China News Service, Shanghai, June 2 (Gao Zhimiao) Foreign foreign trade is an important main body of Shanghai's open economy. Although affected by a new round of epidemic, Shanghai's foreign trade has not "stagnated".

With the progress of the resumption of work, production and the market, the "Shanghai Action Plan for Accelerating Economic Recovery and Revitalization" was recently released. The policy efforts were "additional", and a series of policies to stabilize foreign investment and foreign trade were implemented.

  Yang Changchang, chief economist of Shenwan Hongyuan, said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that the "Shanghai Action Plan for Accelerating Economic Recovery and Revitalization" is a systematic guidance plan, which should be said to comprehensively consider the demand side, production side, supply chain and other elements.

It adapts to the transition from epidemic prevention and control to gradual opening and normalization, and also provides solutions for the current economic downturn.

  Yang Changchang said that Shanghai is China's trade center and an important window for attracting foreign investment. How to boost and restore the confidence of foreign investors is very important.

"It depends on us to further optimize the business environment and create an internationalized and legalized business environment that is closer to the needs of foreign investors. At the same time, we must also focus on addressing issues such as transparency, stability, and predictability of policies."

  He Jianhua, a researcher at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, also said that the impact of the epidemic has had a certain negative impact on foreign investment and foreign trade.

It is believed that with the revival of Shanghai's urban upgrading and vitality, foreign capital will still be optimistic about Shanghai, a "feng shui treasure land" for investment and development.

  Yang Changchang emphasized that while implementing the commissioner system for resumption of work and production for foreign-funded enterprises, especially large-scale foreign-funded enterprises, it is more important to give full play to the "one east and one west" two aspects of the Hongqiao International Central Business District International Trade Center and the Lingang New Area of ​​the Free Trade Zone. As a starting point, we will further expand investment promotion and promote the recovery of investment.

  The Shanghai Supervision Bureau of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission also stated that it will strengthen bank-government cooperation, enhance credit support, relieve small and micro pain points and block points, increase bank-insurance cooperation, and gather financial security. Various measures have been taken to serve the stability and improvement of foreign trade.

  In fact, in Shanghai in May under the global static management, foreign foreign trade also contributed to the economy amid the "epidemic".

China's first foreign-funded liner shipping company's "coastal piggyback" business was officially launched; the "China Railway Express-Shanghai" carrying 49 container machinery and equipment departed from Shanghai Minhang Station; China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Lingang New Area welcomes 9 foreign-funded projects; L'Oreal Group announced the establishment of the first investment company in the Chinese market.

  Gu Jun, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, said that recently, L'Oréal announced the establishment of its first investment company in Shanghai, which fully reflects the firm confidence of foreign investors in China and Shanghai's economic development prospects.

Shanghai will further play the role of open platforms such as the Pilot Free Trade Zone, Lingang New Area, and Hongqiao International Central Business District, enhance the function of an open gateway hub, and attract and welcome foreign-funded enterprises to invest in Shanghai through a higher level of opening to the outside world.

  Chen Yudong, president of Bosch (China) Investment Co., Ltd., told reporters that after the introduction of the action plan, some supporting policies and measures should be introduced one after another to make efforts to retain international friends.

"For example, optimizing visa procedures for entry and exit, optimizing isolation procedures and isolating local facilities. Introducing special preferential policies to support international schools. As long as people can be left behind, others will come naturally."

  In Yang Changchang's view, emergencies may occur in any country or region, and the key is how to allow enterprises to carry out normal production as much as possible after emergencies occur.

"For example, in the Yangtze River Delta, we can build a mutual disaster recovery system. Once a problem occurs in one place, the disaster recovery system will be activated, so that it will not have much impact on the production and logistics of enterprises."

  "This epidemic has also taught us some lessons, find the shortcomings exposed in the epidemic, and fix them as soon as possible. I believe that Shanghai's economy will recover quickly in the later stage and return to the normal growth track. After a series of policies Under the advancement, the economy will gradually return to the normal growth track, which I think is completely expected." Yang Changchang said.

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