China news agency, Xiamen, May 12 (Yang Fushan, Xu Weiqiang) The once silent Xiamen Dadeng Small Commodities Trading Market against Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as "Dadeng Market") is booming again. According to the latest statistics, during the May Day holiday this year, Dadeng Town received 43672 tourists, an increase of 59.11% over the same period last year.
During the "May Day" holiday, Xiamen launched more than 100 consumer promotion activities with the theme of "New Moves Xiamen · Happy Buying May Day". Xiamen Dadeng Market also gave 600000 yuan (RMB, the same below) cash coupons to citizens and tourists in the 2024 Dadeng Town Flying Carnival and Tesco Free Trade Cultural Tourism Consumption Festival. As one of the activities to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Dadeng Taiwan Small Commodities Trading Market, this carnival event has made Dadeng market popular, and people are eager to go to Dadeng Town to experience the unique customs of Fujian and Taiwan.
The sponsor said that the 600000 coupons issued this time were basically used up, leaving only a few thousand yuan; These coupons are 400 minus 200, 200 minus 100, and can only be used by businesses in Dadeng Town.
Huang Qingjun, director of the Xiamen Taiwan Merchants Association, was particularly impressed by this change in the format of the Dadeng market in Xiamen. Huang Qingjun, from Chiayi, Taiwan, is one of the first Taiwanese businessmen to introduce Taiwanese food to the mainland.
On the 12th, Huang Qingjun said in an interview with the China News Service reporter, "Dadeng Taiwan small commodity trading market has become the 'first stop' for many Taiwan commodities to be transferred to the mainland market."
Xiamen Dadeng Market was established with the approval of the state in 1998 and officially opened on May 1, 1999. It is the first small commodity trading market duty-free to Taiwan on the mainland.
Over the past 25 years, Dadeng market has accumulated nearly 6 billion yuan of Taiwan's merchandise imports, received nearly 80000 visits from Taiwan compatriots, and played a unique role in strengthening cross-strait economic and trade exchanges and personnel exchanges.
At present, there are 104 self-employed businesses in Dadeng Taiwan Small Commodities Trading Market, where citizens and tourists can buy Golden Gate Sorghum Wine, Yitiaogan, Taiwan's special food and daily chemicals.
In order to help Taiwanese enterprises in Xiamen and Taiwan survive the initial stage of entrepreneurship, the Xiamen tax department, together with the Taiwan Hong Kong and Macao Office, the Taiwan Youth Entrepreneurship Base and other departments and institutions, has set up a "entrepreneurial tax partner" service team to one-on-one coach start-ups in Xiamen. In the Dadeng market in Xiamen, where Taiwan enterprises gather, the tax department has set up a "tax medical and social security E-machine" in the neighborhood service center, so that Taiwan enterprises can easily handle taxes at home.
Huang Qingjun said that due to the small size of the store, he took into account both the cashier and invoicing. He often encountered some problems in invoicing due to the lack of certain tax related basic knowledge. The timely guidance of the tax department has helped solve the worries of self-employed businesses.
Huang Qingjun is very optimistic about the future development of Dadeng Taiwan small commodity trading market. He said that with the construction of Xiang'an International Airport, subway and other infrastructure in Xiang'an District in full swing, Dadeng Island has unlimited opportunities for future development. (End)
[Editor in charge: Peng Lifang 】