Taiwan, Fujian To Explore The Four Island Shopping Area

In August last year, the State Council approved the "Hainan international tourism island" construction document, of which " duty-free The shopping policy has attracted much attention. According to reports, during the sixth Straits Tourism Exposition, relevant people familiar with the tourism Affairs Department of the National Tourism Administration of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan said that at present, Taiwan hopes to enable some islands on both sides of the Straits, including Pingtan and Kinmen, to set up duty-free shopping areas to promote tourism. "We are actively studying and discussing the feasibility of this plan."

Due to the close relationship between "tax-free shopping" and tourism economy, the duty free shopping policy has been regarded as a direct stimulation to the outside world. Travel? Effective means of economic development. According to the report, Wang Zaisheng, President of Kinmen County Council, also said: "we are discussing with Fujian province that we will link up the four islands of Pingtan, Xiamen, Kinmen and Dongshan to jointly develop and establish a tax-free shopping area. There is no policy obstacle in Kinmen."

It is understood that in February this year, the Fujian Tourism Bureau organized the tourism experts' representative to convene the "recent action plan for the construction of internationally renowned destinations (2010 2012)" seminar. It is explicitly allowed to set up tax-free shopping spots in Xiamen, Wuyishan, Taining, Meizhou Island and Pingtan island in four places, and adopt a more preferential policy in terms of taxation. Zero tariff 。

According to reports, Li Woshi, the county seat chief of Kinmen County, said that at present, both sides of Fujian and Taiwan have reached a consensus on the establishment of a "tax-free shopping" in the future, but there is a difference in the choice of regions and degrees. Fujian proposed the plan of "Xiamen, Wuyishan, Meizhou and Pingtan", while Jinmen County hoped for the four Island plan of "Jinmen, Pingtan, Xiamen and Dongshan". In addition, Fujian proposed the establishment of a "tax-free shopping point", while Kinmen hoped that the four islands would enjoy a full range of tax-free shopping policies.

However, because the "tax-free shopping" involves the restriction of the national tax system, there is no definite policy timetable for the time when Pingtan, Xiamen and other islands can really achieve tax-free shopping. According to reports, the Fujian Tourism Bureau official said: "whether Pingtan, Xiamen and other islands into the duty-free shopping area, the need for the National Tourism Administration, the Taiwan Affairs Office, the State Administration of Taxation and other central departments to further coordinate."

According to the survey data provided by the Tourism Department of Jinmen County, almost all mainland tourists are interested in buying duty-free goods at Kinmen and are listed as one of the essential items for the Straits tourism.