The Ministry of Commerce will implement an aggressive import promotion strategy

Recently, the “2011 China Advanced Technology and Equipment Import Forum” was held in Shenzhen. It focused on the implementation of active import promotion strategies for electromechanical products, the expansion of advanced technology equipment imports, and the introduction of digestion, absorption, and innovation. The person in charge of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Industry and Science and Technology of the Ministry of Commerce further elaborated on the subject matter of the forum.

The import and export of machinery and electronic products account for about 60% of China’s total foreign trade volume, and 70% of the increase, which is the main carrier and an important component of China’s foreign trade. It is also a country with strong industrial complementarity and great potential for development in developed and developing countries. Major commodities. In the 10 years since its accession to the WTO, the import value of machinery and electronic products has increased from US$5.65 billion in 1980 to 660.3 billion US dollars in 2010, an increase of 116 times, which has increased the proportion of China’s foreign trade imports from 28.2% to 47.3%, and increased nearly 20 percentage points. . At present, the import market for electromechanical products has expanded to 202 countries and regions. In the next five years, China’s total import volume is expected to exceed US$8 trillion, and imports of mechanical and electrical products are expected to reach around US$4 trillion.

The "12th Five-Year Plan" period is an important period of strategic opportunities for China's economic development. China's opening up to the outside world will focus on export-oriented imports and exports, attracting foreign investment will focus on attracting foreign investment and investing abroad, and shifting from quantity-oriented to quality-oriented. The new stage. The Ministry of Commerce will implement active import promotion strategies with other departments, make full use of both domestic and international markets and resources, and expand the import of international advanced technologies, key equipment and key components, so that imports of mechanical and electrical products will better serve the needs of major trading nations. The transformation of a powerful trade country serves the construction of an innovative country and plays an important role in promoting China's macroeconomic balance and structural adjustment. According to several opinions issued by the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance on the implementation of the proactive import and export strategy for electromechanical products during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, the state will comprehensively use fiscal, taxation, industry, trade, and other policies. The major import policies and industrial policies coordinate and interact with each other to optimize the structure of imported products and promote the innovation of enterprises and the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure.

To implement an active import strategy for electromechanical products, we will adhere to the principle of taking me as the mainstay, taking what I need, and using it for my own purposes. We must grasp the following three basic principles: the principle of combining the market mechanism and policy guidance, and the introduction and digestion and absorption of re-innovation. The principle of integration and the principle of promoting the integration of import and maintenance of industrial safety. Gradually increase the proportion of imports of advanced technologies, key equipment and key components; focus on the import of new generations of strategic emerging industries such as information technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, new energy, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, new energy vehicles, and other key industries. Demand; Promote the proportion structure of investment goods, consumer goods and intermediate goods in import tends to be reasonable; the momentum of rapid growth of trade surplus with major countries and regions has been effectively alleviated.

The Ministry of Commerce and other relevant departments will focus on implementing the active import promotion strategy for electromechanical products in the following four areas: First, optimize the import structure. We will improve current relevant import policies, increase import support for advanced technologies, key equipment and key components, and increase support for the introduction, digestion, and re-innovation. Encourage increased imports from major trade surplus countries. We strongly support the import of key technologies and equipment for strategic emerging industries. The second is to further improve the level of trade facilitation. Reduce import procedures and procedures and increase the efficiency of import clearance. The third is to actively carry out trade promotion activities. Industry chambers of commerce, associations, and import and export chambers of commerce must actively organize enterprises to carry out trade promotion activities to solve the import requirements of enterprises, and in particular to use import requirements to improve the company's international competitiveness. Fourth, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation and improve the bilateral economic and trade cooperation mechanism in high-tech areas. Increased efforts to continue to urge the United States and Europe to relax controls on high-tech exports to China and expand bilateral high-tech trade. Strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and guide enterprises to abide by and use the intellectual property legal system.