Under special circumstances, the Chinese customs issued policies to speed up the resumption of production and work for all enterprises.

All kinds of deferred policies: deferred payment of taxes, extension of time limit for business declaration, application to the customs for relief of delayed payment for deferred declaration , extension of validity period of manual (account) books, and customs tariff investigation

Implementation of  “Simplified Documents”

In order to continuously optimize the business environment at ports and promote the  high-quality development of Shanghai’s cross-border trade, Shanghai Customs has decided to further clarify the documents attached to the simplified customs declaration form. Beijing  Customs and Guangzhou Customs also announced in February this year about the implementation of simplifying the documents attached to customs declaration forms. 

Implementation Plan of Shanghai Port Special Action to Optimize Cross-border Trade and Business Environment in 2020

At present, all major districts have introduced convenient measures suitable for their own development situation under the pandemic situation. This issue introduces Shanghai’s further implementation plan for 2020. 

To Carry Out The ”Export Direct Loading”and ”Import Direct Lifting” Port Operation Mode Pilot 

On February 21 , 2020 , the ”Shanghai Port Group’s Announcement on Launching Pilot Projects of’ Import Direct Lifting ”and”Export Direct Loading ”of Foreign Trade Containers” was issued to start the pilot projects.

Promote the -Application of ”Auto Parts Automatic Assistant Declaration System”

T he ”Auto Parts Automatic Assistant Declaration System” developed by Shanghai Customs has been put into trial operation on September 16 , 2019 and has been extended to 10 auto parts import customs areas across the country.

Speeding up the Establishment of Port Inspection Platform 

Combined with the customs ”check 4 system” deployment  requirements , in the continuous advance 

Simplify Shipping Logistics Documentation Procedures

Simplifying shipping and logistics documents through a single window of international trade has sorted out requirements and entered the system  development stage. Most shipping companies have cancelled documents such as power of attorney for changing orders. The municipal tax  bureau and the harbour group have already made a plan docking on the electronic value-added tax invoice in the dock operation receipt.