enterprises that meet the standards to enjoy the dividends of AEO system, and continue to promote AEO mutual recognition to achieve greater results.

This is an epitome of China's efforts to stabilize foreign trade. Since the beginning of this year, China has taken a series of pragmatic measures in tax and fee reduction, credit financing, tariff guarantee insurance, and promotion of "credit insurance + guarantee", making every effort to "stabilize foreign trade" to boost "stability" in foreign trade.

Take customs guarantee insurance as an example. Data from Ping An Property Insurance shows that from the launch of this policy to the end of July this year, Ping An property insurance has guaranteed 1,238 batches of goods, with the insured amount amounting to 4.38 billion yuan, effectively reducing the capital occupation of foreign trade enterprises and improving the capital turnover efficiency.

It should also be noted that the current global trade situation remains complex and severe, and there are still many factors affecting the stability of foreign trade. For example, some foreign trade companies told reporters that transportation costs have risen significantly in recent months, especially for sea transportation. They hope relevant authorities will urge shipping companies to adjust their shipping charges rationally.

We will continue to open wider to boost the world economy

In a few days, the China International Trade in Services Fair 2020 will be opened in Beijing. In October, the 128th Canton Fair will continue to open the window of world fine goods. In November, the third Expo will welcome visitors from all over the world...

From offline to "cloud", no matter how "open" the exhibition, the epidemic has widened the physical distance between people, while China's connection with the world has been growing.

Some time ago, a photo published on the website of westlb went viral in Germany. In the photo, four Chinese and German staff wearing yellow safety vests and helmets were smiling from a safe distance. This is a warm scene in Duisburg, Germany, after the outbreak of the first China-Europe wuhan train.

To stabilize China's foreign trade fundamentals is to make contributions to the fundamentals of global trade. Since the beginning of this year, China has been committed to maintaining the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain on the basis of active prevention and control of the epidemic, thanks to the china-Europe train service.

Statistics show that in the first half of this year, a total of 5,122 trains ran between China and the eu, an increase of 36% year-on-year. These trains have become the "iron and steel camel caravan" of hope, playing an important role in ensuring smooth logistics and stable supply of goods to our One Belt And One Road partners in the face of covid-19.

Continuously reducing tariffs, actively expanding imports, continuously deepening the reform of the pilot free Trade zone, promoting the construction of hainan Free trade port... Today's China is unswervingly pursuing reform and development through opening-up.

Gao Feng, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said China will step up efforts to ensure effective implementation of policies and measures, continue to improve the business environment and advance opening-up at a higher level.