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1. Economic and trade policy
1. The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee analyzes and studies the current economic situation and economic work
2. The executive meeting of the Jiangsu Provincial Government will study and solidly promote the construction of the "Belt and Road" intersection
Second, the dynamics of trade promotion
1. Qinghai Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade visited the Association
2. I will hold a special activity on party history study and education in the Great Lecture Hall for the Promotion of International Trade
3. I will carry out the theme group day activity of "learning party history, strengthening faith, and following the party"
4. I will organize trade promotion systems and enterprises to participate in the first China International Consumer Goods Expo
5. "2021 Jiangsu Brand Product Online Silk Road Tour" Wuxi food industry special meeting was held online
6. I will send personnel to participate in the centralized preparation work for the implementation of the RCEP origin of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
7. Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (Port Office) came to the provincial electronic port for exchange work
8. The Nanjing Council for the Promotion of International Trade held a working meeting on the city's trade promotion system
9. Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade participated in the theme activities of the Municipal Intellectual Property Publicity Week and the launching ceremony of the "Intellectual Property Carnival"
10. Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade participated in the 2021 Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Investment and Trade Expo and the SCO Qingdao Forum series of activities
11. The Zhenjiang Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) conducted negotiations and exchanges
12. Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade went to Chengdu and Leshan to investigate
3. Economic and trade information
1. In the first 4 months, China's imports and exports increased by 28.5% year-on-year
2. The growth rate of China's service imports and exports in March turned positive for the first time since the epidemic
3. The WCO Asia-Pacific Customs Laboratory will be located in Nanjing
4. In the first quarter, our province led the country in service outsourcing
5. A number of global influential and competitive famous enterprises, famous brands and famous products have emerged in Jiangsu
6. Multiple factors have driven commodity prices to continue to rise
4. Member Information
1. SUMEDA helps China's machinery manufacturing to upgrade its gears
2. Huihong Group won the 2020 Jiangsu Outstanding Contribution Award for Poverty Alleviation
5. Risk warning
1. The UK launched a transitional review of Huagao's anti-dumping measures for concrete steel reinforcement with fatigue resistance
2. The UK initiates a transitional review of anti-dumping measures for cold-rolled coils originating in China and Russia
3. Ukraine launched an anti-dumping investigation into silicon manganese steel wire originating in China
4. South Korea launched an anti-dumping investigation into aluminum double-coated pre-coated photosensitive panel products
5. India officially imposes anti-dumping duties on China 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolinone
6. The Eurasian Economic Union continued to implement anti-dumping measures against well pipes in China
7. Australia made anti-dumping and anti-subsidy preliminary cuts on Huacai steel belts
1. The Meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee analyzes and studies the current economic situation and economic work
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on April 30 to analyze and study the current economic situation and economic work. General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping presided over the meeting.
The meeting held that since the beginning of this year, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, all regions and departments have made overall plans to promote epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, vigorously implemented macro policies, and promoted China's economic recovery to achieve remarkable results, economic operation has made a good start, and high-quality development has achieved new results.
The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to dialectically look at the economic data in the first quarter, and the current economic recovery is uneven and the foundation is not stable. It is necessary to make good use of the window period with less pressure on stable growth, promote economic stability and improvement, concentrate on deepening the structural reform of the supply side, open up the domestic cycle and the domestic and international double cycle blockages, and provide sustained impetus for China's economic development during the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period.
The meeting demanded that we should adhere to the general tone of the work of seeking progress in stability, accurately grasp the new development stage, fully implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, and carefully grasp the prevention and control of the epidemic as always. It is necessary to accurately implement macro policies, maintain the continuity, stability and sustainability of macro policies, do not make sharp turns, grasp the timeliness and efficiency, consolidate the cost, stabilize expectations, keep the economic operation in a reasonable range, and make the economy achieve a higher level of equilibrium in the recovery. The proactive fiscal policy should be implemented in detail, firmly adhere to the bottom line of the "three guarantees" at the grass-roots level, and give play to the leverage role of optimizing the economic structure. Prudent monetary policy should maintain reasonable and sufficient liquidity and strengthen support for the real economy, key areas and weak links. Maintain the basic stability of the RMB exchange rate at a reasonable and balanced level.
The meeting stressed that it is necessary to lead the optimization and upgrading of the industry, strengthen the national strategic scientific and technological strength, actively develop the industrial Internet, and accelerate industrial digitalization. It is necessary to orderly promote carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and actively develop new energy. It is necessary to promote the accelerated recovery of domestic demand, promote the recovery of manufacturing investment and private investment as soon as possible, do a good job in guaranteeing the land for major national projects, formulate an action plan for promoting common prosperity, and support the sustained expansion of domestic demand with the general growth of urban and rural residents' incomes. It is necessary to promote reform and opening up, deeply implement the three-year action plan for the reform of state-owned enterprises, optimize the environment for the development of the private economy, accelerate the construction of various high-level open platforms, and promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road". It is necessary to prevent and resolve economic and financial risks, and establish a fiscal and financial risk disposal mechanism for which the main leaders of the local party and government are responsible. It is necessary to strengthen and improve the supervision of the platform economy and promote fair competition. It is necessary to ensure and improve people's livelihood, strengthen the policy of giving priority to employment, do a good job in the employment of key groups such as college graduates, consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation, continue to improve the lives of the people who have been lifted out of poverty in the process of rural revitalization, and do a good job in ensuring the supply and stable price of important people's livelihood commodities. It is necessary to adhere to the positioning that houses are used to live, not to speculate, increase the supply of affordable rental housing and co-ownership housing, and prevent speculation on house prices in the name of school district housing. It is necessary to unremittingly grasp safe production. We must always tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control, adhere to external prevention and internal rebound, do a good job in vaccination, and promote international joint prevention and control of the epidemic.
2. The executive meeting of the Jiangsu Provincial Government will study and solidly promote the construction of the "Belt and Road" intersection
On May 6, Governor Wu Zhenglong presided over the executive meeting of the provincial government to deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on the "Belt and Road" initiative, listen to the report on the construction of the "Belt and Road" intersection in our province, and study the deployment work.
After deliberating the relevant documents on the construction of the "Belt and Road" intersection, the meeting pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen overall planning, adhere to the principle of "consultation, co-construction and sharing", carry forward the concept of openness, green and integrity, and compile and implement the "Plan" for the construction of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and "Belt and Road" intersection from a high starting point. It is necessary to further implement the "five major plans" such as the international comprehensive transportation system expansion plan, the international production capacity cooperation deepening plan, the Silk Road trade promotion plan, the key cooperation park upgrading plan, and the people-to-people exchange brand building plan, give full play to the role of Lianyungang and other important node cities, accelerate the construction of important platform carriers such as the China-UAE (United Arab Emirates) Production Capacity Cooperation Demonstration Park, prevent and resolve hidden risks, promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the integration of the "Belt and Road", build the "Belt and Road" intersection with high quality, and strive to achieve high standards. Benefiting people's livelihood and sustainable development goals.
1. Qinghai Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade visited the Association
On April 28th, President Yin Jianqing and Yue Caichun, President of the Qinghai Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and his party held a discussion and exchange.
President Yue Caichun introduced the recent work of the Qinghai Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the preparations for the first China (Qinghai) International Ecological Expo, and invited the association to lead the delegation to attend the opening ceremony of the Expo, the keynote forum and other important activities.
Chairman Yin Jianqing introduced the development of Jiangsu's trade promotion system, saying that the exchanges and interactions between Qinghai and Jiangsu have a long history, and it is necessary to jointly make good use of the "Belt and Road" construction opportunities, increase cooperation, and achieve mutually beneficial development of related industries in the two places.
2. I will hold a special activity on party history study and education in the Great Lecture Hall for the Promotion of International Trade
In order to promote the in-depth development of party history study and education and enhance the effectiveness of party history study by party members and cadres, on May 8, I will hold the second lecture of the series of lectures on "Learning Economic Theory and Economic Struggle from Party History" in the Great Lecture Hall for The Promotion of Trade, which will be given by Zhang Chao, director of the Development Research Department, and all the members of the party group and the organs and subordinate units will participate in the activities.
With the title of "From "Building in the Border Areas" to the World Factory," Minister Zhang Chao analyzed the economic construction and development of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region during the revolutionary war in a simple and simple way, vividly told the difficult course of our party leading the whole country to carry out economic construction over the past hundred years, and at the same time shared his own views on the development of China's manufacturing industry in international economic cooperation. The whole lecture was clearly layered and rich in content, which helped the party members, cadres, and workers of the Association to have a clearer understanding and understanding of the history of China's economic construction, increased everyone's enthusiasm and motivation for studying party history, and provided theoretical support for deepening the effectiveness of party history study and education.
3. I will carry out the theme group day activity of "learning party history, strengthening faith, and following the party"
On April 27th, the Youth League Committee of the Cppcc Committee led the youth under the age of 40 to visit the red mark along nanjing Changjiang Road, starting from the 520 Student Movement Memorial Square, all the way along the Nanjing Great Hall of the People, Nanjing Library, Liji Lane Comfort Station Site Exhibition Hall, Meiyuan Xincun Memorial Hall, and finally walked into the "Little Red Plum Faith Living Space", visited the "Healthy Plum Garden", "Meihao Living Room", "Neighborhood Kitchen", "Hiking Plum Garden", "Hongmei Auditorium", "Meihao Workshop", "Shaoyin Hall" and other seven functional spaces. They learned the true story of Comrade Zhou Enlai who did not forget his original intention, was loyal to the party, and bowed to the party, learned the feelings of the family and the country and the lofty demeanor of a generation of great people, and exchanged and discussed the specific content, profound connotations, and main manifestations of the spirit of Zhou Enlai in the new era. Through a half-day study and visit, the young comrades gained a full harvest, and expressed their desire to strengthen their ideals and beliefs, give full play to the advantages of young people, and truly "study party history, strengthen faith, and follow the party" to make greater contributions to the high-quality development of Jiangsu's trade promotion cause.
4. I will organize trade promotion systems and enterprises to participate in the first China International Consumer Goods Expo
From May 7th to 10th, the first China International Consumer Goods Fair was held at the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center. Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony, read a congratulatory letter from President Xi Jinping and delivered a speech.
The total exhibition area of the first CICGF is 80,000 square meters, and there are nearly 1,500 exhibitors at home and abroad, from about 70 countries and regions. The domestic exhibition area is 20,000 square meters, and the 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as Xiamen and Dalian, which are separately listed in the plan, organize local consumer boutiques and time-honored brands to participate in the exhibition, with more than 1,200 participating brands. The exhibition held the opening ceremony, "new consumption, new platform, new opportunities" - global consumption innovation and duty-free and tourism retail conference, Hainan free trade port construction and green finance development forum and other special activities, as well as more than 70 debuts, more than 10 domestic local boutique launches and other activities.
In this exhibition, Jiangsu organized 7 key textile and garment and consumer electronics enterprises in the province, such as Shanshui Silk, Xinyuan, Dream Lily and Coworth, and 13 large-scale supermarkets and e-commerce platform procurement enterprises to participate in the exhibition. In order to give full play to the role of the CICGF platform, I will organize a total of 100 professional visitors from Wuxi, Suzhou, Nantong, Lianyungang, Yancheng, Zhenjiang and other municipal councils for the promotion of international trade and enterprises to promote the docking and negotiation and cooperation between enterprises in our province and global high-end consumer brands, and further promote the domestic and international double cycle.
5. "2021 Jiangsu brand product online Silk Road Line" Wuxi food industry special matchmaking meeting was held online
From April 27th to 28th, the "2021 Jiangsu Brand Product Online Silk Road Tour" Wuxi Food Industry Special Matchmaking Meeting held by Wuxi Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Liangxi District People's Government was held online.
The online matchmaking meeting was actively cooperated and strongly supported by local business associations such as Wuxi Jinqiao International Food City and Wuxi Food Circulation Industry Association. During the event, a total of 4 one-on-one precision matching exchanges were organized, and more than 40 Wuxi food enterprises and about 60 food importers and exporters from Turkey, Israel, Kenya, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Morocco, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, the Philippines, Thailand and other countries along the "Belt and Road" carried out exchanges and docking. Some Chinese and foreign enterprises have reached procurement intentions or established cooperative relations on the spot.
The Wuxi food enterprises attending the meeting spoke highly of the innovative model, exchange experience and practical results of the online matchmaking meeting, and said that they would actively pay attention to the "Jiangsu Brand Product Online Silk Road Tour" series of activities organized by the Association in the future, so as to timely grasp the development trend and latest trends of the food industry overseas, especially in emerging markets such as the Middle East and Africa.
6. I will send personnel to participate in the centralized preparation work for the implementation of the RCEP origin of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
On April 27-28, in order to implement the national free trade zone strategy and further promote the preparation for the implementation of the RCEP origin of the ccpit promotion system, the Commercial Certification Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade selected 8 business experts from the backbone of the national certification business to carry out centralized preparations in Beijing. Director Yan Yun of the Commercial Certification Center of the Federation put forward clear requirements on the background and tasks of the centralized preparatory work.
After the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (hereinafter referred to as RCEP) in November 2020, China attaches great importance to it, and the State Council has held meetings many times to study the relevant issues of the agreement. At present, among the 15 member states of RCEP, Singapore and China have formally submitted their approval documents, Thailand and Japan have also passed the domestic ratification procedures, and other member countries have also expressed their enthusiasm for promoting the completion of the domestic approval process as soon as possible and striving to ensure that the RCEP is implemented on January 1, 2022. Since the RCEP involves more member countries, the rules of origin and its implementation procedures are more innovative and breakthrough than other FTAs, and the CCPIT, as one of the two visa agencies, needs to make preparations in advance to ensure that after the implementation of the agreement, it can ensure the smooth issuance of certificates by enterprises in the first time.
The centralized preparatory work mainly focused on the interpretation of the rules of origin of RCEP, the establishment of rules and regulations, the construction of information systems and the new business content, etc. To carry out in-depth exploration and discussion, and completed the suggestions and opinions on the revision of the Measures for the Administration of Origin of Import and Export Goods under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement of the Customs of the People's Republic of China (Draft for Comments), the logical framework for the determination of certificates of origin under RCEP, the basic conditions and software technology requirements for the issuance of "back-to-back certificates" under RCEP, The technical requirements for the two invoices corresponding to the next certificate of origin under the RECP, the revision of the "CCPIT Origin Visa Personnel Promotion and Guarantee Management Measures" and other work, the system experts completed this work task at a high level, laying a good foundation for the smooth development of the next step of RCEP work.
7. Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (Port Office) came to the provincial electronic port for exchange work
On April 27th, Xu Shiliang, director of the Customs Clearance Coordination Office of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (Port Office), and relevant personnel of Shanghai E&T (Electronic Port) Company came to Jiangsu Electronic Port Company to exchange work with jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce (Port Office) and Provincial Electronic Port Company on the cooperation and co-construction of the "single window" of international trade in the Yangtze River Delta. The meeting was presided over by Qiang Pei, director of the Department of Commerce (Port Office) of Jiangsu Province, and the relevant responsible persons of the Land and Air Department and the Seaport Department attended the meeting.
At the meeting, the two sides reviewed the phased results achieved by Shanghai and Jiangsu in close cooperation and actively promoting since the signing of the "Yangtze River Delta International Trade "Single Window" Cooperation and Co-construction Agreement" at the Yangtze River Delta Main Leaders Forum in June last year. Director Xu introduced Shanghai's recent exchanges with Zhejiang and Anhui, and sorted out the follow-up construction ideas. The two sides carefully studied the new version of the "single window" cooperation and co-construction technology plan in the Yangtze River Delta region, and conducted in-depth discussions on the entrance of the special area, user penetration, public inquiry, business collaboration, data sharing, and featured functions. Director Qiang said that the Department of Commerce of Jiangsu Province (Port Office) will firmly implement the major national strategy for the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and comprehensively promote cooperation and co-construction, and at the same time suggested further clarifying the positioning relationship between the national standard version of the "single window" and the "single window" of the Yangtze River Delta, so as to lay the foundation for better development of cooperation and co-construction.
In the next step, the Provincial Electronic Port Company will further promote the "single window" cooperation and co-construction in the Yangtze River Delta in accordance with the requirements of the superior, continue to maintain active cooperation with relevant units in the Yangtze River Delta, further optimize services, expand functions, and better provide accurate services for enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region.
8. The Nanjing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade held a working meeting on the city's trade promotion system
On April 27, the Nanjing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade held a working meeting of the city's trade promotion system, Liang Jie, president of the Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade, attended the meeting and made a speech, Li Mingjun, a first-level researcher of the Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade, presided over the meeting, and Guo Jiazhi, a first-level researcher of the Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade, attended the meeting.
The meeting summarized the development of the city's trade promotion work, analyzed and studied the current situation, and made a comprehensive deployment of the city's trade promotion system. Responsible persons of the branch committees of various districts and the liaison offices of Jiangbei New Area and development zones made work reports and exchanged speeches.
Chairman Liang Jie fully affirmed the achievements made by various units in creatively carrying out work around regional economic development and integration of unique resources for trade promotion in the past year, and pointed out that in the next step, the city's trade promotion system should further cohesiveness, innovation and hard work, and closely follow the "three new" requirements; it is necessary to show greater achievements in building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development in services; it is necessary to actively play the advantages of trade promotion, effectively strengthen the endorsement of industry and commerce, and comprehensively improve the level of trade and investment promotion It is necessary to study and grasp the basic conditions and challenges and opportunities for trade promotion in the new development stage, make full use of the resource advantages of linking up with domestic and foreign industrial and commercial circles to carry out economic and trade exchanges and cooperation, find out the differences against the standards, and achieve new breakthroughs in key areas and directions. The work of the city's trade promotion system should be brought to a new level, one should take on the role and serve the overall situation; second, it should communicate and cooperate and complement each other's advantages; and third, it should be systematically linked and stimulate vitality. Strengthen the sharing of training resources, the co-organization of major activities, the co-response of commercial law services, the exchange of investment information, the co-construction of the ICC platform, and the co-creation of the trade promotion ecology, and jointly promote the development of the trade promotion cause.
9. Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade participated in the theme activities of the Municipal Intellectual Property Publicity Week and the launching ceremony of the "Intellectual Property Carnival"
On April 25th, on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day, the theme activity of Wuxi Intellectual Property Publicity Week and "Intellectual Property Carnival" sponsored by The Leading Group for the Implementation of Wuxi Intellectual Property Strategy, the Wuxi Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (Intellectual Property Office) and the People's Government of Binhu District of Wuxi City were officially launched in the Wuxi Intellectual Property Agglomeration Area. Gao Yaguang, vice mayor of Wuxi, spoke at the meeting and made arrangements for further strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights in the city. Xu Huijuan, president of Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Wang Xuesong, vice president of Wuxi Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade, attended the event.
At the meeting, the white paper "2020 Wuxi Intellectual Property Development and Protection", "2020 Wuxi Intellectual Property Protection Typical Cases", "2021 Wuxi Industrial Design Industry Intellectual Property Blue Book" were released, including the construction of intellectual property system and mechanism, intellectual property creation, intellectual property application, intellectual property protection, intellectual property publicity, intellectual property personnel training and so on.
As a member of the leading group for the implementation of the municipal intellectual property strategy, the Wuxi Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade attaches great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights in recent years. The first is to organize and invite experts from the CCPIT to Xixi for many times to carry out relevant intellectual property training, and held the "New Energy Industry Intellectual Property Forum" during the Wuxi New Energy Conference last November, inviting domestic first-class experts and scholars to explain the intellectual property strategy; the second is to actively publicize and help enterprises carry out overseas trademark registration; the third is to help enterprises understand the rules related to intellectual property rights in international trade, such as Article 337 and RCEP related to intellectual property rights.
In the next step, the Wuxi Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade will pay more attention to intellectual property work, focus on the construction of the Taihu Bay Science and Technology Innovation Belt, serve the requirements of Wuxi's internationalization, further improve the awareness of intellectual property rights of enterprises, actively promote the implementation of intellectual property standards among members of the International Chamber of Commerce, promote the establishment of the Exhibition Industry Intellectual Property Alliance, the New Energy Industry Intellectual Property Alliance and other organizations, and strengthen the publicity and training, docking services, dispute mediation work in intellectual property rights such as international trademark registration and patent application in the "going out" of enterprises. Promote foreign-related legal service work to be more practical, and constantly create a new situation of high-quality development of trade promotion work.
On April 26-28, the 2021 SCO International Investment and Trade Expo & SCO Qingdao Forum on Local Economic and Trade Cooperation was held at the Fangyuan Sports Center in Jiaozhou City, where Liang Zhenying, Vice Chairman of the CppcC National Committee, Honorary Chairman of the "Belt and Road" International Think Tank of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Chairman of the Hong Kong Center for International Cooperation of the "Belt and Road", Zhang Shaogang, Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (China Chamber of International Commerce) and Chairman of the SCO Chinese Industrialists Committee, and Vladimir SCO Secretary-General of the SCO, were held in The Chinese Forum. Norov and others attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches, and many guests at home and abroad, including 76 envoys from 30 countries, attended the event. Gong Zhijie, vice president of Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade, led the team to participate in a series of related activities, and promoted the "China (Wuxi) International New Energy Conference and Exhibition" to be held on November 4-6 to the majority of participants, and invited relevant domestic and foreign guests to participate.
On 28 April, Zhang Yuhong, Chairman of the Zhenjiang Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Zhang Xia, representative of the HKTDC Nanjing Representative Office, and his party discussed and exchanged views on better strengthening trade promotion cooperation between the two sides.
Chairman Zhang Yuhong introduced the relevant work of the Zhenjiang Key Trade Promotion Plan this year, saying that the Zhenjiang Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council are partners for many years, have a good basis for cooperation, this year's cooperation should make more efforts in accurate services for enterprises, it is recommended that the two sides jointly carry out a questionnaire survey on the service needs of enterprises, screen out online docking and exhibition activities that are more in line with the characteristics of Zhenjiang industry, organically combine online activities with offline exhibitions, and truly enhance the docking effect of Zhenjiang enterprises.
Deputy Zhang Xia agreed, he introduced the HKTDC's innovative service practices such as online live broadcast rooms and online matchmaking meetings, as well as the use of specific resource advantages to provide enterprises with international and professional services in the fields of international law and intellectual property rights, and said that in the future, it will give full play to the advantages of HKTDC's global overseas buyer resources and online platform resources, and use the online and physical dual-track model to help Zhenjiang enterprises develop overseas business opportunities and promote Zhenjiang regional brands to the world.
Shen Weimin, vice president of the Zhenjiang Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Jiang Guoping, vice president of the Danyang Council for the Promotion of International Trade, attended the negotiations.
In order to learn from the advanced exhibition experience of Chengdu and other places, publicize and promote the 13th New Energy Conference and Exhibition, recently, Xu Huijuan, president of the Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade and director of the Convention and Exhibition Office, led a team to Chengdu and Leshan to investigate, visited the Chengdu Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Expo Bureau) and the 11th Design and Research Institute of Information Industry Electronics (hereinafter referred to as ElevenThought Technology), The Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute of Tsinghua University, the Leshan Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Expo Bureau), the Leshan Vocational and Technical College, and visited the Western China Expo City. Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center and new energy enterprises.
During his stay in Chengdu, Chen Fu, president of the Chengdu Council for the Promotion of International Trade and director of the Expo Bureau, introduced the experience and practices of chengdu's convention and exhibition industry in terms of exhibition financial subsidy policies, exhibition brand cultivation, and deepening reform of the compilation system. During the visit to Eleven Technology, visited the History Museum of Eleven Science and Technology and the newly completed cultural center, etc., zhao Zhenyuan, president of the institute, said that this year, as always, he would support the 13th New Energy Conference and Exhibition, and cooperate in other activities such as the Exhibition Destination Construction Conference.
During their stay in Leshan, President Xu and his party visited Feng Jiafu, vice president of Leshan Vocational and Technical College, and the two sides communicated on matters related to the establishment of the energy industry-education cooperation alliance, and visited the academic exchange center of the institute. In addition, President Xu and his entourage also exchanged views with Zhang Weiguo, vice president of the Leshan Council for the Promotion of International Trade, deputy director of the Expo Bureau, and Tan Yi. Vice President Zhang said that he will fully support the Energy Industry-Education Cooperation Alliance and strive for Leshan to actively participate as the guest city in this year's new energy conference activities. After the meeting, Chairman Xu and his entourage also visited Sichuan Yongxiang Polysilicon Co., Ltd. and Sichuan Jinko Energy Co., Ltd.
1. In the first 4 months, China's imports and exports increased by 28.5% year-on-year
The General Administration of Customs released statistics on May 7 that in the first four months of this year, the total import and export value of China's trade goods was 11.62 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.5% year-on-year, an increase of 21.8% over the same period in 2019. China's foreign trade, following the increase of 29.2% year-on-year in the first quarter to achieve a "good start", continued the trend of stability and reinforcement, stability and improvement.
Data show that in the first four months, China's exports were 6.32 trillion yuan, an increase of 33.8% year-on-year, an increase of 24.8% over the same period in 2019; imports were 5.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.7% year-on-year, an increase of 18.4% over the same period in 2019; and the trade surplus was 1.02 trillion yuan, an increase of 149.7% year-on-year.
From the perspective of the month of April, the total value of China's imports and exports was 3.15 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.6% year-on-year, an increase of 4.2% month-on-month, and an increase of 25.2% over the same period in 2019. Among them, exports were 1.71 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.2% year-on-year, an increase of 10.1% month-on-month, an increase of 31.6% over the same period in 2019; imports of 1.44 trillion yuan, an increase of 32.2% year-on-year, down 2.2% month-on-month, an increase of 18.4% over the same period in 2019; and a trade surplus of 276.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 12.4%.
Data show that in the first four months, China's general trade import and export of 7.16 trillion yuan, an increase of 32.3% year-on-year, accounting for 61.6% of China's total foreign trade value, an increase of 1.8 percentage points over the same period last year. In addition, China's import and export of bonded logistics was 1.41 trillion yuan, an increase of 29.2% year-on-year.
The performance of private enterprises is still eye-catching, and imports and exports continue to grow. In the first four months, the import and export of private enterprises was 5.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 40.8%, accounting for 47.2% of China's total foreign trade value, an increase of 4.1 percentage points over the same period last year.
From the perspective of trading partners, ASEAN, the European Union, the United States and Japan are the top four trading partners of China, with imports and exports of 1.72 trillion yuan, 1.63 trillion yuan, 1.44 trillion yuan and 770.64 billion yuan in the first four months, an increase of 27.6%, 32.1%, 50.3% and 16.2% respectively.
It is worth mentioning that in the same period, China's total imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" totaled 3.43 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.8%. Among them, exports were 1.95 trillion yuan, an increase of 29.5%,; imports were 1.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 19.3%.
The data also shows that in the first four months, China exported 3.79 trillion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 36.3%, accounting for 59.9% of the total export value. In the same period, China's exports of epidemic prevention materials maintained growth, and textile exports, including masks, increased by 9.5%.
In terms of imports, the import volume of Major Commodities in China increased during the same period. Among them, the import of iron ore was 382 million tons, an increase of 6.7%; crude oil was 180 million tons, an increase of 7.2%; natural gas was 39.459 million tons, an increase of 22.4%; soybeans were 28.627 million tons, an increase of 16.8%; and steel was 4.891 million tons, an increase of 16.9%.
2. The growth rate of China's service imports and exports in March turned positive for the first time since the epidemic
The relevant person in charge of the Department of Service Trade of the Ministry of Commerce introduced on May 7 that in the first quarter of this year, the total import and export value of China's service trade was 1,158.19 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 0.5% year-on-year; of which service exports were 545.75 billion yuan, an increase of 22.8%; imports were 612.44 billion yuan, down 13.5%. The increase in service exports was 36.3 percentage points greater than that of imports, driving the service trade deficit to fall by 74.7% to 66.69 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 197.05 billion yuan. Compared with the same period in 2019, the import and export of services fell by 10.4%, of which exports increased by 17.7%; imports fell by 26.1%. It mainly presents the following characteristics:
First, the growth rate of service imports and exports in the month of March turned positive for the first time since the epidemic. In March, China's total import and export of services was 444.12 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%, the first positive monthly increase since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic; of which exports were 210.36 billion yuan, an increase of 24.3%; imports were 233.76 billion yuan, down 3.6%. The three fastest-growing sectors were transport services, personal culture and entertainment services, and IP royalties, which increased by 56.2%, 34.5% and 33.6% respectively.
Second, the proportion of knowledge-intensive trade in services has increased. In the first quarter, China's knowledge-intensive service import and export was 539.5 billion yuan, an increase of 15.5%, accounting for 46.6% of the total import and export of services, an increase of 6.1 percentage points. Among them, the export of knowledge-intensive services was 301.03 billion yuan, an increase of 14.7%, accounting for 55.2% of the total exports of services; the areas with faster export growth were personal culture and entertainment services, financial services, telecommunications computers and information services, which increased by 37.6%, 29.8% and 28.2% respectively. The import of knowledge-intensive services was 238.47 billion yuan, an increase of 16.6%, accounting for 38.9% of the total imports of services; the area with faster import growth was financial services, an increase of 45.2%.
Third, the import and export of travel services continues to decline. At present, countries continue to take strict measures to restrict the cross-border movement of people, and the impact of the epidemic on the import and export of travel services continues. In the first quarter, China's import and export of travel services was 191.47 billion yuan, down 45.9%, of which exports fell by 46.1% and imports fell by 45.9%. Excluding travel services, China's service imports and exports increased by 21.1% in the first quarter, of which exports increased by 28.2% and imports increased by 13.6%.
3. The WCO Asia-Pacific Customs Laboratory will be located in Nanjing
On April 25, the General Administration of Customs reported that recently, at the video conference of the 22nd Asia-Pacific Customs Director of the World Customs Organization, China Customs proposed to host the World Customs Organization Asia-Pacific Customs Laboratory at the Nanjing Customs Laboratory, which was approved by the meeting.
As a national key laboratory of testing and a number of international organizations designated, accredited or authorized laboratories, Nanjing Customs Laboratory covers the inspection and testing fields such as commodity classification and testing, solid waste attribute identification, endangered species identification, food hygiene testing, chemical analysis and identification, etc., and gathers laboratory talents, technology, equipment and foreign-related training experience.
Hosting the WCO Asia-Pacific Customs Laboratory in Nanjing Customs Laboratory is another important measure and achievement of China Customs to continuously deepen multilateral international cooperation and deeply participate in the affairs of the World Customs Organization, and realizes all three types of regional institutions of the World Customs Organization independently operated by members, such as the Regional Training Center, the Regional Dog Training Center and the Regional Customs Laboratory of the China Customs.
4. In the first quarter, our province led the country in service outsourcing
In the first quarter, the execution of service outsourcing in our province was 12.14 billion US dollars, an increase of 63.8% year-on-year, of which the offshore execution amount was 5.86 billion US dollars, an increase of 73.2% year-on-year, and the onshore execution amount was 6.25 billion US dollars, an increase of 57.7% year-on-year. In the first quarter of 2021, the offshore execution of service outsourcing in our province increased by 23.1% compared with the first quarter of 2019, with an average growth rate of 11.0% in two years. It mainly presents the following characteristics: first, the growth rate is higher than that of the whole country, and the total amount is leading the country; second, the rapid growth of information technology business; third, the development momentum of demonstration cities is good; and fourth, the overall growth of major markets. Fifth, the effect of pulling employment is obvious.
5. A number of global influential and competitive famous enterprises, famous brands and famous products have emerged in Jiangsu
The Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology recently announced that under the promotion of continuous research and development innovation, technological transformation and ecological construction of the industrial chain, the comprehensive strength and comprehensive competitiveness of Jiangsu enterprises have been continuously improved. At present, there are 148 enterprises with annual operating income of more than 10 billion yuan in the province, including 12 enterprises with more than 100 billion yuan, Hengli, Shagang and Shenghong have entered the world's top 500, as well as a number of internationally renowned brands such as XCMG, NARI, Bosideng and Goodbaby. Among them, Hengli Group ranks 107th in the world's top 500, XCMG Group ranks 4th in the world's construction machinery, Hengtong Optoelectronics, Hengrui Pharmaceutical, Hengli Hydraulics, Trina Solar and a number of other enterprises lead the development of the industry, and a number of projects have won the China Industry Award, representing the highest level of China's industrial development.
6. Multiple factors have driven commodity prices to continue to rise
Driven by the global economic recovery and the impact of loose monetary policy, commodity prices have returned to a rapid upward trend in recent times, and the prices of crude oil, iron ore, copper and some agricultural products have hit new highs in recent years. At the same time, rising inflation expectations triggered by the continued rise in commodity prices have also attracted attention.
1. SUMEDA helps China's machinery manufacturing to upgrade its gears
Recently, the 17th China International Machine Tool Exhibition (CIMT) was held in Beijing, and the technology company under SUMEDA signed a new import contract of more than 25 million US dollars during the exhibition, integrating with industry partners and injecting new impetus into the upgrading of China's manufacturing.
Sumeda Technology Co., Ltd. has long been deeply engaged in the field of advanced mechanical and electrical equipment imports, continued to optimize the supply chain operation business model, created a "Sumeda World" global equipment trading service platform, accelerated the transformation and upgrading to "digitalization, platformization, ecology", textile equipment, machining equipment, light industry equipment import scale ranked among the top 10 in the country for many years, and continued to help supply-side structural reform. In the first quarter, SUMEDA Technology Company continued to seize new development opportunities in the industry, achieving a new contract for the import of mechanical and electrical equipment of 2.982 billion US dollars, an increase of 158% year-on-year; import certification of 1.93 billion US dollars, an increase of 91% year-on-year, showing a rapid development trend.
Integration and win-win, intelligent future. Facing the beginning of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the historical intersection of "two hundred years", China's machine tool industry is accelerating its development, and the consumer demand for new machine tools continues to expand. SUMEDA will further give play to the company's advantages in the coordinated development of import and export, domestic and foreign trade, fully tap the potential of domestic and international markets and two kinds of resources, deepen the international market, expand the domestic market, and strive to build a digital-driven international industrial chain and supply chain, and make new contributions to promoting the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing.
2. Huihong Group won the 2020 Jiangsu Outstanding Contribution Award for Poverty Alleviation and Poverty Alleviation
Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Association for the Promotion of the Development of Old Districts, the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Foundation, and the Provincial Poverty Alleviation and Development Association held the sixth council work meeting in Nanjing to commend the advanced units and individuals who have outstanding performance in poverty alleviation and social charity public fundraising activities.
Over the years, Huihong Group has always insisted on conscientiously fulfilling its social responsibilities, vigorously supporting poverty alleviation and social welfare undertakings, and has won full affirmation and wide praise from all walks of life. In 2020, Huihong Group donated 1 million yuan to support the "Provincial Enterprise Dripping Water Building Dream Poverty Alleviation and Education Assistance Project" and the Provincial Yangtze Veterans Care Foundation Project, arranged 1 million special funds to support the construction of Sihong County's help project, and actively participated in the province's "10,000 Enterprises Unite Ten Thousand Villages, Walk the Road to Revitalization" action, the Group's 7 subsidiaries and 8 villages in central Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu were paired with each other, with a total annual investment and procurement of nearly 59 million yuan, which effectively promoted local industrial upgrading and economic and social development.
1. The United Kingdom launched a transitional review of Huagao's anti-dumping measures for concrete steel reinforcement with fatigue resistance
On 29 April, the UK Department for International Trade (EDE) issued an announcement to conduct a transitional review of the anti-dumping case of high fatigue resistance concrete steel reinforcement originating in China to determine whether the above measures originating from the EU will continue to be implemented in the UK and whether to adjust the tax rate level. The dumping investigation period is from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, and the damage investigation period is from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2021.
2. The UK initiates a transitional review of anti-dumping measures for cold-rolled coils originating in China and Russia
On 29 April, the UK Department for International Trade (IDA) issued an announcement to conduct a transitional review of the anti-dumping cases of cold-rolled coil originating in China and Russia to determine whether the above-mentioned measures originating in the EU will continue to be implemented in the UK and whether to adjust the tax rate level. The dumping investigation period is from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, and the damage investigation period is from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2021.
3. Ukraine launched an anti-dumping investigation into silicon manganese steel wire originating in China
On April 28, Ukraine's Inter-Departmental International Trade Commission issued an announcement and decided to launch an anti-dumping investigation into silicon-manganese steel wire originating in China. This case is the first original trial case of trade remedies against China in Ukraine in 2021.
4. South Korea launched an anti-dumping investigation into aluminum double-coated pre-coated photosensitive panel products
On April 26, the Korea Trade Commission (KOTA) announced that it had decided to launch an anti-dumping investigation into aluminum double-coated pre-coated photosensitive panel products originating in China.
5. India officially imposes anti-dumping duties on China 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolidone
On April 27, the Revenue Department of the Ministry of Finance of India issued an announcement saying that it accepted the final anti-dumping result of the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry on January 28 on 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolidone originating in or imported from China, and decided to formally impose anti-dumping duties on the products involved in the Chinese case from the date of the official gazette of this announcement, and the difference between the minimum limit price of $4.89/kg and the declared price of imported goods was part of the difference. The measure is valid for 5 years and will take effect from June 9, 2020.
6. The Eurasian Economic Union continues to implement anti-dumping measures against well pipes in China
On April 29, the Department for the Protection of the Internal Market of the Eurasian Economic Commission issued Announcement No. 2021/264/AD16R1 in the Official Gazette, in accordance with Resolution 52 of the Eurasian Economic Commission of April 27, it was decided to maintain the anti-dumping duties on imported oil well pipes originating in China as determined by the Eurasian Economic Commission Resolution No. 101 of 2015, and to continue to impose anti-dumping duties of 12.23% to 31.00% on the products involved, which will be valid for 5 years and terminated on April 26, 2026; , maintain the price commitments reached with the following enterprises in China, and do not levy anti-dumping duties on the price commitment enterprises, including Tianjin Steel Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hengyang Valin Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., Hengyang Valin Rolling Pipe Co., Ltd., and Hanting Energy Technology (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
7. Australia made anti-dumping and anti-subsidy preliminary cuts on Huacai steel belts
On April 23, the Australian Anti-dumping Commission issued Announcement No. 2021/056, which made a preliminary anti-dumping and countervailing judgment on color steel strips imported from China, ruling that the dumping margin of the Chinese exporter Qinhuangdao Christielen Packaging Materials Co., Ltd. was -6.2%, the subsidy margin was 0.2%, and the dumping margin of other Chinese exporters was 11.5% and the subsidy margin was 42.6%. Therefore, it is proposed to implement temporary anti-dumping and countervailing measures in the form of a security deposit for the products involved in the Case in China, with the effective margin ratio of other Chinese exporters being 54.1%, and terminating the anti-dumping and countervailing investigation against Qinhuangdao Christieland Packaging Materials Co., Ltd. An anti-dumping negative preliminary ruling was made on color steel strips imported from Vietnam, and the anti-dumping investigation of the products involved in the case in Vietnam was terminated.