China News Service, January 14th. Li Kuiwen, a spokesperson for the General Administration of Customs and Director of the Statistical Analysis Department, said on the 14th that as a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the mutual promotion of the domestic and international double cycles is accele Opening up continues to advance, new international cooperation and new competitive advantages continue to form. my country's foreign trade import and export scale is expected to maintain growth in 2021, and the high-quality development of foreign trade is expected to achieve new results.

　　On the morning of the 14th, the State Information Office held a press conference.

At the meeting, when talking about China’s foreign trade situation in 2020, Li Kuiwen said that last year was an extraordinary year. Faced with the severe and complex situation at home and abroad and the severe impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, my country’s foreign trade imports and exports were significantly better than expected. my country has become the only major economy in the world that has achieved positive growth in trade in goods, which fully reflects the strong resilience and comprehensive competitiveness of my country's foreign trade.

It can be said that both stable growth and quality improvement have been achieved.

　　Li Kuiwen pointed out that "steady growth" is mainly reflected in three aspects:

　　First, the scale of import and export and the international market share hit a record high.

In 2020, my country’s foreign trade quickly stabilized after experiencing a sharp turbulence in the first quarter. The scale of imports and exports climbed quarter by quarter, and the total value of imports and exports for the year exceeded 32 trillion yuan, a record high.

This was achieved in the context of a sharp decline in global trade. The growth of foreign trade against the trend has pushed my country's international market share to a record high.

As I said just now, according to the monthly data on trade in goods of major economies published by the WTO, in the first 10 months of 2020, my country’s international market share of imports and exports, exports, and imports reached 12.8%, 14.2% and 11.5%, respectively. The historical highs have increased by 0.8, 0.4 and 0.7 percentage points respectively, and my country's status as the largest country in goods trade has been consolidated.

　　Second, anti-epidemic materials and "home economy" products have promoted rapid export growth.

my country's epidemic prevention and control is effective and effective, and it has steadily promoted the resumption of work and production. In April last year, exports achieved a "stopped decline and rebounded" and maintained a growth trend for 9 consecutive months.

The global demand for anti-epidemic materials and "home economy" products has greatly increased. my country's exports of textiles, medical devices, and medicines, including masks, have increased by 31% in total, driving an overall export growth of 1.9%.

my country’s exports of notebook computers, tablet computers, and household appliances increased by 22.1% in total, driving a 1.3% increase in overall exports.

These export commodities not only guarantee the global demand for epidemic prevention materials, but also meet the home work and consumption needs of the people of the world during the epidemic.

　　Third, my country's domestic super-large-scale market provides strong support for the expansion of imports.

Under the influence of the epidemic, my country's ultra-large-scale market has more obvious advantages, and import demand is stable.

In 2020, my country's imports of resource-based products such as crude oil and metal ore increased by 7.3% and 7%, respectively, and imports of agricultural products such as grain and meat increased by 28% and 60.4% respectively.

　　In addition, Li Kuiwen said that "quality improvement" can also be summarized in three aspects:

　　First, the structure of foreign trade was further optimized.

In 2020, the growth rate of my country's private enterprises' imports and exports is 9.2% higher than the overall growth rate of my country's foreign trade in the same period, becoming an important driving force for my country's foreign trade growth.

The proportion of general trade imports and exports continues to increase. In 2020, the proportion of general trade imports and exports will increase by 0.9 percentage points from 2019.

The regional development of foreign trade is more balanced, and the central and western regions have made new progress in undertaking industrial transfer from the east. In 2020, the foreign trade import and export of the central and western regions will increase by 11%, which is 1.4 percentage points higher than that in 2019, reaching 17.5%.

　　Second, the momentum of foreign trade development has been further enhanced.

New forms of foreign trade have developed vigorously. The annual cross-border e-commerce import and export amounted to RMB 1.69 trillion, an increase of 31.1%, and the export of market procurement increased by 25.2%.

The China-Europe Express operated 12,400 trains throughout the year, sending 1.135 million TEUs, an increase of 50% and 56% year-on-year, respectively, and the comprehensive heavy container rate reached 98.4%.

　　Third, the high-level open platform has an obvious leading role.

In the whole year, the import and export of the comprehensive bonded zone increased by 17.4%, the import and export of the pilot free trade zone increased by 10.7%, and the import of duty-free goods in the Hainan Free Trade Port increased by 80.5%.