The growth potential of foreign trade is continuously released
In the early morning of January 1, 2022, at the Guangzhou Dalang International Freight and Logistics Base, a "Sui-Man-Russia" China-Europe train loaded with 100 TEUs of goods slowly pulled out. The train will leave the country at the Manzhouli Railway Port and arrive 16 days later. Moscow Volsino Station, more than 10,000 kilometers away.
Up to now, China-Europe freight trains have accumulated more than 40,000 trains, with 73 operating lines, reaching 174 cities in 23 European countries. The logistics and distribution network covers the entire Eurasian continent, which effectively guarantees the stable operation of international trade.
Foreign trade connects the international and domestic markets and plays an important role in building a new development pattern.
Since the reform and opening up, my country has continuously promoted the reform and innovation of the foreign trade system, achieved leap-forward development of trade in goods, continued to optimize the trade structure, and continued to expand the international market, making important contributions to economic and social development.
The total value of import and export of goods trade in the first 11 months of 2021 is 35.39 trillion yuan
The scale of trade continues to expand
From the exhibition of only a few microwave ovens and rice cookers to the appearance of smart home appliances in the whole house, from "grabbing" orders at the exhibition site to online and offline multi-channel expansion... Over the past 20 years, taking advantage of the east wind of the Canton Fair, Galanz has opened up the international market, and its products have sold well over 200 multiple countries and regions.
With the establishment of international economic and trade cooperation platforms such as the Canton Fair, the China International Import Expo, and the Service Trade Fair, my country actively participates in global economic and trade cooperation, promotes trade liberalization and facilitation, and continuously achieves new breakthroughs in trade scale.
The total value of imports and exports of goods trade has increased from 57 billion yuan in 1980 to over 32 trillion yuan in 2020, and the scale of my country's trade has continued to expand.
In 2018, the scale of my country's import and export of goods exceeded the 30 trillion yuan mark for the first time.
In 2020, under the complex and severe external situation, the total value of my country's import and export of goods trade will reach 32.16 trillion yuan, a new record high, becoming the only major economy in the world to achieve positive growth in trade in goods, and the status of the largest country in trade in goods has further improved. consolidate.
In the first 11 months of 2021, the total import and export value of my country's trade in goods reached 35.39 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22%.
Among them, imports and exports to major trading partners such as ASEAN, the European Union and the United States maintained double-digit growth.
The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has opened up new space for the growth of the world economy and a new world for the development of my country's foreign trade.
All localities have made great efforts to optimize the trade structure, promote the orderly and free flow of international and domestic factors, efficient allocation of resources, and deep market integration.
In the first three quarters of 2021, my country’s imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” increased by 23.4%.
Exports of mechanical and electrical products accounted for 59%
The trade structure continues to be optimized
In the vehicle assembly workshop of Easyjet New Energy Vehicle Co., Ltd. located in Shiyan, Hubei, 240 new energy vehicles are rolled off the assembly line every day, 80% of which are sold overseas.
From exporting 184 units in small batches to test the water, and accumulatively exporting more than 10,000 units by 2021, EasyJet's blueprint for going overseas has been gradually realized.
"The full circulation chain such as the import of production equipment and parts, and the export of complete vehicles is becoming more and more smooth, which helps us to control the cost of our products and enhance our global competitiveness." Zhao Weidong, general manager of Easyjet, said.
With the growing international demand for new energy vehicles, Hubei has ushered in new opportunities.
In the first three quarters of 2021, the cumulative export value of new energy vehicles in Hubei reached 1.93 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 220 times.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, anchoring the goal of building a strong trade country, my country has accelerated the promotion of foreign trade transformation, structural adjustment, and in-depth promotion of the "five optimizations" of international market layout, domestic regional layout, commodity structure, business entities, and trade methods, and trade quality. Significantly improved.
Exports of high-tech and high value-added products are strong.
In the first 11 months of 2021, the export value of my country's mechanical and electrical products increased by 21.2%, and the proportion increased to 59%.
Among them, the export of automatic data processing equipment and its parts, household appliances, and automobiles (including chassis) increased by 12.3%, 16.3% and 108.4% respectively.
The way trade is regulated has also evolved with the times.
The average inspection rate of import and export goods is lower, the customs clearance procedures for import and export goods are given priority, and you can apply to the customs for exemption from guarantees... A few days ago, the General Administration of Customs announced the customs registration and filing enterprise credit management measures, and optimized the enterprise credit rating to three levels. For "advanced certified (customs AEO) enterprises" and "untrustworthy enterprises", implement convenient or strict customs management measures respectively; for other registered and filed enterprises, uniformly implement conventional customs management measures to further improve the legal system of customs enterprise credit management level of standardization.
The scale of cross-border e-commerce has increased nearly 10 times in 5 years
Business model continues to innovate
A few days ago, the goods of Newegg Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. passed through the cross-border e-commerce 1210 (bonded stocking) model, passed the card and exited the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone smoothly, and exported to the United States by sea.
"Under the 1210 model, the e-commerce platform can prepare bonded goods for export to the Comprehensive Bonded Zone in advance, and complete the sorting and packaging in its own warehouse in the zone, which has the advantages of low cost, fast tax refund, and high efficiency." Newegg Cross-border Operation Director Shi Zhibin said that it is precisely because of the location and policy advantages of the Zhongyangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone that Newegg will settle its cross-border e-commerce front-end overseas warehouse here.
In recent years, my country has accelerated the cultivation of new formats and models of foreign trade, and gathered new momentum for foreign trade development.
In July 2021, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Development of New Formats and Models of Foreign Trade", which clarified the direction for the development of new formats and models for medium and long-term domestic and foreign trade.
"The goods exported by cross-border e-commerce are usually small batches and multiple batches, and the shipping cost is relatively high. By 'LCL' with other goods, we can save 1/5 of the gypsum board sent to the Middle East compared with traditional methods. Shipping costs." said the relevant person in charge of Shandong Linyi Comprehensive Bonded Zone Aoyijia Import and Export Co., Ltd.
At present, there are more than 130 enterprises in Linyi carrying out cross-border e-commerce export business, driving the development of local specialty industries such as grass and willow weaving.
"New formats and new models of foreign trade are the inevitable outcome of the new development stage in the field of foreign trade, and a vivid practice of implementing new development concepts." Vice Minister of Commerce Ren Hongbin said that China attaches great importance to the development of new formats and models of foreign trade. Local governments and various departments have continuously improved policy systems and optimized the business environment, promoting the scale of cross-border e-commerce to increase by nearly 10 times in 5 years, and the export of market procurement trade to increase by 5 times in 6 years, and the number of overseas warehouses has exceeded 2,000.
(Reporter Rose Shanshan)
"People's Daily" (page 05, January 8, 2022)