CCTV News Client: Developing Emerging Markets and Jointly Building the "the Belt and Road" Countries with Obvious Order Growth

First line observation of foreign trade Open up emerging markets Jointly build the "the Belt and Road" countries Order growth is obvious
Since the beginning of this year, facing the complex and ever-changing international trade situation, foreign trade enterprises have actively participated in global industrial division of labor and cooperation, continuously exploring emerging markets, and building a diversified market pattern. In the first 11 months of this year, China's import and export to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" exceeded 21 trillion yuan, accounting for more than half of the country's total foreign trade value.
From the perspective of export, in the first 11 months, China's cumulative export growth to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" reached 11.3%, significantly higher than the overall export growth in the same period, becoming the key driving force for China's export growth. Among them, the export of high-end manufacturing products such as chips and new energy vehicles has grown rapidly.
In Guangdong, a major foreign trade province, an electronic technology enterprise is intensifying the production of a batch of music players, Bluetooth decoding headphones and other products, which will soon be exported to Thailand.
Chen Junming, the person in charge of an electronic technology enterprise in Guangzhou: In the current external environment, we attach great importance to developing the national market of jointly building the "the Belt and Road". Taking Southeast Asian customers as an example, they prefer products with good playback performance and durability. Therefore, we have innovatively launched a high-definition portable digital player this year, which not only can play lossless music formats, but also innovatively uses power adaptation technology to effectively extend battery life.
In the first 11 months of this year, the export value of the company's products reached 180 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33%. Among them, orders from countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" grew by more than 40% year on year.
According to Guangzhou Customs statistics, in the first 11 months of this year, Guangzhou achieved positive growth in imports and exports to 198 countries and regions, with double-digit growth in imports and exports to 182 of them.
Yang Fan, Deputy Director of the Statistics and Analysis Division of Guangzhou Customs: Since this year, Guangzhou's import and export to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" have maintained double-digit growth for 11 consecutive months, accounting for more than 40% of the total import and export value of Guangzhou.
Made in China "Circle Fans" ASEAN
In the first 11 months of this year, ASEAN continued to maintain its position as China's largest trading partner. The trade volume between China and ASEAN reached 6.82 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.5%, accounting for 16.6% of China's total foreign trade value. With the implementation of the upgraded protocol of the China ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0, "Made in China" is continuously gaining popularity in the ASEAN market with its technological strength and precise services, injecting new momentum into regional economic integration.
A new energy product production workshop in Ningbo, Zhejiang is working at full capacity to produce energy storage battery products for export to Vietnam.
Chen Bin, the person in charge of a foreign trade enterprise in Ningbo: The product on the left is our old product, and the one on the right is our redesigned product. Compared with the original product, the new product has reduced weight by about 15% and volume by about 25%. Its energy density is higher, and it has better competitiveness in the market.
This enterprise mainly deals in a full range of energy storage products such as battery packs and energy storage containers, which are mainly sold to ASEAN countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand.
Chen Bin, head of a foreign trade enterprise in Ningbo: From January to October this year, our company's exports to ASEAN increased by 50% to 60% compared to last year.
At a robot processing workshop in Ningbo, workers are intensively producing semiconductor wafer inspection equipment to be sent to Malaysia. This product is highly favored in the ASEAN market due to its core advantages of high precision and small size.
Chen Yuji, the head of a foreign trade enterprise in Ningbo: Currently, its repeated positioning accuracy has reached the level of 300 nanometers, and it is also a highly competitive product exported to ASEAN countries.
Enterprises deeply cultivate the field of intelligent manufacturing and provide systematic solutions for industry automation. With the continuous deepening of economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN, enterprises' exports to ASEAN have shown a significant growth trend.
Chen Yuji: From January to October, the export volume of enterprises to ASEAN is about 10 million to 20 million yuan, with an annual growth rate of about 20%. Our country and ASEAN have also signed the 3.0 agreement, which has driven further export growth of our products.
According to data from Ningbo Customs, the total import and export value of Ningbo to ASEAN in the first 11 months of this year was nearly 200 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.7%. Among them, mechanical and electrical products, as the main force of Ningbo's exports to ASEAN, exported nearly 60 billion yuan in the first 11 months, an increase of 22.9%.
Sun Xianglei, Deputy Director of the Inspection Department of Yinzhou Customs under Ningbo Customs, said: We provide round the clock appointment clearance services, continuously track international standard trends and technical requirements of importing countries, enhance the compliance and export capabilities of enterprise products, create a "green channel" for customs clearance, and improve international competitiveness for enterprises.
Accelerate the export of construction machinery to the African market
In the context of jointly building the "the Belt and Road" initiative and deepening China Africa cooperation, China's trade with Africa has developed rapidly. With the increase of infrastructure construction in African countries, the demand for infrastructure materials, construction machinery, and other products in the African market continues to rise. Chinese enterprises are seizing opportunities and striving to expand into the African market. In the first 11 months of this year, China's imports and exports with Africa reached 2.25 trillion yuan, a significant increase of 18.7% year-on-year, becoming a bright growth point in China's diversified foreign trade layout.
Recently, a batch of drilling machinery from Jining, Shandong will be loaded onto trucks and transported from Qingdao Port to Nigeria in Africa.
Liu Xiaowei, the head of a foreign trade enterprise in Shandong: There is a high demand for energy and infrastructure projects in the African market, which are highly compatible with our company's equipment and are well received by local enterprises. High horsepower bulldozers and large tonnage mining excavators belong to high-tech threshold and high value-added products. These types of construction machinery equipment have added a competitive advantage for our company's overseas expansion.
While improving product adaptability, enterprises are leveraging e-commerce platforms to further expand their market size in Africa.
Liu Fangtao, Minister of Commerce of the International Trade Department of a foreign trade enterprise in Shandong Province: Our company has been continuously expanding its international market through participating in offline international exhibitions and online e-commerce platforms. This year, the export volume of equipment such as drilling machinery and drilling machinery to Africa has doubled.
In the first 11 months of this year, Shandong Construction Machinery exported nearly 10 billion yuan to Africa, a year-on-year increase of over 50%. As a major manufacturing province, Shandong has achieved double-digit growth in imports and exports to Africa, Latin America and other regions in the first 11 months of this year. The trade volume of emerging markets has contributed more than 60% of the export increment in Shandong Province, becoming an important force in promoting foreign trade growth.
Ding Mao, Director of the Statistical Analysis Department of Qingdao Customs: In the first 11 months of this year, Shandong Province's imports and exports to Africa increased by nearly 40% year-on-year, which is 35.2 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of Shandong's imports and exports during the same period. Shandong's exports of mechanical and electrical products to Africa reached nearly 100 billion yuan, an increase of over 40%, setting a new historical high for the same period.
(CCTV News Client, CCTV Reporter Ye Huan, Zhao Jing, Du Jinming, Liu Zhe) [Editor: Liang Yi]