China News Service, December 30th. Ren Hongbin, Vice Minister of Commerce, revealed on the 30th that China’s imports and exports of goods for the whole year are expected to reach US$6 trillion, an increase of more than 20%; China will cross the “two trillion” US dollar mark. The status of a major trading nation has been consolidated.
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The State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on the State Council’s policies on the morning of the 30th.
A reporter asked at the meeting how to evaluate the overall situation of my country's foreign trade this year?
How to judge the situation and trend of foreign trade next year?
How to achieve a stable character and seek progress with stability on the basis of an ultra-high cardinal number?
Ren Hongbin said that the overall situation of China's foreign trade in 2021 mainly has the "four new".
First, the scale of foreign trade has reached a new level.
It is estimated that China's imports and exports of goods for the whole year are expected to reach US$6 trillion, an increase of more than 20%.
This year, China will surpass the "two trillion" U.S. dollar mark, and its status as the largest trading nation will be consolidated.
Compared with last year, the increase in imports and exports was approximately US$1.3 trillion, equivalent to the total increase in the past 10 years.
In the first three quarters, the international market share of exports and imports reached 15% and 12.1%, setting a new record high.
Second, the structure of foreign trade presents new features.
The trade exchanges between emerging markets and China have become closer, accounting for 49.5% of exports in the first 11 months. Private enterprises have a more prominent leading role, accounting for 58% of exports, driving the overall export growth rate by 20 percentage points.
The potential of the central and western regions continued to be released. Exports increased by 34.9%, higher than the overall export growth rate. The added value of exports continued to increase. The export of mechanical and electrical products accounted for 59%, the export of electric passenger cars increased by 2.5 times, and the unit price increased by more than 35%.
Third, the growth of foreign trade has gathered new momentum.
The top-level design has been improved. This year, the national "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for High-Quality Development of Foreign Trade" was issued. Innovative development and upgrading are accelerated, and guidelines for accelerating the development of new formats and new models of foreign trade have been issued. Both cross-border e-commerce and market procurement have been implemented. There are more than 1,500 integrated foreign trade enterprises, more than 2,000 overseas warehouses, 130 bonded maintenance projects have been built, and offshore trade is also developing rapidly.
The fourth is to make new contributions to the development of foreign trade.
In the first three quarters, the increase in exports of goods accounted for 27.8% of the increase in GDP, a record high over the same period in the past ten years.
The number of newly registered foreign trade operators reached 184,000, which has a prominent role in stabilizing employment.
Guarantee the import of advanced equipment, key components, important energy resources and high-quality consumer goods, maintain the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, and meet the needs of the people for a better life.
In the first three quarters, China’s contribution to global import growth reached 14.1%, exporting anti-epidemic materials and vaccines in an orderly manner, supporting global anti-epidemic cooperation, and demonstrating the responsibility of a major country.
Talking about the situation and trend of foreign trade next year, Ren Hongbin said: "The situation facing next year is still complex and severe, with uncertainties and unstable factors increasing. Both ends of the supply and demand will be under tremendous pressure, and it is likely to pass a'big hurdle.' "Ren Hongbin further stated that first, the trend of the epidemic is uncertain.
The Omi Keron mutant strain has spread to more than 110 countries and regions.
Second, the global economic recovery is uneven, and the recovery of developed economies and low-income countries differs greatly.
Third, it is difficult to completely alleviate the bottleneck of the supply chain.
The world economic cycle is hindered, ports continue to be congested, the risk of partial interruption in the supply chain is increasing, the cost of raw materials and transportation remains high, and the shortage of cores, cabinets, and labor continue to exist.
Ren Hongbin said that in the next step, in accordance with the unified deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference, we will strengthen cross-cycle adjustments, take multiple measures to stabilize foreign trade, and focus on four areas of work:
The first is to pay close attention to cross-cycle adjustments to stabilize the implementation of foreign trade policies and stabilize the basic market for foreign trade and foreign investment.
Work with all localities and relevant departments to implement a new round of policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade, guide all localities to introduce supporting measures based on local conditions, strengthen publicity and interpretation, and allow enterprises to enjoy policy dividends as soon as possible.
At the same time, strengthen monitoring and early warning, establish a business big data monitoring, forecast and early warning platform, study and judge new situations in a timely manner, and reserve new policies.
The second is to continue to promote the innovation and development of foreign trade and cultivate new advantages in strengthening foreign trade competition.
Do a good job in the expansion of a new batch of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot areas, continuously improve overseas smart logistics platforms, build offshore trade center cities or regions, strive to improve the level of trade digitization, and create a number of global trade digitization pilot areas.
Implement the dual-carbon target and promote the development of green trade.
The third is to make every effort to ensure the stability and smooth flow of the industrial chain and supply chain, and to improve the strength and resilience.
Continue to promote the high-quality development of foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases, support the innovative development of processing trade, cultivate a new batch of pilots for the implementation of trade between border residents, deepen the integration of domestic and foreign trade, cultivate dual-cycle trade enterprises, continue to promote the smooth flow of international logistics and settlement, and enhance trade Convenience level.
The fourth is to help foreign trade companies open up markets and improve the level of global trade cooperation.
Deeply cultivate the traditional markets such as the United States and Europe, further expand the emerging markets such as ASEAN, coordinate the commercial construction of the unimpeded trade work group, give full play to the role of the commercial construction work group, and carefully organize international exhibitions such as the China International Import Expo, the Canton Fair and the Service Trade Fair, with high quality Jointly build the “Belt and Road”, deepen the “Silk Road E-commerce” cooperation, and take the effective implementation of RCEP as an opportunity to promote the high-quality development of foreign trade.