Notice of the General Office of the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on some measures to promote the accelerated development of e-commerce

The administrative offices of the Union, the Municipal People’s Government and the relevant commissions, offices, departments and bureaus of the autonomous region:

In order to thoroughly implement the deployment arrangements of the Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing a Package of Policies and Measures to Stabilize the Economy (Guo Fa [2022] No.12), conscientiously implement the work requirements of the Party Committee and the government of the autonomous region, and promote the accelerated development of e-commerce in the whole region, relevant measures are hereby notified as follows with the consent of the people’s government of the autonomous region in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Electronic Commerce Law of the People’s Republic of China and relevant policy documents of the state and the autonomous region.

First, accelerate the development of e-commerce platform

(1) Increase investment in e-commerce platforms. Give full play to the role of investment guidance funds of governments at all levels. For the e-commerce platform enterprises with significant driving effects determined by the administrative offices of various leagues and the Municipal People’s Government, special industrial development funds can be set up, or enterprises can be encouraged to accelerate the development of e-commerce platforms through market-oriented operations such as equity participation, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring. (The Department of Commerce and the Department of Finance of the Autonomous Region, the administrative offices of the Union and the Municipal People’s Government shall be responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(2) Deepening the construction of innovation platforms for industrial enterprises. For the newly created regional, industry and enterprise industrial Internet platforms, according to 20% of the actual investment, the maximum amount of a single project shall not exceed 5 million yuan, 4 million yuan and 3 million yuan. A one-time subsidy of 5 million yuan will be given to enterprises that build new secondary nodes of industrial Internet logo analysis and realize interconnection with national top nodes. Enterprises that carry out innovative application of industrial Internet logo analysis will be subsidized according to the application effect, with a maximum of 3 million yuan for a single enterprise. (The Department of Industry and Information Technology and the Department of Finance of the Autonomous Region are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

Second, promote the demonstration construction of e-commerce

(3) Accelerate the construction of a number of demonstration parks for e-commerce industry agglomeration. Encourage all cities (including development zones) to rationally plan and lay out the development space of e-commerce industry according to their own development characteristics, and aggregate superior resources through transformation and new construction, so as to create a number of e-commerce industry clusters with a certain scale, complete industrial facilities, multiple functions and multiple formats. Support e-commerce industrial cluster parks to declare national or autonomous district-level e-commerce demonstration bases, and give certain rewards to those approved to become national e-commerce demonstration bases during the "14 th Five-Year Plan" period. (The Department of Commerce and the Department of Finance of the autonomous region, the administrative offices of the various leagues and the Municipal People’s Government shall be responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(4) Actively guide the digital development of enterprises. Actively develop digital commerce, encourage and guide enterprises to actively apply advanced information technology for innovation and development, and lead market players to develop into digitalization, networking and intelligence. (Responsible for the Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region)

Third, promote the development of online and offline integration

(V) Deepening and enriching the application of e-commerce in traditional industries. Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of pedestrian streets, foster the development of "first store economy" and support the innovation and transformation of retail industry. Strengthen the interaction and integration of cultural tourists and businessmen, encourage catering enterprises to innovate business models, and guide and support the accommodation industry to build a hotel management model with "digitalization, intelligence and online" as the main line. (The Department of Commerce, the Market Supervision Bureau and the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Autonomous Region shall be responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(six) improve the county commercial system. Formulate the implementation plan for the construction of county commercial system in the whole district, and focus on supporting the construction of comprehensive demonstration counties of county commercial system. Give some support to the demonstration areas that have won the title of demonstration county (flag) of county commercial system. Give full play to the supporting and guiding role of the special funds of the central service industry, continue to promote the building of county public brands, promote the informationization and standardization of high-quality agricultural special products, serve the docking of commercial and trade circulation enterprises with the origin of agricultural and livestock products, and fill in the shortcomings of "the first mile" and "the last mile" in the circulation of agricultural and livestock products. Improve the circulation network in rural and pastoral areas, improve the supporting facilities for business services and the layout of retail outlets for agricultural and livestock products. (The Department of Commerce and the Department of Finance of the autonomous region are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(seven) the organization to carry out offline integration to promote consumption activities. Highlight the consumption characteristics of Inner Mongolia, cooperate with various league cities, unite financial institutions, launch multi-industries, organize and carry out a series of consumption promotion activities of "Happy Purchase and Enjoy Life in Inner Mongolia" which are integrated online and offline, and focus on organizing and implementing the New Year’s Shopping Season, Inner Mongolia Consumption Promotion Month, Golden Autumn Double Consumption Season and Ice and Snow Consumption Festival. Support enterprises to create "immersive and experiential" offline activity scenes and enhance the "stickiness" of consumption. Encourage innovative business models, while carrying out offline activities, fully develop and make use of self-built network platforms, simultaneously carry out promotional activities through online sales, live e-commerce, social marketing, etc., expand the scale of online consumption, and promote the development of online drainage and offline consumption cycle. Carry out theme-based consumption promotion activities, build more than six brands of consumption promotion activities at the municipal level, help more than 100 traditional commercial enterprises to open online sales channels, help more than 100 shops of origin to operate, support commercial enterprises to open more than 100 short video accounts, and organize more than 1,000 items to participate in theme-based consumption promotion activities. (Responsible for the Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region)

(8) Regularly hold the "Double-product Online Shopping Festival". Hold the "Double-product Online Shopping Festival" every year, actively cultivate e-commerce consumption hotspots, guide consumption expectations, advocate the concept of good brand, high quality and green consumption, and broaden the online sales channels of high-quality agricultural and livestock products in Inner Mongolia. Cultivate 30-50 main enterprises to open up online activity channels on platforms such as "JD.COM China Specialty Inner Mongolia Pavilion", "JD.COM China Specialty Hohhot Pavilion" and China UnionPay China Unionpay Quick Pass "Inner Mongolia Taste Pavilion" to promote the "going out" of well-branded and high-quality Inner Mongolia specialty products. (Responsible for the Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region)

(nine) to promote the development of high-quality agricultural and livestock products. Combined with the construction of county commercial system, we will strengthen the cultivation of high-quality e-commerce brands of regional agricultural and livestock products, and enhance the added value and competitiveness of agricultural and livestock products. Encourage and guide e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration counties (cities, districts) to open e-commerce public service centers to express delivery enterprises, support physical stores and e-commerce service sites in rural pastoral areas to carry multiple service functions such as postal express delivery, and promote the coordinated development of e-commerce express delivery in rural pastoral areas. Help a group of e-commerce enterprises oriented to rural revitalization to carry out the "three products and one standard" certification and improve the standardization level of green agricultural and livestock products that can be commercialized. Further expand the advantages of Inner Mongolia’s characteristic products, mainly focus on green agricultural and livestock products, support the exhibition experience area offline, open the Inner Mongolia’s characteristic product pavilion online, promote the brand development of Inner Mongolia’s flavor origin, and open active characteristic pavilions and origin shops on a number of mainstream platforms, reaching more than 100. (Responsible for the Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region)

(ten) to promote the transformation of e-commerce products in advantageous industries. Encourage e-commerce enterprises to carry out e-commerce transformation of local advantageous industries and products, which has achieved remarkable results and has been recognized by the competent authorities of the industry, and will be rewarded with no more than 1 million yuan per year for up to 3 consecutive years. Encourage e-commerce enterprises to organize enterprises in the region to connect with well-known Internet resources, and carry out joint marketing, brand promotion and other activities, which have achieved remarkable results and been recognized by the competent authorities of the industry, and give e-commerce enterprises financial support of 20% of the service cost and no more than 2 million yuan. (The Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region and the Development and Reform Commission are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(eleven) to encourage enterprises in cross-border electronic commerce to expand the market. Support the development of cross-border electronic commerce, encourage e-commerce application enterprises to participate in well-known e-commerce professional exhibitions at home and abroad, and support enterprises to expand the market by means of exhibitions, social media and search engines. Around Hohhot, Chifeng, Manzhouli and Ordos cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone, we will build an international logistics support system and promote the construction of overseas warehouses for enterprises. Arrange 20 million yuan to support Hohhot, Chifeng and Ordos cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone to play a demonstration role. (The Department of Commerce and the Department of Finance of the autonomous region are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

Fourth, improve the e-commerce support service system

(twelve) to promote the integration of e-commerce and community life service industry. Promote the convenience development of community life service industry, vigorously develop community business models such as convenience stores, community vegetable shops and convenience morning (evening) markets, and improve the convenience, standardization, intelligence and quality level of convenience life circle. Provide service functions such as "online booking and store access". To fill the shortcomings of community commercial facilities, enrich commercial formats, and give appropriate support according to the actual expenditure of enterprises (units) for new construction, transformation and upgrading of community commercial complexes, supermarkets, brand chain convenience stores, vegetable markets and other projects. Support the construction of five quarter-hour convenient living circles, each of which will be awarded no less than 2 million yuan. (The Department of Commerce, the Development and Reform Commission and the Department of Finance of the autonomous region are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(thirteen) support the development of online freight industry. Arrange 15 million yuan to support the development of online freight industry. The autonomous region of the annual tax paid by the online freight enterprises registered and settled in Inner Mongolia will be divided into the union cities where the registration place is located, and the competent tax authorities will confirm the types and quantities of invoices according to the business scope and scale of the online freight enterprises. (Autonomous Region Department of Transportation, Development and Reform Commission, Finance Department, Inner Mongolia Taxation Bureau is responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(14) Support express delivery into Gacha Village. According to the principles of overall profit and loss balance and independent and sustainable operation of the business in the subsidized area, based on the quantity of express delivery into the village, the cost of a single piece, the delivery distance and the service area, the actual express delivery into the village business service shall be formulated and implemented by each union city according to the fact that each order does not exceed 0.3 yuan. (Responsible for Inner Mongolia Postal Administration)

(fifteen) to improve the level of standardization in the business field. Implement the Outline of National Standardization Development, and promote the construction of the standard system in the commercial field in the whole region in combination with the key business tasks of the autonomous region during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period. Focusing on the circulation of agricultural and livestock products, trade logistics, e-commerce, domestic service and other key areas, we will study and formulate advanced and applicable local standards. Strengthen the guidance of national service industry (commercial circulation special) standardization pilot, sum up experience in time, and improve the efficiency of standard implementation. (The Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region and the Market Supervision Bureau are responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(sixteen) to promote the construction of e-commerce talent system. Encourage colleges and universities in the autonomous region to strengthen the construction of e-commerce majors and disciplines, and cultivate compound skilled talents to meet the needs of e-commerce development. Encourage universities, research institutions, enterprises, vocational colleges and social organizations in the autonomous region to cooperate in running schools and cultivating talents in the field of e-commerce. Encourage enterprises, universities and social organizations to jointly carry out e-commerce talent training. Support e-commerce enterprises to introduce and cultivate high-end talents, and those who meet the conditions can enjoy relevant talent policy treatment. (The Department of Education, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security and the Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region shall be responsible for the division of responsibilities)

(seventeen) to build a shared cloud warehouse distribution system. Encourage traditional logistics express delivery enterprises to improve the level of informationization and networking, accelerate the promotion of green logistics, green express delivery and green packaging, and provide specialized distribution services for e-commerce; According to the actual investment of 30% and no more than 3 million yuan in three years, the subsidy funds should continue to be used to improve the ability of sharing cloud warehouses, including integrating e-commerce express logistics and gathering e-commerce enterprises, transforming and improving the necessary operating environment, software and hardware equipment and corresponding services. (Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission, Finance Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department, Inner Mongolia Postal Administration is responsible for the division of responsibilities)

Five, increase government support services.

(eighteen) optimize financial support. Encourage the administrative offices of various leagues and the Municipal People’s Government to arrange funds every year to promote the development of e-commerce, strengthen the performance evaluation of supporting funds, improve the accuracy of supporting funds, enhance the effectiveness of supporting funds, and give play to the incentive and leading role of government funds. (The administrative offices of the Union and the Municipal People’s Government are responsible)

(nineteen) the implementation of preferential tax policies. E-commerce and related service enterprises recognized as high-tech enterprises by relevant departments shall enjoy relevant preferential tax policies according to regulations. Enterprises can enjoy the enterprise income tax plus deduction policy for research and development expenses used in e-commerce and in line with the tax law. Implement the national tax incentive policy to support personnel training, and deduct the employee education funds extracted and actually used by e-commerce enterprises in the same year before tax according to relevant state regulations. (Responsible by Inner Mongolia Taxation Bureau)

The measures shall be valid for 3 years from the date of issuance, and the scope of implementation of the award and compensation clauses involved in the measures shall be subject to the support direction and application guide issued in the current year; The proportion and limit of awards and compensation are the upper limit, and the actual proportion and amount of awards and compensation are controlled by the annual capital budget. The specific problems arising in the implementation process are explained by the Department of Commerce of the autonomous region. The administrative offices of the Union and the Municipal People’s Government may, in light of the actual situation, formulate policies for the development of e-commerce industry in this region.

June 6, 2022

(This piece is publicly released)