The export tax refund (exemption) policy provides hard-core support for foreign trade companies to move forward with ease and accelerate “going overseas”.
In 2025, Chengdu Taxation closely adheres to the development strategy of building an inland open highland and deeply integrating into the “Belt and Road” construction. It approved export tax refunds (exemptions) of 18.42 billion yuan throughout the year, injecting surging momentum into foreign trade enterprises with real gold and silver policy dividends, and helping “Made in Chengdu” accelerate its entry into the international market.
Policy precise drip irrigation allows overseas companies to enjoy dividends.
Walking into the production workshop of Chengdu Guangming Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Guangming Optoelectronics), strips of crystal clear photovoltaic glass are slowly flowing out from the product exit.
Workers cut the products to certain sizes and mark each product with a unique “identity code.”
Soon, these precision glass components, which are widely used in high-end optical systems such as mobile phone cameras, projectors, and monitors, will be assembled and shipped to Vietnam by sea.
As a leader in the domestic optical materials industry, Guangming Optoelectronics’ optical glass accounts for more than 40% of the world’s share, and its products are also indispensable upstream components of Vietnam’s consumer electronics industry chain.
In order to support the high-quality development of “going global” enterprises like Guangming Optoelectronics, the Longquanyi District Taxation Bureau, in conjunction with the District Commerce Bureau, the District Foreign Affairs Office, and Customs, has carried out multiple “face-to-face” lectures between government and enterprises, introducing in detail the tax policies, tax procedures and compliance points that export foreign trade companies are concerned about, and providing one-stop solutions for enterprises.
In January 2026, after the new policies related to export tax rebates were officially implemented, tax staff immediately interpreted the latest value-added tax and consumption tax policies for export business, and helped Bright Optoelectronics sort out the changes and precautions before and after the policies on a “one-on-one basis” to ensure that the dividends of the new policies were “fallen into the pocket” smoothly.
“In recent years, the company has fully enjoyed preferential tax policies. In 2025, the export tax rebate alone will reach 6.6246 million yuan. The company will continue to invest the saved funds in the research and development of optical glass formulas, relying on high-tech and high-value-added products to gain a foothold in the Vietnamese market. It can be said that these national policies have really helped us make our products better and become more competitive in the market.” Cai Yuli, the company’s tax accountant, said.
Improve service quality and efficiency, and open up convenient channels to the sea.
Sichuan Sichuan Huaxi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has a century-old development history. Its predecessor was a pharmaceutical training class in Huaxi Bashang. It has now grown into a state-controlled modern high-tech enterprise.
With its flagship product “Guanyuan Granules”, the company has achieved annual sales stable at 10 million to 20 million yuan. It is also a core representative of Chengdu’s proprietary Chinese medicine manufacturing industry’s “Rongpin overseas” campaign.
“We have been exporting for more than 30 years and are witnesses of the reform of tax informatization.” When talking about the changes in the tax handling experience, Ms. Xiang, the company’s financial director, was filled with emotion.
From the early days of offline paper declarations and queuing to and from the tax office, to now fully moving into “online processing” and “handheld processing”, enterprises have truly enjoyed the convenience of “paperless” and “contactless” tax processing for export tax refunds, and can complete declarations without leaving home.
When encountering system upgrades, tax personnel respond in real time through mobile phones and WeChat groups, providing “screen-to-screen” remote coaching to ensure that enterprises can achieve “silky transition” during the system upgrade transition period.
What particularly impresses enterprises is that the new electronic tax bureau shows the convenience of “smart taxation” when calculating additional taxes. For additional taxes that cannot enjoy the exemption, offset and refund policy, the system automatically pre-fills and intelligently calculates, eliminating the need for manual calculation.
“We only need to check and confirm that the data calculated by the system is more accurate and efficient.” Ms. Xiang said.
It is understood that the Qionglai Municipal Taxation Bureau has also innovatively constructed a five-level response service mechanism. Through “instant online answers to simple questions, visual answers to common questions on the platform, authoritative answers to complex questions from experts, on-site verification of difficult issues, and precise docking assistance for key needs”, it provides full-chain refined support for overseas enterprises and uses pragmatic measures to protect enterprises’ steady overseas expansion.
Full risk escort to protect the safety of enterprises going overseas.
The further a company goes, the greater the challenges it faces.
Faced with the complex and ever-changing international tax environment, the Chengdu Municipal Taxation Bureau not only focuses on “quick tax refunds”, but also fully supports “stable overseas expansion”.
Relying on the service brand of “Tax Road Connected to All Rivers”, on the one hand, we carry out precise guidance on export tax rebate policies, explain in detail the tax-related points in overseas markets, bilateral tax agreements and other key contents, and guide enterprises to pay attention to changes in the host country’s tax system in a timely manner and build a solid defense line for tax-related risks; on the other hand, we use digital means to build a “dynamic reminder + early warning and pre-warning” credit supervision mechanism, rely on tax big data to monitor the entire process of export business, accurately identify potential risks, and use professional services and precise supervision to protect enterprises when going overseas.
Sichuan Xinminjiang Artificial Panel Machinery Co., Ltd. is a key local enterprise that has been awarded Class A tax credit for six consecutive years. In the company’s production workshop, a batch of customized wood particle board and wood fiberboard extrusion machines are being debugged and will be shipped to the Indian market soon.
Since 2025, the company’s export volume has exceeded 15 million yuan, and it has been successfully selected into the first batch of Dujiangyan City’s key enterprises and product lists for “Rongpin exports overseas”, becoming a bright business card for “Made in Chengdu” to go global.
In response to the actual situation of enterprises mainly exporting to India, the Dujiangyan Municipal Taxation Bureau proactively provided services and customized the “Self-Check Form for Common Risks in Tax Refund (Exemption) Business for Export Enterprises” for enterprises. The content covers key aspects such as declaration specifications, document filing, and business compliance, and guides enterprises to carry out self-examination and self-correction throughout the entire process.
At the same time, a dedicated service team was set up to provide one-on-one policy counseling on-site to help enterprises improve the cross-border tax risk prevention and control system and effectively investigate and resolve more than 10 potential risks.
“With the continuous expansion of overseas business, the requirements for us to understand export tax rebate policies and tax-related risk prevention and control are also increasing. The proactive guidance of the tax department not only helps us identify and resolve potential risks in a timely manner and improve compliance operations, but also allows us to have no worries when exploring international markets and can concentrate on production and operation and expand overseas markets.” Cheng Zhengli, head of corporate finance, said.
Exports are an important engine for economic growth and a key support for opening up.
The relevant person in charge of the Chengdu Municipal Taxation Bureau said that the next step will be to closely adhere to the overall situation of high-level service opening to the outside world, accurately meet the tax-related needs of “going global” enterprises, continue to polish the “Tax Road Tong” service brand, escort enterprises with precise services to achieve steady and long-term development, and contribute tax power to the high-quality development of Chengdu’s economy.
