source: People's daily
Author: Luo Libin
to establish an order of foreign trade and foreign investment suitable for epidemic prevention and control, we need to take specific measures according to specific conditions to stabilize foreign trade The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held on March 4 clearly pointed out that we should promote the resumption of work and production in the process of expanding opening to the outside world, strive to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, and explore diversified international markets
to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, we must first take a comprehensive, dialectical and long-term view of the development of foreign trade and foreign investment and enhance confidence. The epidemic has had a short-term impact on foreign trade and foreign investment, but the long-term fundamentals of China's economy will not change, and China's position in the global value chain will not change; China's large-scale industries, complete categories and complete supporting facilities are difficult to be replaced in the short term; The pressure of the epidemic can also become a driving force to promote high-level opening-up. To establish a foreign trade and foreign investment order suitable for epidemic prevention and control, specific measures need to be taken according to specific conditions to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment
to strengthen the pertinence of stabilizing foreign trade, we need to do a good job in hierarchical and classified guidance. First, do a good job in regional stratification and classification, and take different measures for regions with different risk levels; Second, do a good job in the hierarchical classification of objectives. First, ensure the smooth operation of foreign trade industrial chain and supply chain and stabilize the international market share; Third, do a good job in industry stratification and classification, and give priority to ensuring the stability of foreign trade and foreign investment in industries with long industrial chain and strong driving force, such as automobile, electronics, shipbuilding and aviation, which have a great impact on the economy at home and abroad; Fourth, do a good job in the hierarchical classification of enterprises and give priority to ensuring the resumption of work and production of supporting enterprises with important influence in the global value chain; Fifth, we should do a good job in the hierarchical classification of policy tools. We should not only make good use of compliant foreign trade policy tools such as export tax rebate and export credit insurance to hedge the losses of foreign-funded enterprises in the epidemic, but also simplify customs clearance procedures, reduce customs clearance costs, encourage new forms and models of foreign trade, and effectively reduce trade costs
in terms of stabilizing foreign investment, we should promote both increment and stock. Pay close attention to the projects already under discussion and under construction, carry out "point-to-point" service guarantee, coordinate and solve difficulties, and ensure that they are carried out as planned; At the same time, in order to attract incremental foreign investment, we should innovate and optimize the investment attraction mode, and promote investment promotion and investment attraction by means of online negotiation, video conference and online signing. In addition, we should continue to optimize the business environment for foreign investment, implement the foreign investment law and implementation regulations, expand foreign investment access, reduce the negative list, and enhance the confidence of foreign investors in long-term investment and operation
for some time, we have taken a series of comprehensive and specific measures to exempt or reduce the cost of goods trade such as port construction fees for import and export goods, port charges for goods and port facility security fees, which has an adverse impact on the epidemic. The Ministry of Commerce has taken a number of specific measures to solve the difficulty of port logistics connection; Shandong Qingdao port (Hong Kong stock 06198) uses the network platform to handle business, and the online platform handles business rate of more than 80%, saving intermediate link costs for enterprises; Several major foreign trade provinces have implemented "one enterprise, one policy" to help enterprises solve practical problems from the aspects of finance, logistics, labor and so on. With the help of these measures, foreign trade enterprises have resumed work and production, and there has been a positive momentum of restorative growth in China's import and export
relevant measures face the specific difficulties of enterprises, reduce losses, reduce costs and increase confidence. More importantly, they are also conducive to the long-term promotion of high-level opening-up. The epidemic situation is short-term, and deepening reform and opening to the outside world is long-term; Stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment should not only solve the short-term difficulties of the epidemic, but also contribute to the long-term goal of comprehensively deepening reform and high-level opening to the outside world. For example, the online platform handles business, strengthens information management and improves business handling efficiency, which not only solves the near worries, but also benefits the long-term. During the implementation of specific measures, we should observe the effect and summarize experience to ensure sustainability and replicability, and strive for more measures to be popularized and replicated in more regions and fields. I believe that with the joint efforts of Party committees, governments and enterprises at all levels, we can turn danger into opportunity and turn the short-term measures to deal with the epidemic into long-term measures to promote high-level opening-up
(the author is the vice president of the school of economics, forNE)