The China-Europe train (Chengdu-Chongqing) is waiting for departure at Chengdu International Railway Port. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Yushe
At the 5th China International Import Expo(CIIE), a technology company in the technology and equipment exhibition area brought VR all-in-one machine and Snapdragon customized sports cockpit, which attracted many visitors to experience. Photo by Zhu Haipeng (People’s Vision)
Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province recently held the "2022 Jinhua First Matchmaking Meeting of Domestic and Foreign Trade Excellent Products", with nearly 100 domestic and foreign trade brand enterprises and cross-border e-commerce enterprises participating. The picture shows the e-commerce anchor broadcasting the goods live at the event. Photo by Hu Xiaofei (People’s Vision)
As the third largest export port of foreign trade vehicles in China and the largest specialized automobile terminal in Shandong Province, Yantai Port, a port in Shandong Province, completed the delivery of 378,000 commercial vehicles in the first 11 months of this year, up 39.2% year-on-year. The picture shows a large number of export trucks assembled in Yantai Port, Shandong Port, for shipment. Photo by Tang Ke (People’s Vision)
Near the end of the year, enterprises in Wuyao Town Furniture Industrial Park, Rugao City, Jiangsu Province rushed to catch orders and strive to be "red all year round". The picture shows that workers in Wuyao Town Furniture Industrial Park are rushing to make export furniture order products recently. Xu Huishe (People’s Vision)
The 19th China — A corner of the exhibition platform of ASEAN countries at the ASEAN Expo. Photo by Peng Huan (People’s Vision)
In 2022, China will open to the outside world at a high level. Successfully held China International Import Expo(CIIE), Canton Fair, Service Trade Fair and Consumer Expo; Encourage foreign investment in industrial directories to increase, and the entry threshold for foreign investment is constantly decreasing; The RCEP was officially implemented, and the open dividend was continuously released, and the network layout of the free trade zone was more perfect; The innovation platform continues to expand and cultivate new kinetic energy for foreign trade development; The number of trains in China and Europe has hit record highs, and the "Belt and Road" circle of friends is growing; Service imports ranked second in the world for nine consecutive years, and "China Service" accelerated its global landing … …
A more open China will provide more opportunities for the world, inject more impetus into international cooperation and make greater contributions to the recovery of the world economy.
China International Import Expo(CIIE) celebrates his 5th birthday.
— — The opening-up function is more prominent, and the spillover effect is more obvious, which shows China’s full sincerity in opening up.
145 countries, regions and international organizations participated in the exhibition; 284 Fortune 500 companies and leading enterprises in the industry participated in the exhibition; Intentional turnover was $73.52 billion, an increase of 3.9% over the previous session & hellip; … This year, China International Import Expo, which celebrated its 5th birthday, once again handed over an excellent report card.
China International Import Expo(CIIE) has become a window for China to build a new development pattern, a platform to promote high-level openness, and an international public product shared globally. It is also a practical action for China to promote the construction of an open world economy and support economic globalization.
In the past five years, China International Import Expo(CIIE)’s opening-up function has become more prominent. Displaying new products, technologies and services, and negotiating cooperation with global enterprises, the charm of China International Import Expo(CIIE) continues to attract new and old friends. Shiseido, which has been exhibiting for five years in a row, has brought more than 40 new products this year. Kentaro Fujiwara, the person in charge of the company, said that China International Import Expo(CIIE) provides Shiseido with a window to show the latest innovation and investment achievements to the world. China is the largest overseas market of Shiseido Group and an important engine for the company’s business growth. Since 2020, China International Import Expo(CIIE), one of the world’s top 500 enterprises and leading enterprises in the industry, has continuously increased its "return rate", from 70% in the third session to 80% in the fourth session, and then to nearly 90% in the fifth session, and the charm of entering the Expo continues to appear.
In the past five years, the spillover effect of China International Import Expo(CIIE) has become more obvious. South African wine, honey tree black tea, canned abalone, Cambodian long-grain fragrant rice, purple cashew nuts, Japanese cosmetics and German cars, all the world’s good things entered the China market through China International Import Expo(CIIE). "China International Import Expo(CIIE) has brought a broad space for China enterprises to actively expand their overseas business." Liu Chunxi, CEO of Yili Group, said that Yili will accelerate international cooperation and build 15 R&D innovation centers in Asia, Europe and other regions. China International Import Expo(CIIE) has given full play to the four platform functions of international procurement, investment promotion, people-to-people exchanges and open cooperation, and constantly promoted "changing exhibits into commodities and exhibitors into investors" to continuously inject vitality into the recovery of the world economy.
"Holding the China International Import Expo(CIIE) as scheduled for five consecutive years has made China’s big market a great opportunity in the world, releasing a positive signal of China’s comprehensive opening up and strengthening international cooperation, and showing China’s responsibility of sharing market opportunities with the world and promoting world economic recovery." "World Open Report 2022" commented.
Against the background of increasing downward pressure on the world economy, the China International Import Expo(CIIE), which was held as scheduled and made better and better, demonstrated China’s sincerity in opening wider to the outside world and sharing development opportunities with other countries, and also added new strong momentum to global economic development.
Foreign capital casts a vote of confidence.
— — Expand the scale of attracting foreign investment, optimize the structure, encourage more investment projects and lower the entry threshold for foreign investment.
German audi ag has invested $3 billion in two new joint ventures in China; The large-scale upgrading project of BMW Brilliance production base (Lida factory) officially opened in Shenyang; Novo Nordisk increased its capital and expanded its production for the eighth time in Tianjin; Panasonic Group transferred more business segments such as cold chain equipment production and sales to China … … This year, many foreign companies cast a vote of confidence for China’s economy with practical actions.
Since the beginning of this year, China has attracted foreign investment to grow against the trend. From January to November, the actual use of foreign capital in China was 1,042.2 billion yuan, up 15.9% year-on-year. This level has exceeded the whole year of last year, and the scale has reached a record high.
The investment structure continued to be optimized. Airbus China R&D Center settled in Suzhou Industrial Park, L ‘Oré al set up an investment company in China for the first time, and AstraZeneca set up an innovation center with the theme of rare diseases &hellip in Qingdao; … From January to November, the actual use of foreign capital in China’s service industry was 823.94 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17%; The actual use of foreign capital in high-tech industries increased by 19.3% year-on-year, of which high-tech service industry increased by 20.8% and high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 14.3%.
Behind the expansion of scale and structural optimization are the policy dividends released by a series of opening-up measures. The threshold for foreign investment access is getting lower and lower. The negative list of foreign investment access in the national and free trade pilot zones implemented this year has been reduced to 31 and 27 respectively, with a reduction of 6.1% and 10%. There are more and more projects to encourage investment. Compared with the 2020 edition, the 2022 edition of the Catalogue of Industries to Encourage Foreign Investment has increased by nearly 20%… … Since the beginning of this year, China’s policy system for attracting foreign investment has been gradually improved, with an average of 1.5 large foreign investment projects landing every day, and foreign investment has accelerated the layout of the China market.
"Building a new development pattern is inseparable from better introduction of foreign capital; Promoting deep-seated reform is inseparable from better introduction of foreign capital; Promoting high-quality development is inseparable from better introduction of foreign capital. Foreign-funded enterprises in China should actively grasp the opportunities of sharing China’s big market, sharing institutional opening opportunities and sharing opportunities for deepening international cooperation. " Sheng Qiuping, Vice Minister of Commerce, said.
With the advantages of huge market potential, complete industrial system and complete infrastructure, the scale of foreign investment in China has been continuously expanded and the structure has been continuously optimized, which has provided abundant vitality for high-quality economic development and also reflected the strong "magnetic force" and development toughness of China’s economy.
Building a high-standard free trade zone network
— — RCEP released the opening bonus, the Pilot Free Trade Zone played the role of "experimental field", and the shift of Hainan Free Trade Port was accelerated.
On January 1 this year, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) was officially implemented, and the opening dividend was continuously released. In the first 11 months, the total import and export volume of China and other 14 member countries of RCEP was 11.79 trillion yuan, accounting for 30.7% of China’s total foreign trade.
This free trade agreement with the largest population, the largest economic and trade scale and the most development potential in the world is bringing tangible benefits to regional economic and trade development. From China to Kampuchea, it only takes six hours for Guangdong oranges to clear customs, which is half the time compared with the past. Tariffs have been lowered, and China consumers have been drinking New Zealand dairy products and Japanese sake at cheaper prices.
Since the beginning of this year, China has implemented a more proactive opening-up strategy, built a global high-standard free trade zone network, and accelerated the construction of a free trade pilot zone and a Hainan free trade port.
The Pilot Free Trade Zone has played the role of a "test field" for opening to the outside world, contributing 17.3% of the country’s import and export volume with less than four thousandths of the country’s land area, and absorbing foreign capital accounts for 18.5% of the country. Since the establishment of the first Pilot Free Trade Zone in Shanghai in 2013, 21 pilot free trade zones have been established nationwide today, and 278 institutional innovations have been replicated and promoted nationwide.
Speed-shifting in the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. More than 180 free trade port policy documents have been implemented, and the free trade port policy system has been basically established. In the first 11 months, the total import and export value of Hainan’s goods trade was 182.63 billion yuan, up 40.1% year-on-year, faster than the national growth rate of 31.5 percentage points in the same period, ranking third in the country.
Expanding the global network of high-standard free trade zones is a strategic measure for China to open to the outside world at a higher level. China has successively signed 19 free trade agreements with 26 countries and regions around the world, covering Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Europe and Africa. The network layout of the free trade zone has been gradually improved, the opening level of trade in goods, services and investment has been significantly improved, the coverage of economic and trade rules has been wider, and the level of commitment has been deepened, which has played a positive role in forming a wider, wider and deeper opening-up pattern.
The "Belt and Road" has achieved fruitful results
— — The number of China-Europe trains has reached a new high, and the "Digital Silk Road" is more dynamic.
With the roar of the train whistle, sporting goods such as football and flag string set off from Ningbo Port and took the "World Cup Maritime Special Line" of the China-Europe train to Qatar, the host country of this World Cup.
Since the beginning of this year, the number of trains in China and Europe has hit record highs. From January to November, more than 15,000 trains were operated in China and Europe, exceeding the total of last year. 82 routes reached 204 cities in 24 European countries, effectively maintaining the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain.
Since the first China-Europe train "Chongqing New Europe" originated from Chongqing in 2011, China-Europe trains have gradually built a major bridge for cooperation among countries along the Belt and Road. With the help of the China-Europe class, the "Belt and Road" circle of friends is expanding day by day. At present, China has signed more than 200 cooperation documents with 150 countries and 32 international organizations to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative.
Jointly build the "Belt and Road" to increase the welfare of the people. In Jeddah, a port city in western Saudi Arabia, stands a huge desalination plant. The seawater of the Red Sea enters the water intake pump house through the water intake pipeline of more than 400 meters in the desalination plant. After being converted into fresh water through a series of technical treatments, it flows into thousands of households through water pipelines. In March this year, the third phase seawater project of Rabiger Project, which was contracted by Shandong Power Construction Third Company, which belongs to China Power Construction Company, was completed and put into operation. This is the first large-scale seawater desalination project undertaken by Chinese enterprises overseas, with a daily water output of 600,000 cubic meters, which can provide domestic water to more than 2 million residents in major cities such as Jeddah and Mecca around Rabig every day. It is an important livelihood project in Saudi Arabia.
"Digital Silk Road" is more dynamic. In recent years, China’s digital economy has developed rapidly, and the scale of the digital economy ranks second in the world, and the proportion of the digital economy in GDP continues to increase. Since formally proposing the construction of the "Digital Silk Road" in 2017, China has continuously strengthened cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road in frontier fields such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and quantum information, and promoted the innovative development of the Belt and Road construction. Since this year, China — The construction of ASEAN information port is progressing steadily, and cross-border trade between China and Arab countries is booming along the "online Silk Road" … … Up to now, China has signed memorandums of understanding with 17 countries on "Digital Silk Road" cooperation, and established bilateral cooperation mechanisms for "Silk Road E-commerce" with 23 countries.
Service trade upgrading
— — The scale of service trade continues to grow and the structure is constantly optimized, and the emerging service industry has become a new kinetic energy for the growth of service trade.
In 2022, China International Fair for Trade in Services set up the China Service Trade Achievement Exhibition Zone, and reviewed the development achievements of China’s service trade in the past 10 years — — China’s service import volume ranks second in the world for nine consecutive years, and the average annual growth rate of total import and export volume from 2012 to 2021 is twice that of the global growth rate.
Since the beginning of this year, under the complicated and severe global foreign trade situation, China’s service trade has maintained a rapid development momentum. According to the data of the Ministry of Commerce, from January to October, the total import and export of services in China was 4,918.55 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.2%; Among them, service exports were 2,358.15 billion yuan, an increase of 18.1%; Imports reached 2,560.4 billion yuan, up by 16.4%.
Emerging service industries inject new growth momentum into service trade. Emerging service industries such as insurance services, computer and information services have a good growth momentum. According to the data of the Ministry of Commerce, from January to October, China’s trade in knowledge-intensive services grew steadily, with the import and export volume reaching 2,047.8 billion yuan, up 10.3% year-on-year. Among them, the export of knowledge-intensive services was 1,149.92 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.3%. The areas where exports grew rapidly were intellectual property royalties, telecommunications computers and information services, which increased by 17.3% and 16.3% respectively. The import of knowledge-intensive services was 897.88 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%; The area where imports grew rapidly was insurance services, with a year-on-year growth rate of 57.1%.
In Chile, the UHVDC transmission project designed and built by China was officially launched, which is the transmission project with the highest voltage level, the longest transmission distance, the largest transmission capacity and the highest seismic level in Chile, and is of great significance to promoting the sustainable development of energy and reducing the electricity price level in Chile. In Pakistan, Pakistan’s first intelligent express distribution center, built by a rookie, was officially delivered in Karachi, and the advanced intelligent express distribution technology provided by China helped the local area to improve its efficiency by more than four times … … "China Service" is accelerating its global landing.
Recently, the State Council approved to carry out comprehensive pilot projects of expanding and opening up the service industry in Shenyang, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Chengdu, with a pilot period of three years from the date of approval. Since Beijing became the first pilot city in China in 2015, the service industry has been expanding and opening up steadily, and it is forming a more perfect pilot pattern, opening up to the outside world in a wider scope, in a wider field and at a deeper level, and building a new open economic system at a higher level.
Expansion of foreign trade innovation platform
— — Add 29 national import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones and 60 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive experimental zones.
Not long ago, the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive experimental zone ushered in the second expansion this year, which is also the seventh expansion in the past seven years. In February, the State Council agreed to approve the establishment of a cross-border e-commerce comprehensive experimental zone in 27 cities including Ordos; In November, 33 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive experimental zones were added, including Langfang. Up to now, the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive experimental zone in China has been expanded to 165, covering 31 provinces.
The exploration and policy innovation in the comprehensive experimental zone have promoted the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce in China. According to customs data, in 2021, the import and export scale of cross-border e-commerce in China reached 1.92 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.6%. In 2022, cross-border e-commerce in China maintained steady and rapid growth, and the import and export transaction volume of cross-border e-commerce increased by 28.6% in the first half of the year. Among them, the comprehensive test area has obvious driving effect.
In November, 29 national import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones were added nationwide. As an import promotion platform, the 14 previously identified import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones have formed their own advantages and characteristics, effectively promoting the deep integration of import trade with industry and consumption. Nansha District, Guangzhou focuses on industries such as alcohol, milk powder and health care products, and has formed six import platforms of 10 billion yuan. The Import Trade Promotion Innovation Demonstration Zone in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province has built an imported coffee trading platform and a raw bean distribution center, and laid out the whole industrial chain of coffee.
In September, seven departments, including the Ministry of Commerce, released a new batch of pilot lists of purchasing trade methods in eight markets to promote the development of new foreign trade formats and foster new growth momentum. Recently, a batch of women’s slippers with a value of 629,200 yuan from an international trading company in Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, have been declared at Manzhouli Airport Customs, leaving the country from Shenzhen Mawan Wharf and exported to Saudi Arabia. The person in charge of the company’s business said: "The market procurement of goods exported by trade means not only saves logistics costs, but also greatly shortens the customs clearance time of goods in China."
At present, new modes of foreign trade such as cross-border e-commerce and market procurement trade are in the window of innovation and development. The further expansion and construction of the innovation platform will accelerate the cultivation of new kinetic energy of foreign trade development, stimulate new vitality of foreign trade transformation and development, and promote the high-quality development of foreign trade.