Continuously improving the business environment at ports of entry, Xiamen has been selected as a pilot city for the Special Action on Trade Facilitation for five consecutive years.

March 30, 2026, 9:00 AM
People's Daily Online
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The article reports the achievements of Xiamen in being selected as a pilot city for the national cross-border trade facilitation special action for five consecutive years. As the leading unit, the Xiamen Free Trade Zone, through systematic reform and innovation, in conjunction with the Customs, the Bureau of Commerce and port units, has completed a total of 258 facilitation tasks and significantly improved the business environment at the port. The core measures include the construction of the country's leading local version of the international trade "single window" and digital port platform, the realization of customs, port, aviation, and trade data integration, and the annual cost savings of about 0.15 billion yuan for enterprises. In addition, Xiamen has won the highest star rating in the "Business Environment Evaluation of Cross-border Trade of Container Goods at Shipping Ports" for five consecutive years, and relevant cases have been selected as the best practice of the national free trade pilot zone. These efforts have led to the high-quality development of foreign trade: in 2025, Xiamen's total import and export value reached 960.02 billion billion yuan, a record high; in the first two months of 2026, it increased by 14.7 year-on-year, achieving a "good start". In the future, Xiamen will continue to deepen cooperation between customs and local areas, expand the influence of digital port platforms, further optimize cross-border trade processes, and help create a new pattern of development node cities.
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