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Small Tax ID Number, Big Service - Customs Tax Policy Research Service Advantage Industry Development

The small eight digit tax number is the exclusive "ID card" for import and export goods, and the policy requirements for import and export will vary depending on the tax number. Starting from January 1st this year, a batch of technology products and characteristic agricultural products such as intelligent bionic robots, silicon wafers, and forest ginseng have added tax codes. In this way, these products that serve the development of new quality productivity and have Chinese characteristics can have their own separate identity classification numbers, which can carry out more accurate statistics and further formulate policies to support the development of industries and enterprises. These exclusive "ID cards" are the latest achievements of the Tax Administration Bureau of the General Administration of Customs (Shanghai) relying on the tax research platform to actively improve tax policies.

With the development of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, new materials, and high-end manufacturing, China's robotics industry is achieving leapfrog development. Products such as intelligent bionic robots are accelerating iteration and upgrading, and more and more products are accelerating their overseas expansion. Compared with the rapid development of the industry, the classification of robots in the "Import and Export Tariff of the People's Republic of China" is relatively general, with industrial robots still being the main category, and insufficient coverage of emerging products, making it difficult to meet the needs of refined statistical analysis and policy support. In order to promote the high-quality development of the industry, the Tax Administration Bureau of the General Administration of Customs (Shanghai), in conjunction with the development demands of the industry, conducted field research in multiple places in Zhejiang and Shanghai with the Robotics Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation and Hangzhou Customs, and proposed multiple tax policy suggestions to the Tax Commission, such as adding tax numbers to "intelligent bionic robots" and "clean robots". These suggestions were adopted and implemented in the "2026 Tariff Adjustment Plan".

The addition of tax codes for products such as intelligent bionic robots is not only a key measure to actively respond to the new round of technological revolution, seize the high ground of global technological competition, and lead the development of new quality productivity, but also provides important institutional guarantees for the high-quality development and high-level opening-up of China's robotics industry, "said the Robotics Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation.

Accurately empowering the development of the silicon wafer industry

Against the backdrop of the global transition to new energy and intense competition in the semiconductor industry, silicon wafers, as the core foundational material for the photovoltaic and electronic information industries, directly affect the industry's technological competitiveness. Due to the long-term sharing of the same tax code between photovoltaic silicon wafers and semiconductor silicon wafers, it is difficult to accurately grasp the actual import and export situation of related industries. At the same time, China's photovoltaic products are also facing trade barriers from multiple countries, which has a certain impact on the overall healthy development of the silicon wafer industry.

Starting from January 1st this year, photovoltaic grade silicon wafers and semiconductor grade silicon wafers will be listed separately. Song Hongwei, Vice President of Shanghai Chaosi Semiconductor Co., Ltd., said, "Now that semiconductor manufactured silicon wafers and photovoltaic silicon wafers have exclusive 'identity cards', they can go abroad, enter the blue ocean, participate in international competition and cooperation, and compete on the same stage as world-class peers

Injecting vitality into the development of agroforestry economy

Ginseng, as a characteristic agricultural product in China, is known as the "King of Herbs" and its export volume has steadily increased in recent years. In order to promote the large-scale and international development of the ginseng industry, the Tax Administration Bureau of the General Administration of Customs (Shanghai) and Changchun Customs conducted field research in many enterprises in Jilin, wrote high-quality industry research reports, and provided solid support for policy implementation.

Prior to this, due to the lack of a separate tax number, Linxia ginseng could only be sold as a bulk garden ginseng commodity, which affected its popularity and foreign merchants did not recognize its value. Now that there is a separate tax number, the problem has been solved, "said Hu Xiuling, General Manager of Jilin Laoshenniang Ginseng Industry. Starting from January 1, 2026, Linxia Mountain Ginseng will officially have its "identity", finally solving the export problem that has plagued the industry for many years and injecting strong impetus into the development of Linxia economy.