Hezhou built this jointly with a bank: the city set up a foreign trade service platform and plugged ICBC's cross-border e-payment service into it, stringing customs declaration, foreign exchange collection and tax refunds into one online process that covers the pain points cross-border e-commerce firms used to hit. A company uploads a photo and the system classifies the goods for declaration, cutting declaration time from hours to two minutes; refunds can land in as little as 1.5 working days after review; settlement is tied to the balance-of-payments filing, with multi-currency settlement and exchange-rate locking, and funds can move in two minutes. The platform also uses real trade data for cross-border lending to lower funding costs for small and micro exporters. With the hub in place, Hezhou's cross-border trade now has a full loop across customs, foreign exchange and tax. In January-July this year, the city's cross-border e-commerce turnover hit 810 million yuan, up 1547.8 percent year on year, or 47.09 percent of Hezhou's total foreign trade.
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Guangxi Hezhou Launches Integrated Customs-Forex-Tax Digital Hub with Bank Partner
Hezhou in Guangxi has launched an integrated digital service hub linking its foreign trade service platform with ICBC's cross-border e-payment system, covering customs clearance, foreign exchange settlement and tax refunds for cross-border e-commerce firms in the city's pilot zone. The platform bundles AI-assisted customs declaration, automated export tax refund calculation, online settlement and dedicated financing: firms upload a photo to have goods classified and declared, cutting declaration time from hours to two minutes, while refunds can arrive in as little as 1.5 working days. Hezhou's cross-border e-commerce turnover reached 810 million yuan in January-July, up 1547.8 percent year on year.
2026-09-17