According to the news of the Ministry of Commerce on September 15, on September 14, the national teleconference on stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment was held in Beijing to make arrangements for the next stage of stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment.
The meeting stressed that it is necessary to accurately grasp the current situation of foreign trade and foreign investment, resolutely stabilize the basic plate of foreign trade and foreign investment with concrete work results, and better serve the overall situation of economic and social development. The meeting pointed out that to stabilize the basic plate of foreign trade and foreign investment and complete the annual goals and tasks, we should make good use of policy space, find the direction of force, take many measures to play a good combination of policy measures, and strive to help enterprises stabilize orders and expand the market, further optimize the foreign investment environment and other ten key work. The meeting required that the business system should pay close attention to the implementation of policies, service guarantee, publicity and training, risk prevention and other work, go all out to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, and provide strong support for promoting the continuous improvement of economic operation.
According to the latest data of the General Administration of Customs, the foreign trade import and export data in August has shown a marginal trend of good, and the decline in export value has narrowed by 7 percentage points compared with July. The total value of imports and exports in August was 3.59 trillion yuan, down 2.5 percent year-on-year and up 3.9 percent month-on-month, the data showed. Among them, the export was 2.04 trillion yuan, down 3.2% year-on-year, up 1.2% quarter-on-quarter; Imports were 1.55 trillion yuan, down 1.6% year-on-year and up 7.6% month-on-month; The trade surplus narrowed by 8.2% year-on-year to 488 billion yuan. Ministry of Commerce spokesman He Yadong said at a regular press conference on September 14 that to look at the foreign trade situation, we should look at both the current "shape" and the long-term "trend". It is necessary to look at both the "stability" of the scale and the "excellent" of the structure.
In the face of risks and challenges, foreign trade enterprises rise to the challenge and actively explore the international market; Steady foreign trade policies continue to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of blocked points and difficulties to speed up the dredging; Enhanced competitiveness of competitive products, continue to contribute to export growth. In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to promote policies, grasp the implementation, make up for weaknesses, strong advantages, and further improve the toolbox of trade policies for the concerns of the market and enterprises, including the introduction of special policies to enhance the development level of processing trade, and the introduction of policies to promote the development of service trade and digital trade.
