Gao Yanming, CPPCC national committee, the board chairman of Hebei Ocean Shipping Group Co., LTD.
"For a long time, more and more graduates don't want to work on ship, and the seafarers abandon ship to find work on land, caused serious impact on the foundation of the Chinese shipping industry, one important reason for this situation is that seafarers' income is relatively less, the seafarers' individual income tax has aggravated the result." During the 13th session of a meeting of the CPPCC national committee, the CPPCC national committee, the board chairman of Hebei Ocean Shipping Group co., LTD. Gao Yanming called on China's international seafarers to work on board shall be exempted individual income tax, this is also the proposal he puts forward as the sixth CPPCC member.
Because of its professional particularity, it is well known that seafarers in the sea all the year round, the work environment is relatively narrow closed, long-term facing the risk of storm, fire , collision, the ship sank, the pirates, plague, war, and many other dangers, is internationally recognized high-risk profession. At the same time, sailing on the sea, the sailors will work for 4 hours in between eight hours, continuous working condition often for eight months or a year, no holiday and Sunday. In daily life, relative to coal mining, geological workers, the civil aviation pilots and other work in the land of the type of work, with family, friends and family reunion, leisure entertainment, watching TV, listening to the radio, sick timely care in daily life, these are the most basic requirements for seafarers as "Hope". In addition, because of the bad working condition , long-term risk, depression, loneliness and so on, some sailors also susceptible to mental illness.
China's international seaman is to implement the project of "sea power" and "Marine silk road" as the practitioners of great ideas. Seafarers are a kind of important international strategic resources, in time of war or national reserve, known as the "second navy". Gao Yanming said, the contribution of seafarers is not tax increases, but the strong support to the promotion of the construction of “Sea power “. We have made a lot of effort and paid a high price during the process of developing international seamen in our country, if not stabilize the team, it will make big loss for our nation.
“Seafarers' tax relief is the international practice, and will not cause the state's overall tax bad consequences." Gao Yanming pointed out that at present, most ocean countries in the world are to give tax preferential to the seafarers. On the one hand, because of the particularity of seamen's profession, seafarers are there in a year most time working on the boats, drift overseas. In this time they can't enjoy the tax due to social welfare, cannot use public facilities, unable to enjoy medical treatment service, etc., this is also one of the important reasons why seafarers shall be exempted from income tax. On the other hand, the range of the seafarers income tax is very small, so it won't cause bad effects to the society. At present, the seamen's total tax amount does not exceed 2.5 billion yuan, while other countries’ total amount is 17.2 trillion yuan. In fact, the seamen's average income is not high. Due to seafarers' tax is calculated on annual income tax, seafarers work on board for eight months or longer, the wages seem high, but the second year in a usually vacation at home, there is little income. So, according to the annual pay higher than two years on average income taxes, and seamen's wife to take care of the family, often can't work, that reduced the family income. The Gao Yanming hope that relevant departments could solve the problem of seafarers shall be exempted from income tax within the overall situation of "sea power" and "belt and road", to ensure the stable and healthy development of Chinese seafarers' team.
Sources:XINDE MARINE NEWS
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