Auto & Transportation

At 10:00 on July 10, an Airbus A330 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines carried out the MU7101 "Ningbo-Budapest" business charter flight, carrying a Zhejiang foreign-related business group, departing from Ningbo Lishe International Airport and flying to Liszt Ferran in Budapest, Hungary. Cis International Airport.

This is a scene in Ningbo, the "big foreign trade city", which unblocks cross-border communication channels for foreign-related business personnel and helps Qifei Global to grab orders and expand the market. In 2021, Ningbo's foreign trade broke through the trillion yuan mark for the first time within the year, becoming the sixth "city of foreign trade trillions" in China.

At present, the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still ongoing, especially the restricted movement of people, which has a huge impact on economic and trade activities. How to help the development of enterprises and ensure the entry and exit needs of personnel such as business exchange activities?

It is Ningbo's attempt to speed up the exploration and launch of charter flights. The city took the lead in introducing special policies and opening business round-trip charter flights to expand the market, and fully supported foreign trade enterprises to expand the market, grab orders and stabilize their shares.

"We usually communicate with foreign customers mainly online, through emails, video conferences, etc." According to Yuan Lin, general manager of Ningbo Haishu Peining International Trade Co., Ltd., the company is mainly engaged in clothing export business. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic Since then, communication with customers has been limited to online. "This time, I plan to visit customers in France, which are our largest customers in the field of outerwear."

"The reason we want to go out is not because our business volume is declining, but mainly because we want to meet customers and maintain mutual feelings." Liu Fuyuan, business director of Ningbo Baolinda Import and Export Co., Ltd., said that through this opportunity, the company hopes to Participate in local exhibitions, share the latest market trends, and bring new products developed to customers.

On the same day, a number of companies embarked on the China Eastern Airlines MU7101 "Ningbo-Budapest" business charter flight to Hungary, France, Italy and other European countries to contact old customers and make new friends.

Li Guanding, deputy mayor of Ningbo, said that for Ningbo, an open economy city, it can take the lead in opening charter flights to help foreign-related business people leave the country. Friends" to promote pragmatic cooperation.