General

The 20th CPC National Congress has drawn a grand blueprint for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization.   The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (hereinafter referred to as the "China Council for the Promotion of International Trade") is responsible for promoting foreign trade, two-way investment, economic and technological cooperation and other important responsibilities.    

1、 Focusing on the overall situation and deeply grasping the great achievements of China's opening-up in the past decade of the new era

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China has implemented a more proactive strategy of opening up, formed a pattern of opening up to the outside world in a wider range, wider fields and at a deeper level, and made historic achievements in the development of the open economy. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has played an important role in strengthening the interests of Chinese and foreign enterprises, promoting international trade and economic exchanges, and promoting the development of national relations. It is an important manifestation of China's continuous expansion of opening up to the outside world.

New achievements have been made in stabilizing and improving the quality of foreign trade and investment. Foreign trade and investment are important engines of China's economic growth and play an important role in the "three carriages". Stabilizing the basic situation of foreign trade and foreign investment is crucial for stabilizing the foundation of China's opening up to the outside world and its position as an open country. China has become a major trading partner of over 140 countries and regions, with the total amount of goods trade ranking first in the world for 6 consecutive years and the scale of foreign investment utilization ranking second in the world for 5 consecutive years. The pilot free trade zone, Hainan Free Trade Port, and Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone have innovatively developed from scratch, and the negative list items of the national and pilot free trade zones have been reduced by 51% and 72% respectively. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade regards serving domestic and foreign enterprises as its foundation, making every effort to bridge the gap and alleviate difficulties for enterprises. It has organized nearly 3000 exhibitions and exhibitions both domestically and internationally, actively participating in the preparation of major exhibitions such as the China International Import and Export Fair, the Canton Fair, the Service Trade Fair, and the Consumer Expo. In response to the impact of the epidemic, it has helped many enterprises connect with customers and win orders through innovative forms such as "digital exhibitions" and "proxy exhibitions". Strengthen foreign investment promotion services, establish a dedicated team to serve foreign-funded enterprises in the national trade promotion system, establish a bottom-up "direct train" for foreign investment demands, timely report to relevant departments and promote the resolution of foreign-funded enterprise concerns, promote the implementation of a number of foreign-funded projects, and effectively help stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment.

High quality co construction of the "the Belt and Road" has reached a new level. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" has made solid and profound achievements. China has signed over 200 cooperation documents with 151 countries and 32 international organizations, with an average annual growth of 8% in goods trade volume and a cumulative two-way investment of over 270 billion US dollars with countries along the route. The level of industrial chain supply chain cooperation continues to improve, and the number of China Europe freight trains has repeatedly reached new highs. A number of landmark projects have been implemented, bringing a real sense of gain to the local people. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) insists on joint consultation, joint construction and sharing. It has established 393 multilateral and bilateral industrial and commercial cooperation mechanisms, including the Silk Road Business Council, with its counterparts in relevant countries. It has held more than 3000 economic and trade activities, effectively promoting the deepening and implementation of the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road". The brand of key activities such as the Silk Road International Expo, China Northeast Asia Expo, the "the Belt and Road" Trade and Investment Forum, and the "the Belt and Road" International Cooperation Forum jointly built by listed companies across the country are constantly improving. Strengthen trade and investment promotion work for countries without diplomatic relations and newly established diplomatic relations, enhance public opinion foundation, deepen interest integration, and accumulate favorable conditions for China to establish and develop relations with relevant countries.

Since its establishment in 1952, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has played an important role in strengthening the interests of Chinese and foreign enterprises, promoting international trade and economic exchanges, and promoting the development of national relations, based on China and facing the world. The picture shows that on May 18, 2022, the conference celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit was held in Beijing. Photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin

Weaving and firmly weaving open safety nets to achieve new breakthroughs. The more open we are, the more we need to attach importance to security, and the more we need to coordinate development and security. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has accelerated the improvement of a security guarantee system that is compatible with openness, revised the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China, introduced laws and regulations such as the Foreign Investment Law of the People's Republic of China and the Regulations on the List of Unreliable Entities, established a trade friction warning and legal service mechanism, prevented risks in foreign investment cooperation, guided enterprises to strengthen compliance management, and strengthened overseas interest protection, Strengthen the construction of a legal system applicable outside the jurisdiction of Chinese law. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade has accumulated a wealth of experience in foreign-related legal business. It has established the first international commercial maritime arbitration institution in China, pioneered the foreign-related trademark patent agency business, and issued a force majeure certificate that has been widely recognized by the international business community. It has achieved significant results in promoting the improvement of foreign-related laws and regulations, cultivating foreign-related legal talents, and international commercial legal cooperation. In recent years, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has represented China's business community more than 10 times to participate in hearings and defend against the US "301 Investigation". It has responded to nearly 100 cases of foreign economic and trade friction with China and actively provided advice and suggestions on the extraterritorial application of Chinese laws. The Cross border Trade and Investment Legal Comprehensive Support Platform has received over 300000 inquiries from enterprises. Guiding the affiliated China International Chamber of Commerce to jointly initiate the establishment of an international commercial dispute prevention and resolution organization with business associations, legal service institutions, think tanks, and more than 50 countries (regions), with increasing influence.

The ability to participate in global economic governance has been newly enhanced. China takes the initiative to assume international responsibility, advocates the practice of true multilateralism, and is a builder of world peace, contributor to global development, and maintainer of the international order. Its international influence, charisma, and shaping power have significantly improved.   In the past 10 years, the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind has transformed from ideas to actions and from vision to reality, injecting strong impetus into promoting global development. From the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization to the G20, from the BRICS countries to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China has successively held a series of major home diplomacy events, promoting the deepening of multilateral cooperation. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has always regarded representing China's business community in participating in multilateral mechanisms and international organizations as its responsibility. It organizes enterprises to participate in in-depth discussions on topics in business activities under mechanisms such as the G20, APEC, and BRICS countries, and proposes a series of initiatives that have been widely recognized. The business community in China has transformed from a passive follower of international economic and trade rulemaking to an active participant and important contributor, and its role in promoting the reform of the global economic governance system and global economic recovery is constantly improving.

2、 With a mind of "the largest country", we firmly shoulder the responsibility and mission of comprehensively promoting Chinese path to modernization

The great changes that have not happened in the world in a century are accelerating, the international balance of power is undergoing profound adjustment, the game among major powers is becoming increasingly fierce, geopolitical conflicts are intensifying, economic globalization is encountering counter current, unilateralism and protectionism are rising, and the world economic recovery is struggling. China's development has entered a period of coexistence of strategic opportunities and risks, as well as an increase in uncertain and unpredictable factors. The more the times move forward, the more prominent the importance of opening up to the outside world becomes, and the role of trade and investment promotion institutions becomes more prominent. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) should base itself on the new historical position of China's development, identify the strategic deployment of the CPC Central Committee and its own actual combination and driving point, so that the work of promoting international trade is in line with the expectations of Chinese and foreign enterprises, in line with the development level of China's open economy, and in line with the overall promotion of Chinese path to modernization.

Doing a good job in promoting trade is essential for promoting high-quality development. Achieving high-quality development is one of the essential requirements of Chinese path to modernization. Promoting reform and development through openness is reflected in helping to improve the socialist market economy system, fully leveraging the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, and better leveraging the role of the government. It is also reflected in promoting transformation, structural adjustment, and increasing efficiency through openness. To do a good job in trade promotion, we must firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, promote quality change through efficiency and driving force changes, accelerate the construction of a world-class trade and investment promotion institution with Chinese characteristics and more vitality, and continuously open up new fields, shape new driving forces, and win new tracks, To make the work of promoting trade more distinctive, more advantageous and more effective in the process of comprehensively promoting Chinese path to modernization, and create a new path of development with higher quality and more vitality.

Doing a good job in promoting trade is an important link in accelerating the construction of a new development pattern. It is a strategic deployment to grasp the future development initiative to build a new development pattern with the domestic systemic circulation as the main body and the domestic and international double cycles promoting each other. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) is an important window for opening up to the outside world, and an important hub to help the domestic systemic circulation and promote the domestic and international double cycle. To do a good job in the promotion of trade, we must give better play to the role of various trade and investment promotion platforms as carriers of the flow of goods and factors, improve the quality and efficiency of the promotion of trade, open up domestic systemic circulation, domestic and international double cycle blockages, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, promote mutual promotion of domestic and foreign demand, import and export coordination, equal emphasis on goods and services, trade and investment integration, and promote market connectivity, industry integration, innovation promotion, and rule linkage, Promote the improvement of the resilience and security level of China's industrial and supply chains, and enhance the linkage effect of domestic and international markets and resources.

The Dubai World Expo, with the theme of "Communicating Ideas, Creating the Future", was held from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. As the supervisory unit for China's participation in World Expo affairs, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade has solidly promoted the construction and operation of the China Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo. The picture shows the China Pavilion lighting show and drone performance taken on March 20, 2022. Provided by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade

Doing a good job in promoting trade is a practical measure to promote the construction of an open world economy. Currently, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is deepening, and countries are increasingly interconnected and interdependent. China has always maintained and promoted world peace through its own development, and its development is integrated and achieved with that of the world. The high-level opening-up and win-win cooperation with the world are reflected in a more open mindset and measures, promoting the expansion of consensus on world openness and cooperation, jointly expanding the global market cake, implementing the global sharing mechanism, and making global cooperation methods more effective. This not only utilizes the global market and resources to develop oneself, but also promotes the common development of the world. To do a good job in promoting trade, it is necessary to fully leverage the role of folk diplomacy as a lubricant and economic and trade cooperation as a ballast, tighten the ties of interests with countries around the world, assist enterprises in seizing market opportunities, investment opportunities, and growth opportunities, and add more stability and positive energy to world peace and development.

3、 Anchoring goals and tasks, striving to promote high-level opening up to the outside world

China has embarked on a new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country, and is closer, more confident, and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history. We should take practical actions to solidly promote Chinese path to modernization and make greater contributions to building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Adhere to promoting stability and improving quality, and accelerate the construction of a trade powerhouse. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasizes "promoting the optimization and upgrading of goods trade, innovating the development mechanism of service trade, developing digital trade, and accelerating the construction of a trade powerhouse". Strengthening trade promotion is an inevitable requirement for promoting stable scale and optimized structure of foreign trade and accelerating the transition from a major trading country to a trading powerhouse. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade should make greater efforts to promote the stability, scale, and structure of foreign trade, carefully organize international (cross-border) economic and trade exhibitions, continuously cultivate overseas brand exhibitions, expand the scale of exhibitions, support various regions and industries to hold international and professional exhibitions, optimize the supply and procurement coordination of key exhibitions, help enterprises focus on advantageous products and key markets to increase exports, and expand imports of advanced technology, important equipment, high-quality consumer goods, and other goods. Focusing on maintaining the resilience and stability of the global industrial chain supply chain, organizing the China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo, and creating a high-end platform for upstream, midstream, and downstream integration, linking large and small enterprises, and collaborating with industry, academia, research, and application. Strengthen market development service guarantee, closely follow up new claims of foreign trade enterprises and promote timely settlement, optimize certificate of origin and temporary duty-free import (ATA) certificate book visa services, strengthen enterprise training guidance, assistance and rescue, risk troubleshooting and other work.

Adhere to improving services and help create an international first-class business environment. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that "we should reasonably reduce the negative list of foreign investment access, protect the rights and interests of foreign investment in accordance with the law, and create a market-oriented, legal, and international first-class business environment. Currently, international competition for investment attraction is becoming more intense. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade should fully leverage its advantages of tight connections with foreign investment, multiple service platforms, and wide work coverage, expand the functions of the national trade promotion system to serve foreign-funded enterprises, and make greater efforts to promote the stable and incremental expansion of foreign investment. Strengthen regular contacts with multinational corporations and foreign business associations, organize and carry out a series of activities such as "local visits of multinational corporations", guide foreign enterprises to correctly understand China's policies and measures, enhance confidence, stabilize expectations, and promote the landing of more high-quality foreign investment projects. Focusing on promoting the expansion of institutional openness, improving the function of the business environment monitoring system, and assisting in the institutional innovation and industrial agglomeration of the Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port. Hold the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Development Business Conference to support the participation of the Hong Kong Macao business community in the comprehensive opening up of the country and the construction of a modern economic system. Improve the public service system of commercial law, hold a global conference on the rule of law in industry and commerce, strengthen commercial certification, intellectual property services, and enhance the credibility of international arbitration and commercial mediation, and strive to make China a destination for international commercial dispute resolution.

Adhere to mutual benefit and win-win situation, deepen and expand foreign economic and trade relations. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasizes "deep participation in global industrial division of labor and cooperation, maintaining a diverse and stable international economic pattern and economic and trade relations". The development of economic and trade relations ultimately relies on the production and operation cooperation of enterprises. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) should continue to play its role as an open window and bridge link, strengthen civil and economic diplomacy, implement multi bilateral business cooperation mechanisms, strengthen communication and connections with the business communities of various countries, bridge the gap between China and foreign economic and trade cooperation, promote the improvement of the quality and level of trade and investment cooperation, and better promote bilateral, regional, and multilateral cooperation. Hold the Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit well, deepen exchanges with trade and investment promotion institutions, business associations, and other organizations from various countries, and continuously create new situations of win-win cooperation. Promote the joint construction of high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road" in international trade, strengthen policy promotion, hold key activities such as the "the Belt and Road" Entrepreneurs Conference, and promote cooperation in new fields such as health, green, digital, and innovation. Assist in building a global network of high standard free trade zones, implement high-quality free trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, improve public service platforms, compile and distribute application guides for key industries, hold a series of forums and training activities for enterprises, and help enterprises make full use of the policy dividends of free trade agreements.

Persist in embracing the world and actively participate in global economic governance. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that China actively participates in the reform and construction of the global governance system, adheres to true multilateralism, and promotes the development of global governance towards a more just and reasonable direction. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) should adapt to the new situation where China is increasingly approaching the central stage of the world, establish a global perspective, improve strategic thinking, advocate for a global economic governance concept of equality, openness, cooperation, and sharing, widely mobilize the power of the business community, jointly promote the better performance of multilateral mechanisms such as the World Trade Organization, the G20, and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization, and deeply participate in cooperation among BRICS countries, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and other mechanisms, Promote international macroeconomic policy coordination. Strengthen work in important international organizations such as the Bureau of International Expositions and the International Chamber of Commerce, deepen strategic cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and other institutions, actively participate in the formulation of international economic and trade rules and standards, train and recommend more talents to serve or work in international organizations, strengthen analysis and judgment in digital economy, green low-carbon and other fields, and put forward practical suggestions. Give full play to the unique role of the China Pavilion in the exchange and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations in the World Expo, do a good job of participating in the 2025 Osaka World Expo in Japan, and spread the excellent traditional culture of China and the achievements of Chinese path to modernization. Create a full media communication pattern, enhance the ability to speak out on major issues, tell the story of the Chinese business community well, and spread the Chinese voice well.