In order to implement the spirit of the 12th Plenary Session of the 12th Municipal Party Committee, make every effort to fight the tough battle of stabilizing foreign trade and sprint the “year-round success” of foreign trade, on September 17th, Wenzhou Foreign Trade High-quality Development Promotion Conference and the whole city’s foreign trade logistics matchmaking conference were successfully held in the Great Hall of the People.
At the meeting, Lucheng District Government, Ruian Municipal Government, Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Wenzhou Customs and Wenzhou Port Group signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Development of Wenzhou LCL Center Project. The Municipal Bureau of Commerce informed the development of the city’s foreign trade, Wenzhou Airport Group, Wenzhou Port Group and Municipal Hyundai Group introduced flight (route) information and service enterprise initiatives, the ouhai district Municipal Government made a typical speech on stabilizing foreign trade, and the Municipal Electrical Industry Association made an exchange speech on the development of foreign trade of industry import and export and association service enterprises. At the same time, the meeting also issued the “Wenzhou” 3+14+14 “action plan for high-quality foreign trade development, which deployed eight key tasks.
Vice Mayor Yin Zhijun pointed out that since the beginning of this year, the whole city has conscientiously implemented the decision-making arrangements of leaders at the central and provincial levels, actively integrated into the international and domestic dual-cycle strategy, deepened market expansion, opened wider to the outside world, and provided excellent services. He said that at present, the COVID-19 epidemic abroad continues to spread, so it is necessary to clearly understand the seriousness of the international trade situation and deeply understand the current position of our city’s foreign trade exports in the province and even the whole country, not only to see positive factors and favorable conditions, but also to accurately understand the difficulties and challenges in the current foreign trade development. He stressed that it is necessary to further smooth the “order+list” mechanism, expand the export of small and micro enterprises, solve the three “pain points” of LCL assembly and subject cultivation, give play to the role of trade associations as a bridge, optimize port convenience services, and further strengthen measures to ensure the annual export target of 200 billion yuan, ranking first in the province and striving to achieve the annual high-speed line target.
After the meeting, Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce also took the lead in organizing the four-way foreign trade logistics docking and exchange activities among three major ports (Wenzhou Airport Group, Wenzhou Port Group and City Hyundai Group), foreign trade enterprises, freight forwarding enterprises and shipping companies. Representatives from Wenzhou Branch of Zhejiang Sinotrans Co., Ltd. and Wenzhou Branch of Hangzhou COSCO Shipping Container Transportation Co., Ltd. made speeches, and the on-site exchange was enthusiastic. This docking activity has built an international logistics supply and demand platform for foreign trade enterprises, and provided a solution to alleviate the problem of lack of cabins and containers for foreign trade enterprises.
(Contributed by Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce)