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According to a report by China Central Radio and Television, various regions have assisted foreign trade enterprises to actively explore the international trade market, cultivate new growth points for international trade and economic cooperation, and continuously unleash the vitality of China's foreign trade.

Since this year, foreign trade enterprises have actively responded to the challenges of weakening external demand in the European and American markets and intensifying international competition. In Zhejiang Yiwu International Trade City, Lu Qingrong, a merchant specializing in plush toys, said that in addition to stabilizing orders from old customers in Europe and South America, he has won six new customers this year.

Yiwu merchant Lu Qingrong: In the Yiwu market, we basically do global business, such as logistics, source agency, and subsequent support.

Product optimization, supply chain system upgrading, logistics cost reduction and efficiency increase... Foreign trade enterprises are taking multiple measures to expand the market. In the first two months of this year, the total import and export value of Yiwu's international trade reached 79.19 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4% over the previous year.

Xu Chong, Chief of the First Supervision Section of Yiwu Customs: Since March, we have clearly felt that there are a lot more vehicles entering and exiting the customs supervision sites than before. Currently, our average daily traffic is approximately 800 vehicles, nearly 400 vehicles more than in February.

This year, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, issued 33 policies and measures in ten aspects, among which it is clear that it is necessary to strengthen service guarantees for enterprises to participate and negotiate abroad, explore business flight models, organize enterprises to go abroad to seize orders and expand the market, and introduce policy "combination boxing" in such aspects as increasing financial support. In January-February, Nanjing's international trade import and export value reached 92.54 billion yuan, achieving a good start.

A pharmaceutical company located in Jiangbei New Area, Nanjing, has recently recorded a record high in international trade orders. Yang Jiannan, the business director of the company, introduced that thanks to the efficient customs clearance policy of the customs, the products have been released from the production line and can sail to sea as soon as possible.

Yang Jiannan, Commercial Director of a pharmaceutical enterprise in Nanjing, said: Some products do not require on-site inspection, and the customs can achieve real-time release. For products that require on-site inspection, it will take about 48 hours to complete the inspection in the company's warehouse.

This year is the second year of implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). Jiangsu enterprises have actively utilized tariff concessions, rules of origin accumulation, and trade facilitation to obtain "real gold and silver" benefits. In Changzhou, a new material company has enjoyed a preferential tariff of 520000 yuan in just two months.

Duan Changfei, Manager of the Production and Operation Department of an enterprise in Changzhou, said: "We have indeed benefited to a great extent. Moreover, we have developed and cooperated with many countries that have previously cooperated with us in terms of business, which has played a very important role in future performance growth.".

The 2023 Asia Pacific Leather Exhibition was recently held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Baigou New Town, Baoding, Hebei Province, organized 10 luggage enterprises to participate in a group exhibition under the overall image of "China's Capital of Luggage". During the exhibition, the Baigou New Town Exhibition Group signed 211 intentional orders, with an estimated sales volume exceeding US $10 million.

Li Jiangtao, the person in charge of an exhibition enterprise, said: "At this exhibition, many merchants knew that we were organized by the government, and they all scrambled to discuss cooperation with us. The" government platform "has greatly enhanced the credibility of our enterprise in the hearts of customers.". Currently, 8 companies have reached cooperation intentions, and more than a dozen are under negotiation.

Enterprises are rushing hard, and the government is fully escorting them.

Wang Weinan, Director of Investment Promotion and Characteristic Industries Bureau of Baigou New Town in Baoding, said: "This time we went to Dubai to participate in the exhibition, we have given enterprises the greatest support in terms of booth subsidies and other aspects, helping them to promote, negotiate with customers, promote various advantages and policies of Baigou, and give them reassurance.".