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Shenzhen Pingshan: Digital Assistants Power Invoice Management
The Pingshan district tax bureau in Shenzhen has developed a set of digital tools that move invoice management from manual multi-system work to data-driven analysis. An invoice approval tool built on the city bureau's digital innovation platform consolidates 36 review indicators in five categories, covering registration, filing, collection, invoice flows and input-output matching, and displays metrics such as tax burden fluctuation, filing continuity and affiliates on one screen, cutting approval time per case by 60 percent. To fight fraudulent invoicing the bureau links invoice, tax, personnel and production data and runs constant scans, using signals like multiple registrations at one address and VAT burdens below one in ten thousand to flag shell companies. It has identified several gangs that invoice immediately after registration and disappear, involving hundreds of shell firms, and referred the leads to audit teams. It also embeds invoice-quota monitoring indicators that run automated alerts around the clock with closed-loop rectification.
Huaian Development Zone: Data Plus Models Make Tax Risks Visible
The tax bureau of Huaian Economic and Technological Development Zone built a data collection, modelling and tiered response system for risk control in early 2025. It signed standing data-sharing arrangements with more than ten outside bodies including the finance, natural resources, land reserve and market regulation authorities, drew up a data transfer list and standardised collection, while tightening coordination among collection, legal affairs and source-management departments in-house. Drawing on construction and manufacturing, it created 66 data monitoring models across seven industries; one model on excessive input VAT credits claimed by advanced manufacturing exporters identified two companies with filing problems and recovered more than 1 million yuan. Risks are split into red, yellow and blue tiers, handled by the responsible division, sent for grass-roots verification or transferred to specialist teams. Tax revenue gained from risk response rose 11.7 percent year on year in 2025.
Jiangsu Tax Builds an Intelligent, Full-Chain Internal Control Mechanism
Jiangsu's provincial tax service has built an intelligent internal control mechanism it calls scan, push, verify and fix, running on the national internal control platform and a provincial task-coordination tool. It automatically detects enforcement risks in policy implementation, tax-type designation, invoice management, tax inspection and administrative penalties. A model library covering 236 problem types and 94 cases underpins 33 monitoring indicators, with a daily automatic full scan that puts anomalies in the responsible official's task list the next day. Tasks skip the old four-level manual sorting and go straight to the individual or to grass-roots review posts, each with a verification guide and a standardized, traceable worksheet. In 2025 the province pushed 6,457 verification tasks and corrected 5,532 problems, an 85.7 percent effective rate.
Lianyungang: Tax Service Upgrades Support Private Economy
Lianyungang's tax service has focused on targeted policy delivery, service efficiency and compliance support for private firms. In Guanyun county, a data team called Yinshui Zhitong integrates eight categories of core tax and invoice data internally and links to data channels at 12 departments including public security, commerce, housing, courts and market regulation. It has built 26 analytical models for sectors such as apparel, equipment manufacturing, hotels and catering, profiling firms and pushing tailored tax policies automatically. In Ganyu district, tax, data, human resources and public security authorities built a one-window, shared-information process so sole proprietors converting to companies can complete seal engraving, registration, tax changes and social insurance transfers together, saving two working days per case. Lianyun district also issues company-specific tax compliance reports for chemical firms, listing risks and fixes.
Anhui: Full-Chain Upgrade of Digital Invoice Services, Digital Controls for Tax Compliance
Anhui tax authorities have upgraded digital invoice services end to end this year. Quota decisions are now made by algorithm, tiered by credit rating and tax compliance record, with fast automatic top-ups for high-credit firms; one spice maker won an extra 3 million yuan quota the day it applied. After Huangshan launched a lottery-invoice pilot, restaurant and hotel invoicing jumped more than 30 percent month on month and approvals were streamlined. Midea's Wuhu plant cut invoicing effort by nearly 70 percent after connecting to the Leqi platform, saving over 40 work hours of bookkeeping a month. Dangshan now bundles registration, tax-type verification and quota granting so new businesses can issue invoices on day one.
Wuxi Tax Authority Runs Digital Transformation Training Programme
Wuxi's tax bureau recently ran a digital transformation training programme attended by more than 50 young officials from across the city, aimed at turning them into specialists in data-driven tax administration. Courses covered AI and tax governance and tax system reform, alongside leadership and management lectures by experienced practitioners, plus three problem-solving workshops built on discussion and scenario simulation. The programme is part of the bureau's elite youth development plan, now in its fourth year with 132 officials trained, and sits alongside a 15-year-old onboarding scheme that tailors three-year growth plans for new recruits.
Wuhu: Tax Compliance Support Speeds Up Robot Industry Innovation
Wuhu's robot industrial park, China's first national-level robot industry cluster, hosts more than 300 firms with annual output above 60 billion yuan. During this year's tax publicity month the local tax bureau held its event inside the park, with a robot named Xiaozhi acting as guest host alongside a tax presenter to explain policies and answer questions, plus a VR experience zone where visitors toured robot production lines as tax tips such as accelerated depreciation appeared on screen. Efite Intelligent Robot said it enjoyed more than 75 million yuan of R&D super-deductions last year, shortening development cycles by 40 percent and lifting annual capacity to 30,000 units. The bureau also launched a long-term service mechanism for the robot supply chain.
Yancheng Tinghu: Bringing Tax Guidance into the Robot Industrial Park
The Tinghu district tax bureau in Yancheng sent specialists into the Xifuhe robot industrial park for a tax-law outreach event, focusing on R&D expense super-deductions and VAT credit refunds through case studies, policy briefings and on-site Q&A. The park hosts 70 firms, 50 of them robot makers, forming a chain from core components to robots and system integration, with 3.48 billion yuan of invoiced sales in 2025 and robot-related output above 1.8 billion yuan. Officials visited key firms and covered ten typical R&D scenarios, handing out a practical guide on super-deduction procedures. Seven such events have been held this year, reaching more than 160 high-tech enterprises.
Wenzhou: Compliance Support Helps Smart Manufacturing Go Global
The fusion of AI and manufacturing is changing how Wenzhou's traditional industries compete, from AI shoe design to intelligent production scheduling in the valve sector. Wenzhou's tax authority targeted the compliance pain points around digital transformation and overseas expansion, preparing tax-handling guides and visiting firms to resolve problems case by case. One design platform now generates 500 footwear designs a day, serves over 50,000 designers and has brokered more than 2.1 billion yuan in deals; a valve maker's flexible-manufacturing cloud platform has cut delivery cycles by over 70 percent and raised scheduling efficiency up to fourfold.
Kunming Digital Tax Reform Polishes the Name of Asia's Flower Capital
Douman, the flower market in Kunming, is China's largest fresh-cut flower trading hub, with 15.476 billion stems and over 13.4 billion yuan traded in 2025, ranking first nationwide for 26 years. The sector has long been hampered by fragmented smallholders, poor traceability and missing input invoices. Kunming's tax authority worked with local government and platforms to build a whitelist database and digital identity for growers, aggregate trading-platform data for end-to-end traceability, and launch pay-and-invoice-instantly services through the Legi platform. One leading buyer now reports a 70 percent repeat-purchase rate, more than 20 percentage points above the industry average.
Inside Shanghai's Smart Tax Services: Robot 'Yueyue' and Smart Screens
During its 'Government Open Month', Shanghai's tax authorities launched immersive activities across the city showcasing intelligent tax services. At the Baoshan District Tax Bureau service hall, simple high-frequency transactions are completed in under five minutes on average, with the system auto-matching and giving instant feedback while taxpayers' phones sync the completion status almost simultaneously. At the Songjiang District Tax Bureau's 12366 hotline open day, students visited the call centre and saw a smart screen with real-time data; from the instant replies of the intelligent robot 'Yueyue' to remote video and screen-sharing assistance by human agents, an integrated hotline-online-offline service chain was on display. At the Jinshan District Tax Bureau's 'Qibangbang' service station, tax officers ran an 'opening first lesson' for new firms. Over 30 experience activities were designed for different groups during the month.
Shanghai Tax Services Boost Summer Economy as XR Tech Empowers Cultural Tourism
As the 2026 'Shanghai Summer' international consumption season kicked off, digital cultural tourism and immersive study tours became new growth drivers. The XR flagship store of 'Empire Code: Terracotta Warriors' in Hongkou's North Bund combines XR digital technology, historical exhibits and Chinese-style cultural products; since June its sales rose nearly 70% month-on-month and foot traffic about 80%, with teenagers exceeding 70% of visitors. Tax authorities proactively guided operator Haichuan Vision on invoice quotas, compliant filing and policy interpretation. Pacific Department Store in Xujiahui became 'New 600 YOUNG', with foot traffic up 20.8% month-on-month; Changning's Cloud Nine mall launched a 'Summer Youth Festival', boosting package-tour sales 18% and 45% year-on-year. The Shanghai Tax Service said it will leverage tax big data to monitor cultural-tourism and consumer markets and provide scenario-based, targeted guidance.
Digital Tax Services Support New Consumption Formats Seen in Experience Economy
China's experience-economy market reached RMB 18.4 trillion by end-November 2025, up 22.6% year-on-year. The article tours three new consumption formats—industrial tourism, ACG (anime/comic/game) districts and immersive dining—to show how digital tax services support them. At the Kailuan National Mine Park in Tangshan, tax officers reconciled filing data item by item, clarified the boundary between taxable and exempt income, and added invoicing services at the visitor center and WeChat account, improving fully-digitalized e-invoice issuance. In Shanghai's Neo World ACG district, the Xuhui District Tax Bureau partnered with Caohejing AI Accelerator, the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association's Game Museum and Binjiang Digital Valley to train game companies on compliance and risk prevention. In Hangzhou's Songyan restaurant, the Shangcheng District Tax Bureau rolled out a 'pay-and-invoice' service via the fully digitalized e-invoice system, with the system auto-filling information and issuing invoices instantly, cutting manual costs and error rates.
Tax Data Shows Rapid Growth of Shanghai's Emerging Industries and Digital Economy
Invoice data released by the Shanghai Tax Service shows that in the first half of 2026, Shanghai's emerging industries and digital economy grew strongly: sales revenue in intelligent vehicle-mounted device and robotics sectors rose 61.5% and 17.5% year-on-year respectively, while the digital economy's core industries grew 8.0%, with digital application technology up 12.4%. Lio Group Digital Technology, among the first entrants to Shanghai's national digital advertising industrial park, has built a full-chain AI agent framework covering demand insight, creative generation and ad placement, with first-half revenue exceeding RMB 62 million, up 26.3%. Enterprises' purchases of R&D services grew 26.6%, and chip maker Xinyaohui saw revenue surge 210%. Tax authorities pledged continued service optimization to support high-quality growth.
Shanghai Tax Launches Departure Refund Map and Multilingual E-Guide, Upgrading Online Self-Service
Starting July 1, Shanghai's tax authorities rolled out two new departure tax refund services: a service map and a policy and operation e-guide, upgrading the system from offline guides to online self-service. The map marks buy-and-refund points, centralized refund points and participating merchants, while the e-guide is embedded in the "pocket service" platform with support for 14 languages and content covering policy Q&A, procedures, FAQs and hotlines. From January to June, the city's departure tax refund sales rose 63.2% year on year, with buy-and-refund sales up 2.9 times.
Shanghai Tax Open Month: Robot "Yueyue" and Smart Screens Showcase Digital Tax Services
For the sixth year Shanghai held its Government Open Month, with tax authorities organizing immersive experiences for representatives to visit service windows, the 12366 tax service hotline and enterprise exchanges. At a streamlined window, representatives saw filings auto-compared and instantly fed back by the system. At the 12366 call center, a smart big screen displayed the service architecture and work-order flow, while the intelligent robot "Yueyue" showed second-level replies and human agents demonstrated remote video and screen-sharing assistance. Across the month Shanghai tax authorities designed over 30 immersive activities for different groups.
Shanghai Tax Launches "Shui Ling Tong" QR-Code Service for Smart One-Stop Convenience
Shanghai's tax authorities showcased the "Shui Ling Tong" service mechanism during a government open-month event at the Minhang district tax office. Centered on convenience, it uses a QR code as entry point to integrate online tax filing, appointment booking, information queries, complaint collection and progress tracking into a one-stop service model, backed by a three-tier service chain of on-site stations, mobile service points and a cloud service hall. The event also introduced Shanghai's unified policy release platform, which offers centralized publication, smart categorization, precise search and one-click access to reduce enterprises' policy-seeking costs.
Shanghai Tax Upgrades Policy Application Services for Foreign-Funded Firms with Digital Delivery
Shanghai's tax authorities upgraded services for foreign-funded enterprises in the Pudong Leading Area, adding a new policy-application service that delivers tax benefits via a digital "dividend ledger". Building on 11 measures launched in March 2025 featuring digital and internationalized services, they deepened the "refund upon departure, reconcile after sale" model for cross-border e-commerce with a fully digital trade closed loop. In 2025 Pudong processed RMB 58.9 billion in export tax refunds, up 14.6% year on year, with RMB 208 million in offshore-trade stamp tax relief and RMB 1.37 billion in deferred tax on foreign reinvestment.
Shanghai Tax: Building a World-Class Tax Business Environment with Digital Empowerment
Shanghai's tax authorities are building a world-class tax business environment through institutional innovation, digital empowerment and openness. Shanghai pioneered an advance tax ruling system, publishing seven rulings so far, and built a multi-channel online tax service system on digital transformation that cut physical service windows by 30%. The "bank-tax interaction" platform has extended over RMB 501 billion in credit loans to small firms, while cross-border tax services keep Shanghai's departure tax refund volume first in China for ten straight years.
Changzhou Jintan tax service hall completes three shifts
The tax service hall in Jintan, Changzhou has made three shifts: from service windows to a service hub, from isolated services to intelligent coordination, and from a payment venue to a governance node. The city has built a 15-minute tax service circle with eight main halls, 29 extension points and 35 tax stations; the hall is split into seven zones and 63 high-frequency items are handled in one stop, with average waiting time down to 3.3 minutes. Smart interaction services reached 1.8 million sessions and the online completion rate rose to 95.12%, while self-service and remote terminals let 99% of business be done nearby, with a smart command platform dispatching window staff dynamically.
Nanjing tax services help robot makers start the year strong
Many robot makers in Nanjing began the year with full order books. Tianchuang Robot's plant runs 68 lines at capacity, turning out inspection, explosion-proof and mobile charging robots, and the firm claimed over 18 million yuan in R&D super-deductions in 2025. Estun ranked first in China's robot market in 2025 with a 10.6% share, and tax officials in Jiangning coached it on staff attribution and cost allocation, helping it build a digital control system that binds people, projects and costs precisely. Muxing Robot earns over 70% of sales overseas, and the tax bureau mapped tax treaties and helped build country-by-country filing archives; the firm has claimed nearly 25 million yuan in export refunds.
From stationery to robots: a Yiwu exporter's new track
At Yiwu's Global Digital Trade Center, a merchant who sold stationery for more than 20 years now sells AI robots: pendant robots and the companion robot Xiaobao carry built-in large models, support nearly 30 languages and several dialects and can tutor, chat and interpret, while a reception robot opens lifts and plans routes on its own. He entered the AI hardware track in 2024, expanding an intelligent production line in Yongkang and opening an R&D centre in Shenzhen, backed by R&D super-deduction policies. The company is a national high-tech enterprise and a long-standing A-grade taxpayer, and its tax credit rating smoothed its entry to the trade centre.
Zhoushan tax bureau backs AI-powered deep-sea fishery
The 2025 AI plus deep-sea fishery equipment conference was held in Zhoushan, where Zhejiang's 44 deep-sea fishing firms and nearly 800 active vessels are being upgraded with intelligent systems. Jiesheng Marine's smart trapping system fuses sensors with AI algorithms to adapt to currents, water temperature and fish behaviour, lifting catch efficiency by over 30%, and the firm claimed about 5.91 million yuan in R&D super-deductions in 2024. Zhongchuang Marine launched a tuna longline vessel that monitors position, operations and catch data in real time. Zhoushan's tax bureau built an industry-plus-enterprise service system and a full-chain risk early-warning model, and promotes paperless export refund filings.
Lianyungang tax bureau sharpens supervision with big data
The discipline inspection team of the Lianyungang tax bureau uses big-data tools for smart supervision, working with business departments to set more than 60 internal control indicators in high-risk areas such as invoice management and risk response, plus 18 more indicators on matters like lapsed property tax filings. A smart supervision team and a policy support team run penetrating analysis on anomalies flagged by multiple indicators, which once surfaced two suspected staff disciplinary cases and one suspected export tax refund fraud; in 2025 the bureau handled six cases combining case review with accountability.
Nanjing keeps improving tax handling for bankrupt enterprises
Nanjing's tax authority and the city's intermediate court issued joint rules on tax claim filing and collection in bankruptcy liquidation, building a legal-tax coordination plus digital-enablement mechanism. AI assistants now auto-generate and cross-check bankruptcy tax claim reports in one district, while another uses AI to scan bankruptcy and judicial auction notices. Tax-type linkage analysis and a tax geographic information system help spot incomplete filings, shifting the work from reactive response to proactive governance.
Invoice data shows Anhui manufacturing shifting to high-end, smart and green output
Value-added tax invoice data show Anhui's manufacturing sales revenue rose 19.9 percent year on year in the first half of 2026, with monthly growth staying above 15 percent. Automobile manufacturing grew 19.3 percent and auto parts 29.3 percent, while purchases of automated and digital production equipment rose 9.2 percent and 17.8 percent respectively. Electronics and information manufacturing jumped 174.6 percent, contributing 56.3 percent of the province's manufacturing growth, and the share of high-energy-consuming output fell 0.6 percentage points as environmental equipment purchases increased.
Nanjing builds a smart audit and supervision indicator pool
Nanjing's tax bureau has built a smart supervision indicator pool that shifts enforcement oversight from manual checking to data-driven review. Low-performing indicators were replaced and overlapping ones merged, leaving 168 core metrics plus 60 locally tailored additions covering eight stages from registration to rebate review. The pool is embedded in supervision, inspection, internal control and audit scenarios; scans using 135 indicator models uncovered 4.66 million yuan of unpaid tax in the hotel franchise sector, 8.1 million yuan in irregular deeds tax benefits and over 70 million yuan in cross-border R&D super-deduction issues.
Bengbu uses smart data matching to guide compliant property tax filing
The Bengbu Economic Development Zone tax bureau has teamed up with the local real estate registration center and other agencies to obtain external data on property registrations and land transfers, then uses the tax administration's data platform to help firms whose declared property tax base is too low correct their filings. Records on taxpayers, prior declarations and invoices are linked and compared with outside data, and the system flags properties whose value is unusually low or has fallen without reason, allowing officers to verify findings on site and give targeted guidance.
From used cars to AI agents: compliance services help Sichuan firms go global
Sichuan's tax authorities provide full-cycle services for firms going global. In the first eight months of 2026, 48 used-car exporters in Chengdu's Shuangliu district received 118 million yuan in export tax rebates at a 13 percent rate, easing long cash-flow cycles. A dedicated cross-border tax service team coaches firms on rebates and documentation, and a one-stop export window bundles commerce, police, tax and customs procedures so clean cases clear in as little as three working days. AI firms benefit too: Chengdu Mingtu Technology claimed over 30 million yuan in R&D super-deductions last year.
Guangdong uses digitalization to cut paperwork and upgrade tax services
Guangdong's tax authority has moved 267 tax and fee items online, with 99.63 percent requiring no in-person visits. Between January and July 2026 more than 100 million filings, payments, invoice and application transactions were handled, 95.04 percent of them through the e-tax bureau, and 90 percent of high-frequency services finish within three minutes. Smart pre-filling and automatic tax calculation have cut the average filing time from 20 minutes to under three, while Macao residents can now pay both mainland and Macao social insurance online.
Shuyang Builds a Smarter Tax Service Platform for Taxpayers
The Shuyang County tax bureau in Jiangsu is building out its taxpayer-agency interaction platform, moving enquiries, document submission and process tracking online. Taxpayers submitting requests by scanning a QR code now get a response in about ten minutes, and the platform supports remote video and screen sharing. Big-data analysis identifies eligible firms and individuals so preferential policies can be pushed directly, with more than 15,000 policy messages covering over 42,000 taxpayer visits in 2023. An expert team handles difficult cases in tiers, and a QR-code request mechanism has processed 517 requests with a completion rate of about 90 percent. The bureau says it will deepen the use of artificial intelligence to move services toward predictive, proactive support.
Hefei Luyang: Data-Driven Tax Governance Sharpens Oversight
The Luyang District tax bureau in Hefei has deployed a tax-source sensing tool that consolidates filing, payment, invoice and business data scattered across systems, letting officials pick indicators and build their own comparison scenarios. By August 2026 the bureau had screened and verified 498 suspicious taxpayer cases and recovered 35.54 million yuan in taxes and late fees. The tool also powered a special check on multiple firms registered at one address, uncovering 2,404 problem cases and suspending invoice supplies for 2,209; monitoring indicators were set for tech-service and lodging businesses, enabling industry profiling and tiered handling. Oversight has shifted from case-by-case checks after the fact to classified, early-warning supervision.
Yuexi, Anqing: Digital Invoicing Comes to the Tea Country
The Yuexi County tax bureau in Anhui has piloted pay-and-invoice automation for agricultural purchases, issuing the county's first fully digital invoice for tea buying. Tea is a pillar of rural income in the Dabie Mountains, but seasonal, scattered purchases made invoicing slow and error-prone, with the tax authority unable to verify transaction, payment and invoice flows together. Under the pilot, officials coached enterprise staff at tea gardens and collection points and set up an ongoing support mechanism. Payment now triggers an automatic invoice, farmers receive compliant receipts without visiting a tax hall, and the whole process is traceable and archived, aligning goods, money and invoice flows.
Shanghai's 'Spring Rain Nourishes Seedlings' Eases Burden on Small Businesses
Shanghai's tax authorities have deepened the 'Spring Rain Nourishes Seedlings' campaign for small and micro businesses, delivering over 1.4 million service sessions on policy training and compliance guidance through August, and responding to 622 tax-related requests. Door-to-door service teams now bring tax services directly to rural areas.
Low-Altitude Economy Takes Off, Tax Risks Should Be Avoided Early
Shanghai's low-altitude economy is growing fast, with 251 startups by the end of 2025 and over half of China's leading eVTOL firms based in the city. Tax authorities advise companies to guard against risks in R&D expense aggregation, revenue accounting and consolidated-tax rules, and the article examines practical difficulties in claiming R&D super-deductions.
Inside the Tax-Compliance Ledgers of Three Trendy Shanghai Coffee Shops
Shanghai now has more than 10,000 coffee shops, the most of any city worldwide. This report visits three distinctive cafés to show how they integrate lawful tax payment and compliant operations into daily business, including issuing discounts and sales on the same invoice, automating platform-order data reconciliation, and maintaining same-day invoice ledgers.
Tax Data Shows Rapid Growth of Emerging Industries in Shanghai
Value-added-tax invoice data shows Shanghai's emerging industries expanded rapidly in the first half of the year. Sales revenue in smart-vehicle equipment and robotics grew 61.5% and 17.5% year on year respectively, while the digital-economy core sector grew 8%. R&D service purchases rose 26.6%. Tax authorities said they will keep improving services and compliance guidance for emerging industries.
Shanghai Tech Innovation Sees Strong Tax-Policy Support in First Half
Shanghai's tax authorities have continued to implement supportive tax and fee policies to boost innovation and industrial upgrading. In the first half of the year, policies supporting technological innovation and manufacturing delivered over RMB 140 billion in tax and fee cuts and rebates, including more than RMB 53 billion for advanced manufacturing and over RMB 73 billion for R&D-related incentives. The tax savings are translating into real innovation momentum.
Shanghai's H1 Tax Cuts, Fee Reductions and Rebates for Tech Innovation Top 140 Billion Yuan
In the first half of 2026, Shanghai's tax cuts, fee reductions and rebates under major policies supporting sci-tech innovation and manufacturing exceeded 140 billion yuan, aiding R&D, technology breakthroughs and industrial upgrading. Advanced manufacturing VAT credits and similar policies accounted for over 53 billion yuan; R&D expense super-deductions and technology transfer policies over 73 billion yuan; and the 15% preferential corporate income tax rate for high-tech firms about 17 billion yuan. Firms in laser weeding robots, domestic semiconductor testing equipment and innovative drugs said the support effectively freed up cash flow and eased R&D funding pressure, and that they will keep improving tax compliance management.
Tax Data Shows Rapid Growth in Shanghai Robotics and Smart Vehicle Device Sales
VAT invoice data shows Shanghai's economy maintained a steady, improving trend in the first half of 2026, with traditional industries growing steadily and emerging industries accelerating. Sales revenue of smart vehicle-mounted devices and robotics grew 61.5% and 17.5% year on year respectively. The digital economy's core industries saw revenue rise 8.0%, with digital application technology up 12.4%. Traditional sectors such as food manufacturing grew 9.2%, reflecting a warming consumer market. The tax authority said it will continue focusing on business needs, implementing tax and fee support policies and optimizing services to invigorate market entities and support high-quality economic development.
Shanghai Builds AI Highland as Tax Authority Empowers Services with Digital Intelligence
At the opening of the 2026 World AI Conference, AI development drew wide attention in Shanghai. In 2025, the city's 394 large-scale AI firms generated over 637 billion yuan in industrial scale, up 39.5% year on year, becoming a new growth driver for GDP; 169 large models have been filed, and AI manufacturing output rose 19.2% in Q1 2026 alone. Cheng Junfeng, head of the Shanghai tax authority, said the tax department will deepen reform and innovation, precisely implement tax and fee policies across the whole innovation chain, improve the city's industrial tax-preference guidance, continue optimizing mechanisms such as no-application-needed benefits and policy-finds-people, and empower tax and fee services with digital intelligence to resolve tax-related bottlenecks for tech firms and attract talent with a first-class tax business environment.
Shanghai Tax Supports Future Industries with Targeted Services and Compliance Guidance
Shanghai's tax authority is aligning with the city's industrial planning to support future industries through targeted services and compliance guidance. For future-energy firms with long R&D cycles and new supply chains, it provides policy interpretation, early risk warnings and follow-up services, and uses tax big data to screen upstream and downstream compliance risks. In brain-computer interface, it formed expert teams to help firms standardize R&D expense ledgers and clarify cost boundaries. For embodied-intelligence robotics, it conducts one-firm-one-policy research, pushes tax risk alerts via big-data risk models, and maintains a dynamic policy-tracking mechanism to support sustainable growth.
Shanghai Tax Uses Government Blockchain to Share Non-Tax Revenue Data
Shanghai's tax authority has used government blockchain technology to enable real-time sharing of sea-area usage fee source data with the Shanghai Ocean Bureau, the city's first case of applying government blockchain to non-tax revenue collection. Previously the two departments exchanged data via official documents, which was slow and required manual entry in verification. Drawing on experience with forest vegetation restoration fees, a joint team defined the sharing rules, and the system went live on the e-tax bureau in early June. Enterprises can now declare and pay sea-area usage fees online with pre-filled information. So far 12 collection transactions totaling 2.9857 million yuan have been completed.
Qingcheng tax bureau issues the city's first offline digital invoice
On 16 September the tax service desk at Qingyuan's civic centre issued the city's first offline digital e-invoice, marking the official launch of offline over-the-counter digital invoicing in Qingyuan. Compared with paper invoices, the new process runs on the Hui Ban platform: once staff enter the core transaction details, the system automatically validates data, matches business rules and computes tax amounts, issuing the invoice in one step and cutting processing time by more than 30%. Qingcheng district is one of five pilot areas in Guangdong.
Report: Meta claims R&D tax credits for its AI data centres
Meta is reportedly using a US research and experimentation tax credit to claim billions of dollars in benefits for its AI data centres, describing multi-billion-dollar projects as experimental R&D activity and AI compute chips bought from suppliers such as Nvidia as qualifying inputs. Filings show the credit cut Meta's tax bill by nearly USD 4bn last year, making it one of the largest corporate beneficiaries. Meta's own accountants have warned of legal risk, and the IRS may challenge the claims.
AI chip boom lifts South Korea's tax revenue to a record high
South Korea's finance ministry expects 2026 national tax revenue of KRW 478.6trn (about USD 353bn), up 28% year on year and KRW 63.2trn above the supplementary budget estimate. It marks the first time annual tax revenue exceeds KRW 400trn, about 21% above the 2022 record. Chip profits, special dividends and stock trading outperformed expectations, with the AI boom reshaping the country's public finances. The government's 2027 budget proposal of KRW 821trn focuses on AI and chip infrastructure.
Guangdong firms race to build the AI computing hardware base
A survey of Guangzhou and Dongguan firms by Yangcheng Evening News shows how Guangdong's AI hardware chain (PCB, liquid cooling, chips) is scaling: the province's core AI industry passed RMB 300bn in 2025, about a quarter of the national total. PCB maker Shengyi Electronics posted RMB 5.78bn in first-half revenue, up 53.46% year on year, while liquid-cooling supplier Wenxuan Thermal saw its AI server business nearly quadruple. Dongguan's tax bureau runs named-list services for tech firms and guides them on R&D super-deductions; Wenxuan received about RMB 11m in export rebates in 2025, with R&D deductions equal to roughly RMB 3.5m in tax savings.
World Manufacturing Convention showcases Anhui's manufacturing transformation
The ninth World Manufacturing Convention was held in Hefei, Anhui, with 790 projects signed worth 363.4 billion yuan. The Anhui tax authority has aligned its services with intelligent, green and integrated manufacturing, forming special science-and-tax service teams and tailoring policy lists for companies. For a hydrogen-powered drone maker facing heavy R&D spending and specialised tax scenarios, a dedicated team gives upfront risk alerts and helps resolve R&D expense aggregation issues, while quantum technology firms receive integrated tax risk scans. JAC's Zunjie super factory, the province's first 5G full-chain vehicle manufacturing base, uses digital twin technology for intelligent control of the whole production process, with Hefei tax authorities providing one-household fine services and applying R&D super-deduction policy. For green upgrades, tax big data underpins on-site coaching on advanced manufacturing VAT deductions and one-off pre-tax deduction of equipment.
Qidong tax services support digital and intelligent manufacturing upgrade
The Qidong tax bureau in Jiangsu has moved its service window into docks and workshops, bringing policy guidance directly to production lines. For marine engineering equipment makers, tax officials regularly flag high-frequency risks such as revenue recognition, cost matching and invoice issuance in multi-year projects, and coach them on R&D super-deduction rules; one firm enjoyed over 30 million yuan of R&D super-deductions for 2025. A green channel for export tax rebates handled about 420 million yuan by the end of August. At the smart factory of Lin Yang Energy, which invested more than 500 million yuan in total including over 250 million yuan in equipment and AI digitalization, tax big data is used for compliance health checks.
Tax authorities help AI firms stay compliant and go global
A wave of artificial intelligence companies is gathering in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. The local tax authority uses tax big data to profile these firms and moves its services forward to the earliest stage of their operations, offering one-to-one guidance on R&D expense aggregation, invoice management and high-tech tax incentives. Tailored service packages are built for firms whose business spans hardware and cross-border cloud services, with policies on export tax rebates and R&D super-deductions delivered item by item. Two AI companies are cited as examples, with one achieving over 6 million yuan in revenue within three months of production and another enjoying 25.88 million yuan of R&D super-deductions over three years.
Shenzhen publishes model tax compliance cases for the embodied intelligence industry
The Shenzhen tax bureau released its first batch of model tax compliance cases for the embodied intelligence industry to give tech firms replicable practices. Shenzhen has more than 70,000 robotics-related companies and its core AI and robotics industry revenue reached nearly 270 billion yuan in 2025. One featured company built an R&D expense management hub on a digital internal control system, aligning timesheet and attendance data and apportioning shared materials by project hours, while another deployed a spend and expense platform that intelligently verified more than 46,000 invoices and automatically blocked over 300 non-compliant ones.
Tianjin biopharma firms sharpen tax risk control with digital tools
China Tax News reports on how Tianjin biopharmaceutical companies use digital systems to control tax risk. Danabio embeds compliance into the whole R&D cycle, giving each project a unique code and separate auxiliary ledger so expenses, materials and hours all tie back to a project. Hezhi Pharmaceutical moved compliance to the contract stage with four-party joint review and built a digital system linking contracts, business ledgers, invoices and funds for automatic cross-checking. CanSino Biologics added RPA robots that verify invoice details around the clock and automatically reject anomalies.
Can the OpenClaw digital worker become a tax administration assistant?
An article in China Tax News examines whether OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent, can be put to work in tax administration. Unlike conversational tools that only give advice, OpenClaw can operate a computer directly, opening browsers, handling documents and sending messages while linking platforms such as Feishu and DingTalk, and it can be deployed locally so data stays on-premises. The author sees two realistic uses: automating rule-heavy repetitive work such as invoice review, voucher generation, bank reconciliation and filing, and assisting with tax analysis, policy search and risk identification.
Nanjing tax bureau deepens its tax administration foundation program with AI-driven land premium audit
Nanjing's tax bureau showcased the first ten achievements of its tax administration foundation program and released a second list of twelve tasks. It built a four-level tax source analysis system with digital profiles and one-household-one-file ledgers for every taxpayer, plus a smart assistant for boundary issues between management units. Export tax management now runs on a three-in-one linkage system covering risk scenarios, linkage rules and follow-up supervision, closing the loop on 20 high-frequency interfaces.
China's tax authorities roll out 16 convenience measures in 13th Spring Breeze Action
The State Taxation Administration issued its 2026 Spring Breeze Action guideline in April, and 16 measures covering smart tax filing and credit repair have now landed. Shenzhen's Nanshan District Tax Bureau launched an AI-large-model assistant inside the e-tax bureau's interaction module, cutting average waiting time to two minutes and lifting the resolution rate to 89 percent. Zhaoqing Tax Bureau built a 24/7 AI-plus-human service chain into the individual income tax app, where automated interactions exceeded 92 percent by early July.
Guangdong Releases Second Batch of Tax Compliance Cases, Focusing on Smart Home Appliance Industry
At the launch of Guangdong's 35th National Tax Publicity Month in Guangzhou, the provincial tax bureau released its second batch of tax compliance typical cases, focusing on the smart home appliance industry with six cases selected — covering Midea's overseas compliance via organizational separation and technology, Hotata's automated invoice management, Dongjing Electric's 'one order one code' export rebate management and Xidun's visualized risk identification. An expert said the cases address concentrated high-frequency risks in cross-border supply chain tax management, revenue accounting, invoice management and tax incentive application.
Tax Data Shows Steady Growth in Shanghai's Science and Innovation Sector
VAT invoice data show Shanghai's high-tech industry sales revenue rose 17% in January-February, with high-tech services up 23% and aerospace equipment manufacturing up 21.6%. Scientific research and technical services revenue grew 28.9%, while the digital economy core industry grew 9.3% and digital technology application 17.6%. Tax authorities used big data to help firms screen tax risks and formed a service team for AI companies to guide tax risk management and policy compliance.
Shanghai Tax Authorities Refine Services for the AI Industry's Growth
Shanghai's first-half economic report shows GDP up 5.6% year on year, with the three leading industries' manufacturing output up 14.5%; AI manufacturing output grew 21.8%, up from 19.2% in Q1. Companies completed innovative professional assessments for 20 high-risk R&D projects with guidance from tax and science departments, resolving tax risks in cost aggregation, ownership and transactions. Tax authorities pledged continued optimized services to support high-quality AI industry development.
Tianjin Tax Authorities Equip Tax Collection with More 'Data Assistants'
Tianjin tax authorities have enriched their data toolkit under the tax collection 'foundation-strengthening' program. A 'tax digital human' module integrates 18 billion tax-related records for real-time monitoring by subdistrict, industry and registration type. An 'insightful perception' intelligent scenario system centralizes risk checking, while 'pay-and-invoice' scenarios now cover parking lots, malls, hospitals and hotels with over 100,000 invoices issued. The smart self-check function triggered 1.3448 million checks in its first filing period, with a correction rate above 80%.
Guangdong's e-tax bureau moves handling services onto the fingertip
People's Daily's Guangdong channel reports that the Guangdong tax authority has rolled out a package of electronic tax bureau services, including smart business start-up registration, end-to-end online handling of fully digitalised e-invoices, and interactive taxpayer communication. After registering with the market regulator, a new company's legal representative sees a smart start-up task in the system and finishes tax registration in about 20 minutes, with a new-taxpayer package bundling account filing and invoice quota approvals into one screen. Digital e-invoices now cover issuance, delivery, quota adjustment and red-letter correction entirely online. A chatbot answers enquiries around the clock, complex cases are transferred to human staff with image upload and remote screen-sharing support, and preferential policies are pushed proactively.
Sinopec's first batch of pay-and-invoice pilot stations go live
According to Sinopec News, Beijing Petroleum, Hubei Petroleum, Guangdong Petroleum and Shandong Petroleum are Sinopec's first batch of pay-and-invoice pilot companies and have completed system upgrades at their fuel stations so the service is now live. Under the pay-and-invoice model, once a fuel retail transaction is completed the station uses the transaction data to issue a fully digitalised e-invoice to the buyer immediately through the tax authority's Leqi platform, so customers no longer need to provide invoicing details manually or wait at the station.
Shiyan pilots pay-and-invoice service at fuel stations
To implement the State Taxation Administration's e-invoice rollout for fuel retail, Sinopec's Shiyan branch has launched a pay-and-invoice pilot at its Sanyan fuel station. After paying, drivers no longer need to type company names or tax numbers: the system captures transaction data automatically, generates a digital e-invoice in real time and pushes it to the Yijiejia app, WeChat mini-program or a registered email. The station says manual data entry used to slow traffic and cause errors, while linked transaction and invoicing data now leaves a full audit trail and reduces missed or wrong invoices. The Maojian district tax bureau calls it smart tax practice applied to everyday life; the service is scheduled to be rolled out nationwide at fuel stations from 1 November 2026.
Making tax incentives land in the pocket of innovation
A China Taxation Magazine report reviews how tax authorities deliver innovation-related tax incentives. In the first half of 2026, major policies supporting scientific and technological innovation saved taxpayers nearly two trillion yuan, and authorities pushed relevant policy messages 2.744 million times. Examples include the China Ship Scientific Research Center in Wuxi, which claimed more than 71 million yuan in R&D expense super-deductions and about 7.7 million yuan in corporate income tax relief; Beijing's Shijingshan district tax bureau used tax big data profiling to push benefits and risk alerts 52,290 times with accuracy above 99%; Nanjing produced short videos on common start-up pitfalls; and tax staff in Suzhou and Luzhou helped firms with cross-department qualification filings and tax credit repair.
Guangdong's manufacturing-service integration seen through tax data
Tax invoice data show deepening integration of manufacturing and services in Guangdong in the first half of 2026. Manufacturing firms' service sales rose 14.4% year on year, with industrial design and R&D services up 18.2% and 39.6%; service firms' purchases of digital equipment rose 30.6%, with R&D and software service firms up 43.5% and 76.2%. High-tech service revenue grew 19.3%. The report cites Suofeiya Home and the China Electronic Product Reliability institute's pilot-production platform, and notes the Guangdong tax authority's April 2026 package of measures supporting the modern industrial system, including case-by-case policy guidance and separate accounting for multi-business firms.
Foshan Nanhai: Tax Officials Visit Embodied AI Firm for Compliance Guidance
Tax officials from the Nanhai District Tax Bureau in Foshan recently visited a local intelligent-robotics company to learn about its progress in embodied AI. On site they provided compliance guidance and answered questions on R&D spending and policy application, and also toured the company's data-training centre for embodied AI robots.
Lianyungang: Smart Sentinel Platform Tightens Farmland Occupation Tax Enforcement
Lianyungang's tax bureau has built a farmland occupation tax administration mechanism on its Tax-at-a-Glance information platform, combining joint review, data enablement and precise verification. The platform merges natural resources land-approval red-line maps and permanent basic farmland data with the tax GIS system to produce a city-wide electronic map of farmland occupation tax sources. It also integrates approval data, farmland distribution, filings and rate standards into an intelligent tax calculation system that matches rates automatically, generates calculation statements and cross-checks declared figures against approval and field-verification results, pushing risk alerts. Local offices use the map to locate suspect plots before verifying them on site.
Quzhou Tax Bureau: Compliance Support Accelerates Smart Manufacturing
Quzhou's tax authorities are supporting local new-material, new-energy and smart auto-parts companies as they upgrade toward intelligent manufacturing, working across policy delivery, compliance guidance and end-to-end service. In Longyou, the bureau joined partner departments in a compliance service team that runs export-refund health checks on declaration-invoice matching, foreign-exchange collection deadlines and foreign tax credit claims. In the smart auto-parts segment, companies use the bureau's intelligent profiling tool to consolidate and verify R&D data. The bureau also issued a tax compliance guide for smart manufacturing enterprises covering restructuring, R&D expense collection and VAT chain management, and encourages firms to appoint internal tax risk control roles.
Nanjing Qixia: Data-Driven Two-Way Verification Tightens VAT Input Credit Management
The Qixia District Tax Bureau in Nanjing has rolled out a data-driven two-way verification method to address confusion between general and simplified VAT calculation items and input tax that should have been transferred out. In January it built a risk-identification model on tax big data, analysing VAT invoices, filings, project registrations, input selections and sales structures, with eight warning indicators covering simplified-sales ratios, input-credit scale, transfer-out ratios and refund linkage, enabling automatic scanning and precise targeting. So far nine companies have corrected filings, removing RMB 8.37 million of ineligible input credits and recovering RMB 1.52 million in refunds; the model scanned 1,321 local companies and flagged 56 suspect ones.
China Merchants Securities Macro: How Will AI Disrupt Taxation?
China Merchants Securities' macro team published a report on how AI could reshape taxation, tracing how each previous industrial revolution triggered tax-system change and noting that the response lag has shrunk from roughly 80 years to about a decade. It argues the core risk sits with the labour tax base: job contraction and wage polarisation weaken labour-linked revenue, while depreciation disputes over computing power, data measurement problems and AI pricing gaps erode the taxability of capital, and squeezed household income indirectly hits consumption. Scoring AI exposure, labour share, reliance on labour taxes and fiscal fragility, Germany, the US and Japan show the largest exposures while emerging economies are more insulated. The team views a robot tax as problematic and considers refining rules within the existing framework more realistic.
Lemon Cloud AI Platform Named in 2026 Top 50 AI Innovation Application Cases
Lemon Cloud's AI platform has been named one of the 2026 Top 50 AI Innovation Application Cases. Built on its in-house tax and accounting model, the platform covers an AI assistant, automatic voucher generation, one-click filing and tax risk control: uploaded attachments generate accounting vouchers in three seconds, cutting manual entry by 90 percent; invoice verification and de-duplication run in batches, lifting monthly processing efficiency by 90 percent; batch invoicing efficiency rises 80 percent. It has processed 3.5 billion documents including 200 million AI-generated vouchers, with more than 6 million users. In June 2026 it launched an open AI platform packaging its capabilities into one-click Skills, and in August a WorkBuddy connector enabling users to query real business and accounting data in natural language and generate reports within authorised scope.
Shanghai Tax Authority Rolls Out Smart Tax-Source Perception Desktop
Under its tax administration digitalisation programme, Shanghai's tax bureau has launched a Smart Tax-Source Perception Desktop that bundles tax-source management, risk control, audit and hotline services into one screen, consolidating tasks and tax data scattered across multiple systems. More than 2,000 staff use it daily and it has handled over 36,700 matters, with daily usage above 90 percent. Its real-time tax-source monitoring model covers 16 alert scenarios including filing anomalies, invoice risks and policy application, having pre-empted more than 110,000 risk cases with about 90 percent identification accuracy. After adding an in-process review dashboard of 38 risk indicators, response speed for high-risk matters rose 27 percent and cases needing manual review fell 33 percent.
Nanjing Tax Authority Deploys Smart Review Tool for Invoice Quota Management
Nanjing's tax bureau has built a smart review tool for invoice quota approval. It aggregates individual income tax filings, utility invoice records and legal-representative data into a one-click query page, cutting single-case data lookup from as long as 30 minutes to under 5 minutes. Built-in indicators flag abnormal purchase-to-sale ratios, an unusual share of invoices received from non-compliant taxpayers and abnormal refined-oil unit prices, enabling a full risk scan across the invoice chain. When approving quota increases, the tool also reminds staff of unfiled returns, tax arrears and under-reported stamp duty. By the end of the second quarter, the city's tax filing rate had risen 0.2 percentage points from the start of the year.
Nanjing Economic Development Zone Tax Bureau Rolls Out Smart Pre-filling for Water Resource Tax
The tax bureau of Nanjing's Economic and Technological Development Zone has worked with water authorities to build an automated handling scenario for water resource tax, moving declaration toward smart pre-filling and automatic calculation. The two sides jointly built tax calculation models for surface and underground water intake points. When a taxpayer logs into the e-tax system, data including intake location, approved volume and actual intake are filled in automatically for the whole form, leaving only a one-click confirmation. For a large power generator with multiple intake points, filing used to take nearly two hours of checking records and manual calculation, with errors forcing void and re-filing; now verification plus confirmation completes the filing, freeing staff time for production and water-saving upgrades.
Gaochun Tax Bureau Builds a Big-Data Risk Model for the Aquatic Industry
The Gaochun district tax bureau in Nanjing has built a data-driven risk model for the local aquatic industry, where breeding capacity is hard to verify, transactions hard to trace and invoice volumes hard to judge. Working with the district agriculture bureau and the local aquatic products trading market, the tax office pools third-party data such as confirmed breeding areas, per-mu output and real-time market prices, gathering more than 20,000 core industry records and filing profiles for major operators. It then set nine risk indicators, including over-amount issuance of agricultural product invoices, and scans regularly for mismatches between invoicing scale and capacity. So far 34 operators were identified and corrected, involving over 42 million yuan of non-compliant tax-exempt invoicing. Electronic trails now cover buyer identity, rights confirmation and transaction data to curb fake invoicing.
Hangzhou tax office tailors compliance support for manufacturers
Hangzhou tax authorities provide differentiated compliance services to manufacturers of different sizes. Clean-energy equipment maker Xizi Clean Energy recently joined Zhejiang's 2026 future factory pilot list and Hangzhou's 2026 AI factory cultivation list, and uses an SAP data platform deeply integrated with CRM, SRM, PLM and MES systems to make operations visible and controllable and to unify business, bookkeeping and tax data; automatic data capture for withholding on outbound payments helped it file 123 tax reports this year with zero errors, and it has held an A-grade tax credit rating for ten years. The tax office runs seven-dimension tax health checks covering invoices, filings, collection, refunds and risk, and pushes alerts. Specialised SME Weixing Smart has claimed more than 63.2 million yuan in incentives since 2025.
Nanxun tax office backs elevator industry's smart manufacturing upgrade
Nanxun in Huzhou produces about a tenth of China's complete elevators and is upgrading from manufacturing to smart manufacturing. At one maker's smart manufacturing centre, flexible sheet-metal lines, robotic welding and coating lines and automated guided vehicles link processing, inspection, assembly and packing. The local tax office uses tax big data to build dedicated profiles for elevator companies and a sector service team that pushes policies such as accelerated depreciation, R&D expense deductions and VAT credit refunds and coaches firms through filings. Tax reviews are moved forward to the contract stage, cutting tax risk on individual projects by more than 15 percent, while the office alerts companies whose R&D and operating costs are commingled and helps them set up proper auxiliary ledgers.
Anhui tax authorities back smart agriculture with digital compliance tools
Tax authorities in Anhui are using digital tools to support smart agriculture. In Lixin county, instant invoicing on payment was embedded in the settlement process for farm produce purchases, so an invoice is issued automatically seconds after payment. In Wanzhi district of Wuhu, tax big data is used to build digital profiles of new agricultural business entities and give closed-loop compliance guidance. Jieshou city uses an intelligent research expense module that tracks R&D ledgers, inventory withdrawals and work-hour records, helping one grain machinery maker claim 18.76 million yuan in R&D deductions over three years. Yuexi county upgraded an intelligent industry-chain model that matches tax rules to each stage of planting, services and sales.
Yingcheng tax bureau's Smart-e-Enjoy service brand boosts tech innovation
The Yingcheng tax bureau in Hubei has built an integrated tax service brand called Smart-e-Enjoy for high-tech and small tech firms, built on tax big data and smart tax infrastructure. Its policy calculator lets a company enter basic information to see which incentives apply, how much it could save, and why a given policy does not apply, while a system automatically spots firms that qualify but have not claimed benefits. A separate research-expense risk tool issues regular tax health reports on cost classification. In the first half of the year, local tech firms received 43.45 million yuan in tax and fee relief, up 33.3 percent year on year.
Smart Verification Program Eases Collection of State Land Transfer Revenue
Verifying fee-source data is the crux of collecting revenue from state land transfers, a major part of non-tax revenue. The Tongling Tax Bureau in Anhui built a smart verification program named Shui Zhi Di Kong that pulls data from the provincial non-tax interconnection platform and compares it with the Ministry of Natural Resources website and the China Land Market portal. It sorts records into 11 categories by bidder name and electronic supervision number, cleans, validates and standardises them automatically, and exports a one-click consistency report. Plot location, parcel number and land area are collected alongside map imagery and boundary coordinates, giving officers a single screen for data, a single map for plots and one framework for risk alerts. Since the start of the year the bureau has gathered information on 82 plots, processed more than 500 verification records, found and dealt with four risk points, and cut on-site inspections by over 90%.
Jingjiang Tax Bureau Runs Training on Large Models and AI Agents for Tax Work
On September 11 the Jingjiang Tax Bureau in Jiangsu held training for its staff on large language models and AI agents, combining theory with hands-on practice and demonstrating policy lookups, risk-point analysis, report drafting and data collation. The session also set hard rules for internal AI use, including no uploading of classified or sensitive data, de-identification before use, mandatory human review of AI output and keeping tax data inside the internal network. The bureau said it will keep exploring agent use cases and turning the training into front-line results; leadership, department heads and staff aged 40 or under took part.
Suqian Tax Bureau Builds 20 In-house AI Applications Around Data, Task and Risk Governance
Suqian Tax Bureau in Jiangsu is embedding digital and AI tools into day-to-day tax administration. It pushed tax-related information sharing into local regulations, so data from market regulation, medical insurance, utilities and land records now flows through a list-based supply rather than ad-hoc requests, and it cleaned up more than 25,000 records to a 100% correction rate for flagged data. For farm-produce purchase invoices it combines IoT and video analytics to tie plot capacity to invoice ceilings and grades taxpayers green, yellow or red. The bureau has also built 20 in-house AI applications across nine areas including tax-source management, audits and taxpayer services, with the audit application covering case sourcing, inspection, review and enforcement.
Shanghai's 12366 international tax hotline: where AI stops, people take over
The international tax consultation line of Shanghai's 12366 service hotline has handled more than 1.35 million calls in five years with a connection rate above 98 percent. The international line covers nine languages, and an AI system converts speech in real time between callers and agents. Each agent takes 70 to 80 calls a day, averaging under three minutes per call, so the team relies on daily morning briefings and monthly exams built from real difficulties recorded in calls. Smart consultation now accounts for over 60 percent of all enquiries at Shanghai 12366, among the highest in the national tax system, and the team stresses that the more machines take over, the stronger people's ability to explain tax matters clearly must become.
Jining tax authorities fit the robot industry chain with a compliance chip
Jining in Shandong province now hosts more than 20 companies along the robot industry chain, including Rokae's two smart factories, with core component localisation above 90 percent and exports to more than 40 countries. Heavy R&D spending and cross-border business create risks in R&D expense pooling, VAT credit refund declarations and supply chain invoicing. The Jining tax bureau shares data with science, technology and industry authorities, cross-checks external information with declaration, invoice and refund data, and has built a risk model covering the whole chain, pushing graded alerts to firms and coaching them with data profiles so that risk control moves from after-the-fact recovery to pre-emptive interception.
Tianjin tax authorities help software park firms sort out R&D cost compliance
A software park in Tianjin's Sino-Singapore Eco-City hosts software and computing firms, some of which are applying AI to low-altitude economy projects. Because engineers work across projects, equipment is shared between R&D tests and live operations, and data-centre power use cannot be metered per project, allocating R&D expenses is a compliance headache. The local tax office mapped high-frequency risk scenarios into a policy checklist and ran on-site compliance reviews, issuing risk notices firm by firm. One company then built daily time logs, project-based cost pooling and cross-checks, plus equipment ledgers.
Kaihua Tax Bureau Backs Manufacturing Digital Upgrade with an End-to-End Service Loop
The Kaihua county tax bureau in Zhejiang has built an end-to-end service loop covering policy matching, benefit delivery and risk early warning to help manufacturers that hesitate over digital transformation. A dedicated service team screens eligible enterprises through platform data and pushes high-tech enterprise income tax breaks, R&D expense deductions and accelerated depreciation directly to them. One local synthetic materials firm's smart factory project entered Zhejiang's demonstration project library, with more than 64.8 million yuan in R&D deductions over three years. Big data is also used for ongoing risk monitoring of R&D expense booking and deduction filings, with regular tax health checks correcting booking deviations.
Guangzhou Huangpu Tax Bureau Sharpens Digital Skills with Cross-Border E-Commerce Maps and Industry Guides
To implement the tax collection and administration capacity-building programme under digital transformation, the Huangpu District tax bureau in Guangzhou is upgrading grassroots officials' skills in tax policy, business data analysis, risk response and digital tools. Its Fanxing classroom has staff take turns presenting new policies, while a business analysis course had more than 30 officials from different sections brainstorm the Amazon marketplace model and produce a panorama of the cross-border e-commerce Saiwei model, making clear the risks created by mismatched store, revenue, operating and export entities. The bureau also compiled 15 industry management guides covering platform firms, cross-border e-commerce and flexible employment.
Yuhang Tax Authorities Help Embodied AI Firms Stay Compliant on R&D Booking and Export Refunds
The Yuhang District tax bureau in Hangzhou has built a dual-track approach of service improvement and compliance support for the embodied AI industry. For companies facing high-tech enterprise re-certification, officials helped identify tax risk points and clarified how to book R&D activities, high-tech product revenue and R&D personnel. Robot makers with heavy R&D spending were guided to set up full-cycle compliance systems covering project initiation, ledgers, vouchers and expense write-offs. Export-oriented AI equipment makers received one-firm-one-policy compliance guidance via the Tax Road Connect platform, covering applicable rates, export declarations and document filing.
Deqing Tax Authorities Support AI-Driven Film Industry, From Virtual Studios to AIGC Animation
Deqing county in Zhejiang is building an AI film industry base through culture-technology integration, and the local tax bureau is matching policy support to the sector's needs. Animation firm Mange Times combines hand-drawing with AI generation, and its AIGC animated series reached the top ten of the China International Cartoon and Animation Festival's investment forum. The tax bureau compiled a plain-language guide to film and animation tax incentives and ran a briefing that resolved more than ten practical issues. The 1-billion-yuan Boke AI virtual film base with five LED studios is expected to enjoy over 4 million yuan in tax benefits.
Anhui Tax Authorities Support Digital Economy Growth with Full-Cycle Tax Services for Computing Power and Smart Manufacturing
Tax authorities in Anhui province are upgrading end-to-end digital tax services to match the province's digital economy push. In Wuhu, the tax bureau built a direct enterprise-to-tax connection for the provincial computing power trading platform, enabling automatic invoicing for computing transactions and cutting per-transaction invoicing time by more than 90 percent. In Suzhou, a dedicated team set up service ledgers for 456 market entities in the computing industrial park. For manufacturers, officials helped robot makers standardise R&D expense books and built a big-data risk early-warning model for the textile sector.
How a Smart Factory in Luhe Straightens Out Its Tax Accounts
Shenzhen Aidi Bedding's Luhe plant in Shanwei has built China's first fully numerically controlled and networked sponge foaming line, achieving end-to-end smart manufacturing from material feeding to finished-goods warehousing, with nearly 20 million yuan invested in smart production lines. Luhe tax authorities used a whole-lifecycle service approach to help the company build tax risk controls covering construction, operation and sales: equipment depreciation can be shortened or accelerated, machinery under 5 million yuan purchased between 2024 and 2027 qualifies for one-off pre-tax deduction, and eligible manufacturers can apply for VAT credit refunds. Tax staff also helped clarify R&D cost collection rules.
What Instant Invoicing Means for Corporate Tax Compliance
Tax authorities in the Yangtze River Delta jointly released compliance case studies of five pilot companies using instant invoicing, covering fuel, online shopping and medical payments. The model uses the tax administration's Leqi platform to connect payment terminals with the digital invoice system, so an invoice is pre-filled, issued and pushed to the user the moment payment completes, removing manual registration, entry, printing and later catch-up invoicing. Petrol stations must adopt it nationwide by November 1, 2026, and it is spreading in taxis, catering, retail, parking and healthcare. Experts say fully capturing revenue helps firms eliminate off-book operations and under-reporting risks.
Wuhu's Public Resource Trading Platform Issues Invoices Instantly on Payment
On September 1, Wuhu's public resource trading data-sharing platform launched an instant invoicing function: once a winning bidder pays, the system automatically issues a digital electronic invoice and pushes it to the recipient, the first such case in the province. The Jiangbei emerging industry cluster tax bureau had previously built a direct link with the tax administration's Leqi platform for the operator, enabling automatic invoicing for computing power, batch transaction settlement and smart ledger collection. In one week of operation, average daily invoiced value reached 140,000 yuan and manual invoicing workload fell by nearly 92 percent.
Tax Support for Smart Manufacturing: 5G Factories Thrive Across Anhui
Six Anhui factories were included in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's 2025 list of typical 5G factory applications, ranking the province among the national leaders. Local tax authorities provided tailored guidance for companies' intelligent upgrades: Bozhou tax staff promoted one-off pre-tax deduction of equipment for Gujing Gongjiu's smart brewing workshop; Huaibei tax staff used environmental protection tax incentives, helping Linhuan coal preparation plant obtain over 34 million yuan in reductions that funded smart upgrades; Anqing tax staff helped Anhui Welling auto parts properly collect R&D spending on 5G gateways and AI vision algorithms, earning over 2 million yuan in equipment investment credits.
Wuxi tax authorities advance smart filing review and digital services
Wuxi's tax authorities have combined smart filing review with credit risk alerts this year, using systems to flag abnormal filings before pushing tiered reminders and guidance, forming a loop of evaluation, correction, improvement and re-evaluation. Routine business keeps moving online: for high-frequency tasks such as adjusting digital invoice quotas, eligible firms can request remote video verification through the interactive platform and send documents online, lifting processing efficiency four to five times. Wuxi also piloted sealed coding for departure tax refunds in Jiangsu, making the whole process paperless. In the first half of the year, sales revenue of high-tech industries and core digital economy industries in Wuxi grew 11.6% and 5.8% year on year respectively.
Small can still be compliant: Guangdong SMEs explore new paths in tax compliance
Small and mid-sized enterprises in Guangdong are adopting lighter-weight approaches to tax compliance instead of copying large-company systems. A home-appliance seller in Zhongshan began comparing platform sales data with tax filings after a mismatch between cash flow and invoices triggered a risk alert; an edge-vision AI chip maker in Zhuhai tags each R&D project digitally so the system can generate R&D expense ledgers automatically; a dental clinic in Dongguan moved to a light integrated business-accounting-tax platform that cut its monthly filing cycle from three working days to half a day. Local tax authorities have also rolled out smart self-checking for filings on the e-tax bureau and published positive and negative compliance lists.
Guangzhou Issues Its First Paperless Departure Tax Refund
China Tax News reports that since July 1, 2026, overseas visitors no longer need paper documents for departure tax refunds; customs and refund agents confirm refund application forms and invoices online. A Brazilian visitor, Roni, completed a paperless refund at the refund-on-purchase counter in Guangzhou's Buynow mall, among the first in the city. The same day, with the Guangzhou tax bureau, commerce bureau and Agricultural Bank of China, the Buynow Guangzhou store became the city's fourth central refund point and issued Guangzhou's first paperless refund. The mall hosts flagship stores for DJI drones, Insta360 cameras and Rokid AI glasses.
"Compliance Is Like a Safety Valve" - Tianjin's Smart Tax Service
China Tax News reports that China Oilfield Services has fully adopted the smart tax system, embedding risk controls into filing workflows: pre-filing data self-checks and preset risk indicators trigger alerts, such as flagging invoices with questionable input VAT deductions before returns are filed, shifting risk handling from after-the-fact correction to prevention. For its research institute, where staff join multiple projects and work hours are hard to attribute, Tianjin tax authorities suggested using laboratory swipe-card data to count hours, replacing manual accounting with automated accounting, unifying cost-collection rules and improving the accuracy of R&D super-deduction data.
Behind Millions of AI Servers, Guangdong Firms Cool Global Computing Power
Liquid cooling has shifted from optional to essential as AI chip power draw pushes air cooling past its limits, according to Yantse Evening News. Guangdong Wenxuan Thermal Technology in Dongguan expanded its cold-plate lines from 7 to 10, reaching 200,000 units a month, while its AI server liquid-cooling revenue grew nearly fourfold in 2025 and is expected to rise more than 50 percent in 2026. The company says paperless online export tax refunds, high-tech enterprise tax benefits and R&D super-deductions cut costs by about 3.5 million yuan in 2025. Guangdong's AI server supply chain is now so integrated that 95 percent of components are sourced within a one-hour industrial circle.
Hangzhou Linan tax bureau coordinates services for humanoid robot industry and home-grown core parts
Qingshanhu Science and Technology City in Linan district, Hangzhou, is tasked with core technology research on artificial intelligence and humanoid robots. The Linan tax bureau joined forces with the science park administration and other departments on a coordinated service mechanism, organising online and offline training on research expense deductions and qualification recognition, with one question answered by multiple parties. Local robot makers have developed a four-brain control architecture and expanded from collaborative robots to humanoid and industrial models, while a specialised small firm is working on home-grown dexterous hands, planetary roller screws and harmonic reducers.
Shenzhen Nanshan tax bureau turns to AI for tax outreach as sticker machine draws crowds
The Nanshan district tax bureau in Shenzhen brought artificial intelligence into this years tax publicity campaign, installing an AI sticker machine at a robot application exhibition centre where visitors pick a tax slogan and receive a personalised sticker within seconds. Officials say the aim is to turn tax education from passive listening into participation and sharing, lowering the learning threshold and appealing especially to younger audiences. A service booth alongside the experience zone offered guidance on value-added tax law, individual income tax settlement, support for small firms and social insurance payments.
Anhui tax authority rebuilds invoice services with data as smart quota model replaces manual judgement
Tax authorities in Anhui upgraded digital invoice services around data, creating a supply system for invoice quotas that is automatically assessed, dynamically adjusted and quickly responsive. Bozhou built a smart quota model based on tax big data that weighs credit, risk and operations, replacing manual judgement with algorithms and allowing good-credit firms to obtain higher limits. A grade-A credit company that won a large order had its monthly quota raised by more than 3 million yuan in one step. A lottery-invoice pilot in Huangshan lifted invoicing by restaurants and hotels, and the local bureau streamlined approval in advance. The province is also promoting the Leqi platform to digitise issuance, delivery and bookkeeping.
Computing power firms plug into Leqi platform as Anhui unlocks a new data-driven tax model
The Jiangbei new area in Wuhu, Anhui province, hosts a fast-growing computing power cluster under China eastern-data-west-computing programme. Tax authorities there tailored a dedicated upgrade plan for the national Leqi platform connecting enterprise ERP systems with the tax system. Tax specialists and company engineers completed the system interconnection and added functions such as industry-specific invoicing, batch transaction settlement and automated ledger aggregation, enabling auto-invoicing on payment and automatic delivery of invoices. One company reported invoicing efficiency up more than 90 percent, and 35 firms in the area have joined the platform.
Guangdong AI Firms Break Into Big Markets: Guangzhou Tax Bureau Multimedia Feature
The 21st China International SME Expo concluded in Guangzhou under the theme of AI empowering small and medium-sized enterprises, with more than 2,000 domestic and overseas firms gathering across 85,000 square meters of exhibition space. The report notes that a group of Guangdong SMEs focused on AI are growing rapidly and achieving technological breakthroughs in niche segments, while tax and fee policy support and tax compliance guidance accompany innovative SMEs on their path of technology development and market expansion. The piece is a multimedia feature published under the Guangzhou tax bureau's work updates section.
Tax Big Data Decodes the Chain Reaction of the AI Industry
After the 2026 World AI Conference closed, tax big data from Nantong, Jiangsu showed that the local AI industry drove coordinated growth across the whole chain in the first half of the year: upstream nonferrous metal smelting sales revenue rose 29.6%, computer and communication equipment manufacturing grew 46.8%, and optical fiber, lithium battery and cable manufacturing rose 102.3%, 71.1% and 42% respectively. Through cases such as Langfeng New Materials, Jiangdong Electronic Materials, Jiangsu Shengyi Special Materials, Jiangsu Dinghong Electric Power and Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable, the article describes how tax authorities formed service teams, compiled R&D expense and high-tech enterprise incentive checklists, delivered one-firm-one-policy coaching and adjusted invoice credit limits.
China Taxation News: Riding the AI Wave, Small Guangdong Firms Break Into Big Markets
The 21st China International SME Expo was held in Guangzhou under the theme of AI empowering small and medium-sized enterprises, showcasing AI innovations. The article profiles Guangdong exhibitors such as Kekaida intelligent inspection robots, Aican cooking robots, Kuku coffee robots and Pony.ai, showing how they used AI to break through in niche markets. Tax authorities delivered R&D expense super-deductions and small-company income tax breaks to lower innovation costs, while offering regular compliance coaching to tech startups. For firms going global, Guangzhou tax authorities piloted a flexible-supervision plus front-loaded service model providing advance tax rulings on cross-border matters.
Shanghai: Tax Services Power Three Leading Industries
The article examines tax services for Shanghai's three leading industries -- integrated circuits, biomedicine and AI -- which reached 1.6 trillion yuan in scale in 2023. Around the Xuhui riverside AI community "Mosu Space," a five-minute tax service circle has taken shape for AI firms; in Jing'an, tax authorities formed a personal income tax expert team for a multinational pharmaceutical company with nearly 7,000 employees; and in Baoshan, "one firm, one policy" services support nearly 300 companies in the robot industrial park.
Tianjin Tax Authority Builds an Integrated Chain to Improve Collection Efficiency
Since 2025 the Tianjin tax authority has been building a new tax and fee collection model around the "foundation-strengthening project." The article highlights the "Tax Digital Human" initiative, which integrates intelligent consulting, taxpayer services, source management, risk control, internal audit and tax inspection, and consolidates scattered tax-related data. It also launched an intelligent self-check function covering seven tax categories' returns, built scenario-based monitoring models, and established a parallel mechanism between collection control and risk response, yielding 175 cross-category linked projects.
From Industrial to Humanoid Robots: Tax Support Powers Dongguan's Robotics Industry
Dongguan is home to more than 7,000 robotics-related companies, ranking third nationwide, and produced 26,300 industrial robots in 2025, up 6.9% year on year. The Dongguan tax bureau recently issued measures to support manufacturing advantages, targeting AI, low-altitude economy, robotics and intelligent terminals. The article profiles local firms such as Nugear (robot joint actuators), Benmo Technology (power modules) and Moxian Technology (flexible tactile sensors) to show how tax big data and R&D super-deduction policies help them break through key component bottlenecks.
Hong Kong Industry Bodies Propose Northern Metropolis as a Tax Innovation Pilot Zone for AI and Emerging Industries
Ahead of Hong Kong's policy address and its first five-year plan, finance and accounting professionals set out proposals for tax reform. Besides deepening existing concessions for funds, family offices and carried interest, they argue the corporate treasury centre regime should be revamped and tied to Northern Metropolis development to build a more competitive tax ecosystem. EY and CPA Australia suggest loosening hard tests such as the number of associated companies and operating expenditure and introducing a pre-approval mechanism; Deloitte China proposes positioning the Northern Metropolis as a pilot zone for coordinated industrial and tax policy, studying a Qualifying Refundable Tax Credit to support AI, life and health technology, green tech and advanced manufacturing.
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.
Deloitte China Publishes Article on the Value of Tax Professionals in the AI Era
Deloitte China has published an article titled "It Starts Here: Where Is the Moat of Tax Professionals in the AI Era?", examining how the role of tax practitioners is changing as AI spreads. The firm argues that as AI identifies trends, risks and opportunities faster, the value of tax work is shifting from coping with complex rules toward business insight and value creation. Victor Li, Deloitte China's rotating deputy CEO and national leader of Tax and Business Advisory, shares his views on the capabilities tax professionals cannot replace and on how to connect technology, expertise and clients' business needs.
Alibaba Cloud Wins Zhejiang Tax Bureau's LLM-Based Phone Intelligent Response Upgrade Project
The Zhejiang Provincial Tax Service has announced that Alibaba Cloud Computing won its 2026 project to upgrade large-model-based intelligent telephone response technology, with a bid of 2.298 million yuan and a total evaluation score of 91.81. The scope covers building core capabilities for the intelligent consultation system, with a service period of no more than six months, including a three-month deployment phase followed by optimization and trial operation, plus one year of warranty maintenance after final acceptance.
From QR-Code Invoicing to Smart Tax Management: Group Companies Quietly Upgrade Tax Digitalization
Wider adoption of fully digital e-invoices and deepening tax administration digitalization are changing how large chains and group companies manage tax. Youdu Shuzhi, a tax digitalization brand under Yunzhangfang, links store cash registers, food-delivery and e-commerce platforms, ERP systems, invoicing and tax management platforms so that transactions, invoicing, data aggregation, filing and analysis form one chain. Green Tea Restaurant and Kuaiyu apparel use QR-code invoicing, while Hangtai Digital Energy's 300-plus solar plants, Zhongkong Technology's entities across 34 tax jurisdictions and Jianzhijia's 6,000-plus stores have consolidated scattered tax matters into a unified platform. The system also offers intelligent Q&A, contract review from a tax angle and automated analysis reports.
China Tax News: Smart Tools Aid Corporate Income Tax Settlement, but Human Judgment Remains Irreplaceable
Smart tools were used more deeply in China's 2025 corporate income tax annual settlement. An intelligent audit tool built by the Xuzhou tax bureau carries 63 risk indicators and last year pinpointed 7,625 risk points, prompting companies to self-correct and pay 24.34 million yuan in tax and late fees while cutting declared losses by 77.82 million yuan; wasted effort fell 30 percent and risk-checking accuracy rose from 75 to 92 percent. Officials and practitioners interviewed stress that such tools only handle standard cross-checks and anomaly screening, and that complex cases such as corporate restructuring, policy-driven relocation and cross-industry R&D still require human review and professional judgment, along with attention to data quality and security.
Shanghai Tax Authorities Tailor Services to the Artificial Intelligence Industry
Shanghai's first-half economic data show GDP up 5.6 percent year on year, with manufacturing output of the city's three leading industries up 14.5 percent and AI manufacturing output up 21.8 percent, faster than 19.2 percent in the first quarter. Local tax authorities are focusing services on the AI sector, coaching companies through specialist evaluation of R&D projects to head off filing, ownership and transaction risks, and guiding them to build end-to-end compliance systems with separate R&D ledgers. Companies cited include Ant Group, whose human-machine smart pharmacy solution has reached some stores, and Quectel, which launched AI plus AR glasses.
Guizhou Qixingguan Tax Bureau Builds 'Tax Brain' Studio, Using RPA and AI to Lift Grassroots Efficiency
The tax bureau of Qixingguan district in Bijie, Guizhou, has set up a 'Tax Brain' studio to cut repetitive manual work through process automation, data-driven decision-making and smarter risk control. It uses RPA robots, Python scripts and a RAG question-answering system to automate form matching, data aggregation and a live tax dashboard, shortening newly registered taxpayer processing from 15 days to two. An AI analyst named 'Tax Xiaoqi' generates corporate tax health reports automatically, and the bureau says grassroots risk screening workload fell 30% while response time dropped from 24 hours to under eight.
China Taxation News: From World Factory to Global Smart Manufacturing Hub — Dongguan's AI Industry Needs Multi-Dimensional Support
Dongguan released an overall plan to build a global smart manufacturing center, proposing a special action program for AI plus manufacturing. Tax data shows Dongguan's AI industry has over 10,000 registered taxpaying entities, with sales revenue up about 6.8% year-on-year in 2025 and about 2.3% in the first half of 2026; AI industry exports grew 21.5% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, with algorithm-model firms' exports up 115.1%. The article also observes that Dongguan's AI industry still faces a low local supporting rate for key hardware and software, high external dependence for advanced chips and core industrial software, and gaps in moving toward higher value-added segments, and recommends stronger support across four dimensions — scenarios, technology, talent and ecosystem — with tax authorities using tax big data to profile firms precisely and improve the policy-finds-the-firm mechanism.
Economic Daily: Expanding Smart Tax Service Scenarios - Shanxi Practice
Shanxi's tax authority rolled out a smart tax calculator addressing hot topics such as property transactions, property rentals and personal income tax, precisely computing four categories of tax matters: residential property deals, non-residential property deals, property rentals and personal service remuneration, so taxpayers stop struggling with unclear or inaccurate figures. Signals from local tax work conferences show that using digital and intelligent technology to improve tax service remains a priority, with Beijing, Jilin, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Jiangsu all setting out concrete measures for smart tax and data-driven work.
Economic Daily: Expanding Smart Tax and Fee Service Scenarios
Tax authorities across China are expanding smart service scenarios according to local needs. Dalian built a government service mechanism linking firms and policies, using big data analytics and AI to tag enterprises with 83 profile labels for precise policy delivery. Guizhou created 38 tax and economic analysis indicators across five categories and rolled out a rapid-check assistance mechanism. Shenzhen's taxpayer academy launched an AI digital human livestream room, replacing some human instructors and lifting efficiency more than threefold while saving about 75% of manpower. Shanxi introduced a smart tax calculator covering four categories of tax matters including property transactions, rentals and personal remuneration.
AI Plus Tax: What Kind of Chemistry Happens? Shanghai's Digital Star River Team Forges New Tax Tools in the AI Wave
Shanghai's Digital Star River Team is a risk-control unit with an average age of 27, whose 19 members include national tax bureau leading talents and a gold medalist from the Smart Tax Competition. The team put AI to practical use: it deployed an offline AI application covering the full policy lifecycle from perception and matching to health checks, calculation, easy filing and secure enjoyment, expected to serve more than two million taxpayer visits and deliver over 500 million yuan in tax benefits once live. The team also used an AI large model to process over 100,000 public items from platforms such as East Money and Xueqiu, helping produce supply-chain risk analysis reports, and examined 35 companies, recovering 150 million yuan in taxes.
Shenzhen Releases Typical Tax Compliance Cases for the Embodied AI Sector
The Shenzhen tax bureau released its first batch of typical tax compliance cases for the embodied intelligence industry. Shenzhen is home to more than 70,000 robotics-related companies, and its core AI and robotics industry generated nearly 270 billion yuan in revenue in 2025. The four cases show how firms use digital tools to control tax risk: Today International built a research expense management hub ensuring accounts, statements and vouchers match; Zhaowei Machinery launched an expense platform that automatically verified 46,000 invoices and blocked over 300 non-compliant ones; Shengshi Technology set up a four-layer oversight system requiring contract, goods, capital and invoice flows to align; and Zhongqing Robotics embedded compliance in its internal controls from day one.
China Tax News: The Spring Breeze Continues, a Thousand Sails Renewed
China's tax authorities carried out the 13th consecutive Spring Breeze service campaign in 2026, with 16 convenience measures already in place covering smart filing and credit repair. Shenzhen Nanshan district launched an AI large-model assistant in the electronic tax bureau, cutting average waiting time from five minutes to two and lifting the resolution rate from 83% to 89%. Zhaoqing built a round-the-clock hybrid AI-and-human service channel inside the personal income tax app, where smart interactions now account for over 92% of consultations. Local bureaus are also upgrading e-tax platforms and rolling out smart reminders for social insurance filings.
China Tax News: Shenzhen District Uses Data Module to Flag Export Rebate Risks Early
The Guangming District tax bureau in Shenzhen built a one-stop export rebate query module in December, pooling data from the golden tax system, social insurance and electronic ledgers to create full profiles of exporting firms. Reviewers can type in a company name and credit code and see registration changes, filings, suppliers, customers, traded goods and monthly rent and power costs within seconds, while the system cross-checks linked data and raises smart alerts on abnormal capacity indicators and deviations in gross margin and tax burden. So far this year the module has pre-emptively blocked problematic filings in 136 cases, lifting monthly completed investigations to 55 from 35 and improving review efficiency by 57 percent.
A Week After the APEC Initiative, Guangzhou Revisits AI Transformation for Small Businesses
Two meetings on AI transformation for small businesses were held in Guangzhou within a week. On Sept 4 the 32nd APEC SME Ministerial Meeting issued the Guangzhou Initiative, pledging to advance digitalization and AI empowerment for SMEs and backing a new Asia-Pacific cooperation center for AI empowerment of SMEs in the city. On Sept 11 the 2026 Kingdee AI Starlight Summit focused on the same question. Industry data show a funnel in AI adoption among small business owners, with only 33 percent sticking with the tools. The same day MYbank launched an inclusive finance AI agent offering credit, invoice and tax-related services to 42 million small business operators, cutting complex financing to 10 minutes from three days.
Changzhou tax service halls complete a three-part transformation
Changzhou's tax bureau has upgraded its service halls on three fronts: from service counters to a service hub, from single-point service to smart collaboration, and from a physical venue to a governance node. The city now runs 8 main halls, 29 extension points and 35 tax stations forming a 15-minute service circle, with 1.8 million smart interactions and the average waiting time down to 3.3 minutes. Online completion reached 95.12 percent, and on-site tax dispute mediation rooms have resolved 2,226 disputes with an 88.51 percent success rate.
Tax data reflects the accelerating rise of Guangdong's robotics industry
Tax data shows Guangdong's robotics-related product sales topped 140.4 billion yuan in 2025, growing 8.4% a year on average over three years, with industrial robot output ranking first nationwide for six straight years and more than 12,400 companies. The province has built a full chain from core components to complete machines and system integration, with 96% of firms clustered in the Pearl River Delta. In April the Guangdong tax bureau issued a 2.0 package of measures explicitly targeting AI and intelligent robotics research projects, alongside R&D expense deductions that support innovation.
China's tax agent industry embraces AI, but warns against chasing hype
The China Certified Tax Agents Association has launched a national competition on applying AI to tax-related professional services, open to member firms, aiming to deepen AI adoption in the sector. The association had already issued guidance mapping 16 application scenarios, and the tax administration's 2026 service campaign calls for piloting tax large models and smart consultation. Practitioners say routine bookkeeping, accounting and filing will be automated, but compliance judgement and professional experience remain hard for AI to replace, and firms must guard against AI hallucinations and data-security risks.
Nanjing taps AI to streamline tax handling for bankrupt enterprises
Nanjing's tax authority has built a court-tax coordination and data-driven mechanism to handle tax issues of bankrupt enterprises, moving from reactive handling to proactive governance. District bureaus now use AI assistants to auto-generate and cross-check tax claim verification reports, and AI-based retrieval to scan bankruptcy and judicial auction announcements. Linked analysis across tax types also helps spot missed filings, which the bureau follows up with on-site guidance.
Xincheng County Brings Instant Invoicing to Its Silk-Reeling Industry
The tax bureau of Xincheng County in Guangxi has brought instant invoicing to the local silk-reeling industry through the Jiayitong platform, issuing its first 38 electronic invoices. The step extends end-consumer oversight from petrol stations and timber processing to a traditional agricultural supply chain. On 15 August, Ruilong Silk completed invoicing at the same moment a fresh-cocoon purchase was settled, with transaction data, fund flows and invoice information matched automatically, easing the company's invoicing burden and tightening management of agricultural purchase invoices.
Longyuan Power's Qianyuan Finance AI Agent Launches Three New Capabilities
On 10 September Longyuan Power released three new functions for its Qianyuan finance AI agent: operating performance analysis, asset quality management and tax compliance monitoring, marking a deeper use of its Qingyuan power-generation industry model in corporate finance. The tax compliance module combines tax incentive and tax risk engines with an authoritative regulation and case library to run a closed loop of risk scanning, task dispatch and rectification sign-off, shifting tax management from passive compliance to proactive adherence. Qianyuan is built around one hub, three foundations, four business domains and 24 AI agents.
This Tax Firm Has Its Consultants Build Their Own AI Tools
China Tax News reports that Beijing Tianyang Junhe, a tax advisory firm, has made "everyone learns AI, everyone uses AI" part of its internal culture, encouraging each consultant to build their own AI tools rather than only buying off-the-shelf software. The firm has incubated ten practical AI applications, including a stamp-duty analysis engine that cross-checks contract ledgers, invoices and tax returns, cutting a two-and-a-half-day task to half a day. It also runs seasonal training, an internal AI competition track and a public AI lecture series for the wider profession.
Henan tax authorities refresh tax-fee services with smart taxpayer-agency interaction
Tax authorities in Henan are rolling out the taxpayer-agency interaction service on the e-tax bureau, where the smart robot Yueyue answers instantly and staff coach taxpayers remotely through screen sharing. In the first half of 2026 the platform handled 3.5712 million smart-service sessions and 2.3429 million staffed sessions, backed by 207 service operation centers and more than 1,000 seats. As one of China's first pilot provinces for cross-region processing, Henan handled 24,807 cross-region cases this year, ranking among the top nationwide, and also introduced online tax-dispute mediation and joint handling of pension-insurance refunds with human-resources departments.
Wuxi tax big data: emerging AI-related industries grow up to 36.6% in H1
Wuxi's tax bureau released first-half tax data showing sales revenue of high-tech industries up 11.6% year on year and core digital-economy industries up 5.8%. Emerging tracks such as optoelectronic fusion, embodied-intelligence robotics and commercial aerospace grew 36.6%, 24.4% and 24.4% respectively. Local firms are expanding: edge-cloud company Cloud Works won a 520-million-yuan computing project that will adopt domestic AI accelerator cards, and copper-clad-laminate leader Lianmao Electronics posted 1.73 billion yuan in H1 revenue while landing an 800-million-dollar AI computing substrate project in Wuxi. Manufacturing, IT services and sci-tech services now account for 35.9% of local corporate sales.
Guangxi Highways Fully Roll Out Electronic Toll Invoices from September 7
Guangxi's transport, finance and tax authorities jointly announced that from September 7, 2026 electronic toll invoices are being used in mixed lanes at highway toll stations, moving highway tolls into the era of electronic receipts. The reform runs in two phases: from September 7 to October 31 the electronic and paper receipts run in parallel for cash and mobile-payment tolls, with electronic receipts as the default and only one option allowed; from November 1 paper receipts will no longer be issued on site. Drivers can self-issue receipts through the WeChat mini-program Gui Xiaotong; the electronic receipts are easy to retrieve and archive and are equally valid for reimbursement, though not for VAT input deduction. The move is presented as a step in Guangxi's smart transportation build-out that should shorten toll-booth processing times.
Upgrading Tax and Fee Services Must Focus on Solving Real Problems for Businesses
An Economic Daily commentary reviews this year's progress in tax and fee service reform across China. Sixteen convenience measures including smart filing and credit repair have landed, and digitalisation is accelerating: Shanghai's Suilingtong app bundles online filing, complaint collection and progress tracking into one QR-code service, Shenzhen's Nanshan district has rolled out an AI large-model assistant for taxpayers, and Chongqing uses digital tools for cross-region mutual recognition of departure tax refunds. Cross-agency coordination has produced 127 joint tax-governance mechanisms and 974 million shared data records as of end-July. The article also flags shortcomings such as fragmented online platforms, duplicated data collection and a focus on transaction volume rather than outcomes, and argues that smart customer service must move beyond simple Q&A towards recognising complex cases and flagging risks.
Guangxi tax data shows AI industry growing strong and upgrading
Invoice data from Guangxi tax authorities shows the region's AI industry grew rapidly in the first half of 2026. Invoice amounts in special-purpose robot manufacturing surged 489% year on year, digital content and media rose 37.7%, and high-tech manufacturing climbed 29.9%. More than 140 AI application projects have also landed in ASEAN markets. Tax officials say the data offers a clear window into the vitality and structural upgrading of the AI sector.
Guangdong Publishes Fuel-Station Smart Tax System Procurement Intent
Guangdong tax authorities disclosed a CNY 2.0024 million procurement intention for fuel-station tax system upgrades and maintenance, provisionally scheduled for November 2026.
Shanxi Tax Zone Builds a Six-Indicator Risk Model for Tax Intermediaries
The Shanxi reform demonstration zone combines tax and intermediary data in a six-indicator risk model, supported by tailored guidance and practice inspections.
Eurotax files for HKEX listing, eyeing first global cross-border compliance AI stock
Eurotax, a Shenzhen cross-border compliance service provider, filed for a Hong Kong main-board IPO on Sept 3, 2026, potentially becoming the first global cross-border compliance AI stock. Its cloud platform automates VAT and compliance filing through direct API links with tax authorities in five European countries and offers an AI agent. It covers 121 countries with 260,000+ paying users; recurring revenue grew from RMB 286m in 2023 to 629m in 2025, with adjusted net profit topping RMB 100m.
Tax services boost innovation in China's robotics industry
At the 2026 World Robot Conference opening on Aug 19 in Beijing, robot makers said tax services have backed their R&D. Beijing tax authorities implemented R&D expense super-deduction and the preferential 15% corporate income tax rate for high-tech firms, while district tax offices give lifecycle guidance by growth stage. They plan data-driven policy delivery for the robotics industry.
Alashan Advances Digital Tax Services and Preventive Risk Guidance
Alashan tax authorities are digitizing workflows, targeting policy messages with tax data and strengthening information sharing for preventive risk guidance.
Jinshan Demonstrates Remote Tax Services for Small Businesses
Jinshan tax officials demonstrated remote service workflows to small businesses and individual operators, alongside filing and risk guidance.
Datong Xinrong Tax Bureau Rolls Out Smart Counter System to Improve Tax Services
The Xinrong District Tax Bureau in Datong has launched an integrated smart desktop tax-handling system in its service hall. Taxpayers can handle frequent business on their own with on-screen guidance and voice prompts, or call a remote agent for help, while complex matters can be booked online for immediate in-hall processing. The system also aggregates high-frequency questions into a list for centralized Q&A via bulletin boards, enterprise chat groups, and live streaming.
Tianjin Tax Bureau Equips Tax-Source Supervision with an AI 'Smart Brain'
The Tianjin Municipal Tax Service has built an intelligent tax-source perception system covering six management scenarios: household registration, sole proprietorships, invoice limits, filing and payment, tax arrears, and major projects. The system scans for suspicious collection points daily and pushes management suggestions to front-line tax officers. By integrating multi-dimensional data it automatically scores taxpayers, sharply reducing low-scoring sole proprietorships and improving project tax collection.
Yijinholoqi Tax Launches an AI Video Platform for Integrated Remote Property Registration and Tax Payment
Yijinholoqi tax officials and the property registration center launched an AI video platform that connects identity, property-rights, and tax-payment data, enabling fully online property registration and tax handling through coordinated digital processing.
Minhang Tax Uses TaxLink and Taxpayer Interaction to Streamline Intelligent Service Routing for Businesses
At a government open-month event, Minhang tax officials presented their closed-loop interaction process and one-code TaxLink service, showing how enterprise tax-service requests can move through an integrated intelligent routing path from entry to resolution.
Bill Gates on AI: proposes token and robot taxes, reserving jobs for humans
Bill Gates published a nearly 6,000-word essay on his website laying out the risks of AI and possible policy responses - his first systematic statement on AI in three years. He warns that many white- and blue-collar jobs will permanently disappear, proposes designating empathy-heavy fields such as healthcare, education and elderly care as human-reserved, and suggests taxing AI token usage and robots on the grounds that the current tax code subsidizes automation over hiring. Anthropic and OpenAI have also called for similar tax reforms, sparking broad debate over AI taxation and labor policy.
Servyou H1 net profit up 32%, AI-related collections reach 33%
Servyou released its 2026 interim results: revenue of 1.012 billion yuan, up 9.72% year on year, with net profit attributable to shareholders of 94 million yuan, up 32.38%, and non-GAAP net profit up 44.04%. Thanks to its in-house Xiyou vertical tax-and-finance large model, AI product and service collections reached 33% of its digital tax-finance business collections, up from 28% in 2025. Its Yiqiyin platform had 12.64 million active corporate users by end-June, and the company launched Finance & Tax Agentic 2.0 in June. AI is shifting from an incremental business to a growth engine for the company.
Lingang Tax Holds an Open-Month Guidance Session for Artificial Intelligence Enterprises
A Shanghai tax open-month event showed Lingang officials bringing more than twenty integrated-circuit and AI companies into service halls for scenario-based guidance on tax-service tools and current policy, embedding tax support more directly into hard-tech compliance workflows.
Songjiang Tax Demonstrates Cloud-Based Filing and Intelligent Review Workflows for Tech Firms
Songjiang tax officials invited technology-oriented businesses to experience online collaboration, screen sharing, document transfer, and intelligent review through the taxpayer interaction platform, while pairing the demo with targeted policy support such as accelerated depreciation guidance.
Baoshan Tax Opens Its Interaction Center to Demonstrate a Smart Tax-Service Collaboration Upgrade
During a government open-month event, Baoshan tax officials opened their taxpayer interaction operations center and 12366 work area, showcasing voice service, video interaction, remote assistance, and coordinated handling as a visible smart-service capability rather than an isolated feature.
Hangzhou Tax Bureau Forges New Path in Smart Taxation with Digital Empowerment
Hangzhou tax authorities are advancing smart taxation across intelligent services, collaborative governance and talent development. A digital human named Xiaoshui answers questions in service halls; a smart form assistant cuts invoice application time to two minutes and lifts accuracy from 40% to over 98%; the 12366 hotline AI agent answers over 92% of queries correctly; centralized invoice-quota approval reduces grassroots workload by 95% and shortens approval time from 3.8 working days to 1.3. The bureau also co-founded a graduate training base with Zhejiang University on AI plus taxation to cultivate digital talent skilled in data analytics and large-model applications.
Guangdong E-Tax Platform Launches Smart Filing Self-Check: Results in One Minute
Guangdong tax authorities have rolled out a smart self-check function on the e-tax platform. Once a taxpayer submits a filing, the system immediately cross-checks logic across tax categories and compliance, returning results within one minute without disrupting the filing flow. Piloted in three cities in May and extended province-wide in July, the service has been used by over 7.2 million taxpayer filings, with 1.3 million receiving correction alerts. It shifts tax administration from post-hoc checks to real-time quality control, reducing credit-score penalties and late fees while cutting grassroots verification workload from two hours to 30 minutes daily.
Taian Tax Uses Compliance Guidance to Support AI-Enabled Smart Manufacturing Upgrades
A public Shandong case shows that firms such as Taishan Gypsum have connected nationwide production data, high-definition AI cameras, and customized intelligent algorithms into a unified operations platform while tax compliance guidance is embedded alongside innovation and expansion, reflecting closer coordination between AI-enabled manufacturing and tax management.
Jining Tax Uses Tax Big Data to Guide Robot Makers Toward Stable Compliance
Jining tax authorities said they are mining the value of tax big data to provide more precise compliance guidance for robot companies around R&D super deductions and VAT credit refunds, showing digital tax capability extending into AI-related manufacturing sectors such as robotics.
Spring Breeze Smart Tax Services Expand with Nanshan's AI Assistant and Zhaoqing's Dual-Line Support
Public reporting shows that Shenzhen's Nanshan tax bureau has deployed an AI-large-model assistant in the e-tax interaction module, while Zhaoqing has extended 24/7 dual-track smart and human support across both web and mobile channels, indicating that smart tax services are moving from isolated features to measurable service-capability upgrades.
Tax Data Shows Guangxi's New Quality Productive Forces Growing Rapidly
Tax data from Guangxi for January to November shows high-tech industry sales revenue grew 14.3% year-on-year. VAT invoice data reveals explosive growth in AI-related industries: integrated circuits up 25.6%, industrial robots up 28.3%, drones doubling and special operation robots up 2.9 times. Guangxi's first industrial humanoid robot has rolled off the production line and started working in vehicle manufacturing plants, while the digital economy core industry grew 9.9%.
Xuhui Tax Bureau Supports AI Companies with Full-Chain Compliance Services
Shanghai's Xuhui district has gathered over 600 large-model companies, anchored by Mosu Space, China's first large-model innovation community. The district tax bureau has formed a dedicated team to escort these companies through tax filing, policy benefits and risk reminders, offering special guidance on IPO considerations, equity transfers and individual income tax deductions, and installing smart self-service tax terminals so employees can handle daily tax matters without leaving their buildings.
Smart Model Built to Tackle Tax Risks in the Medical Aesthetics Industry
Beihai's tax bureau has built an intelligent risk analysis model for the medical aesthetics industry, a sector where judging whether beauty procedures qualify for tax exemption has long been difficult. The model matches invoice descriptions against an authoritative medical service keyword database, links high-frequency consumption behavior with risk scores, and cross-checks input tax credits. Since launch it has scanned 218 medical aesthetics institutions, flagged 427 risk points, confirmed 12 cases of incorrect policy application, and recovered over 6 million yuan in taxes.
Tax Data Shows Rapid Growth of Tianjin's AI-Related Industry Chain
Invoice data from Tianjin's tax bureau shows the city's new-generation information technology industry chain grew 8.9% year-on-year in the first half of the year, with the integrated circuit sub-chain and AI sub-chain growing 18.7% and 23.7% respectively. Computing power, energy and signal transmission infrastructure industries surged, with lithium battery manufacturing revenue up 96.8%, and semiconductor-related computer manufacturing up 110.5%.
Tianjin Tax Authority Equips Tax Source Supervision with a Smart Brain
Tianjin's tax bureau has developed an intelligent perception system for tax source supervision, covering six management scenarios including taxpayer registration, invoicing quotas, filing, arrears management and major projects. The system automatically scans data daily, generates risk checklists and management suggestions, and pushes them to grassroots tax administrators, giving tax source regulation a smart brain.
Changzhou Zhonglou Tax Builds a Smart Monitoring Eye for Fuel Retail with AI Recognition
Jiangsu's Zhonglou tax bureau said it uses lightweight video transmission plus AI recognition to monitor fuel stations, creating a closed loop from data capture and intelligent estimation to alerts and risk response, showing AI entering tax supervision scenarios.
Tax Authority Press Briefing Reveals the Upgrade Roadmap for Tax AI Large Models and Smart Services
At a national tax press briefing, officials said the e-tax system, mobile apps, intelligent prefilling, and filing self-checks will continue to improve while tax AI large models and smart consultation services move into pilot deployment.
The 2026 Spring Breeze Tax Service Campaign Explicitly Advances Tax AI Large Models and Smart Consultation
In the 2026 Spring Breeze tax service campaign, the State Taxation Administration called for exploring tax AI large models while upgrading the e-tax system, mobile apps, and smart filing self-checks, outlining a concrete digital service roadmap.
Small but Beautiful: Guangdong Explores New Path for SME Tax Compliance
Facing stricter tax administration, small and medium enterprises in Guangdong are adopting lightweight, tailored compliance solutions instead of copying large companies. Cases include an e-commerce appliance firm using a compliance-check tool to reconcile business and filing data, an AI digital-worker company setting up a dedicated tax team and three-level review mechanism, and a visual AI chip maker using CRM to auto-generate R&D expense ledgers, enjoying over 15 million yuan in super-deductions in 2025. The shift from passive remedy to proactive prevention is accelerating.
Tianjin Tax Uses a Digital Tax Persona and Smart Self-Checks to Improve Administration
Tianjin tax authorities said their digital tax persona project now coordinates smart consultation, taxpayer service, and risk control, while smart return self-checks cover seven tax and fee categories, showing AI and data governance moving into the core administration workflow.
Shandong E-Tax App Launches a Smart Consultation Entry for Taxpayer Interaction
Shandong tax authorities confirmed that the e-tax mobile app now supports smart consultation through the taxpayer interaction module, extending mobile tax services from simple lookup toward intelligent Q&A and online collaborative handling.
The 2026 Spring Breeze Campaign Explicitly Advances Tax AI Large Models and Smart Consultation
In the 2026 Spring Breeze campaign, tax authorities called for building tax AI large models, improving the e-tax system and mobile app, and piloting smarter self-checking and consultation, setting a clear annual direction for tax informatization upgrades.
Shanghai tax support fuels strong start for sci-tech industry in 2026
VAT invoice data released by Shanghai tax authorities shows high-tech industry sales revenue in Shanghai grew 17% year-on-year in the first two months of 2026, with high-tech services up 23% and research and technical services up 28.9%. Digital economy core industries grew 9.3%. HiNAV, a high-precision spatiotemporal information firm, posted revenue of 810 million yuan, up 39%, with R&D spending at about 15% of sales for four consecutive years. MiniMax large models performed strongly in the global AI open-source project OpenClaw, ranking among the top three worldwide in usage. Tax authorities formed an AI tax service team to help AI firms strengthen tax risk management and compliantly enjoy policy benefits, supporting Shanghai's bid to build a national AI hub.
Tax data decodes what drove Guangdong's H1 economic acceleration
Guangdong's statistics bureau released H1 economic data showing provincial GDP reached 7.23 trillion yuan, up 4.5% year-on-year, the fastest growth in nearly three years. Tax invoice data reveals the drivers: manufacturing sales revenue rose 9.3%, with high-tech manufacturing up 11.8%. AI and low-altitude economy sectors boomed, with drone and integrated circuit manufacturing up 48.9% and 40.1% respectively. High-tech services grew 19.3%, fueled by digital transformation and new formats like AI large models and digital trade. Exports rose 15.3%, led by new energy vehicles, photovoltaics and lithium batteries, signaling a healthy, innovation-driven economy.
Putuo Tax Bureau Demonstrates Coordinated Service Through Intelligent Retrieval and Graphic Q&A
At a government Open Month event, Putuo tax officials demonstrated the Xinsuìtōng digital service platform's intelligent policy search, online graphic Q&A, and human-agent coordination workflow, while using work-order data to support compliance coaching for businesses.
Tianjin Tax Data Shows Accelerating Expansion in the Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain
Tianjin tax authorities reported that first-half sales revenue in the artificial intelligence sub-chain rose 23.7 percent year over year, with power, transmission, and semiconductor links also strengthening, highlighting tax data as a practical way to track AI-sector momentum and infrastructure investment.
Hands-on Test: Chanjet AI Tools Help Accountants Escape Busywork
This article tests Chanjet's Good Accounting and Changlongxia AI tools. General-purpose AI often gives unreliable answers, broken spreadsheet formulas and textbook-style industry averages, the author notes. By contrast, these tools are deeply integrated with professional accounting systems: a request for a monthly report highlighting departmental profit comparison generates charts automatically, and a request for a tax-burden monitor produces a trend chart with red flags and specific warnings such as October tax burden being 2.1 percent high and input invoices worth checking. The author concludes that AI becomes genuine productivity only when it truly understands accountants' workflows and data logic.
Shanxi Tax District Uses AI Voice Calls for Precise Reminders
The tax bureau of Shanxi's demonstration reform zone has launched an AI voice-calling system that reminds taxpayers to file returns in a precise, batch manner. Days before each monthly filing deadline, the system automatically identifies taxpayers who have not filed, matches their contact information, and places personalized calls, with a second round on the deadline day for those who still have not filed. Officers say the system reaches thousands of taxpayers per hour, far beyond what manual calls could cover. It now serves reminders for social insurance fees, disability insurance funds and other tax matters, with over 144,000 calls placed so far and compliance improving.
From AI Plus to New Intelligent Economy: Tax Experts Weigh In
This year's Government Work Report introduced the phrase building a new intelligent economy. Tax experts such as Xie Bofeng, Zhang Yongji and Kou Enhui say this marks a shift from applying AI as a tool to AI becoming part of how the economy organizes itself. They forecast a three-reductions-three-increases effect on the tax base: traditional bases may shrink as labor is replaced and transaction subjects become harder to define, while data, computing power and AI-driven new industries create fresh taxing points. Experts argue that tax systems and collection models must be adapted to the intelligent economy, and note that open-source AI agents have already sparked debate about whether AI should be treated as a quasi-economic actor.
Smart Tax for Risk Prevention: Compliance Drives Innovation
Tianjin's biopharmaceutical industry is booming, but heavy R&D investment and complex tax matters create compliance challenges. The report highlights companies such as Dana Bioscience and Hezhi Pharmaceutical, which embed compliance into the whole R&D lifecycle: each project has its own auxiliary ledger, all expenses and work hours are tied to project codes, and contracts, invoices and payment records must match before booking. Dana paid over 35 million yuan in taxes in 2025, enjoyed R&D super-deductions of about 28.9 million yuan, and has been an A-level taxpayer for eight consecutive years. Hezhi has maintained A-level status for ten years with a closed-loop control of contracts, business, funds and invoices.
Tianjin Tax Bureau Fits Tax Source Supervision with an AI Brain
Tianjin's tax authority has developed a smart tax-source perception system covering six management scenarios including household registration, self-employed businesses, invoice quotas, filing and payment, arrears management and major projects. The system scans data daily, generates lists of suspected issues and management suggestions, and pushes them to grassroots tax officers. It also profiles taxpayer risk and produces business evaluation scores, letting officers see at a glance which taxpayers need priority attention. The authority plans to keep upgrading the system to raise the level of intelligent, human-machine-coordinated supervision.
Nanjing Tax Explores an AI Plus Tax Service Model for AI Enterprises
Nanjing tax authorities are exploring an AI-plus-tax model for the AI industry, using taxpayer profiling, targeted policy delivery, and end-to-end online handling to improve policy matching and tax-processing efficiency for innovative companies.
Spring Tax Service Action Expands Smart Interaction and AI Guidance
China's tax authorities disclosed implementation progress for the 2026 Spring Breeze campaign, showing how Nanshan's AI guidance assistant and Zhaoqing's 24/7 Yueyue interaction services are turning smart tax handling and coordinated online service into operating practice.
Fangchenggang Tax Bureau Hosts Students vs AI Tax Officer Study Session
During the national tax publicity month, Fangchenggang's tax bureau held a law-education study session at an AI innovation base, where an AI tax officer with an embedded tax knowledge base answered students' questions and competed in quizzes with them. The event was the first stop of the city's tax-law education seed plan; the bureau plans to work with education and science departments to turn AI-powered tax study courses into regular school-based activities.
Foshan Tax Bureau and University Hold AI-Powered Tax Publicity Contest
Nanhai district tax bureau in Foshan teamed up with Guangdong Neusoft Institute to hold its second AI tax-publicity contest themed on learning tax law with AI. Contestants competed in AI community building and AI tax-content creation, plus short-video, ancient-style tax comics and AI campus tax handbook categories. The event deepens tax-school cooperation, advancing both tax-policy publicity and cultivation of tax-communication talent.
Guangxi Power Tax Revenue Up 28.7% as Tax Compliance Underpins AI Computing
Tax data shows Guangxi's power generation industry paid 28.7% more tax in the first half of 2026. Reporting from hydropower stations and data centers reveals compliance as the foundation of both green transformation and computing-industry growth. Nanning has built five intelligent computing centers; the Wuxiang Cloud Valley AI park hosts more than 40 AI firms and runs a four-tier invoice review mechanism to ensure end-to-end compliance, turning every kilowatt-hour into stable industrial value.
Spring Breeze Campaign Lands 16 Measures; Shenzhen AI Assistant Speeds Up Taxpayer Services
The State Taxation Administration has run its annual Spring Breeze campaign for the 13th consecutive year, with 16 measures including smart tax handling and credit repair now in place. Shenzhen's Nanshan tax office deployed an AI large-model assistant in e-tax interaction, cutting average wait time from five to two minutes and lifting problem-resolution from 83% to 89%. Zhaoqing built a round-the-clock smart-plus-human service system where smart interaction exceeds 92% of consultations, and national efforts to build tax AI large models are advancing steadily.
Zhejiang Tax Unveils Top 10 Innovation Projects, AI Models Join Risk Management
Zhejiang's tax bureau announced its ten best innovation projects of 2025, including an intelligent audit assistant for land value-added tax settlement that had verified 258 projects with 90% accuracy by March 2026. AI large models now generate risk-control guidance, audit and review reports, while a smart tax-calculation model for fuel stations uses IoT devices to detect data anomalies in real time. The bureau will promote these innovations across the province to strengthen the tax collection foundation.
Yingkou Tax Upgrades Taxpayer Interaction Through Unified Scheduling and Smart Collaboration
Yingkou tax authorities upgraded taxpayer interaction services through unified scheduling and smart collaboration, using a city-level central hub, district coordination, and expert backup to stabilize online response capacity and push tax services toward standardized, digitally coordinated operations.
China Tax System Continues Advancing AI Large Models and Smart Consultation in 2026
China's tax system will continue advancing AI large-model capabilities and smart consultation in 2026, while also expanding intelligent prefilling, filing self-checks, and cross-tax validation to turn smart tax services into a more integrated digital filing experience.
Xinjiang Tax Highlights Smart Robots and Integrated Online Tax Service in Spring Action Update
A Xinjiang tax repost of the Spring Breeze campaign progress highlights smart robots and integrated online service capabilities, showing how intelligent entry points such as the Yueyue assistant in the individual income tax app are bringing basic consultation, text interaction, and remote tax handling into one service chain.
Tax Data Shows China's Embodied AI Industry Growing Steadily
Latest tax data from the State Taxation Administration shows China's embodied AI industry performed well in the first five months of 2026. Industry sales revenue grew 22.4% year-on-year, building on 13.9% growth in 2025, with robot manufacturing and AI algorithm integration segments growing around 30%. Industrial enterprises' purchases of embodied AI robots rose 2.3-fold year-on-year, reflecting deepening integration with manufacturing. Nearly 90% of industry firms are concentrated in Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, with Guangdong alone accounting for 78.7% of revenue. The administration pledged continued tax support policies to nurture the industry.
NPC Deputy Zhong Zheng: Midea Uses AI and Robots Extensively, Compliance Is the Tax Bottom Line
Zhong Zheng, an NPC deputy and CFO of Midea Group, said in an interview with China Tax News that Midea invests over 3 billion yuan annually in digital transformation and already uses AI and robots extensively in production. She believes compliance is the bottom line for tax management. Midea has built an international tax team and a tax shared services center to centralize tax operations and standardize filing, addressing compliance challenges in an era of digitalization and globalization.
Amid the Open-Source Agent Craze, Tax Authorities Need a Clear AI Strategy
Following security alerts about the OpenClaw open-source agent project, an official from the Chongqing tax authority's information center wrote that tax departments need a clear AI strategy, not a simple use-or-not choice. The article proposes three principles: choose application scenarios carefully, using AI for audit case selection, risk scanning and document proofreading but not for directly generating conclusions affecting taxpayer rights; manage authorization strictly under least-privilege rules with human confirmation for operational actions; and control output boundaries, sticking to official language for policy explanations and routing uncertain questions to human channels to prevent AI hallucinations from causing misinterpretation.
Will AI Empowered Tax Services Open a New Era of Industry Change?
On July 18, the Shanghai Certified Tax Agents Association hosted an AI empowerment launch event attended by nearly 100 tax firms. PwC unveiled its AI Tax+ solution with three tools: a tax risk control platform, a transfer pricing assistant, and an overseas compliance assistant, compressing hours of work into minutes. PwC's global CEO survey suggests tax functions can cut costs 50-60% long-term with AI. The industry believes repetitive tax work will be taken over by AI as digital tax administration matures, shifting competition from headcount to computing power and professional insight.
Tianjin Tax Launches Smart Tax-Source Sensing System for Data-Driven Administration
Tianjin tax authorities launched a smart tax-source sensing system that unifies six management scenarios, including registration, sole proprietors, invoice quotas, and filing, enabling frontline staff to identify anomalies automatically, generate recommendations, and build risk profiles.
Nanshan Tax Deploys AI Assistant and Cuts Service Wait Time to Two Minutes
Nanshan tax authorities deployed an AI large-model assistant in the e-tax interaction module, using guided Q&A and solution recommendations to improve consultation triage, cut average wait time to two minutes, and raise resolution rates to 89 percent.
Shanghai Putuo Tax Launches Digital Human IP for Smarter Consultation and Risk Alerts
Shanghai Putuo tax authorities launched the digital human IP Taxiaoxing, combining intelligent consultation, policy interpretation, and risk alerts in one service design and extending tax outreach toward sustained smart interaction scenarios.
State Grid Jiangsu Power wins top national award for tax digitalization practice
State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power's project, Strategic Path and Innovative Practice of Tax Digitalization Transformation under Full E-Invoice Reform, won a first-class award in the 2025 China Enterprise Reform and Development Outstanding Achievements selection. Building on the full digital e-invoice pilot, the company created an internal-external dual-loop digital tax system on a finance-mid-platform plus smart applications foundation: lifecycle digital control of invoices, business-event-driven intelligent tax filing, and real-time risk interception through comparison of business, invoice and capital flows. Big data, AI and cloud computing are being applied to transform the tax function from accounting to strategic support.
Tax benefits push enterprises toward digital-intelligent transformation
The tax bureau of Quzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone set up a dedicated policy team for enterprises undergoing intelligent and digital transformation, organizing eight policy instruments including R&D super-deductions and high-tech enterprise tax benefits. Jusu Chemical runs 13,000 networked industrial devices under AI-algorithm scheduling, invested 38 million yuan in informatization over three years and enjoyed 78 million yuan in R&D super-deductions. Yidao New Energy achieved 100 percent AI-based inspection at key posts, with bureau help on equipment-upgrade credits and a 140 million yuan export tax refund. Jinhua New Materials cut digital workshop operating costs by 35 percent; 23 firms have completed intelligent upgrades via the bureau's platform.
Hechi: leveraging tax power to help enterprises go smart
Driven by the AI wave, Hechi's tax authorities are using dynamic risk control, tax credit applications and precise policy push to deepen AI integration with the real economy. Bama Probiotics introduced an AI fermentation control system, with the tax bureau's Laogeng Studio using tax big data to help standardize its R&D ledgers and clear fixed-asset tax risks. Nanfang Nonferrous Metals deployed smart cranes and unmanned weighbridges; through smart policy matching, the bureau helped it standardize R&D cost accounting and enjoy 71.95 million yuan in R&D super-deductions, enabling a 700,000-ton slag treatment project to start production. Hechi now has one provincial-level intelligent manufacturing benchmark firm, seven smart factories and seven digital workshops.
Deqing tax bureau uses tax benefits to fuel AI-plus innovation
Deqing's tax authorities are actively channeling policy benefits to the AI-plus industry. Xianfeng Agriculture connected its seedling-raising models to DeepSeek and built a smart seedling factory, with tax incentives from equipment-update policies lifting seedling efficiency by 20 percent and cutting per-mu costs by 50 yuan. The Moganshan AI film studio received over 4 million yuan in projected tax benefits with bureau support, and Huamai Robotics, maker of palm-sized AI chips, got one-on-one follow-up service. Tax data is also used to profile AI chip and robot firms for precise policy delivery.
Tax incentives empower AI tech, speeding up industrial transformation
After Yueqing was selected as one of the first pilot areas for AI-empowered manufacturing in Zhejiang Province, the local tax bureau rolled out a policy-guidance, compliance-safeguard and precision-service model for AI companies. Dongnan Electronics solved a longstanding micro switch feel-detection problem with an AI large model, tripling detection speed, with the tax bureau helping it claim about 240,000 yuan in R&D super-deduction. Jinka Intelligence trained vertical models on DeepSeek, and Jinhong Electric cut R&D cycles by over 30 percent using AI simulation.
Ganzhou Federation of Industry and Commerce Holds Lecture on AI-Era Tax and Finance Upgrade
On August 25, the Ganzhou Federation of Industry and Commerce held its sixth Non-Public Economy Lecture Hall of 2026. Certified tax consultant Wang Herong delivered a talk on top-level tax and finance design for entrepreneurs in the AI era, attended by over 200 business leaders and accounting staff. Attendees said the session combined theory with practical cases and helped clarify their questions on tax compliance, offering guidance for improving tax and finance management and mitigating business risks.
PolyU and TaxChina Launch Joint Tax AI Center for Smarter Finance-Tax Services
PolyU and TaxChina have launched a joint tax AI research center focused on vertical models, federated learning, and real tax-service applications to advance smarter finance-and-tax services.
Shanghai Tax Services Embed Compliance Guidance into AI Industry Growth
Shanghai tax authorities are providing detailed guidance on R&D collection, cost accounting, and policy use for AI companies, embedding tax services into the growth path of innovation firms.
Shanghai 12366 Upgrades Tax Consultation with Multilingual AI-Assisted Service
Shanghai's 12366 hotline combines multilingual agents, real-time language conversion, and high connection rates, showing tax smart-consultation is maturing into a stable service system.
Guangdong SMEs Use Lightweight Digital Tools to Build Small but Effective Tax Compliance
SMEs in Guangdong are embedding AI, big data, and integrated finance-tax tools into R&D, invoicing, filing, and risk control so tax compliance can move upstream at lower cost.
Spring Tax Service Measures Land as AI Assistants and Dual-Track Services Scale Up
Tax authorities are rolling out AI Q&A assistants, 24/7 taxpayer interaction services, and mobile upgrades together, linking smart consultation, human collaboration, and process efficiency in one digital filing chain.
Zhejiang Publishes Digital Economy Tax Compliance Cases and Reports Smart Tax Assistant Results
Zhejiang is combining smart tax consultation agents, data-linked tax platforms, and automated R&D deduction allocation so digital economy companies can connect intelligent Q&A, internal control collaboration, and risk alerts in one compliance system.
Liaoning Tax Authorities Use Full-Process Compliance Services to Support Smart Manufacturing Upgrades
Liaoning tax authorities are providing upfront guidance on R&D cost allocation, smart-factory accounting, and tax-credit risk alerts, tying project construction, expense management, and risk control into one digital compliance chain.
Zhaoqing Tax Authorities Strengthen Tax Source Awareness with Grid Management and Digital Tools
Zhaoqing tax authorities are combining grid teams, external coordination points, and risk-monitoring models to connect tax-source discovery, industry comparison, and case handling in one digital governance chain.
Guangdong SMEs Use Digital Tools to Build Lean but Effective Tax Compliance
SMEs in Guangdong are using e-commerce compliance checks, digital R&D cost allocation, and finance-tax integration tools to shift risk control forward and cut filing and bookkeeping costs.
Putuo Tax Advances Coordinated Inquiry and Filing Through the Xinshuitong Digital Service Platform
Putuo tax authorities used the Xinshuitong digital service platform to combine intelligent policy search, online visual Q and A, coordinated seat support, and compliance guidance in one smart service workflow.
Zhuhai Tax Uses Tax Data and Intelligent Tools to Drive Digital Compliance Transformation
Zhuhai tax authorities combined tax-data profiling, compliance reviews, and finance-tax integration guidance to connect policy delivery, risk control, and data governance in one enterprise support chain.
Tianjin Dongjiang Tax Uses One-Click Coordinated Consultation to Improve Tax Service for Businesses
Tianjin Dongjiang tax authorities integrated business-registration and tax consultation into a one-click workflow that combines single sign-on, precise routing, record sharing, and joint cross-department support.
Lianyungang Tax Uses a Smart Sentry Platform to Calibrate Cultivated Land Tax Policy
Lianyungang tax authorities use a smart sentry platform to calibrate cultivated land tax policy, linking joint departmental review, tax calculation, and field verification in one digital-control mechanism.
Tax Authorities Use the Foundation Program to Build Smart Filing and Policy Loops
Tax authorities are using the foundation program to build smart filing and policy loops, connecting automated prefilling, smart review, and targeted policy delivery on one digital governance base.
Nanjing Tax Embeds Smart Prefill and Review Into Foreign Reinvestment Services
Nanjing tax authorities embed smart prefill and review into foreign reinvestment services, linking policy targeting, online filing, and compliance guidance in one digital workflow.
Shenyang Tax Strengthens Policy-Application Risk Control With Point-Line-Surface Data Screening
Shenyang tax authorities are strengthening policy-application risk control with point-line-surface data screening that combines rule-based checks, business-penetration analysis, industry profiling, and cross-department coordination in one risk-governance mechanism.
Suqian Tax Embeds Digital Thinking Across Grassroots Administration and Taxpayer Interaction
Suqian tax authorities are embedding digital thinking across grassroots administration and taxpayer interaction by linking automated scans, proactive policy delivery, dual-track services, and cross-department data governance into one digital-upgrade chain.
Tianjin Tax Uses Digital Monitoring and Filing Self-Checks to Support Commercial Space Compliance
Tianjin tax authorities are supporting commercial-space compliance with digital monitoring and filing self-checks that combine internal ledger validation, risk scanning, and cross-tax self-inspection into a closed loop.
Inner Mongolia Tax Uses Large Models to Improve Tax Risk Management and Review Quality
Inner Mongolia tax authorities are using large models to improve risk management and review quality by linking rule mapping, script generation, quality checks, and frontline verification into one intelligent risk-control workflow.
Jiangsu Tax Strengthens Large-Enterprise Compliance With Group Credit Governance and Digital Validation
Jiangsu tax authorities strengthened large-enterprise compliance through group credit governance and digital validation, linking internal-control guidance, credit warnings, and system-based checks.
Guangzhou Tax Strengthens Non-Tax Compliance With Three Mechanisms and an Informatized Module
Guangzhou tax authorities strengthened non-tax compliance with three mechanisms and an informatized module, combining alerts, escalated coordination, and data analysis in one digital governance framework.
Tianjin Tax Uses Tax Big Data for Targeted Response to Influencer Income-Tax Risks
Tianjin tax authorities used tax big data to identify influencer income-tax risks, linking detection, message alerts, phone guidance, and corrective filing into one digital governance workflow.
Taizhou Tax Uses Digital Risk Control as a Tax-Risk Radar for Export Shipbuilders
Taizhou tax authorities built a digital risk-control radar for export shipbuilders, linking data scans, indicator alerts, and two-way verification in one export rebate safety mechanism.
Nanjing Tax Builds an International Tax AI Knowledge Base for Cross-Border Source Supervision
Nanjing tax authorities built an international tax AI knowledge base for cross-border source supervision, combining public-information retrieval, initial risk screening, and transaction-level analysis in one human-machine workflow.
Binjiang Tax in Zhejiang Uses Smart Tax Chain Scenarios to Raise Administration Efficiency
Binjiang tax authorities in Zhejiang are using Smart Tax Chain scenarios to raise administration efficiency by connecting grid assignment, cancellation review, and filing correction in one intelligent administration system.
Panyu Tax in Guangdong Uses a Smart Prediction Platform to Move Tax Services Upstream
Panyu tax authorities in Guangdong are using a smart prediction platform to move tax services upstream, linking preventive handling, counter dispatching, and risk identification in one digital service chain.
Zhejiang Tax Advances AI Risk Management and Smart Review Through Innovation Projects
Zhejiang tax authorities are advancing AI risk management and smart review through innovation projects, bringing risk inspection, settlement review, and data-based supervision into one smart-governance testbed.
Tianjin Tax Improves Administration Efficiency with Tax Digital Humans and Smart Self-Checks
Tianjin tax authorities are improving administration efficiency with tax digital humans and smart self-checks, linking filing validation, tax-source management, and risk response in one digital governance chain.
Jiangsu Tax Builds a Settlement Compliance Loop with Smart Checkups and Smart Review
Jiangsu tax authorities are building a settlement compliance loop with smart checkups and smart review, connecting policy guidance, risk alerts, and filing correction into one end-to-end management chain.
Jiangsu Tax Uses Smart Review and Risk Checkups to Improve Settlement Compliance
Jiangsu tax authorities are improving settlement compliance with smart review and risk checkups, linking policy targeting, filing validation, and risk screening in one digital management chain.
Tax Service Demand Governance Uses Large Models to Move Toward Preventive Handling
Tax service demand governance is using large models to move toward preventive handling by placing demand clustering, issue warning, and process governance into one intelligent analysis framework.
Inner Mongolia Tax Uses Large Models to Improve Tax Risk Management Efficiency
Inner Mongolia tax authorities are using large models to improve tax risk management efficiency by connecting model generation, script development, quality review, and risk inspection in one digital workflow.
Shanghai Tax Service Firms Focus on AI-Driven Upgrades for Tax Services
Shanghai tax service firms focused on AI-driven tax-service upgrades, discussing process efficiency, risk control, and collaboration with professional judgment.
Beihai Tax Builds an Intelligent Model to Address Tax Risks in the Medical Aesthetics Industry
Beihai tax authorities built an intelligent model for medical-aesthetics tax risks, combining item identification, policy judgment, and risk control in one analytical workflow.
Zhejiang Tax Outlines a Large-Model Upgrade Plan for 12366 Intelligent Response
Zhejiang tax authorities disclosed a large-model upgrade plan for 12366 intelligent response, linking voice navigation, data support, and application integration in one service-upgrade track.
2026 Spring Tax Service Action Calls for Exploring a Tax AI Large Model
The 2026 Spring Tax Service Action calls for exploring a tax AI large model and making intelligent consultation part of this year's key digital-service measures.
Zhuhai Tax Uses Data Governance and AI Tools to Drive Digital Compliance
Zhuhai tax authorities are using data governance and AI tools to drive digital compliance by linking invoice alerts, tax guidance, and finance-tax integration upgrades.
More Than 100 Million Service Requests Are Driving System Upgrades in Tax Services
More than 100 million service requests are pushing tax services from case-by-case response toward system upgrades, with authorities turning demand into rule harmonization, process optimization, and platform improvements.
Tax Data Reflects Guangdong Robot Industry's Acceleration in Climbing Higher and Pursuing Innovation
Latest tax data from Guangdong Provincial Tax Service shows that in 2025, Guangdong's robot industry-related product sales revenue exceeded 140.4 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 8.4% over three years. Industrial robot output has ranked first nationwide for six consecutive years, accounting for nearly 45% of the national total, with over 12,400 enterprises. The province has built a complete industrial chain from core components to manufacturing and application scenarios.
Anshan Tax Brings Export Tax Guidance to Smart Platform Businesses
Anshan tax authorities provided early guidance for a smart pet-trading platform entering export markets, moving cross-border payment, invoice, and rebate compliance checks ahead of expansion.
Tax Data Shows Guangdong Robotics Moving Up the Value Chain
Guangdong tax data shows robotics sales and tax revenue rising together, with faster growth in core components and systems integration, making tax data a useful lens on AI and robotics upgrades.
Kaihua Tax Uses Digital Taskforces and Risk Alerts for Transformation
Kaihua tax authorities formed digital support taskforces and used tax big-data platforms plus tailored guidance to link policy delivery, R&D accounting, and risk alerts into a transformation support loop.
Taxpayer-Service AI Assistants Are Expanding Beyond Q&A
A China Tax News research article reviews AI applications in consultation, smart prefilling, risk alerts, and targeted policy delivery, showing tax AI assistants moving toward full-workflow support.
AI Is Moving into the Full Cross-Border Tax Governance Chain
A China Tax News article argues for applying AI to cross-border tax data governance, risk control, intelligent service, and multilateral coordination, showing a shift from experience-based handling to data-driven support.
Tianjin Tax Data Shows Fast Growth in AI-Related Industries
Tianjin tax-invoice data shows AI-related industrial chains are growing faster than the broader economy, highlighting tax data as a useful window into AI sector momentum.
Nanjing Tax Explores an AI Plus Tax Service Model
Nanjing tax authorities are building an AI-plus-tax service model for artificial-intelligence enterprises, combining policy delivery, risk prevention, and faster tax handling.
Tax Smart Reach Provides Targeted Support for Nanxi River Tourism Boom
As summer tourism peaks along the Nanxi River, Yongjia County Tax Bureau deployed its 'Tax Smart Reach' intelligent service system to support travel agencies and scenic area operators. The system provides self-service tax terminals, remote consultation channels, and proactive risk screening. With a closed-loop 'front-end self-service + back-end specialist support' model, it streamlines tax procedures and frees businesses to focus on visitor services and business innovation.
Audit Fraud Detection Tax Coverage: Lixin Equips Accounting Industry with Three AI Assistants
Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, together with Lixin CPA Firm and Shanghai Lianyuan Technology, launched three AI agents: an intelligent audit assistant addressing LLM hallucination issues in auditing, a financial fraud detection multi-agent system combining large models with knowledge graphs, and a comprehensive accounting-tax AI agent reconstructing expert workflows for CPAs and tax professionals, rolling out across five core pilot scenarios.
Servyou's Steady Growth: Tax AI Agents Building a Moat in Vertical Scenarios
Servyou reported 2025 annual revenue of RMB 2.054 billion with 21% net profit growth, alongside accelerating Q1 2026 momentum. AI-driven upgrades are reshaping its digital tax business toward higher-value services, with AI product collections up 60% YoY. The Xiyou AI platform continues to evolve around vertical domain models and agent applications, accumulating a comprehensive tax knowledge graph. Its AI agents support over 20 functions. The platform now serves 11.8 million active enterprise users.
Servyou Hits Daily Limit Up on July 30: AI-Driven Tax Services, Profit Growth, and High Dividends
Servyou shares hit the daily limit up on July 30, 2026, driven by strong fundamentals in the AI-driven tax services sector. The company reported 21% net profit growth in 2025, with AI product collections up 60% YoY, accounting for 28% of its digital tax business. Servyou's Xiyou AI platform powers over 20 intelligent tax functions including automated filing and compliance review.
Tax Agent Industry: AI Empowerment Requires Substance Beyond the Hype
China Taxation News reports that the China Certified Tax Agents Association launched a national AI empowerment skills competition for tax professional services, promoting deep integration of AI technology. CCTAA Vice President Zheng Jiangping emphasized that AI+ implementation is key to high-quality industry development, while cautioning practitioners to maintain professional judgment, avoid over-reliance on AI, and stay vigilant against AI hallucination risks.
Nanjing Tax Authorities Empower Embodied AI Industry Growth
Nanjing tax bureau uses big data screening, targeted policy delivery, and door-to-door visits to serve embodied AI enterprises. Zhongke Aosen saved over 600k RMB in 2025 via R&D super-deduction. Nanda Electronics has deployed nearly 1,500 intelligent service robots. Tax authorities also introduced streamlined online processing to reduce compliance costs.
Changzhou Zhonglou: Installing Tax "Smart Eyes" at Gas Stations
Changzhou Zhonglou District Tax Bureau deployed AI video recognition at gas stations to capture vehicle data and estimate fuel sales for comparison with declared revenue. Six private gas stations have voluntarily paid 7.1 million yuan in back taxes, with cross-department data sharing enabled.
Guangxi Tax Invoice Data Shows AI Moving Deeper into Frontline Manufacturing
Industrial tax and invoicing data from Guangxi shows AI, IoT, digital twins, and visual inspection lifting output, delivery performance, and tax contribution, reinforcing tax invoices as a base for tracking smart-manufacturing growth.
Smart Tax Services and Leqi Connectivity Expand in the Canton Fair Ecosystem
Tax authorities in Guangdong are extending online export refunds, intelligent tax bots, AI media anchors, self-service departure-tax-refund issuance, and Leqi integration in the Canton Fair ecosystem, turning event support into digital tax infrastructure.
AI Empowers Accounting Reform: Finance Ministry Sets New Paradigm for Intelligent Finance in the 15th Five-Year Plan
At WAIC 2026, China's Ministry of Finance announced plans to advance integrated intelligent accounting systems during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. Currently only 10.87% of enterprises have achieved full intelligent transformation, facing bottlenecks in technology adaptation, data silos, cross-departmental coordination, and talent shortages. CPA Australia noted Chinese enterprises lead the Asia-Pacific region in AI integration.
AI Reshapes Corporate Finance: From Data Recording to Business Decision-Making, Preventing AI Hallucinations Is Key
At the 2026 WAIC Intelligent Finance Forum, experts noted that AI is shifting finance from retrospective bookkeeping to business decision support. A survey by Shanghai National Accounting Institute shows automation leads in accounting and expense reporting, but demand for business-finance integration far exceeds current capabilities. Over 70% of enterprises face cross-departmental collaboration barriers. AI hallucinations in payment, accounting, and tax processes pose compliance risks.
Taxing AI Workers? The Global Debate on AI Labor Taxation
OpenAI's new report on industrial policy in the intelligent era reignites the debate on taxing AI. Unlike traditional proposals targeting corporate or capital gains taxes, the report suggests taxing AI workers at rates comparable to human employees in the same roles. The article traces the history of this idea from Bill Gates and Geoffrey Hinton, and analyzes AI's systemic impact on income tax, consumption tax, and fiscal expenditure.
Tax Data Shows China’s Embodied AI Sector Is Developing Well Overall
Tax data released by the State Taxation Administration shows embodied AI sales keeping up strong momentum in the first five months of the year, with growth spreading across hardware, algorithms, software, and system integration.
Tax Incentives Are Accelerating the Growth of Embodied AI
Tax data shows embodied AI maintaining strong growth, and Beijing Haidian tax authorities are embedding R&D deductions, proactive policy delivery, and outbound-compliance guidance into the sector’s innovation and commercialization chain.
Nansha Launches a Service Zone for OPC One-Person Companies
Nansha has packaged company setup, tax and social-insurance procedures, incentive access, and cross-border data-compliance support into a dedicated OPC zone so AI-native one-person companies can register quickly while building compliance capacity from day one.
Changzhou Zhonglou: Installing Tax AI Smart Eyes at Gas Stations
The Zhonglou District Tax Bureau in Changzhou deployed lightweight video transmission plus AI recognition technology at 32 gas stations, building a closed-loop system from data collection to risk response. Six private gas stations voluntarily paid 710 million yuan in back taxes, and one station was caught underreporting daily revenue by over 1 million yuan. The low-cost, replicable solution is being promoted as a model for industry regulation.
Tax Data Shows AI Is Lifting Industrial and Information-Service Growth in Shandong
Tax data released in Shandong shows AI is lifting invoiced sales in industrial robots, industrial control, and information-technology services, reinforcing tax data as a core base for tracking AI commercialization.
The Rise of AI One-Person Companies Is Creating New Tax Compliance Questions
Reporting on AI-enabled one-person companies shows Shenzhen Longgang combining compute support, incubator services, and tax compliance guidance so founders build proper account, invoicing, and filing practices alongside high-efficiency production.
Tax Data Shows Rapid Growth of Tianjin's AI-Related Industry Chain
Tianjin tax bureau invoice data shows the city's new-generation IT industry chain sales revenue grew 8.9% YoY in H1 2026, with the AI sub-chain up 23.7% and IC sub-chain up 18.7%. Computing power and signal infrastructure surged, with lithium battery manufacturing up 96.8% and fiber optic cable up 60.2%. The semiconductor sector was the clear beneficiary, with server-assembly-related computer manufacturing up 110.5%.
Jiangsu Tax Practice: Building a Supply-Demand-Management-Usage Big Data Governance System
Jiangsu Provincial Tax Service built a comprehensive big data governance system that processes 130 million data records daily with over 90% self-sufficiency. Their AI-powered Zhi series products, built on a tax-domain vertical AI large model, won recognition as a 2025 Jiangsu Cyber Strong Province outstanding practice. The system covers six product lines including intelligent governance, services, review, assessment, management, and analysis, achieving over 90% correction accuracy.
Tax Data Shows Continued Fast Growth in the Embodied AI Industry
Tax authorities say embodied AI industry revenue kept growing quickly in the first five months of the year, showing tax data is becoming a core information base for tracking AI manufacturing and integration growth.
Suzhou Wujiang Tax Bureau Builds a 24-7 AI Service Matrix
A public Wujiang tax interview says its interaction platform now uses AI customer service, knowledge bases, precision outreach, and taxpayer profiling to form an around-the-clock online tax service system.
Should Robots Be Taxed? ChatGPT and Tax Experts Debate AI Tax Governance
As ChatGPT sparks debate on robot taxation, Chinese tax experts analyze AI's impact on tax governance. Some scholars suggest symbolic robot taxation while others urge comprehensive study. Globally, no country has implemented a dedicated robot tax, though South Korea has explored reducing tax incentives for automation equipment.
Tianjin Tax Bureau Deploys AI Chatbot 'Shui Bao' for 24/7 Intelligent Tax Consultation
Tianjin Tax Bureau launched 'Shui Bao,' an AI-powered intelligent response robot providing voice-interactive, 24/7 tax consultation across all channels. Its knowledge base includes 16,000 standard Q&As and 144,000 extended Q&As, having already served 842,200 consultations across web, mobile, and hotline channels.
Guangzhou Panyu Tax Bureau Builds AI Perception Platform for Predictive Tax Services
Guangzhou Panyu District Tax Bureau launched the DA Yu Tax Perception Platform, leveraging big data to dynamically monitor and intelligently analyze tax service processes. Since deployment, average wait times dropped 33%, resource utilization increased over 62%, and over 7,000 taxpayer needs were proactively predicted.
A Tax Service Industry Conference Names Digital and AI Enablement as the Next Transformation Path
The 2026 TFEC tax service ecosystem conference said compliance is the baseline and digital AI enablement is the future, showing tax service firms moving AI from experimentation into core transformation strategy.
Tax Authorities Renew the Spring Campaign and Push Forward AI Service Exploration
A China Tax Daily report says the 2026 Spring Campaign continues to make tax AI large models, intelligent consultation, and smart prefill key service priorities.
Tax Data Shows Guangdong Robot Industry Accelerating Upmarket Growth
Guangdong tax data shows robot-related product sales exceeding 140.4 billion yuan, with growth across parts, whole machines, and systems integration, making tax data a key lens on AI and robotics upgrading.
Integrating Digital Thinking into Every Step of Grassroots Tax Administration
China Tax News published an article on digital transformation pathways for county-level tax authorities. The piece notes grassroots tax work evolving from labor-intensive to smart tax systems, with Golden Tax enabling automated scanning, smart calculation, and AI-driven policy matching. Suqian achieved 310,000 interactions at 97.82% success rate.
Tax Governance Is Becoming a Core Topic in Global AI Rulemaking
Tax governance is becoming a deeper part of global AI rulemaking. A signed China Tax Daily article argues that changes in global minimum tax, cross-border data, and permanent establishment rules are pushing AI companies into a more structured phase of international tax compliance and allocation.
Yuhang Tax Bureau Supports Embodied AI Firms Going Global with Full-Cycle Compliance
Yuhang tax authorities are supporting embodied AI companies with full-cycle compliance services. The work links R&D accounting guidance and export tax support to the growth and overseas expansion of firms in AI vision and intelligent inspection robotics.
Tax Data Shows Guangdong Robot Industry Accelerating Upmarket Growth
Tax data from Guangdong shows rapid growth in the local robot industry, with related product sales exceeding 140.4 billion yuan. The figures suggest that expansion across components, whole machines, and systems integration is turning AI and robotics momentum into a broader manufacturing upgrade.
Shenzhen Tax Uses AI Tagging to Improve Tax Service Response Accuracy
Shenzhen tax authorities are using AI tagging and large-model analysis to improve how taxpayer requests are handled. The approach targets frequent issues such as digital invoice quota requests and shifts service from passive handling to more precise response.
Guangzhou: Tax Policy Dividends Accelerate Smart Manufacturing Innovation
At the 139th Canton Fair, Guangzhou tax authorities provided targeted support for exhibiting companies. Dongyi AI Technology showcased the world's first autonomous badminton-playing humanoid robot, built on a Robot for AI philosophy with full-stack self-developed hardware and software. Tax officials guide AI and robotics firms on R&D expense super-deductions.
From Industrial to Humanoid Robots: Tax Policies Empower Dongguan Manufacturing Hub
Dongguan is home to over 7,000 robot-related enterprises, ranking third nationally. The Dongguan Tax Bureau recently issued measures to support manufacturing innovation, focusing on AI, low-altitude economy, robotics, and smart terminals. Dongguan-made components have been used in humanoid robots by Honor and the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center.
China State Taxation Administration Launches 2026 Spring Breeze Campaign, Plans Tax AI Large Model
China's State Taxation Administration issued the 2026 Spring Breeze Campaign guidelines. The key highlight is the plan to explore building a tax AI large model, using massive tax data and policy texts to pilot intelligent consulting services. Other digital initiatives include upgrading smart tax filing, expanding AI-powered pre-filling, and launching a HarmonyOS version of the individual income tax app.
Tax Data Shows Faster AI Commercialization in the Embodied Intelligence Sector
Tax data shows faster commercialization in embodied intelligence. A Shandong tax news brief cited State Taxation Administration data showing strong growth in early 2026 across robot hardware, AI software integration, and system applications.
Shandong Tax Bureau Uses AI Animation for Shareable Tax Risk Education
Shandong tax authorities turned tax-risk warnings into a shareable AI animation case. Public reporting says the bureau used an AI-produced animation to present tax evasion tricks and legal consequences in a format designed for broader communication and education.
Suining Tax Bureau Plans AI Upgrades for Response, Policy Matching, and Risk Alerts
Suining tax authorities plan to use AI to improve request handling, policy matching, and risk alerts. After building a grid-plus-studio service model, the bureau said its next step is to deepen intelligent tax service with AI-supported analysis and warning capabilities.
Lianyungang Tax Bureau Expands AI Tax Services and Builds a Digital Host
Lianyungang tax authorities are expanding AI-based service scenarios and developing a digital host called Tax Xiaolian. The article says nearly 50 service scenarios now include smart checks, auto-prefill, and filing quality evaluation, while online support is being upgraded with AI-assisted guidance.
Xiamen Tax Team Adds AI Tools and Smart Supervision to Staff Training
Xiamen tax officials added AI tool practice and a smart supervision model to youth training. The report shows the bureau combined cross-team training, data skills, and a property-tax supervision model to turn digital learning into practical tax service capability.
Tax Evasion Tricks Increasingly Foiled by Data-Driven Tax Governance
On July 10, 2026, tax authorities across multiple provinces exposed seven cases of tax evasion by internet celebrities and online stores. China's data-driven tax governance system powered by big data and AI analytics has entered a new phase of legalized supervision. Under the newly implemented VAT Law, influencers concealing income face retroactive taxation at higher rates.
When AI Turns One-Person Companies into Superhuman Companies
A China Tax News reporter found that more entrepreneurs in Shenzhen Longgang are running companies solo with AI agents. The district built 54 OPC communities. The local tax bureau set up mobile guidance stations in the parks for invoicing and bookkeeping, with big data risk monitoring.
Jilin Tax Big Data Reveals AI-Driven Economic Growth in H1 2026
Jilin tax authorities used VAT invoice big data to analyze H1 2026 economic performance. AI integration with the real economy is accelerating: industrial robot manufacturing sales rose 27.81% YoY, smart wearable device manufacturing grew 27.27%, and software development alongside internet information services maintained double-digit growth. New energy vehicle manufacturing sales surged 143.04%. Tax big data confirms the rapid cultivation of new quality productive forces in Jilin province.
Tax Perspective: How Private Enterprises Are Moving Forward with AI-Powered Tax Services
On the first anniversary of China's Private Economy Promotion Law, tax authorities across multiple provinces are leveraging AI and big data to support private enterprises. Guangdong uses tax big data for enterprise health checks and targeted policy delivery. Zhejiang launched an AI-powered 'tax consultation intelligent agent' achieving 92% answer accuracy. Jiangsu streamlined business-type conversion procedures with ongoing support. Shandong built a tax-credit financing pool providing 6.8 billion yuan in loans to over 3,000 small businesses. Nationwide, tax incentives for sci-tech innovation exceeded 2 trillion yuan in 2025, with private firms accounting for over 92% of high-tech enterprises.
Tax Big Data Shows Manufacturing Upgrade Accelerating in Eastern, Western and Northern Guangdong
Latest tax big data from Guangdong Provincial Tax Service shows manufacturing in the province's less-developed eastern, western and northern regions is accelerating its transformation. The number of manufacturing enterprises rose to 79,900 in 2025, with tax revenue share jumping from 21% to 51%. R&D investment is growing faster in traditional sectors like non-ferrous metals and petrochemicals than in high-tech manufacturing. Digital service procurement increased nearly 60% over five years, and pollution control investment grew 43%. Local supply chain integration reached 42%, signaling emerging industrial clusters.
Shanghai tax bureau says its vertical large model consultation service is approaching ninety percent accuracy
Shanghai tax authorities say they have upgraded intelligent consultation with a tax specific large model that reaches 89.7 percent answer accuracy, while also combining data analytics and multilingual interpretation for cross border tax services.
The State Taxation Administration formally advances tax large models and intelligent consultation in the Spring Action plan
The 2026 Spring Action plan from the State Taxation Administration explicitly calls for tax large models, pilot intelligent consultation services, smarter prefill, cross tax validation, and pay and invoice scenarios, signaling a formal upgrade of tax informatization toward intelligent services.
Tax authorities embed into future industry innovation chains for sectors such as brain computer interfaces
A China Tax News front page report shows tax authorities working alongside science and industry agencies to support brain computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, 6G, and other future industries with R and D incentive guidance, coordinated answers, and compliance support.
Panyu Tax Bureau's DA Yu Smart Tax Perception Platform Predicts Taxpayer Needs
Guangzhou Panyu Tax Bureau's DA Yu Smart Tax Perception Platform monitors and predicts taxpayer needs in real time, with 7,000+ proactive interventions across 16 categories. Dynamic scheduling cut wait times by 33% and boosted window utilization by 62%.
Qinzhou Tax Authorities Empower Enterprise AI Transformation Through Targeted Policies
Qinzhou tax authorities in Guangxi are actively supporting the local AI+ initiative by delivering targeted tax incentives. A display manufacturer using AI quality inspection achieved 98%+ yield rate while benefiting from 3.4 million yuan in tax deductions. A dairy leader received over 6.3 million yuan in R&D deductions. Dedicated tax liaison officers provide customized guidance to help enterprises maximize policy benefits for AI-driven transformation.
Jiangsu Tax Bureau's Supply-Manage-Use Big Data Governance System
China Tax Report covers Jiangsu tax authorities' big data governance system, pooling 130 million daily data entries with over 90% self-supply. Smart analytics tools enable zero-code data exploration, self-serve modeling, and autonomous analysis. The bureau aims to deepen digital transformation through intelligent data governance.
Yuhang tax authority supports embodied AI companies with full cycle compliance services
Yuhang tax authorities are offering company specific guidance and risk alerts for embodied AI firms across R and D, financing, equity incentives, and cross border operations, showing tax services adapting to the full lifecycle of AI hardware innovators.
Tianjin tax authority connects AI avatars and intelligent consultation across the full tax service chain
Tianjin tax authorities are using AI in hotline consultation, round the clock digital avatar support, smart filing validation, and cross agency data sharing, showing local tax informatization moving from isolated tools to coordinated end to end service and administration.
Guangdong: Reshaping Tax and Fee Service Experience Through Efficient One-Stop Processing
Guangdong tax authorities have rolled out a series of smart service upgrades, transforming tax processing from multi-window paper-based workflows to integrated one-stop digital services with cross-border capabilities. AI-powered auto-verification and smart pre-fill have significantly reduced filing errors. Cross-department collaboration now enables single-window processing for social security and medical insurance matters, while cross-border services between Guangdong and Macau allow Macau residents to handle social security matters online.
China Tax News proposes embedding AI across the full chain of cross border tax governance
China Tax News says AI should be embedded across the full chain of cross border tax governance and combined with data management, graded risk control, Tax Road services, and international coordination in one intelligent operating framework.
Suqian tax authority uses AI recognition and GIS linkage to improve property tax governance
Suqian tax authorities are using AI, geographic information systems, and cross agency data exchange in property related tax management, pushing more than four thousand risk clues to enterprises and identifying an estimated 10.34 million yuan in additional tax.
Guangdong: One-Window, Online, and Smart Tax Services Enhance Taxpayer Experience
Guangdong tax authorities have rolled out a series of taxpayer-friendly service upgrades. Cross-department joint windows streamline high-frequency services like equity changes and social insurance into single-stop processing. Cross-border social insurance services for Macau residents are now fully online, cutting processing time by over 80%. Smart tax filing features including automatic environmental tax calculation and cross-tax-category verification have served nearly 400,000 taxpayers, significantly improving approval rates.
Wuxi Tax Bureau's 14th Five-Year Review: Digital Transformation Strengthens Administration
Wuxi's tax bureau reviewed its 14th Five-Year Plan achievements in digital transformation, including e-invoicing and an intelligent tax-law information exchange platform. Through tax-enterprise partnerships, it helped 57 enterprises and 5 key industries strengthen compliance. A court-tax cooperation mechanism enables online processing of judicial tax matters.
Guangdong Tax Authority Deepens Digital Foundation: Smart Declaration Verification and Data-Driven Administration
Guangdong's tax authority is advancing its digital foundation project with data-driven and rule-based administration methods. It pioneered smart declaration self-checking nationwide, completing cross-tax logic verification for over 169,000 taxpayer filings. Cross-department data sharing enables one-stop processing for business migration and other services.
Tax Policies Power Dongguan's Robot Industry: From Industrial to Humanoid Robots
Dongguan's tax bureau recently introduced measures supporting the AI and robotics sectors, with over 7,000 robot-related enterprises in the city. Industrial robot output grew 6.9% year-over-year. Key manufacturers like Niuger Intelligent Transmission supply joint actuators to premium robot supply chains. The city aims for a 100-billion-yuan robot industry cluster by 2027.
Wuxi tax authorities are using an AI digital host livestream to expand tax education scenarios
Wuxi tax authorities are using an AI digital host livestream to expand tax education scenarios. The city included AI digital tax lectures in its publicity month program, showing digital outreach moving into front end tax communication.
Heyuan tax authorities launched the AI digital avatar Amei to expand outreach and service touchpoints
Heyuan tax authorities launched the AI digital avatar Amei to expand outreach and service touchpoints. The tax publicity program uses the avatar alongside live service and legal education, showing AI moving into front-end taxpayer interaction.
Beijing Haidian tax officials entered the AI Origin community to run compliance outreach
Beijing Haidian tax officials entered the AI Origin community to run compliance outreach. The district bureau used a themed tax event for more than fifty enterprises to link AI industry growth with stronger tax compliance awareness.
Wuxi Tax Bureau Trains Young Officials in Digital Tax Governance
Wuxi Tax Bureau organized a digital transformation training program for over 50 young tax officials, covering AI in tax governance and fiscal reform. The program included hands-on workshops and scenario simulations to build practical data analysis skills for real-world tax challenges.
Shanxi Pilots Tax AI Large Model Advisory Service
Shanxi tax authority pilots an AI large model for intelligent tax advisory, making taxpayer consultation faster.
Nanjing Tax Office Supports AI Firm Mobvoi Growth
AI company Mobvoi relocated HQ to Nanjing in 2020, with the tax office proactively delivering R&D tax credit policies to support its growth.
Guangxi Aluminum Uses AI+Digital Twin for Smart Manufacturing
A Guangxi aluminum new material group built an AI-powered scheduling system with IoT and digital twin tech, boosting delivery rates from 82% to 96%.
Panjin: Using AI to Strengthen Gas Station Tax Supervision
The Panjin tax authority in Liaoning province is piloting an AI vision recognition system to monitor gas stations — using cameras to automatically detect license plates and refueling data, cross-checking with tax filings, and flagging inconsistencies.
Tax Data Shows China Embodied AI Industry Developing Strongly
China State Taxation Administration data shows the embodied AI industry grew 22.4% in revenue during Jan-May 2026, with robot manufacturing and AI algorithm segments each exceeding 24% growth. Industrial purchases of embodied AI robots surged 2.3x. Guangdong accounts for nearly 80% of the national market. Tax authorities pledged continued policy support.
Tianjin Eco-City tax officials are using a digital human to explain high-frequency tax questions
Tianjin Eco-City tax officials are using a digital human to explain high-frequency tax questions, combining annual hot-topic rankings with scenario-based guidance to help taxpayers spot common risk points earlier.
Putuo tax authorities launched a digital human IP to expand intelligent consultation and risk alerts
Putuo tax authorities launched a digital human IP for intelligent consultation and risk alerts, signaling that digital tax capabilities are moving from back-office systems into front-end taxpayer service touchpoints.
Tianjin tax authorities are improving administration efficiency with digital tax agents and an intelligent monitoring system
Tianjin tax authorities are linking digital tax agents, intelligent self-check functions, and a scenario-based data platform into one administration workflow, bringing AI into filing, risk control, and invoicing coordination.
Observers say AI in legal and tax work is nearing a scale-up inflection point
Experts at a Central University of Finance and Economics forum argued that 2025 could mark the first year of scaled AI adoption in legal and tax work, while warning that data security, regulatory updates, and accountability remain prerequisites.
AI tax models are starting to compress complex tax issues into executable options
A tax media report from an AI tax symposium shows large models quickly outlining workable methods for complex issues such as transfer pricing, indicating that intelligent tax consultation is reaching professional scenarios.
Fuel retail instant invoicing shows the next stage of tax digital coordination
China tax authorities are extending instant invoicing in fuel retail by connecting transaction data, the Leqi platform, and fully digital invoices in one workflow, showing a shift from isolated invoicing to real-time tax coordination and supervision.
Tax authorities formalize AI large models and intelligent consultation for 2026
China tax authorities put AI large models, intelligent consultation, smart prefilling, and cross-tax validation into the 2026 service action plan, signaling that AI is moving from concept work into frontline tax service capability building.
Guangdong expands smart tax services and direct invoicing links at the Canton Fair
Guangdong is expanding smart tax services and direct invoicing links at the Canton Fair through intelligent robots, AI media anchors, and self-service departure-tax-refund forms, improving consultation and invoicing efficiency while reinforcing compliance workflows.
Anhui uses digital invoices to drive end-to-end business-finance-tax integration
Anhui is using digital invoices, intelligent invoice quotas, and pre-guidance around the Leqi platform to connect issuance, delivery, and accounting steps and reduce manual work across business and finance systems.
Tax system sets 2026 plan for AI large models and intelligent consultation
The 2026 tax-service action plan calls for AI large models and intelligent consultation pilots, alongside continued upgrades to the e-tax system, mobile apps, intelligent prefill, and filing self-check functions.
University roundtable explores how AI enters tax and finance classrooms
A university roundtable on AI in tax and finance education said AI is becoming a powerful teaching assistant for source gathering, case design, data processing, and modeling, while policy verification, value guidance, and final professional judgment still require teachers.
Launch of E-archive and Export Rebate Solutions
Focused on archive compliance and rebate efficiency with end-to-end specialized capability modules.