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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — China is encouraging its cities to take comprehensive measures to create an internationalized consumer environment that provides convenience and comfort for foreign visitors.
According to a notice released Tuesday by China's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce, 15 pilot cities will be selected this year to receive targeted funding from the central budget for work related to optimizing the consumer environment at the local level.
According to the document, the 15 pilot cities must be those with high potential for consumption growth and typically hosting large numbers of foreign tourists. The list of 15 cities will be approved following a competitive selection process and will be announced later.
According to the document, the new policy aims to further expand the supply of high-quality consumer goods and services, optimize payment services related to foreign bank cards for foreign tourists, and improve multilingual services.
The financial support will range from 100 million yuan (about 14 million US dollars) to 200 million yuan for each pilot city during the two-year policy implementation period, according to the report.
Specifically, the funds will be used to promote the reconstruction and renovation of key shopping malls in pilot cities, diversify consumption scenarios, improve tax refund services for foreign travelers leaving China, optimize payment services by expanding the coverage of POS systems that accept payments using foreign bank cards, and improve multilingual services in key locations such as scenic areas, hotels, airports, and railway stations, the document notes. -0-
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