15 new measures to cheer foreign trade enterprises

The General Office of the State Council issued opinions on the deployment of stabilizing foreign trade work - 15 new measures to cheer foreign trade enterprises
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In the middle of winter, the front line of foreign trade is in full swing
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Ocean-going cargo ships loaded with containers left the port one after another, and China-Europe trains shuttled intensively between the Eurasian continents
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In 2021, China's foreign trade will hand over a dazzling transcript
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In the new year, can this good momentum continue?

Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Cross-Cycle Adjustment and Further Stabilizing Foreign Trade", with 15 specific measures, including strengthening fiscal, taxation and financial policy support, encouraging the development of new forms of foreign trade, alleviating pressure on foreign trade supply chains such as international logistics, and supporting key industries.
Four key enterprises contribute to foreign trade
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These practical and hard tricks are welcomed by foreign trade entities, and everyone has expressed that "we have a bottom line in stabilizing foreign trade"!

There are foundations and conditions for stabilizing foreign trade

In 2021, China's foreign trade development will increase in both quantity and quality, driving the growth of the national economy and making important contributions to the global economy
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Look at the scale - in 2021, China's import and export scale will reach 6.
05 trillion US dollars, and it will continuously cross the two major steps of 5 trillion and 6 trillion US dollars during the year, reaching a record high
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In RMB terms, the total value of China's imports and exports of goods trade in 2021 will reach RMB 39.
1 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 21.
4%
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Look at the quality - the trade mode is further optimized, and the general trade import and export accounts for more than 60%
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The vitality of foreign trade operators was effectively stimulated, and the import and export scale of private enterprises increased by 26.
7%, accounting for 48.
6%, an increase of 2 percentage points
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The import and export of mechanical and electrical products maintained a good growth trend
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Look at new business formats - cross-border e-commerce has increased by nearly 10 times in 5 years, and will maintain double-digit growth in 2021; there are more than 1,500 foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises; the number of overseas warehouses exceeds 2,000; about 130 bonded maintenance projects for processing trade have been built; Offshore trade is developing steadily.
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New business formats and new models have become new drivers for the transformation and upgrading of China's foreign trade and high-quality development
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Zhao Ping, vice president of the Research Institute of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said in an interview with this reporter that China's foreign trade will run well in 2021, and the stabilization of foreign trade has achieved remarkable results, laying a good foundation for the next step in stabilizing foreign trade
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"Last year, the process of diversification of China's foreign trade market accelerated, and the circle of friends continued to expand.
While traditional markets dominated by developed economies continued to consolidate, emerging markets such as ASEAN, Latin America, South Asia, and Russia grew rapidly.
National economic and trade cooperation continues to deepen, and traditional markets and emerging markets are increasingly supporting each other
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At the same time, private enterprises are playing an increasingly important role in the foreign trade pattern, and various open platforms such as comprehensive bonded zones, free trade pilot zones, and Hainan Free Trade Port The leading role of foreign trade growth is stronger, escorting the steady growth of China's foreign trade
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" Zhao Ping said
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However, the production and operation of foreign trade enterprises are also facing pressures that cannot be underestimated.
Stabilizing the main body and maintaining orders requires further synergy of foreign trade policies to stabilize
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"In 2021, China's foreign trade has climbed a high slope.
In 2022, there will be great pressure to stabilize foreign trade.
In order to smooth the short-term fluctuations in foreign trade that may be caused by sudden factors such as the epidemic, China has proposed for the first time in the field of foreign trade to make cross-cycle adjustments
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" Liang Ming, director of the Foreign Trade Research Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said
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Zhao Ping analyzed that under the background of the fragile recovery of the world economy and the continuous impact of the epidemic, foreign trade enterprises generally face the "three shortages" such as lack of cores, lack of cabinets, and lack of labor, as well as "four shortages" such as freight, raw material costs, energy and resource prices, and the rising RMB exchange rate.
up" challenge
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In this regard, it is necessary to do a good job in stabilizing foreign trade in 2022 from a broader cross-cycle perspective and based on the complex and changeable environment at home and abroad
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She believes that the "Opinions" focus on the effective combination of long-term and short-term policies, which reflects the dual policy orientation of taking into account the short-term and short-term local issues of stabilizing foreign trade work and the medium and long-term development goals
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The promulgation of the "Opinions" will provide support for helping enterprises to bail out, especially supporting small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises, and promoting the stable development of foreign trade
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Helping enterprises to bail out and stabilizing market players

"The accelerated processing of tax rebates has helped us improve the efficiency of capital use
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" Now is the season when a large number of citrus are on the market, and it is also the peak season for canned orange production.
Xiao Li'an, chairman of Huimei Agricultural Technology Co.
, Ltd.
in the West Dongting Management District, Changde City, Hunan Province Thumbs up for accelerated export tax rebate progress
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In 2021, after the company moved into the new park, due to the spread of the epidemic, rising costs of raw materials and human resources, and high shipping prices, the company's capital turnover was under pressure for a time
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To this end, the tax department took the initiative to carry out "one-to-one" precise assistance and set up a green window for export tax rebates
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From January to November last year, the company's cumulative export tax rebate amounted to 688,800 yuan
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"Timely funding guarantees allow foreign trade companies to send more high-quality products abroad
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" Xiao Li'an said
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Market entities are the cornerstone of the steady development of foreign trade
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The stable orders and stable expectations of foreign trade enterprises are inseparable from the strong support of a series of fiscal, taxation, financial and industrial policies
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The "Opinions" put forward a number of new measures in terms of tapping the import and export potential, ensuring the stability and smoothness of the industrial chain and supply chain, stabilizing the main body and ensuring orders, etc.
, to bring more sense of gain to foreign trade enterprises:

Export tax rebates will also be accelerated - in 2022, the progress of export tax rebates will continue to accelerate, and the average time for tax authorities to process normal export tax rebates will be reduced to less than 6 working days
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Directly address the problems of difficulty in recruiting and expensive labor—for enterprises exporting labor-intensive products such as textiles, clothing, and furniture, all localities will continue to implement various policies and measures to reduce burdens, stabilize jobs and expand employment
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Consolidate and enhance the role of export credit insurance—optimize the conditions for underwriting and claim settlement of export credit insurance, actively expand the underwriting of the industrial chain, and increase the protection of small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises and the risk of cancellation of orders before shipment
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Solve the difficult and expensive problems of financing - encourage and guide banking institutions to innovate products such as policy financing according to the needs of foreign trade enterprises, and various financial institutions will increase credit support for foreign trade enterprises, especially small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises, in accordance with the principle of marketization
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Improve the ability of foreign trade enterprises to deal with exchange rate risks - keep the RMB exchange rate basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level, promote banking institutions to further develop forward foreign exchange settlement and sales business for small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises, and actively and steadily promote RMB cross-border trade settlement
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Support key enterprises in key industries—strengthen the cultivation and construction of national processing trade industrial parks, and accelerate the cultivation and identification of a new batch of sites and demonstration sites for gradient transfer of processing trade
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Cultivate a number of trade double-circulation enterprises
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Provide support to labor-intensive product exporters in a compliant manner, and support local governments to study and establish a fixed-point regular monitoring mechanism for employment in the field of foreign trade
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Liang Ming said that the measures in the "Opinions" on speeding up export tax rebates, improving export credit guarantees, and alleviating pressure on international logistics have relieved current difficulties for foreign trade companies, maintained the continuity and stability of policies, and helped stabilize the fundamentals of foreign trade
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Promote the high-quality development of foreign trade

In the view of many foreign trade operators, solving "old problems" and expanding "new fields" is a highlight of this "Opinion", which will play a huge role in promoting the high-quality development of foreign trade
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The price of bulk commodities is high, and the cost of raw materials is under great pressure; the increase in shipping prices and the shortage of containers have added variables to cross-border logistics; foreign trade companies are difficult to adapt to the external shocks caused by exchange rate fluctuations and market changes.
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Solve these "old problems that have plagued enterprises in recent years" ”, to a large extent depends on whether the stability and smoothness of the supply chain of the industrial chain can be guaranteed
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In order to unblock the foreign trade supply chain, the "Opinions" propose that foreign trade enterprises will be encouraged to sign long-term agreements with shipping enterprises, and small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises will be organized to conduct direct customer docking with shipping enterprises
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Strengthen the supervision of international shipping, and call for the smooth flow of international logistics on multilateral and bilateral occasions
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Do a good job in the import of bulk commodities, and actively protect the domestic supply of bulk commodities
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Accelerate the promotion of trade adjustment assistance
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The reporter learned that many foreign trade companies are already connecting with shipping companies and exploring long-term cooperation
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In terms of promoting the innovative development of foreign trade, cross-border e-commerce, overseas warehouses, offshore trade, green trade, and trade digitization have become the "keywords" for stabilizing foreign trade
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The "Opinions" make it clear that a number of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones will be added to cultivate a number of offshore trade center cities (regions)
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At the same time, financial institutions will be encouraged to increase support for the construction and use of overseas warehouses by various enterprises through market operation, and promote the high-quality development of overseas warehouses; adjust and optimize the list of cross-border e-commerce retail imports, expand import categories, and better meet the needs of diversification.
consumer demand
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"In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to promote the innovation of foreign trade systems, models, and formats, and accelerate the promotion of high-quality development of trade
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" The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce introduced that a new batch of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones will be expanded.
work, improve the network of overseas warehouses, and steadily promote the development of offshore trade
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Explore the establishment of green trade standards and certification systems, and create a green trade development platform
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Promote the digital development of trade and the digital transformation of foreign trade enterprises, and create a number of trade digital pilot areas in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and other regions
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How to effectively link short-term and medium- and long-term policies to stabilize foreign trade? Zhao Ping said that in the process of promoting the implementation of the "Opinions", the focus should be on "stabilizing growth" in the short term, and "promoting reform" in the medium and long term
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"In the short term, we must use stable policies to drive the stability of foreign trade, and focus on better ensuring employment, entities, and the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, so as to ensure that policies do not make sharp turns
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In the medium and long term, we must implement the "Opinions" when implementing the "Opinions".
Guided by the overall and systemic issues in the development of foreign trade, coordinate development and security, focus on innovation-driven and green empowerment, and ensure that the goal of high-quality foreign trade development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period is achieved as scheduled
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" Zhao Ping said
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At the beginning of the new year, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force
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At present, foreign trade companies are thinking about seizing the opportunity to open up the RCEP country market
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Luo Ning, general manager of Zhejiang Ningbo Saijia Electric Appliance Co.
, Ltd.
, introduced that the company's team has recently sorted out the list of RCEP policies that can be enjoyed one by one.
"RCEP has brought about a reduction in tariffs, promoted the free flow of factors and further improved the business environment
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We are ready to grasp Taking advantage of the positive effects brought about by the entry into force of RCEP, we will accelerate the deployment of new overseas production and sales bases
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New opportunities continue to emerge, with good policy support, and confidence in stabilizing foreign trade is even greater!