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In the afternoon of February 2, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference. The relevant head of the Ministry of Commerce said that the total import and export value of China's international trade in goods would reach 42 trillion yuan in 2022, a new record high. In 2023, we should optimize and introduce new trade policies to help enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency, and continue to improve the comprehensive competitiveness of foreign trade.

At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, many places started early and organized international trade enterprises to charter planes to go to sea to seize orders, expand international trade markets and seek business opportunities. Liu Ge, a financial commentator of CCTV, believes that enterprises have courage and more confidence to go to sea to grab orders. In 2022, China's export of goods faced multiple difficulties and still achieved a high growth rate. High-end manufacturing represented by new energy vehicles is creating new international trade competitiveness; In January 2023, the "Yixin Europe" China-Europe train Yiwu platform launched 240 trains, an increase of 172% year on year, and the proportion of photovoltaic, automobile and accessories, and electronic products continued to rise. It can be predicted that although facing new challenges, the competitiveness of China's export products is still online.

Recently, the General Administration of Customs said that in 2023, the country will continue to make efforts in three aspects, namely, to ensure the market body, market share and the security and stability of the supply chain of the industrial chain. The Ministry of Commerce said that in 2023, respect and stimulate the creativity of trade subjects should be placed in a prominent position to make foreign trade easier, more convenient and more rewarding. Zhao Ping, vice president of the Research Institute of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, believes that in 2023, foreign trade should be stable in scale and structure. By amending the Foreign Trade Law, the registration of foreign trade operators has been cancelled, which is essentially to grant all market entities the right to operate foreign trade; Through the introduction of the new cross-border e-commerce policy, the return of imported goods to achieve "zero tax burden"... more new measures will explore the greater potential of international trade enterprises.