1、978-7-5678-1140-9_中国预约定价安排年度报告（2020）.indd 12021/10/8 下午2:33?(2020)State Taxation Administration Peoples Republic of ChinaChina Advance Pricing Arrangement Annual Report?2?3Only in hard times can courage and perseverance be manifested and only after polishing can a piece of jade be fi ner. 2020 was n

2、ot an easy year for the mankind as almost the whole world, amidst rising unilateralism, was besieged by the Covid-19 pandemic. Even confronted with the unprecedented challenges, China was able to deliver on the 13th Five-Year Plan, marking a historic milestone in the journey of building a moderately

3、 prosperous society in all respects and achieving a decisive success in eradicating extreme poverty. Standing at the historic crossroads, the State Taxation Administration (STA), under the guidance of the Central Committ ee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has been actively engaged in the inte

4、rnational taxation cooperation, while continuing on the deepening of the structural reform on tax collection and administration, in order to prepare for the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the CPC in 2021.Th is year, cross-border business and trades had to be suspended and the world

5、economy was dealt with a blow by the COVID-19 outbreak. But there were still a few countries that liked to politicize everything, trying to put the breaks on globalization. Th e outbreak of the pandemic and the resurgence of unilateralism has made the need for cross-border tax certainty even more ur

6、gent for the taxpayers. Rising to the occasion, the STA had made it one of its priorities to building an international tax system that facilitated cooperation and delivered mutually benefi cial outcomes. Th e STA has deepened the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) cooperation on tax collection and adm