Million Rewards! Shanghai issues policies to support the development of port and shipping industry


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In order to further implement the overall requirements such as the "Overall Plan for Lingang New Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone" and "Opinions on Supporting Pudong New Area's High-level Reform and Opening-up to Build a Leading Area for Socialist Modernization", the "On Promoting the Special Comprehensive Development of Yangshan" was implemented. Several Opinions on the Opening-up and Innovative Development of Bonded Zones” and related support measures, to accelerate the development of high-energy shipping service industries in the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone (hereinafter referred to as the “Special Bonded Zone”), and to build a shipping hub that radiates around the world, these Implementation Opinions are formulated.


1. Scope and objects of support


In accordance with the principle of consistency between domestic and foreign investment, these opinions are applicable to enterprises and institutions within the Lingang New Area, where the places of enterprise registration and the management of financial and tax households are in the Special Bonded Zone, with sound financial management systems, good credit, and in compliance with relevant support conditions.


This Opinion focuses on supporting the optimal allocation of high-end shipping resources, cooperating with the Yangtze River Delta to build key areas that radiate global shipping hubs, striving to build a central node of the domestic circulation and a strategic link between domestic and international dual circulation, and continuously improve the level of Shanghai's international shipping center. International competitiveness and influence.


(1) Support the cluster development of high-level shipping service industries. Focusing on the construction of a global shipping hub, focus on cultivating and developing key areas such as ship transportation, ship management, ship inspection, ship brokerage, shipping finance, shipping insurance, seafarer labor dispatch, and maritime services, and realize the large-scale and clustered development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.


(2) Support institutional innovation in key areas of shipping and the gathering of functional shipping institutions and international organizations. Centering on institutional openings such as rules, regulations, management, and standards, support institutional innovation in key areas, and support the entry of shipping arbitration, shipping think tanks, and various shipping functional organizations with international influence.


(3) Support the establishment of the "China Yangshan Port" registry port by benchmarking against the highest and best international standards. Open up important channels for the use of two resources in the international and domestic markets, and focus on supporting the large-scale development of international ship registration.


(4) Support the development of green and low-carbon shipping industry. Focusing on the State Council's "Carbon Peaking Action Plan before 2030" (Guo Fa [2021] No. 23), promote the low-carbon transformation of transportation means, promote the rational division of labor and effective connection between different transportation modes, and focus on supporting the application of clean energy in the shipping field and supporting water Development of related fields such as water transfer and multimodal transport.


(5) Support the “digital” transformation of the shipping industry. Focusing on the "digitalization" transformation trend of the shipping industry, cultivate a "platform-based" and "traffic-based" shipping industry, promote information gathering and sharing of shipping digital platforms, and service collaboration and integration, and support shipping tariff transactions, shipping index derivatives transactions, and various shipping digital platforms. develop.


(6) Support the improvement of the functions and formats of the shipping and logistics industry. Focusing on the layout of open industries, expand international supply chain management, improve the level of shipping services, and focus on supporting the development of related industries such as international transit and consolidation, and international supply chain management.


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2. Main support measures


(1) Support the agglomeration of high-energy shipping service industries


1. Support high-level shipping service enterprises to set up various headquarters institutions. Give full play to the leading effect, accelerate the gathering of a number of high-level shipping service headquarters institutions, coordinate the integration of upstream and downstream enterprises, and continuously improve the scale and level of cluster development. For the recognized headquarters institutions, according to a certain proportion of the paid-in registered capital, a one-time settlement support of no more than 10 million yuan will be given, and the incentive funds will be allocated in 3 years from the date of establishment of the enterprise.


2. Support the establishment of seafarer assignment agencies that benchmark against the highest international standards. Appropriately loosen the restrictions on the place of social security payment for self-owned seafarers, and encourage institutions with crew and pilot labor assignment qualifications to settle in the special bond area. According to the situation of labor dispatching personnel carried out by the expatriate agency, a special reward of no more than 3 million yuan per year will be given.


3. Encourage the development of high-end crew and pilot training business. Professional institutions with international seafarer and pilot training qualifications are encouraged to enter the special zone to carry out training business. For those who carry out training for captains, captains, chief engineers and ship dynamic positioning system operators, and have obtained the competency certificate or qualification certificate issued by the relevant management agency, a special reward of up to 6 million yuan per year will be given according to certain standards.


4. Encourage international ship management companies to settle in. The world's leading international ship management companies are encouraged to settle in, and the enterprises that carry out international ship management will be given special rewards of up to 3 million yuan per year according to the gross tonnage of the ships they actually manage.


5. Support shipping enterprises to carry out offshore service trade. Support shipping enterprises to carry out offshore service trade such as offshore ship management, ship brokerage, and ship trading, and promote the development of the offshore shipping service industry. For key enterprises that carry out offshore service trade, special incentives will be given according to the amount of cross-border foreign exchange receipts for offshore service trade.


(2) Encourage institutional innovation and the entry of international organizations


6. Accelerate the promotion of institutional innovation in key areas of shipping. Support institutional innovation in key areas of shipping, benchmark the internationally recognized and most competitive free trade parks, free trade ports and high-standard international economic and trade rules, and increase the risk stress test of an open economy. Special awards will be given to innovative achievements in the shipping system that are pioneering in China.


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7. Support international shipping organizations to settle in. Support the world's leading international shipping organizations and functional institutions to settle in and conduct business in substance, and gather high-end shipping resource elements. For international shipping organizations and functional institutions participating in the formulation of international rules and international economic governance to settle down and conduct business in substance, based on their performance evaluation, a one-time settlement support of no more than 5 million yuan will be given.


(3) Accelerating the construction of an international port of registry


8. Implement a more convenient international ship registration management system. Optimize the registration workflow of "China Yangshan Port" registered ships, implement multi-certificate joint office, unified certificate issuance and other registration conveniences, improve the registration service level, and give eligible ships a reward of up to 50% of the first naturalization fee. Enterprises are supported to enjoy the VAT refund policy in accordance with the "Notice on the Value-Added Tax Policies for International Shipping Vessels in the Lingang New Area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone" (Cai Shui [2020] No. 52) issued by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transport and the State Administration of Taxation.


9. Expand the scale of the "China Yangshan Port" registered fleet. Newly built ships and flag-of-convenience ships are encouraged to return for naturalization and register as "China Yangshan Port", and a one-time reward will be given to enterprises whose actual ship operators and fund settlement centers are located in the special zone. The maximum reward amount for a single ship is not more than 3 million yuan; the maximum cumulative amount of rewards for the same enterprise to enjoy ship registration and mortgage registration is not more than 50 million yuan. Ships that enjoy the support of international ship registration and mortgage registration policies are not allowed to change their port of registry within five years.


10. Support international ship inspection agencies to settle in. Encourage the world's leading international ship inspection agencies to settle in and carry out ship inspection business. For ship inspection institutions to provide supporting ship inspection services, according to the scale and energy level of the service ships, a special reward of up to 2 million yuan per year will be given. The ship inspection agencies authorized by the relevant state departments are encouraged to carry out statutory inspections and classification inspections for ships registered in Yangshan Port of China.


11. Support the development of ship financial leasing business. Support shipping financial enterprises to provide financial services for international voyage ships registered as "China Yangshan Port", and further expand the financing channels of shipping enterprises. Special incentives will be given to financial enterprises that set up financial leasing companies in the zone and register the target vessel as "China Yangshan Port".


(4) Supporting the green and low-carbon transformation of the shipping industry


12. Encourage the green and low-carbon transition of the shipping industry. Support the promotion and application of new and clean energy such as electricity, hydrogen energy, and liquefied natural gas in the shipping industry, and accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry. For eligible enterprises that promote the use of clean energy refueling services such as electricity, hydrogen energy, and liquefied natural gas in Shanghai Port, a reward of up to 10 million yuan per year will be given according to the refueling cost of new energy and clean energy.


13. Support the technological transformation of ship energy conservation and emission reduction. Support shipping companies to retrofit their ships in compliance with the new International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Pollutant Control Regulations. For qualified enterprises, international voyage ships registered as "China Yangshan Port" will be supported according to the cost of ship technical transformation.


14. Support the development of sea-rail combined transport. Support the development of sea-rail combined transportation at Yangshan Deepwater Port, Shanghai Nangang and Luchaogang Railway Center Station, further improve transportation efficiency and reduce logistics costs. For eligible enterprises, using Yangshan Deepwater Port or Shanghai Nangang and Luchaogang Railway Central Station to carry out sea-rail combined transportation services, a maximum reward of no more than 6 million yuan per year will be given.


(5) Supporting the aggregation of shipping digital platforms


15. Support the aggregation of shipping digital platforms. Support the agglomeration of various shipping digital platforms, carry out innovative businesses such as forward freight rate contract transactions and shipping index derivatives transactions, and improve the efficiency of both international and domestic markets and resource allocation. It has been identified that enterprises that build functional platforms will be given a one-time reward of up to 2 million yuan based on performance evaluation. For eligible enterprises whose transaction amount on the platform exceeds 300 million yuan (inclusive), a reward of up to 1 million yuan per year will be given according to their transaction amount on the platform.


16. Support the gathering of ship trading platforms. Support the gathering of various ship trading platforms to carry out ship trading business. Appropriate rewards will be given to eligible enterprises to trade on the platform.


17. Support the function cultivation of the bonded ship supply platform. Give full play to the advantages of the integration of districts and ports, accelerate the development of ship supply business such as bonded oil, bonded liquefied natural gas, and bonded ship spare parts for international sailing ships, support the establishment of a public service platform for bonded ship supply, and improve the service level of international shipping centers. It has been identified that enterprises that build bonded ship supply platforms will be given a one-time reward of up to 2 million yuan based on performance evaluation. For enterprises that meet the conditions to trade on the bonded ship supply platform, a maximum reward of no more than 2 million yuan per year will be given according to the transaction amount. For enterprises that carry out bonded oil bunkering for ships on international voyages, a special reward of up to 2 million yuan per year will be given according to the annual bonded oil supply.


(6) Supporting the upgrading of functions and formats of shipping logistics enterprises


18. Support the development of international transfer and consolidation business. Support the development of coastal piggyback business of Dalian, Qingdao, Tianjin and Shanghai Yangshan Port, and improve the level of port hub. Support the establishment of international transfer and consolidation centers, and provide "one-stop" service solutions for market players. It has been identified that a one-time reward of up to 2 million yuan will be given to enterprises that build an international transit and centralized public service platform based on performance evaluation. Support international transshipment and consolidation enterprises to carry out the consolidation business of near-ocean routes between Waigaoqiao Port and Yangshan Port, and give appropriate rewards to eligible enterprises engaged in cross-port international transshipment and consolidation.


19. Support the transformation of logistics formats and functions. Encourage shipping and logistics enterprises to provide professional logistics services such as automobile logistics, cold chain logistics, pharmaceutical logistics, engineering logistics, and aviation logistics for the physical industry in the Lingang New Area. For eligible enterprises that lease warehouses or other properties for their own operations, a certain rental subsidy will be given, and the amount of the subsidy shall not be higher than the actual rental cost of the enterprise.


This opinion will be implemented from January 1, 2022 and will be valid until December 31, 2025


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