Executive summary:Wang Lingjun, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, introduced at the meeting that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, my country has accelerated the construction of a new open economy system, and foreign trade development has made historic achievements. From the perspective of customs statistics, it is prominent in the rise in quantity and quality.
On May 20, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a series of press conferences on the theme of “This Decade of China”. Wang Lingjun, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, introduced at the meeting that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, my country has accelerated the construction of a new open economy system, and foreign trade development has made historic achievements. From the perspective of customs statistics, it is prominent in the rise in quantity and quality.
From a quantitative point of view: the import and export of trade in goods has hit new highs. From 24.4 trillion yuan in 2012 to 39.1 trillion yuan in 2021, the increment is as high as 14.7 trillion yuan, breaking through the 30 trillion yuan mark in 2018, and approaching the 40 trillion yuan mark in 2021, the international market share by 10.4% in 2012 increased to 13.5% last year, and the status of the world‘s largest trade in goods has been further consolidated. The continuous increase in the scale of my country’s trade in goods in the past ten years fully reflects that China is not only a “world factory”, but also a “world market”. While providing rich commodities to the global market, it also provides countries with broader opportunities for the development of the Chinese market. .
From a qualitative point of view: the high-quality development of foreign trade continues to advance. The main body of foreign trade business is more dynamic, the foreign trade “circle of friends” is constantly expanding, trade with countries along the “Belt and Road” continues to deepen and smooth, the domestic regional layout is more optimized, the structure of import and export commodities is more optimized, and new momentum for foreign trade development is constantly stimulated. In the past ten years, the high-quality development of foreign trade has transformed and upgraded from “Made in China” to “Intelligent manufacturing in China”. China’s foreign trade has become stronger in participating in international competition and plays a role in the economic engine. bigger, and the foundation for long-term positive development is stronger.
Original title: General Administration of Customs: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country’s foreign trade has developed in both quantity and quality