Fujian's ship exports hit a record high in Jan-Feb 2026 (4.11B yuan, 2.1x YoY). State-owned enterprises led, with bulk carriers and liquid cargo ships (153.8x YoY growth) as key categories. EU and emerging markets (Latin America, Africa) contributed, supported by Xiamen Customs' facilitation.

On April 7th, China's first cross-provincial/cross-customs aviation pre cargo terminal (Shanghai Airport Suzhou pre cargo terminal) operated 646 shipments with 705 million yuan export value in one year, improving customs clearance efficiency, reducing logistics costs, benefiting Suzhou enterprises, and will boost Yangtze River Delta foreign trade.

The China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone plan is officially released, raising the total number of China's pilot FTZs to 23. After 13 years of development, they form a "geese formation" layout, focus on institutional innovation, and support high-quality economic development.

The article discusses Spain-China relations' growing strategic value, highlighted by PM Sanchez's frequent visits. It covers bilateral stability, Spain's role in EU-China ties, economic cooperation (agriculture, manufacturing), global issue collaboration, and future mutual benefit prospects.

Guangxi released its 2026-2028 3-year high-quality TCM industry development plan, focusing on expanding import varieties at 5 ports, building ASEAN-facing distribution centers, upgrading Yulin market, digital platforms, ASEAN trade zones, international cooperation (HK/Macao, ISO standards) and overseas promotion.

Amid profound geopolitical adjustments, RCEP—the world's largest free trade agreement—acts as a key lever for addressing challenges, stabilizing trade, enhancing supply chain resilience, attracting investment, and promoting regional win-win cooperation. It has a growing role, increasing development opportunities, and urgent need for upgrading to inject certainty into the global economy.

The 14th round of China Korea Free Trade Agreement second phase negotiations was held in Seoul (April 6-10, 2026), making positive progress on cross-border service trade, investment etc., to promote China-Korea economic and trade relations as per the 2015 FTA.

On April 11, 2026, Spanish PM Sanchez began a 5-day official visit to China (his 4th in 4 years) to deepen bilateral ties, attract Chinese investment in strategic sectors, and cooperate under the EU framework. Both sides aim to strengthen mutual trust; Spanish sectors support the visit, experts view it as positive for EU-China understanding.

Henan Sanote Biotechnology (a national specialized new "little giant") has overseas urgent orders for immunochromogenic reagents. Zhengzhou Customs uses intelligent approval and remote inspection to shorten clearance time, helping it expand to over 40 countries. In the first three months of this year, the customs approved over 100 special items worth 330 million yuan, up 32% year-on-year.

Anhui Weimai Heavy Industry's new forklifts were exported to Brazil after passing Lu'an Customs supervision. The company obtained AEO certification with customs guidance, enjoying customs facilitation. Lu'an's electromechanical product exports rose 42.8% year-on-year in the first two months of this year.

In the first two months of 2026, Ningbo Customs supervised the export of 216.49 tons of bee products worth 2.7371 million yuan. Ningbo Jinteng Bee Industry, a local leading exporter, benefits from the customs' industrial model promotion and quality control support to enhance international competitiveness.

On April 1st, two 64.3m-high, 605-ton gantry cranes were first directly exported from Xiangshan Port (Ningbo) to Indonesia by Ningbo Lihua. Xiangshan Port and Customs optimized processes, saving over 3 million yuan per trip and cutting delivery time by half a month. 10 batches are planned this year (600 million yuan output), aiming to double next year.

In Q1 2026, Ningbo Zhoushan Port's Meishan Port Area hit a record 3.5+ million TEU container throughput (13.3% YoY growth). Supported by optimized operations, smart customs (inspection robots), new berths, cross-border e-commerce, and multimodal transport, it laid a solid foundation for annual development.

Shenzhen Customs reported its foreign trade hit a new high in the first two months of this year, with import/export reaching 824.23 billion yuan (37.3% YoY growth). Highlights include optimized product structure, diverse trade partners, and private enterprises as the main force.

The Ministry of Commerce issued Guiding Opinions to promote e-commerce high-quality development serving the real economy, covering AI+e-commerce, rural/industrial e-commerce, and expanding Silk Road E-commerce cooperation; China has been the world's largest online retail market for 13 years.

The "2025 Environmental Assessment Report for SME Development" released by China Center for SME Promotion covers 50 cities, evaluating market, legal, financing, innovation & policy environments. It shows optimized SME environment, improved financing/innovation, but notes cost pressures & structural mismatches, with suggestions to further optimize the environment.

South African Ministry of Finance predicts 1.6% economic growth in 2026, with fiscal discipline and reforms yielding results (sovereign credit rating upgrade). Agriculture, tourism, green industries drive recovery; challenges include energy costs, logistics bottlenecks. China-South Africa deepen economic cooperation via a joint development agreement.

The EU plans to tighten IVA bicycle certification rules (possibly excluding US large pickups), opposed by US carmakers as non-tariff barriers. The EU cites regulatory autonomy on safety/environmental standards, straining their fragile trade relationship amid disputes over the 2025 framework agreement.

The overall plan for China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone was released on April 9, 2026. Covering Hohhot, Manzhouli and Erenhot, it aims to break the "only connecting without gathering" bottleneck, upgrade the China-Mongolia-Russia corridor, activate characteristic industries, and advance institutional innovation for high-level northward opening.

On April 8, Guangzhou’s Municipal Bureau of Commerce announced plans to internationalize its professional markets, targeting 20M+ overseas buyers and 10.95B yuan in market procurement exports by 2025, via a "six modernizations" system and three key tasks to enhance cross-border trade and brand globalization.