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On October 30, Ji Long, general manager of Jiangsu Tianyou Home Products Technology Co., Ltd., boarded the international flight with new product samples, fabrics and color cards filled with two suitcases. During the 20 day trip, he visited 15 customers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. This was Ji Long's first meeting with overseas customers since the outbreak of COVID-19. After the visit, Ji Long returned with many new seasonal orders.

Like Jiangsu Tianyou, in the near future, Jiangsu Sumeida, Huihong Group, Pulidi and other key enterprises have also organized groups to leave the country. One "international business flight" takes off from Nanjing, carrying the vision of cooperation and confidence in development, and flies overseas through layers of clouds and mist. Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, together with finance, exit and entry departments of public security and other departments, has opened this new air channel for local enterprises, helping business groups achieve "excellent in and out" and "fast in and fast out". At present, the outbound destinations of the first batch of 39 business groups cover more than 10 countries and regions, including Germany, Japan, South Korea and the United States, taking the first step of "international business flights" to help catch orders and stabilize the market.

Face to face discussion on new export orders

In the eyes of many international trade enterprises, the "international business flight" launched by Nanjing is like a timely rain, helping enterprises to "fly" out to find orders in special periods, which not only solves the urgent task of stabilizing orders, but also opens a "two-way rush" for economic and trade cooperation.

Speaking of this experience, Ji Long, who has returned to China, is still in a high mood. He said, "Influenced by the epidemic, I have not met with overseas customers for nearly three years. This time, we discussed new needs with customers face to face and negotiated new business smoothly, so that we both have confidence in the follow-up cooperation!"

You Yajie, the head of the business department of Sumeida's light textile company, who took the "international business flight", also had a similar feeling: "This nine day trip to Biarritz, France, was mainly to participate in the Mill Week held by local customers. The face-to-face visit was very effective, reaching the expected goal of 15 million orders." According to You Yajie, during the meeting, they mainly recommended some functional fabrics on the company's independent research and development and resource platform to customers, and reached a cooperation intention with customers in the next step. In addition to the meeting, they also visited offline retail stores with customers to investigate the market sales and collect on-site feedback.

"This visit not only makes our interaction with customers more immediate and comprehensive, but also brings us closer to customers on the emotional level, enhances mutual trust, and plays a good role in promoting subsequent business negotiations." Yuaje said. "On December 5, we will also go to Japan to participate in an international large-scale textile exhibition. We have high expectations for this exhibition, hoping to help improve the company's export performance next year." Yuaje said.

Ji Long is also optimistic about next year's foreign trade orders. He said that in February next year, the company will go to Las Vegas, the United States, to participate in the world's largest international clothing exhibition, which is the first offline exhibition of the company after the outbreak of the epidemic. He is also confident about this.

More considerate service adds new impetus to the enterprise

The warm "air passage" has strengthened the confidence of international trade enterprises to seize orders and stabilize exports next year.

The reporter learned from the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce that "international business flights" can provide high-quality security services for enterprises in Jiangsu Province and cities in the metropolitan area to enter and exit from Lukou Airport, provide green channels for handling certificates, establish the system of "going out enterprises to register before leaving the country", implement the facilitation measures for handling entry and exit certificates "by appointment, special window acceptance, and simplified procedures". This series of measures are implemented for enterprises to compete for orders The expansion of the international trade market has provided good assistance.

What makes enterprises feel more intimate is that Nanjing has also prepared a "affordable gift package" for enterprises to go to sea: Nanjing international trade enterprises will be subsidized at a rate of no more than 50% for the transportation expenses and entry quarantine expenses incurred in overseas business activities such as exhibition and negotiation, and the maximum amount of entry and exit air tickets can be 8000 yuan.

After hearing about the "International Business Flight" service, Gu Lihao, the head of the International Engineering Department I of the complete set company of Sumeida Co., Ltd., said happily, "With the help of this service, it will be more convenient and fast for us to travel to Southeast Asian countries. A series of real gold and silver subsidies included in the" International Business Flight "will greatly reduce the cost of enterprises." Gu Lihao said that after the Spring Festival next year, many colleagues of the company will start the "global flight" mode, hoping that the "international business flight" service can better promote the company's business and project progress.

It is reported that, in the next step, Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce will continue to track and serve the business personnel who have left the country, help them make an appointment for registration before returning home, and coordinate the customs clearance guarantee and landing isolation when entering from Lukou International Airport, so that international trade enterprises will have no worries.