Detailed explanation of cross-border e-commerce and patent subsidy policies: new driving forces to promote innovation and international trade

Government supervision of cross-border payments

my country’s regulatory system for cross-border payments is gradually improving. After the “Electronic Signature Law of the People’s Republic of China” pioneered the legal supervision of e-commerce, the People’s Bank of China promulgated the “Electronic Signature Law of the People’s Republic of China” in the field of financial supervision and the “Electronic Signature Law of the People’s Republic of China” in the field of network security. The “Electronic Payment Guidelines (No. 1)” and the “Measures for the Administration of Payment Services of Non-Financial Institutions” were promulgated.

Since the promulgation and implementation of the “Measures for the Administration of Payment Services of Non-Financial Institutions”, with the rapid development of third-party payment institutions, government regulatory policies have been further improved. At present, the “Detailed Implementation Rules for the Management of Payment Services of Non-Financial Institutions”, “Measures for the Administration of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing of Payment Institutions”, “Measures for the Management of Prepaid Card Business of Payment Institutions”, “Interim Measures for the Custody of Customer Reserve Funds of Payment Institutions”, “Bank Card Collection and Management Measures” The Single Business Management Measures have been officially promulgated, and the Anti-Money Laundering Law of the People’s Republic of China and the corresponding Management Measures for Financial Institutions’ Customer Identification and Preservation of Customer Identity Information and Transaction Records have been improved on the basis of drawing on international experience.

Other relevant policies and regulations that the People’s Bank of China is preparing to issue include the “Measures for the Management of Online Payment Businesses of Non-Bank Payment Institutions”. Although this series of management measures has a relatively low legal level, it has initially established a basic policy framework for the supervision of the entire third-party payment business.

Apply for foreign patent subsidy policy

As the global economy becomes increasingly interconnected and the need for transnational protection of intellectual property rights increases, countries have implemented subsidy policies to encourage domestic companies and innovators to apply for foreign patents. These policies aim to promote technological innovation, enhance the international competitiveness of enterprises, and promote international cooperation and exchanges.

Main content

Financial subsidies: The government provides financial assistance to qualified companies and innovators to cover the costs of applying for foreign patents. These subsidies can cover patent application fees, international patent search fees, translation fees and other related expenses, reducing the financial burden on applicants.

Incentive mechanism: The government has established an incentive mechanism to provide financial rewards or other forms of rewards to companies and innovators that successfully apply for foreign patents and achieve commercial results. This incentive mechanism encourages innovators to actively apply for foreign patents and realize technology transformation and commercialization in the market.

Patent agency fee subsidy: The government pays a portion of patent agency fees for companies and innovators to reduce the overall cost of applying for foreign patents. This policy has prompted more companies and innovators to choose to seek professional patent agency services, improving the quality and success rate of applications.

Positive influence

Promotion of technological innovation: The policy of applying for foreign patent subsidies provides financial support and incentives to enterprises and innovators, encouraging them to carry out more technological innovation. By applying for foreign patents, they can push their innovations to the global market and gain broader business opportunities and returns. This promotes the continued development and advancement of technological innovation.

Enhance international competitiveness: By applying for foreign patents, companies can ensure the protection of their intellectual property rights on a global scale and prevent others from infringing and copying their innovative achievements. This gives enterprises an advantage in market competition, enables them to demonstrate their technical strength and product advantages on the international stage, and enhances their international competitiveness.

Promote international cooperation and exchanges: The policy of applying for foreign patent subsidies encourages cooperation and exchanges between enterprises and innovators, as well as between countries. By applying for foreign patents, they can establish connections and cooperate with foreign companies, institutions and experts to jointly carry out technology research and development, market expansion and innovation projects, promoting international cooperation and knowledge sharing.

Strengthen international image and reputation: Actively applying for foreign patents shows that companies and innovators have innovative capabilities and international vision, demonstrating their leading position in the technological field. This helps shape the international image and reputation of the company and the country, attracting more attention and cooperation opportunities from international partners and investors.

Government subsidy policies that cross-border e-commerce companies can apply for

Cross-border e-commerce, as a new way of trade development actively promoted by the country, is one of the important measures to cultivate new advantages in foreign trade competition. In order to support the development of cross-border e-commerce, the state has mentioned opinions on promoting the development of cross-border e-commerce in multiple policy documents issued in recent years, and has also introduced relevant support policies and subsidy plans.

List of policy subsidy projects

Apply for national high-tech enterprise certification subsidies

• Corporate income tax will be levied at a reduced rate of 25% and 15%;
• Talent housing purchase and rental subsidies, the subsidy amount is 400,000, and each district will provide matching subsidies in proportion;
• Brand enhancement: The honor of being the only “national” company in the science and technology industry. In the era of e-commerce, it is greatly conducive to promoting business transactions in other places and is the best symbol of corporate strength;
• Direct rewards: Shenzhen city supporting district fund rewards (150,000~350,000);
• The maximum subsidy for R&D expenses is 30%, with matching subsidies in each district;
• Required conditions for applying for various government support special funds;
• Priority in obtaining office and industrial land, and many local governments can also use land for free;
• High-tech enterprise products are given priority to be included in the government procurement system;
• Accelerated depreciation of fixed assets;
• Priority to be approved for loans from major banks.

Corporate research and development funding

• A subsidy will be provided based on 10%-20% of the R&D investment, with a maximum of no more than 10 million.

Special funding from the Central Foreign Economic and Trade Cross-border E-commerce Development

• Cross-border e-commerce comprehensive service projects: the funding limit for a single project is 3 million yuan;
• Cross-border e-commerce public service platform projects: the funding limit for a single project is 5 million;
• Cross-border e-commerce supply chain collaboration projects: the upper limit of funding for a single project is 4 million yuan;
• Cross-border e-commerce market development and innovation projects: The upper limit of funding for a single project is 3 million yuan.

Rewards for pilot enterprises integrating industrialization and industrialization to implement standards

• A pilot enterprise for the implementation of the integrated management system of informatization and informatization assessed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Provincial Economic and Information Technology Commission will be awarded 200,000 yuan each;
• For pilot enterprises that pass the national standard assessment of the integration of informatization and informatization, each enterprise will be awarded 500,000 yuan.

E-commerce demonstration rewards

• Those that are approved by national ministries and commissions to become national-level demonstration, pilot enterprises or bases in the field of e-commerce will be awarded 1 million yuan each;
• For those that are approved by the industry authorities of Guangdong Province and become provincial demonstration, pilot enterprises or bases in the field of e-commerce, each company will be rewarded 500,000 yuan;
• If the same enterprise obtains the qualifications of national ministries and commissions and demonstration pilots of Guangdong Province at the same time, rewards will be based on high principles, and no dual implementation will be carried out. Different types of rewards at the same level can only apply for one, and there will be no duplication of rewards.

E-commerce trading platform scale reward

• If the company’s service revenue in the previous year reached more than 100 million yuan and less than 1 billion yuan, a reward of 1 million yuan will be given;
• If the company’s service revenue reaches more than 1 billion yuan in the previous year, a reward of 2 million yuan will be given.

Rewards for the introduction of leading e-commerce companies

• If e-commerce transaction service platform companies among the world’s top 500 companies, national e-commerce demonstration companies, and leading e-commerce companies such as China’s top 100 Internet companies set up headquarters in our city, they will be given a reward of 5 million yuan;
• Leading e-commerce companies that meet the previous criteria will be given a reward of 3 million yuan if they set up marketing, data, settlement and R&D centers in Shenzhen and settle transactions in our city.

Business circulation innovation development support plan (cold chain distribution system construction project funding)

• The upper limit of funding for a single project is 3 million yuan and shall not exceed 50% of the project investment.

Technical transformation investment subsidies

• Post-subsidy: Subsidy will be provided at a rate not exceeding 10% of the declared enterprise’s investment in equipment purchased in the previous year, with a maximum of no more than 10 million yuan.

E-commerce integrated innovation project funding

• If the business income of an enterprise that has declared taxes reaches 10 billion yuan or more, the upper limit of funding is 2 million yuan;
• If the enterprise’s declared taxable operating income reaches 5 billion to 10 billion yuan, the upper limit of funding is 1.5 million yuan;
• If the business income of an enterprise that has declared taxes reaches 100 million yuan to 5 billion yuan, the upper limit of funding is 800,000 yuan;
• If the business income of an enterprise that has declared tax is less than 100 million yuan, the upper limit of funding is 500,000 yuan;
• National or provincial e-commerce demonstration supporting projects shall be matched in a ratio of no more than 1:1 (no expert review is required);
• The upper limit of funding for demonstration projects carried out by national or provincial e-commerce demonstration enterprises and demonstration bases is 1 million yuan.

Business circulation innovative development support plan (logistics center construction project funding)

• The upper limit of funding for a single project is RMB 3 million.

Shenzhen Talent Recognition Award

• Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent Recognition Category (A), the reward and subsidy standard is 3 million yuan;
• Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent Recognition Category (B), the reward and subsidy standard is 2 million yuan;
• Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent Recognition Category (C), the reward and subsidy standard is 1.6 million yuan;
• Shenzhen local-level leading talent recognition (Innovative Talent Award), the reward subsidy standard is 2 million yuan;
• Reserve-level talents are recognized in Shenzhen, and the reward and subsidy standard is 1.6 million yuan.

Except for Shenzhen enterprises designated in Article 12, the above policies can be applied for based on the company’s own circumstances. In recent years, driven by relevant domestic policies, China’s e-commerce development has gained momentum. At present, cross-border Cross-border e-commerce has become a new engine for economic development and a new window for opening up to the outside world.