On June 20, 2019, the "2019 Smart Port Conference and Annual Meeting of the Science and Technology Committee of the China Port Association" was held in Qingdao. At the meeting, the China Port Association officially released the "2019 Business Environment Report for Port Enterprises in China".

In order to further expand opening up, promote higher-level trade facilitation, and maintain stable growth in imports and exports, the State Council issued the "Work Plan for Optimizing the Port Business Environment and Promoting Cross border Trade Facilitation" in October last year, which includes several measures to promote cross-border trade facilitation. In order to actively respond to the central call, port enterprises have taken the initiative to reduce documents, optimize processes, improve efficiency, and reduce costs, and have carried out a lot of effective work. Therefore, the China Port Association has compiled the "2019 Business Environment Report for Port Enterprises in China".

This report has five major highlights: firstly, the relevant entities at ports and the main links and processes of import and export; 2、 Port enterprises are promoting the optimization of the port business environment; 3、 Comparison of port import and export fees in China and domestic and international fees; 4、 Overall evaluation of port enterprises promoting the optimization of port business environment; 5、 Several suggestions for further optimizing the port business environment.

Highlight 1: Port related entities and main import and export processes and procedures

Highlight 2: Port enterprises promote the optimization of the port business environment

Highlight 3: Comparison of Port Import and Export Charges in China and Domestic and Foreign Charges

Highlight 4: Overall evaluation of port enterprises promoting optimization of port business environment

Highlight 5: Several Suggestions on Further Optimizing the Port Business Environment

The business environment is productivity, and optimizing the business environment is liberating productivity and enhancing competitiveness. Creating a business environment that is rule of law, international, and convenient is an important measure for China to further open up to the outside world, and it is also an inherent requirement for achieving high-quality development and modernizing governance capabilities and systems. When optimizing the port business environment is not completed, it is only ongoing. In the new stage of all-round opening up, port enterprises should benchmark against international first-class, continue to work hard on cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and technological innovation, strive to create a business environment that is suitable for building a strong transportation and port country, and better serve economic and social development and global trade.