Ministry Of Commerce: Stabilize Exports And Expand Import &Nbsp; Recently Introduced Foreign Trade Transformation Measures.

At a regular press conference held on Commerce on 15, a press spokesman said: "stabilize exports, expand imports and speed up imports." foreign trade The package of transformation and upgrading will be introduced in the near future.

The press conference of the Ministry of commerce is the first news conference of the important ministries after the closing of the central economic work conference. Ministry of Commerce The final stage of this year's regular press conference has naturally received wide attention from the media. The trend of import and export is still the topic we are most concerned about. Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, did not hesitate to show the yellow card for the export situation at the beginning of next year.

Shen Danyang: the foreign trade situation of next year is still not very clear, but it is certain that due to the world next year Economics The overall situation is very grim and complicated. The impact of domestic and international environmental changes on China's foreign trade is still developing. The first quarter of next year will be very severe.

Exports are dropping again and again, and some agencies even predict that next year's growth rate may drop to single digits. Although Shen Danyang did not respond positively to pessimistic predictions, he said: the Ministry of Commerce will continue to work on the policy of "steady growth, restructuring and promoting balance" next year, and specific measures will be formally promulgated at the recent national business conference.

Shen Danyang: the Ministry of Commerce will continue to take the lead in consultation with relevant departments and create a favorable trading environment for enterprises. For example, we should continue to study how to lighten the tax burden on enterprises, increase financial support for export enterprises with orders and efficiency, and pay special attention to solving the difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Exports are down, and foreign investment is also declining. In November, the number of foreign-invested enterprises newly approved by the whole country dropped by more than 1 over the same period last year. Shen Danyang said, this is not representative.

Shen Danyang: I think it depends on the trend of the whole year. The number of single month will be affected by individual items. We should see that under the situation that global transnational investment continues to be weak, China's absorption of foreign capital will maintain such a trend of growth.

It is worth noting that in the amount of foreign investment, the United States has fallen by more than 20%, and EU investment has not increased. Shen Danyang analyzed the reasons:

Shen Danyang: the main reason is believed to be caused by the weak economic development in the US and the weakening of foreign investment ability. We see that US foreign investment data in the first quarter of this year are not only a decline in investment in China, but also a decline in overall foreign investment. In addition, there is a certain relationship between the US government's active efforts to attract foreign capital to encourage foreign investment to the United States.

In addition to the "Introduction", we need to "go out". The Ministry of commerce data show that in the first three quarters, foreign direct investment in domestic enterprises increased by 12.8% over the same period last year. Although the achievements are obvious to all, we are still in the initial stage.

Transnational investment is conducive to global economic recovery and increasing employment in all countries. However, some countries represented by the United States lack a free and open investment environment. Chen Deming, Minister of Commerce, said:

Chen Deming: can the United States open the door to welcome China to invest, because the US security review is very opaque. He can be warned by the security department within three years of the establishment of the enterprise that your business is not in line with my safety and you need to quit.

Shen Danyang believes that broadened vision, open mind and the promotion of trade and investment facilitation are the goals that all countries need to work together.

Shen Danyang: the United States invoked laws and regulations such as foreign investment in the national security law in 2007, which involved more than 20 billion investment in Chinese enterprises' investment in the United States, which is more than 5 times the total investment in China. All these need to be solved seriously by the US side.