The Paper reporter Zhong Yuhao
From March 5th to 8th, Qu Yuekuan, member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Binzhou Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor, led a delegation to visit Japan to comprehensively deepen exchanges and cooperation in the fields of economy, trade and investment.
The Bureau of Commerce of Binzhou City pointed out that this is the first time that after the adjustment and optimization of the national epidemic prevention and control policy, the city's leaders have led a team to carry out economic and trade promotion activities abroad, releasing a strong signal that Binzhou will create a new highland for opening up to the outside world.
According to public information, since the end of 2022 attracted attention, local governments have organized groups to "go overseas to grab orders" and have continued until March this year.
According to the Bureau of Commerce of Binzhou City, this trip to Japan is a vivid practice of joint efforts of the government and enterprises to solve the most direct and urgent needs of opening up the international market.
In the next step, the city will also visit South Korea and Singapore, carry out relevant promotion and negotiation meetings, expand the introduction of foreign capital, connect with cross-border e-commerce and overseas exhibitions and trade platforms, and continue to apply the key trick of going global to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment. Well, go all out to create a new highland for opening up to the outside world.
In addition, on the afternoon of March 4, at the departure hall of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, led by the Department of Commerce of Henan Province, 39 foreign trade companies from the province organized a delegation to Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and other European countries to participate in exhibitions and events, expand markets and grab orders .
The relevant person in charge of the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce said, "This year we will continue to increase support for enterprises, preferentially release the recommended catalog of international exhibitions, guide enterprises to make good use of key markets' one country, one policy', and carry out the 'thousands of enterprises, one hundred exhibitions' market expansion action , and fully support enterprises in domestic and overseas, online and offline, to expand markets, maintain market share, and secure orders."
Recently, many places have announced the results of "going to sea to grab orders".
On March 5, the economic and trade exchange delegation to Japan and South Korea, organized by the Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, including government departments, business representatives, and business associations, returned to Foshan smoothly.
According to the Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, during the period, the Foshan Economic and Trade Group won more than 1.2 billion yuan by participating in exhibitions, visiting large-scale pan-furniture procurement organizations in Japan and South Korea, connecting with large-scale cross-border e-commerce platforms in Japan and South Korea, and holding economic and trade exchange activities between Japan and South Korea. Order.
In addition, the Foshan Economic and Trade Mission also successfully connected with 3 intended investment projects including the world's top 500 companies, which further enhanced the interaction and exchanges between Foshan and Japanese and Korean companies, and expanded the path of economic and trade cooperation.
The Bureau of Commerce of Foshan City pointed out that "where there is a home, there is a building in Foshan". As a major manufacturing city, Foshan has obvious advantages in the pan-furniture industry, and there is a lot of room for cooperation with companies in Japan, South Korea and other places.
In order to help enterprises regain lost time and compete for overseas markets, Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce actively organizes enterprises to go overseas to grab orders and expand markets.
This is also another specific action taken by the Municipal Bureau of Commerce to go to the forefront to expand the market after the Spring Festival this year, after going to Shanghai, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Shenzhen and two trips to Hong Kong to "grab orders".
Wu Huiying, director of the Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that in March and April this year, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will organize enterprises to go to Southeast Asia and Europe to grab orders and expand markets.
It is hoped that Foshan enterprises will actively seize opportunities, take the initiative to integrate into the global market, resonate with the government at the same frequency, and strive for good performance and a bright future.
On March 7, news from the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Commerce stated that according to incomplete statistics, as of the end of February this year, more than 104 Xiamen enterprises have "goed out" and participated in more than 16 exhibitions. In the fields of baby products, stationery, new energy, etc., the footprints of exhibitors are all over Hong Kong, the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, etc., and the intended order amount reaches 560 million yuan.
According to the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Commerce, at the beginning of 2023, Xiamen will launch the "Hundreds of Exhibitions and Thousands of Enterprises to Expand the Market" campaign to vigorously promote and support enterprises to "go global" to grab orders and expand the market. Subsidies for expenses and personnel expenses are increased by 20% on the original standard.
The Municipal Bureau of Commerce also stated that it will continue to accompany Xiamen enterprises to speed up this year, helping Xiamen enterprises to "go global" and actually "bring back" orders.
While "going to sea", foreign traders also learned about the warmth and coldness of overseas markets.
For example, "City Express" reported on March 9 that some companies that have gone abroad have grabbed expensive orders, while others said, "I only found out after I went out that I couldn't keep up with the pace."
The relevant person in charge of Anpeng Electric said: "The foreign trade industry has undergone a major reshuffle. Many small and medium-sized enterprises cannot keep up with the pace of products and are slowly being replaced and eliminated. It is necessary to expand market channels and find greater new business opportunities."
The report mentioned that Liu Lei, the founder of Flint Lighting, has been running around the world since January 4.
Some customers who originally had concerns about production, delivery, logistics, etc., immediately signed orders that were still under consideration after meeting them. Hundreds of thousands of dollars." The reason why the order volume did not increase significantly, Liu Lei believes, is that one reason is that there are more competitors, and the more important reason is that overseas inflation leads to a decrease in market demand.
"I am still very confident that the order volume can slowly return to the level of 2019." Liu Lei said that confidence is more important than gold.
The report also mentioned that Yuhuan Kangyu Copper Industry Co., Ltd. is a foreign trade enterprise that produces various bathroom and healthy drainage system products. At the Las Vegas Garden Hardware Exhibition held in early February, Kangyu Copper Industry brought The latest research and development of more than ten high-end floor drain products has received more than 3 million yuan of intentional orders.
"The current orders are full, enough to produce until April." However, Zhao Kangyu, general manager of Yuhuan Kangyu Copper Industry Co., Ltd., believes that although the order grabbing has indeed brought some results, it also allows them to see the current existence. crisis.
Going out this time, I found that many old customers have put forward many complicated requirements for the production of enterprises, and they are also trying to solve them.
For example, more than 300,000 yuan was invested in the purchase of a welding robot this year to improve processing accuracy and production efficiency.