China News Service, February 24, "We will resolutely stabilize the basic market of foreign trade and foreign investment. This year is still the goal, focusing on the implementation of the preferential import and export plan, the trade industry integration plan and the trade smooth plan." Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao on the 24th. Express.
Data map: container terminal.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Dongming
On the 24th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on accelerating high-quality business development and building a new development pattern in services.
A reporter asked at the meeting that affected by multiple factors such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic, how do you look at China's foreign trade import and export situation this year?
What other policy measures will stabilize foreign trade in the future can help foreign trade companies stabilize the industrial chain and supply chain?
Wang Wentao said that last year's foreign trade was extremely extraordinary and achieved remarkable results.
Judging from the overall data, the import and export of goods last year was 32.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.9%. This data can show three aspects: First, it is the only major economy in the world that has achieved positive trade growth.
In the second aspect, the scale and international share of foreign trade hit a record high.
In the third aspect, the status of the world's largest trading nation has been consolidated.
"How to judge the situation this year? Our judgment is still severe and complicated." Wang Wentao pointed out that from the perspective of demand, the situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has ups and downs, is uncertain and uncertain, so the judgment of the foreign trade situation this year is severe and complicated.
From the perspective of supply chain and industrial chain, the factors affecting stability are still developing. "We will firmly stabilize the basic market of foreign trade and foreign investment. This year is still the goal, focusing on the implementation of the preferential import and export plan, the trade industry integration plan, and the trade smooth plan. "
Wang Wentao said, specifically, there are the following aspects:
One is to continue to strengthen policy support.
The continuity, stability and sustainability of policies will be maintained with local and relevant departments.
We are now regularly listening to the problems and voices of foreign trade companies, such as solving the problems of poor international logistics and high logistics costs, such as consolidating and improving export credit insurance, such as grasping the placement of foreign trade credit, and supporting foreign trade enterprises to stabilize their jobs. Post expansion, etc., to maintain the continuity and stability of the policy, and at the same time adjust the policy in time in the face of new conditions.
The second is to ensure the stability and smooth flow of the foreign trade industry chain and supply chain.
Work hard on the integration and development of the trade industry, newly identify a batch of foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases, and cultivate a batch of processing trade industrial parks.
We will also build a number of national import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones, expand the scale of imports, and drive related industries to improve quality and efficiency.
The third is to help foreign trade companies stabilize orders and expand markets.
The main purpose is to further play the role of the platform. We have some good platforms and we will continue to play their role this year.
We will successfully host the 4th China International Import Expo and the 2021 Service Trade Fair. We will also make good use of the important exhibition platforms of the Canton Fair and the first Consumer Fair to contribute to stable orders and market expansion for enterprises.
At the same time, according to the changing situation of the epidemic situation, online and offline efforts will be synchronized.
We will also strengthen the construction of the international marketing system, especially the upgrading and development of overseas warehouses, and promote the integration of domestic and foreign trade.
We will also work with more trading partners, especially countries related to the “Belt and Road” initiative, to establish a smooth trade working mechanism to create a good international environment for foreign trade enterprises.
The fourth is to actively cultivate new business forms and models of foreign trade.
After the epidemic, new formats and models of foreign trade have played an important role, such as cross-border e-commerce and market procurement trade methods.
In 2020, cross-border e-commerce imports and exports will be 1.69 trillion yuan, an increase of 31.1%.
Market procurement exports 704.54 billion yuan in 2020, an increase of 25.2%, both of which are double-digit high-speed growth, indicating that these new business forms and models have strong vitality.
"In the next step, we will further expand our support for these new business models and models, and contribute to the stability of foreign trade this year." Wang Wentao said.