Baoji
\nChina\u2019s trade in both goods and services grew to the world\u2019s first place this year, and the country\u2019s trading partners now cover 230 countries and regions, said a plan for high-quality development of foreign trade during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) recently issued by the country\u2019s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).
\nChina contributed 34.9 percent to the growth of global imports during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, or the past five years, the report said.
\nThis year is the opening year of the 14th Five-Year Plan. The rapid growth of China\u2019s foreign trade this year is a hard-won achievement given the complicated situations both in and outside the country.
\nIn the first ten months of 2020, the total imports and exports of China hit $4.89 trillion, soaring 31.9 percent year on year. The figure has already outnumbered the whole-year volume of the last year and hit a record high in history.
\nForeign trade is contributing an increasingly larger part to China\u2019s national economy and the world economy.
\nFirst of all, China\u2019s foreign trade is forcefully driving the country\u2019s economic growth. The net export of goods and services contributed 19.5 percent to China\u2019s GDP growth in the first three quarters this year, resulting in a 1.9-percentage lift in the country\u2019s GDP.
\nSecondly, the foreign trade sector has a prominent role in stabilizing employment. In the first 10 months of 2021, 154,000 entities in the foreign trade sector were registered, most of them were micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, which have significantly fostered employment. New business forms such as cross-border e-commerce have also expanded the channels of flexible employment.
\nThirdly, China\u2019s foreign trade is bringing better livelihood. This year, over 2,000 enterprises from regions that had been lifted out of poverty have successfully found overseas markets through the China Import and Export Fair, a comprehensive international trading event held every spring and autumn in Guangzhou, China.
\nBorder trade has boosted income for more than four million residents in border areas, making huge contributions to the vitalization and stabilization of these areas.
\nBesides, China\u2019s foreign trade promotes global recovery. China has carried out close cooperation with the rest of the world to fight the pandemic. So far, the country has exported over 360 billion masks to help other countries cope with the disease and resume production. It has maintained the stability and smooth operation of the global industrial chain. In the first half of this year, China\u2019s super large market contributed 14.8 percent to the world\u2019s imports.
\nIn recent years, China has steadfastly advanced opening-up at a high level and promoted trade facilitation. It has held four sessions of the China International Import Expo, achieving positive results of the import expansion.
\nIn the January – October period this year, China\u2019s imports totaled $2.19 trillion, growing 31.4 percent from a year ago and hitting a record high. The country has maintained the second largest importer in the world for 12 consecutive years. Last year, the country\u2019s imports accounted for 11.5 percent of the world\u2019s total, and this figure was further increased to 12 percent in the first half of 2020.
\nLi Xingqian, director of the MOFCOM foreign trade department, introduced that the prospering new business forms of foreign trade in the recent years have offered convenient services and diversified choices for Chinese and foreign consumers, becoming a new \u201cracing track\u201d for international trade cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baoji China\u2019s trade in both goods and services grew to the world\u2019s first place this year, and the country\u2019s trading partners now cover 230 countries and regions, said a plan for high-quality development of foreign trade during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) recently issued by the country\u2019s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). China contributed 34.9 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[416,18,1408],"class_list":{"0":"post-231593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-foreign-trade"},"yoast_head":"\n