Since this year, according to the CPC central committee and state council on "six stability" work deployment, facing the complex external environment of the severe challenge, the ministry of commerce jointly with the regional various departments fully implement the trade policy decisions, introducing a series of policy measures, efforts to build the rule of law, internationalization, facilitation of business environment, continuously improve the level of trade facilitation, foreign trade scale, quality, turning force achieved results stage, import and export of steady growth in qualitative development momentum.

Scale is stable. According to customs statistics, from January to June, China's import and export totaled 14.67 trillion yuan, up 3.9% year-on-year (the same below).Exports totaled 7.95 trillion yuan, up 6.1%.Imports totaled 6.72 trillion yuan, up 1.4%. The surplus was 1.23 trillion yuan, an increase of 41.6 percent.

Quality improvement. Firstly, optimize the layout of the international market. Imports and exports along the "One Belt And One Road" route increased by 9.7 percent, driving the growth of imports and exports by 2.7 percentage points, accounting for 28.9 percent of the total from 25 percent in 2013.Imports and exports with the EU increased by 11.2%.Imports and exports to the United States fell 9 percent. Secondly, general trade is highly resilient. General trade exports increased by 9.5 percent, leading to a 5.2 percentage point increase in exports, accounting for 58.8% of China's total export value, up 1.8 percentage points over the same period last year. Thirdly, the layout of domestic regions is more balanced. Exports from the central and western regions increased 13.4 percent, accounting for 1.1 percentage points higher to 17.5 percent. Exports from the eastern region grew 4.7 percent, accounting for 82.5 percent of the total. Fourthly, the mix of exports continued to upgrade. Exports of high-tech, high-quality and high-value-added products such as new-energy vehicles, integrated circuits, machine tools, excavators, medical devices and industrial robots grew rapidly. The international competitiveness of new energy vehicles continues to improve, and the average export price is 6 times that of traditional cars.

Power conversion. In the first half of the year, all departments and localities have continued to take targeted and practical measures to reduce taxes and fees and facilitate trade, stimulate the vitality of the main body and create a good environment. Foreign trade enterprises have risen to the challenge, accelerated innovation and development, transformation and upgrading, and continued to enhance their competitive advantages. Firstly, private enterprises play a major role. Exports increase by 13.3 percent, leading to 6.2 percentage points of export growth, accounting for 3.1 percentage points of the total to 50.6 percent. Secondly, Cross-border e-commerce and other new forms of business are developing rapidly. The Ministry of Commerce will work with other departments to improve policies for promoting cross-border e-commerce and other new forms of business, adapt to the new trends of the industrial revolution, and promote the steady development and improvement of foreign trade. Cross-border e-commerce retail import and export maintained double-digit growth. Thirdly, the effects of institutional arrangements and policies have been constantly brought into play. So far, 17 free trade agreements have been signed with 25 trading partners. China and its free trade partners increased the share of exports to nearly 38%.

Next step, commerce department will further open up to the outside world in accordance with the requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on stabilizing foreign trade, and actively promote market-oriented reform and the use of economic means to enhance the internal driving force of enterprises. We will ensure steady implementation of foreign trade policies, strengthen policy reserves and launch them at an appropriate time in response to changes in the situation and concerns of enterprises, and work hard to ensure that foreign trade remains stable and improves in quality.

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