The port is the "barometer" for observing economic pulsation.
At the beginning of the new year, good news continues to come from major domestic ports:
The monitoring data from the National Information Center of the National Development and Reform Commission demonstrates the good momentum of my country's container throughput in 2024:
The continued increase in port cargo and container throughput is a reflection of my country's full trade vitality; the frequent operation of transportation vehicles reflects the positive trade situation from another aspect.
The rising data show the resilience and vitality of my country's foreign trade under the complex international situation.
There is both reasonable quantitative growth and effective qualitative improvement. In 2024, my country's foreign trade achieved remarkable results, achieving the "three quantities" of total volume, incremental volume and quality.
In 2024, my country's new products, new business formats and new brands continue to emerge, foreign trade contains "new" volumes, and more new products with high-tech attributes are based on ports as hubs to accelerate their overseas travel.
The Chinese market has provided new opportunities for open cooperation among countries. According to the latest data released by the World Trade Organization, as of the first three quarters of 2024, my country's import growth rate was 1 percentage point higher than the world, and it is expected to continue to maintain its position as the second largest importer throughout the year.
Now, my country has become the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions. The ever-expanding foreign trade "circle of friends" is a vivid proof of our country's unswerving promotion of high-level opening up to the outside world.
In the new year, implementing the deployment requirements of the 2024 Central Economic Work Conference to "stabilize foreign trade", a series of innovative measures will continue to work—
At present, the global economic and trade environment faces more unstable and uncertain factors, but my country's fundamentals with stable economic foundation, many advantages, strong resilience and great potential have never changed. Stabilizing foreign trade with more practical measures and promoting opening up with higher standards will more effectively promote China's economy to ride the wind and waves and move forward bravely.
Planning: Han Jie, Wang Yi
Speaker: Ye Haoming, Zou Duowei
Visual: Liu Ting, Duan Songwei, Ye Haoming
Data support: National Information Center
