Shenzhen launches the country's first cross-border e-commerce 9710 export sunshine public service product

On August 9, the Shenzhen Cross-border E-commerce 9710 ("9710", full name "cross-border e-commerce business-to-business direct export", referred to as "cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export", refers to the trade form in which domestic enterprises transport goods to overseas enterprises or overseas warehouses through cross-border logistics and complete transactions through cross-border e-commerce platforms) export sunshine public service product landing ceremony was held at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center. Alibaba International Station and Southern Electronic Port signed a policy product application agreement. This is the first sunshine public service project launched in the national cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone. Relevant responsible persons from Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau, Shenzhen Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and other units attended the event and witnessed the signing ceremony. The three departments of customs, taxation and foreign exchange respectively made policy presentations on sunshine declaration, sunshine settlement and 9710 export tax rebate. A total of more than 1,800 cross-border e-commerce sellers from all over the country participated.

In recent years, Shenzhen's cross-border e-commerce has maintained rapid growth. In the past six years, Shenzhen's cross-border e-commerce import and export volume has increased by 2.3 times annually . In 2022 , cross -border e-commerce import and export exceeded 190 billion yuan, leading the country in scale. In the assessment of the Ministry of Commerce 's 2022 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone, Shenzhen Comprehensive Pilot Zone was rated as the first "significant effect". After being rated for the first time in 2021, it won the honor again , showing a good momentum of both quantity and quality . Since 2023, Shenzhen's cross-border e-commerce development has continued to burst out with vitality, the scale continues to expand , the market players continue to grow, the industrial ecology is more abundant, cross-border logistics remain smooth, infrastructure construction is accelerated, and the policy system is gradually improved.

The Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Stable Scale and Optimized Structure of Foreign Trade issued in May this year clearly stated that "cross-border e-commerce should be promoted to develop in a healthy and sustainable manner". Sunshine development is the common call of the cross-border e-commerce industry. The 9710 compliance foundation of cross-border e-commerce is relatively good, and the upstream enterprises are relatively clear. Most of them can provide value-added tax invoices, and the demand for convenient tax refunds is also the most urgent. The Shenzhen Comprehensive Pilot Zone has developed and launched 9710 export sunshine public service products on the Shenzhen Cross-border E-commerce Online Comprehensive Service Platform, providing functional interfaces such as foreign comprehensive service declaration, foreign comprehensive service collection, and 9710 tax refunds, empowering trading platforms such as Alibaba International Station, and providing customs, exchange, and tax compliance solutions for cross-border e-commerce sellers stationed at the station, supporting enterprises with the intention of sunshine to "surface", and being able to more conveniently handle sunshine customs clearance, foreign exchange settlement, income tax payment, export tax refunds and other full-chain businesses under the existing policy framework.

Relevant person in charge of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce said that the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attach great importance to the sunshine development of cross-border e-commerce, and in-depth promotion of the sunshine pilot is a key measure for Shenzhen to promote the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce in the future. For cross-border e-commerce enterprises that voluntarily participate in the sunshine pilot, they will be given key support in terms of industrial promotion policies, and coordinate with customs, foreign exchange, taxation and other regulatory departments to provide convenient regulatory service measures for pilot enterprises. The release of the 9710 export sunshine public service product is a solid step forward in the "three platforms and one mechanism" of the Shenzhen cross-border e-commerce sunshine pilot. In the future, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will work together with the member units of the Shenzhen Comprehensive Pilot Zone, financial institutions, social organizations, enterprises, etc. to continuously launch supporting policies and platform products to help enterprises truly achieve "compliance and steady progress".

Correspondents Li Heyong and Zhang Yiqing

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