Policy digest

Cross-border e-commerce upgrade

China will continue with current policies on retail imports and exports via cross-border e-commerce, according to a decision made at a State Council executive meeting on Nov 21.

The meeting, chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, decided that the current policies on cross-border e-commerce retail imports will remain unchanged from January 2019. The policies, which require no licensing, registration or record-filing for first-time imports, will apply to retail imports through crossborder e-commerce platforms. Instead, these goods will see more relaxed regulations under imports for personal use.