China's import and export volume reached a record high of 25.95 trillion yuan in the first 10 months of this year, up 1.1% year on year, said Ren Hongbin, assistant minister of commerce, at a regular policy briefing of the State Council on Monday. China's international market share has also increased. He pointed out that at the same time, in response to the changes of the complicated situation, further transfer mode, adjust structure, for short, strong or weak, meet the needs of high quality development, recently, issued by The General Office of the State Council on promoting the development of the foreign trade innovation implementation opinion "(hereinafter referred to as the" implementation opinion "), the implementation path of innovation and development of foreign trade in our country.
Ren Hongbin said that foreign trade connects two markets and resources at home and abroad. It has the conditions, foundation and capability to provide strong support for the construction of a new development pattern through innovative development, consolidating the foundation and stimulating vitality. The Opinions on Implementation encourages enterprises to make good use of both domestic and international markets, and accelerate the integration of domestic and foreign trade while exploring international markets. The import structure should be optimized to better provide advanced technology, equipment, energy and resources for the development of the national economy and provide high-quality consumer goods for the vast number of consumers. We should optimize the mix of export products, improve their quality and accelerate the formation of new advantages in international competition and cooperation.
Ren Hongbin pointed out that the "Implementation Opinions" focus on innovation-driven, emphasize the deepening of scientific and technological innovation, institutional innovation, model and business form innovation, and put forward the focus and new path of foreign trade innovation and development. We will tap our potential through scientific and technological innovation. It is proposed to make use of modern information technology to expand the international market. Explore the new exhibition mode of online and offline integration. Stimulate vitality through institutional innovation. We put forward the reform of the import and export management system of key commodities in an orderly manner. We will leverage the innovative role of pilot free trade zones and free trade ports. It has proposed to promote the development of cross-border e-commerce and other new forms of business, and vigorously develop digital trade.
The Opinions on Implementation also stressed the need to coordinate the relationship between optimizing the layout of the international market and optimizing the layout of domestic regions. We will develop traditional markets such as developed economies and actively explore emerging markets. We will support the central and western regions in deepening their integration into the "One Belt And One Road" framework, and increase their share in trade. We should balance development and security. We need to create an environment for innovative development, and we need to strengthen our bottom-line thinking and enhance our ability to prevent risks.
Ren Hongbin believes that at present, the epidemic of Covid-19 is still spreading around the world, international demand has fallen sharply, the circulation of the industrial chain and supply chain is not smooth, trade protectionism is on the rise, and uncertainties and destabilizing factors are on the rise. These are the biggest challenges facing us.
"At the same time, we must recognize that China's foreign trade is resilient, has great potential, and its enterprises have strong innovation capacity. The long-term positive development trend remains unchanged. We are fully confident that we can achieve the annual target for foreign trade development." Ren Hongbin said, we will adhere to the new development concept, closely around the building to the domestic large cycle as the main body, domestic and international binary mutual promotion of the new development pattern, continue to play a system advantages, market advantages and kinetic energy advantages, continue to promote the innovation and development of foreign trade, enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of foreign trade, aiming to develop foreign trade development planning "difference", to achieve good start for the development of the foreign trade and the steady starting next year.(Source: Economic Information Daily)