In order to promote the healthy development of cross-border e-commerce retail imports, on November 20th, 2018, 13 departments include the Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration of Market Regulation, and the State Drug Administration jointly issued the announcement on the adjustment of the list of cross-border e-commerce retail imports, the “Cross-border e-commerce retail imports list (2018 edition)”. The effective date will be January 1th, 2019. After the implementation of the list, the Ministry of Finance and other 11 departments announced the announcement of the list of cross-border e-commerce retail imports (No. 40, 2016) and the 13 departments of the Ministry of Finance announced the list of cross-border e-commerce retail imports. The two batches of the list attached to the (second batch) announcement (No. 47, 2016) are also repealed.

On November 23th, 2018, the General Administration of Customs issued an order to promulgate the "Decision of the General Administration of Customs on Amending Certain Regulations" (Order No. 243 of the General Administration of Customs), the "Administrative Measures on import and Export Food Safety" and "Overseas Production of imported Food" 45 regulations including the Enterprise Registration Management Regulations and the Regulations on the Administration of the Recording of Exported Food Production Enterprises were revised.

In accordance with the arrangements of the National Health and Family Planning Committee's 2016 National Food Safety Standards Revision Plan, on November 26, 2018, the National Food Safety Standards Review Committee issued a general rule on the labeling of the National Food Pre-packaged Food Safety Standards (Consultation Draft) The letter to amend the draft opinion is now open for comments. The deadline for comments is December 14, 2018.

In order to implement the national “distribution service” reform work deployment, actively promote the deep integration of the national customs clearance integration inspection business, and integrate and optimize the customs enterprise credit management system. On November 27, 2018, the General Administration of Customs issued the implementation of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China. Announcement on matters related to the Measures for the Administration of Enterprise Credits (Notice No. 178 of 2018 of the General Administration of Customs), explaining the implementation of the Measures for the Administration of Credits of Customs Enterprises of the People's Republic of China (Order No. 237 of the General Administration of Customs).
 

In order to improve the post-transition policy linkage of cross-border e-commerce retail import supervision and promote the healthy development of cross-border e-commerce retail imports, with the approval of the State Council, on November 28, 2018, the Ministry of Commerce, the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the General Administration of Customs The State Administration of Taxation and the General Administration of Market Supervision jointly issued a notice on improving the supervision of cross-border e-commerce retail import supervision, and explained the relevant regulatory arrangements after the transition period.

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