On January 2, the Shandong Provincial Government Information Office held a routine policy briefing to interpret the Policy List of "Promoting Economic Consolidation and Improving, Accelerating Green, low-carbon and High-quality Development" (the first batch) in 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy List").

    Wang Hong, deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce, said that the Shandong Provincial Department of Transportation, the Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce, and the Shandong Provincial Department of Finance have developed two new international logistics support policies. First, we will improve the subsidy standards for international air cargo, and second, we will improve the subsidy policies for maritime routes.

    The reporter learned that more than 90% of the policies and measures in this batch of policy lists are oriented to business entities. In addition to cultivating strong backbone enterprises, encouraging leading enterprises to play a demonstration role, leading and driving the overall improvement of quality and efficiency in key industries, this batch of policies pay attention to enhancing inclusiveness and accessibility, and introduce institutional reform policies such as tax reduction, fee reduction, and simplification for all types of enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, adopting models such as "free to enjoy" and "direct to enjoy". As many business entities as possible to benefit.

    The Policy List continues to implement the policies in the 2023 Policy List, a total of 29. In addition, 50 new policies will be introduced in 2024, focusing on increasing assistance to enterprises and benefiting enterprises, expanding effective demand, accelerating the development of new industrialization, and cultivating and expanding the digital economy. Among them, a total of nine policies aimed at fostering and expanding the digital economy, including building digital economic parks, supporting the development of integrated circuits, accelerating digital transformation, and subsidizing the construction of digital infrastructure.

    The Policy List has optimized the subsidy standards for international air cargo and the subsidy policies for sea routes. For international (regional) air cargo routes that will open encryption or continue to fly in 2024, a maximum subsidy of 50,000 yuan to 1.5 million yuan for a single flight, and a maximum subsidy of 100 yuan to 300 yuan/ton of flight time for temporary international air cargo routes; Encourage new crypto cargo routes to North America and Europe. For the newly opened crypto international (regional) shipping routes (flights) in 2024, a single 300,000 yuan to 1.5 million yuan subsidy; Encourage the development of container sea-rail combined transport and the opening of internal foreign trade feeder routes, and provide subsidies of no more than 500 yuan/TEU and 50,000 yuan/voyage for containers imported and exported through Shandong ports through sea-rail combined transport and internal foreign trade feeder through Shandong ports in 2024, respectively.