Longzhou'S Rapid Growth In Foreign Trade Will Create ASEAN International Trade City

Longzhou county is located in the southwest border of Guangxi, bordering Vietnam's Gaoping and Lang Son provinces. The border line is 184 kilometers long.

In 1889, Longzhou became a trading port. It was the earliest port of trade opened to Guangxi, and it was called "little Hongkong".

At present, Longzhou County owns the first class port port of Shuikou and the two grade port of China, and the 4 trading points of border trade. It is one of the most important portals of China's access to ASEAN countries and one of the most convenient land routes.

Han Rihui, deputy county magistrate of Longzhou County, introduced in 2014.

The county's GDP increased by 7 billion 600 million yuan, an increase of 11% over the same period last year. Its fiscal revenue was 840 million yuan, an increase of 10.4% over the same period last year. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 21611 yuan, an increase of 11% over the same period last year, and the per capita net income of farmers was 6886 yuan, an increase of 12% over the same period last year.

The import and export of foreign trade has an obvious effect on the economy.

Han Rihui introduced, in recent years, Longzhou county actively introduced all parties.

Promoting trade exchanges with ASEAN countries.

The Longzhou ASEAN International Trade City, invested by 2 billion yuan by Shanghai Zeda Investment Limited, will take Longzhou County as the center and take the Shuikou and Youyi Guan national border ports as the two wings to create the most convenient small commodity import and export base for China ASEAN Free Trade Area.

Wu Yongchun, chairman of ZDA investment company, said that the Longzhou ASEAN International Trade City is expected to open for trial in October this year.

It is estimated that after 2 to 5 years of development and operation, there will be about 3000 distributors, agents, business and logistics enterprises in Southeast Asian countries and all over the country. The annual turnover can reach more than 10 billion yuan, and the annual tax revenue is over 100 million yuan, and more than twenty thousand people will be placed in employment and entrepreneurs.

Han Rihui said that with the full implementation of the development plan of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone and the development of the Pearl River West River economic belt as a national strategy, the revitalization plan for the left and right old revolutionary base areas will soon become a national strategy. Longzhou will realize the full coverage of Guangxi's national strategy, and further enhance its regional advantages and policy advantages. Longzhou will seize the rare opportunity to take ASEAN as an economic exchange center and accelerate the development of foreign trade.

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Dongguan Bureau of statistics Liang Jiayi introduced that in 2014, Dongguan's economic fundamentals were stable, and economic growth was supported.

In 2014, Dongguan's fixed asset investment increased by 10%, total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 8.7%, and total exports increased by 6.8%.

Liang Jiayi pointed out that it needs to be emphasized that in 2014, Dongguan achieved 162 billion 530 million US dollars in foreign trade and imports, an increase of 6.2%, and the growth rate ranked first in the top five cities in China's total foreign trade volume.

Of which, exports of US $97 billion 70 million, an increase of 6.8%, is higher than the national and provincial average level.

In addition, the actual utilization of foreign capital in Dongguan increased rapidly. In 2014, the amount of foreign capital contracted by the city amounted to 4 billion 315 million US dollars, an increase of 6.8%, and the actual utilization of foreign capital was US $4 billion 529 million, an increase of 15%.

Liang Jiayi disclosed that in recent years, Dongguan enterprises have vigorously opened up the domestic market, and the dependence on exports has declined.

The proportion of domestic sales of Industrial Enterprises above designated size has exceeded export sales for the first time in recent years, and the ratio of internal and external sales is 52:48. Dongguan's economy has changed from simple "extroverted dependence" to "equal emphasis both inside and outside".

Liang Jiayi analysis said that with the successive landing and commissioning of major projects, it will gradually release new production capacity, which has a positive driving effect. It is expected that the Dongguan economy will continue to move smoothly in the new normal in 2015.