Qingdao City’s Implementation Rules on Several Policies and Measures to Accelerate the High-Quality Development of Cross-border E-commerce
Qingdao Municipal Commerce Bureau Qingdao Municipal Finance Bureau
About accelerating the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce
Implementation details of certain policy measures
In order to implement the policy opinions of the General Office of the Qingdao Municipal Government on Issuing Several Policies and Measures to Accelerate the High-Quality Development of Cross-border E-commerce in Qingdao (Qingzhengbanzi [2022] No. 56), continue to expand the city’s cross-border e-commerce import and export scale, cultivate new competitive advantages in foreign trade, promote the steady growth and improvement of the city’s foreign trade, and formulate implementation details of several policies and measures to promote the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce.
1. Support content
Support the high-quality development of the Qingdao Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone and optimize the city's cross-border e-commerce ecosystem; support the construction of independent cross-border e-commerce export stations; promote provincial cross-border e-commerce entities to become better and stronger; establish a stable and efficient cross-border e-commerce supply chain system, improve the service functions of public overseas warehouses; increase the construction of public warehousing; and strengthen the construction of cross-border e-commerce talents.
2. Basic conditions for applying for enterprises
(1) The enterprise is registered in Qingdao City in accordance with the law and has independent legal person status;
(2) The enterprise has cross-border e-commerce business import and export performance in the year of support and the statistics are in Qingdao City;
(3) The enterprise is registered with the Customs of the People's Republic of China, and the customs credit rating is general credit or above as a consignee and consignor of import and export goods;
(4) Comply with the “green threshold” system for fiscal enterprise-related funds;
(5) The enterprise has not been included in the list of parties to major illegal cases or persons subject to enforcement for breach of trust by the customs, taxation, foreign exchange administration and other departments in the current year, and has not defaulted on tax payable. The company's application materials must be true and complete and must issue a statement bearing corresponding legal responsibilities.
3. Support direction, specific conditions and application materials
(1) Cross-border e-commerce export independent station
1. Cross-border e-commerce export platform companies that open overseas sub-websites or independent pages (websites for overseas consumers), and whose annual cross-border e-commerce export scale exceeds 20 million yuan, will be given a one-time support of up to 100,000 yuan in accordance with the standard of 50% investment in construction, operation and maintenance, research and development, etc.
2. Enterprises that build agricultural product group purchasing platforms or independent stations for ASEAN, the Middle East, Russia and other markets will be provided with a one-time support of up to 100,000 yuan based on 50% of the platform construction and operating costs.
Application materials:
(1) Provide a domain name authorization letter granted by a company with domain name registration qualifications, proving that the domain name is owned by the company or corporate legal person, and a screenshot of the company's independent website;
(2) Provide the independent website service contract signed with the website building service company, details of website building, operation and maintenance, and promotion expenses, and expense invoices;
(3) Materials proving the current year’s export scale, including current year’s goods export declaration form, website backend sales data screenshots, etc.;
(4) Proof of the cumulative number of users in the background and the effectiveness of the media placement, including screenshots of the number of fans of overseas social media accounts, screenshots of search volume rankings of brand keywords on the homepage of the placement media, etc.
(2) The province focuses on cultivating cross-border e-commerce entities
Cross-border e-commerce platforms and industrial park entities that are rated as key provincial cultivation centers in 2022 will be awarded a maximum reward of no more than 500,000 yuan.
1. A basic reward of 100,000 yuan will be given to cross-border e-commerce platforms that are rated as provincial key cultivation in 2022; cross-border e-commerce platforms that are awarded the above honors and whose annual cross-border e-commerce import and export scale reaches 30 million yuan will be given support of no more than 200,000 yuan; cross-border e-commerce platforms that reach 50 million yuan will be given support of no more than 500,000 yuan.
2. A basic reward of 100,000 yuan will be given to the cross-border e-commerce industrial park entities that are rated as provincial key cultivation in 2022; a maximum support of no more than 200,000 yuan will be given to cross-border e-commerce industrial parks that are awarded the above honors and the cross-border e-commerce import and export scale of legal persons registered in the park during the year reaches 200 million yuan; a maximum support of no more than 500,000 yuan will be given to cross-border e-commerce industrial parks that reach 500 million yuan.
The support amount includes a basic reward of 100,000 yuan.
Application materials:
(1) Platform: Proof of annual trade volume that the platform has carried out cross-border e-commerce business includes import and export customs declarations or electronic lists, screenshots of platform sales statistics, etc.
(2) Industrial Park: Proof of annual import and export performance of cross-border e-commerce achieved by legal entities registered in the park requires statistics by enterprise and the provision of certification materials for customs clearance through the cross-border e-commerce model.
(3) Public overseas warehouse
The main construction enterprise that is rated as a provincial key public overseas warehouse in 2022 will be awarded a maximum reward of no more than 1 million yuan.
1. A basic reward of 100,000 yuan will be given to the main construction enterprises of public overseas warehouses that are rated as provincial key public overseas warehouses in 2022; the main enterprises of public overseas warehouse construction that are awarded the above honors and whose cross-border e-commerce export business reaches 30 million yuan and 200 million yuan in that year will be given rewards of up to 500,000 yuan and 1 million yuan respectively. The reward amount includes a basic reward of 100,000 yuan.
Application materials:
Proof of the company's cross-border e-commerce trade volume performance, including goods export declaration forms and other materials from the main overseas warehouse construction company or the local Qingdao company it serves.
2. Adopt the "front exhibition and back warehouse" approach. The main enterprises in the construction of public overseas warehouses set up Qingdao brand product display centers in public overseas warehouses such as ASEAN, the Middle East, Africa, and Russia, and provide a subsidy of no less than 70% on the rental of their display venues, and no more than 100,000 yuan for a single enterprise.
Application materials:
(1) Introduction to the basic information of the exhibition center, including the country and region, construction time and development history, construction area (provide on-site scene pictures, video certification materials, etc.), and provide enterprises with the development of display and sales business, business expansion plans for the next year, etc.;
(2) Documents proving the ownership of the display center. Relevant documents for the legal registration or legal procedures of the affiliated public overseas warehouse, documents proving the relationship with the domestic parent company and investors (registered capital, equity structure, etc.), relevant certification materials for site purchase or lease, and corporate overseas investment certificate;
(3) The display center has functional certification materials such as product display, marketing and promotion, logistics and distribution, and after-sales service;
(4) Display the business development status of the center. Able to provide display and sales services for no less than 10 companies, and provide a list of companies served and contracts (agreement) between both parties;
(5) Operation team composition and service capabilities, providing a certain number of professional practitioners with relevant materials;
(6) Venue rental fee details, fee invoices or legally binding official receipts issued by foreign companies and other supporting materials.
(4) Public warehousing construction
Enterprises or park operating entities that have established cross-border e-commerce public warehouses and have been in operation for one year can provide support for infrastructure construction, operation, logistics information platform construction, distribution vehicle purchase, storage rental and other capital investment in the warehouse based on indicators such as the number of annual service companies and the scale of import and export achieved. If the annual trade volume exceeds 2 billion yuan, a maximum reward of no more than 1 million yuan will be given. If the annual trade volume exceeds 4 billion yuan, a maximum reward of no more than 2 million yuan will be given.
Application materials:
(1) Provide warehouse service contracts signed with at least 10 companies;
(2) Certification materials and data summary statistics for cross-border e-commerce business carried out by service enterprises;
(3) Construction or leasing contracts and other supporting materials proving the ownership of the warehouse;
(4) Service agreement, expense invoice, and detailed list of incurred expenses related to expenses incurred by the warehousing enterprise.
(5) Talent training
Cross-border e-commerce enterprises that carry out business training through pilot units of provincial-level cross-border e-commerce incubation institutions, establish new online stores in the current year, and achieve import and export scale of more than 1 million yuan during the year will receive support of up to 20,000 yuan per enterprise at a rate of no more than 70% of the training cost.
Application materials:
(1) Training fee invoices, bank payment or remittance vouchers for business training conducted with pilot units of provincial cross-border e-commerce incubation institutions;
(2) Training certificates such as curriculum, sign-in form and other training certificates for business training carried out by pilot units of provincial-level cross-border e-commerce incubation institutions;
(3) Materials such as the new store agreement signed with the platform company, proof of store opening time, screenshots of store backend data, or corresponding information on the company’s self-built independent website;
(4) Provide customs declaration forms for cross-border e-commerce import and export of 1 million yuan after opening new stores in the year.
4. Fund application, review and disbursement procedures
(1) Fund application materials
Applicant enterprises that meet the above conditions must provide the following funding application materials while providing the above application materials:
1. Fund application report, including a basic introduction to the company and a brief introduction to the business situation;
2. Copy of enterprise business license (photocopy);
3. The enterprise has not been included in the list of parties to major illegal cases or persons subject to enforcement for breach of trust by the customs, taxation, foreign exchange administration and other departments in the current year, and has not defaulted on tax payable;
4. A letter of commitment to verify the authenticity of the application materials and assume corresponding legal responsibilities.
(2) Things to note when submitting application materials
1. The application materials are in a foreign language (including contracts, agreements, valid receipts from foreign companies, etc.). The foreign language application materials must be accompanied by a printed Chinese translation (the format is consistent with the foreign language materials) and stamped with the official seal;
2. The applicant shall provide the above materials and relevant supporting documents, and upload the scanned copy to the "Qingdao Policy Communication" platform clearly and stamped with the official seal of the applicant.
(3) Fund review and disbursement procedures
1. Enterprises that meet the conditions for policy incentives can voluntarily apply to the commerce department of the district (city) where they are registered, and submit the required application materials through the "Qingdao Policy Link" platform before November 10 (Friday). After completing the application, download and print the application materials with the watermark of "Qingdao Policy Information" through "Qingdao Policy Information" and stamp them with the official seal of the applicant. Bind them into a volume on A4 paper in order according to the catalog of application materials to form the "Qingdao Cross-border E-commerce*** (Specific Support Direction) Fund Project Application Form" (in triplicate), and submit it to the competent commerce department of the jurisdiction in accordance with the territorial principle. The commercial authorities of each district (city) will conduct a preliminary review of the enterprise application materials on the "Qingdao Policy Communication" platform, verify the authenticity and completeness of the materials, summarize the status of the declared enterprises in the jurisdiction, and upload the preliminary review results to the "Qingdao Policy Communication" platform before November 17 (Friday) and push them to the financial department at the same level and the Municipal Commerce Bureau. Each enterprise will keep one paper version of the "Fund Project Application Form" for itself and submit two copies to the Municipal Commerce Bureau.
2. The E-Commerce Division of the Municipal Commerce Bureau will review the application materials through the "Qingdao Policy Communication" platform and review the authenticity and completeness of the application materials. Entrust a third-party intermediary agency to review and issue review opinions.
3. The E-Commerce Division of the Municipal Commerce Bureau will propose final review opinions and specific funding arrangements based on the review opinions and funding scale of the third-party intermediary agency, and submit them to the Party Leadership Group Meeting (Director’s Office Meeting) of the Municipal Commerce Bureau for review. Based on the funding arrangement opinions reviewed and approved by the Municipal Commerce Bureau’s Party Leadership Group (Director’s Office Meeting), a publicity document will be formed and published on the official website of the Municipal Commerce Bureau (except for matters that are not suitable for disclosure in accordance with national confidentiality laws and regulations). The publicity period shall be no less than 5 working days. If there is no objection to the announcement, the fund allocation procedure will begin.
4. Based on the fund arrangement opinions put forward by the Municipal Commerce Bureau, the Municipal Finance Bureau will allocate funds to the district (municipal) finance department according to procedures, and the district (municipal) finance department will work with the commerce department to organize the specific allocation of funds.
5. Fund supervision and inspection and performance management
(1) Standardize the review and allocation of funds. The district (city) commerce department is responsible for reviewing and supervising the basic information submitted by enterprises. The Municipal Commerce Bureau strengthens the inspection of project implementation and the evaluation of fund use performance to ensure that funds are used specifically.
(2) Strict financial management of funds. Enterprises applying for funds are responsible for the authenticity, legality and completeness of the basic application materials, conduct financial processing of project funds in accordance with relevant national regulations, and cooperate with special inspections by relevant departments and provide information. For reporting enterprises that are found to have committed fraud during the review process, the commerce departments of various districts (municipalities) will not accept the enterprise's application for financial support within five years.
(3) Strengthen financial performance assessment. The Municipal Commerce Bureau conducts performance evaluation on the use of funds. After the funds are allocated, the commercial departments of each district (city) should submit fund use performance reports in a timely manner, strengthen the application of performance results, and closely link the supervision and inspection, performance evaluation, and fund balances of each district (city) fund project with future annual fund arrangements and allocations.