How to stabilize foreign trade foreign capital basic dish? Li Keqiang holds

　　When Premier Li Keqiang presided over a symposium on stabilizing foreign trade in Zhongnanhai Conference Room 1 of the State Council, the heads of the six foreign trade enterprises invited to attend the symposium held a video conversation with the Premier in their respective factories.

　　"We are having a symposium and a video conference today." Li stressed.

　　At the meeting, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs reported the current foreign trade situation and the next work consideration. Leaders of Galanz, Orient International, Neusoft Group, Allstate, Executive Information, Jiayi Zhiyou and other enterprises talked about the production, operation, import and export of the enterprises through video connection in combination with their respective fields of home appliances, clothing, medical equipment, furniture, cross-border e-commerce platform and motorcycles.

　　"What are the changes and trends in business orders?" "Are there any layoffs?" "Can supply chains be secured?" After each head of the company spoke, the Prime minister inquired in detail and got their views on the next market situation and Suggestions on national policies.

　　Li said that China's economy has been deeply integrated into the world economy. In the context of the coVID-19 pandemic and the severe recession in the world economy, how to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment requires close coordination and careful study of countermeasures.

　　He asked relevant departments to carefully study the problems and Suggestions reflected by enterprises and take measures to support them to tide over the difficulties.

　　Stabilizing the basic disk of foreign trade and foreign investment is crucial to stabilizing the overall situation of economic operation and employment

　　"China's foreign trade has directly or indirectly created more than 180 million jobs, and stabilizing the basic foreign trade and foreign investment is crucial to stabilizing the overall economic operation and employment." Li Stressed at the meeting.

　　The Premier said that since the beginning of this year, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, local authorities have actively and orderly promoted the resumption of work and production while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, and introduced a series of targeted policies, which have helped stabilize foreign trade in recent months.

　　"However, we must be aware that the epidemic is still spreading around the world, the world economy is in a serious recession, China's economy has been deeply integrated into the world economy, and the foreign trade environment for the next step is still severe and complex. We must fully assess and prepare for this." "We should be prepared for the most difficult tasks, but at the same time we should strive for the best," Mr. Li said.

　　He demanded that changes in the foreign trade situation should be viewed from the perspective of ensuring the employment of residents, ensuring the basic livelihood of the people and ensuring market players, and that special attention should be paid to changes in key foreign trade industries.

　　"In accordance with the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, we will focus on ensuring" six stability "and" six guarantees ", strengthen confidence, actively respond to difficulties and challenges, strive to open up to a higher level, innovate ways of conducting foreign trade, promote stability and quality of foreign trade, and provide support for ensuring employment and maintaining economic stability." The prime minister said.

　　We will increase support to ensure the survival of small, medium-sized and labor-intensive enterprises, and help large, key foreign trade enterprises to solve their problems

　　In accordance with the requirements of ensuring employment, ensuring people's livelihood and ensuring market entities, We will promptly implement the policies for assisting enterprises as set forth in the government's work report, and, while actively expanding domestic demand, study and introduce new measures to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment to stabilize the basic market for foreign trade and foreign investment.

　　"In particular, we need to step up support to protect micro, small and labour-intensive enterprises, and help large backbone foreign trade enterprises to solve problems and better support employment stability." The prime minister said.

　　Li pointed out that China's manufacturing industry, such as textiles, luggage, plastic products and other labor-intensive industries account for a large proportion, and the export decline of these industries will have a direct impact on employment. However, large backbone foreign trade enterprises drive more exports, which is of great significance to ensuring employment and people's livelihood.

　　"We need to study and introduce more targeted measures to ease the pressure on enterprises, such as the burden of taxes and fees and rising labor costs, so as to ensure that enterprises keep their jobs stable and not lay off workers, and ensure that employment is guaranteed." The prime minister said.

　　He demanded to improve the way of export tax rebates and speed up the progress of tax rebates. We will guide financial institutions to strengthen financing support such as credit, credit guarantee and guarantee to ease liquidity difficulties of foreign trade enterprises. We will continue to tap the potential of customs clearance facilitation reform and improve services for foreign trade enterprises. We will make overall plans for epidemic prevention and control, stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, strengthen communication and coordination with relevant countries, unblock international freight corridors, and open more "fast channels" to facilitate business exchanges. We will encourage foreign trade enterprises to transform and upgrade, improve the quality and added value of their export products, accelerate the development of new forms and models of foreign trade such as cross-border e-commerce and online trading, encourage and guide diversified investment in the construction of overseas warehouses, increase support for foreign trade service platforms that drive the export of small and medium-sized enterprises, and foster new growth areas for foreign trade.

　　"Local governments should not only put relevant policies in place, but also further tap the potential and space of relevant policies in line with local conditions and timely improve measures to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment," he said. "We will encourage foreign trade companies to participate more deeply in international competition and cooperation, so as to raise the level and quality of products and services in the domestic market," Li said.

　　We will continue to open wider to the outside world and unswervingly introduce more measures to expand opening-up

　　"As a result of the epidemic, trade protectionism is on the rise. But the world economy is inextricably intertwined." "We will continue to open wider to the outside world, unswervingly introduce more measures to open wider to the outside world, and make China a hot destination for more foreign investment," Mr. Li said.

　　The premier called for promoting international cooperation in multiple fields and at multiple levels. While opening up the manufacturing sector, the service sector, especially the high-end service sector, should be further opened up, and a market-oriented, law-based and internationalized business environment should be further created. Policies to encourage and attract foreign investment should be improved. At the same time, the central and western regions and the northeast should be more attractive to undertake industrial transfer. Make greater efforts to maintain the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain.

　　"We should fully rely on market forces, and the government should play a leading role in maintaining the stability of foreign trade and foreign investment," Li said. The premier said, "if we achieve the 'six guarantees' and then achieve the' six stability ', we will be able to achieve the goals and tasks of China's economic and social development."