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After two consecutive months of exceeding expected growth, China's export growth rate fell back in May. The General Administration of Customs has recently launched 16 measures to optimize the business environment, further stabilizing social expectations, boosting confidence in foreign trade development, and promoting the development of international trade.

The smooth flow of import and export logistics is the key to the prosperity of international trade. Currently, the annual supervision of international trade import and export freight volume by national customs reaches 4.8 billion tons, and the number of inbound and outbound transportation vehicles is 13 million. "Wu Haiping, Director of the Comprehensive Business Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that in the face of such a large-scale import and export logistics, customs must drive both reform and technology, continuously improve the efficiency of logistics supervision, and strive to achieve manageable and open logistics Fast passage.

The General Administration of Customs issued 23 measures to stabilize foreign trade last year, providing solid support for China's international trade scale to reach a new historical high. Wu Haiping stated that while continuing to implement popular and effective measures to ensure smooth traffic, the "16 Measures to Optimize Business Environment" this time focuses on the concerns of enterprises and has launched many new measures.

The State Council executive meeting held on June 2nd pointed out that efforts should be made to strengthen service awareness and give enterprises more tangible sense of gain. Wu Haiping stated that whether the policy measures are good or effective depends on whether the enterprise has a strong sense of gain. The 16 measures introduced this time revolve around helping enterprises reduce burden and increase efficiency, and have put forward many targeted measures. In summary, they are "three increases and one decrease", which means increasing enterprise convenience, enhancing enterprise vitality, enhancing enterprise services, and reducing enterprise costs.

For example, in improving the efficiency of logistics supervision, expand the pilot scope of "ship side direct delivery" and "arrival direct loading"; In terms of facilitating the import of advanced technology and equipment, the main focus is on optimizing process procedures, increasing speed and efficiency; In meeting the personalized and rapid customs clearance needs of some special goods, we will further leverage the advantages of local supervision, ensure the smooth operation of the green channel for local inspection, and ensure the rapid customs clearance of fresh and perishable goods.

In recent years, new formats such as cross-border e-commerce have gradually developed and strengthened, which is closely related to the favorable environment for foreign trade innovation and development. Lin Shaobin, Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Business Department of the General Administration of Customs, stated that the customs adheres to the concept of "innovation, inclusiveness, prudence, and coordination" and has created a regulatory model suitable for the characteristics of cross-border e-commerce, effectively promoting the healthy and sustainable development of cross-border e-commerce and promoting the development of international trade.

Among the 16 measures, creating a good innovation environment and serving foreign trade innovation occupy an important position. "Lin Shaobin said that in promoting the sustainable and healthy development of cross-border e-commerce, we will orderly carry out comprehensive reform of cross-border e-commerce customs supervision, and study and improve the bonded supervision system and measures for cross-border e-commerce online shopping; In supporting the development of new forms of bonded maintenance, we will further expand the scope of bonded maintenance business and support enterprises to carry out more forms of bonded maintenance business; In promoting the upgrading of processing trade, we will support the development of emerging industries such as bonded maintenance and remanufacturing, enhance the level of information management, further promote the facilitation of processing trade, and ensure the stability of the industrial chain supply chain. (Translated from: Economic Daily - Reporter Gu Yang)