The CPC Central Committee and State Council prioritize boosting consumption. Three departments jointly issued a notice with 11 policy measures to support key consumption areas, and will promote implementation to benefit people's livelihoods and expand consumption.

The article focuses on the sinking market's consumption potential. The Central Economic Work Conference made arrangements to boost domestic demand via it. The sinking market has faster consumption growth than urban areas, showing diversified upgrading. Future paths: deepen new urbanization, optimize consumption environment, enhance endogenous drivers to unleash potential for high-quality development.

The 2025 "the Belt and Road" Customs Food Safety Cooperation Conference was held in Shanghai yesterday. It passed the Shanghai Declaration, launched the "Silk Road Food Safety" platform, 11 countries signed the mechanism's articles of association (18 member countries total). Sun Meijun, Wu Wei, Zhao Zenglian attended/hosted.

From Jan-Nov 2025, Chongqing's duty-free shop sales exceeded 100M yuan (46.87% YoY growth). Optimized policies (domestic goods entry, online booking+port pickup) and hardware upgrades (AR mirrors, multilingual services) boost convenience. Merchants benefit from tax refunds, driving category expansion.

Lefang Food, an Anhui time-honored fried food enterprise, uses domestic raw materials (Xinjiang/Inner Mongolia sunflower seeds) and gets support from Hefei Customs (Xuancheng) to expand exports. It entered Philippine market this year, with Xuancheng's food exports up 23.4% to 490 million yuan in Jan-Oct.

Zhanjiang Customs promotes the "parallel port" logistics model via legal supply, integrating with national strategies (Hainan FTP, Western Land-Sea New Corridor, GBA). It reduces costs, boosts regional economic development, with over 100 enterprises, 57 voyages (13600 TEUs) as of Nov 24, and significant policy effects.

Ningbo Customs reported on Dec 10 that Ningbo private enterprises' import/export in Jan-Nov exceeded 1 trillion yuan (1 month ahead), up 4% YoY, accounting for 77.6% of local foreign trade. They withstood pressure via structural optimization, flexible innovation and industrial chain support, with confidence in future development.

Early winter is the peak for rice cake making. On Dec 7, about 2 tons of Cicheng Tapai Food's rice cakes were exported to Hong Kong (first batch this year). Made via traditional processes with local Cicheng glutinous rice, export orders have grown yearly, supported by customs and local cooperatives.

Recently, a batch of French red wine entered Shenzhen Qianhai Comprehensive Bonded Zone. Shenzhen Customs opened an efficient import channel via the bonded stocking model (3-7 days delivery after order), meeting domestic demand, ensuring product traceability, and boosting Sino-French trade.

Beilun Customs (subsidiary of Ningbo Customs) seized over 12,000 infringing goods related to the 2026 US Canada Mexico World Cup, including mascots, soccer balls and keychains. The case is under follow-up, and Ningbo Customs emphasizes IP protection while ensuring clearance efficiency.

As of Dec 11, 2025, Shenzhen Airport Port's cumulative import/export cargo volume exceeded 1 million tons (first annual million ton, +10.6% YoY). Shenzhen Customs' smart logistics reform (digital twin, AGV robots) and facilitation measures boosted efficiency, cut cargo damage by >20%, costs by ~30%; 3 new international routes added this year, covering 27 countries/43 cities.

Since Dec 1 last year, China granted 100% tariff-free to least developed countries (33 African). Shandong enterprises saved millions in tariffs; Qingdao Customs used AI, guidance to boost utilization. 459 firms saved 820M yuan, imports up 2.6x YoY.

This report introduces that Hefei Customs supports Anhui's automobile industry (especially new energy vehicles) with policy, service and supervision systems, innovative measures and optimized models, improving customs clearance efficiency and reducing costs. As of Nov 25, Anhui's annual automobile export exceeded 1 million vehicles for the first time.

Recent years see closer China-ASEAN economic and trade ties, with ASEAN as China's top trading partner. In Jan-Oct this year, Shandong's agricultural imports from ASEAN rose 19% to 11.2b yuan. Qingdao Wolong Food's nut imports from ASEAN grew 30% to $14.4m. Qingdao Dagang Customs implements facilitation measures (advance declaration, appointment inspection) to cut clearance time, while ensuring food safety. It will leverage China-ASEAN FTA 3.0 upgrade to boost Shandong-ASEAN trade.

Huangdao Customs launched an automatic container weight comparison system, cutting weighing time from ~10 mins to 30 secs. Covering Qingdao Qianwan Port areas, it weighed nearly 56k boxes in Jan-Nov this year with 100% recognition accuracy, boosting customs clearance efficiency.

Qingdao Customs assisted enterprises (e.g., Yantai Jinao Environmental Protection Tech) in enjoying inland waterway freight deduction, cutting taxes. Jan-Nov this year: 30.74 million yuan freight deducted, 3.65 million yuan tax reduced, benefiting 837 import enterprises (many SMEs).

On December 11, China's first new quality productivity comprehensive bonded zone—Yizhuang Comprehensive Bonded Zone—officially opened. An autonomous truck completed its first cargo transfer (valve equipment worth $700k) with seconds-long customs clearance. It has attracted over 30 enterprises, launched 11 support measures (up to 50M yuan per project), and plans to form innovative formats by 2028.

On Dec 10, 2024, Yunnan's Guanlei Port opened to the outside world, a key China-ASEAN hub via Lancang Mekong River. By Dec 9, 2025, its international cargo exceeded 260k tons (2.6b yuan), with 34k+ inbound/outbound people. Xishuangbanna Customs optimized clearance via smart measures, boosting efficiency over 20% and foreign trade vitality.

On December 11, He Yadong (China's Commerce Ministry spokesperson) responded to the EU's electric vehicle anti-subsidy case, noting China-EU held a trade remedy dialogue this week and will continue negotiations next week. China welcomes the EU to restart price commitments talks and hopes the EU abides by non-discrimination to resolve frictions via dialogue.

Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong stated China has requested the Dutch side via its embassy in China to promote Anshi (Netherlands) personnel dispatch to China for negotiations on the Anshi Semiconductor issue (caused by Dutch improper administrative intervention). China is taking measures to maintain global semiconductor supply chain stability.