The Information Office of the State Council held a press conference at the press conference hall of the State Council Information Office at 10 am on April 13, 2015. Huang Yuping, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs, introduced the import and export situation in the first quarter of 2015 and answered questions from reporters.
Huang Yiping introduced the situation of bilateral trade in some countries along the line. He said that on March 28 this year, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "Promoting the Construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Silk Road." Vision and Action, on the same day at the opening ceremony of the 2015 Boao Forum for Asia, President Xi Jinping revealed that more than 60 countries and international organizations along the line have expressed a positive attitude towards participating in the construction of the Belt and Road. After preliminary calculations, the import and export value of China and the countries and regions along the “Belt and Road†in the first quarter of this year was about 1.45 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 1/4 of China’s total foreign trade value during the same period. The speed is over 10%, which is 5.5 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of exports during the same period. This is a basic situation.
The Customs will also take more measures this year to support the development of the “Belt and Road Initiativeâ€. The construction of the “Belt and Road†is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee to take care of the overall situation and conform to the general trend. President Xi Jinping proposed to strengthen policy communication, facility connectivity, smooth trade, financial resources, and people's hearts. Customs services for economic development will actively carry out cooperation with customs in the countries along the line in the field of interconnection and intercommunication, and act as a “first move†to promote the promotion.
Huang Yuping said that in 2015, the Customs will focus on the following tasks in the construction of the “Belt and Roadâ€, including the “One Belt and One Road†Customs High-level Forum series, the establishment of a China-EU channel customs clearance coordination mechanism, and the strengthening of cooperation agreements with customs along the line. Sexual arrangements will promote mutual recognition and cooperation with certified customs operators along the line, assist the open development of border crossing ports, support the construction of the “Belt and Road†core area, and establish a “three mutual†exchange and sharing service platform.
In addition, Huang Yiping also introduced that in support of regional development, we will implement regional integration reforms across the country in May this year. In terms of regional customs clearance, we have connected the various regions, and now we are about to complete customs clearance in five regions. Integrated supervision. We will provide a more convenient customs clearance environment for the development of various regions, reduce the cost of customs clearance for enterprises, and promote regional economic and trade development.