The 7th “Belt and Road” Tax Collection and Administration Cooperation Forum opens in Jakarta

China News Service, Jakarta, October 13 (Reporter Li Zhiquan) The seventh "Belt and Road" Tax Collection and Administration Cooperation Forum kicked off on the 13th in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. This forum, with the theme of "Digital Governance, Collaborative Taxation and Sharing the Future", brought together more than 300 tax department heads from nearly 40 countries and regions, 8 international organizations, and representatives of some Chinese and foreign multinational enterprises.

Bimo Wijayanto, Director of the Indonesian Revenue Authority, said in his speech that in the face of new opportunities and challenges brought about by digital transformation, all parties should build consensus, strengthen collaboration, enhance mutual trust, and jointly promote smarter tax governance. Indonesia will continue to improve its tax collection and administration capabilities, deepen the application of artificial intelligence and other technologies, expand cooperation networks with all parties, share practical experience, and effectively promote common progress in tax collection and administration.

Nurkoliso Ibunu Aman, Deputy Minister of Finance of Indonesia, said that the “Belt and Road” tax collection and administration cooperation mechanism is an important platform for mutual learning, sharing of experience, and improving collection and administration capabilities. It is hoped that through regular policy dialogue, secure information exchange, joint training, talent exchange and other methods, we can strengthen tax collection and administration collaboration among all parties, turn consensus into action, jointly solve tax collection and administration problems brought about by the digital economy, create a more intelligent, fair and efficient tax collection and administration system, lay a solid foundation for public finance, and create more development opportunities.

Bishma Kumar Bushal, Director of the Nepal Revenue Service, pointed out in his keynote speech that this forum, with the theme of "Data Management Collaborating with Taxes to Enjoy the Future", is timely and of far-reaching significance. Currently, technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing have a profound impact on the economy and taxation, and have also put forward new requirements for tax collection and administration. It is more urgent than ever to strengthen international collaboration and form a global consensus. Nepal will, as always, be deeply integrated into the “Belt and Road” family of tax collection and administration cooperation, promote the quality and efficiency of tax collection and administration, and maintain tax fairness while adhering to the innovation drive, promoting capacity building, and deepening international cooperation.

The meeting believed that since the establishment of the cooperation mechanism, all parties have successively reached a series of consensuses based on the frameworks of the "Wuzhen Action Plan (2019-2021)", "Nur-Sultan Action Plan (2022-2024)" and "Hong Kong Action Plan (2025-2027)", and steadily promoted various tasks such as improving tax certainty, promoting the digital transformation of tax collection and administration, optimizing the tax business environment, and strengthening tax collection and administration capacity building. During this forum, the cooperation mechanism will release the "Belt and Road" Tax Collection and Administration Product System (Version 2.0), the "Belt and Road" Tax Service Product System (Version 2.0)" and the "Belt and Road" Tax Collection and Taxation Service Product System 2026 Product Collection, update the "Belt and Road" Tax Collection and Administration Capacity Promotion Alliance Course, and release the "Belt and Road" Tax Collection and Administration Cooperation Mechanism Annual Report (2026)".

He Yanmei, chairman of the “One Belt and One Road” Tax Collection and Administration Capacity Promotion Alliance and director of the Finance Bureau of Macau, China, stated in the alliance’s work progress report that the construction of tax collection and administration capabilities is a basic and long-term work for tax cooperation between all parties. The alliance focuses on the four major goals of "normalized training, standardized courses, professional teachers, and international collaboration." Since September 2025, it has carried out more than 40 training sessions and made positive progress. In the future, the alliance will focus on the two core directions of digital transformation and tax certainty, solidly promote capacity building work with more precise training, better courses, more professional services, and deeper cooperation, and jointly build a growth-friendly tax environment.

Before the opening ceremony, the “Belt and Road” Tax Collection and Administration Cooperation Mechanism held a board meeting to review and approve related products such as the “Belt and Road” Tax Collection and Administration Product System (Version 2.0), the “Belt and Road” Tax Service Product System (Version 2.0)” and the “Belt and Road” Tax Collection and Taxation Service Product System 2026 Product Collection.

It is reported that the “Belt and Road” tax collection and administration cooperation mechanism was initiated and established by China in April 2019. It currently has 38 members and 30 observers. It is an influential multilateral tax cooperation platform in the field of international taxation under the “Belt and Road” initiative. The seventh forum is hosted by the Indonesian Revenue Authority. During the three-day agenda, participating representatives will conduct in-depth discussions on topics such as digitalization of tax collection and administration, facilitation of tax services, and collaborative capacity building. They will also hold an industrial and commercial tax dialogue and conduct special discussions on optimizing tax services.