Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 12 (Reporter Pan Jie, Zhang Xiaojie) Ministry of Commerce spokesman He Yadong said at the Ministry of Commerce's regular press conference held on the 12th, since this year, China's foreign trade in a complex environment, steady march, the majority of foreign trade enterprises strain to seek new, the policies to help enterprises to see the effect of the implementation of the trade in goods to achieve a "quantitative and qualitative rise! "and show a unique resilience and vitality.
The "circle of friends" more diversified. According to reports, in the first five months of this year, emerging markets contribute more incremental, China's import and export of countries to build a "Belt and Road" total growth of 4.2%; to ASEAN growth of 9.1%, to Africa growth of 12.4%, diversified market pattern continues to expand.
New kinetic energy to accelerate the gathering of high-tech, high value-added products to enhance competitiveness. In the first five months of this year, China's exports of electromechanical products increased by 9.3%, accounting for 60% of the overall exports. Among them, the export of integrated circuits increased by 18.9%, general machinery increased by 9.5%, electric vehicles increased by 19%, and ships increased by 18.9%.
"Bonded maintenance and other new modes of foreign trade give rise to new momentum for growth, and we, together with relevant departments, have issued the first batch of product catalogs for bonded maintenance in Pilot Free Trade Zones (PFTZs), so that qualified regions can carry out bonded maintenance operations for high value-added products such as aircraft and ships. As of May, the country has landed more than 280 bonded maintenance projects." He Yadong said.
The main body of foreign trade is full of vigor. According to reports, in the first five months of this year, private enterprises import and export growth of 7%, accounting for the proportion of the overall import and export of 57.1%. foreign-funded enterprises import and export growth for four consecutive months, the number of foreign-funded enterprises with import and export records increased to 73,000.
"In the next phase, in the face of a complex and volatile external environment, we will unswervingly expand high-level opening up and respond to uncertainties in the external environment with the certainty of high-quality development. We look forward to working with more trading partners to jointly address risks and challenges and promote win-win cooperation." He Yadong said. (END)
Content Source:Xinhua News Agency
Chinese 
English 
Japanese 
Korean 
Indonesian 
German