Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs Jointly Issued the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Elevator Industry Cooperation in Countries Along the "Belt and Road"
This opinion is a special policy to implement the high-quality development initiative of the "Belt and Road" and promote the overseas expansion of China's equipment manufacturing industry, covering all countries and regions along the "Belt and Road", and applicable to the import and export trade and industrial cooperation of the whole industrial chain of complete elevator machines, core components, technical services and engineering contracting. The core measures of the opinion include: first, deepening the reform of trade facilitation. For elevator products exported to countries along the "Belt and Road", implement the whole-process customs clearance facilitation measures of "advance declaration, two-step declaration, consolidated tax collection", set up an exclusive customs clearance green channel for "Belt and Road" elevator export, realize intelligent review and self-printing of certificates of origin, and reduce customs clearance time by more than 50%; second, promoting the mutual recognition of standards and certifications, uniting industry institutions in countries along the "Belt and Road" to establish a cooperation mechanism for the mutual recognition of elevator standards, promote the docking and mutual recognition of China's national elevator standards with the standards of countries along the line, establish a mutual recognition mechanism for elevator product inspection and certification results, reduce repeated inspection and certification, and reduce the export compliance costs of enterprises; third, deepening industrial investment and cooperation, supporting Chinese elevator enterprises to build production bases, R&D centers and maintenance service centers in countries along the "Belt and Road", promoting the localization of industrial supporting, and encouraging diversified industrial cooperation such as joint venture cooperation, technology transfer and talent training; fourth, strengthening financial support services, encouraging financial institutions to provide special financial services such as export credit, export credit insurance and cross-border financing for "Belt and Road" elevator export enterprises, reducing the financing cost and trade risk of enterprises; fifth, building an international cooperation platform, relying on the China International Elevator Exhibition and professional elevator exhibitions in countries along the line, building a trade matching platform for the elevator industry, and holding the "Belt and Road" Elevator Industry Cooperation Forum every year to promote accurate supply and demand matching; sixth, improving the overseas service guarantee system, establishing a public service platform for "Belt and Road" elevator export, releasing authoritative information such as market access policies, standard requirements, tariff policies and market opportunities of countries along the line, and providing enterprises with one-stop services such as compliance consulting, market matching and risk early warning; seventh, promoting the linkage between engineering contracting and product export, supporting Chinese enterprises to give priority to Chinese elevator products and technologies in infrastructure projects in countries along the "Belt and Road", and promoting the coordinated development of elevator export and overseas engineering contracting. The implementation of this policy has comprehensively optimized the export environment of Chinese elevators to countries along the "Belt and Road". In 2024, China's elevator export volume to countries along the "Belt and Road" increased by 12.8% year-on-year, accounting for 76.8% of China's total elevator export volume. It is expected that the average annual growth rate will remain above 15% from 2025 to 2027, further consolidating the core share of Chinese elevator products in the markets along the "Belt and Road", and promoting the high-quality overseas expansion of the whole industrial chain of China's elevator industry.