Shenzhen, Guangdong: Support Electrochemical Energy Storage Products Export Enterprises And Shipping Companies To Sign Long-Term Direct Customer Agreements

On February 20, the Shenzhen Bureau of Commerce issued the Measures for Promoting the Steady Growth of Foreign Trade in Shenzhen. The "Measures" proposed to support the export enterprises of electrochemical energy storage products and shipping companies to sign long-term direct customer agreements. Increase the supply of storage storage in the dock, rationally optimize the customs inspection ratio of storage products, and extend the operation time of direct loading beside the ship. In addition, it also mentioned that more efforts will be made to attract a number of automobile manufacturers and dealers, promote the production and export of the Shenzhen-Shantou Biyadi Automobile Industrial Park Phase II project, and build a global automobile sales and export center.

Details are as follows:

Notice of Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce on the issuance of Measures to Promote the Steady Growth of Foreign Trade in Shenzhen

All relevant units:

The Measures for Promoting Steady Growth of Foreign Trade in Shenzhen City have been agreed by the Municipal government and are hereby issued. Please implement them carefully.

We hereby inform you.

Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce

February 20, 2024

Measures to promote steady growth of foreign trade in Shenzhen

These measures are formulated in order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Party's 20 congresses, fully implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, effectively consolidate the basic foreign trade of our city, promote the stable and high-quality development of foreign trade, and accelerate the construction of a strong trade city.

First, we will promote close linkages between industries and trade

1. Expanding exports of advanced manufacturing. We will increase support for export credit insurance underwriting quotas for key industrial clusters and specialized new "little giants" enterprises to help them expand overseas markets. Support electrochemical energy storage products export enterprises and shipping companies to sign long-term direct customer agreements. Increase the supply of storage storage in the dock, rationally optimize the customs inspection ratio of storage products, and extend the operation time of direct loading beside the ship. Standardize the export of second-hand mobile phones, encourage industry associations to develop export commodity standards, and ensure the quality of export commodities. [Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Bureau of Market Supervision, Bureau of Transport, Trade Promotion Commission, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Maritime Safety Administration, District governments (Management Committee of Dapeng New District, Management Committee of Shenzhen-Shantou Special Cooperation Zone, the same below)]

2. Accelerating the integration of production, supply and marketing We will encourage large manufacturing enterprises and their upstream and downstream enterprises to conduct international trade in Shenzhen. We will vigorously attract key enterprises to set up trade headquarters and purchase and settlement entities in Shenzhen. Support supply chain service enterprises to expand the import and export business of manufacturing enterprises. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Investment Promotion Bureau, Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Qianhai Administration Bureau, District governments)

3. Steadily increasing processing trade. Establish a service mechanism for processing trade enterprises and key links in their industrial chain and supply chain, and give key support to land use, electricity, labor, industrial policies, and import and export customs clearance. Support qualified enterprises to carry out bonded maintenance business with high-tech content, high added value and environmental protection requirements. Promote the processing trade supervision model of enterprise groups, and further improve the efficiency of the flow of goods within processing trade enterprise groups. Promote the "bonded +ERP" regulatory reform pilot, implement a regulatory model that is compatible with the digital transformation of enterprises, and streamline procedural and planned reporting procedures. We will support processing trade enterprises in expanding exports of intermediate goods. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Taxation Bureau, Shenzhen Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, District governments)

4. Cultivate and expand automobile exports. Support enterprises to strengthen technological innovation, improve the international service marketing system, and expand the export of complete vehicles and parts. We will make greater efforts to attract a number of automobile manufacturers and dealers, promote the launch and export of the Shenzhen-Shantou Biadi Automobile Industrial Park Phase II project, and build a global automobile sales and export center. Promote the optimization and expansion of second-hand car export enterprises, cultivate a complete upstream and downstream supporting service system such as second-hand car export trading, reconditioning and testing, build second-hand car export industrial clusters, and steadily expand second-hand car exports. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Transport, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Bureau of Public Security, Shenzhen Customs, District Governments)

Second, we continued to improve the mix of imported goods

5. Increasing support for import platforms Speed up the construction of Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Zone and Futian District import trade promotion innovation demonstration Zone, and promote the promotion of import radiation belt power in the area. Expand the trading volume of electronic components and integrated circuits trading centers, introduce the world's top semiconductor manufacturers and distributors to set up application research and development centers, and support leading distributors to increase the distribution business layout of electronic components and integrated circuits in Shenzhen. Accelerate the construction of a public service platform for storage wafer testing and trading, and strive to establish a pricing mechanism for storage products. Promote the continuous expansion of Shenzhen Jewelry and jade bonded service (trading) platform business, and expand the tradable varieties to all categories of jewelry and jade such as colored gems, organic gems (including pearls, coral, amber, etc.) and diamonds. Vigorously organize domestic soybean industry chain and supply chain related market entities to carry out soybean import business through Qianhai Joint Trading Center. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Qianhai Administration Bureau, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, District governments)

6. Cultivating and introducing high-level import entities. We will encourage leading local channel-oriented and supply-chain management trading enterprises to expand their business into import areas such as bulk commodities, consumer goods and agricultural products. Support internationally renowned consumer goods, light luxury headquarters enterprises, brand enterprises and supply chain service enterprises to set up regional headquarters, functional headquarters and independent legal institutions in Shenzhen. In-depth implementation of the "Qianhai Global Service Provider" plan, support with import function of multinational regional headquarters, private enterprise headquarters, industrial trade headquarters and other import trade headquarters of enterprises and institutions settled. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Investment Promotion Bureau, Qianhai Administration Bureau, District governments)

7. Accelerating imports of energy commodities. Accelerate the construction of the headquarters base of Qianhai natural gas trading enterprises, and support the Asia-Pacific headquarters, order center and settlement center of well-known domestic and foreign natural gas trading enterprises to settle in Qianhai. Promote the development of multimodal LNG tank transport business, and expand the scale of LNG tank trading in Shenzhen Natural Gas Trading Center. Shenzhen issued the "Shenzhen International Navigation Ship Bonded Oil Management Measures" to promote local license enterprises to accelerate the expansion of oil supply business, and strive to continue to increase the amount of local license enterprises. We will support key enterprises in the collective mining and marketing of coal fuels. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Development and Reform Commission, Transportation Bureau, Qianhai Administration Bureau, Yantian District Government, Luohu District Government)

8. Support the import of metals and related mineral resources. Support the bonded warehouse designated by the Shanghai Gold Exchange International Board to promote information, intelligent and automated management, and build a preferred "gold International Board" delivery warehouse in China. Support financial institutions to actively strive for precious metal import quotas, expand domestic reserves, and efficiently adjust domestic market demand. We will promote the deep integration of key non-ferrous metal trading enterprises into the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and expand imports of copper, lead, zinc and other metals. Support the expansion of the domestic shortage of new energy industry upstream mineral imports, encourage city-owned state-owned enterprises to build resource utilization of overseas economic and trade cooperation zones, accelerate the expansion of overseas energy resources, to ensure the safety and stability of the new energy industry supply chain. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, SASAC, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Branch of the People's Bank of China, district governments)

Third, we will accelerate the development of new forms and models of business

9. Promoting the healthy and sustainable development of cross-border e-commerce. Deepen the construction of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, vigorously develop the "cross-border e-commerce + industrial belt" model, and support industrial enterprises with obvious brand effect and high product standardization to carry out cross-border e-commerce export business through "third-party platforms + independent stations". Further expand the pilot scope of cross-border e-commerce retail export sunshine declaration, establish a list of sunshine pilot enterprises, and provide comprehensive facilitation measures for enterprises in the list. Accelerate the construction of cross-border e-commerce 1210 return center warehouse in Yantian Comprehensive Free Trade Zone and other regions. Formulate the Compliance Operation Guidelines for Cross-border E-commerce Overseas Warehouse Enterprises, establish cross-border e-commerce enterprises compliance physical examination self-test tools, and guide enterprises to self-test compliance risks. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Qianhai Administration, Bureau of Justice, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Taxation Bureau, Shenzhen Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, District governments)

10. Further improve the network of overseas warehouses. We will encourage enterprises to increase the layout of overseas warehouses in traditional markets such as Europe and the United States and in emerging markets such as Southeast Asia, support specialized entities in building and sharing high-quality overseas warehouses, promote the use of policy-based financial instruments such as overseas investment insurance, and reduce risks in the construction of overseas warehouses. Overseas warehouse enterprises are encouraged to sign long-term agreements with shipping companies and airlines, integrate overseas logistics networks and terminal distribution resources, and establish a full-process logistics service system. Guide overseas warehouse enterprises to build overseas smart logistics platforms, connect with cross-border e-commerce online integrated service platforms, and realize the whole chain logistics information data of enterprises exporting overseas warehouse goods. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Transportation Bureau, District Government)

11. Making innovations to improve market procurement trade. We will promote the export of traditional advantageous industries such as glasses, furniture and watches through market procurement trade, support the improvement of the digitalization level of market procurement trade, encourage market procurement trade operators to expand customers through cross-border e-commerce and comprehensive foreign trade service platforms, and promote the integrated development of new foreign trade formats. On the basis of implementing territorial responsibility and strengthening quality and safety supervision, orderly expand the scope of pre-packaged food export pilot enterprises, and support the export of "Shenzhen products" prepared vegetables that meet the requirements through market procurement trade. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Market Supervision Bureau, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Taxation Bureau, Shenzhen Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, District governments)

12. Exploring and developing offshore trade. Accelerate the construction of offshore spot soybean trading market, promote the introduction of supporting policies, and guide domestic and foreign traders and processing and manufacturing enterprises to actively participate in market trading. Strengthen the cultivation of offshore trade enterprises, promote the establishment of a white list of offshore trade enterprises based on the banking self-discipline mechanism, support banks to independently decide the types of transaction documents to review according to the principles of exhibition and business practice, and support banks to provide cross-border fund settlement facilities for honest and law-abiding enterprises to carry out real and compliant new offshore international trade. To strengthen cross-border co-operation in offshore trade between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and support Qianhai in building an integrated service platform for offshore trade. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Qianhai Administration, Shenzhen Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Regulatory Administration, Shenzhen Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

Fourth, support efficient connection between domestic and external supply and demand

13. Supporting enterprises to participate in economic and trade activities at home and abroad. We will optimize the entry and exit permit mechanism for foreign trade enterprises to facilitate the entry and exit of business personnel. Guide enterprises to settle in the Shenzhen exhibits overseas exhibition trading center, and overseas buyers of the crypto trading center directly take special matchmaking meetings. Relying on Shenzhen's global economic and trade network, help enterprises to expand supply and marketing docking channels. Encourage enterprises and industry associations to organize overseas exhibitions, and support enterprises to participate in key exhibitions in key markets such as developed countries in Europe and the United States and countries jointly building the "Belt and Road". Support enterprises to participate in the China International Import Expo, China Import and Export Fair and other domestic international exhibitions, attracting a number of the world's top 100 trade fairs, China's top 100 exhibitions, subdivided areas of international and domestic exhibition (forum) projects landing in Shenzhen. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Trade Promotion Commission, Investment Promotion Bureau, Public Security Bureau, district government)

14. Make full use of RCEP preferential policies. Continue to follow up the progress of RCEP gradient tax reduction, optimize the "single window" RCEP optimal tariff inquiry service for China (Shenzhen) international trade, improve the intelligent level of RCEP certificate of origin visa, and dynamically update the list of key trade commodities in Shenzhen's RCEP market. Relying on the Shenzhen RCEP Service Center and Free Trade Agreement (Shenzhen) Service Center platform, we will increase publicity and promotion, provide special business training, "one-to-one" application guidance and other services, help enterprises make full use of RCEP and other free trade agreement tariff concessions, and constantly improve the ability of enterprises to use free trade agreement preferential arrangements. Help enterprises to improve the management system of origin qualification, formulate the optimal benefit plan of origin, and support enterprises to obtain approved exporters under the RCEP of customs. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Trade Promotion Commission, Shenzhen Customs, District governments)

15. Encourage micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to explore overseas markets. For small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises that receive export credit insurance policies, we provide free overseas credit reports of China Credit Insurance, and encourage enterprises to expand good credit customers by expanding the proportion of credit sales. Support foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises rely on the advantages of data precipitation to provide seller credit guarantee and other services for overseas customers of small and medium-sized enterprises. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Trade Promotion Commission, Shenzhen Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Regulatory Administration, Shenzhen Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Shenzhen Branch of China Credit Insurance, District governments)

Fifth, improve the function of foreign trade infrastructure

16. Expanding international freight capacity. Shenzhen Port has direct access to major global market routes, supporting the expansion of car ro-ro shipping routes, and the addition of cross-border e-commerce shipping express lines. We will expand the ro-ro vehicle transport fleet, and accelerate the establishment of an LNG transport fleet that takes into account both offshore and ocean-going routes. We will speed up the electrification of the Pingyan Railway and the planning and construction of the Xiaomu Port-emptier Railway, and launch the "Bay Area" China-Europe Express train. Expand international air cargo routes, expand international and regional all-freighter traffic points at Shenzhen Airport, promote internationally renowned cargo airlines to increase their cargo capacity in Shenzhen, and continue to increase the weekly flight volume of all-freighter capacity. (Municipal Bureau of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources)

17. Increase the supply of special storage. Stabilize the supply of high-quality storage space in Futian Free Trade Zone, ensure the stable and efficient supply of electronic components and other commodities, and continue to protect the development of key industries in our city. We will accelerate the development and construction of Qianhai Comprehensive protection Zone, Yantian comprehensive protection Zone and Pingshan Comprehensive Protection Zone to ensure high-standard storage and supply. Actively declare Baoan airport free trade Zone. Clarify the safety requirements for dangerous goods storage warehouses such as perfume and lithium batteries, and urge enterprises to implement the main responsibility for storage safety production. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Transportation Bureau, Emergency Management Bureau, Housing and Construction Bureau, Qianhai Administration Bureau, Shenzhen Customs, District governments)

18. Optimize the layout of customs clearance supervision. Support Liantang Port to apply for the qualification of designated supervision site for imported fruits, upgrade the cold chain inspection facilities for imported fresh food at Shenzhen Bay Port and Wenjindu Port, continue to promote the upgrading of Shenzhen port infrastructure, and improve port traffic capacity. Cold chain inspection platforms for land ports and customs inside and outside port areas will be added. Speed up the construction of Pinghunan railway freight yard customs supervision station, improve the efficiency of freight yard transport transit supervision. (Municipal Mouth Office, Transportation Bureau, Shenzhen Customs, District governments)

Increase fiscal and financial support

19. Make full use of special funds for foreign trade development at all levels. We will implement the central government's import discount policy, accelerate the acceptance of special funds, and support the expansion of imports of complete sets of equipment for key industries. Actively strive for the special funds of the central foreign economic and trade demonstration work to improve quality and efficiency, support the city's new energy industry to stabilize the industrial chain and supply chain, and expand the international market share. We will optimize and adjust municipal foreign economic and trade capital policies, focusing on supporting advanced manufacturing industries in exploring international markets and optimizing the import structure. All districts issued supporting policies in light of their actual conditions. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Finance, District Government)

20. Better play the role of credit insurance. Strive for China Credit Insurance to continue to increase the underwriting scale of export credit insurance in Shenzhen. Relying on CCIC's risk management technology and overseas channel advantages, we regularly release information on country risks, foreign restrictions, and overseas buyer transactions. Make full use of the export credit insurance policy of small and medium-sized and micro foreign trade enterprises, expand the coverage of small and medium-sized and micro foreign trade enterprises, optimize the underwriting and claim conditions. Strive to treat export credit insurance claims as foreign exchange collection for export tax refund declaration, implement "no filling in", strengthen the information docking between export credit insurance institutions and tax departments, and improve the efficiency of tax refund business. Promote China Credit Insurance to focus on the import business of agricultural products and consumer goods, expand the import prepayment insurance business in accordance with the principle of "one enterprise and one policy", and coordinate commercial banks to support enterprises to use import prepayment insurance to carry out financing. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Local Financial Administration, Shenzhen Taxation Bureau, Shenzhen Branch of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, China Credit Insurance Shenzhen Branch)

21. Optimize foreign trade financing services. We will promote the "government + bank + insurance" financing model, and encourage and support government financing guarantee institutions to participate in risk sharing. We will strive to double the number of enterprises granted credit by the Export-Import Bank in Shenzhen, and expand the scale of preferential interest rate loans to large backbone foreign trade enterprises. Guide financial institutions to provide supply chain financial products to upstream and downstream enterprises of large backbone foreign trade enterprises. Accelerate the development of supply chain finance businesses such as imported agricultural products inventory, warehouse receipts, and order pledge financing, strengthen the use and sharing of "single window" data in China (Shenzhen) international trade, and support financial institutions to innovate supply chain enterprise financing solutions. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Local Financial Administration Bureau, Shenzhen Branch of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Shenzhen Branch of Export-Import Bank, Shenzhen Branch of China Credit Insurance, District governments)

Improve the business environment for cross-border trade

22. Continuously improving trade facilitation. We will hold the sixth Global "Certified Operators" (AEO) Conference of the World Customs Organization well, strive for more convenient service measures for AEO advanced certified enterprises to take the lead in landing in Shenzhen, increase efforts to cultivate customs AEO enterprises, and support enterprises to participate in AEO certification training. Enrich the "single window" local features of China (Shenzhen) international trade, promote the application of "Shenzhen and Hong Kong seamless customs clearance", and achieve "one entry and two declaration" of enterprise documents. Promote the non-invasive inspection of vacuum packaging high-tech products and the port territory coordination supervision mode, accelerate the construction of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong International alcohol inspection Center, and promote the efficient and convenient circulation of Shenzhen-Hong Kong alcohol products. We will continue to improve the "one-stop" customs clearance service mechanism for imported complete sets of equipment for major projects. To deepen the logistics facilitation reform of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Combined Port", further optimize the waterway transit operation process, and expand the coverage to major feeder ports in Guangdong Province. We will expand the coverage of trials to facilitate foreign exchange payments for high-quality enterprises, and promote the electronic review of cross-border renminbi settlement documents. Establish a service mechanism for key import and export enterprises, provide customs clearance service support in terms of policies and regulations, product quality and safety, and support enterprises to improve product quality and core competitiveness. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Investment Promotion Bureau, Oral Office, Transportation Bureau, Qianhai Administration Bureau, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Branch of the People's Bank of China, District governments)

23. Strengthening services for dealing with foreign economic and trade risks. Relying on platforms such as "Going Global" Lecture hall and Commercial Law Lecture Hall, we provide enterprises and business associations with all kinds of overseas risk information and compliance training on laws, platform rules and intellectual property protection of export destination countries. We will sort out practical cases of responding to unreasonable trade restrictive measures, form standardized response processes, and provide assistance and relief to key entities subject to restrictions. We will strengthen the monitoring of regional industrial and supply chain security, improve the early warning mechanism for industrial damage, and support enterprises and industry organizations in filing trade remedy investigations with the state. Strengthen foreign-related intellectual property protection, speed up overseas intellectual property disputes to guide the construction of Shenzhen branch center. To build a high-standard Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Legal Zone, support the development of the First Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court and the First International Commercial Court in Qianhai, and encourage the Shenzhen International Court of Arbitration to introduce internationally renowned arbitration institutions through business cooperation. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Justice, Bureau of Market Supervision, Qianhai Administration, District governments)

24. Promoting digital transformation of trade. Promote supply chain enterprises to build their own digital platforms, support enterprise digital platforms to connect with China (Shenzhen) international trade "single window", and encourage supply chain enterprises to provide trade digital solutions for small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises. Strengthen Shenzhen-new smart city paperless cross-border trade cooperation. Support shipping companies to use blockchain technology to achieve the flow of shipping electronic bills of lading and cross-chain collaboration, in-depth exploration of the application of electronic bills of lading, and promote the facilitation of cross-border trade document declaration services. (Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Government Service and Data Administration Bureau, Qianhai Administration Bureau, Shenzhen Customs, District Governments)

Article source: Shenzhen Commerce Bureau