Canning, packing, loading... Exquisite cosmetics will be sold to Southeast Asia and other places. In the production workshop of Guangzhou Shangzhuang Cosmetics Co., Ltd., the workers were busy and orderly. "The order is almost out of reach." Xu Deyou, the person in charge of the company, said excitedly, "after RCEP came into force in January, many new orders from Japan came. Recently, the agreement also came into force for Malaysia, and the new orders from Southeast Asia gradually accounted for the majority." On March 31, the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement (RCEP) entered into force for one quarter, with 12 member states in force and 2034 tariff free products in the first year. According to the statistics of Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of customs, in the first two months of this year, the import and export of Guangdong Province to RCEP member countries reached 343.89 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%. Taking advantage of RCEP, Chinese and foreign enterprises not only prosper in business, but also go further in innovation and exploration—— Leather goods enterprises are seeking to upgrade the industrial chain and explore the establishment of an industrial chain with "R & D and design in Guangdong, procurement and processing in Southeast Asia and finished products exported to the world"; Auto parts enterprises are exploring complementary innovation chains, from enjoying China's "labor bonus" to giving full play to China's "engineer bonus", and work together to improve the overall competitiveness of the automotive industry in RCEP region; Beauty enterprises are speeding up the optimization of the trade chain, taking the lead in introducing advanced technologies and raw materials from Japan and South Korea by reducing the cost of the trade chain, and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading in combination with the traditional advantages of "made in Guangdong" Extension of industrial chain?? Integrate regional resources and improve allocation capacity Every month, Shiling leather goods chamber of Commerce will convene member enterprises to hold two meetings. There is only one topic for discussion: accelerating the transformation and upgrading of industrial clusters. "I'm most worried about whether high or low is not enough!" As the executive vice president of Shiling leather goods chamber of Commerce and the chairman of Guangzhou jinshengsi luggage Technology Co., Ltd., Huang Huigu is well aware of the challenges facing the leather goods industry. "Especially after the implementation of RCEP, if the labor-intensive links are transferred to Southeast Asia and the medium and high-end links are not done, the industrial clusters will face 'hollowing out'." Guangzhou Shiling sends more than 700 million bags to the world every year. More than 8800 luggage and leather goods manufacturers and more than 16800 supporting service merchants gather here, which has established the status of "leather capital of China". After the implementation of RCEP, Huang Huigu has a more international development prospect for the transformation of Shiling leather industry cluster. "Cost reduction is the most direct benefit." Huang Huigu said that from the perspective of tariff cost, leather, textile and footwear products are important tax reduction commodities for other RCEP member countries to China, while Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other countries are the main destinations for the export of leather products. According to the preliminary calculation of the customs, in the first year of RCEP implementation, Guangdong's leather, textile and footwear products are expected to enjoy tariff concessions of about 47 million yuan for export to Japan. Moreover, for labor-intensive industries such as leather goods manufacturing, by extending the industrial chain and international procurement in RCEP region, the pressure of comprehensive cost can be greatly reduced. According to Huang Huigu's estimation, the labor cost of producing one package accounts for 30%, while the labor cost difference between Guangdong and Indonesia is nearly 6 times. "If a factory is built locally, not only the labor cost, but also the cost of raw materials, water, electricity and rent can be greatly reduced." He plans to set up procurement centers in Vietnam and Indonesia and establish cooperative relations with local factories, "complete R & D and design in Guangdong, purchase, produce and process in Southeast Asia, and finally export finished products to the world". Huang Huigu learned from Shiling leather goods chamber of commerce that in Shiling alone, more than 10 enterprises have built factories in Southeast Asia in recent years. After RCEP takes effect, this process may be accelerated. Then, will "industrial transfer" be the biggest challenge faced by Guangdong after RCEP takes effect? Huang Huigu believes that building factories in Southeast Asia is not a simple "transfer", but an extension of the industrial layout and an embodiment of the ability of Guangdong enterprises to allocate global resources. "The 'core brain' of the manufacturing industry should remain firmly in Guangdong." Huang Huigu said that this also forces enterprises to firmly grasp the core high-end links of the industry and improve their independent R & D ability and independent brand building ability, so as to form a new international competitiveness. Facing the impact of the epidemic and the challenges brought by the implementation of RCEP, Shiling leather goods chamber of commerce is trying to integrate resources and reduce the overall procurement cost of industrial clusters. "Many small and medium-sized enterprises in the chamber of Commerce have international procurement needs. We 'work together to make orders'. Through the procurement of enterprises that have built factories abroad, we can not only reduce costs and risks, but also solve the problem of more enterprises expanding production capacity." Huang Huigu said. The international map on the Internet is also gradually clear. Recently, the chamber of Commerce has discussed many times and plans to establish Huadu luggage online flagship store. By opening stores in express, Amazon and lazada, the largest cross-border e-commerce in Southeast Asia, it will establish an independent station specializing in luggage after maturity, so as to create an online giant project of "Shiling, the capital of leather goods in China". Complementarity of innovation chain?? Enjoy China's "engineer bonus" "After RCEP takes effect, the tariff of about 90% of products exported to Japan will be reduced to zero, which will help us get more orders and the export volume to Japan will rise sharply." Zhong Minghui, head of customs declaration section of Taiji (Guangzhou) automobile interior Co., Ltd., said that thanks to China's complete industrial chain, the orders of brother companies in Thailand and Vietnam under Taiji are expected to return to Chinese companies. As a well-known car seat manufacturer in Japan, Taiji has a global layout in product development and manufacturing. Zhong Minghui said that the group has been deployed in Southeast Asia since 2012, "but the overall efficiency of Thai factories is not high, and Vietnam's supply chain is not perfect. At present, China's complete supply chain and mature technology are still irreplaceable." With the effective implementation of RCEP, the flow of goods in the region is more convenient and lower cost. "The headquarters may consider transferring the orders of Thai and Vietnamese joint ventures to Chinese factories, especially Guangdong factories." Hiroyuki Okada, general manager of Taiji (Guangzhou) automotive interior Co., Ltd., said that in the past 17 years, Taiji's factory in Guangzhou has shifted from focusing on production and manufacturing to paying equal attention to production, manufacturing, design and R & D. at present, it also has intellectual property cooperation with other domestic enterprises. "We used to enjoy China's' labor bonus', but now we enjoy China's' engineer bonus'." Okada said that the Japanese headquarters has noticed that the technical ability of Chinese engineers is even better than that of the Japanese headquarters, and has sent talents to Japan. Moreover, the price of the Chinese equipment currently used by the company is 30% lower than that imported from Japan, but it has good performance, less faults and higher cost performance. Especially under the epidemic situation, the rapid response ability of Guangdong industrial chain is prominent. "For example, in 2020, when the epidemic was the most difficult, our factory in Mexico could not operate. The factory in Guangdong paved the production line in only one week." Zhong Minghui said that over the past 17 years, the whole industry chain resources owned by Guangdong, as a major automobile Province, have also enabled the team to exercise their ability to solve problems. "Thanks to the accumulation of technical and management capabilities of Guangdong factories, we can quickly deal with production with new product data." After RCEP came into effect, automobile is also one of the most affected industries. As the circulation cost of auto parts in RCEP member countries has been reduced, it will help to improve the competitiveness of RCEP member countries, promote the further aggregation of Asian auto industry chain and benefit the production of Asian whole vehicles. "From demographic dividend to engineer dividend, we have more cooperation opportunities in R & D and innovation in China." Zhong Minghui said. Optimization of trade chain?? Introducing advanced technology to upgrade "beautiful economy" Since this year, export orders of Guangzhou Shangzhuang Cosmetics Co., Ltd. have poured in. After combing, Xu Deyou found that from the perspective of new orders, most of them came from Japan before the Spring Festival, and recently Southeast Asia accounted for the majority. This is closely related to the entry into force of RCEP agreement for Malaysia from March 18. Xu Deyou expects that Southeast Asia will become the main market for enterprises in the future. After the implementation of RCEP, China and Japan reached tariff concessions for the first time, which opened a new breakthrough for Shangzhuang cosmetics to expand production capacity and sales. Since the beginning of this year, 8 items of foundation material, Eyeliner base material imported from Japan can enjoy preferential tax rates. At the same time, the cosmetics exported to Japan can also enjoy tariff concessions. "Both" import "and" export "can reduce costs. Moreover, the export volume is expected to increase significantly this year, and we will have higher profit margins." Xu Deyou said that if calculated according to the export volume in 2021, the cost can be saved by at least 200000 yuan this year, equivalent to about 1 / 10 of the export value. Guangzhou is currently the largest cosmetics production base in China, and the number of cosmetics production enterprises accounts for more than 1 / 3 of the country. In Baiyun District, about 1400 cosmetics manufacturing enterprises and more than 6000 cosmetics trading enterprises gather, and more than 10 billion beauty and personal care products are sent from here to home and abroad every year. In Huadu District, there are more than 300 cosmetics industry chain enterprises, of which enterprises with independent brands account for more than 40%. It has formed an industrial ecological chain of innovative R & D, production and manufacturing, planning and design, brand marketing, international raw materials, packaging materials and live broadcast e-commerce, with an annual total output value of more than 30 billion yuan. "Among RCEP Member States, the types of raw materials used in cosmetics production are highly complementary, and all links of the industry are closely related." Ou Yangjie, Secretary General of Guangzhou Huadu cosmetics industry association, believes that after RCEP takes effect, it has significantly reduced the comprehensive cost of the trade chain, and Guangdong enterprises can obtain high-quality cosmetics raw materials at a lower price. "With the deepening implementation of RCEP, Guangzhou's' beautiful economy 'is expected to further expand its share in the global market." According to the analysis of the relevant person in charge of Guangzhou Customs, in the field of cosmetics industry, it is expected that more high-quality semi-finished products and raw materials from Japan and South Korea will be exported to China, and more cosmetics products made in China will be exported overseas. The linkage and cooperation of cosmetics industry among RCEP member countries are expected to be further strengthened, which will help to make up for the "short board" of low R & D level and insufficient innovation ability of relevant industries in Guangdong. (Xinhua News Agency)