"First Financial Daily" correspondent on the 6th from the Ministry of Transport informed that the "port charges accounting approach" (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules") since March 1, 2016 implementation of the project through the streamlining of port charges and terms and lower fees , it is expected to reduce the burden on enterprises each year 10 million.

Ministry of Transport reports, this "approach" in accordance with national norms on the comprehensive deepening reform and clean-up work in import and export charges deployed by the Ministry of Transport jointly formulated the National Development and Reform Commission issued.

"Measures" clear the main charges, billing, fees are not charged regulatory elements. Ministry of Transport in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission in accordance with the "Save item and item drop fee" principle, cleaning and revision of port charges related files, adjust and optimize the port charges policy regimes.

"Approach" significantly Yajian port charges, port operator service fees reduced from the original 45 to 18, nearly 200 more than the provision of port charges involving the two regulations and nine regulatory documents to streamline the merger to 58, and actively promote the port price of market-oriented reforms, retained the three government pricing, the six government pricing adjusted to government guidance, liberalized market competitive services charges, the port operations lump sum fee, stockpiling custody fees, library fees explicitly adopt market regulated field use.

"Measures" also optimizes the management fee, operating expenses by segment port charges adjusted to the whole process of charge, to 35 jobs or services sectors into a unified port operations lump sum fee be collected at the same time, changing the billing, will international passenger travel lump sum fee paid by the ship's unified operating companies, no longer charge travelers.

Ministry of Transport, said the "measures" promulgated and implemented to improve the port price formation mechanism, the release of the vitality of the market, reducing the burden on shipping companies and import and export business, is expected to reduce the burden on enterprises 1 billion yuan each year, the import and export services to improve the environment .

"Measures" also on the design of the system specification from the port fees, port fees and by streamlining provisions that port charges more clarity, a convenient business use, but also help the government regulation and public oversight for the water transport development to enhance port quality of service, etc. to promote the steady growth of foreign trade to further create favorable conditions.

Ministry of Transport said that in 2014, the Ministry of Transport in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission jointly promote the price reform of port charges, in November 2014 jointly issued an "open port competitive services charges relating to the issue of notice", July 2015 together issued "on the adjustment of the ship makes port charges and port facility security costs related to the issue of notice", and this time they jointly issued the "measures" the introduction of this series port price reform policies and measures, the establishment of a market-oriented, standardized port fee system, marking the basic form of port charges market-oriented management system. (Reprinted from "Sohu Finance")