Qingpu Comprehensive Bonded Zone recorded 4.03 billion yuan(US$551.30 million)in import and export volume duringthe first two months ofthis year, representing a remarkable 151.6percentyear-on-year growth - the highest growth rate among all comprehensive bonded zones in Shanghai.

This year, while continuing to provide high-quality bonded warehousing, customs clearance, and logistics services, Qingpu Comprehensive Bonded Zone has been developing a more comprehensive cross-border e-commerce service system. It supports enterprises in establishing global distribution centers that integrate bonded logistics with other trade formats, accelerating the development of cross-border e-commerce.

Simultaneously, the zone is expediting the completion and operation of China Mobile's Yangtze River Delta (Shanghai) 5G Ecological Valley project, the commencement of DeChi New Energy’stechnology project, and the landing ofNeo-green Pharmaceutical Technolgoy’sadvanced manufacturing project.

Shanghai Minglian Supply Chain Management Co Ltd, a third-party warehousing enterprise specializing in imported cold chain services, exemplifies Qingpu Comprehensive Bonded Zone's steady progress and quality improvement. In the first quarter of this year, the company achieved a 30percentyear-on-year business growth, setting a new historical record for the same period.

Regarding these hard-won achievements, Sun Jiangang,generalmanager of Minglian, attributed them to Qingpu's continuous optimization of the business environment and the innovative services provided by the comprehensive bonded zone.

Sun revealed that Minglian will soon initiate the construction of a 100,000-ton fully automated intelligent cold chain project in Qingpu. Upon completion, it will become the largest one-stop comprehensive service platform for imported meat in the Yangtze River Delta region, integrating functions such as customs inspection, -60degrees Celsiusultra-low temperature storage, AGV unmanned transfer, and meat processing into a major cold chain hub.

In 2024, Qingpu Comprehensive Bonded Zone achieved a record-breaking annual import and export volume of 19.61 billion yuan.

For 2025, Qingpu Comprehensive Bonded Zone plans to leverage the spillover effects of the China International Import Expoto focus on developing cross-border e-commerce, inbound meat inspection, bonded meat processing, and fresh/chilled two-stage market access businesses. It will expand the application of policies like VAT general taxpayer pilot and goods status classification supervision, while exploring new businesses such as financial leasing, bonded storage of imported vehicles, and cross-customs bonded display transactions.