Implementation Opinions of Yunnan Provincial People’s Government on Promoting Foreign Trade to Stabilize and Improve
State and municipal people’s governments, provincial committees, offices, departments and bureaus:
In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of "Several Opinions of the State Council on Promoting Foreign Trade to Stabilize and Improve" (Guo Fa [2016] No.27), actively respond to the complicated and severe situation facing foreign trade, reverse the continuous downward trend of foreign trade, and promote the stabilization and improvement of foreign trade in the province, combined with the actual situation in our province, we hereby put forward the following opinions:
First, make every effort to promote foreign trade to stabilize and improve.
(1) Intensify market development. Continue to consolidate traditional markets such as ASEAN, South Asia, the European Union and North America, vigorously explore emerging markets such as Oceania, Africa and South America, accelerate the expansion of national and regional markets along the Belt and Road, and gradually diversify the foreign trade market. Support all kinds of business associations and intermediaries to organize enterprises to participate in well-known exhibitions at home and abroad, and help enterprises meet customers, seize orders and open up markets. Give support to enterprises participating in large-scale exhibitions at home and abroad.(The Provincial Department of Commerce, the Department of Finance, and the Yunnan International Expo Bureau are respectively responsible for their duties.)
(2) Strengthening the role of an open economic development platform. Give full play to the policies and supporting advantages of export-oriented parks such as national economic and technological development zones, high-tech industrial development zones, comprehensive bonded zones, border economic cooperation zones, cross-border economic cooperation zones, and key development and opening-up pilot zones, promote the formation of a number of foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases with strong driving effects, obvious industrial advantages, distinctive features and perfect public service system, accelerate the transformation of foreign trade development mode, and improve the quality and level of foreign trade development. We will promote the construction of demonstration zones for the quality and safety of agricultural products exported at the county level, improve the quality and safety level of agricultural products, enhance international competitiveness, and promote the steady growth of agricultural products exports. Support the identified provincial-level foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases and county-level export agricultural products quality and safety demonstration zones. Promote the continuous operation of China-Europe trains, encourage enterprises to export products to Europe through China-Europe trains, reduce the comprehensive cost of enterprises, enhance the international competitiveness of our products exported to Europe, and expand the scale of exports to Europe. Give support to transport enterprises through China-Europe trains.(Provincial Department of Commerce, Development and Reform Commission, Agriculture Department, Finance Department, Industry and Information Technology Commission, kunming railway administration, Kunming Customs and Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau are respectively responsible according to their duties)
(3) Promoting the coordinated development of foreign investment and foreign trade. Taking various development zones, industrial clusters, characteristic parks and special customs supervision zones as carriers, we will increase the investment attraction of large export-oriented projects, promote the undertaking of cluster and industrial chain projects, and improve the quality of foreign investment introduction. Actively guide foreign investment in biomedicine, advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, modern logistics, food and consumer goods manufacturing, plateau-featured agricultural products, information, tourism culture and other fields, attract regional headquarters of multinational corporations and functional institutions such as marketing centers, procurement centers and logistics centers to settle in our province, and accelerate the cultivation of new foreign trade growth points.(The Provincial Department of Commerce and the China Merchants Cooperation Bureau are responsible for their respective duties)
(D) Play the role of "going out" to promote trade. Encourage our province’s advantageous enterprises and industries with surplus production capacity to invest in South Asia, Southeast Asia and countries and regions along the Belt and Road, integrate into the global supply chain by means of new establishment, mergers and acquisitions, and establish an international marketing network, export product service system and cross-border electronic commerce overseas warehouse. Support key enterprises to establish production bases and industrial parks overseas, strengthen international capacity cooperation, and promote the export of relevant equipment and products. Accelerate the infrastructure construction of interconnection with neighboring countries, support enterprises in our province to carry out international cooperation and project contracting for major projects, and drive the export of equipment, materials, products, technologies, standards and services in our province. Support the export of materials under overseas investment cooperation.(The Provincial Department of Commerce and the Development and Reform Commission are respectively responsible for their duties)
(5) Further expand imports. Implement the national import discount policy and further improve the import encouragement policy of our province. Expand the import of advanced technology, key equipment and spare parts, and scarce resource products in our province to promote industrial upgrading in our province. Stabilize the import of resource products, seize the opportunity of low import prices of bulk commodities, and steadily expand the import of resource products. Reasonably increase the import of consumer goods, expand the import of consumer goods such as fruits, grain and meat, and support the construction of designated ports for inspection and quarantine in places where conditions permit; Support the establishment of duty-free shops at ports to guide the return of consumption abroad. Accelerate the promotion of Yunnan PetroChina International Enterprise Company to obtain crude oil import qualification, crude oil sales and operation qualification and refined oil wholesale sales qualification, and carry out crude oil import business as soon as possible.(The Provincial Department of Commerce, the Development and Reform Commission, the Commission of Industry and Information Technology, the Department of Finance, Kunming Customs and Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau are respectively responsible for their duties)
Second, consolidate the traditional competitive advantage of foreign trade
(6) Expand border trade. Study and formulate policies and measures to promote the development of border trade in our province, increase the transfer payment to border areas, ensure the implementation of policies to grassroots first-line areas and support the development of border trade. Focus on the export of key commodities such as mechanical and electrical products, electronic products, textiles and clothing, as well as the import of fruits, seafood, natural gas, crude oil, ore and other commodities and raw materials. Accelerate the introduction of measures for the management of border trade in our province, improve the construction of infrastructure such as supervision places, standardize the management of border trade, promote transformation and upgrading, and expand the scale of border trade.(The Provincial Department of Finance, the Department of Commerce, Kunming Customs and Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau are respectively responsible for their duties)
(seven) to expand the scale of processing trade. Increase investment attraction, comprehensively apply fiscal, land and financial policies, and actively undertake industrial transfer. Taking advantage of the convenience of various open parks and the preferential policies and measures of the state to support the transfer of processing trade to the central and western regions, we will hold a promotion meeting on Yunnan’s processing trade investment environment in coastal areas such as the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, focusing on key areas such as mechanical and electrical products, non-ferrous metals, electronic products, textiles and clothing, toys and bags, biomedicine, etc., and "one-on-one" tracking and docking key enterprises and projects, and relying on the advantages of various places to implement accurate investment promotion. To study and formulate the implementation opinions on promoting the development of processing trade in our province, and give support to large-scale projects that have strong import and export driving ability and can promote the quality and efficiency of processing trade in our province in terms of land supply, factory rent, logistics and financing guarantee. Strive to create a national demonstration zone for gradient transfer of processing trade, and strive to increase the proportion of import and export of processing trade.
Cancel the examination and approval of processing trade business in the whole province, establish and improve the supervision system after the event, speed up the establishment of pilot supervision of goods in Honghe and Kunming comprehensive bonded zones, and give qualified enterprises the qualification of general VAT taxpayer on the premise of "fair tax burden and controllable risks". Processing trade enterprises can pay the land transfer price by stages in accordance with the contract, and the land for industrial projects with priority development and intensive land use determined by our province can be determined according to 70% of the corresponding standards of the land. Support processing trade enterprises in our province to participate in direct electricity trading. Do a solid job in the implementation of the relevant policies to reduce the social insurance premium rate in stages.(Provincial Department of Commerce, China Merchants Cooperation Bureau, Department of Finance, Department of Human Resources and Social Security, Department of Land and Resources, Kunming Customs, Provincial State Taxation Bureau, and the people’s governments of the states, cities, counties and districts shall be responsible respectively according to their duties)
Third, accelerate the cultivation of new advantages in foreign trade competition
(eight) to cultivate and introduce foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises. Accelerate the cultivation and introduction of a number of key foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises to provide comprehensive foreign trade services such as customs clearance, logistics, warehousing and financing for small and medium-sized micro-foreign trade enterprises. We will provide more convenient measures and services in customs clearance, inspection and quarantine, settlement and sale of foreign exchange, export tax rebate, export credit insurance and other links for the recognized provincial-level foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises, and reward those foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises that have made remarkable achievements in promoting the export growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. Further implement the classified management measures for tax refund (exemption) of foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises, and accelerate the establishment of a management model suitable for the development of foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises.(The Provincial Department of Commerce, the Department of Finance and the Financial Office, Kunming Customs, Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the Provincial State Taxation Bureau and the Yunnan Branch of the Foreign Exchange Bureau are respectively responsible for their duties)
(9) Accelerate the development of cross-border electronic commerce. Earnestly learn from the experience of China (Hangzhou) cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone, accelerate the construction of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive service platform, cultivate key e-commerce enterprises, and support the construction of cross-border e-commerce innovation, design and research, platform construction, marketing and promotion, e-commerce incubation for small and medium-sized enterprises, warehousing and logistics, publicity and training and other comprehensive service systems. Support cross-border e-commerce platforms and enterprises that promote the substantial growth of foreign trade import and export. Strengthen communication and coordination, and strive for national approval of Kunming as the National cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone.(Provincial Department of Commerce, Industry and Information Technology Commission, Kunming Customs, Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Provincial State Taxation Bureau, Kunming Central Sub-branch of the People’s Bank of China, and Kunming Municipal People’s Government are respectively responsible according to their duties)
(ten) actively strive for market procurement trade pilot. Strive for national approval of Kunming Luosiwan International Trade City to carry out market procurement trade pilot. By optimizing supervision and innovating foreign trade management and service system, we can effectively reduce business operating costs, improve foreign trade efficiency, further improve the development level of commodity markets, and promote the coordinated development of domestic and foreign trade. Encourage qualified States and cities to carry out market procurement trade pilot projects, provide convenience for merchants in South Asia and Southeast Asia, and expand product exports.(Provincial Department of Commerce, Kunming Customs, Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Provincial State Taxation Bureau, Kunming Central Sub-branch of the People’s Bank of China, and the state and municipal people’s governments are responsible respectively according to their duties)
(eleven) vigorously cultivate independent brands of foreign trade. Establish export brand support and statistical system in our province, guide enterprises to strengthen brand building and improve export quality. Vigorously support enterprises in our province to explore the international market, and increase the brand cultivation and promotion in our province through high-level visits, product promotion activities, and participation in large-scale international exhibitions. Actively encourage foreign trade enterprises in our province to establish their own brands, encourage powerful enterprises to acquire foreign brands, vigorously support the brand promotion of export products in our province, and focus on cultivating regional and industrial brands in South Asia and Southeast Asian countries. Support enterprises to carry out foreign registration protection of trademarks and patents, deal with intellectual property disputes, adopt international product certification and other ways, and increase the promotion of Yunnan brands overseas. Support the cultivation and promotion of Yunnan export brands.(The Provincial Department of Commerce, the Department of Finance, and the Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau are respectively responsible for their duties)
(12) Vigorously develop trade in services. Fully implement the opinions on promoting the development of service trade and accelerate the construction of service trade policy system. As soon as possible, the management measures for the identification of service outsourcing demonstration cities, demonstration parks and demonstration bases will be introduced, and the policy environment for service trade in our province will be continuously improved. Expand the opening of service trade in border areas and encourage foreign investors to invest in tourism, logistics and retail industries. Identify a number of provincial service outsourcing demonstration cities, demonstration parks, demonstration enterprises and key cultivation enterprises. Support the development of a number of leading enterprises in service trade, and focus on cultivating a number of potential service outsourcing cultural trade enterprises and key projects, enterprises and institutions in traditional Chinese medicine service trade.(The Provincial Department of Commerce, the Cultural Products Office, the Commission of Industry and Information Technology, the Health and Family Planning Commission and the Food and Drug Administration are respectively responsible for their duties)
Fourth, strengthen fiscal, taxation, finance and credit insurance support
(thirteen) increase financial support. Expand the scale of provincial foreign trade development funds and increase the support of financial transfer payments for foreign trade development. Focus on supporting the export of agricultural products, mechanical and electrical products, non-ferrous metals, phosphorus chemicals and other superior products and the import of advanced technologies, key equipment parts and products with scarce resources, encourage the construction of open economic development platforms such as foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases, export agricultural products safety demonstration zones and foreign trade comprehensive service platforms, vigorously develop new foreign trade formats such as market procurement trade and cross-border electronic commerce, and cultivate and promote Yunnan export brands. Governments at all levels should arrange certain funds to support the development of foreign trade in light of the actual situation. (The Provincial Department of Finance and the Department of Commerce, and the people’s governments at the state and municipal levels are respectively responsible for their duties)
(fourteen) to speed up the progress of export tax rebate. Strengthen the analysis, prediction, scheduling, implementation and assessment of the export tax rebate plan, and actively strive for the export tax rebate plan. Standardize the management of export goods correspondence, improve the pertinence of sending letters, and check and confirm the reply in time. Fully implement the classified management of export tax rebate, standardize the export tax rebate process, and improve the efficiency of export tax rebate. Under the premise of sufficient tax refund plan, the export enterprises shall declare the tax refund (exemption) that meets the requirements, complete the examination and approval within the prescribed time limit and complete the relevant tax refund (exemption) procedures to ensure timely and full tax refund.(Responsible by the Provincial State Taxation Bureau)
(15) Strengthen financial support. Increase financing support for enterprises with orders and benefits. Guide commercial banks to carry out bank-enterprise docking with key foreign trade enterprises, tailor international settlement and trade financing solutions according to the needs of enterprises, and help enterprises effectively control exchange rate risks. Improve the facilitation level of RMB settlement in cross-border trade, guide and encourage commercial banks to increase the innovation of business products, continuously introduce cross-border RMB settlement and trade financing products that meet the needs of the market, and guide enterprises to expand the settlement scale. Increase support for small and medium-sized enterprises through policies such as refinancing and rediscounting. Encourage commercial banks to carry out export tax rebate account custody loans, export credit insurance policy financing, foreign trade order financing and other businesses. Support the bank loans and guarantee fees used by foreign trade enterprises to carry out foreign trade.(The Provincial Finance Office, the Department of Finance and the Department of Commerce, and the Kunming Central Sub-branch of the People’s Bank of China are respectively responsible for their duties)
(sixteen) increase credit insurance support. Further expand the scale of short-term export credit insurance, and increase support for electromechanical and high-tech products, agricultural products, small and medium-sized enterprises and emerging markets. Support various insurance institutions to carry out export credit insurance business, and further reduce the rate of short-term export credit insurance. Expand the coverage of credit insurance, and realize the full coverage of export financing of large-scale complete sets of equipment.(Yunnan Insurance Regulatory Bureau, Provincial Finance Office and Department of Commerce are respectively responsible for their duties)
V. Optimizing the environment for foreign trade development
(seventeen) to further standardize the import and export fees. We will fully implement the list system of import and export link fees, and reserve the administrative fees related to import and export links and the operating and service fees set or guided by the government, and clarify the charging items, charging standards and management authority. Accelerate the market-oriented reform of import and export services, resolutely ban "red-top intermediaries" that rely on administrative organs and administrative power to provide compulsory services, break monopoly and form a fully competitive service market. Severely crack down on illegal charging behaviors such as compulsory service and charging only without service, increase the investigation and punishment of e-government platform charges, and conduct a comprehensive inspection of e-government platforms of customs, entry-exit inspection and quarantine, taxation, commerce and other departments. Actively promote the province’s comprehensive pilot project on exempting foreign trade enterprises from inspection without problems from lifting and shifting storage costs, and effectively reduce the burden on foreign trade enterprises.(The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Finance, the Department of Commerce, the Commission of Industry and Information Technology, the Department of Transportation, Kunming Customs and Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau are respectively responsible for their duties)
(eighteen) to improve the level of trade facilitation. Accelerate the construction of "three mutual" customs clearance at Yunnan port, improve the cooperation mechanism between customs and inspection, optimize the work of "one declaration, one inspection and one release", fully implement the "double random" reform, and gradually increase the proportion of non-invasive inspection and machine inspection. Accelerate the construction of port informatization, give full play to the function of Yunnan electronic port platform, and promote the construction of "single window" of international trade. Deepen the paperless reform of customs clearance operations, and realize paperless customs clearance throughout the customs area during the year. Further expand the pilot scope of direct release of export commodities, export customs clearance forms and paperless inspection and quarantine. Further optimize and adjust the inspection rate of import and export goods, and implement a low proportion of random inspection of import and export goods of customs credit system certification enterprises.(The Provincial Department of Commerce, the Department of Finance, the Department of Transportation, Kunming Customs, Yunnan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, and Yunnan Branch of the Foreign Exchange Bureau are respectively responsible for their duties.)
Sixth, strengthen organizational leadership
(nineteen) to strengthen the main responsibility. The people’s governments of all prefectures and cities should earnestly strengthen their leadership over foreign trade, attach great importance to the steady growth of foreign trade, conscientiously study and formulate supporting measures and methods to promote the steady growth of foreign trade in light of local conditions, strive to achieve a stable and positive foreign trade in our province, and ensure the completion of the foreign trade import and export objectives and tasks issued by the provincial people’s government.(Provincial Department of Commerce, state and municipal people’s governments shall be responsible for their respective duties)
(20) Strengthen supervision and inspection. Relevant departments at the provincial level shall, according to their respective functions and responsibilities, strengthen cooperation and coordinate to solve the difficulties and problems in the development of foreign trade in our province. The provincial government supervision room should strengthen supervision and inspection, and departments and regions that fail to implement foreign trade policies and work measures should intensify supervision and implement serious accountability to ensure that all policies and measures are implemented and achieved practical results.(Provincial departments, the provincial government supervision room in accordance with the responsibilities are responsible for)
Yunnan Provincial People’s Government
July 20, 2016
(This piece is publicly released)