original title: further opening up to meet the diversified needs of consumers - three departments talk about the supervision arrangement of cross-border e-commerce retail import
xinhua news agency, beijing, december 7 (reporter yu jiaxin) six ministries and commissions, including the ministry of commerce, the national development and reform commission and the ministry of finance, recently jointly issued a notice clarifying the regulatory arrangements for cross-border e-commerce retail imports after the transition period. focusing on the background, impact on the industry and future development of the notice, li chenggang, assistant minister of commerce, feng jinping, director of the tariff department of the ministry of finance, and wang wei, director of the port supervision department of the general administration of customs, made presentations at the regular policy briefing of the state information office held on the 7th
continue the stable policy: promote the growth of cross-border e-commerce retail import
in order to stimulate the import potential and accelerate the development of new business forms and new models such as cross-border e-commerce, china has implemented the transitional arrangement of "temporary supervision according to personal goods" for cross-border e-commerce retail import since may 2016, it has effectively promoted the stable development of the industry, but there are also problems such as unclear rights and responsibilities of all parties and unstable policy expectations
in the notice jointly issued by the six departments, one of the major features is to cancel the "temporary press", clearly supervise the imported articles for personal use, and do not implement the requirements of approval documents, registration or filing of the first import license
li chenggang said that clarifying the principle of "supervision according to personal goods" reflects the continuity of stabilizing the supervision policy of cross-border e-commerce retail import, which is generally in line with the characteristics of the industry, which is conducive to the longer-term business planning and layout of cross-border e-commerce enterprises and promote the growth of cross-border e-commerce retail import
the notice further clarified the responsibilities of all parties involved in cross-border e-commerce retail transactions and required to strengthen in-process and post event supervision. li chenggang believes that this will better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and ensure consumption safety
at the same time, the notice also reflects the connection with the e-commerce law, especially in the aspects of e-commerce platform responsibility and consumer rights and interests protection, which also provides a superior legal basis for the implementation of the notice
feng jinping said that this is an important measure to expand opening-up and stimulate consumption potential. it will help promote the healthy development of new forms of cross-border e-commerce, promote domestic enterprises to participate in international competition and improve competitiveness, increase the import of high-quality consumer goods abroad and better meet the people's needs for a better life
meet diversified consumption: the import list will be timely adjusted
according to the decision-making and deployment of the cpc central committee and the state council, china will adjust the cross-border e-commerce retail import tax policy and increase the transaction restrictions enjoying the preferential tax policy from january 1, 2019, and expand the scope of the commodity list
feng jinping said that the tax policy adjustment includes: adjusting the annual transaction limit from 20000 yuan to 26000 yuan per person per year, and increasing it according to the increase of residents' income in the future; adjust the single transaction limit from 2000 yuan to 5000 yuan per person each time, and make it clear that the purchased cross-border e-commerce retail imported goods shall not be sold again in the domestic market
about the adjustment of the commodity list, 63 tax items such as grape sparkling wine, beer brewed from malt and fitness equipment have been added. according to the adjustment of tariff items, the first two batches of lists have been technically adjusted and updated. after adjustment, there are 1321 tax items in the list
for the selection of listed commodities, feng jinping said that it is mainly to select some commodities with strong consumer demand in recent years, and try to meet the regulatory requirements in the post transition regulatory arrangements from the perspective of reducing regulatory risks
promising development prospects: supporting measures to ensure healthy development
due to continuous and stable policies, cross-border e-commerce imports have developed rapidly in recent years. according to customs statistics, china's cross-border e-commerce retail imports in 2017 were 56.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 75.5%. from january to october 2018, cross-border e-commerce retail imports amounted to 67.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 53.7%
for the adjustment of cross-border e-commerce supervision policies, the customs studied, formulated and issued "announcement no. 26" in 2016, which defined the customs supervision measures of cross-border e-commerce
wang wei said that in order to cooperate with the latest supervision arrangements, the general administration of customs revised and improved the "announcement no. 26" and will be released and implemented in the near future. at the same time, the e-commerce system has been upgraded and improved as needed to ensure the healthy and sustainable development of cross-border e-commerce
li chenggang said that cross-border e-commerce is a new business form and model, and its supervision has a process of continuous improvement. how to adjust the future policy needs to be studied and discussed according to the practical development. but at present, the industry and consumers can have a relatively long-term stable expectation
"in the long run, cross-border e-commerce will have good development prospects, whether export or import." li chenggang said
editor: hou bangxing