Cross-border e-commerce import and export inspection and quarantine supervision policy analysis

With the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce, national and local governments have introduced a series of inspection and quarantine supervision policies to ensure the quality and safety of imported and exported goods. According to the relevant policies of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China, inspection and quarantine play a vital role in this process.

Import supervision policy

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has strengthened the inspection and quarantine of goods imported through cross-border e-commerce channels since 2015. From 2015 to 2017, special quality inspections were conducted on consumer goods such as toys, diapers, clothing, and tableware. A total of 1,013 batches were inspected, of which 415 batches were unqualified, with a failure rate of 40.9%. In response to this problem, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has issued a number of policy guidance documents, including:

• Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Healthy Development of E-Commerce on March 16, 2015
• Opinions on further leveraging the role of inspection and quarantine functions to promote the development of cross-border e-commerce, May 14, 2015
• Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Inspection and Supervision of Imported and Exported Consumer Goods in Cross-Border E-Commerce on June 9, 2015
• Notice on Effectively Implementing the Entry Quarantine Supervision of Imported Animal and Plant Origin Foods for Online Shopping Bonded Cross-Border E-Commerce on December 9, 2015

In addition, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued the “Working Standards for Cross-border E-commerce Business Entities and Commodity Registration Management” in 2015, and established the “General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine” in 2017. System” provides clear management standards for business entities and product registration.

Local quality inspection systems are also actively carrying out relevant management measures. For example, Shanghai, Chongqing, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have formulated specific inspection and quarantine management measures. These documents stipulate in detail the goods that are prohibited from being imported through cross-border e-commerce, the registration of e-commerce enterprises and their products, etc., ensuring the operability of the policy.

Export supervision policy

Similarly, in order to support cross-border e-commerce retail exports, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued the “Guiding Opinions on Supporting Cross-border E-commerce Retail Exports” on November 11, 2013, proposing a number of policies to promote healthy exports. develop. Specifically, it mainly includes the following points:

1. Promote the establishment of an inspection and quarantine supervision system for e-commerce retail exports: Explore the establishment of a complete supervision system to effectively promote e-commerce exports.

2. Establishment of a filing management system: Conduct filing management for e-commerce export enterprises and their products, so as to grasp relevant basic information in a timely manner, and encourage enterprises to register through cross-border e-commerce platforms.

3. Full declaration system: Master electronic order and waybill information through cross-border e-commerce platforms to establish a quality supervision mechanism for export products.

4. Supervision model innovation: Explore a quality and safety supervision spot inspection mechanism based on risk analysis, and closely integrate quarantine supervision with third-party quality appraisal.

5. Informatization construction: Promote data docking and information sharing with local governments, logistics and regulatory authorities to improve the regulatory efficiency of cross-border e-commerce.

To sum up, with the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce, China’s national and local governments have accordingly formulated multi-level and multi-angle inspection and quarantine supervision policies, aiming to ensure the quality and safety of goods, thereby promoting cross-border Sustainable and healthy development of e-commerce.