From Beijing on January 16, it was learned from a press briefing held by the General Administration of Customs that the 2025 Cross-Border Trade Facilitation Special Campaign has achieved positive results, with a decision to replicate and promote 25 relatively mature policy measures nationwide. This move aims to further unleash policy dividends, promote the improvement of foreign trade quality and efficiency, and contribute to a strong start for the "16th Five-Year Plan" period.
From April to September 2025, the General Administration of Customs, together with 20 departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Commerce, intensively carried out the Cross-Border Trade Facilitation Special Campaign in 25 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Chongqing. They launched 29 innovative policy measures for pilot testing to promote stable volume and improved quality in foreign trade. Local governments and various departments have cumulatively introduced 508 supporting detailed measures, forming a batch of innovative systems and practices with regional characteristics.
Policy supply has been strengthened and supervision modes optimized. Procedures for filing export overseas warehouse enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce have been canceled, implementing "tax refund upon departure, accounting after sale." The inspection and supervision model for exporting lithium batteries has been optimized, promoting the healthy development of trade in the "New Three" categories through a coordinated supervision model for "split-case shipment exports of new energy vehicle power batteries."
A number of customs clearance procedures have been simplified, making every effort to help enterprises overcome difficulties. An integrated "foreign trade + finance" financing credit service platform has been established, helping over 3,200 high-credit "Authorized Economic Operator" (AEO) enterprises enjoy policies such as financing credit lines, financing guarantees, and export credit insurance. The benefits of the active disclosure policy have been released, reducing late payment penalties by 20.961 million yuan for eligible enterprises.
Cross-border logistics has been smoothed, facilitating two-way trade flows. Active support has been provided for the development of cross-border freight train services, and the global "Smart Customs" online cooperation platform has been successfully launched and put into operation, with 146 member customs administrations of the World Customs Organization (WCO) having joined. The International Trade "Single Window" has achieved electronic data interchange for documents such as certificates of origin and inspection and quarantine certificates with 15 countries (regions).
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