China News Service, Beijing, March 8 (Reporter Xia Bin) Opened this year's government work report, a series of data and goals issued a "task list" for economic work.

　　Over the past three years, China's foreign trade performance has risen against the trend, becoming a bright spot and a strong driving force for the Chinese economy.

As for foreign trade, the government work report clearly states that import and export should be promoted, stabilized and improved in quality, and that imports and exports should continue to play a supporting role in the economy.

　　How to find the growth point of foreign trade in 2023?

Representatives and committee members participating in the National Two Sessions mentioned three "key words".

　　One is to aim at the "Belt and Road".

Yu Miaojie, deputy to the National People's Congress and president of Liaoning University, believes that among this year's "troika", foreign trade is still the most important locomotive driving China's economic growth.

In terms of growth highlights, he mentioned that countries along the “Belt and Road” will account for one-third of China’s total foreign trade starting this year and even for a long time during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period.

　　2023 is the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative. China continues to open up new paths in international cooperation, providing new opportunities for the development of the world economy.

　　On the eve of the opening of the two sessions, the Rwanda Investment and Development Bureau of countries along the "Belt and Road" and Alibaba signed another e-commerce cooperation agreement on February 27. The first batch of 20 Rwandan small and medium-sized enterprises will settle in Ali International Station and start digital overseas. .

It is reported that the products of these enterprises are mainly coffee and tea with local characteristics of Rwanda.

　　Yutong buses have won orders in areas along the “Belt and Road”: On March 2, the first batch of Yutong buses that have undergone rigorous testing slowly drove out of the new energy plant area. These buses will depart from Zhengzhou, Henan, along the “Silk Road” The "Road Economic Belt" arrived in Uzbekistan in Central Asia and was delivered to the Tashkent bus company in the capital.

　　The cooperation results one after another among the countries along the “Belt and Road” have already shown that the “Belt and Road” initiative originated in China, but the opportunities and achievements belong to the whole world.

　　Zhou Yunjie, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of the board of directors of Haier Group, pointed out that the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone, located at the eastern end of the "Belt and Road" new Eurasian Continental Bridge, is an important hub for the construction of international trade channels, and is well connected to the "Belt and Road" accelerated interconnection. intercommunication.

As domestic and international parties gather at the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone, the construction of a new platform for international cooperation under the "Belt and Road" is more urgent and particularly critical.

　　The second is the "quality improvement" of cross-border e-commerce.

As a new form of foreign trade with fast development and strong driving effect, cross-border e-commerce has become a new driving force for China's foreign trade development, a new channel for transformation and upgrading, and a new starting point for high-quality development.

　　Li Kuiwen, deputy to the National People's Congress and director of the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, said that in terms of cross-border e-commerce, it is necessary to do a good job in the effective implementation of the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone plan, and form a "cross-departmental collaboration and cross-customs district cooperation" Work together to optimize the business environment for cross-border e-commerce; in terms of market procurement, market entity access and classified management should be strengthened, joint punishment for violations of laws and regulations should be strengthened, and the healthy development of market procurement trade should be promoted.

　　Previously, Jiang Haoran, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of Hengyin Financial Technology Co., Ltd., held discussions with leading domestic e-commerce companies such as Ali on cross-border trade and supply chain construction.

He bluntly said that in the face of pressure from competitors and insufficient investment in cross-border logistics, we need to show the courage to "wrestle the arms" and urgently need to break the situation in the construction of cross-border digital infrastructure.

　　The current infrastructure layout of Chinese enterprises for cross-border e-commerce has achieved results.

In order to help cross-border merchants and SMEs solve the biggest pain point in cross-border retail logistics, AliExpress and Cainiao have built 28 overseas warehouses in 9 overseas countries and regions, with a total area of ​​more than 860,000 square meters.

　　However, China's cross-border e-commerce digital logistics infrastructure is still underinvested. Overseas warehouses lack public service networks, and warehouses and goods are "invisible" to each other, which affects cross-border logistics costs and affects supply chain security and stability.

　　Jiang Haoran suggested that at the strategic level, it is suggested that the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce should coordinate and establish an overseas warehouse government-enterprise hybrid fund to build a modern logistics network operation system of "channel + hub + network".

　　The third is digital economy empowerment.

The integration of data and reality is developing rapidly in China, and digital trade is also on the "express train". Digital customs declaration, digital warehousing, and digital marketing have all been implemented one after another.

　　"The digital industry has occupied an important position in my country's economy. The digital industry is already China's largest industry. The digital economy accounts for nearly half of China's total economic output. This shows that the digital economy is not only a real development, but also a future driving force." Zhou Hanmin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the Shanghai Institute of Socialism, believes that digital trade has received high attention not only in China, but also in the world. Especially in recent years, the world's digital trade has developed at an alarming rate.

　　The integration of data and reality is developing rapidly in China, and digital trade is also on the "express train". Digital customs declaration, digital warehousing, and digital marketing have all been implemented one after another.

　　COSCO SHIPPING Holdings has launched a global digital supply chain operation and investment platform centered on container shipping, providing customers with supply chain solutions of "container shipping + port + related logistics services".

　　In terms of building a global digital public service platform, Alibaba World Electronic Trade Platform (eWTP) innovatively applies digital technology to import and export customs clearance, tax payment, etc., and launched a SaaS platform for overseas commodity intelligent classification, overseas customs clearance, and enterprise digital identity authentication and other services.

　　This not only provides a digital "operating system" for cross-border e-commerce SMEs, but also provides global SMEs with a digital infrastructure for global buying and global selling.

On the one hand, it solves the problem of government governance, and on the other hand, it also provides service capabilities for small and medium-sized enterprises to go overseas.

　　A representative of the National People's Congress and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences weighed suggestions to further accelerate the construction of the legal system related to China's international trade "single window". , forming an ecological circle of comprehensive trade services.

　　He said that speeding up the legislative work and digital technology application related to the construction of China's international trade "single window" will not only help strengthen information exchange and sharing, promote international trade facilitation, but also help accelerate China's participation in global digital trade and digital economic rules. formulate.

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