Shenzhen Special Zone Daily (front page): Guangdong's foreign trade import and export will reach 9.49 trillion yuan in 2025, ranking first in the country for 40 consecutive years - Shenzhen's high-tech product import and export will reach 1.4 trillion yuan

On January 19th, the Information Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province held a press conference on the import and export situation of Guangdong in 2025 in Guangzhou. In 2025, Guangdong's foreign trade imports and exports will reach 9.49 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%, ranking first among all provinces and cities in China for 40 consecutive years, accounting for 20.9% of the country's total foreign trade value. Among them, imports amounted to 3.46 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.8%; Exports amounted to 6.03 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.5%. As the "first city of industry", Shenzhen provides important support for the stable and high-quality import and export of foreign-funded enterprises in the province.
In 2025, facing the complex environment of insufficient global economic recovery momentum and deep adjustment of the global trade pattern, Guangdong's foreign trade has withstood the pressure, stabilized its scale, improved its quality, and achieved unexpected development. Zhang Ke, Deputy Director of the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, introduced that Guangdong's high-end industries are accelerating their growth, and high-tech products represented by electronic information, high-end equipment, medical equipment, electric vehicles, etc. are the new driving force for Guangdong's foreign trade growth during the 14th Five Year Plan period. In 2025, the export of high-tech products reached 1.14 trillion yuan, an increase of 15%, and the scale exceeded one trillion yuan for the first time.
Liang Danhong, Deputy Director of Shenzhen Customs, introduced at a press conference that by 2025, there will be nearly 7000 foreign-funded enterprises with import and export records in Shenzhen, reaching a new high in nearly 8 years. The number of enterprises will account for more than 30% of the province's total, ranking first in Guangdong Province and third in mainland cities; The total import and export scale reached 1.29 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.6%, accounting for more than 40% of the total import and export value of foreign-funded enterprises in the province, and contributing more than 80% of the incremental import and export of foreign-funded enterprises in the province.
The growing circle of friends in foreign trade provides more efficient solutions for cross-border logistics, paving a broader path for diversified foreign trade. Liang Danhong pointed out that the promotion and application of facilitation measures such as "departure confirmation" and "direct loading and unloading" by Shenzhen Customs has helped the container throughput of Shenzhen Port exceed 35 million TEUs for the first time; Strengthening the connection of land transportation business and customs clearance guarantee, the cross-border freight business at Huanggang Port has been smoothly transferred to ports such as Shenzhen Bay, Liantang, Wenjindu, etc. The daily cross-border truck clearance volume at Shenzhen Bay Port has exceeded 10000 for the first time; Successfully promoted the development of international road transport TIR business for self owned vehicles in the Greater Bay Area; Implementing the "Airport Smart Logistics" reform to ensure the efficient operation of the country's first 24-hour intelligent inspection and release air cargo terminal, the efficiency of airport terminals has been improved by 63%. By 2025, the throughput of foreign trade cargo and mail at the airport will exceed 1 million tons for the first time, and the import and export of foreign-funded enterprises in Shenzhen will increase by more than 20% through air transportation;
Improving the quality and efficiency of China Europe freight trains, opening the first European e-commerce express line in the Greater Bay Area, and ensuring the shipment of high-quality trains from "Shenzhen Erenhot Moscow". By 2025, the application proportion of railway fast customs clearance business model will be increased to 80.4%; Relying on the "single window" of international trade, we actively promote the "one document, two reports" for import and export of cargo manifest between mainland China and Hong Kong, realizing the "one-time entry and dual use" of declaration information, and promoting the sharing and utilization of cross-border trade data.
It is worth noting that in 2025, the import and export of high-tech products in Shenzhen will account for nearly 60% of the total import and export of similar products in the province, the largest scale in the country, and set a historical high of 1.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.6%, accounting for 30.7% of the city's total import and export value. This proportion is 9.8 percentage points higher than the national average and 5.6 percentage points higher than the provincial average, reflecting the significant advantages of Shenzhen's science and technology and industrial innovation. In particular, the effectiveness of the construction of modern manufacturing clusters has accelerated its transmission to the export end, and the export competitiveness of enterprises has significantly improved. The export of high-tech products in Shenzhen exceeded 700 billion yuan throughout the year, among which the export scale of measuring and testing instruments, 3D printers, automotive spare parts and other products ranked first in the country.
Liang Danhong pointed out that in recent years, Shenzhen has achieved positive results in high-quality development, especially in the high-tech industry with a solid foundation, complete supporting facilities, and rapid development, which has driven the rapid growth of related product imports and exports. Over the past year, Shenzhen Customs has proactively inquired about the needs of enterprises and actively safeguarded a first-class business environment; Jointly promote the construction of major platforms and enhance the level of openness; Focus on key industries and effectively stimulate the vitality of market entities.
Shenzhen Customs has pioneered the "frontline direct and intelligent supervision" model, and the performance evaluation of Qianhai Comprehensive Bonded Zone has ranked among the top three in the country for the first time; The benefits of the 10 measures supported by the customs for the construction of the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone have steadily expanded, benefiting 27 scientific research institutions and enterprises, with a total of over 900 batches of goods benefiting from facilitation measures. In 2025, research institutions in the park will enjoy import benefits of 33.176 million yuan, an increase of 7.6%.
Focusing on advanced manufacturing industry, Shenzhen Customs, in conjunction with relevant local departments, has pioneered the "Promotion of New Quality Productivity Development Workstation for Foreign Trade", deepening the "one-stop" customs clearance service for imported complete sets of equipment for major projects, covering key areas with a value of over 120 billion yuan in imported equipment, and shortening the average production time by 50%; To support the expansion of imports of advanced technology, important equipment, and key components, we have taken the lead in piloting the inspection and supervision mode of "qualified assurance+compliance verification" nationwide, reducing customs clearance time by 46%. In the field of biomedicine, a joint supervision mechanism for special items has been established, with 22 enterprises and institutions and nearly 700 positive list items included in the pilot program, accurately assisting pharmaceutical and medical device enterprises in going global. Shenzhen's exports of pharmaceutical products and medical devices exceeded 40 billion yuan throughout the year, ranking first among mainland cities in terms of scale.