CCTV News: Since the beginning of this year, China's foreign trade activity has been generally stable. Among them, the western region of China has had a good momentum in foreign trade in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, demonstrating the resilience of foreign trade.
Monitoring data from the National Information Center showed that in the first quarter, the average daily container throughput of major ports in the country increased by 10.6% year-on-year, of which 8.2% year-on-year in March. The total working time of the stacker and front hoisting equipment, which are mainly used to transport containers, has also increased significantly year-on-year. From a regional perspective, the working hours of the top-mounted height machines in Chongqing and the front-mounted cranes in Guangxi and Qinghai have increased the fastest.
The National Information Center monitored ships to and from major foreign trade ports. Data from the National Information Center showed that the average daily departure load of the ro-roll cargo ships in March increased by 8.1% year-on-year, achieving steady growth for 13 consecutive months, showing that the overall performance of new energy vehicle exports continued to be good. In addition, the average daily number of international cargo flights in the first quarter increased by 35.9% year-on-year, of which 32.2% year-on-year in March.
Experts said that since the beginning of this year, as various macroeconomic policies continue to exert force and effect, positive factors in my country's economic operation have been accumulated and strengthened. High-frequency data in many fields such as consumption, investment, and foreign trade have performed well in the first quarter. New momentum and new advantages have been accelerated, showing a good momentum of multi-point efforts and moving towards "new". The resilience, potential and vitality of economic development have continued to emerge, laying a solid foundation for effectively responding to external risks and challenges and achieving the annual economic and social development goals.
Ministry of Commerce: Help foreign trade products expand domestic sales, work hand in hand to overcome difficulties
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Commerce on April 11 that in order to cope with the impact of the US abuse of tariffs, the Ministry of Commerce has stepped up efforts to promote domestic and foreign trade integration, help foreign trade products expand domestic sales, and guide industry associations, key supermarkets, and e-commerce platforms to give full play to their market advantages, channel advantages, and brand advantages, and work hand in hand with foreign trade companies to overcome difficulties.
Six national import and export chambers of commerce including mechanical and electrical products, textiles and clothing, light industry and furniture, pharmaceutical and health care, Minmetals and chemicals, food, local and animal life, as well as five major industries and distribution associations including China Federation of Commerce, China Federation of Logistics and Procurement, China Textile Industry Federation, China Chain Management Association, and China Department Stores Association will jointly issue an initiative at the Consumer Expo to respond to the call of "Foreign Trade Excellent Chinese Tour", help enterprises expand channels, connect with brands, and provide policies and services to enterprises.
JD.com will invest 200 billion yuan to purchase export-to-domestic sales products on a large scale, and accelerate the construction of a self-operated system for export-to-domestic sales. More than 10 e-commerce platforms including Alibaba, Douyin e-commerce, Kuaishou, Hema, Vipshop, 91 Home Textiles said that they will give full play to the advantages of direct supply and demand of e-commerce, launch eight measures including direct order procurement, foreign trade zone, traffic support, green channels, and supply and procurement docking, and transmit high-quality foreign trade products to thousands of households at the speed of e-commerce. Yonghui Supermarket, CR Vanguard, Wushang Group and other companies have issued open letters, which will open a "domestic sales" direct train for foreign trade companies, so that foreign trade products can be put on the shelves as quickly as possible to meet consumers. Retail alliances such as Lianshang.com and Ant Commercial Alliance will launch action plans such as "focusing on breaking the deadlock, uniting and win-win" to empower foreign trade enterprises to switch to domestic sales and expand markets through omni-channel empowerment.
"China's economy is a sea", the domestic market has a broad buffer space, it is an important rear, and the strong backing of foreign trade enterprises. In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to hold the "Foreign Trade Excellent Chinese Tour" event to build a platform for foreign trade enterprises to expand domestic sales, promote the release of potential of super-large-scale markets, and continuously enhance the confidence and confidence of Chinese foreign trade and Chinese enterprises to cope with various risks and challenges.
