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From March 5th to 8th, Qu Yuekuan, member of the Standing Committee of Shandong Binzhou Municipal Committee and vice mayor, led a delegation to visit Japan to comprehensively deepen exchanges and cooperation in the fields of economy, trade and investment. Binzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce pointed out that this is the first time that the city has been led by city leaders to carry out economic and trade promotion activities abroad after the adjustment and optimization of national epidemic prevention and control policies, which has released a strong signal that Binzhou will build a new highland for opening up.
According to public information, since the end of 2022, local governments have organized a group to "grab orders from the sea" until March this year.
Binzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce introduced that this trip to Japan is a vivid practice of joint efforts of government and enterprises to solve the most direct and urgent needs of opening up the international market. In the next step, the city will also visit South Korea and Singapore, hold relevant promotion talks, expand the introduction of foreign capital, connect with cross-border e-commerce and overseas exhibition and trade platforms, continue to put the key trick of stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment into practice, and go all out to create a new highland for opening up.
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In addition, on the afternoon of March 4th, the departure hall of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport was led by Henan Provincial Department of Commerce, and 39 foreign trade enterprises from the whole province sent a delegation to Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and other European countries to participate in exhibitions, hold activities, expand the market and grab orders.
The relevant person in charge of the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce said, "This year, we will continue to increase our support for enterprises, and preferably publish the recommended catalogue of international exhibitions to guide enterprises to make good use of the key market ‘ One country, one policy ’ , carry out ‘ Thousands of enterprises exhibit ’ Expand market actions and fully support enterprises to go out and expand the market, protect their shares and seize orders at home and abroad. "
Recently, many places have announced the results of "going out to sea to grab orders".
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On March 5th, the economic and trade exchange delegation to Japan and South Korea organized by Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, including government departments, business representatives and business associations, returned to Foshan smoothly.
According to the Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, during the period, the Foshan Economic and Trade Delegation received orders of over 1.2 billion yuan through participating in exhibitions, visiting large pan-home purchasing institutions in Japan and South Korea, docking large cross-border e-commerce platforms in Japan and South Korea, and holding economic and trade docking and exchange activities in Japan and South Korea. In addition, the Foshan Economic and Trade Mission also successfully docked three intentional investment projects, including Fortune 500 companies, further enhancing the interaction and exchanges between Foshan and Japanese and Korean companies and expanding the path of economic and trade cooperation.
Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce pointed out that "where there is a home, there is a home made in Foshan". As a big manufacturing city, Foshan’s pan-home industry has obvious advantages and there is great room for cooperation with enterprises in Japan, South Korea and other places. In order to help enterprises regain lost time and compete for overseas markets, Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce actively organized enterprises to go to sea to grab orders and expand the market. This is also the concrete action that the Municipal Bureau of Commerce once again went to the forefront to expand the market after going to Shanghai, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Shenzhen and going to Hong Kong to "grab orders" since the Spring Festival this year. Wu Huiying, director of Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that in March and April this year, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will also organize enterprises to go to Southeast Asia and Europe to grab orders and expand markets. I hope that Foshan enterprises will actively seize the opportunity, actively integrate into the global market, resonate with the government on the same frequency, and spell out good performance and a good future.
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On March 7th, the news from Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Commerce said that according to incomplete statistics, by the end of February this year, over 104 Xiamen enterprises had "gone out" to participate in over 16 exhibitions, covering luggage, shoes and clothing, building materials and hardware, maternal and child products, stationery, new energy and other fields. The exhibitors had traveled all over Hong Kong, China, the United States, Britain, Spain and Italy, and the intended orders amounted to 560 million yuan.
According to the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Commerce, in early 2023, Xiamen launched the "Hundred Exhibitions and Thousands of Enterprises Expanding the Market" campaign, vigorously promoting and supporting enterprises to "go global" and grab orders to expand the market. Real money and silver encouraged enterprises to "go global", and the booth fees and personnel expenses subsidies for enterprises participating in overseas exhibitions increased by 20% on the original standard. The Municipal Bureau of Commerce also said that this year, it will continue to accompany Xiamen enterprises to speed up their running, help Xiamen enterprises to "go out" and actually "get back" their orders.
At the same time of "going out to sea", foreign traders also learned about the changes in overseas markets.
For example, "Urban Express" reported on March 9 that some enterprises that have gone abroad have grabbed a lot of orders, while others said, "Only after going out did they find that they could not keep up with the rhythm".
The relevant person in charge of An Peng said: "The foreign trade industry has been reshuffled. Many small and medium-sized enterprises can’t keep up with the pace of products, and they are gradually replaced and eliminated. They must expand market channels and find greater new business opportunities."
The report mentioned that Liu Lei, the founder of Flint Lighting, has been running around the world since January 4th. Some customers who were originally worried about production, delivery and logistics immediately signed the orders that were still under consideration after meeting. However, Liu Lei said frankly: "The orders did get some, but not many, and the small ones were hundreds of thousands of dollars." Liu Lei thinks that one of the reasons why the increase in order volume is not obvious is that there are more competitors, and more importantly, the overseas inflation leads to a smaller market demand.
"I am still very confident that the order volume can slowly return to the level of 2019." Liu Lei said that confidence is more important than gold.
The report also mentioned that Yuhuan Kangyu Copper Co., Ltd. is a foreign trade enterprise that produces all kinds of sanitary bathroom health drainage system products. At the Las Vegas Garden Hardware Exhibition held in early February, Kangyu Copper brought the latest research and development of more than ten kinds of high-end floor drain products, and received more than 3 million yuan in intentional orders.
"At the moment, the orders are all full, enough to produce until April." However, Zhao Kangyu, general manager of Yuhuan Kangyu Copper Co., Ltd. believes that although grabbing orders has indeed brought some results, it has also made them see the current crisis. Going out this time, we found that many old customers put forward many complicated requirements for enterprise production, and they are also trying to solve them. For example, this year, more than 300,000 yuan was invested to purchase a welding robot to improve the machining accuracy and production efficiency.