"The international market changes rapidly, our cargo volume does not reduce." On June 10, five vehicles of shenzhen xinlonghua international freight forwarding co., ltd. loaded with 30 tons of export goods on cross-border e-commerce platforms arrived at the customs supervision zone of shenzhen international express operation center.
      "Every dog has its day." On July 12, a train carrying machinery and auto parts, qilu, set off from Qingdao port and will arrive in kazakhstan in 10 days. Qingdao multimodal transport customs supervision center du chaopeng said the center issued 161 Eurasian freight trains in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 78.9%.
      Summer season, China's major foreign trade ports are also steaming hot. In accordance with the central government's plan to stabilize foreign trade, all regions and departments have actively adjusted the structure of foreign trade, opened up new markets, and improved economic performance.
      "We need to move faster from a major trading country to a powerful one, consolidate our traditional advantages in foreign trade, cultivate new competitive advantages, expand the space for foreign trade development, and actively expand imports." The important statement of general secretary xi jinping has pointed out the direction for promoting the high-quality development of foreign trade.
      As the world's second largest economy and the largest exporter of goods, how is China's foreign trade situation? How does the change of external environment affect foreign trade? Can foreign trade achieve steady growth? Reporters in-depth foreign trade front-line interview.
      China's foreign trade is stable in scale, high in quality and full of vitality
      The total value of imports and exports in goods trade was 14.67 trillion yuan, up 3.9% year-on-year. Exports totaled 7.95 trillion yuan, up 6.1% year-on-year. China's trade surplus reached 1.23 trillion yuan, an increase of 41.6 percent.
      "Analysis of foreign trade data in the first half of the year shows that China's foreign trade is stable in scale, high in quality and vigorous. General Administration of Customs spokesman lee kuiwen.
      In terms of the size of trade in goods, imports remained stable and export growth remained ahead of other major economies.
      Foreign trade is not stable, the most objective figures.
      From 2016 to 2018, the total value of China's import and export of goods in the first half of that year was 11.13 trillion yuan, 13.14 trillion yuan and 14.12 trillion yuan respectively, among which exports were 6.4 trillion yuan, 7.21 trillion yuan and 7.51 trillion yuan. In the first half of this year, China's import and export totaled 14.67 trillion yuan and exports 7.95 trillion yuan. The steady development of foreign trade can be seen clearly.
      In contrast, the world trade organization (wto) recently released its latest global trade data and outlook report, which sharply lowered its forecast for global trade growth this year from 3.7% to 2.6%. From the foreign trade performance of all countries, in the first quarter of this year, Germany's total trade volume of goods fell 4.4%, Japan's 4.7% and South Korea's 7.7%. In the global pattern of foreign trade, China's foreign trade report is dazzling.
      -- looking at the quality, the structure of foreign trade continued to improve, and the export of high-tech products became a highlight.
      According to customs statistics, China's general trade import and export in the first half of the year 8.78 trillion yuan, 5.5% year-on-year growth, accounting for 59.9% of China's total foreign trade, 0.9 percentage points higher than the same period last year. "Compared with processing trade, general trade has a long domestic industrial chain and high added value. The increase in the proportion of general trade exports means that China's capacity for independent development of foreign trade has been further enhanced." Lee kuiwen.
      In terms of commodity categories, in the first half of the year, China's exports of mechanical and electrical products totaled 4.63 trillion yuan, up 5.3% year-on-year, accounting for 58.2% of China's total export value. In the fields of automobile, mechanical equipment, electrical appliances and electronic products, the international competitiveness of China's export products has been significantly enhanced.
      Five years ago, the average unit price of a small bus exported by China was $8,000. Now it is more than $12,000. From the initial export to Asia, Africa, Latin America and other emerging markets, to now start to enter the European and American countries, Chinese car companies have gone overseas high-end market.
      -- looking at the vitality of the economy, the number of foreign trade market players continued to increase, and endogenous driving forces continued to be unleashed.
      In the first half of this year, 336,000 private enterprises in China had import and export achievements, up 8.5 percent year-on-year, according to customs data. Private enterprises' import and export totaled 6.12 trillion yuan, up 11%, accounting for 41.7% of China's total foreign trade, up 2.7 percentage points over the same period last year, surpassing foreign-invested enterprises and becoming the largest foreign trade body in China.
      "Market players are an important support for the development of foreign trade." Zhang yansheng, chief researcher at the China center for international economic exchanges, said that with the rapid growth of foreign trade by private enterprises, the vitality of market players will be further enhanced and the internal driving force for the development of foreign trade will be stronger.
      In the face of changes in the external environment, China's foreign trade is stable
      At present, the global economic and trade environment is changing rapidly, international trade protectionism and unilateralism are on the rise, global economic and trade risks and uncertainties are increasing, some people are more worried about China's foreign trade prospects...
      "Faced with external risks, China's foreign trade has a stable foundation for growth." Zhao zhongxiu, President and professor of shandong university of finance and economics, believes that, on the whole, China's foreign trade enterprises' production system and capacity are resilient and efficient, and they are adaptable to meet the demand of the world market. At the same time, the diversification of export markets and other strategies continued to advance, the ability of enterprises to resist risks significantly improved.
      From the perspective of market stickiness, many of China's export products occupy a dominant position in the international market, which is difficult to be replaced by other countries' products in a short time. We are resilient against external risks.
      "Products made in China are popular all over the world because they are cost-effective." Fu xiaolan, director of the technology and management development research center at the university of Oxford, said that the same goods produced in the European Union are much more expensive than those produced in China.
      Last year, for example, China accounted for 78 percent of e-bikes imported by 28 eu countries, or 932, 000. In the field of mobile phone, computer, color TV, audio and other major consumer electronics, China leads the world in industrial support, technology application and industrial services. Without "made in China", it is hard to imagine any country filling this huge market share.
      - in terms of its ability to withstand pressure, "made in China" is transitioning to "made in China intelligently", with increased added value and market competitiveness. Against external risks, we have staying power.
      "Without diamond, we can't get porcelain work." Liang Ming, director of the foreign trade research institute under the Ministry of Commerce, said that with the rapid growth of China's economy, especially in recent years when the economic structure has accelerated its transformation, China's position in the global industrial chain has gradually risen to the upper reaches of the manufacturing industry. According to the organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD), the share of domestic added value in China's exports has risen from 1/2 when China joined the WTO to about 2/3 now. A lot of enterprises hit talent introduction, investment in research and development, technological transformation and other "combination", in the same industry in the world ranked first.
      - from the perspective of market pattern, China's foreign trade market diversification has made new progress, and enterprises are capable of realizing the "bright east is not bright west". Against external risks, we are aggressive.
      According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, China has more than 230 trading partners, which is the top three import sources of 130 trading partners and the largest import source of 61 trading partners. In the first half of this year, China's imports and exports to countries along the "One Belt And One Road" totaled 4.24 trillion yuan, up 9.7 percent, 5.8 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of imports and exports.
      "Countries along the 'One Belt And One Road' have large market space and strong export growth." Ruan jianfeng, head of the home building materials affairs department of guangzhou qingde group co., LTD., said the company has established more than 10 overseas building materials cities in the Middle East, Africa, South America and other places to promote export growth by building procurement platforms, overseas sales platforms and service platforms. Data released by guangdong's foreign trade department shows that in the first quarter of this year, nearly a quarter of the province's total imports and exports came from countries along the "One Belt And One Road" route.
      Fundamentals are very stable, more favorable policy, China's foreign trade will remain stable growth
      Although the external environment is grim and uncertain, it is important to note that there are still favorable conditions for the development of China's foreign trade and there is still strong support for maintaining stable growth, said a Ministry of Commerce official.
      Looking at the fundamentals, various departments in various regions of China have done a good job in ensuring stability, and the national economy is operating within a reasonable range. We deepened supply-side structural reform, increased the capacity of enterprises to make innovations, and made progress in transforming the way foreign trade is conducted, adjusting the structure, and increasing returns. This has laid the foundation for further export growth.
      In terms of policy, China has recently launched a series of measures to expand its opening-up to the outside world and continue to improve the business environment.
      - large scale tax cuts and fee reductions have eased the burden on foreign trade enterprises and given them a greater sense of gain.
      This year, China implemented an even larger tax reduction policy on top of last year's tax cuts and fees. The VAT rate for manufacturing was cut by 3 percentage points, and the tax rate for transportation, transportation, construction and other industries was cut by 1 percentage point.
      "The VAT rate for electronic paper tape products will be reduced by 3 percent. It is estimated that the production cost will be directly reduced by 10.44 million yuan this year." Zhejiang jiemei electronic technology co., ltd. is an export-oriented electronic components manufacturing enterprises, the company's chairman fang junyun said that after the tax cut will have more funds for research and development, which will undoubtedly enhance the company's ability to resist risks.
      -- further opening up, accelerating the development of comprehensive bonded zones and pilot free trade zones, and pressing the "fast forward" button for exports.
      Bonded logistics import and export is a new bright spot in the development of foreign trade. In the next step, China will further expand the functions of comprehensive bonded area and promote the transformation of bonded area processing to high-end products and high-value-added products. At the same time, the pilot free trade zone will be built on the basis of location advantages and industrial positioning, explore the coordinated development path of differentiated system innovation, and better serve foreign trade enterprises.
      "Long fly fiber has developed by leaps and bounds, and export trade has increased by 70 percent." Yofc cable co., LTD., vice President, said yan long 鹍 fta high levels of the open policy of export role is very obvious.
      -- we will deepen reform to streamline administration, delegate powers, and improve trade facilitation, and accelerate exports.
      "Electronic declaration, data sharing, click the mouse can release, a lot of high efficiency!" In ningbo daxie customs logistics monitoring command center monitoring screen, a train full of containers is entering the sea rail terminal, customs officer wang lei click the mouse, the system can automatically identify the box number and related data, more than ten minutes to complete the customs clearance procedures.
      At present, the General Administration of Customs has taken the lead in continuing the reform of port supervision. The number of regulatory documents for import and export has been reduced from 86 to 46, and customs clearance time has been cut by more than half. The "single window" for international trade has realized system docking and information sharing with 25 ministries and commissions, covering all ports in China. By the end of the year, the international trade "single window" main business application rate will reach 100%.
      To resist external risks, enterprises are also actively looking for ways to find a way out.
      "The transition from OEM to own-brand production is imperative." An yuming, general manager of the international business of shenzhen kangmingsheng technology industry co., LTD., said that in the context of the global market demand slowdown, the OEM production mode cannot hold the initiative, and the company's own brand export share has risen to 20% from 5% a few years ago.
      Looking ahead to the year, I am full of confidence. According to the forecast of China's import and export and balance of payments in 2019 released by the prediction science research center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China's total import and export volume this year is about 5.1 trillion us dollars, with a year-on-year growth of about 7.9%. Among them, exports were about 2.7 trillion us dollars, up about 6.6 percent year on year. Against the background of the continuous downturn in global trade in goods, the steady growth of China's foreign trade will help boost the confidence of the global market and become the "stabilizer" of global trade.
      "China's foreign trade has gone through ups and downs." China's foreign trade was tested during the Asian and international financial crisis, said wang shouwen, vice minister of commerce. Now, in the face of new external pressure and challenges, we must stay committed to doing our own thing, promote steady progress in China's foreign trade and achieve high-quality development. (source: People's Daily)