Governments and Enterprises Stand Together to Stabilize Foreign Trade, Seek Opportunities Amid Crisis to Blaze New Trails | Lishui's Unconventional Services "Engine" Launches Foreign Trade Breakthrough Model

In order to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the important speech made by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection in Zhejiang, implement the arrangements of the Central Economic Work Conference as well as those of the provincial Party committee and the provincial government, and in accordance with the unified arrangements of the municipal Party committee, municipal leaders have been intensively visiting foreign trade and foreign-funded enterprises in recent days to understand the situation of the enterprises, listen to opinions and suggestions, respond to the development demands of the enterprises, solve the actual difficulties of the enterprises, further help the enterprises accurately grasp the new changes in the external environment, enhance the confidence and determination of the enterprises in Lishui to firmly respond to external challenges, and jointly promote the high-quality development of foreign trade and economic cooperation, so as to make more contributions to the overall situation of the whole province with the "stability" and "progress" of Lishui.


On April 25th and 28th, Wu Shunze, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, presided over the symposium on the city's foreign trade enterprises and went to Longquan to conduct on-site visits and investigations at Zhejiang Songxin Automobile Air Conditioning Parts Co., Ltd. and Longquan City Jiangshi Crafts Porcelain Co., Ltd. (Jiangshi Swords). He emphasized that all localities and departments should practice the concept that "only when entrepreneurs praise is it real praise", respond to the unexpected situation with extraordinary work, stand together with enterprises through thick and thin, work hand in hand, play a good combination of "stabilizing, expanding, adjusting and optimizing", and solidly promote the direct and quick enjoyment of various preferential policies for enterprises, so as to better boost the development of enterprises and help them solve problems and difficulties. Facing the complex and changeable external environment, enterprises should maintain their development focus, strengthen their development confidence, and actively explore both the domestic and international markets.


On May 4th, Zhu Linsen, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, went to Qingtian Qiubao Valve Fittings Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Zhanfeng Footwear Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Ruixing Valve Co., Ltd. for visits and investigations. He carefully understood the recent business conditions of the enterprises and the difficulties encountered in export trade, analyzed the foreign trade situation together with the heads of the enterprises, sorted out coping strategies, and encouraged the enterprises to continue to strengthen their confidence, take the initiative to adapt to changes, and continuously enhance the competitiveness of their products. Meanwhile, he solved on the spot specific problems such as the enterprises' hope to increase exhibition booths and reduce enterprise costs.

Municipal leaders including Li Feng, Lou Zhijian, Yu Huiyou, Lou Langjian, Liu Zhiwei, Zhou Heping, etc. successively went to Songyang Huawei Door Industry, Zhejiang Kain New Materials Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Zhongguang Electrical Appliance Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Youtai Electric Co., Ltd., Wanbang Footwear Co., Ltd., Oubao Security Technology Co., Ltd., Yunhe County Zhaxi Import and Export Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Jiahong Sports Equipment Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Tianxi Kitchen Appliance Co., Ltd. and other enterprises for on-site visits and investigations. They had in-depth exchanges with the heads of the enterprises, carefully listened to the introductions of the foreign trade, production and operation situations of the enterprises, and solved the specific difficulties and problems of the enterprises in a practical manner through various forms such as on-site office work.


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Enterprise assistance service staff are explaining the preferential policies for enterprises at the enterprises.


In 2024, the total value of Lishui's foreign trade imports and exports exceeded 40 billion yuan for the first time, reaching 42.38 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 12.4%. The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce introduced that the city's leaders have intensively visited and investigated foreign trade and foreign-funded enterprises. They went with policies and came back with problems, encouraging enterprises to stay calm, firm in confidence, have a clear understanding and effective measures, thus installing a powerful engine that goes beyond the ordinary and marches forward bravely for the high-quality development of the city's foreign trade. Meanwhile, since the beginning of this year, Lishui has also been constantly upgrading foreign trade policies iteratively and improving the foreign trade service mechanism to ensure the effectiveness of policy supply, come up with practical measures to serve enterprises, and guide and encourage enterprises to venture overseas.


Facing the new problems and difficulties encountered by foreign trade and foreign-funded enterprises, our city has established a headquarters to support the high-quality development of foreign trade and economic cooperation. The leaders of the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government and the main leaders of the Party committees and governments of counties (cities, districts) have paired up to contact key export enterprises respectively, established a closed-loop mechanism for solving enterprise problems, and implemented the policy measures of "one enterprise, one policy" for key enterprises. From January to April this year, the city's foreign trade exports were 12.69 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 25.0%, ranking first in the province in terms of growth rate. Among them, exports to ASEAN were 1660 million yuan, with a growth of 32.3%, and exports to the Middle East were 1340 million yuan, with a growth of 56.2%.


The government and enterprises in Lishui have worked together in the same direction, formed synergy in aspects such as overseas Chinese giving back, cross-border e-commerce, joint cost reduction, on-demand assistance, human resources, skillful use of rules, expansion of new tracks, and linkage of cultural tourism publicity, and explored the "eight methods" for breaking through difficulties by "seeking opportunities in crises and breaking through barriers", thus exploring Lishui's practices for the whole province to cope with changes in the external environment.


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The "Tax Housekeeper" team of Lishui Economic Development Zone provides precise and efficient services for enterprises.


It is worth mentioning that our city has made full use of the advantages of overseas Chinese, expanded the channels for supply and demand docking at home and abroad, turned the local warehouses of overseas Chinese into overseas warehouses in our province, integrated global resources and explored the international market, achieving positive progress. By sorting out the "List of Good Products Supplied by Lishui" and the "List of Demands of Overseas Chinese Merchants", the "Good Products of China, Going Overseas from Qingtian" event was held on April 3, facilitating 36 intended cross-border cooperations. Relying on the Qingtian Overseas Chinese Overseas Warehouse Trade Promotion Association and giving play to the role of 119 overseas Chinese overseas warehouses self-built by overseas Chinese in 23 countries and regions such as Spain and Brazil, the cross-border logistics cycle has been effectively shortened.


The relevant person in charge of the Spanish China-Europe Trade Group said that by superimposing the advantages of bonded warehouses and overseas Chinese warehouses, the transit speed of goods has been greatly shortened.


"The government has thought about every detail and also given enterprises confidence in development," the person in charge of Yunhe Chengchuang Precision Machinery told the reporter. The government has given a practical solution to the problem of high energy consumption costs of enterprises - waiving the basic electricity charge. It is estimated that the enterprise can save 460,000 yuan in half a year.


The relevant person in charge of Santian Automobile said that thanks to the coordination of government departments, financial institutions have optimized the handling process and greatly shortened the handling period. The enterprise's "approval for the 30 million yuan equipment renewal and re-loan" has been completed smoothly, effectively relieving the financial pressure.


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The Economic and Commercial Bureau of Songyang County visited the participating enterprises in Songyang to learn about the order situation.


At present, the leaders at the municipal and county levels have led teams to provide on-site services for 33 enterprises and distributed "big gift packages" of enterprise assistance services to more than 120 enterprises.


Foreign trade, as one of the "three carriages" driving economic growth, plays an important role in stabilizing the economy, promoting development and facilitating employment. Our city, in accordance with the work arrangements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, has always grasped the implementation of work in hand and shouldered the responsibility, always thinking, standing and working together with the vast number of enterprises, and making every effort to play a combination punch of work, policies and services. Currently, for enterprises, the precise assistance policy of "one enterprise, one policy" has achieved practical results, and the government's sincerity in wholeheartedly helping enterprises solve practical difficulties is clearly visible. Only when the government and enterprises are united and work hand in hand can we be more firm in our confidence and determination to cope with external challenges, and truly make more contributions to the overall situation of the province with the "stability" and "progress" of Lishui's foreign trade and economic work.