General Administration of Customs: Support local governments in relying on comprehensive bonded zones to build bulk commodity sorting and storage and transportation bases, and carry out storage and distribution services for bulk commodities such as energy and minerals.

On April 17th, the General Office of the State Council forwarded a notification from the General Administration of Customs on "Several measures to promote the expansion and improvement of comprehensive bonded zones". It was proposed to serve the strategic needs of the country by supporting local areas in building bulk commodity collection, distribution, and storage bases in comprehensive bonded zones, and conducting energy, mineral products, and other bulk commodity storage and distribution operations. It was also suggested to allow enterprises in the zone to engage in physical blending of metal ore products through bonded logistics. Differentiated qualification assessment was to be implemented to support enterprises in the zone in tackling key core technologies such as artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, medical equipment, instruments, advanced materials, basic software, and industrial software. For the equipment, reagents, and consumables imported by enterprises, differentiated qualification assessment would be carried out based on national statutory inspection requirements. The full text of the notification is as follows: Notification from the General Office of the State Council forwarding the General Administration of Customs' "Several measures to promote the expansion and improvement of comprehensive bonded zones" State Office Letter [2026] No. 40 Provincial, autonomous region, and municipal people's governments, ministries and commissions of the State Council, directly-affiliated agencies of the State Council: The General Administration of Customs' "Several Measures to Promote the Expansion and Improvement of Comprehensive Bonded Zones" has been approved by the State Council and is now forwarded to you for earnest implementation. State Council General Office April 14, 2026 (The text has been edited) Several measures to promote the expansion and improvement of comprehensive bonded zones General Administration of Customs In order to fully leverage the unique functions and policy integration advantages of comprehensive bonded zones connecting domestic and international markets and resources, and to further enhance the development level of comprehensive bonded zones and promote high-quality development, the following measures are proposed. I. Enhancing the development level of new formats and models 1. Promote bonded maintenance. Allow products manufactured domestically for export and their spare parts to enter comprehensive bonded zones from overseas for maintenance and re-export, without being restricted by the list of products for bonded maintenance in the comprehensive bonded zones or the old electromechanical products... (Continues)