Experts from the Ministry of Commerce： This is in line with the overall situation of stabilizing foreign trade, and the results may appear at the beginning of next year
A few days ago, with the optimization and adjustment of national epidemic prevention and control measures, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian and other places began to organize business charter flights for foreign trade enterprises to attract investment overseas.
Suzhou, the first city to take action, has already got back 1.86 billion US dollars of intended investment from Japanese companies and won over 1 billion yuan of foreign trade orders in the first round of investment delegation to Japan. In the early morning of December 9, Suzhou once again organized a charter flight to Europe. At the same time, Hainan Province, led by Hainan International Economic Development Bureau, sent the first overseas investment delegation to Japan to carry out in-depth investment promotion activities. Jiangxi Province, hosted by the Department of Commerce and co-organized by the Jiangxi General Chamber of Commerce in Japan, held the "Online Promotion Conference of Overseas Investment Promotion in Jiangxi Province (Tokyo, Japan)" to discuss cooperation through Internet connection. On December 9th, Hunan Merchants Group also set off for Africa … … Fighting for the economy and grabbing orders has become a concerted action in various places, and it is expected that more provinces and cities will join.
Bai Ming, deputy director of the International Market Research Institute of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, said in an interview with the Red Star journalist that it is in line with the overall situation of stabilizing foreign trade for local organizations to invest abroad. Lack of orders is the pressure that foreign trade is facing at present. It is only one way to grab orders through government charter flights, but it is not a normal measure. He believes that the results of this batch of orders will be reflected in the economic data at the beginning of next year.
↑ Jiaxing, Zhejiang organized a charter flight to Japan to grab orders.
Many provinces and cities organized groups to grab orders abroad.
Going to Japan and Europe is the mainstream, and Africa has also become a destination.
On December 7th, according to the WeChat official account news of "Jiangsu Publishing" WeChat, from November 17th to 23rd, Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce organized a charter flight service to Japan, which became the first charter flight service organized by a large-scale economic and trade delegation at the local government level since the epidemic in 2020. The trip to Japan was fruitful and won more than 1 billion yuan in new orders.
It is understood that this charter flight consists of 12 investment teams and 51 heads of foreign trade enterprises, with a total of 88 people. In just seven days, all investment teams visited 62 enterprises and relevant institutions, held three exchange and promotion meetings, and reached 32 investment intention projects with an intentional investment of 1.86 billion US dollars. Foreign trade enterprises actively expand the market and grab orders, visiting more than 200 Japanese customers, and striving for new orders exceeding RMB 1 billion. Charter service further consolidates and improves the level of Suzhou’s economic and trade cooperation with Japan, and strives for more orders and market share. From 9 to 18 December, Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce also organized charter flights to France and Germany.
At 1 am on the 9th, Suzhou organized a charter flight to Europe again.
"This time, the charter flight time was specially put at 1 am, so it was 6: 45 local time to arrive in France, and you can visit customers immediately after landing." Sun Jianjiang, director of Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said in an interview with Xinhua Newspaper Intersection that he had arranged to visit four customers on the first day, including two Fortune 500 enterprises, financial institutions and business associations. In an interview, Sun Jianjiang also said that in Europe, there were only 10 days, more than 230 events were arranged, and the heads of global industry heads were visited every day. In order to have a good harvest and attract more and better foreign investment projects to Suzhou, they feel it is very worthwhile.
According to Zhejiang Daily, on December 5, all 11 districts and cities in Zhejiang Province optimized and adjusted the policies and measures for epidemic prevention and control, and at the same time, almost simultaneously promoted the action of "thousands of enterprises expand the market to grab orders" to stabilize the economy. This is a collective action and team battle led by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce and led by commercial departments all over the province to lead foreign trade enterprises to find markets and grab orders. It is estimated that 1,000 delegations and about 10,000 foreign trade enterprises will participate. On December 4th, the business charter organized by Jiaxing City set sail from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport to Tokyo, Japan, and held a seven-day business activity from December 4th to 10th, attending the AFF exhibition in Japan, conducting business visits, inspection and investment promotion activities. There are 50 companies, with a total of 96 people, including 8 merchants. It is the largest foreign trade charter delegation at the municipal level this year. On the same day, the main leaders of Jiaxing Municipal Bureau of Commerce also led a team to Germany and France to launch a six-day European investment promotion trip.
According to the news of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce, on December 5th, "Sichuan foreign trade enterprises’ business charter flights to Europe to expand the international market" set sail in Chengdu. Forty people from 31 foreign trade enterprises in Sichuan food, medicine, automobile, furniture, agricultural products and other industries will fly to France, Germany and Italy to carry out 9-day economic and trade promotion activities. By visiting new and old customers, attending famous exhibitions, investigating local business associations and business enterprises, they will deepen their cooperation intentions, grasp the dynamic trends of the industry and investment environment policies, and expand economic and trade exchanges.
According to Changsha Evening News and New Hunan, on December 9, the economic and trade delegation of Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce will visit Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar, aiming at promoting and inviting them to participate in the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, and will visit nearly 10 departments of industry, trade, agriculture and energy in the three countries, conduct on-the-spot investigation and research on 9 key projects and parks of cooperation with Africa, and hold a series of economic and trade docking and exchange and negotiation activities. On December 11th, Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce will send a team to Singapore to meet Singapore’s economic and trade development and cooperation opportunities, establish a communication mechanism, and tap the potential of economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between the two sides.
↑ Zhejiang Ningbo delegation went to Europe to "grab orders" according to People’s Daily Online.
Expert analysis:
The results of grabbing orders will be reflected in the economic data early next year.
A person from a foreign trade enterprise in a city in Shandong told the Red Star journalist that although his city did not propose charter flights to take foreign trade enterprises abroad to attract investment, the registered enterprises can reimburse the air ticket expenses, and many enterprises have signed up.
A staff member of Suzhou Bureau of Commerce told Red Star News reporter that at present, Suzhou has only arranged two batches of investment promotion to Japan and Europe. This is not a normalization measure. Whether to continue to carry out it in the future, I hope that enterprises will pay attention to the information of business departments in various districts and counties.
A staff member of Hainan International Economic Development Bureau said that Hainan recently organized an investment delegation to Japan, mainly composed of government workers, with the purpose of helping Hainan enterprises go global by visiting Japanese enterprises. At present, we are also studying plans to help enterprises go abroad, such as charter flights, and we are also studying investment promotion activities in other countries. If relevant activities are really launched, they will be sent out through official channels to invite enterprises to pay attention.
Bai Ming, deputy director of the International Market Research Institute of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, said in an interview with Red Star News that the state supports and encourages foreign trade enterprises to go abroad. Some time ago, foreign trade was under great pressure, and the government’s organization of foreign investment was in line with the overall situation of stabilizing foreign trade. On the other hand, China’s epidemic prevention and control measures are more optimized. The "Twenty Articles" and "New Ten Articles" have new requirements for aviation and entry and exit, and also created conditions for government charter flights.
Bai Ming said that the lack of orders is the pressure on foreign trade at present. It is only one way to grab orders through government charter flights, but this is not a normal measure. With the stable epidemic situation and the resumption of various routes, enterprises may not need to wait for government charter flights. It is impossible for government charter flights to reach every place, and the time may not meet the requirements of every enterprise. With the recovery of more routes, enterprises themselves should actively go out. He believes that the results of this batch of orders will be reflected in the economic data at the beginning of next year.
Bai Ming believes that different types of enterprises should find their most suitable way. Some enterprises have long-term overseas customers and do not need to rely on government charter flights. Some enterprises can find good local agents and rely on overseas institutions or local agents to play their role. We should also make full use of cross-border e-commerce and other channels.
Red Star journalist Wu Yang