The import and export of national economic development zones increased by 7.6%

In the first three quarters of this year, 219 national economic development zones achieved a total import and export volume of 4.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%, accounting for 19.2% of the total national import and export volume in the same period, an increase of 0.6 percentage points. The actual use of foreign investment and the reinvestment of foreign-funded enterprises reached US $37.2 billion, an increase of 3% year on year. In May this year, the State Council determined the development direction of "three innovations and two improvements" in the national economic and Technological Development Zone, Gao Feng, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said at a regular press conference on May 28. Some national economic development zones actively carry out relevant exploration and practice. For example, Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone has promoted high-quality foreign capital concentration, and has settled 3400 foreign-funded enterprises, including 192 of the world's top 500 enterprises. Jiangning Economic Development Zone actively expands innovation resources abroad and establishes overseas collaborative innovation center. Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone has promoted the reform of legal institutions, and carried out beneficial exploration in administrative management system, organizational model, employment mechanism, performance evaluation, etc. " We will work with relevant departments and localities to advance all work, promote the high-level opening up and high-quality development of national economic development zones, and build them into a new highland of reform and opening up. " Gaofeng said that the next step will be to promote the transformation and upgrading of national economic development zones from four aspects: building a high-level open platform, improving technological innovation capacity and industrial competitiveness, promoting institutional reform, and establishing and improving working mechanisms.