In the first half of this year, the total import and export value of my country's trade in goods reached 19.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.4% on the basis of the high base in the same period last year. In an interview with the Economic Daily reporter, a number of experts said that in the first half of the year, my country actively responded to challenges, and its status as the largest country in trade in goods was stable. Overall, the scale of my country's foreign trade has reached a new high, its structure has been optimized, its quality has been improved, and its contribution to the national economy has increased.
Foreign trade maintains steady growth
In the first half of the year, my country's foreign trade showed strong development resilience, and its development exceeded expectations, which played an important role in stabilizing the economy.
"The export growth rate rebounded significantly in May and June, mainly due to the timely introduction of policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade by the state and local governments. Enterprises became more active and promising. The government and the market worked together to form a joint force to promote the development of foreign trade. In maintaining a steady growth trend At the same time, the structure of foreign trade has been continuously improved," said Zhao Fujun, director of the Comprehensive Research Office of the Foreign Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council.
Yang Changyong, a researcher at the Institute of Foreign Economics of the China Academy of Macroeconomics, said that the timely and effective implementation of the policy has played an important role in maintaining the resilience of foreign trade. A complete industrial system is a prominent advantage of my country's foreign trade. Although some areas have been affected by the epidemic and some industrial chains have experienced sluggish operation, due to the integrity of my country's industrial system and strong supporting capabilities, the overall foreign trade has not been fundamentally affected.
The rapid recovery of imports and exports in the Yangtze River Delta region stabilized the fundamentals of foreign trade. According to customs statistics, in the first half of this year, the total import and export of the three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta region totaled 7.14 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.3%. Among them, the import and export in June was 1.39 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.9%, which was 0.6 percentage points higher than the overall national growth rate in the same period, and contributed nearly 40% to the national foreign trade growth.
In addition, the vitality of foreign trade business entities has been further enhanced. In the first half of the year, there were 506,000 foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in my country, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%. Among them, there were 425,000 private enterprises, an increase of 6.9%