27 Places Have Been Approved to Set up Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zones

According to the China government website on the 8th, in order to play the positive role of cross-border e-commerce in helping the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and promoting the digital development of industries, the State Council recently approved the establishment of cross-border e-commerce in 27 cities and regions including Ordos, Yangzhou, and Alashankou. For the comprehensive pilot zone of cross-border e-commerce, the specific implementation plan shall be printed and distributed by the provincial people’s government where it is located.

Since the establishment of the first cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone in 2015, it has been expanded several times. As of now, there are 132 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones in my country. According to the approval of the State Council on the establishment of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones in 27 cities and regions including Ordos, the 27 cities and regions in this batch will replicate and promote the mature experience and practices of the first five batches of comprehensive pilot zones, and go all out to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment. Fundamentals and promote the high-quality development of trade.

In recent years, our country’s new foreign trade formats have flourished and continued to innovate. How to further realize the liberalization, facilitation and standardization of cross-border e-commerce? The approval emphasized that the people’s governments of the relevant provinces (autonomous regions) should effectively strengthen the organization and leadership of the construction of the comprehensive pilot zone, improve the mechanism, clarify the division of labor, implement responsibilities, and effectively promote the construction and development of the comprehensive pilot zone in an orderly and effective manner. The relevant departments of the State Council shall, in accordance with the division of functions, strengthen the coordination, guidance and policy support for the comprehensive pilot area, and effectively give play to the demonstration and leading role of the comprehensive pilot area.