The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized that "more efforts should be made to promote the stable scale and excellent structure of foreign trade". In 2022, China’s import and export of goods broke the 40 trillion yuan mark for the first time, increasing by 7.7% to 42.07 trillion yuan; In 2023, it is necessary to maintain a continuous good trend of imports and exports and realize the important supporting effect of stable foreign trade on stable growth.
At the beginning of the new year, all localities and departments launched "service packages" and made every effort to achieve a "good start", laying a solid foundation for maintaining stability and improving quality of foreign trade imports and exports throughout the year. Our reporter interviewed this, watching foreign trade enterprises "run up", manufacturing "strengthen" and logistics channels "smooth up", and feeling the vitality and toughness of import and export.
Expand the market — —
An order to cross the ocean
The plane landed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the tropical sunshine penetrated through the porthole, but Zheng Yijun’s heart was still uneasy.
As the chairman of Zhaotai Trading (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., he received a questionnaire from Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce at the end of last year: Are you interested in exploring markets in Southeast Asia? The company specializes in motorcycles, generators and micro-tillers, and goes deep into strange markets. No one takes the lead in organizing, so Zheng Yijun dare not take risks.
At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the economic recovery ushered in a window period, and Chongqing took advantage of the situation to implement the international market development plan. "The survey shows that 96% of enterprises are interested, and 85% are willing to charter flights or assemble air crews." According to the relevant person in charge of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce, ASEAN is an important trading partner of Chongqing, and combined with the wishes of enterprises, the destination is Malaysia and Thailand.
The business group was busy, and Zheng Yijun kept on: the business office of the Chinese embassy, local departments and chambers of commerce visited them one by one; Local market inspection teams, offline matchmaking meetings of enterprises, and field connection … … During the activity, he also met "netizens" — — A motorcycle and agricultural machinery parts supplier, "in the past, online contact was intermittent, and cooperation failed."
This time, Zheng Yijun, with product brochures and samples, was finally able to sit down and talk with the other party: "We can provide all technical support and after-sales service; Goods are transported through the new land and sea passage in the west, with short time and favorable price, and can provide a package of logistics services … …”
"A thousand emails are not as good as meeting one another." Zheng Yijun said that the two sides signed a cooperation framework agreement on the spot.
During the visit, the delegation members of Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce introduced the basic situation and development advantages of Chongqing to foreign businessmen, while helping enterprises understand the local trade policies and investment environment. At the centralized signing ceremony of the first stop in Malaysia, nine Chongqing enterprises signed contracts with foreign parties for 11 projects, with an amount exceeding 100 million yuan.
This is the significance of "going out to sea in groups", which supports enterprises to meet customers, expand markets, sign orders and stabilize production. According to statistics, the total contracted amount of the business group this time is 30.88 million US dollars, involving the fields of communication, hardware, automobile and motorcycle, access control system, logistics full chain service, etc., and the largest single order reaches 5 million US dollars. The relevant person in charge of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce said: "This year, we plan to organize more than 100 delegations to support more than 1,000 enterprises to go abroad, participate in exhibitions, conduct business docking and visit customers."
Originally planned to talk about a contract of 1.85 million US dollars, but it didn’t happen. When I returned, I had already received a total order of 5 million US dollars. Zheng Yijun is no longer nervous when he first came, and he is full of confidence in his next trip.
Catch orders — —
A factory running at full speed
Dust-proof clothing, hats, masks and gloves … … Workers in full gear are busy and orderly.
In Shangyu District, Shaoxing, in the packaging workshop of Zhejiang Axilong Shunhua Aluminum Plastic Industry Co., Ltd., more than 40 production lines and more than 100 injection molding machines are fully powered.
Before and after the Spring Festival, Zhejiang foreign trade enterprises organized a delegation to go to sea and gained a lot. Axilong Shunhua, who specializes in the production of lipstick tubes, perfume covers and other cosmetic packaging materials, is ready to grab production and orders early.
Since the fourth day of the first month, Zhang Fang, a worker in the injection workshop, has been busy. This year, instead of returning to her hometown in Anhui, she responded to the call to stay in the factory for the New Year. "The government issued a subsidy from 1000 yuan, and our foreign employees also received an additional 1,500 yuan from the company." Zhang Fang said that the heavier the task, the higher the income, and everyone is full of energy.
"Not only employees, but also all aspects." Xu Baihua, general manager of the company, introduced that Shangyu Power Supply Company of Shaoxing City, State Grid, together with District Water Group and District Natural Gas Company, jointly inspected and maintained equipment and lines, providing reliable guarantee for enterprises to start construction.
On the basis of implementing 12 measures of "seizing the start and stabilizing growth" in the early stage, Shangyu District successively issued 24 policies, and arranged over 2 billion yuan of policy funds throughout the year to encourage enterprises to return to work quickly and stabilize production with "real money and silver".
Axilong Shunhua has a new factory building, which is expected to be put into trial operation in the second quarter. This is a water-based coating production line for cosmetic packaging materials, which can replace high-content volatile organic compounds such as ink and solve the problem of pollutant discharge from the source. "The government encourages source substitution and technology upgrading, and can get up to 30% subsidy for enterprise equipment investment!" Xu Baihua said.
Outside the factory, Chen Fengfei, director of the company’s marketing center, is seeing off visiting customers. "We intend to further explore overseas markets." She simply "settled down" in the office and studied the policy package of full dry goods: the company plans to go to Dubai, Monaco and other places to participate in exhibitions, and the booth fee subsidy can reach up to 100%; Inviting foreign businessmen to enter the country for business talks, enterprises can get a reward of 5,000 yuan/person … …
"We should take more measures to stabilize production, so that enterprises can gain a stronger sense of gain." According to the relevant person in charge of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, this year, Zhejiang will further implement the action of expanding the market to grab orders and attract projects, and plans to hold 600 events, focusing on holding and supporting more than 130 exhibitions; Measures such as increasing special loans for foreign trade industries and speeding up the construction of foreign trade financial system will also be implemented continuously.
The policy is strong and the enterprise is confident. Chen Fengfei said: "In early February, we reached a follow-up cooperation intention with two foreign companies." According to the production situation of various factories, the company’s output value in the first quarter increased by at least 5% year-on-year, and the annual sales are expected to return to the peak before the epidemic.
Clear the way — —
An efficient and fast route
The whistle is long and spreads to the shore of Qingdao Port, Shandong Port, with the sea breeze in the morning. This is the sixth largest container port in the world and the largest port with the highest density of routes in northern China, with more than 220 container routes.
On February 19th, the "Oriental Belgium" freighter from the RCEP route firmly docked at the 105 berth in Qianwan Port Area, but the operation area was empty — —
"This is a fully automated terminal that has set a new world record for loading and unloading efficiency for 9 times. It integrates the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence and automatic control, and runs automatically throughout the process." Li Qiang, deputy manager of Qingdao Port Automation Terminal Operation Department, explained that relying on the intelligent management and control system independently developed by Qingdao Port, the bridge crane automatically scans the outline of the ship and identifies the target position in real time; The guided vehicle is equipped with laser anti-collision system and ultrasonic sensing system to transport containers to the yard without interruption; According to the task issued by the system, the track crane completes the stacking and receiving operation … …
After the unloading, the container trucks next to the "Oriental Belgium" freighter came and went, while sending the imported goods to the Qingdao Customs inspection platform, accepting the supervision of customs information checking and machine inspection image inspection, and loading the exported goods for bridge crane loading.
The shipment has not been completed, and the customs supervision procedures have been completed. This efficiency is due to the convenience measures for the passage of ships on the RCEP route introduced by Qingdao Customs, and the perishable goods originating from RCEP member countries that have arrived at the supervision workplace and submitted the information completely are released within 6 hours.
Export customs clearance procedures can be handled online. "View, download and print online, without running errands and waiting on shore, saving time and reducing costs." Zhao Wenjuan, business manager of Rizhao Jinhe Biochemical Group Co., Ltd., shook the paper in his hand: "Look, the RCEP certificate of origin has also been completed in advance."
With this certificate, the tariff rate of the company’s 380 tons of citrate can be reduced from the original 5% to zero, and the tax reduction is over 120,000 yuan. Thanks to RCEP, the company expects export orders to increase by more than 15% this year.
In January 2022, the first RCEP certificate of origin in China was issued here. In January this year, Qingdao Customs issued 7,451 certificates, and the value of export goods was 1.67 billion yuan, up by 62.4% and 16% respectively. A total of 430 million yuan of imported goods were subject to RCEP preferential tax rate, and the tax concession was 24 million yuan, up 3 times and 3.6 times respectively. Bi Haijun, director of the Customs Department of Qingdao Customs, said: "We have also developed a smart collection and management system to accurately locate enterprises that are not enjoying benefits in the jurisdiction and guide them to enjoy dividends such as tariff concessions."
With the official entry into force of RCEP last year, the port economy has become more and more active. Qingdao Port has strengthened cooperation with key companies and opened up nearly 100 RCEP routes. Li Qiang said: "Since the beginning of this year, container throughput has increased by 10.4% year-on-year, berth efficiency has increased by 9.9% year-on-year, and the best results have been achieved in the same period."
At night, the "Oriental Belgium" freighter whistled again and set sail with full load. The cargo ship imported and exported a total of 1,129 natural containers, and the ship’s hourly efficiency reached 111.77 natural containers, leaving the berth two hours earlier than originally planned and arriving at the destination three days later.
Coordination in this period: Cheng Juxin