Guangzhou is China’s “foreign trade window”. The annual Canton Fair attracts a large number of merchants and investors, and has established economic and trade ties with almost all countries and regions in the world. Guangzhou has a seaport, the second largest airport in the country, and Hong Kong, China as a transit port, giving it excellent location advantages. Guangzhou is a leading city in cross-border e-commerce. While other cities are still discussing many policies, Guangzhou has already begun trial implementation.
In Guangdong, the customs team accounts for nearly half of the country, and there are 7 first-level customs. Guangzhou is a free trade zone, a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao integration convenience zone and one of the starting points of the Maritime Silk Road. It has the only The branch of the General Administration of Customs is often “foresighted” in terms of policies when it comes to cross-border e-commerce. If you haven’t been to Guangzhou to study, it’s really not a start. The new cross-border policy first started in Guangdong and Guangdong.
As a pioneer, Guangzhou has a relatively good grasp of policies. Commodity inspection is relatively cautious. Its airport customs clearance is relatively strict on the inspection and quarantine of milk powder and other products. It implements classified customs clearance based on the enterprise management category, “telegram in advance, inspection and release of goods upon arrival”, to improve the efficiency of customs clearance and inspection.
What is commendable is its open management of cross-border e-commerce and logistics enterprises. To carry out work related to cross-border e-commerce in Guangzhou, it only requires filing and does not require local registration of enterprises. There are many participants. , forming a unique dominant logistics provider, and competition becomes more intense. As the largest foreign trade province, Guangdong’s cross-border e-commerce transactions account for 70% of the country’s total transactions. It has built 11 cross-border e-commerce parks, and several operating models and customs clearance methods are available. In November 2014, Guangzhou officially opened the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” cross-border e-commerce platform. The local government has also recently focused on exports and established a special tax refund guarantee fund for cross-border e-commerce.