In order to further unleash policy dividends, promote the improvement of foreign trade quality and efficiency, and help achieve a good start to the 15th Five Year Plan, after summarizing and evaluating, it has been decided to replicate and promote a total of 25 mature policy measures nationwide, "Xie Fang, Deputy Director and First level Inspector of the National Port Management Office of the General Administration of Customs, said at a recent press conference on the special action for cross-border trade facilitation. Since 2018, the General Administration of Customs, together with relevant departments, has organized and carried out special actions to promote cross-border trade facilitation every year. As of 2024, a total of 115 facilitation measures have been introduced. In response to the latest changes in the international trade environment, actively responding to the demands of import and export enterprises, and benchmarking against international advanced levels, 25 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Chongqing have launched a special campaign to facilitate cross-border trade since April last year. In the 5-month special action, various regions have successively launched 29 pioneering and innovative policy measures, achieving positive results and forming a batch of good experience and practices. The 25 policy measures promoted nationwide this time are focused on promoting efficient and smooth cross-border logistics, supporting the development of new business models, optimizing the supervision mode of special commodities, improving the level of intelligent supervision services, and enhancing the effectiveness of benefiting enterprises and the people. They have strong pertinence. ”Xie Fang said. For example, in supporting the development of new business models, there are five measures in place, including fully implementing the "tax refund upon departure and re accounting after sales" policy, expanding the import and export of green energy-saving technologies and services, simplifying the requirements for air transportation of electrified goods such as lithium batteries, improving the paperless level of cross-border trade processes, and conducting cross-border mutual recognition of business electronic authentication and electronic signatures. In terms of optimizing the supervision mode of special commodities, a total of four measures will be promoted nationwide this time. One is to optimize the inspection and supervision mode of exported lithium batteries, implement the promotion action of improving the quality and safety of exported goods, and promote the healthy development of trade in manned electric vehicles, lithium batteries, etc; Secondly, support the comprehensive bonded zone to carry out bonded testing business for exported goods such as automotive parts, and establish a "white list" of pilot enterprises and pilot goods; Thirdly, we will expand the pilot application of "two certificates in one" for imported motor vehicles and simplify the processing of import vehicle documents and procedures; The fourth is to formulate classification management measures for "medicinal and edible products of the same origin", establish inter departmental regulatory information sharing mechanisms, and promote convenient customs clearance of imported goods of the same origin. As one of the pilot cities, Guangzhou has launched a special campaign for cross-border trade facilitation for seven consecutive years, launching nearly 200 reform measures and continuously improving the business environment at ports. Wei Min, the person in charge of the Guangzhou Port Office, said that by 2025, Guangzhou will leverage the "9+N" on-site command center special team mechanism at Baiyun Airport's air port, in conjunction with customs, the Civil Aviation Central South Bureau, China Southern Airlines, the airport, and related enterprises, to implement targeted and precise policies according to local conditions, vigorously improve the convenience level of air ports through "small incision" reforms, and drive the city's foreign trade import and export volume to exceed 1.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%. Zhejiang Ningbo innovatively builds the "Yongzhi" AI document review intelligent agent, which completes the full intelligent review application of export customs declaration forms. With the premise of "good management" and "manageable", the customs clearance efficiency is improved by 30%. Ye Miao, Director of the Management Committee of Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone, introduced that Ningbo has taken the lead in applying AI technology to customs machine inspection and verification. The average recognition time of intelligent drawing review has been compressed to 12 seconds, and the inspection time has been shortened to as fast as 4 minutes. Install high-speed image recognition and automatic sampling robots at import ports for iron ore, copper concentrate, etc., and compress the average clearance time by more than 15 hours. Ningbo will make good use of the port as its biggest resource and deepen the construction of smart customs and smart ports. Cross border e-commerce is currently the fastest growing, most promising, and most powerful new form of foreign trade. More and more consumers are accustomed to online shopping, purchasing high-quality goods from countries around the world through cross-border e-commerce platforms. Cross border e-commerce has become an important trend in international trade development and a new driving force for China's foreign trade development. According to customs statistics, China's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports will reach 2.75 trillion yuan in 2025, an increase of 69.7% compared to 2020. Chang Hui, a second level inspector of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said that since last year, the Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, has taken active measures to promote the development of cross-border e-commerce. In April 2025, with the approval of the State Council, cross-border e-commerce pilot zones will be established in 15 cities (regions) including Hainan Island and Qinhuangdao. The number of pilot zones nationwide will reach 178, covering 31 provinces (regions, cities). At the same time, we will promote the introduction of the policy of "tax refund upon departure and re accounting after sales" for cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouses, shorten the tax refund cycle for enterprises, and alleviate the pressure on enterprise capital turnover. Customs cancels the registration of overseas warehouse enterprises for cross-border e-commerce exports, further improving the convenience level of cross-border e-commerce customs clearance. Adhering to the working mode of 'top-level design+grassroots innovation', various regions and departments have accelerated the introduction of 508 supporting and detailed measures, forming a number of innovative systems and measures with regional characteristics. ”Xie Fang said that in order to further promote interconnectivity and facilitate economic and trade exchanges, the General Administration of Customs and the World Customs Organization have jointly built a global "Smart Customs" online cooperation platform and successfully launched it. At present, 146 countries (regions) have completed customs registration and are actively building "smart customs" demonstration centers for BRICS countries, strengthening cross-border connectivity through the "single window" of international trade, and achieving electronic data exchange of certificates of origin, inspection and quarantine certificates, etc. with 15 countries (regions) through the "single window" of international trade. (New Society)