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Ensuring the stability of the industrial chain supply chain is an important task in the "six guarantees". To promote the formation of a new development pattern with domestic circulation as the main body and domestic and international double circulation promoting each other, a safe and smooth supply chain is required. In January this year, the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Cross cycle Adjustment and Further Stabilizing Foreign Trade, and proposed policy measures to ease the pressure on the foreign trade supply chain.
As a national central city and the core engine of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou has a strong foreign trade supply chain hub function. What measures has Guangzhou put forward to promote the smooth flow of foreign trade supply chain? What achievements have been made? On March 25, the Information Office of Guangzhou Municipal People's Government held a press conference on promoting the smooth flow of the foreign trade supply chain in Guangzhou (the 30th conference in 2022), inviting relevant leaders from the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Port Authority, the Guangzhou Airport Commission and other units to introduce the measures and results of Guangzhou to promote the smooth flow of the foreign trade supply chain.
The reporter learned at the meeting that in order to promote the solution of the problem of unimpeded supply chain strongly responded by foreign trade enterprises and make every effort to ensure the efficient and smooth operation of foreign trade import and export, recently, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, together with the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Transport Bureau, the Market Supervision Bureau, the Port Authority, the Airport Economic Zone Management Committee The customs and other departments have studied and issued Several Measures of Guangzhou to Promote the Smoothness of Foreign Trade Supply Chain, and proposed 13 policies and measures to directly reach the needs of enterprises (referred to as "13 Measures of Supply Chain Smoothness").
Wu Weihua, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce.
Foreign trade enterprises face the problem of "shortage", "blockage" and "expansion" of supply chain
At the press conference, according to Wu Weihua, Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, in the face of the uncertainty and complexity of the foreign trade situation, especially the cross-border supply chain dilemma caused by the epidemic prevention and control, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce has taken multiple measures to ensure the smooth flow of the foreign trade supply chain, and has organized several foreign trade supply chain supply and demand docking meetings, In the first two months of this year, the number of China EU trains was three times higher than that of the same period last year.
"From January to February this year, Guangzhou's foreign trade maintained a steady growth trend, with the total import and export volume increasing by 4.1% year on year. However, with the superimposed impact of domestic and foreign epidemics, the international supply chain blockages and pain points faced by foreign trade enterprises in our city continue to increase, and the bottleneck problem of unimpeded foreign trade supply chain is increasingly emerging, becoming a prominent problem that restricts the development of foreign trade at present and in the future." Wu Weihua said, At present, foreign trade enterprises are facing problems such as "shortage", "blockage" and "inflation" in the supply chain.
According to him, foreign trade enterprises continue to be plagued by the shortage of containers and containers caused by the current epidemic, and affected by this round of epidemic, the prevention and control measures at ports, airports and cross-border cargo transport operation points have been upgraded, the shipping schedule has been lengthened, and import and export goods have been overstocked. In addition, the global "land, sea, air and rail" transportation costs soared, the supply and demand information of small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises and logistics companies was asymmetric, and the freight cost has always maintained a high level.
Guangzhou proposes "13 unimpeded supply chains" to help foreign trade import and export
The reporter learned that in order to promote the solution of the supply chain unblocked problem strongly responded by foreign trade enterprises, make every effort to ensure the efficient and smooth operation of foreign trade import and export, and build an accurate supply chain unblocked system with direct information, supply and demand docking, multimodal transport, convenient customs clearance, standardized management, and joint guarantee, recently, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, together with the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Transportation Bureau The Market Supervision Bureau, the Port Authority, the Administrative Committee of the Airport Economic Zone, the Customs and other departments, adhering to the problem orientation, took the blocking point as the starting point and changed the bottleneck period into the opportunity period, studied and issued the "Several Measures of Guangzhou to Promote the Smooth Supply Chain of Foreign Trade", and proposed 13 policies and measures to directly reach the needs of enterprises (referred to as "13 Supply Chain Smooth").
It is reported that in the next step, the Bureau of Commerce will focus on the implementation of Several Measures of Guangzhou to Promote the Smoothness of Foreign Trade Supply Chain, further strengthen the awareness of service enterprises, follow up and solve the difficult demands of enterprises, and make greater contributions to Guangzhou's building of an international supply chain hub and a new development pattern.
Break through the blocking points and improve the convenience of the international supply chain
Wu Weihua said that in order to solve the problem of blocking points of asymmetric supply and demand information between the majority of small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises and logistics companies, the first thing to do is to break through the blocking points, improve the convenience of the international supply chain, promote supply and demand docking, and comprehensively promote epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. He said that there are four key words to break through the blocking point.
——"Docking", taking multiple measures to facilitate the face-to-face contact between foreign trade enterprises and shipping, aviation, railway operators and freight forwarding enterprises, promote the signing of long-term cooperation agreements and establish stable cooperative relations.
——"Platform", make good use of the digital logistics platform of the external comprehensive service, accelerate the construction of the aviation logistics public information platform, and realize the information exchange and sharing of customs clearance and logistics in the whole chain.
——"Expand", give full play to the agglomeration effect of Baiyun Airport, Nansha Port, Guangzhou East Rail Transit Hub, Guangzhou International Port and other hub ports, fully attract and support leading enterprises in the freight forwarding industry, and deeply integrate into the transportation and logistics network of Guangzhou for common development.
——"Precise", optimize the epidemic prevention process at ports and cargo operation points, adhere to scientific prevention and control, precise prevention and control and effective prevention and control, and ensure that the negative impact on enterprise operation is minimized; Overall manage epidemic prevention requirements and logistics timeliness, implement "one enterprise, one policy" prevention and control for goods with special needs, and reduce the turnover and accumulation time of goods.
Solve difficulties and strengthen the guarantee level of foreign trade supply chain
In terms of solving difficulties, Wu Weihua said that the main purpose is to improve the air, sea and land freight capacity of Guangzhou, improve the infrastructure construction such as warehousing and logistics, and improve the energy level of the city's international logistics hub.
——In terms of air transport, Guangzhou will promote airlines and charterers to open new cargo routes, and provide land and financial support to key enterprises with new routes. Support airlines to increase the capacity of all freighters and encrypt flight routes.
——In terms of shipping, support global liner companies to add new foreign trade liner routes in Guangzhou Port, strengthen coordination and docking with international shipping companies, speed up empty container turnover, and improve the overall efficiency of the consolidation market.
——In terms of land transportation, we will promote the quality and capacity improvement of China Europe Central Asia trains, promote public and customized trains, meet the personalized logistics needs of enterprises, and improve the efficiency of international logistics transit.
——In terms of logistics warehousing, it provides one-stop services for enterprises such as inspection and storage, bonded warehousing, distribution and distribution, commodity display and transaction, and supply chain finance.
Stimulate innovation and improve service level of international supply chain
In order to optimize the comprehensive service level, reduce the operating costs of enterprises, and improve the satisfaction of enterprises, the Measures of Guangzhou to Promote the Smoothness of Foreign Trade Supply Chain mainly highlights the innovation of two modes and three types of services, and realizes the smooth supply chain process reengineering.
——The logistics mode of "multimodal transport" takes the opening of Nansha Port Port Railway as an opportunity to develop multimodal transport such as road rail, air rail, sea rail, river sea intermodal transport and provide a variety of international supply chain options for foreign trade import and export enterprises.
——The "efficient and convenient" customs clearance mode makes full use of the advantages of Guangzhou's "single window" international exhibition, market procurement, cross-border e-commerce and other modules of international trade to provide enterprises with convenient services; Innovate the supervision mode, explore and promote the direct collection and transfer of qualified imported goods by vehicles and ships in Nansha Port Area, and implement all-weather intelligent customs clearance at major ports.
——Convenient bonded refueling services, strive to build a "super gas station" for shipping in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, and attract more international ships to call in Guangzhou; Optimize the customs clearance process of bonded oil, and simplify the border inspection procedures for foreign ships not in port.
——Standardized sunshine charge service, guide logistics companies to regulate the charge structure, clean up and rectify illegal charges such as mandatory service charges, price hikes, and non-standard price marking.
——Inclusive financial services support banks and other financial institutions to provide logistics inclusive financial support to qualified small and micro foreign trade enterprises. Maintain the continuity and stability of export credit insurance support policies, and improve the coverage of SME credit insurance support policies.
Article/Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng: Xu Xiaofang, Li Yan, Lin Lin
Picture/Guangzhou Daily · New Flower City reporter: Zhuang Xiaolong
(The original title "13 unimpeded supply chains" was released! Guangzhou fully guarantees the efficient operation of foreign trade import and export ")
Edited by Gao Yuan Reviewed by Wu Jianlin Reviewed by Zheng Weiheng
