Cross-border e-commerce has become a new bright spot for stable foreign trade

Release time : 2020-12-04

This year is the closing year of the 13th Five-Year Plan. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's cross-border e-commerce has developed rapidly, becoming a new bright spot for stable foreign trade. At present, the State Council has established 5 batches of 105 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones; the scope of cross-border e-commerce retail import trials has been expanded to 86 cities and the entire island of Hainan Province; my country has continuously improved the cross-border e-commerce retail import policy and expanded its application Scope; all regions have accelerated the construction of cross-border e-commerce industrial park projects; customs launched a pilot project of cross-border e-commerce business-to-business (B2B) export supervision...

The rapid growth of cross-border e-commerce retail

The leading role of the comprehensive test area is prominent

According to data from the Ministry of Commerce, in 2019, cross-border e-commerce retail imports and exports amounted to 186.2 billion yuan, more than five times the scale of the initial cross-border e-commerce pilot zone. From January to September this year, it continued to maintain a rapid growth rate of 52.8%.

"In recent years, global trade has gradually become fragmented, which has promoted the growth of cross-border e-commerce retail imports and exports. In particular, overseas consumers and small and micro enterprises have begun to seek business opportunities and purchase products on the Internet, and The e-commerce platform and the Internet are becoming more mature and convenient, and overseas sales channels are constantly being established." Wang Jian, a professor at the University of International Business and Economics and director of the International Business Research Center, said in an interview with a reporter from China Trade News that the outbreak of new crown pneumonia this year has also caused The penetration rate of e-commerce worldwide has increased rapidly, bringing opportunities for cross-border e-commerce in China.

Qu Weixi, vice president of the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, said that in the context of frequent trade frictions and the new crown pneumonia crisis that has brought major challenges to the traditional international trade situation, China’s cross-border e-commerce has maintained rapid growth while driving a large number of The transformation and upgrading of traditional trade and manufacturing enterprises has promoted the development of logistics, supply chain finance, foreign trade comprehensive services and other enterprises, and has become a new driving force for the development of foreign trade. Since 2016, China has signed e-commerce cooperation memorandums and established bilateral e-commerce cooperation mechanisms with 22 countries, with partners on five continents.

The role of comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones in the development of foreign trade has also become increasingly prominent. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, my country has continuously established cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas in batches. From the executive meeting of the State Council in January 2016, it was decided to establish the second batch of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas in 12 cities including Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing, to the fifth batch of 46 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas newly established by the State Council in April this year At present, there are a total of 105 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot areas nationwide, covering 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, forming a development pattern of land-sea internal and external linkage and east-west mutual assistance.

In 2016, the import transaction value of the Tianjin Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone was 42.582 million yuan. In 2019, the transaction volume reached 4.61 billion yuan; the Guangxi Nanning Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone innovated to create the country’s first international mail and cross-border e-commerce The "three-in-one" intensive supervision model of commercial and international express mail, upgraded and improved the cross-border e-commerce public service system, and reduced the overall export customs clearance time from more than 8 hours to about 1 hour; Zhejiang Hangzhou cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone was established nationwide The first Internet court cross-border trade court; Shandong Weihai cross-border e-commerce comprehensive trial zone and South Korea's Incheon explore the "four-port linkage" to realize information exchange, mutual recognition of supervision, and mutual assistance in law enforcement between seaports and airports.

Li Xinggan, Director of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, said that at present, there are more than 140,000 registered entities in the comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones. Among them, some local platforms "go global" to expand into emerging markets such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa, and drive thousands of Chinese brands to go overseas; a group of unicorn companies innovate and develop flexible supply chains and achieve rapid development.

B2B export supervision pilot expansion

Comply with the export needs of enterprises

Starting from July 1 this year, 10 customs directly under the jurisdiction of Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, etc. have carried out pilot projects for cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision, adding customs supervision method codes "9710" (cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export) and "9810" (Cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouses); On September 1st, the pilot scope increased to 22. Under the new regulatory model, cross-border e-commerce companies have a number of conveniences such as simplified declaration, convenient customs clearance, allowable customs transit, and priority inspections for enterprise exports.

The relevant person in charge of the Port Supervision Department of the General Administration of Customs stated that before the implementation of the reform, my country's cross-border e-commerce supervision system and policy measures were concentrated in the field of cross-border e-commerce retail import and export. This reform adds a special supervision method to cross-border e-commerce B2B exports and supports customs clearance facilitation measures, which will help promote the healthy and rapid development of new foreign trade formats.

“Cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilots meet the needs of business development, and the business continues to expand and increase, showing a steady upward trend.” Gao Ruifeng, deputy commissioner of Beijing Customs, said that from the perspective of customs clearance data, the average daily business volume continues to increase. The number of enterprises, the volume of declarations, and the value of exports have all increased continuously. Data show that as of August 30, the first batch of 10 cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilot customs inspected and released 6.322 million cross-border e-commerce B2B export goods.

The relevant person in charge of Aipu Solar said that the implementation and landing of the "9710" pilot will meet the needs of cross-border e-commerce B2B enterprises for bulk export, allowing many cross-border e-commerce companies to export overseas more conveniently and in a standardized manner.

"We are a small, medium and micro enterprise. In the past, we could only apply for customs clearance according to traditional trade methods." Jie Yiquan, general manager of Jiangsu Nanjing Lianli E-commerce Service Co., Ltd. said that the cross-border e-commerce B2B export supervision pilot is precisely aimed at small, medium and micro cross-border e-commerce Merchants and enterprises have provided a series of facilitation measures such as low value and large volume of single export tickets, which has improved the efficiency of customs clearance but reduced the cost of customs clearance.

Hangzhou Quanzan E-commerce Co., Ltd. is an e-commerce company that relies on overseas warehouses to engage in cross-border trade. The general manager of the company, Xie Haiming, said that on the first day of the pilot, the company declared a declaration to Amazon's US overseas warehouse in the form of code "9810". Batch household items. "The customs has incorporated the export overseas warehousing model into cross-border e-commerce supervision, and has provided a series of convenient measures for enterprises in customs declaration, customs clearance, and logistics."

"Cross-border e-commerce, as a new form of foreign trade, has strong policy support and has introduced supporting measures in terms of finance, taxation, and quality supervision. In this regard, various departments must strengthen communication and collaboration to promote cross-border e-commerce quickly and efficiently. Zhang Shuibo, a professor in the Department of Management and Economics of Tianjin University, told reporters that at the same time, in order to ensure the sustainable development of cross-border e-commerce, the construction of the credit system of cross-border e-commerce platforms must be improved, especially during the epidemic period. Strictly control the quality of exported anti-epidemic materials.

Wang Jian said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, my country needs to make good use of the new generation of information technology and strengthen the concept of new Internet formats, new models, and new business practices. Due to the obvious trend of fragmentation of cross-border e-commerce, the number of small, medium and micro cross-border e-commerce companies is increasing. It is necessary to provide them with a good business environment, including ideas, laws and regulations, etc., perfect laws and regulations and strong regulatory measures are cross-border Important conditions for the development of environmental e-commerce.

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