Premier Li Keqiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council on June 22 to determine measures to accelerate the development of new forms and models of foreign trade, promote the upgrading of foreign trade and cultivate new competitive advantages.

Previously, Li Keqiang made a deployment in the government work report for seven consecutive years, requiring the development of new formats and new models such as cross-border e-commerce.

The premier pointed out that the new business forms and new models are the vital force for the development of China's foreign trade and an important trend in the development of international trade. In recent years, new forms and models of China's foreign trade have developed rapidly, in which the scale of cross-border e-commerce has increased nearly 10 times in five years, which has promoted the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade, especially playing an important role in stabilizing foreign trade under the impact of the epidemic.

We should improve the supporting policies for the development of cross-border e-commerce

"Ten years ago, people mentioned cross-border e-commerce as a supplementary means of foreign trade." Li Keqiang said, "however, through the development of these years, China's cross-border e-commerce, both exports and imports, are higher than the average growth of foreign trade, and the proportion is constantly increasing, so it can be said that there is a lot of room for development."

Li Keqiang requested at the meeting that the supporting policies for the development of cross-border e-commerce should be further improved. Expand the pilot scope of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone. Optimize the list of imported goods for cross-border e-commerce retail. Facilitate the management of cross-border e-commerce import and export return and exchange. Formulate guidelines for the protection of intellectual property rights of cross-border e-commerce to prevent fake and shoddy goods.

Encourage traditional foreign trade enterprises, cross-border e-commerce and logistics enterprises to participate in the construction of overseas warehouses

Li Keqiang pointed out that to accelerate the development of new forms and models of foreign trade, we should actively promote the development of overseas warehouses.

Not long ago, during his inspection tour in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, the premier made a video connection with the overseas warehouse staff of an enterprise in Germany. The other party told the premier that 70% of the packages in the overseas warehouse were for other domestic small, medium and micro enterprises.

Li Keqiang raised the matter again at the executive meeting on the 22nd, saying that the establishment of overseas warehouses will drive China's independent brands to "go global", expand the international market and improve the level of the value chain. At the same time, the role of overseas warehouses in opening up overseas retail channels is also more than many people expected.

He said that if made in China wants to go global, it should not only strive to form competitive advantages in technology and quality, but also combine it with the new business model to create a first-class high-quality brand.

The premier pointed out that traditional foreign trade enterprises, cross-border e-commerce and logistics enterprises should be encouraged to participate in the construction of overseas warehouses, improve the digitalization and intelligence level of overseas warehouses, promote small, medium-sized and micro enterprises to go to sea by ship, and drive domestic brands and mass entrepreneurship and innovation products to expand international market space.

Strengthen international cooperation in intellectual property protection, transnational logistics and other fields

Li Keqiang requested that international exchanges and cooperation be further promoted in promoting the construction of cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouses.

"We should actively participate in the formulation of international rules and standards for new forms and models of foreign trade. We should strengthen international cooperation in intellectual property protection, transnational logistics and other fields." The premier said.

Li Keqiang said, "both cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouses have strong vitality. We should seize the key points and vigorously promote to further stabilize foreign trade."

On the same day, the meeting decided to actively develop the mode of market procurement trade, guide foreign trade comprehensive service enterprises to improve the efficiency of centralized tax rebates and the level of risk control, support enterprises in the comprehensive bonded zone and the pilot free trade zone to carry out bonded maintenance, and support qualified places to develop offshore trade.