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From September 4th to 5th, the 2nd China Foreign Trade Cooperation and Development Forum with the theme of "Sharing RCEP Opportunities and Helping Foreign Trade" was successfully held at the Beijing National Convention Center. As one of the important supporting activities of the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services, industry experts, leading companies, and representatives of relevant media gathered together to focus on amplifying the energy of RCEP, new forms of foreign trade, digital trade, cultural trade, trade talents and other international trade Hot topics and future growth points of China's foreign trade will be discussed.

Zhang Shaogang, Vice President of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Palita Kohona attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Xu Suting, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of China Trade News; Ren Guiying, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Commercial Industry Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Qiao Keting, Commercial Counselor of the Irish Embassy in China; , Liu Meiying, member of the party group of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce and full-time deputy director of the city's "Two District Offices" attended the meeting and delivered keynote speeches.

The participants said that in recent years, the level of China's export technology has improved significantly. The high-quality development of China's international trade has achieved initial results, especially the effective implementation of RCEP, which has reduced the tariffs on trade goods of countries in the region, and has played a positive role in regional trade and investment, industrial chain supply chain value chain through high-level economic and trade rules. The effective implementation of RCEP will continuously and steadily inject new momentum into the regional and world economy, and also usher in new opportunities for high-quality development for international trade companies.

The participants believed that under the background of many challenges facing the global economy, the global supply chain and industrial chain have been greatly impacted, and the advantages of China's industrial chain and supply chain integrity and strong anti-risk capabilities have gradually emerged. However, in the future, the foreign economic and trade cooperation of Chinese enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, still needs to better cope with challenges such as poor information, serious homogeneity of foreign trade, lack of professional talents, inflation, and rising protectionism in the international trade market. Fully use the terms of RCEP and other free trade agreements to achieve high-quality development of foreign trade.

The foreign guests at the meeting believed that only emphasizing narrow regional and national interests is inadvisable from the perspective of regional interests or national interests. Only global economic growth can promote the realization of the common interests of all parties. RCEP demonstrates the commitment of the Asia-Pacific region to adhere to the path of regional economic integration, especially when the global economy is full of uncertainties, RCEP will further promote the development of its intra-regional trade and investment, strengthen cooperation between regions, and provide Global economic growth injects positive energy. Foreign guests also said that their countries welcome foreign investment, including China, and they hope to achieve common growth with foreign companies.

At the forum, the "Report on the High-quality Development of China's Foreign Trade 2022" and the "Report on the Development of the RCEP Digital Trade Ecosystem from the Perspective of Enterprise Gain" were released. Fan Peikang, editor-in-chief of China Trade News, interpreted the report. These two reports start with the latest situation of domestic and international trade development, interpret the urban power of foreign trade development and the development trend of RCEP digital trade, and put forward suggestions for promoting the high-quality development of China's foreign trade.

In the roundtable forum session with the theme of "Overseas Development of Chinese Enterprises After the Epidemic", Yang Jing, Deputy Director of the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chen Xinhui, Deputy Director of the CWTO Digital Trade Association of the Ministry of Commerce, Chen Gang, Executive Vice President of Newegg Group China, Li Wei, vice president of PR Newswire, and other guests had a dialogue, focusing on new challenges and new opportunities for trade in the post-epidemic era, and offering suggestions for the high-quality development of China's foreign trade.