Anhui "Belt and Road" import and export Hefei share accounted for more than half

In 2015, Hefei City was listed as a national "Belt and Road" strategic node city, which also provides great convenience for Hefei's export-oriented development. In the first three quarters of this year, Anhui Province's import and export to countries along the "Belt and Road" was 127.91 billion yuan, of which Hefei's share was more than half. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Hefei City will encourage home appliances, automobiles and parts, and photovoltaic industry to "go global".

The province's "Belt and Road" import and export volume of Hefei accounted for more than half

On November 19, a 12-meter Ankai G9 pure electric bus was lined up neatly in the Ankai Bus factory. This batch of pure electric buses was purchased by the local government of Israel and will provide a green and environmentally friendly public transport experience for the local people.

Located between Europe and Asia, Israel has an important position in China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative and has been an important target market for Ankai in the Middle East. Up to now, ANKAI has exported many models to Israel, including the pure electric G9, the high-end bus A9 and the double-decker pure electric bus.

In recent years, along with the "One Belt, One Road" initiative, Hefei enterprises have also gained a good export platform and actively participated in international trade. Today, more and more "Made in Hefei" products are being sold to the world, and help the "One Belt, One Road" construction to develop further. Among them, the performance of Hefei China-European train is particularly eye-catching.

On the evening of November 15, a special train loaded with Anhui local goods of Hefei China-European Express e-commerce train slowly departed from Hefei North Station and finally headed to Hamburg, Germany, which is far away from the other end of Asia and Europe. The departure of this train marked the breakthrough of Hefei CEB train 45 days ahead of last year's full-year volume.

In the first three quarters of this year, Anhui Province's import and export of 127.91 billion yuan to countries along the "Belt and Road", an increase of 34.6% over the same period last year. Among them, exports of 92.88 billion yuan, an increase of 29%; imports of 35.03 billion yuan, an increase of 52.2%. Among them, Hefei City for the "Belt and Road" along the countries (regions) of the total import and export has reached 65.39 billion yuan, an increase of 37.4%.

Seeking to build a "Belt and Road" Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone

Actively integrating into the "Belt and Road" is an important tool to promote the high-quality development of the open economy. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Hefei will make every effort to expand the field of foreign cooperation, build a policy and service system for "Belt and Road" investment and cooperation, and strive to jointly build a "Belt and Road" science and technology innovation cooperation zone and an international technology transfer centre. The city will also strive to establish a "Belt and Road" science and technology innovation zone and an international technology transfer centre.

In late October, the first phase of the Hefei International Inland Port project was officially opened, which, when completed, will help increase the frequency of China-Europe trains in Hefei by 10%. At the 11th Party Congress of the province, "building a national demonstration project for the China-European Liner Consolidation Centre" was listed as a major national development strategy initiative by the provincial government in the 14th Five-Year Plan.

Hefei International Land Port Group said that in the future, Hefei CEB will also continue to play its own advantages to reduce costs and save transportation time for enterprises, to energize Anhui to build a new highland of inland opening, to help build the Yangtze River Delta International Trade Centre, and to Mercedes-Benz towards a bright future of "One Belt, One Road".

At the provincial level, Anhui will build a multi-dimensional, smooth and efficient opening channel to the outside world, creating a strategic pivot point for the integration of the Belt and Road, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Huai River Ecological Economic Belt and the Yangtze River Delta; expanding the connection to the Silk Road Economic Belt, speeding up the construction of a rail transportation and motorway network that radiates the central and western regions and reaches the southeast coast.

At the same time, Anhui will also expand the connection to the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, integrate the Yangtze River and Huai River shoreline resources, improve the land port connection system, deepen cooperation with coastal ports, and open up coastal and East and Southeast Asian sea routes; expand the connection to the Air Silk Road, encrypt the opening of flights along the "Belt and Road", and build an aviation system covering important cities in the world.

Encourage the home appliance, automobile and parts, and photovoltaic industries to "go global"

In terms of deepening international production capacity cooperation along the Belt and Road, Anhui Province has made it clear that it is "encouraging strong and reputable enterprises to go out and expand two-way trade and investment." In this regard, the city of Hefei also has much to offer during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, encouraging industry-advantaged enterprises to expand foreign investment, build overseas economic and trade cooperation zones and major infrastructure, and accelerate the going out of capital, technology, equipment, services and standards.

Home appliances, automobiles and parts, photovoltaic industry ...... Hefei has many advantageous industries, next, Hefei will guide the home appliance industry and Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Russia and other regions to carry out cooperation; guide the automobile and parts industry to develop Latin America, Southeast Asia, West Asia, Eastern Europe and other regional markets; guide the photovoltaic industry and Southeast Asia, Europe, Oceania and other regions to carry out cooperation.

Support the construction of Hefei Import Trade Promotion Innovation Demonstration Zone

Promoting the innovative development of foreign trade will be an important direction for future "Belt and Road" cooperation. Anhui has made it clear that during the 14th Five-Year Plan, it will support the construction of cross-border e-commerce platforms and overseas warehouses, develop cross-border logistics and build a cross-border e-commerce industry chain.

On the one hand, it will speed up the construction of national cross-border e-commerce pilot zones in Hefei, Wuhu and Anqing; in addition, it will support Bengbu, Xuancheng and other cities with conditions to create national cross-border e-commerce retail import pilot and national cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones.

In addition, Anhui will continue to deepen the construction of foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases, and support the construction of national digital service export bases.

To this end, it will support the construction of the pilot service trade innovation development and import trade promotion innovation demonstration zone in Hefei and promote the construction of the pilot market procurement trade mode in Bengbu. At the same time, it will implement the project of cultivating and growing foreign trade entities, accelerate the cultivation and introduction of a number of outward-oriented large projects, and build a number of foreign trade industry clusters with global influence.