U.S. Duty Refunds to be Fully Electronic Feb. 6, Importers Need to Urgently Complete ACE Portal Registration U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued an important announcement, making it clear that since February 6, 2026, the full implementation of customs duties and imports in lieu of duty refunds electronic issuance mode, the traditional paper check refund method will be officially discontinued.

On December 4, 2025, a piece of news from the Hangzhou Cross-border Summit came back to the South China logistics circle like a deep-water bomb: Amazon's Global Smart Hub Warehouse (GWD) officially landed in Shenzhen, and in March 2026 it was fully open.

This project, which is called the core of the "next generation cross-border chain" by Amazon, is different from any overseas warehouse. It is directly embedded in the source of China's supply chain, providing one-stop logistics services from Shenzhen to global FBA, covering warehousing, customs clearance, cross-border transportation and other links in the chain.

The latest data from the U.S. Department of Commerce shows that the number of newly registered businesses across the U.S. in the first half of 2025 exceeded 2.8 million, up 12% year-on-year, a record high. Among them, the number of Chinese companies setting up subsidiaries or offshore companies in the U.S. grew 35% compared to the same period in 2024, with cross-border e-commerce, technology research and development, and branding offshore becoming the three main tracks

This article integrates the latest policies and practical experience, detailed disassembly of the entire process of registering a U.S. company, core information, cost details, key states to choose and avoid pitfalls, to help entrepreneurs efficiently and compliantly landing in the North American market.

Recently, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which plans to make it mandatory for all foreign patent applicants and patentees not domiciled in the U.S. to engage a U.S.-based registered patent practitioner (attorney or attorney-in-fact) to handle their affairs. This means that the era of foreign applicants "doing it themselves" or finding informal organizations to file on their behalf may be coming to an end.