CCTV News (News Network): In Shenzhen, there are two private foreign trade companies that make coffee, one makes traditional coffee machines and the other makes robot coffee machines. However, they have become Shenzhen's specialized and specialized enterprises. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the reporter of "Traveling to the Grassroots of the New Year" came to these two companies with different styles.

When the reporter came to this company in Bao'an, Shenzhen, the person in charge Liu Youliang had just received a "New Year's gift".

Liu Youliang told reporters that in 2024, their foreign trade export volume reached more than 22 million US dollars, and this year's orders have been scheduled to be in the second half of the year.

Now, the coffee machines they produce have been sold to 87 countries and regions around the world, and at this time, Liu Youliang, who is full of confidence, once faced the dilemma of life and death of the company. As a traditional foreign trade enterprise, they entered the market with ordinary household coffee machines, and with the changes in customer demand brought about by the market saturation, the enterprise began to lose money year by year.

At an overseas exhibition organized by government departments to attend foreign trade enterprises, Liu Youliang learned about the potential demand for high-end commercial coffee machines in the foreign market.

For three years, the R&D team has focused on core technologies, and the product has transformed from a household coffee machine worth 5000 to a commercial capsule coffee machine worth 10,000 yuan. Today, more than 40 products of different prices hold more than 270 domestic and EU patents, creating more than 200 million yuan in revenue for the company every year.

When he said goodbye to Liu Youliang who hurriedly took his customers to continue his inspection, the reporter came to a young robot coffee machine foreign trade company. It is also a coffee machine, but the name of their company is a robot company. After selecting the flavor and flower shape, the robotic arm began to wave it, and after 90 seconds, a cup of freshly ground coffee appeared in front of me. The cool fully automatic production process allowed Indian merchants who came here for the first time to decisively place an order.

During the interview, we saw that Huang Huang was busy walking with wind. Over the past six years, obsessed with the research on "robot arm", he led a R&D team with an average age of 25 to study the new market applications of robot arm, used visual capture technology, and independently developed the control system. After tens of thousands of improvements and tests, he finally realized the accurate reproduction of coffee lace.

During this period, through the matchmaking of government departments, Huang Huang met a high-tech enterprise. They used big data and other technologies to analyze market trends for foreign trade enterprises and help small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises expand their overseas business in Shanghai.

It's already late at night, and these foreign trade companies are still tirelessly communicating with merchants thousands of miles away, seizing every opportunity and striving for every order. In 2024, Shenzhen's import and export volume exceeded 4 trillion yuan for the first time, an increase of 16.4% year-on-year. Private enterprises are the most important entity driving Shenzhen's foreign trade growth, and their scale has exceeded 70% for the first time. In 2025, they are still resilience and vitality, with hope, and moving forward bravely.