On February 7th, according to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, 9 units including the Ministry of Commerce issued opinions on supporting the healthy development of trade cooperation in new energy vehicles. It is mentioned that optimizing the export related procedures for new energy vehicles and power batteries, reducing processing time, and improving processing efficiency. Actively participate in the formulation of international standard rules for the transportation of new energy vehicles and power batteries by the International Maritime Organization. Develop and introduce technical standards for passenger car container transportation.

Opinions suggest encouraging overseas research and development cooperation. Encourage new energy vehicle and its supply chain enterprises to efficiently utilize global innovation resources, establish research and development centers overseas in accordance with laws and regulations, actively establish strategic cooperation relationships with foreign research institutions, industrial clusters, etc., integrate into the global new energy vehicle innovation network, and enhance China's innovation capabilities in new energy vehicle design, research and development, and engineering technology.

Improve overseas compliance management capabilities. Encourage industry organizations, think tanks, and other institutions to conduct overseas compliance training for new energy vehicles and power batteries. Timely track policies and regulations related to market access, environmental protection, data protection, intellectual property protection, etc. in the field of new energy vehicles and power batteries, and compile and issue national trade guidelines.

In addition, the opinion also mentions optimizing transportation management. Optimize the export related procedures for new energy vehicles and power batteries, shorten processing time, and improve processing efficiency. Actively participate in the formulation of international standard rules for the transportation of new energy vehicles and power batteries by the International Maritime Organization. Develop and introduce technical standards for passenger car container transportation.

Strengthen transportation support and services. Guide shipping companies to reasonably increase the scale of roll on/roll off transport fleets, and encourage the full utilization of innovative and flexible transportation methods such as containers and pulp ships. Encourage shipping companies and new energy vehicle companies to jointly integrate their warehousing and logistics resources in overseas markets, strengthen the sharing of related facilities, and take multiple measures to alleviate the problem of export vehicles being stuck on the "last mile".

In terms of financial support, opinions suggest optimizing the credit support methods. Guide banking institutions to optimize resource allocation, design financial service plans reasonably, and comprehensively utilize financial products based on actual business development, under the premise of legal compliance and controllable risks. Encourage banking institutions to provide domestic and international supply chain financial services for the upstream and downstream of the new energy vehicle industry.

Enhance the awareness and ability of enterprises to hedge against foreign exchange rates. Encourage banking institutions to optimize foreign exchange products, proactively provide advanced services, and better meet the exchange rate hedging needs of new energy vehicle and power battery enterprises.

The following is the original text:

Opinions of the Ministry of Commerce and 9 other units on supporting the healthy development of trade cooperation in new energy vehicles

Provincial, autonomous region, and municipality governments:

The healthy development of trade cooperation in new energy vehicles is conducive to promoting the transformation and upgrading of the automotive industry, and plays an important supporting role in stabilizing the scale and optimizing the structure of foreign trade. In order to thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and promote the healthy development of trade cooperation in new energy vehicles, with the approval of the State Council, the following opinions are proposed:

1、 Overall requirements

 

2、 Enhance international business capabilities and levels

（1） Encourage overseas research and development cooperation. Encourage new energy vehicle and its supply chain enterprises to efficiently utilize global innovation resources, establish research and development centers overseas in accordance with laws and regulations, actively establish strategic cooperation relationships with foreign research institutions, industrial clusters, etc., integrate into the global new energy vehicle innovation network, and enhance China's innovation capabilities in new energy vehicle design, research and development, and engineering technology. (The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, and local governments are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)

（2） Improve overseas compliance management capabilities. Encourage industry organizations, think tanks, and other institutions to conduct overseas compliance training for new energy vehicles and power batteries. Timely track policies and regulations related to market access, environmental protection, data protection, intellectual property protection, etc. in the field of new energy vehicles and power batteries, and compile and issue national trade guidelines. Guide relevant institutions and industry organizations to conduct research on green and low-carbon standards for new energy vehicles and power batteries, organize specialized training on carbon footprint management, and enhance the awareness and risk response capabilities of enterprises towards green and low-carbon development. (The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Administration for Market Regulation are responsible for their respective duties.)

（3） Strengthen cooperation with overseas related enterprises according to local conditions. Guide new energy vehicle and its supply chain enterprises to leverage their own advantages, engage in technological cooperation in relevant countries, and build an industry chain supply chain system that is jointly built and shared by all parties. Encourage industry organizations to strengthen research on overseas markets, and guide new energy vehicle and its supply chain enterprises to optimize international cooperation based on factors such as market size, trade potential, consumption structure, industry complementarity, and country risks. (The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Ministry of Commerce are responsible for their respective duties)

（4） Strengthen the construction of overseas maintenance and after-sales capabilities. Support new energy vehicle enterprises to establish overseas marketing and after-sales service outlets and maintenance spare parts centers, actively use digital technology to carry out remote diagnosis, technical support and other services. Guide new energy vehicle enterprises to strengthen overseas maintenance cooperation with supporting enterprises such as power batteries, carry out training for maintenance technicians, and improve the level of maintenance specialization. Encourage enterprise technicians to provide maintenance services on the front line and improve the quality of after-sales service. (Led by the Ministry of Commerce, local governments are responsible according to their respective duties)

（5） Actively cultivate international talents. Support industry organizations, universities, and think tanks to strengthen research on the internationalization of new energy vehicles, organize special training sessions, and enhance the ability of enterprise employees to explore international markets. (The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Commerce, and local governments are responsible according to their respective roles and responsibilities)

3、 Establish a sound international logistics system

（6） Optimize transportation management. Optimize the export related procedures for new energy vehicles and power batteries, shorten processing time, and improve processing efficiency. Actively participate in the formulation of international standard rules for the transportation of new energy vehicles and power batteries by the International Maritime Organization. Develop and introduce technical standards for passenger car container transportation. On the basis of strictly ensuring transportation safety, we should urgently study the technical solutions for railway transportation of power batteries. Guide new energy vehicle and power battery production enterprises, as well as logistics enterprises, to do a good job in export transportation declaration in accordance with relevant regulations on dangerous goods transportation by waterway, regularly provide training to relevant enterprises, and improve declaration efficiency. (The Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the State Railway Administration, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., and local governments are responsible for their respective duties.)

（7） Strengthen transportation support and services. Guide shipping companies to reasonably increase the scale of roll on/roll off transport fleets, and encourage the full utilization of innovative and flexible transportation methods such as containers and pulp ships. Encourage shipping companies and new energy vehicle companies to jointly integrate their warehousing and logistics resources in overseas markets, strengthen the sharing of related facilities, and take multiple measures to alleviate the problem of export vehicles being stuck on the "last mile". Support ports in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and other regions to enhance their specialized berth capacity for roll on/roll off, encourage shipping companies to increase the frequency of roll on/roll off ships for new energy vehicles and open up new routes, and accelerate the opening of multiple ports for new energy vehicles to go global. Give full play to the role of the logistics guarantee mechanism, increase monitoring of the transportation situation at our port, and ensure the safe, smooth, and efficient export of new energy vehicles. Support industry organizations to establish long-term cooperation mechanisms with relevant institutions in overseas markets, and carry out international logistics service standardization cooperation. (The Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce, the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the General Administration of Customs, the State Railway Administration, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., and local governments are responsible for their respective duties)

4、 Strengthen financial support

（8） Optimize credit support methods. Guide banking institutions to optimize resource allocation, design financial service plans reasonably, and comprehensively utilize financial products based on actual business development, under the premise of legal compliance and controllable risks. Encourage banking institutions to provide domestic and international supply chain financial services for the upstream and downstream of the new energy vehicle industry. (The Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Financial Regulation are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)

（9） Fully leverage the role of export credit insurance. Insurance institutions engaged in export credit insurance business shall reasonably set the risk tolerance for export credit insurance in industries such as new energy vehicles and power batteries in accordance with the principles of marketization and rule of law. Encourage insurance institutions engaged in export credit insurance business to actively expand the underwriting of the new energy vehicle industry chain and continuously optimize innovative products and services, under the premise of legal compliance and controllable risks. Encourage qualified insurance institutions to actively provide credit investigation and country risk research services to banks and related enterprises. (The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Administration for Financial Regulation are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)

（10） Enhance the awareness and ability of enterprises to hedge against foreign exchange rates. Encourage banking institutions to optimize foreign exchange products, proactively provide advanced services, and better meet the exchange rate hedging needs of new energy vehicle and power battery enterprises. Local and industry organizations provide public services such as training and consulting on exchange rate hedging for new energy vehicle and power battery enterprises, guiding them to establish a neutral concept of exchange rate risk. (The Ministry of Commerce, the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and local people's governments shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)

（11） Facilitating cross-border settlement of RMB. Encourage banking institutions to expand the scale of cross-border RMB settlement, support new energy vehicle enterprises and related enterprises to be included in higher-level trade and investment facilitation pilot projects, and simplify business processing procedures. Encourage banking institutions to optimize financial products and services, and provide comprehensive financial services including RMB financing and settlement for new energy vehicle enterprises. (The Ministry of Commerce, the People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange shall be responsible according to the division of responsibilities)

5、 Optimize trade promotion activities

（12） Actively support enterprises in conducting business activities. Encourage exhibition companies to hold exhibitions in the field of new energy vehicles overseas, and further increase support from relevant regions for companies to participate in overseas exhibitions and self organized exhibitions. Trade promotion agencies and industry organizations should strengthen coordination and service guarantees. Encourage regions and industry organizations with conditions to hold brand promotions in key overseas markets, and support enterprises in building globally renowned brands. Local trade promotion agencies and industry organizations support new energy vehicles and their supply chain enterprises to participate in domestic and international exhibition platforms such as the China International Import and Export Fair, shaping the image of Chinese manufacturing and expanding international cooperation space. (The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and local governments shall be responsible for their respective duties)

（13） Strengthen support for public platforms. Guide relevant industry organizations and think tanks to build public service platforms for new energy vehicles, conduct policy and regulatory research, and promote industry self-discipline. Give full play to the role of foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases at all levels, provide public services for enterprises in common technology research and development, supply chain collaboration, logistics, finance, and promotion of domestic and foreign regulations and standards, and provide support for new energy vehicle enterprises and upstream and downstream supply chain enterprises to complete relevant testing and certification. (The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, and local governments are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)

6、 Create a favorable trade environment

（14） Promote the internationalization of standards and mutual recognition of qualification assessment. Actively participate in the formulation of international standards in the field of new energy vehicles and power batteries. Promote the coordination and integration of domestic and international standards in the fields of new energy vehicles, charging facilities, and power batteries. Carry out flexible and pragmatic bilateral mutual recognition cooperation in qualification assessment. (The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Administration for Market Regulation are responsible for their respective duties)

（15） Fully leverage the effectiveness of free trade agreements. High quality implementation of effective free trade agreements, supporting new energy vehicle and power battery enterprises to fully utilize the preferential arrangements of free trade agreements. (Led by the Ministry of Commerce)

（16） Improve import and export management policies. Standardize export order, create a fair competitive environment for the export of new energy vehicles, and establish a good image of Chinese brands. (Led by the Ministry of Commerce, with the General Administration of Customs responsible according to their respective duties)

7、 Enhance risk prevention capability

（17） Fully leverage the role of multilateral and bilateral mechanisms. Make good use of platforms such as the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Committee and review and supervision mechanisms to create an open, transparent, and predictable international trade environment for our new energy vehicles, power batteries, and other products, and effectively maintain the stable and smooth operation of the global supply chain for related industries. Intensify intergovernmental communication efforts. (The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Administration for Market Regulation are responsible for their respective duties.)

（18） Actively and appropriately respond to foreign trade restrictions. Guide industry organizations and enterprises to actively communicate and cooperate with foreign industries, and help enterprises actively respond to foreign trade restrictions. (Led by the Ministry of Commerce, local governments are responsible according to their respective duties)