April 18, 2025 was the 35th anniversary of Pudong’s development.This frontier of China’s reform is using institutional innovation to solve theshortcomings of enterprises and industries, and explore new paths for China’scontinued communication with the outside world.
Not long ago, two old Volvo hydraulic pumps were transportedfrom Pudong International Airport to the remanufacturing workshop of VolvoConstruction Equipment (China) Co., Ltd. This was the first bondedremanufacturing business outside the customs special supervision area in thecountry in Pudong, and also meant the start of the “bonded remanufacturing 2.0”era.
Bonded remanufacturing refers to thetransportation of old foreign parts to domestic factories in a duty-free mannerfor disassembly and inspection in accordance with strict quality standards, andthe assembly of the usable parts and new parts into remanufactured products,which are then shipped abroad for reuse. Compared with bonded maintenance,bonded remanufacturing has higher technical requirements, and the performanceof the finished product is no less than that of a new product; at the sametime, the benefits are more significant, and the cost and raw materialconsumption is greatly reduced by reusing parts. “Spend 50% of the money, save40% on energy consumption, recycle 70% of materials, and reduce 80% ofpollution – this is the ‘5678’ rule of remanufacturing.” Chen Chaoping, vice presidentof service and accessories at Volvo Construction Equipment (China) Co., Ltd.,said.
Developing bonded remanufacturing is not only in line with thedevelopment of the circular economy and China’s “dual carbon” strategyrequirements, but also an important measure to promote the high-qualitydevelopment of China’s manufacturing industry in the direction of green andlow-carbon. In the past, remanufactured products were classified as oldelectromechanical products, so some remanufactured products were included inthe prohibited import catalog and could not pass customs normally. In responseto this issue, Pudong relied on institutional innovation to open up a new pathfor the pilot import of remanufactured products in key industries. VolvoConstruction Equipment (China) Co., Ltd. has become the first pilot enterprisein the country in this field.
Chen Chaoping said that bonded remanufacturing is the core linkof Volvo Construction Equipment’s global strategy. Currently, only Pudong has aremanufacturing base that meets standards in the Asia-Pacific region. The newbreakthrough in bonded remanufacturing has effectively strengthened thefunctional positioning of the base as a regional industrial hub. After bondedremanufacturing businesses outside the customs special supervision area areopened, it is expected that more types of engineering machinery will enterShanghai from all over the world for “re-manufacturing” in the future.
Similarly, throughcross-departmental collaborative supervision and facilitation of customsclearance for special items, Pudong has solved the problem of cross-border flowof cell therapy products and explored a new way for cell therapy products totravel overseas.
In March 2025, a lymphoma patient received an injection of FosunKerry’s CAR-T cell therapy drug in a Hong Kong hospital. This is the firstcross-border transportation and use of CAR-T cell drugs in the country, and itis also an important achievement of Shanghai’s first joint supervisionmechanism for the entry and exit of special biomedical items.
CAR-T cell therapy is an innovative cancer treatment method – bycollecting the patient’s own T cells, after in vitro transformation andamplification, they are re-injected into the patient’s body to accuratelyidentify and attack cancer cells. However, this therapy has extremely stricttemperature and time requirements for the transportation of blood samples andfinished products, and the entry and exit chain involves multiple departments.
In order to promote the international innovation and coordinateddevelopment of the biopharmaceutical industry, Pudong took the lead in pilotingthe establishment of a joint supervision mechanism for the entry and exit ofspecial biopharmaceutical items, and formulated management measures to promotethe transformation of the “white list” pilot to conditional pilot management.
Chen Xingrong, CEO of Fosun Kerry, said that the jointsupervision mechanism for the entry and exit of special biopharmaceutical itemsprovides an efficient and safe solution for the cross-border transportation andsupervision of cell therapy products, and also opens up a new path forcooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong in the field ofbiopharmaceuticals.
For 35 years, Pudong has continued to transform corporate needs intoinstitutional supply and promote the deep connection between innovativepractices and international standards. “Pudong will bravely serve as a pioneerin the new era of reform and development, expanding the high-level openingprocess, exploring the way to build a new development pattern, and empoweringhigh-quality development,” said Wu Jincheng, mayor of Shanghai Pudong New Area.
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