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International trade is growing steadily! Implement the special action of "double promotion and double prosperity" to promote the steady growth of consumption, the special action of upgrading the circulation system, the special action of maintaining the stability and improving the quality of goods trade, the special action of digital trade innovation and development, the special action of leading the innovation in the demonstration zone, the special action of speeding up and increasing efficiency in the free trade zone, the special action of deepening and strengthening the strategy of heavy war, the special action of risk prevention and control, and the special action of reducing the risk... On February 10, the Ningbo business system held the municipal business work conference, Anchored the development goals and key tasks in 2023.

Build a first-class city and rank first. According to the requirements of the third session of the 16th People's Congress of Ningbo, which just closed, the objectives of the Ningbo business system in 2023 are: the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 8% year-on-year, the sales of wholesale industry increased by 19% year-on-year, the sales of retail industry increased by 16% year-on-year, the sales of catering industry increased by 14% year-on-year, and the online retail sales increased by 6% year-on-year; The import and export of foreign trade maintained the national share, up 2% year on year, and the export of international trade maintained the national share, up 3% year on year; The import and export volume of digital trade increased by 20% year on year; The import and export volume of service trade increased by 13% year on year; The share of cross-border e-commerce imports and exports in Zhejiang Province remains above 20%; Operating revenue of transportation-related industries increased by 20% year-on-year; The amount of overseas Chinese investment recorded was US $2 billion.

At the meeting, the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Commerce reported the results of the evaluation of trade circulation and open economy in all districts (counties and cities) in 2022. The main heads of the commercial departments in each district (county, city) and development park, in combination with local realities, reported the work objectives of this year, exchanged and analyzed the current situation, innovative ideas and measures, and relevant opinions and suggestions.

Zhang Yan, secretary of the Party Leadership Group, director of the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Commerce and first-level inspector, made a work report entitled "Strive to promote openness, energy upgrading, consumption, quality and capacity expansion, and strive to promote high-quality development of the business economy".

"In the new year, we should earnestly implement the spirit of the central, provincial and municipal economic work conferences and the national and provincial business work conferences, take the expansion of domestic demand and high-level opening up as the main line, take the construction of 'two districts' and' two cities' as the engine, take the special action of 'double promotion and double prosperity' to promote stable growth of consumption and the 'No. 1 open project' to upgrade the capacity of the potato economy as the starting point, and focus on improving the quality and level of international trade, and better service to build a comprehensive service The double cycle of all elements, high energy level and high efficiency will accelerate the formation of more symbolic achievements with business recognition, and provide solid support for building a Chinese path to modernization city model. " Zhang Yan said.

Promoting consumption will become the focus of Ningbo's business work this year. According to the latest "Implementation Plan for Promoting Stable Growth of Consumption by Promoting Both Prosperity and Prosperity", this year, Ningbo will issue consumption vouchers of 1 billion yuan, carry out ten major consumption promotion actions, including consumption recovery and promotion, service consumption promotion, cultural and tourism exhibition promotion, and domestic and foreign trade integration promotion, and strive to achieve 100 consumption promotion activities in the fields of commerce, culture and tourism, exhibition, economy and information, agriculture and rural areas, and the total retail sales of consumer goods in the whole year The import volume of international trade, the sales volume of local products and the scale of digital consumption respectively exceeded 500 billion yuan, and the number of overnight tourists received over 50 million person-times throughout the year, and the annual wholesale and retail volume reached 6 trillion yuan.

As one of the innovative measures to promote the steady growth of consumption, Ningbo Metro will implement free rides on the whole line from February 13 to June 30, after 20:00 every day and on legal holidays, which will effectively promote the economic development at night.