CHINA ORDERS NEW REVIEW OF PLANED ECOMMERCE IMPORT CONTROLS
March 1st, 2017
The consultation period for tightening e-commerce regulations for importers in China will be extended significantly for much of the country, its ministry of commerce has said. Instead, rather than new nationwide controls being introduced next January 1 (2018), they will run on a pilot basis within 15 cities, including Hangzhou, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hefei, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Dalian, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Fuzhou and Pingtan. This pilot trial will also have easier controls than the original plan – it will regard all e-commerce ...
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