At the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia in Shanghai held on the afternoon of May 29, Gu Jun, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, introduced that currently, affected by multiple factors such as the epidemic and changes in the international situation, Shanghai is facing severe challenges in stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment. However, the fundamentals of Shanghai's long-term improvement in foreign trade and foreign investment have not changed.

"We will conscientiously implement various national and municipal policies to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, continue to optimize the business environment, take comprehensive measures to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, and make every effort to stabilize the expectations and confidence of enterprises in Shanghai's development."

  Gu Jun said that we will comprehensively promote the resumption of work and production of foreign trade and foreign-invested enterprises.

In the early stage, three batches of key foreign trade and foreign-invested enterprises have been promoted in an orderly manner to resume work and production. As of now, the first batch of 142 enterprises has resumed work with a rate of 91%, the second batch of 562 with a rate of 73%, and the third batch of 821 with a rate of return to work. 50%.

In the next stage, we will comprehensively promote the resumption of work and production of foreign trade and foreign-invested enterprises. Relying on the special service class for foreign-traded and foreign-invested enterprises, urban areas will jointly strengthen the resumption of work and production services in terms of employee return to work, logistics support, and upstream and downstream connections, and steadily improve the production rate of enterprises. , to urge and guide enterprises to implement epidemic prevention and control and safety production measures in place.

"Recently, L'Oreal announced the establishment of its first investment company in Shanghai, which fully reflects the firm confidence of foreign investors in China and the prospects for Shanghai's economic development." (Reporter Kang Yuzhan)

Responsible editor: [Song Fangcan]