BLC= bonded logistics center Bonded logistics center.
EPZ=export processing zone Export Processing Zone Bonded Logistics Center.
Bonded logistics center is a closed customs supervision area and has the function of port, divided into two types: A type and B type. A type bonded logistics center is approved by the Customs, operated by the enterprise legal person in China, specializing in bonded warehousing and logistics business of the Customs Supervision; B type bonded logistics center is approved by the Customs, operated by an enterprise legal person in China, a number of enterprises to enter and engage in bonded warehousing and logistics business of the Customs and Excise Department. B-type bonded logistics center refers to a customs centralized supervision place approved by the Customs, operated by one enterprise corporation in China and entered by many enterprises and engaged in bonded warehousing and logistics business.
9 functions bonded warehousing; international logistics and distribution; simple processing and value-added services; inspection and testing; import and export trade and re-export trade; commodity display; logistics information processing; port; into the logistics center export tax rebate. Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Export Processing Zone is a special industrial zone designated or opened up by the state to specialize in manufacturing, processing and assembly of export commodities. One of the forms of special economic zones, often enjoy a variety of local tax concessions.
Export processing zones are generally selected in the relatively developed economy, convenient transportation and foreign trade, adequate labor resources, urban development based on better areas, mostly in coastal ports or near the national border. The world's first export processing zone was built in 1956 in Ireland's Shannon International Airport. Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China, established an EPZ in the 1960s.
Afterward, some countries followed suit. After China implemented the reform and opening-up policy in the 1980s, some coastal cities began to build export processing zones.