At the beginning of the new year, Chinese foreign trade enterprises began to rush production and busy receiving orders. From the Ministry of Commerce to track and monitor the situation of sample foreign trade enterprises, the beginning of the year 2023 has been some positive signals, especially the export provinces to receive orders to improve.


Some enterprises are busy recruiting people while catching production. In Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Zone, Guangdong Yina Technology Co., Ltd. has increased its horsepower since it started work at the end of January. Since its establishment in 2019, the company's self-developed nanomaterials of many kinds have blossomed one after another, with sales increasing by 279% year-on-year in 2022 and orders lined up for 2023 until the second quarter. To meet the increasing demand, the company has launched full-scale recruitment for the New Year and plans to double the size of its staff in 2023.


Some companies have stepped up their efforts to expand their markets and capture orders. Ltd. has sent its marketing staff to the Middle East, Europe, as well as the United States, South Korea and other places to visit customers and conduct negotiations. Zhang Qian, general manager of the company, said, "I hope that the first quarter to sprint 'open the door', this year's output value increased by another 10%."

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The National Bureau of Statistics Service Industry Survey Centre and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing recently released that in January, China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index rose 3.1 percentage points from the previous month to 50.1%, while the new orders index rose 7 percentage points from the previous month to 50.9%.


Both the frontline scenario and the survey data reflected stronger business confidence. Thanks to the new expansion of the company's micro-steam baking intelligent manufacturing production line and dishwasher automatic assembly line in recent years as well as the renewal of the new mid-table system, the foreign trade orders of Grantham Group regarding microwave ovens, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers and other products are currently scheduled for the second quarter.


More and more enterprises attach importance to the digital transformation of the whole process and cycle of foreign trade, and the layout of cross-border e-commerce is an important step. Zhao Yunqi, general manager of Hefei Shengwei Technology Co., Ltd. said: "During the New Year period, sales staff online to receive orders did not stop. There were more enquiries and orders than usual on the Ali International website, with a total amount of more than US$3 million." The company's rooftop photovoltaic energy storage power generation equipment and other product orders are scheduled until after March due to the impact of the European energy crisis overlaid with the carbon neutrality policy, and basically a batch of production will be sent to the overseas warehouse.


Ali International Station cross-border index shows that the platform of new energy industry quality business opportunities growth rate of 92%, into the export highlights. Ali International Station plans to launch 100 digital overseas exhibitions this year, and to launch 30,000 new cross-border live broadcasts and 40 new product launches online at the New Trade Festival in March.


Zhao Ping, vice president of the CCPIT Research Institute, believes that under the policy support of greater efforts to promote the stable scale and excellent structure of foreign trade, foreign trade import and export is expected to show a sustained positive trend, with a low growth rate before and after, and overall positive growth.


A recent report by international investment bank Goldman Sachs Group shows that the re-opening of China's economy and the full recovery of domestic demand will drive global economic growth of about 1% in 2023.


More new initiatives to make markets more open and channels more accessible. 2023 began with new developments in the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), which officially came into effect for Indonesia on January 2, ushering in more benefits for foreign trade enterprises such as tariff preferences and cost reductions. Guangdong Dayang Medical Technology Co., Ltd. will export more than 30 million yuan to Indonesia in 2022.

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"Take crutches for example, after RCEP takes effect for Indonesia, with the certificate of origin can enjoy zero tariff preferences, according to estimates for the enterprise annual cost savings of about 1.5 million yuan." Tang Qing, head of the company's customs affairs, said.


The 133rd China Import and Export Fair, which is due to open in April, will fully resume its offline exhibition. The director of the China Foreign Trade Centre, Cui Shijia, said that more than 40,000 companies have applied to participate in the fair, and the number of offline exhibition booths is expected to increase from 60,000 to nearly 70,000. At the same time, the foreign trade centre will play the role of "chain master" to drive the operation of the Canton Fair exhibition hall, which is expected to hold more than 110 exhibitions of all kinds in 2023, with about 12 million visitors.


"The exhibition industry will speed up the full recovery, driving trade, investment, consumption, tourism, catering and other industries to thrive." The Canton Fair's great development and enhancement will also better help the economy's high-quality development and better serve China's high-level opening to the outside world and build a new development pattern, said Chu Shijia.


The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce introduced that by including the full resumption of the Canton Fair and a series of domestic export exhibitions offline, fully supporting foreign trade enterprises to participate in various professional exhibitions outside the country; close cooperation with trade partners, play the advantages of China's super large-scale market, expand the import of high-quality products from various countries, so as to stabilize the global trade supply chain and so on, China will continue to promote a high level of openness, so that doing foreign trade is easier, more China will continue to promote a high level of opening up, making foreign trade easier, more convenient and more rewarding.