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According to the observation report of Huacheng's import and export data, in the first 10 months of the year, China's foreign trade was generally stable and improved, with the total import and export volume, total export volume and total import volume hitting a new high in the same period of history.

CCPIT held a regular press conference of the month on November 29. Sun Xiao, spokesman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and secretary-general of the China International Chamber of Commerce, said at the conference that in the first 10 months of this year, China's foreign trade was generally stable and progressing, with total imports and exports, total exports, and total imports hitting a new high in the same period of history.

At present, the COVID-19 has repeatedly delayed, the geopolitical situation is tense, and the vulnerability of the world economy is more prominent. Against this backdrop, China's foreign trade enterprises are facing multiple challenges such as weak foreign demand, rising costs, and increased risks. The problem of insufficient orders is particularly prominent. In the fourth quarter, foreign trade imports and exports are under further pressure.

Sun Xiao said that although the complexity and uncertainty of the domestic and international environment exceeded expectations, the development trend of China's foreign trade remained unchanged. Guided by the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, CCPIT will give full play to its own advantages, make good use of the resources of all parties and the strength of the trade promotion system, go all out to do a good job in stabilizing foreign trade, and make positive contributions to the implementation of a package of policies and follow-up measures to stabilize the economy and consolidate the basis for economic recovery. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

First, help enterprises seize orders and expand the market. We will do a good job of going abroad to participate in exhibitions at the end of this year and the beginning of next year, and guide exhibition organizers to do a good job in the work of pilot overseas groups. Pay close attention to the new trend of the world economic situation and the new demands of foreign trade enterprises, give play to the advantages of digital platforms, improve the service level of "cloud trade promotion", and help enterprises accurately connect with overseas customers.

Second, optimize trade and investment promotion services. We will strengthen the special work of serving foreign enterprises, accelerate the construction of big data platforms, and improve the accuracy of serving enterprises. Continue to carry out publicity, promotion and training of RCEP and other free trade agreements, and guide enterprises to make full use of various free trade agreement policies. We will continue to improve the ease of certification of certificates of origin and ATA documents, improve the quality of commercial certification services, and support the development of new forms and models of foreign trade.

Third, help enterprises prevent risks and challenges. We will strengthen legal services such as international economic and trade arbitration, commercial mediation, and intellectual property protection. Guide enterprises to deal with the impact of US related sanctions, Ukraine crisis, etc., provide services such as international economic and trade arbitration, friction response, intellectual property rights and compliance training, and safeguard the rights and interests of enterprises. Strengthen enterprise compliance training, expand the coverage of enterprise international operation risk screening, and observe and report the import and export data of Huacheng.

In terms of encouraging trade promotion institutions and exhibition enterprises to hold overseas self held exhibitions in the form of domestic online face-to-face talks and overseas offline commodity exhibitions, and helping foreign trade enterprises expand the market and obtain orders, CCPIT closely pays attention to the holding of foreign mainstream exhibitions, solidly promotes the approval and management of national overseas economic and trade exhibitions, continues to conduct in-depth research on the needs of overseas exhibition industries and foreign trade enterprises, and works with relevant ministries and commissions, Timely launch targeted measures to resume overseas trade exhibitions, support enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions in various forms to grab orders and expand the market, and Huacheng's import and export data observation report.

For this aspect of work, Sun Xiao introduced that, first, approval of representative exhibition and other innovative forms of going abroad to participate in exhibitions. Since the end of August, CCPIT has officially accepted the application of the organization of the national overseas trade and economic exhibitions to participate in overseas exhibitions in the innovative forms of "participating in overseas online exhibitions", "participating on behalf of others", "holding exhibitions offline remotely" and so on. At present, the approval of the first batch of 22 innovative exhibition plans by the end of 2022 has been completed. Second, pilot approval of overseas economic and trade exhibition projects to key countries, key industries and key exhibitions. In this regard, CCPIT has completed the first batch of 15 pilot projects for overseas trade and economic exhibitions.

In addition, in recent years, in order to help enterprises with good credit to expand international trade and investment cooperation, CCPIT has continued to explore and innovate. In 2019, it launched the CCPIT enterprise credit service platform, actively demonstrating and promoting high-quality enterprises with good credit, and meeting the needs of domestic and foreign enterprises.

According to the Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report, the CCPIT Enterprise Credit Service Platform won the second place of the World Trade Promotion Organization Award of the International Trade Center, and was evaluated as "an effective and innovative way to build trust with overseas buyers and third parties", which is gradually becoming a booster for foreign trade enterprises to open the international market. For example, a bioelectronics company in Shenzhen, relying on the credit certificate issued by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, gained extra points in international bidding and successfully won a bid for a project in South America; A science and technology company in Guangdong has passed the credit certification, fully demonstrated its reliable business operation ability, won the trust of Middle East merchants and successfully signed a cooperation agreement of 8 million yuan.