In the first half of this year, China's total import and export value of trade in goods 19.8 trillion yuan. Among them, the import and export of private enterprises 9.82 trillion yuan, accounting for the proportion of the total value of the country's foreign trade rose 1.9 percentage points to 49.6% over the same period last year.


  Zhejiang Transfar Synthetic Materials Company General Manager Wang Changyin told reporters that the company actively develop new products, explore new markets, the first half of this year, sales of rare earth paraben rubber increased 347% year-on-year. "Under the epidemic, it is not easy to keep the export volume increasing year by year, and lower foreign demand, higher shipping costs and container shortage are all tests."


  "Affected by the epidemic, some foreign trade private enterprises are facing order cancellation, underemployment and stagnant goods in port. Factors such as rising raw material prices and high logistics costs have further compressed the profit margins of enterprises." Qi Guanjun, assistant researcher at the Foreign Trade Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce's Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said. In the severe external environment, private enterprises to overcome difficulties, showing a strong resilience.


  From the growth rate, the first half of this year, private enterprises import and export growth of 13.6%, 4.2 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate, pulling China's foreign trade growth of 6.5 percentage points; from the product structure, the first half of the private sector exports of mechanical and electrical products grew 15.3%, 6.7 percentage points higher than the national growth rate of exports of mechanical and electrical products, agricultural products, basic organic chemicals, medical materials and pharmaceutical imports are higher than National import growth rate of similar products; from the market development, private enterprises in the first half of ASEAN, Latin America, Central Asia, five countries import and export growth of 20.5%, 16.4%, 53.3%, the growth rate are higher than the overall national level.


  "From the development trend, private enterprises on the 'Belt and Road' along the national market expansion has made great progress, become the 'go out' force." Qi Guanjun said that private enterprises continue to optimize the structure of export commodities, from the low end of the value chain to the high-end, from traditional industries to the expansion of emerging industries, from mainly engaged in OEM production to focus on cultivating independent brand promotion.


  Where does the resilience of private foreign trade enterprises come from? According to Li Zhiqi, Vice Chairman of Beijing Federation of Industry and Commerce and Chairman of Zhenxing International Think Tank, private enterprises are highly sensitive to the market and can give full play to the advantage of "small boat is good to turn around" with the support of national policies, so that they can quickly make adjustments to the market situation and maintain their competitiveness.


  Actively develop new products. Ltd. in the first half of this year to overcome technical difficulties, the introduction of environmentally friendly degradable polylactic acid fabrics and knitted anti-cut fabrics. "We work hard on technology research and development according to market demand, strengthen innovation in the application of fabrics and accessories, and improve the competitiveness of our products to meet the challenges brought by external uncertainties." Lu Biao, chairman of the company, said.


  Timely adjustment of business model. While achieving technological breakthroughs to develop new products, Zhejiang Transfar Synthetic Material Company dynamically adjusts its business model of receiving orders according to the epidemic situation at home and abroad. In the case of full production, it solved the problem of product expansion and achieved smooth operation.




  Take the initiative to try digital transformation and upgrade. "Digitalization has created conditions for the emergence of new international trade patterns. We found in our research that many foreign trade enterprises use digital tools to drive enterprise development, improve productivity, optimize resource allocation, control production costs and enhance enterprise competitiveness through intelligent transformation of production equipment and supply chain management." Li Zhiqi said.


  Private enterprises continue to improve foreign trade, in addition to their own solid competitiveness, but also thanks to the implementation of a series of foreign trade stabilization policies.


  The General Office of the State Council released in May "on the promotion of foreign trade to maintain stability and improve the quality of opinions" put forward 13 policy measures to help foreign trade enterprises to cope with the difficult challenges.


  In order to speed up the restoration of foreign trade market vitality, many places to establish foreign trade enterprises "white list" system, in the customs clearance of goods, financing and loans, resume work and production, recruitment and employment to focus on protection.


  With the stabilization of the economic package of policy measures on the ground to take effect, foreign trade to ensure the stability of the quality of the work to speed up the vitality of foreign trade market players effectively stimulate. In the first half of this year, China's import and export performance of foreign trade enterprises increased by 5.5% year-on-year, of which, the number of private enterprises increased by 6.9%, reaching 425,000, outperforming the overall.


  At present, the international environment is more complex and severe, foreign trade development is still facing some unstable and uncertain factors. "For private enterprises, to enhance the sense of worry, can not blindly expand production capacity, rather than the pursuit of order growth, the pursuit of profit growth. You can reduce the risk by collecting deposits, advance payments, etc. At the same time, reduce the highly customized product orders, the standard, more compatible products as the main export direction." Li Zhiqi said.


  Qi Guanjun suggested that the government level should continue to implement policies to reduce taxes and fees to ease the pressure of rising costs on enterprises; guide private enterprises to make reasonable use of exchange rate hedging tools to improve their ability to cope with exchange rate risks; and make full use of financial technology technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to improve the accuracy of financial institutions in supporting private enterprises.


  "With private enterprises in the transformation and upgrading, domestic and foreign trade integration and other aspects of active exploration, enterprising, its status as the first major foreign trade will be further consolidated." Qi Guanjun said.


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