On July 22, in order to alleviate the dilemma of foreign trade logistics and create a healthy environment for the development of new foreign trade formats, with the strong support of the Provincial Department of Commerce and the Provincial Foreign Trade Service Center, Pinghu City held a special matchmaking meeting for international logistics relief. Zhou Jianhua, director of the Provincial Foreign Trade Center, and Zhao Zhenning, director of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, attended the event and delivered speeches. 6 terminals, freight forwarding logistics enterprises and 30 foreign trade enterprises participated in the matchmaking meeting.
Zhao Zhenning, director of the Pinghu Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said in his speech that the rapid and healthy development of an open economy is inseparable from the local access to an efficient international logistics system. This logistics matchmaking meeting aims to build a supply and demand docking platform for import and export logistics, so that enterprises can obtain more accurate diversified logistics solutions, alleviate the difficulties and expensive difficulties of foreign trade enterprises, and create a healthy environment for the development of new foreign trade formats. Zhou Jianhua, director of the Provincial Foreign Trade Center, said in his speech that the Provincial Foreign Trade Center will continue to increase the docking of logistics resources with all parties, strengthen coordination and linkage with Pinghu City, and coordinate to promote the alleviation of international logistics problems. He hoped that logistics enterprises and foreign trade enterprises would actively join hands to establish long-term and stable cooperative relations, give full play to the maximum benefits of logistics resources in the region, and provide strong support for enterprises’ import and export trade.
At the matchmaking meeting, three terminal companies affiliated to the Provincial Port Group and SIPG introduced the basic information, route network, and smooth service of each terminal, and the three freight forwarding logistics companies mainly introduced the business models and types. After the business promotion session, port terminal companies, shipping companies, freight forwarding companies and foreign trade enterprises carried out in-depth docking, through “one-on-one” negotiation and assistance, foreign trade enterprises have obtained diversified logistics solutions, and deepened the docking effect between foreign trade enterprises and port group, SIPG group and freight forwarding logistics enterprises.
This logistics matchmaking meeting is a useful exploration to alleviate the logistics problems of foreign trade enterprises. The Pinghu Municipal Bureau of Commerce will also continue to be guided by the practical difficulties encountered by enterprises, maintain close ties with Zhejiang Port, Jiaxing Port and Dushan Port, and jointly build more effective new channels for the development of foreign trade import and export logistics to help the development of Pinghu foreign trade.
(Contributed by Pinghu Municipal Bureau of Commerce)