With its recent expansion into Cape Town, customs authorities of both sides have stepped up cooperation, resulting in a more than 60 percent improvement in customs clearance efficiency for exports to South Africa.
Xiamen, benefiting from its free trade zone,and e-commerce pilot zone, has built an integrated service system making it a national leader in terms of its cross-border e-commerce business environment.
Livestream e-commerce from China is taking off in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. Meituowan, a company based in the Xiamen Free Trade Zone, launched livestream and warehouse operations in Mexico City last year.
Xiamen has been named a pilot city for the 2026 Cross-Border Trade Facilitation Special Action. This marks the fifth consecutive year the city has received this designation since it was first selected in 2022.
China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) has announced a new policy to expand a cross-customs-district return model for retail export goods from cross-border e-commerce.
Established in 2018 within the Xiamen Free Trade Zone, the Amazon Global Selling Xiamen Cross-Border E-commerce Park is Amazon's first in South China and its second in China after Hangzhou.
The world's first Google Cross-border E-commerce Acceleration Center celebrated its first anniversary with an event held at Sea World in the Xiamen Free Trade Zone on Oct 15.
