Zhejiang organized a group to go to sea to "grab orders" and became popular.

Zhejiang organized a group to go to sea to "grab orders" and became popular.

It is reported that on December 3, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousands of Groups and Thousands of Enterprises to Expand Markets and Grab Orders". On December 4th, the foreign trade enterprise team led by the Provincial Department of Commerce set off for a 6-day trip to Germany and France. This team is the first team led by the Zhejiang provincial business department to go abroad since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

On December 7, Times Finance called the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, and the relevant staff said, "This event is mainly to send a signal. With the optimization of epidemic prevention and control measures, it is time to call on everyone to 'go overseas' to do business. , don’t be afraid of anything.”

In fact, it is not the first time that Zhejiang organized a group to "go to sea". The staff member said, "Before the epidemic, our business department held overseas exhibitions every year. At that time, we would lead companies to go abroad dozens of times a year. After the epidemic, such overseas activities have become online. For example, Video conference or online exhibition, but the effect is not as good as offline, and the negotiation is not sufficient."

The staff member also pointed out that this type of activity is actually a normal operation, "This time I went to more than 30 people, and it was not a chartered flight. It just departed on the same day. It is actually a relatively ordinary activity. It is only based on the current situation. This situation just conforms to the national policy, which makes it so special, and I did not expect it to receive so much attention."

As early as July this year, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province took the lead in opening the country's first foreign-related business round-trip charter flight for the purpose of expanding the market after the epidemic, helping foreign trade companies go global. On December 6th, Ningbo once again "organized a delegation". The Ningbo "hundreds of groups, thousands of enterprises and thousands of people" composed of heads of foreign trade enterprises and government departments, etc., flew to the first stop in the United Arab Emirates to participate in the exhibition, expand the market, and in the next 12 Go to Indonesia and Japan to grab orders and promote attraction within days.

Ningbo Ruimensk Door and Window Fittings Co., Ltd. is a member of Ningbo's "sea-going group". The company's staff told Times Finance, "Our general manager went to the UAE once in July, and this time he went again for the group trip in December. Currently in the UAE to discuss business matters."

There are still many companies like this. According to The Paper, up to now, Ningbo has organized 2 batches of 8 business charter flights, serving a total of 600 person-times and attracting orders of about 2 billion US dollars. As of the end of November, Ningbo foreign trade enterprises have sent more than 850 people abroad to carry out business activities.

On December 4, the "chartered flight" of the Bureau of Commerce of Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province also flew to Japan to participate in the AFF Textile and Apparel Exhibition, and negotiated new projects with well-known local companies. On the same day, some Jiaxing enterprises will go to sea with the German and French delegation organized by the Provincial Department of Commerce, starting a 6-day European tour.

Zhejiang Province's "going out" action is directly reflected in the "transcript" of import and export trade.

Since June this year, the growth rate of my country's total import and export value has continued to slow down. In June, July, August and September, the total value of import and export increased by 14.3%, 12.7%, 8.6% and 8.3% respectively. The total export value was 3.55 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 6.9%.

On December 7, the latest import and export trade data released by the General Administration of Customs showed that the growth rate of imports and exports continued to slow down in November. In November, China's total import and export value was 3.7 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), a slight increase of 0.1% year-on-year, a sharp slowdown from 6.9% in October, and a new low since May this year. Among them, exports were 2.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%; imports were 1.6 trillion yuan, a decrease of 1.1%.

Against this background, the growth of import and export in Zhejiang Province remains relatively stable.

On November 10, Hangzhou Customs announced the foreign trade import and export data of Zhejiang Province from January to October. In the first 10 months of this year, Zhejiang's import and export volume was 3.90 trillion yuan, ranking third in the country, following Guangdong and Jiangsu. In terms of growth rate, Zhejiang's import and export growth from January to October was 16.0%, far exceeding the growth rate of 1.9% in Guangdong and 8.5% in Jiangsu, and also exceeded the national average of 9.5%. Among them, exports were 2.87 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.7%, and imports were 1.03 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.7%.