Economy: Foreign Trade Development Is Still Promising

In the first 11 months of 2014, China's total import and export volume grew by 3.4% over the same period last year, of which exports increased by 5.7% over the same period last year, such as excluding the abnormal trade base factors of last year. In the first 11 months, China's import and export growth rate was 6.3%, and its export growth rate was 8.5%.

Meanwhile, in terms of the overall situation of foreign trade, the growth rate of foreign trade is still higher than that of the world's major economies. The share of the international market has steadily increased, and it is expected to continue to maintain the status of the world's largest trading power and export power. The export of the central and western regions has surpassed the eastern region for the first time in 20 years; the general trade's first exports accounted for more than half of the total exports in the first 20 years, and so on, so that Zhang Ji, director of the Ministry of foreign trade of the Ministry of Commerce in the media conference during the national business conference, issued a sigh of "hard won result".

While affirming the achievements, Zhang Ji also bluntly pointed out that the situation of China's foreign trade development is still complex and severe in 2015.

From the perspective of international demand, the world economy is still in the period of deep adjustment after the outbreak of the international financial crisis. The overall recovery is hard to change.

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With the development of the new normal, the downward pressure on the economy still exists.

From the perspective of enterprise competitiveness, low cost advantage is weakening, factor prices continue to rise, and traditional comparative advantage is weakening.

From the perspective of trade liberalization, trade friction has intensified, and China has been encounters for 19 consecutive years.

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From the perspective of geopolitics, the turbulence in some areas has intensified, which has further increased the risks and uncertainties of international trade.

It is emphasized that under the new normal situation of China's economic development, the international environment and domestic development conditions of foreign trade have undergone major changes, facing many challenges, but still have competitive advantages. Foreign trade development is still in an important period of strategic opportunities.

China has a strong complementarity with the industrial structure of developed countries and developing countries. The infrastructure is complete, the industry is complete, the manpower quality is high, the business environment has been continuously improved, and it has strong comprehensive competitive advantages. A large number of internationally competitive industries and enterprises have been cultivated, and valuable experience in developing the market and international operation has been accumulated.

Zhang Ji stressed that in 2015, the foreign trade work will be guided by the eighteen party, the eighteen third, Fourth Plenary Session and the central economic work conference, and thoroughly implement the spirit of the central committee leaders, such as general secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, and comprehensively consider and integrate two international markets, two kinds of resources and two rules to take the initiative to adapt to the new normal of foreign trade development, highlight innovation drive, consolidate traditional advantages, stabilize labor intensive exports, and accelerate the development of new competitive advantages in technology, brand, quality and service.