Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting the Stability and Quality of Foreign Trade (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"), thoroughly implemented the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, helped foreign trade enterprises cope with difficult challenges, achieved the task of ensuring the stability and quality of import and export, and helped stabilize the economy and the industrial chain supply chain.
The Opinions put forward 13 policy measures, the main contents of which include:
First, ensure the stability of production and circulation in foreign trade. Establish a service guarantee system for key foreign trade enterprises and strengthen the production and operation guarantee for foreign trade enterprises. Effectively and orderly dredge the collection and distribution of sea and airport, further shorten the waiting time of international liner, make good use of air freight capacity, ensure the transportation of important parts, equipment and products, improve the customs clearance and operation efficiency of railway ports, and promote the smooth and smooth transportation of foreign trade goods. Strengthen the supervision of the international shipping market and enhance the function of shipping logistics services to stabilize foreign trade.
The second is to increase the financial and taxation support of foreign trade enterprises. Guide cross-border e-commerce enterprises to make full use of the current export tax rebate policy, support qualified cross-border e-commerce related enterprises to declare high-tech enterprises, and promote cross-border e-commerce to accelerate development, improve quality and efficiency. Increase export credit insurance support for foreign trade enterprises to further explore diversified markets. Support banking institutions to meet the reasonable capital needs of enterprises and increase import and export credit support. For small and medium-sized micro-foreign trade enterprises, increase the support of export credit insurance in terms of underwriting coverage, shortening the time of claim settlement, etc., increase the financing scale of credit insurance policies, and further strengthen financial support. Provide more public services such as training and consultation on exchange rate hedging, and accelerate the improvement of foreign trade enterprises' ability to cope with exchange rate risks. Carry out a pilot project of facilitating RMB settlement of trade and investment at a higher level in an orderly manner, and continuously optimize the RMB settlement environment for cross-border trade.
The third is to further help foreign trade enterprises catch orders and expand the market. Optimize the online exhibition mode, support small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions by means of "domestic online counterpart talks and overseas offline commodity exhibitions", and promote enterprises to make good use of online channels to expand trade transactions. Support pharmaceutical enterprises to register and certify Chinese and western medicines and biological products, support foreign consumers to buy Chinese brand cars, support more regions to carry out second-hand car export business, and encourage innovative, green and high value-added products to explore the international market.
The fourth is to stabilize the supply chain of foreign trade industry chain. Cultivate a new batch of import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones and strengthen the cultivation and construction of import promotion platforms. Support the gradient transfer of labor-intensive foreign trade industries in China, support enterprises to carry out "two-out" bonded maintenance in comprehensive bonded zones, and support the stable development of processing trade.