Changsha Evening News Changsha, October 24 - according to Hunan Daily, China Customs magazine sponsored by the General Administration of Customs recently announced the ranking of "China's top 100 foreign trade cities" in 2020. Four cities in Hunan Province, Yueyang, Changsha , Xiangtan and Hengyang, were shortlisted
among the four cities shortlisted in our province, Yueyang, Changsha , Xiangtan and Hengyang ranked 36th, 37th, 54th and 71st respectively. According to the statistics released by Changsha Customs, the four shortlisted cities are the main force of foreign trade development in the province. In 2020, the foreign trade volume of the four cities is respectively: 235.05 billion yuan in Changsha, 41.98 billion yuan in Yueyang, 26.14 billion yuan in Xiangtan and 30.24 billion yuan in Hengyang. The four cities accounted for 68.4% of the province's total foreign trade in the same period
this year, the foreign trade performance of the four finalists is still eye-catching. In the first three quarters, the foreign trade volume of the four cities was respectively: 19.06 billion yuan in Changsha, 46.92 billion yuan in Yueyang, 24.11 billion yuan in Xiangtan and 25.3 billion yuan in Hengyang, with double-digit growth compared with the same period last year. The four cities accounted for 69.5% of the total foreign trade of the whole province in the same period, and the proportion was also higher than that of the previous year
"China's top 100 foreign trade cities" have been published regularly since 2006 and ranked according to the "China's city foreign trade competitiveness index". The index takes cities as a unit, constructs a comprehensive index system of urban foreign trade competitiveness from the perspective of level, structure, benefit, development and potential, and regularly monitors the foreign trade development track of cities above prefecture level in the form of ranking
according to the release, of the 297 cities included in the analysis of China's urban foreign trade competitiveness in 2020, 188 cities achieved positive growth in import and export. Meanwhile, the average import and export scale of the top 100 foreign trade cities increased by 2.1% over the previous year, 0.2 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of China's import and export in the same period