China'S Foreign Trade Is Now "Warm" To Make Good Efforts.

The latest import and export data released by the General Administration of customs are very eye-catching: in August, the growth rate of China's imports increased from negative to positive, and exports increased by 6 consecutive years. In the first 8 months, the import and export dropped sharply, and the total value of imports and exports reached 15 trillion and 370 billion yuan.

In this regard, experts pointed out that the August data revealed signs that China's foreign trade stabilized, and the downward pressure on foreign trade has been alleviated, but this does not mean that the pressure is completely lifted. Foreign trade development will still face many challenges.

To this end, we should continue to implement the steady growth measures of foreign trade and steadily push forward the pformation and upgrading of the foreign trade structure, so as to accelerate the realization of a stable foreign trade.

According to the General Administration of customs data, the total value of China's imports and exports in August was 2 trillion and 200 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9% over the same period last year.

Among them, exports of 1 trillion and 270 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9%, better than the market expected 2.9%; imports of 925 billion yuan, an increase of 10.8%, significantly better than expected 0.7%.

In terms of imports, some short-term factors contributed to the improvement of import data in August.

The price of major industrial products rose sharply in August compared with the same period last year, and the August working day was 2 days more than that of the same period last year. These factors are favorable to import data in different degrees.

At the same time, fundamental factors such as domestic demand improvement are also crucial.

Xing Houyuan, deputy director of the China Ministry of service outsourcing research center of the Ministry of Commerce, pointed out that the growth momentum of import growth lies in three aspects: first, China's macroeconomic situation is continuing to improve, the opening up efforts are constantly increasing, and the driving force for innovation and development is also increasing; two, the confidence of entrepreneurs is growing, which is closely related to the improvement of China's macroeconomic environment; three, domestic demand is increasing, whether it is

There is a significant increase in demand for categories or consumer demand.

"The continuous improvement of exports has also benefited from the improvement of the macroeconomic environment. Industrial data have shown signs of stabilization, favorable export and trade facilitation. A series of policies and measures for steady growth in foreign trade have begun to bear fruit and have boosted exports.

In addition, in the three quarter of August, the general external demand was more prosperous. Seasonal factors were noteworthy, and the depreciation of the RMB exchange rate also promoted export data to better.

Li Dawei, an associate researcher of the national development and Reform Commission's Foreign Economic Research Institute, said in an interview with our reporter.

While the overall data is improving, the pace of pformation and upgrading of the foreign trade structure continues to move forward steadily.

General trade imports and exports continued to increase in proportion while the growth rate also reversed a downward trend.

According to customs statistics, in the first 8 months, China's general trade import and export volume was 8 trillion and 660 billion yuan, an increase of 0.6%, accounting for 56.4% of China's foreign trade value, representing a 1.4 percentage point increase over the same period last year.

Private enterprise

The trend of growth and proportion is continuing.

In the first 8 months, private enterprises imported and exported 5 trillion and 940 billion yuan, an increase of 4.8%, accounting for 38.6% of China's total foreign trade, representing a 2.4 percentage point increase over the same period last year.

"Since the beginning of this year, China's foreign trade structure has achieved remarkable results in restructuring and upgrading, and the structural advantages of foreign trade have been accelerated.

The import and export of general trade and private enterprises have been growing and the proportion has been increasing. This is improving China continuously.

Structure. "

Li Dawei said that in terms of export products, the continuous growth of new products and exports of high-tech products will further push China's foreign exports to a higher value chain, which will help improve the "gold content" of China's foreign trade.

James Laurensson, vice president of the Australia China Relations Research Institute of University of Technology Sydney, said that Chinese enterprises have won the competition with the best companies in the world outside the home, and should realize that China will continue to move forward to a higher value chain.

"Overall, from January to August, foreign trade and import and export showed a trend of continuous improvement, and the pressure of foreign trade declined somewhat, especially in August.

Xing Houyuan said that since the beginning of this year, the import and export of foreign trade is generally on a path of recovery.

Bai Ming, deputy director of the International Market Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce and international trade and economic cooperation, said that the current trade protectionism is still evident. 75% of the trade protection measures introduced after 2008 are still playing a role.

Moreover, the trend of international industrial structure pfer is continuing. In labor-intensive products, the competitiveness of Southeast Asian countries is more and more obvious than ours.

Therefore, we can not easily assert that our foreign trade is better than before.

"In order to further alleviate the downward pressure on foreign trade and accelerate the stabilization of China's foreign trade, we must continue to do well the work we have begun, emphasizing the implementation of policies and measures, creating substantial benefits for foreign trade enterprises, promoting cost reduction, steadily promoting trade facilitation and the development of free trade zones. On the other hand, we need to accelerate the fostering and consolidation of new trade growth points, attach importance to promoting the development of service trade, and find new hot spots in the field of bulk commodities, such as smart appliances and other products."

Li Dawei said.