Opening China To The World And Increasing Export Of Shoes By 17.2%

In the first half of 2007, the total value of foreign trade and import and export of the 4 cities of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone Nanning, Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang amounted to US $1 billion 620 million, an increase of 36.6% over the same period in 2006.

Among them, the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone reached 550 million US dollars for ASEAN's imports and exports, an increase of 57.1% over the same period last year.

Since the Sixteen Party Congress, China's policy of opening to the outside world has made remarkable achievements, the level of open economy has been continuously improved, the scale of introducing foreign capital has expanded rapidly, the growth rate of foreign trade has been maintained at 20% for 5 consecutive years, and the total volume of foreign trade has risen to third place in the world, second only to the United States and Germany.

At the same time, China's accession to the WTO has further expanded the scope and development space of China's opening up to the outside world. The trade structure has gradually changed from "quantitative" to "efficiency oriented". The market access restrictions in banking, insurance, securities and other fields have been gradually liberalized, and opening to the outside world has been promoted to a higher level and wider area. The "going global" strategy has achieved new results, and has carried out external economic cooperation in nearly 200 countries and regions. China has gradually entered a new stage of pformation from a major open country to an open and powerful country.

The workers of a shoe manufacturer in Wenzhou are elaborately making leather shoes for export (photo taken in March 27, 2005).

According to the statistics released by the General Administration of customs, the total value of China's foreign trade exports reached US $980 billion 930 million in the first half of 2007, approaching the trillion dollar mark.

Among them, footwear exports totaled $11 billion 960 million, an increase of 17.2% over the same period in 2006.

A foreign cargo ship unloaded at No. 4 berth of Fangchenggang (July 24, 2007).