Shanghai: Strive To Build A World-Class Consumer City

, Paris, London, Tokyo...

These cities, with their dazzling commodities, competitive prices and fashion trends, have become the world's best places for competition and become an international consumer city.

Wu Xingbao, deputy director of Shanghai Business Committee and deputy director of Shanghai Shopping Festival Organizing Committee, said that Shanghai is making efforts to build Shanghai into a world-class consumer city with New York, Paris, London, Tokyo and other cities in a global perspective.

The silk scarf of friendship store, the Emerald Pendant of Lao Fengxiang, and the embroidered mother silk underwear of Tianyu Building of Yu Garden mall.

Just like we go abroad to love the "big blood" international brand, Chinese traditional crafts, ethnic characteristics and Chinese cultural connotations are the favorite of overseas travelers.

Since July 1st this year, Shanghai has formally implemented the tax rebate policy. Overseas travelers can apply for shopping tax rebates at the designated tax rebate shops and meet certain conditions. The tax rebate rate is 11%.

At present, there are 27 tax rebate shops in Shanghai.

Wu Xingbao said, next, there will be hundreds of stores in Shanghai for tax refund.

At present, the cross-border e-commerce pilot platform of Shanghai free trade area has been launched, and "cross border links" are committed to build China's largest overseas purchasing platform.

After the cross-border operation, nearly 1000 items were on sale, including imported food, cosmetics, mother and baby products.

Clothes & Accessories.

According to Wu Xingbao, the tax on imported commodities can be reduced by about 20% based on the "cross border" platform.

Since June this year, the import tariff rates of 14 categories of consumer goods, such as clothing, footwear, skin care products, diapers and so on, have been imported, with an average decline of more than 50%, and the prices of imported goods in the Shanghai market have gone down further.

In the first half of 2016, Shanghai Disney will be unveiled. This is also the first Disney theme park in mainland China. It is expected that more than 20 million tourists will be received annually. They are expected to bring hundreds of millions of incremental consumption to Shanghai.

Wu Xingbao said, "Shanghai will be richer.

More competitive commodity prices and more humane services are moving towards world-class consumer cities.