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International trade companies are welcome to "grab orders". On August 25, the "Customs Release" said that according to the port epidemic prevention and control situation, the General Administration of Customs will launch the ninth edition of the "People's Republic of China Outbound/Outbound" at 0:00 on August 31. Entry Health Declaration Card (hereinafter referred to as the "Ninth Edition Health Declaration Card"). Compared with the current version, the content of the ninth edition of the health declaration card is more optimized.

Specifically: canceled the declaration requirements for entry-exit personnel nucleic acid testing information, previous infection status, and vaccination date; improved or adjusted items that were easy to be questioned by entry-exit personnel in the past, which is more convenient for entry-exit personnel to understand and fill in; increase The function of online confirmation of the "Informed Consent for Sampling" has been established, which makes it easier for inbound and outbound passengers to simplify the on-site quarantine process and work together to do a good job in front-line health quarantine at the port.

"There is no need to declare nucleic acid testing information, which is really good for international trade companies." As one of the 36 foreign trade people who took the first business round-trip charter flight to expand the market in China, Wei Wei, general manager of Ningbo Baolinda Import and Export Co., Ltd. Guowen is particularly pleased to see this optimization of the ninth edition of the health declaration card. This means that it will be more convenient for them to set off again on their overseas "order grabbing" trip. In early September this year and at the end of January next year, Wei Guowen plans to bring his team and new products to Europe, Hungary and Germany to meet customers face-to-face.

Wei Guowen said that at the end of July, they followed the Ningbo business charter group to "grab orders". Due to their large schedule, they did not stay in a hotel in Milan with other members of the charter plane. Most of the time, they acted alone to meet different customers. Therefore, he also missed the nucleic acid test arranged by the government in the hotel, and had to take a taxi and "pinch" to the institution designated by the local embassy to complete the requirement of two nucleic acid tests within 48 hours.

"This requirement is actually quite strict. If you don't speak the language or are not familiar with the local area, you have to complete two nucleic acid tests at a regular institution within 48 hours of the plane taking off and at the specified interval. The challenge is still very big." She said, The ninth edition cancels the declaration requirements for entry and exit personnel nucleic acid testing information, previous infection status, and vaccination dates, which will make international trade companies feel real convenience when entering and leaving the country.

In her opinion, there are more and more people around who want to go out and are willing to go out, and the normalized business charter flights in Zhejiang are becoming more and more frequent. "The Bureau of Commerce has recently asked us to report the willingness of business charter flights to the United States." The overall efficiency and frequency of charter flights are constantly improving.

In the first business charter flight, Wei Guowen took the company's original dolls to meet 10 customers, and received a total of about 10 million euros worth of intended orders, accounting for about one-third of the company's annual sales.

"When we met foreigners, they were still very anxious and said they didn't know when they would be able to come to China." She believes that the landing of the chartered flight to the sea sent a signal to foreign merchants and increased mutual confidence.

Meng Zhuo, manager of Anhui Garment Import and Export Co., Ltd., also said that the update of the ninth edition of the health declaration card is indeed more conducive to the entry and exit of international trade enterprises, and he also expects to provide more convenience for business personnel to enter and exit.

In addition to organizing charter flights more and more frequently to send foreign trade people out to sea to "grab orders", Zhejiang is also inviting batches of foreign buyers through charter flights.

The 107 foreign businessmen from India who arrived at Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport on a chartered flight on August 9 have ended health management measures such as centralized isolation and home monitoring, and started offline shopping and large-scale purchases in Yiwu International Trade City. Ten days before the charter flight of Indian businessmen landed, 163 Pakistani businessmen also arrived in Zhejiang by business charter flight.

At the media briefing on the business operation of Zhejiang Province in the first half of 2022 held on July 28, Zhu Ying, director of the Foreign Trade Development Division of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, said that in order to alleviate the practical problem of poor cross-border personnel flow due to the impact of the epidemic , Zhejiang promotes outbound business activities in a stable and orderly manner. In the next step, Zhejiang will optimize its entry-exit facilitation services and strive to provide full-process guarantees in terms of flights, passports, and visas.

Zhu Ying said that in addition to the normal operation of regular business flights with Hong Kong, Europe and other places, Zhejiang will also speed up the opening of more charter flights. For example, from the end of July to mid-August, foreign businessmen from Pakistan, India, South Korea and other places will take business charter flights. Come to Zhejiang to carry out trade procurement, exhibition charter flights in September, etc. At the same time, it will continue to iteratively upgrade the overseas smart logistics platform to realize online statistics of business personnel's entry and exit needs and online flight booking.

Zhang Bin, deputy director of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, pointed out at a press conference on July 29 that the development of international trade faces high risks, difficulties and uncertainties. In the second half of the year, the Ministry of Commerce will highlight three focus points, actively promote exports, expand imports, and take multiple measures to stabilize foreign trade. One of them is to increase the volume, including fully tapping the potential of cross-border e-commerce, in-depth cultivation of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, and carrying out special actions for market procurement and trade innovation and improvement. We will make good use of China International Import Expo, Canton Fair, Service Trade Fair, Consumer Fair and other exhibitions, and encourage enterprises to grab orders through various channels.