securities times reporter jiang zhen
the general office of the state council recently issued the implementation opinions on promoting the innovative development of foreign trade. the opinions put forward that focusing on building a new development pattern, we should accelerate the "five optimizations" of international market layout, domestic regional layout, business entities, commodity structure and trade mode, as well as the "three construction" of foreign trade transformation and upgrading base, trade promotion platform and international marketing system, so as to cultivate new advantages in participating in international cooperation and competition under the new situation and realize the innovative development of foreign trade. li xingqian, director of the foreign trade department of the ministry of commerce, said in an interview that this document will effectively promote china's trade and promote development through innovation. it is a construction map and road map for the high-quality development of china's foreign trade
the opinions put forward specific measures to promote the innovative development of foreign trade from nine aspects. the specific measures to accelerate the "five optimizations" include: first, innovating development methods and optimizing the layout of the international market. firmly uphold the multilateral trading system with the world trade organization as the core, and actively negotiate and sign more high-standard free trade agreements and regional trade agreements. promote the construction of the working mechanism for smooth trade, use new technologies and new channels to explore the international market and improve the level of public services. second, give play to comparative advantages and optimize domestic regional layout. improve the quality of trade in the eastern region, increase the proportion of trade in the central and western regions, expand the opening-up of the northeast region, and innovate the mechanism of interregional foreign trade cooperation. third, strengthen classified guidance and optimize business entities. cultivate leading enterprises with global competitiveness, enhance the trade competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, improve the level of coordinated development, and actively serve enterprises. fourth, innovate factor investment and optimize commodity structure. protect and develop the industrial chain supply chain, promote industrial transformation and upgrading, optimize the structure of export products, improve the quality of export products and optimize the import structure. fifth, innovate the development model and optimize the mode of trade. strengthen general trade, enhance processing trade, develop other trade, and promote the integration of domestic and foreign trade
the specific measures to accelerate the "three construction" include: relying on various industrial clusters, expanding and strengthening the leading industrial chain, improving the supporting industrial chain, improving organization and management, and building a public service platform; we will do a good job in holding a number of comprehensive exhibitions such as the china world expo and the canton fair, and cultivate a number of international exhibitions with high popularity and influence. cultivate import trade and promote innovation demonstration zones; accelerate the establishment of an international marketing system and improve the marketing and service guarantee system. promote the construction of public platforms for international marketing and help enterprises explore the international market
new formats and models are important engines for the innovation and development of china's foreign trade in the coming period. the opinions proposes to promote the development of new business forms such as cross-border e-commerce and promote the pilot construction of market procurement trade mode in innovating business models and cultivating new drivers of foreign trade. we will actively promote the export of second-hand cars, accelerate the development of emerging service trade, and accelerate the digital development of trade
bai ming, deputy director of the international market research institute of the research institute of the ministry of commerce, told the securities times that the document highlights the policy guidance for the high-quality development of china's foreign trade during the 14th five year plan period and focuses on making china more proactive in the international division of labor, which is both natural and urgent. in the part of new business forms and new models, the document points out the contents of "promoting the development of new business forms such as cross-border e-commerce", "actively promoting the export of second-hand cars", "accelerating the development of emerging service trade" and "accelerating the digital development of trade". in fact, the new business forms and new models of china's foreign trade development are not limited to these. these four pieces are mentioned separately in the document because they see a large growth space, in addition, china has made active preparations in policy and practice