Abstract: at present, Pudong has gathered more than 10000 import and export enterprises. According to customs statistics, the import and export volume of goods trade in Pudong exceeded 2 trillion yuan for the first time in 2018
"supporting the reform and opening up of Pudong New Area, accelerating the construction of the core bearing area of the international trade center and the Pudong Trade Facilitation promotion meeting" was held in the office center of Pudong New Area this afternoon. The people's Government of Pudong New Area and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce signed a cooperation agreement, and 21 new (capital increase) key foreign trade enterprise projects were officially settled in Pudong
in recent years, under the guidance and support of relevant national and municipal departments, Pudong New Area has actively responded to the challenges of the external environment and worked hard to promote the construction of the core bearing area of the international trade center. The trade scale of Pudong continues to expand and the trade structure is further optimized. At present, Pudong has gathered more than 10000 import and export enterprises. According to customs statistics, the import and export volume of goods trade in Pudong exceeded 2 trillion yuan for the first time in 2018. From January to July 2019, it was 1.13 trillion yuan, accounting for about 60% of the city
in 2018, Pudong achieved a rapid breakthrough in service trade, with import and export volume reaching US $64.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14%, accounting for 8% of the country. The import and export of emerging services such as culture, technology, finance, professional services and digital trade have become new growth points
with the support of the people's Bank of China and foreign exchange management departments, Pudong also actively explores the construction of a cross-border capital settlement management model suitable for the "separation of three streams" business model of trade subjects, promotes the development of offshore trade and cultivates a new driving force for the development of foreign trade. In 2018, the total volume of cross-border e-commerce retail import and export transactions in Pudong New Area reached 1.98 billion yuan, accounting for 40.7% of the city. In the first half of 2019, the cross-border e-commerce business in Pudong New Area grew rapidly, and the total retail import and export transactions reached 1.48 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 98%, accounting for 51% of the city. At present, Pudong has formed a number of 10 billion and 100 billion trade platforms, and comprehensive services such as exhibition, warehousing, distribution and trade have been continuously improved
in terms of foreign investment, in the first half of this year, investors from Australia, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries invested and established 280 new foreign trading companies in Pudong, covering commodities, health food trade, biomedicine and other fields. With the settlement of a number of key institutions such as Rio Tinto trading, Aolan trading and Chichester in the first half of this year, up to now, five of the world's top ten mining groups have settled in Pudong, six of the world's top ten metal trading companies have settled in Pudong, and three of the world's four major grain traders have settled in Pudong. The introduction of these trading enterprises will inject strong vitality into the construction of the core bearing area of Pudong International Trade Center
today, 21 newly settled (capital increase) key foreign trade enterprises signed contracts with the relevant regional administration of Pudong, including 8 enterprise representatives such as Hershey (China) Investment Management Co., Ltd. established by Hershey, the largest chocolate candy manufacturer in North America, Six enterprise representatives, including Roche (Shanghai) pharmaceutical trading company, established by Roche pharmaceutical, the world's top 500, signed contracts with Zhangjiang Administration Bureau, Jinqiao Administration Bureau and World Expo Administration Bureau respectively, and seven enterprise representatives, including qichester Metal Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., established by Fortis Qiu FMG, the world's fourth largest iron ore producer, signed contracts with Lujiazui Administration Bureau
with the support of relevant units, in the future, Pudong will target international advanced areas, continuously improve the "single window" function of international trade, promote the paperless whole process and increase the functional modules of service trade, so as to form a more internationally competitive port supervision service model. At the same time, Pudong will strive to break the bottleneck of customs clearance liberalization and facilitation of key industries. With the support of the customs, the Municipal Commission of Commerce and other departments, we will continue to deepen the facilitation of customs clearance of biomedical R & D materials. Comply with the needs of multinational corporations to further extend the processing and manufacturing industry chain, and support enterprises to carry out cross-border maintenance business outside the areas under special customs supervision. In addition, relevant departments will strive for more opening-up measures, try them first in Pudong, fully support new trade formats such as offshore trade, service trade, technology trade and cross-border e-commerce, and further improve the level of trade and expand the field of trade
Weng Zuliang, member of the Standing Committee of the municipal Party committee and Secretary of the Pudong New Area District Party committee, and vice mayor Xu Kunlin attended the meeting
source: previous news