Yangzhou Government Releases Foreign Trade Support Policy

Recently, the Yangzhou Municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau organized an informal forum to introduce systematically the supporting policies of foreign trade and economic development promulgated by the state and provinces and municipalities.

The move is welcomed by the majority of enterprises and heads of foreign trade and economic cooperation departments at the grassroots level.

Under the influence of the financial crisis, Yangzhou's export oriented economy has already felt "chill".

"Under such circumstances, the supporting policies of foreign trade and foreign trade will play a role of" 42 calls for a thousand jin "to cope with the financial crisis and accelerate the development of enterprises.

The director of the Municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau said.

9 enterprises, such as the "extra subsidy", have taken a series of supporting policies in recent years to promote the development of international markets, to guide enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises to enhance the competitiveness of the international market and to accelerate the pformation of the development mode of foreign trade and economic development.

Among them, the 9 "extra subsidies" are closely related to the vast number of foreign trade and economic enterprises in Yangzhou, including the international market development funds for small and medium-sized enterprises, the import discount funds, the special funds for foreign economic and technological cooperation, the development funds for international service outsourcing business, the special funds for structural adjustment of the textile industry in Jiangsu Province, the special funds for the development of Jiangsu provincial foreign trade and foreign trade development, the support policies for accelerating the development of the international service outsourcing industry in Jiangsu, the special incentive funds for the export of famous brand products in Yangzhou, and the support policy for Yangzhou port development.

According to the introduction, the threshold for application of these supporting funds is not high.

Take the international market development fund of small and medium-sized enterprises as an example, mainly in the past year, the Customs Statistics export volume was below 15 million US dollars, with the qualification of independent corporate entity, the right to import and export business or the qualification of foreign economic cooperation operation, and the small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in professional development of international market. Once applied for approval, they can generally get 50% to 70% of the funds needed for overseas activities.

Small and medium enterprises can apply for financial assistance projects include: participating in overseas exhibitions, conducting ISO9000, ISO14000 and other management system certification, product certification, international market promotion and promotion, creating enterprise websites, advertising trademark registration, visiting overseas markets, analyzing international markets, and issuing foreign investment.

The company needs to strengthen research and apply for the development of international market. Nature culture supplies companies are going to Europe and America and Southeast Asia to inspect the market every year.

By chance, the person in charge of the company learned that the state had Funds Supporting Policy for developing small and medium-sized enterprises in the international market, and declared to the Municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau for approval.

Last year, the company created an enterprise website, conducted market research and exhibition in South Korea, and received an additional subsidy of nearly 130 thousand yuan.

It is understood that this year, the city has declared a total of 160 million yuan of support funds, an increase of 105 million yuan over the same period last year, a record high.

"There is still a lot of room for improvement, especially in the context of the current state policies and measures to promote economic growth."

The responsible person of the Municipal Bureau of foreign trade and economic cooperation reminded that the vast majority of foreign trade enterprises in the city should also "eye out" and "pay attention to" the trend of foreign trade and economic policies.

At present, the Municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau has set up an organization to declare various funds to further strengthen policy guidance and services for enterprises.

"If we want to apply for supporting funds, enterprises must pay close attention to it.

If you do not understand the policy, you can consult with the competent authorities in time.

Yang Jing: editor in charge