China Expands Cross Border E-Commerce Zone Pilot Project

On 12 January 2016, China's State Council announced that the cross border e-commerce zone pilot project will be expanded from a single zone, Hangzhou, to twelve additional zones in order to further promote e-commerce in the country. The additional zones include Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hefei, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Tianjin, and Zhengzhou.

For businesses operating in one of the designated cross border e-commerce zones, a number of benefits apply, including …