China News Service, Nanning, November 2 (Reporter Lin Hao) Li Shuo, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, introduced on the 2nd that since 2021, Guangxi has coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and foreign trade imports and exports have continued to grow rapidly. New highs over the same period in history.

　　On the same day, the Press Office of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region held a press conference in Nanning. Li Shuo informed at the conference that in the first three quarters of this year, Guangxi's foreign trade imports and exports amounted to RMB 444.59 billion, a year-on-year increase of 29.3%.

There were 385 newly established foreign-invested enterprises, an increase of 32.3%, and the utilization of foreign capital in the manufacturing industry increased by 51.6%.

　　Li Shuo pointed out that under the downward pressure of the economy, the above-mentioned transcripts were not easy to come by.

　　Li Shuo said that since the beginning of this year, in order to stabilize the fundamentals of foreign trade and foreign investment, Guangxi has issued various measures including the "Guangxi Implementation Plan for Promoting the Innovative Development of Foreign Trade", and the "Implementation Plan for Implementing the "Hundred Enterprises Entering the Border" Action to Promote the Development of Border Industries" and other measures to carry out foreign business. Investing enterprises’ 100-day precision service activities have coordinated and solved difficulties in the use of labor, electricity, energy, and land indicators.

　　At the same time, Guangxi implemented the reform of the cross-market commodity declaration model, expanded the varieties of cross-market commodities, simplified the customs clearance procedures for 93 kinds of "food and medicine homology" Chinese medicinal materials, and solved the problem of enterprises importing Vietnamese sheep.

The scale of border trade, border small trade, and border trade between border residents ranks first in the country.

　　In terms of cultivating new forms of foreign trade, Guangxi has expanded its areas of innovation, promoted the construction of ASEAN overseas warehouses, supported e-commerce companies to build ASEAN-oriented logistics centers in Nanning, and accelerated the construction of cross-border e-commerce live broadcast bases.

The Nanning and Chongzuo areas of Guangxi Pilot Free Trade Zone completed a total of 6.68 billion yuan in cross-border e-commerce import and export transactions, a year-on-year increase of 421.4%.

　　Facing the problems of congestion at the Youyiguan port, difficulty in booking shipping space, and difficulty in ordering containers, Guangxi has strengthened the guidance of customs clearance at the Youyiguan, strengthened the barge capacity and the deployment of foreign trade containers, and ensured the stable operation of Hong Kong’s "day-to-day shift". The coordinated opening started with Guangxi. The cross-border direct train to China and Europe from the place of origin.

　　In addition, Guangxi promoted the construction of foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases, increased tracking services for key processing trade enterprises, facilitated the approval of the construction of the Nanning National Processing Trade Industrial Park, and the commissioning of key projects such as Yingyan Optoelectronics and Xinertai Intelligent Technology.

　　Affected by factors such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic and rising overall costs, Li Shuo predicts that Guangxi's import and export growth rate will decline in the fourth quarter, but the overall trend of foreign trade will not change, and it is expected to achieve double-digit growth throughout the year.

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