Zhongxin Finance, January 14 (Reporter Xie Yiguan) In 2021, in the face of a century of changes and the epidemic of the century, what will be the situation of my country's foreign trade import and export?

What achievements have been made in foreign trade in the past 20 years since joining the WTO?

The Winter Olympics are approaching, what are the countermeasures to contain the epidemic?

　　On January 14, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the import and export situation in 2021. Li Kuiwen, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Department of Statistics and Analysis, answered at the press conference.

Data map: Ningbo Zhoushan Port.

Photo by Tang Jiankai

The annual import and export scale exceeded 6 trillion US dollars for the first time

　　Li Kuiwen said that in 2021, my country's economic development and epidemic prevention and control will maintain its leading position in the world, with rapid growth in foreign trade imports and exports, a new high in scale and steady improvement in quality.

　　According to customs statistics, the total import and export value of my country's trade in goods in 2021 will be 39.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.4% over 2020.

Among them, exports were 21.73 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.2%; imports were 17.37 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.5%.

The annual import and export scale has reached a new level, breaking the US$6 trillion mark for the first time

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In 2021, my country's import and export scale in US dollars will reach 6.05 trillion US dollars. Eight years after reaching 4 trillion US dollars for the first time in 2013, it has crossed the two major steps of 5 trillion and 6 trillion US dollars during the year, reaching a historical level. High Point.

The increase in foreign trade this year reached 1.4 trillion US dollars.

Data map: Yiwu Railway Port Customs Inspection Platform.

Photo by Zhang Bin

In the 20 years since China's accession to the WTO, imports and exports have increased by more than 8 times

　　2021 marks the 20th anniversary of my country's accession to the World Trade Organization.

According to customs statistics, my country's total import and export value has increased from 4.22 trillion yuan in 2001 to 39.1 trillion yuan in 2021, with an average annual growth of 12.2%.

　　Li Kuiwen said that in the past 20 years, my country's imports and exports have increased by more than 8 times, and the scale of trade in goods has jumped to the first place in the world.

　　"The scale of my country's trade in goods started from 4.22 trillion yuan in 2001, broke through three levels of 10 trillion, 20 trillion and 30 trillion in 2005, 2010 and 2018, and will approach 40 trillion by 2021. In the past 20 years, the scale of my country's trade in goods has increased from 24.4 trillion yuan in 2012 to 39.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.7 trillion yuan, close to the import and export scale in 2009 ."

　　In addition, in terms of global market share, my country has also increased significantly from 4% in 2001 to 13.5% in the first three quarters of 2021. In 2013, my country became the world's largest trader in goods for the first time.

Data map: The China-Europe train loaded with 100 TEUs of Xinjiang-made tomato paste departed from the Jinghe International Highway-Railway Integrated Logistics Park in Xinjiang.

Photo by An Xiaolong

Faster growth in imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road”

　　2021 marks the eighth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Li Kuiwen said that since the "Belt and Road" initiative was put forward, trade between my country and countries along the "Belt and Road" has become increasingly close.

In 2021, China's imports and exports with its major trading partners will achieve steady growth. Among them, imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" will grow faster.

　　In 2021, my country's top five trading partners will be ASEAN, the European Union, the United States, Japan and South Korea. The imports and exports to these trading partners will be 5.67, 5.35, 4.88, 2.4 and 2.34 trillion yuan respectively, an increase of 19.7%, 19.1% and 20.2% respectively. %, 9.4% and 18.4%.

　　During the same period, my country’s imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” increased by 23.6%, 2.2 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate.

Among them, exports were 6.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.5%; imports were 5.01 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.4%.

Data map: Customs officers at the Capital Airport, affiliated to Beijing Customs, lead the Winter Olympics testers to the customs clearance site.

Photo courtesy of Beijing Customs Photo by Geng Xiao

Implement "one aircraft, one policy" for all flights involving the Winter Olympics

　　The Beijing Winter Olympics is a major landmark event at an important historical node in my country.

In order to protect the safety of the capital and ensure the smooth holding of the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, Li Kuiwen said that the General Administration of Customs scientifically and accurately implements port epidemic prevention and control, provides services for the arrival and departure of Olympic-related personnel, and resolutely curbs the import of epidemics through ports.

　　"Strengthen communication with the Winter Olympics Arrival and Departure Center and other departments, grasp the information of inbound and outbound personnel in advance, continuously refine the customs clearance guarantee plan, and implement 'one machine, one policy' for all Winter Olympics-related flights, so as to achieve strict supervision, precise quarantine, Efficient service.”

　　For example, in order to reduce the time people stay at the port, the "Instructions on Health Declaration for Entry into the Winter Olympics Chartered Flight" has been specially compiled and translated into multiple languages ​​to instruct Olympic-related personnel to fill in the health declaration card in advance before boarding, and improve the efficiency of customs clearance.

　　In accordance with the requirements of "100% of the prescribed actions must be done properly, and 99% of them are unqualified", strictly standardize all aspects of health declaration card verification, temperature monitoring, medical inspection, sampling and testing, transfer and information notification for entry personnel. , pay close attention to the port epidemic prevention and control work, and resolutely curb the import of the epidemic through the port.

　　As of January 10, 2022, Beijing Customs has supervised 196 Olympic-related flights and 5,958 Olympic-related personnel.

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