In the previous seven months, imports and exports gradually stabilized, and exports have been growing for four consecutive months since April.
In July, the actual utilization of foreign capital reached 63.47 billion yuan, up 15.8% year on year, and the absorption of foreign capital increased for four consecutive months.
On August 13, the State Administration of Taxation held a regular briefing on policies. Assistant Minister of Commerce Ren Hongbin, Director general of the Foreign Investment Management Department of the Ministry of Commerce Zong Changqing, and Director General of the Goods and Services Tax Department of the State Administration of Taxation Xie Wen were invited to introduce the relevant information on further stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment (hereinafter referred to as the opinions).
We will stabilize the industrial and supply chains of major players in foreign trade, and stabilize the stock and increase of foreign investment.
"At present, the international epidemic continues to spread, the world economy is in a serious recession, international trade and investment have dropped significantly, and the situation of foreign trade and foreign investment is complex and grim."
Ren Hongbin introduced that in accordance with the requirements of "six stability" and "six guarantees", the Opinions focus on stabilizing foreign trade subjects, stabilizing industrial and supply chains, stabilizing the stock of foreign capital and expanding the increment of foreign capital.
We will stabilize business entities, increase support for exhibitions, taxation, finance and insurance in order to ease the burden on businesses, stimulate their vitality, help them explore the international market, and stabilize their production, operation and employment in light of the problems they face in receiving orders, rising costs and tight funding. We will ensure the stability and smooth flow of the industrial and supply chains, facilitate economic and trade exchanges through "fast channels" and other measures, promote the resumption of economic and trade cooperation, encourage foreign investment in high-tech industries, and strengthen weak links in the industrial chain through research and development.
We will improve the business environment, further improve customs clearance facilitation, expand trials of new forms of business, reduce compliance costs for enterprises, open wider to the outside world, provide better services for key foreign-funded projects, and increase confidence in foreign investment.
Encourage local exploration, encourage local in the holding of online exhibitions, undertake processing trade transfer and other aspects, combined with the actual exploration of effective measures to summarize and refine the local stability of foreign trade and foreign investment work experience.