China encourages foreign investment in printing and related industries

The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "Foreign Investment Industry Guidance Catalogue (Revised in 2011)" (hereinafter referred to as the "New Catalogue"). Some of the printing and related items were listed in the encouraged and restricted categories.

The new "Catalogue" will come into effect on January 30, 2012. The "Foreign Investment Industry Guidance Catalogue (Revised in 2007)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Catalogue 2007") shall be repealed at the same time. The foreign investment projects approved prior to this period are implemented in accordance with the 2007 Catalogue. After that, they are approved according to the new Catalogue.

According to a reporter’s question issued on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, the new “Catalogue” is the basis for guiding the approval of foreign investment projects and applicable policies of foreign-invested enterprises; foreign investment encouragement projects can enjoy corresponding preferential policies, among which the western regions encourage Types of items are levied at a tax rate of 15% on corporate income tax.

Encouraging the manufacture of five types of high-end printing presses In terms of the printing machinery manufacturing industry, compared with the 2007 Catalogue, there are two major changes in the encouraged manufacturing of the new “Catalogue” category: First, the creation of new inkjet digital presses. , and listed in detail the technical indicators for publishing, packaging, and digital presses for variable data; second, adjusting the technical specifications of the flexographic printing presses, from the 2007 edition “speeds above 300 m/min, widths of 1,000 Millimeters or more "upgrade to" print width ≥ 1300mm, printing speed ≥ 350m/s.

The new Catalogue encourages foreign investors to invest in the manufacture of high-end printing presses. The media interviewed industry experts before the new “Catalogue” solicited opinions. Experts believe that this will encourage developed countries to invest in the production of high-end printing equipment such as digital printing presses and flexographic printing presses in China. Correspondingly, China's printing industry will be promoted to improve its technical level.

In the field of special equipment manufacturing in manufacturing, five printing machine manufacturing items are listed in the encouraged category.

1. Manufacturing of light corrugated board and carton equipment with a height of 0.75 mm or less.

2. Multi-color sheet-fed offset press (width ≥ 750 mm, printing speed: single-sided multi-color ≥ 16000 sheets/hour, double-sided multi-color ≥13,000 sheets/hour).

3. Single-web single-web web lithographic printing machine with printing speed greater than 75000 pairs/hour (787mm×880mm) and double-width single-paper road web offset printing machine with printing speed greater than 170,000 pairs/hour (787 millimeters) × 880 mm), commercial web lithography printing speeds greater than 50000 pairs/hour (787 mm × 880 mm).

4. Multi-color wide-format flexographic printing press (printing width ≥ 1300mm, printing speed ≥ 350m/s), inkjet digital printing press (published by: printing speed ≥ 150m/min, resolution ≥ 600dpi; packaging : Printing speed ≥ 30m/min, resolution ≥1000dpi; variable data use: printing speed ≥100m/min, resolution ≥300dpi).

5. Computer ink preset, ink remote control, ink speed tracking, print quality automatic detection and tracking system, shaftless transmission technology, high-speed automatic splicer with speed of 75,000 sheets/hour, paper feeder, and automatic remote adjustment High-speed folding machine, automatic overprint system, cooling device, plus silicon system, deviation device manufacturing.

Encourage the production of new packaging products and green ink The new “Catalogue” encourages foreign companies to develop new flexible plastic packaging products and daily metal packaging products, and encourage foreign manufacturers to produce green ink, which will promote the innovation of packaging technology and promote the application of green printing.

In the field of plastic products and metal products in the manufacturing industry, two packaging production items are listed in the encouraged category: new technologies for plastic flexible packaging, development and production of new products (high barrier, multi-functional films and raw materials), and packaging for various types of grain and oil Manufacturing and processing of metal packaging products (thickness 0.3 mm or less) for food, fruits and vegetables, beverages, and cosmetic products, including internal and external wall printing. In the manufacturing of chemical raw materials and chemical products in the manufacturing industry, the production of environment-friendly printing inks and environment-friendly aromatic oils is listed in the encouraged category.

Restrictions on restricting the printing of foreign-controlled publications Restrictions on the printing of foreign investment in the industrial catalog, in the printing industry of the manufacturing industry and in the field of reproduction of recording media, publication printing (Chinese party holdings) is included. Industry expert Yang Fangming explained in an interview with a reporter from China Press and Newspaper that the meaning of this entry was that foreign-invested publications printing companies are restricted items. They cannot be wholly foreign-owned and can only be joint ventures, and they must be controlled by the Chinese side.