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BUSINESS 13 CHINA DAILY » CHINADAILY.COM.CN/BUSINESS Thursday, May 26, 2016
TECH POLICY Buffer period given on taxing imported goods sold online
By MENG JING early April on crossborder year window to rethink their [email protected] ecommerce activities. procedures and plan well Customs officials were una ahead, said Lu. Ecommerce companies have vailable to comment on the China started levying taxes been given a oneyear buffer latest move on Wednesday, immediately on retail sales on period to rethink their cross but Beijingbased JD.com Inc crossborder ecommerce plat border strategies, after the gov and another major ecom forms in early April, as well as ernment released new merce platform, which asked placing stricter regulations on regulations,whicheasecontrols not to be named, both con gaining import permits for introduced in April on certain firmed they had received the goods sold online. imported goods sold online. reprieve notice. The aim was to create a The country's customs Lu Zhenwang, an ecom more levelplaying field, said authoritysaiditwillcontinueto merce expert and chief execu officials, for ecommerce plat allow the direct import of cos tive officer of Shanghaibased forms and traditional retailers metics, baby formula, medical Wanqing Consultancy,said the and importers. equipment and healthcarere April regulation required The regulations, however, lated food in 10 pilot cities, ecommerce companies to triggered mixed reactions without permission, or the fil obtaincertificatesfirstinorder among buyers and sellers, ing of special applications. to get their goods through cus with many simply expecting Companies have been told toms, but that had already led prices of imported goods sold Visitors walk past the Qualcomm Inc stand at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona. REUTERS they have until May 11, 2017 to to a fall in import volumes. online to be driven higher, bring imported goods into “Many companies have resulting in a fall in sales. bonded warehouses in the cit faced challenges in maintain Gao Hongbin, head of Ali ies — including Shanghai, ing stock levels because of the Research, a think tank affiliat Hangzhou, Ningbo, difficulty in completing all the ed with Alibaba Group Zhengzhou, Guangzhou and customsrelated paperwork,” Holding Ltd, said crossborder Shenzhen — without having to he said. ecommerce is not a realistic Qualcomm says it’s complete customs clearance But the new regulation now competitor to traditional forms originally required from gives them effectively a one importers. here to stay in China LEISURE Distribution of Wanda Cities
US chip giant says sector,which is now dominat “It is still unclear whether The Nanchang Wanda City opens in May ed by Intel Corp. ARM can offer computing The Hefei Wanda City is expected to Guizhou joint venture “The server chip business is power strong enough to sup be open in September. very investmentintensive. In port data centers,”Sheng said. The Wanda Cities in Harbin, Harbin will be massive Guangzhou, Wuxi, Chengdu, the next five years, we have to But according to Aberle, and Guilin are under construction. growth engine invest a lot of money before the company’s scale and pow we see our return,” Aberle er with the mobile chip busi By MA SI and YANG JUN said in an exclusive interview ness can give it an edge in the in Guiyang with China Daily on the side Derek Aberle, president of server chip market. [email protected] lines of the ongoing China Big Qualcomm Inc Qualcomm also sees big Data Industry Summit in potential for the internet of Derek Aberle, president of Guiyang. things, which the company Qualcomm Inc, said on But five years later, the number of internet data cen said a lot of technologies it Wednesday the mobile chip joint venture, Guizhou Huax ters have mushroomed, trig has already developed in giant is dedicated to long intong Semiconductor Tech gering a huge demand for mobile chips can be applica term investments in China to nology Co, will be “one of our server chips. ble to. Wuxi expand its server chip busi biggest growth engines (in According to research firm “The white goods market, Chengdu Hefei ness, as the country’s Internet China)”,he added. International Data Corp, Chi for instance, turns out to be a Plus initiative is fueling an “We want to enable the na consumed about 3.7 mil big opportunity,” Aberle said, explosive growth of internet joint venture to build up its lion units of server chips in adding that once home appli Nanchang data centers. own capability and be able to 2015, and the figure is expect ances are connected to the Aberle’s comments came as take our technology and ed hit 8.6 million units by internet, they can do more the US company unveiled a develop its own systems on 2020. intelligent things, which will Guilin new investment arm, Qual chips for the China market,” Roger Sheng, a senior ana demand much more comput Guangzhou comm (China) Holding Co Aberle said. lyst at research firm Gartner ing power. Ltd, in Guiyang, capital of Qualcomm is now working Inc, said it remains to be seen The company is working
Guizhou province, to better hard to seek future growth how Guizhou Huaxintong with Chinese companies such Source: Wanda Group LIU LUNAN / CHINA DAILY tap into opportunities in are points as its major revenue can help Qualcomm break as Haier Group and Midea as such as the internet of source — chips used in smart into the Chinese server chip Group Co to make home things. phones and tablets — is being market, where the mobile appliances better compatible Earlier this year, Qual affected by the slower growth chip heavyweight has limited with each other across the Wanda to open new complex comm formed a 1.85billion rate of the global smartphone experience. smart home ecosystem. yuan ($280 million) joint market. Qualcomm is building venture with the Guizhou But as China intensifies its server chips based on the Online By HU YUANYUAN and holidays, compared with provincial government, as efforts to upgrade its tradi ARM architecture, a chip See more by huyuanyuan@ Disney’s 370 yuan, and 499 on part of its efforts to build up tional industries with infor design that is widely used in scanning the chinadaily.com.cn corresponding days. presence in the server chip mation technologies, a large smartphones and tablets. code. Liu Mingsheng, Wanda’s Wanda Group will open its Wanda’s pricing spokesman, said its ticket pri first outdoor entertainment ces have been calculated complex in province of Jiangxi will be competitive, based on its investment at the INDUSTRY on Saturday. site: Nanchang Wanda City The launch of its Nanchang though its opera cost 20 billion yuan, com Wanda City looks perfectly tional experience pared with 34 billion yuan for Dell has big ideas for cloud computing timed by the company’s ambi Disneyland Shanghai. tious founder, billionaire US theme parks giant Uni Wang Jianlin, to take at least may lag behind versal Studios Inc also plans By MA SI and YANG JUN Huang Chenhong, presi tech giant that is seeking for some of the thunder from its Disneyland.” to open a flagship site in Bei in Guiyang dent of Dell Greater China, local partnerships to tap into biggest potential rival. jing, but most of Wanda’s said Guizhou YottaCloud will China’s IT market as local On June 16, the gates are Ben Cavender, principal of China complexes are in cheaper Dell Inc is eyeing a bigger be one of the vehicles for the governments and State due to be thrown open to what Market Research Group secondtier cities, helping presence in China’s cloud company to sell cloud servi owned enterprises are in is arguably the country’s most the company build more in computing market by help ces to small and medium favor of homegrown tech anticipated park ever, Disney the future. ing its local partner establish sized enterprises and local companies’ products and ser land Shanghai, the US its venues will beat Disney After Nanchang, Hefei Wan a new firm on Wednesday, as governments. vices amid concern over entertainment giant’s first hands down in terms of visitor da City in the capital of Anhui the country intensifies “Dell will offer technology national security. venture on the mainland. numbers and total revenue province is expected to open in efforts to encourage enter support to the new compa Kitty Fok, director of Inter According to the Chinese once it has rolled out what September, and there are five prises to embrace digitaliza ny,” Huang said, but he national Data Corp China, Tourism Academy, total could eventually be as many as others already under construc tion. declined to comment on said the biggest overseas domestic tourism revenue last 20 Wanda Cities nationwide. tion in Harbin in Heilongjiang The new company, named whether Dell has made giants have all tied up with year soared to 4 trillion yuan Ben Cavender, the principal province, Guangzhou in Guizhou YottaCloud Technol financial investments into local companies, especially ($616 billion), about 230 bil of China Market Research Guangdong, Wuxi in Jiangsu, ogies Co Ltd, was unveiled as the new company. Stateowned enterprises. lion yuan of which was gener Group, however, is rather ChengduinSichuanandGuilin Michael Dell, CEO and chair Guizhou Wing Cloud High “An SOE identity and cut ated by theme parks. more balanced in his predic in the Guangxi Zhuang autono man of Dell, attended the Technology, the owner of tingedge technologies are Wang and his property con tions for the market. “I believe mous region. ongoing China Big Data Guizhou YottaCloud Tech both necessities to win in the glomerate have ambitious both can do well.” Lynn Xu, senior vicepresi Industry Summit in Guiyang, nology, has been working China will play an Chinese market,”said Fok. entertainment plans right “Wanda’s pricing will be dent at Nielsen Greater China, capital of Guizhou province. with Dell in cloud services increasingly China is Dell’s secondlarg across the country, and have competitive, though its opera is predicting massive growth “China will play an since last year. est market after the US. spared no effort in telling the tional experience may lag and potential in years to come increasingly important role “We will also establish a important role in Last year, the company Chinese public where they will behind Disneyland.” for theme parks, particularly in the big data era and the cloud industry alliance to promised to invest $125 bil be able to find the most fun, at A ticket to the first Wanda in thirdtier cities and rural United Statesbased tech promote the development of the big data era.” lion in China over the next the right price. City outdoor theme park in areas, where competition will giant will speed up efforts China’s infant cloud market,” five years to boost innovation, In recent months, Wanda’s Jiangxi’s capital Nanchang be far less fierce than in big to develop new products Huang added. Michael Dell, CEO and research and development, top management have also costs 198 yuan during the population centers such as for the market,” Dell said. Dell is the latest foreign chairman of Dell Inc and other areas. been equally bullish, insisting week and 248 at weekends Beijing and Shanghai.