In order to stabilize the favorable environment for foreign trade, Shanghai has frequently made moves. On July 20, Shanghai issued the “Shanghai Action Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of Cross-border E-commerce (2023-2025)” (hereinafter referred to as the “Action Plan”) to further deepen the construction of China (Shanghai) Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone and stimulate new momentum for foreign trade growth. In addition, recently Shanghai has released relevant action plans around the convention and exhibition economy to accelerate the building of an international convention and exhibition capital.
According to reports, in the first half of this year, the import and export of cross-border e-commerce in Shanghai reached 141.96 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 84%.
Create a nationwide,
A global cross-border e-commerce logistics hub
The “Action Plan” proposes to accelerate the gathering of cross-border e-commerce entities, continue to promote the construction of cross-border e-commerce demonstration parks, and implement the “Excellent Products Overseas” action plan and other goals to promote the development of large-scale exports and encourage enterprises to expand the scale of cross-border e-commerce B2B exports. At the same time, continue to optimize the efficiency of cross-border e-commerce export customs clearance services, and improve the efficiency of cross-border e-commerce logistics.
The “Action Plan” clearly supports cross-border e-commerce logistics companies to expand international freight lines and improve logistics service efficiency; encourage cross-border e-commerce companies to connect with China-Europe trains and expand new international logistics channels; build a cross-border e-commerce logistics matching service platform, take advantage of the global shipping resources of Shanghai’s seaports and airports, and create a cross-border e-commerce logistics hub that faces the whole country and radiates the world.
In addition, Shanghai will strengthen technological empowerment and promote the construction of overseas warehouses. Create a better business environment, optimize cross-border fund settlement services, and increase financial support.
“We will continue to support cross-border e-commerce RMB business, further leverage the role of cross-border RMB settlement business in serving the real economy, promoting trade and investment facilitation, and supporting the development of new forms of foreign trade.” Shi Liya, director of the cross-border RMB business department of the Shanghai Headquarters of the People’s Bank of China, said that up to now, 19 payment institutions in Shanghai have completed the filing, supporting them to cooperate with banks to carry out cross-border e-commerce RMB business, and the number ranks among the top in the country. In the first half of this year, Shanghai’s payment institutions handled RMB settlement for cross-border e-commerce business, a year-on-year increase of 37.5%, accounting for more than 50% of domestic and foreign currency receipts and payments.
According to the “Action Plan”, by 2025, Shanghai’s cross-border e-commerce main body level, professional services, innovation elements, business environment, etc. will be in the forefront of the country, and a cross-border e-commerce comprehensive functional hub with a high concentration of main bodies, efficient innovation of elements, and a complete industrial ecology will be basically built.
by 2025
The total exhibition area of the year is about 22 million square meters
The exhibition economy is another starting point for Shanghai to stabilize its foreign trade environment.
According to the “Three-Year Action Plan for Promoting the High-Quality Development of Shanghai’s Convention and Exhibition Economy and Building an International Convention and Exhibition City (2023-2025)” recently released by Shanghai, by 2025, Shanghai’s total annual exhibition area will reach about 22 million square meters, international exhibitions will account for 80% of the total exhibition area, and there will be 50 exhibition projects with a single exhibition area of more than 100,000 square meters.
The above-mentioned plan also proposes that by 2025, Shanghai will have more than 35 institutions certified by the International Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI), and cultivate 2 to 3 exhibition groups with international competitiveness.
Zhang Guohua, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, said that since the beginning of this year, Shanghai has successively introduced favorable policies for the exhibition economy. The total area of exhibitions in the first half of the year reached 7.59 million square meters, which has recovered to more than 80% of the level in the same period in 2019. In the second half of this year, Shanghai plans to hold exhibitions with a total area of more than 8.8 million square meters, which will return to more than 90% of the level in the same period in 2019.
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2023-07-21 00:56:50
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