One Plus One Minus Stimulates Foreign Trade Vitality

Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council, chaired the executive session of the State Council on March 18th to clarify the departmental responsibilities and division of labour in the "government work report", to ensure the completion of the main objectives and tasks of economic and social development throughout the year, to promote the sustainable development of agriculture and speed up the modernization of agriculture, to determine policies and measures to improve port entry, and to promote the expansion of opening up and the steady development of foreign trade.

At present, the economy is faced with the complex dilemma of "shifting speed of growth, shifting the throes of structural adjustment and early stimulus policies into the digestion period". It has basically bid farewell to the high speed of about 10% over the past 30 years or more.

Maintaining the steady development of foreign trade under this new normal is of vital importance not only for steady growth and structural adjustment, but also for enhancing national competitiveness.

What's more, in 2014, China's import and export volume reached US $4 trillion and 300 billion and continued to maintain its status as the first big cargo trading country.

It is undeniable that under the influence of many factors such as history and reality, there are many problems such as many links and low efficiency in port clearance.

Even the media has revealed that some cargo approval procedures can only be completed within 40 days, which makes people feel anxious and helpless.

At present, the executive meeting of the State Council calls for simplified procedures and clarity for necessary examination and approval.

And promised to finish the time limit, which virtually solved the long-standing plaguing of enterprises, such as "drag, card, push" and so on. Once again, it reflected the central government's determination to decentralization.

Of course, power is a double-edged sword, which is even more so in the examination and approval of customs clearance.

Because of the lack of supervision of power, corruption cases in the past customs clearance are not uncommon.

The executive meeting of the State Council indicated that we should strengthen the openness of law enforcement at the port level, resolutely clamp down on the administrative fees charged by the illegal import and export links, and further standardize the operation of service charges. This can not only lighten the burden on enterprises, but also effectively prevent abuse of power and abuse of power and private behavior in the process of examination and approval, as well as avoid corruption caused by highly centralized power.

Past

The coordination mechanism has also been criticized. It often occurs in a city where customs clearance procedures have been carried out.

nowadays

The executive meeting stressed that speeding up cross regional and cross sectoral clearance construction and promoting national integration clearance will undoubtedly help solve these problems.

In fact, if we can achieve information sharing and mutual recognition in the customs clearance, we will form a management system which is consistent with China's national conditions and has international competitiveness. It will be a real dividend for enterprises.

Objectively speaking, there are still some shortcomings in the layout of ports.

For example, some ports with relatively intensive customs clearance can not meet the actual needs. In some enterprises where there are few customs clearance, the ports are idle and strange.

In view of this, the executive meeting of the State Council clearly stressed the need to optimize the layout of ports, establish and improve customs clearance management and quality and safety supervision system, which not only create a more relaxed and convenient environment for entrepreneurial innovation, but also help to promote China's economic development to grow at medium to high level.

The realization of the Chinese dream of national revival depends on the growing economic strength in the final analysis.

With the continuous development of the "one belt and one way" strategy, strengthening port construction has also become a practical need to expand economic strength.

Now, from the consensus reached by the Executive Council of the State Council, we have done "subtraction" in port construction, reduced the formalities and customs clearance time, and added "supervision" to the quality of supervision and service.

One plus one reduction, not only has more vitality in foreign trade, but also has more and more power in China's economic development.