General

On the 5th, Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce announced that 40 people from 31 international trade enterprises in the food, medicine, automobile, furniture, agricultural products and other industries in Sichuan flew to France, Germany and Italy on the 5th to carry out a 9-day economic and trade promotion activity. Through visiting new and old customers, attending well-known exhibitions, investigating local business associations and trade enterprises and other ways, the cooperation intention was deepened, and the industry trends and investment environment policies were grasped, Expand economic and trade exchanges.

From 2020 to now, due to the repeated epidemic and the complex international environment, the communication and negotiation between Sichuan foreign trade enterprises and foreign customers has been blocked. The situation of decreasing orders and shrinking business has made it a strong desire for foreign trade enterprises to go abroad, compete for orders and stabilize their share.

Under this background, Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce allocated special funds to support the launch of the business charter "group sailing" to Europe to expand the international trade market, which was warmly responded by enterprises and widely praised by the society. This is the first time in Sichuan Province in recent years, which reflects the firm determination of the epidemic to stabilize growth and promote development.

Europe is the third largest trading partner of Sichuan and the first choice for most international trade enterprises in Sichuan. The data shows that the import and export volume between Sichuan Province and Europe reached 149.1 billion yuan from January to September this year, accounting for more than 20% of the total foreign trade volume of the province. Germany, France, Ireland and other major trading countries are mainly engaged in electronic information, automobiles and spare parts, household appliances, clothing, shoes and hats.

In order to achieve practical results, Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce has set up special classes to provide solid guarantee and efficient services for enterprises in terms of registration, certificate handling, epidemic prevention and isolation. It only takes 15 working days from November 14 to December 5, which is half the time saved than the normal process. On the day of travel, Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce organized a pre trip training meeting to explain foreign affairs discipline, epidemic prevention and control, safety and other precautions in detail, and issued Travel Instructions and health epidemic prevention kits; After the activity, we will collect the results of the activity, summarize the experience and practice of business charter flights, and explore new opportunities and new growth points for foreign trade.

It is understood that in October this year, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce issued the "Several Measures on" Sichuan Travel to the World "to Support Enterprises' Activities to Expand the International Market," which launched ten practical measures to support enterprises to expand the international trade market in five aspects, including supporting participation in international well-known exhibitions, carrying out economic and trade promotion activities, building and utilizing market expansion platforms, supporting and improving "hardware" construction, and optimizing the market environment. At present, more than 100 enterprises in Sichuan have participated in the Hong Kong Food Expo, the US International Offshore Oil Technology Exhibition, the US Las Vegas Shoe Show and other well-known international exhibitions by "acting as exhibitors", "online exhibitions" and other means, reaching an intention order of more than 1 billion yuan. Next year, Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce will also organize the "Sichuan Travel to the World · ASEAN Economic and Trade Promotion Activity", leading enterprises to participate in well-known exhibitions in Thailand, Vietnam and other member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), and deeply cultivate international trade markets such as Southeast Asia.