The State Council has issued another package of measures to help maintain stability and improve foreign trade quality

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 5th.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Zou Duowei

　　In order to help foreign trade enterprises cope with the current difficulties, the State Council executive meeting held on the 5th once again made arrangements to maintain the stability and quality of foreign trade, and further increased support in terms of ensuring orders, improving customs clearance efficiency, and increasing credit issuance.

　　According to customs data, in the first quarter of this year, the total value of my country's import and export of goods trade was 9.42 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%.

Although the double-digit growth has achieved a "stable start", compared with the high growth of nearly 30% in the same period last year, the growth rate of foreign trade has still declined.

　　The first measure deployed at the meeting is to focus on securing orders and stabilizing the import and export of key industries and labor-intensive industries.

Guarantee the stability of production and circulation in the field of foreign trade, determine the list of key foreign trade enterprises and provide guarantees in terms of production, logistics and employment.

　　In view of the current stage problems such as production and operation obstruction and poor logistics and transportation faced by some foreign trade enterprises, the meeting proposed to effectively and orderly clear the collection and distribution of sea and airport, and improve the efficiency of operation and customs clearance.

Make good use of air cargo capacity to ensure the transportation of important parts, equipment and products.

Investigate and punish violations of foreign trade freight prices.

　　In addition, the meeting clarified that it is necessary to increase the credit supply to small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises, support banks to not blindly withdraw, cut off, and suppress loans for temporary difficulties, and sort out a group of urgently in need of funds to give key support.

Expand the scale of export credit insurance short-term insurance and shorten the payment time.

Increase credit insurance policy financing.

Maintain the basic stability of the RMB exchange rate at a reasonable and balanced level.

　　"These measures are highly targeted and operational." Zhuang Rui, a professor at the University of International Business and Economics, said that at present, my country's foreign trade development situation is becoming more and more severe, and stabilizing foreign trade is facing new challenges.

The introduction of relevant policies and measures in response to the actual difficulties faced by foreign trade enterprises such as fiscal, taxation, and finance will help stabilize the expectations of enterprises, thereby stabilizing the growth of foreign trade.

　　At this stage, labor-intensive products still account for a large proportion of my country's foreign trade.

The meeting focused on this, clearly supported the stable development of processing trade, and included labor-intensive processing trade in the central, western and northeastern regions into the catalogue of industries encouraged by the state.

　　Zhuang Rui said that labor-intensive industries have absorbed a large number of laborers, and the meeting's increased support for this type of products is not only to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, but also to protect basic people's livelihood.

　　In addition, the meeting also proposed that a policy to facilitate cross-border e-commerce export returns and exchanges should be introduced as soon as possible, and qualified cross-border e-commerce enterprises should be supported to apply for high-tech enterprises; platform services such as the Canton Fair should be optimized, and cooperation and mutual promotion with cross-border e-commerce should be strengthened. action.

Industry insiders believe that this will strengthen the construction of the foreign trade service system and promote the development of cross-border e-commerce, thus providing more opportunities for foreign trade enterprises to improve their quality and upgrade.

　　Zhuang Rui suggested that under the current situation, in addition to ensuring the stabilization of foreign trade and the detailed implementation of the bailout policies for enterprises, enterprises should also take the initiative to attack according to the new characteristics of foreign trade, seize the opportunities of institutional dividends, new models and new business formats, and continuously improve their ability to resist risks and Competitiveness.