During this Spring Festival, the China-Europe trains, busy ocean freighters, non-stop cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouses, all trade hubs and nodes, bear witness to the deep integration of my country's trade with the world.

　　During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the connection between China and the world remains busy. At Shanghai Yangshan Port, the small import and export peak that occurred before the Spring Festival in previous years has continued until the Spring Festival this year.

CCTV reporter Gao Yuan:

I am now at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai. Behind me, a large container ship with a length of 366 meters is docked. Looking from here, you can see that all the berths on the shore are full of large container ships.

　　Since January this year, the container throughput of Yangshan Port’s largest terminal has exceeded 850,000 TEUs, a record high for the same period in history. During the Spring Festival, the usual work rhythm here is still the same, ensuring that the port does not stop working 24 hours a day.

Chen Jianfeng, Duty Manager of Shanghai Yangshan Port Shengdong Terminal:

Our entire operation today is expected to be completed at 30,000 standard containers. All 39 of our bridge cranes have been put into actual production operations. On average, one loading and unloading task is completed every 2 minutes. . Compared with the same period last year, our terminal loading and unloading volume increased by 15% to 20%.

　　Improving the smooth trade network and upgrading the trade of goods are related to the construction of a strong trade country. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to promote the optimization and upgrading of trade in goods, innovate the development mechanism of trade in services, and develop digital trade. During his inspection in Guangxi, he focused on listening to the report on the construction of the backbone project of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, and proposed to jointly build the New Western Land-Sea Corridor; during his inspection and research in Zhejiang, he made a special trip to Yiwu International Trade City to learn about the operation of the trade city and " Operation status of Yixin-Europe train.

　　During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, "Yixinou" will deliver Chinese products such as new energy vehicles, mobile phones, and computers to more than 50 countries and more than 160 cities at a frequency of 8 trains per day.

Feng Xubin, Chairman of Yiwu "Yixinou" Trading Service Group:

This is also our tenth Spring Festival that we will not close. This year is a little busier than in previous years. From New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, we plan to issue a total of more than 68 series, with more and more high-tech and high value-added products.

　　During this Spring Festival, an average of 30 China-Europe freight trains depart from China to the world every day. Since the beginning of this year, more than 1,800 China-Europe freight trains have operated, establishing an important trade channel between the Eurasian continent. It connects 112 cities in China and 219 cities in 25 European countries.

　　During the Spring Festival, "no business is closed". High-quality infrastructure allows international trade to flow smoothly. New formats and models of foreign trade are giving rise to a more efficient supply chain system.

　　An overseas warehouse located in New Jersey, USA, just received a batch of furniture containers from Guangdong during the Spring Festival. The product delivery area here covers 15 states in the United States. When consumers place an order on an e-commerce platform, they can receive the goods on the same day or the next day at the earliest.

Jessica Castillo, staff member of Cainiao Group's overseas warehouse supply chain in New Jersey, USA:

As intelligence increases, distribution efficiency is also constantly improving, and American consumers can also feel the speed of China, which directly promotes the platform Increase in product sales. The furniture designed and produced in China in our warehouse sells very well.

　　Today, there are more than 1,800 cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouses in more than 220 countries and regions around the world, allowing Chinese goods going abroad to achieve localized distribution efficiency. The new model also drives upstream and downstream enterprises in the cross-border e-commerce industry chain to form groups to go overseas. At present, there are 645,000 companies in my country with foreign trade import and export performance, including more than 100,000 cross-border e-commerce entities.

Yuan Shenglong, associate researcher at the Institute of Foreign Economics at the Institute of Macroeconomics:

The construction of new foreign trade infrastructure such as overseas warehouses has opened up the "last mile" of cross-border e-commerce and provided overseas users with a more convenient shopping experience. Digital empowerment, accelerating cross-border e-commerce innovation, flexible supply chains reducing costs and increasing efficiency, and the comprehensive international competitiveness of the entire cross-border e-commerce industry chain continue to improve, creating new advantages in foreign trade.

　　From new energy vehicles, to electric bicycles, to 3D printers, Chinese companies continue to use the power of innovation to bring "new" products to global consumers.

　　Today's China is more closely connected with the world, has more diverse foreign trade partners, and has more diverse foreign trade formats. Continuously integrating into the global industrial chain and linking global markets with innovation also injects new impetus into global trade growth.

　　(Source: CCTV News Client)