Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 29
Topic: Fostering people’s livelihoods, seeking innovation, and promoting openness——Interpretation of my country’s tariff adjustment plan in 2023
Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Cheng
The tariff is an important means of national macro-control. At the end of each year, my country will adjust the tariff rate of some import and export goods according to economic and social development. Approved by the State Council, the State Council Customs Tariff Commission issued an announcement on the 29th, clarifying my country’s tariff adjustment plan for 2023.
Industry experts and insiders interviewed by Xinhua News Agency said that the adjustment reduces import tariffs on some medical products, consumer goods, resource products, raw materials and parts, and will further meet the needs of people’s lives. of business production and social development. fully play the role of tariffs as the connecting point of domestic and international double cycles, and use the high-level openness to help build a new development model and achieve high-quality development.
For the benefit of people’s livelihoods: Adjust tariffs on some medical products and consumer goods to better meet people’s needs
Focusing on people’s livelihood concerns and using tariff leverage can “leverage” more good products and good commodities in thousands of households, further improving people’s livelihoods and well-being, and meeting people’s needs.
According to the announcement, from January 1, 2023, my country will apply a provisional import tax rate that is lower than the most favored nation tax rate for 1,020 goods.
The reporter checked the attached table of the announcement and found that in order to protect people’s health and reduce the economic burden of patients, my country will implement zero tariffs on some raw materials of anticancer drugs, painkillers, anti- new raw materials for coronavirus drugs, etc., and will reduce the cost of raw materials for dental prostheses and vascular stents. , contrast media and other import tariffs of medical products.
In fact, since 2018, my country has successively canceled import duties on the first and second batches of anticancer drugs, raw materials for rare disease drugs, and some alkaloid drugs used to treat asthma, reducing the cost of thrombus removal intracranial. medical devices such as stents and artificial joints.
“Continuing to adjust my country’s import tariffs around the medicines and medical equipment that people are concerned about will help better protect people’s health and safety and get better ‘medical care’.” Institute of International Development and Global Governance, School of Public Administration, said Gao Yuning, deputy director of Tsinghua University.
In recent years, the huge potential of China’s large market has been continuously released, and people’s demand for “global good products” has continued to grow.
The announcement released this time clarified that in 2023 my country will reduce import tariffs on baby food mixes, frozen blue cod, cashews and other foods for babies and toddlers, as well as small appliances such as coffee machines, juicers and hair dryers.
“Put simply, it’s to make it more convenient and affordable for everyone to buy.” According to Gao Yuning, reducing the import tariffs of these consumer goods meets people’s demand for a better life, and also helps to expand openness to the outside world and promote domestic and international double cycles. Smooth communication.
In pursuit of innovation: multiple tariff adjustments promote innovative development and improve the resilience of the industrial chain and supply chain
Promoting innovation and the development of advanced manufacturing is one of the highlights of this tariff adjustment. According to the announcement, my country will reduce import tariffs on lithium niobate, iridium oxide used in fuel cells and roller bearings used in wind turbines in 2023.
It is understood that lithium niobate is a material for semiconductor manufacturing, the iridium oxide used in fuel cells is an important raw material required by the automotive industry, and the roller bearings used in wind turbines are components required by the wind energy industry.
Gao Yuning said that reducing taxes on these important raw materials, intermediate products and parts will help introduce advanced technologies and products, stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises, and accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading.
The announcement clarified that my country will also implement zero tariffs on potash fertilizers and cobalt crude in 2023, and reduce import tariffs on some wood and paper products, boric acid and other products.
According to Zhang Xuebiao, director of the International Intelligence Research Office of the Agricultural Information Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, these adjustments can strengthen my country’s resource procurement capabilities, help reduce operating costs of enterprises, support enterprises to better allocate resources on a global scale and help improve supply chain industry.
In addition, starting from July 1, 2023, my country will also implement the eighth stage of tax reduction on the most favored nation tax rate of 62 computer products. After the adjustment, my country’s overall tariff level will drop from 7.4% to 7.3%.
In 2016, my country implemented tax cuts on expanded products of the “Information Technology Agreement” for the first time, and has implemented tax cuts in seven stages so far. According to industry insiders, lowering the tax rate in accordance with the “Information Technology Agreement” can promote the import of related goods, which is conducive to the development of my country’s information technology, promotes the development of related industries and national economy; it is also conducive to the development of global high technology and provides assistance for economic globalization.
Promote openness: adjust tax rates of relevant agreements to promote the construction of a network of high-level free trade areas
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that it was “promoting high-level openness” and included a number of important agreements. “Expand the network of high-level free trade zones facing the world” is one of the views.
The announcement clarified that, according to the free trade agreements and preferential trade agreements signed between my country and the relevant countries or regions, in 2023 some goods imported under 19 agreements and originating in 29 countries or regions will apply agreed tax.
“These 29 countries and regions cover nearly half of my country’s total foreign trade. It can be said that my country’s foreign trade ‘circle of friends’ is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more friends are ‘appreciated’.” Gao Yuning said. .
Among them, according to the relevant provisions of the “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement” (RCEP) and the entry into force of the agreement with Indonesia, from January 2, 2023, my country will implement the tax rate of the agreement RCEP on certain imported goods originating in Indonesia. As the free trade area with the largest population, the most diverse membership structure and the greatest development potential in the world, RCEP will take a new step in its construction.
In addition, in 2023, preferential tax rates will continue to apply for 44 least developed countries that have established diplomatic relations with my country and completed the exchange of documents to support and help least developed countries accelerate their development.
Overall, the relevant tax rate adjustments and other agreements will promote the construction of a network of high-level free trade areas, better form new advantages in international cooperation and competition, improve the quality and level of international movement, practice a mutually beneficial system and win-win opening strategy and help promote the high-speed The level is open to the outside world.
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