The solution was to setup 3PL / 4PL bonded warehouses within Bonded Logistics Parks (BLPs) in Shanghai and Shenzhen. BLPs
have been setup in China to help the development of a modern logistics industry and to expand the functions of bonded areas. The parks enjoy preferential policies that apply to bonded areas and export processing zones. Enterprises also benefit from other special regulatory areas, such as bonded ports and bonded logistics centres.
The main BLPs are at Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Dalian, Haikou, Zhangjiagang, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Xiamen, Shantou and Zhuhai. These bonded areas are not true Free Trade Zones (FTZ), but special areas that enjoy taxation benefits by being “within China but outside the Customs”. In other words, the goods are on Chinese soil, but not imported into China.