In December 2019, 13 departments including the Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued the "Announcement on Adjusting and Expanding the List of Cross-border E-commerce Retail Imported Commodities", adding 92 items such as frozen aquatic products, alcohol, and electrical appliances. Tax items, providing consumers with more choices.
In January 2020, 6 departments country email list including the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration of Taxation, and the State Administration for Market Supervision jointly issued the "Notice on Expanding the Pilot Program of Cross-border E-commerce Retail Imports", which included Shijiazhuang and other 50 cities and The whole island of Hainan is included in the pilot scope to promote the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce across the country.
In January 2020, the General Administration of Customs allowed the customs with a large amount of cross-border e-commerce export business to carry out the return business. In addition, in March of the same year, the General Administration of Customs announced No. 45. Users only need to send back the goods according to the merchant's instructions, and do not need to go to the customs in person. , marking the opening of the cross-border e-commerce return channel, and the problem of "difficulty in returning goods" has been further solved.
In March 2021, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration of Taxation, and the State Administration for Market Supervision issued a notice on expanding the pilot program of cross-border e-commerce retail imports and strictly implementing regulatory requirements, further expanding the scope of the pilot program from 2018. Since the start of the pilot program, the gradual expansion of the scope of the pilot program reflects the state's support for the development of cross-border e-commerce.