"It's time to go to sea to do business! Don't be afraid of anything"

　　Chinanews.com, December 9th (Zuo Yukun, reporter from Zhongxin Finance and Economics) The fourth quarter of each year is often the traditional peak season for China's foreign trade, and it is also a critical period for foreign trade companies to sprint to grab orders at the end of the year and determine the production capacity layout for the next year.

　　Recently, a topic that "Zhejiang will organize 10,000 enterprises to go abroad to participate in economic and trade activities" became popular. Netizens found that Suzhou and other places have also chartered flights to go abroad to grab big orders, and strive to catch up with business opportunities.

　　Once again, Zhejiang and Suzhou took the lead, and everyone couldn't help sighing: Jiangsu and Zhejiang are really good places, not only "free shipping" but also "chartered flights"!

Data map: Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Zhejiang.

Photo by Tang Jiankai

Charter planes to grab orders and

　　On December 4th, an order grabbing team composed of relevant persons in charge of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce and other provincial departments and business representatives drove to the airport for a 6-day trip to Europe. The first batch of the order.

　　This is also the first stop of the "Thousands of Groups and Thousands of Enterprises to Expand the Market and Grab Orders Action" recently launched by Zhejiang Province.

In the future, Zhejiang Province will organize more than 10,000 enterprises to participate in exhibitions and conduct business negotiations abroad through chartered flights, shared flights, flights and other modes.

　　One day later, on December 5, a business charter flight of a Sichuan foreign trade enterprise set sail in Chengdu to carry out economic and trade promotion activities, which means that the business charter flight organized by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce to go to Europe to expand the market officially took place.

　　On the chartered flight, a total of 40 people from 31 foreign trade companies from food, medicine, automobile, furniture, agricultural products and other industries flew to France, Germany, and Italy to carry out economic and trade promotion activities for a period of 9 days.

This is also the first overseas business mission organized at the provincial level in Sichuan since the outbreak.

　　The above is also the first overseas business mission organized by the two provinces at the provincial level since the outbreak of the epidemic.

In addition to the "provincial representative team", many cities across the country have also taken the lead in going overseas to grab orders.

　　According to the news from the "Suzhou Release" public account on the 7th, from November 17th to 23rd, the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce organized a charter flight service to Japan. Order.

In addition, the chartered flights to France and Germany organized by the Bureau will also depart.

　　Some netizens noticed that when Suzhou "run away", the 20 measures to optimize prevention and control had just been released.

While most of the local governments are still waiting to see, Suzhou has decisively made a decision to attract investment, striving to become a "top economic student".

　　With the continuous optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control measures in various places, the teams of "going overseas to grab orders" in various places have grown stronger.

According to incomplete statistics, in Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan and other places, relevant government departments have also organized groups to go overseas to grab orders.

Zhejiang enterprises arrived overseas for negotiation by chartered flight.

Photo courtesy of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce

A meeting is worth a thousand emails

　　"As expected of you, Zhejiang!" "Good speed, always ahead of business opportunities!" Under the relevant news, countless netizens left comments and liked it, and some even commented: "This news actually brought tears to my eyes."

　　Since 2020, due to the repeated delays of the new crown epidemic and the complex international environment, the communication and negotiation between foreign trade companies and foreign customers has continued to be hindered.

Now, the clarion call for foreign trade companies to go abroad, compete for orders, and stabilize their share is sounding again, and both the public and enterprises feel rejoiced.

　　"The main purpose of this event is to send a signal. With the optimization of epidemic prevention and control measures, we call on everyone to 'go overseas' to do business. Don't be afraid of anything." The relevant staff of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce said bluntly.

　　"We hope that government departments will take the lead in going out, and send more positive signals to enterprises, so that they will have more confidence and willingness to take the initiative to go out, and get more opportunities to compete and cooperate with international counterparts in the new year." Zhejiang Tuo Market Economics and Trade Li Lin, secretary-general of the delegation, also said.

　　A meeting is worth a thousand emails.

According to Li Lin, the preliminary investigation found that many enterprises have concerns about "going out", so government departments need to set an example to give enterprises confidence.

　　The government's strong encouragement has also encouraged enterprises.

According to some Zhejiang foreign trade bosses, since last month, they have frequently received mobilization text messages to promote overseas market development. At that time, many bosses signed up at the first time.

　　"This is the first time for an enterprise to participate in the European food ingredients and health raw materials exhibition offline since the outbreak of the epidemic." The relevant person in charge of Zhejiang Shangshang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. said that the overall effect of the exhibition was good.

From the first day of the exhibition alone, the company has negotiated with more than 60 customers, and the intended transaction volume is about 12 million US dollars.

　　"In the past two days, there will be 60 or 70 customers coming to our booth for face-to-face communication." The person in charge revealed that next year, the company will further increase its participation in global offline exhibitions to bring its products to the world.

　　In the past, "going out" may only need a ticket, but now it requires not only the courage to open up the market, but also the belief in changing the status quo.

　　"When I went there, the suitcase was full, and there were samples in it; when I came back, it was also full, and what I brought back were new products ordered by customers." The 12-day charter flight made Ningbo Remax Door and Window Fittings Co., Ltd. The general manager Ding Yandong has gained a lot.

　　"The market demand has changed, the trend of the industry has changed, and many styles that were popular in the past have now been eliminated." Ding Yandong mentioned that learning and progress are his greatest gains.

Foreign traders deeply felt that the vigorous digitalization process in the industry and the wide application of new technologies gave him a sense of urgency and crisis, and strengthened his determination to promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprises.

Chengdu International Railway Port is located in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu.

Photo courtesy of Chengdu International Railway Port

Year-end sprint to stabilize the economy, the atmosphere of "making money" is back

　　When netizens were still joking about "I won't make money in the future, and I can no longer blame the epidemic", officials and bosses in Zhejiang and other places have already packed their bags and flew abroad to discuss business.

　　This is enough to see the importance of sound foreign trade to my country's economy.

According to data released by the General Administration of Customs on the 7th, despite the complex and severe external environment, foreign trade imports and exports still delivered a solid answer: From January to November, the total value of my country's imports and exports of goods trade was 38.34 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.6% year-on-year.

　　Zhuang Rui, a professor at the National Institute of Opening-up at the University of International Business and Economics, said that in the winter, multiple factors such as repeated epidemics, increased costs, and exchange rate fluctuations have affected the enthusiasm and activity of some companies in foreign trade.

In this context, the rapid growth of my country's foreign trade has played an important supporting role in stabilizing the macroeconomic market.

　　The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated "speeding up the construction of a trade power", deployed important measures to adhere to opening up, and emphasized "promoting the optimization and upgrading of trade in goods", "innovating the development mechanism of trade in services", and "developing digital trade".

The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held on the 6th also pointed out that "it is necessary to promote high-level opening up to the outside world and make greater efforts to attract and utilize foreign capital."

　　"The development trend of my country's foreign trade to stabilize and improve quality has not changed." Zhuang Rui said that in the critical window period of sprinting to stabilize the economy at the end of the year, we must go all out to implement a package of policies and follow-up measures to ensure that my country's foreign trade continues to contribute to the consolidation of economic recovery. Make a positive contribution to the steady upward trend.

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