Heavy! The port construction fee is officially cancelled! The shipping version of the government work report is here!

The port construction fee is officially cancelled!

On March 5th, the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress opened. Premier Li Keqiang pointed out in the government work report that reform measures should be used to promote the reduction of production and operation costs of enterprises, and promote the reform of basic industries such as energy, transportation, and telecommunications. Improve service efficiency and reduce the level of charges. The report officially announced the abolition of port construction fees.

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On March 3, 2020, Li Keqiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council and proposed that from March 1 to June 30, port construction fees for import and export cargo will be exempted, and government pricing fees such as cargo port fees and port facility security fees will be reduced by 20 %. On June 24, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport issued Announcement No. 30 of 2020, deciding to extend the implementation period of exemption of import and export cargo port construction fees to 24:00 on December 31, 2020.

The time of levy shall be based on the time when the ship carrying cargo enters and exits the port. If the time when the ship enters or leaves the port cannot be determined, the time when the ship berths or leaves the berth shall prevail, and the AIS trajectory or VTS trajectory of the ship shall be used as the auxiliary certificate.

The port construction fee is a government fund collected, released, used, managed and supervised in accordance with the "Administrative Measures for the Collection and Use of Port Construction Fees". The full amount of revenue is turned over to the national treasury and incorporated into the fiscal budget, and the management of "two lines of revenue and expenditure" is implemented. The Ministry of Transport is responsible for the collection and management of port construction fees, and the maritime administrative agency where the port is located is specifically responsible for the collection of port construction fees within the port’s jurisdiction.

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The government work report mentioned that in the past year, in the face of unprecedented shocks in history, on the basis of the “six stability” work, my country clearly proposed the “six guarantees” task, implemented phased large-scale tax and fee reductions, and institutional arrangements. Combined, in 2020, it will reduce the burden of market entities by more than 2.6 trillion yuan, of which 1.7 trillion yuan will be reduced or exempted from social insurance premiums.

After hard work, my country took the lead in resuming work and production, and the economic recovery was better than expected. The GDP for the whole year of 2020 will grow by 2.3%.

The joint construction of the “Belt and Road” is progressing steadily. Major measures such as the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port have been launched one after another. Promote the signing of regional comprehensive economic partnership agreements. Completion of China-EU investment agreement negotiations. Maintain the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, and maintain growth in foreign trade and the use of foreign capital.

This year is a year of special importance in the process of my country's modernization drive. What are my country's main goals and major tasks? Which aspects should Hong Kong Airlines pay attention to? The following keywords are summarized.

economic development:

The GDP has increased by more than 6%. The volume of imports and exports rose steadily, and the balance of payments was basically balanced. The expected target of economic growth is set at more than 6%, taking into account the recovery of economic operations, which is conducive to guiding all parties to focus on promoting reform and innovation and promoting high-quality development. Better coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development.

import and export trade:

Strengthen credit support for small and medium foreign trade enterprises, expand export credit insurance coverage, optimize underwriting and claim settlement conditions, and deepen the pilot program for facilitation of foreign exchange receipts and payments in trade. Stabilize processing trade, develop new business models and models such as cross-border e-commerce, and support enterprises to explore diversified markets.

Innovation and development of service trade. Optimize and adjust import tax policies to increase imports of high-quality products and services. Run major exhibitions such as China International Import Expo, Canton Fair and Service Trade Fair. Promote the smooth flow of international goods, clean up and standardize port charges, and continuously improve the level of facilitation of customs clearance.

Utilization of foreign capital:

Actively and effectively utilize foreign capital. Further reduce the negative list of foreign investment access. Promote the orderly opening of the service industry, add comprehensive pilots for expanding the opening up of the service industry, and formulate a negative list of cross-border service trade.

Promote the construction of a free trade port in Hainan, strengthen the reform and opening up of the pilot free trade zone, promote the integrated development of special customs supervision areas and pilot free trade zones, and give full play to the role of open platforms for various development zones.

Regional economic cooperation:

Deepen multilateral, bilateral and regional economic cooperation. Firmly safeguard the multilateral trading system. Promote the early implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the signing of the China-EU Investment Agreement, accelerate the negotiation process of the China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Agreement, and actively consider joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

On the basis of mutual respect, promote the development of equal and mutually beneficial economic and trade relations between China and the United States.

Expanding domestic demand:

Adhere to the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand and fully tap the potential of the domestic market. Focus on improving people's livelihood to expand demand, promote the effective combination of consumption and investment, and achieve a higher level of dynamic balance between supply and demand.

Fiscal and taxation policy:

Continue to implement systemic tax reduction policies, extend the implementation period of some phased policies such as value-added tax concessions for small-scale taxpayers, implement new structural tax reduction measures, and hedge the impact of some policy adjustments.

Increase the value-added tax threshold for small-scale taxpayers from monthly sales of 100,000 yuan to 150,000 yuan. For small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households whose annual taxable income is less than 1 million yuan, the income tax will be halved on the basis of the current preferential policies.

reduce costs:

Use reform methods to promote the reduction of production and operating costs of enterprises. Promote the reform of basic industries such as energy, transportation, and telecommunications, improve service efficiency, and reduce charging levels. Comprehensively promote differentiated expressway tolls, and resolutely rectify the road height-limiting and width-limiting facilities and check points that hinder the passage of trucks. Cancel port construction fees.

Enterprise innovation:

Strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in innovation, encourage leading enterprises to form innovative consortia, and expand channels for integration of industry, university, research and application. Continue to implement the 75% deduction policy for corporate R&D expenses, increase the percentage of deductions for manufacturing companies to 100%, use tax incentives to encourage companies to increase R&D investment, and strive to promote enterprises to lead development with innovation.

Optimize the supply chain:

Continue to complete the important task of "three removals, one reduction and one supplement". For advanced manufacturing enterprises, full monthly refund of incremental value-added tax credits, increase the proportion of manufacturing loans, and expand investment in manufacturing equipment renewal and technological transformation. Enhance the independent controllability of the industrial supply chain.

Intensify the construction of 5G networks and gigabit optical networks to enrich application scenarios. Coordinate the layout of emerging industries. Strengthen the construction of quality infrastructure, in-depth implementation of quality improvement actions, and promote the effective connection of upstream and downstream standards in the industrial chain.