Lightning Time Review 丨 Six Brush History! Shandong foreign trade courage to forge a "strong engine"

On the afternoon of January 19, the Information Office of the Shandong Provincial Government held a press conference to introduce the economic and social operation of the province in 2021. In 2021, Shandong will make every effort to build a new highland for opening up to the outside world, promote export increments and improve import quality. The total import and export volume was 2.93 trillion yuan, the sixth consecutive year to a new record high. The province's cross-border e-commerce import and export, market procurement trade exports achieved "double over 100 billion yuan". This good situation not only shows the strong driving force for the development of Shandong's foreign trade, but also the practical effect of Shandong's continuous efforts to transform new and old kinetic energy and continuously expand effective domestic demand, and has handed over the "report card" of good economic and social operation.

Shandong's foreign trade data in 2021 fully reflects the characteristics of improving the quality and growth rate of foreign trade: the growth rate of import and export, export and import is higher than the national average, and among the top 6 major foreign trade provinces and cities, Shandong's import and export and export growth rate ranks first, and the import growth rate ranks third. This not only reflects the vigorous growth of Shandong's export-oriented economy, but also the concrete results of continuous integration into the overall situation of the country's opening up to the outside world, and makes a concrete interpretation of the new contribution to accelerating the construction of a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other. Under the speed of the train running forward and the achievements of cooperation and trade promoting a win-win situation, Shandong's determination and motivation to move forward and continuously pursue high-quality development have laid a solid foundation for a good start in 2022.

If in the high-quality development of Qilu Land, foreign trade is a "powerful engine" of multi-stroke, then the balanced foreign trade pattern witnesses the improvement of the quality of foreign trade development. Last year, the import and export value of 16 prefectures and cities in the province achieved more than double-digit growth, of which Linyi, Dongying and Jinan ranked in the top three in import and export growth, and The import and export growth rate of Qingdao and Yantai increased by 32.4% and 27.8% respectively, accounting for 29.0% and 14.0% of the province's total import and export value, respectively. There is no doubt that this is the specific effect of promoting the development pattern of "a group of two hearts and three circles", and constantly promoting the coordinated development of the region, and continuously forming a strong industrial cluster under the guidance of the differentiated development strategy, which in turn makes Shandong's foreign trade development present a more remarkable and magnificent chapter.

"Quality" is to coordinate development and create new growth poles, but also to continuously expand competitiveness, realize supply-side reform, let new technologies, new industries, new formats, and new models condense in the new development blueprint, and provide internal momentum for building a "powerful engine". In 2021, mechanical and electrical products are the most important export commodities in Shandong, with exports increasing by 35.8%. In addition, the total import and export of enterprises in the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone was 384.34 billion yuan, an increase of 39.4%. Under the trend of continuously promoting major projects for the conversion of new and old kinetic energy, Kechuang Shandong has released wisdom power, and at the same time injected inexhaustible kinetic energy into Shandong's "comprehensive pioneering and walking in the forefront" in the process of continuously grasping the opportunity of industrial development.

Courage to move forward, rushing the waves. To build a "strong engine" for foreign trade lies in fully grasping opportunities, releasing policy dividends, and effectively stimulating the internal motivation for the growth of foreign trade enterprises. On 1 January 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, or RCEP, entered into force. How are tax incentives reflected? For example, according to static trade data, after the RCEP comes into effect, Shandong's exports of goods to Japan can save 380 million yuan in taxes. It can be seen that seizing the opportunity to benchmark international high-level economic and trade rules, accelerate institutional opening up, and promote the development of foreign trade enterprises and foreign trade to a new level in the release of development dividends are specific measures for Shandong to achieve high-quality development of "steady progress" this year. At the same time, we will maintain the momentum of refreshing the historical high for 6 consecutive years, continuously build a "strong engine" of foreign trade, and lay out a new chapter of high-quality development that is more magnificent and worthy of expectation, which will witness the efforts and struggles of the times. (Text/Luo Ning)