Along the "One Belt And One Road" line, the "hot ground" for foreign trade in shaanxi and gansu provinces

"One Belt And One Road" along the line to become the two provinces of shaanxi and gansu foreign trade "hot ground". Officials in Gansu have said they will support cross-border e-commerce companies in setting up "overseas warehouses" in countries along the Silk Road to help "sweet" agricultural products reach diners' tables. In the first seven months of this year, shaanxi's imports and exports with One Belt And One Road countries along the belt and road reached 34.5 billion yuan, an increase of 34 percent over the same period last year.

Deputy director of gansu's department of commerce, ren fukang, said in lanzhou on Monday that gansu will give priority to supporting cross-border e-commerce logistics, platforms or trading enterprises to build "overseas warehouses" in countries along the "One Belt And One Road" to improve their level of intelligence, information and localization. Gansu traditional Chinese medicine, agricultural products and other products suitable for cross-border e-commerce export featured advantages, "electric shock" transformation to expand overseas markets.

Officials in Gansu held a press conference to promote the construction of the China (Tianshui) Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone, which is the second comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce in Gansu after Lanzhou.

Wang Xiaojuan, vice mayor of Tianshui, told China News Service that the city has abundant agricultural products, such as apples, peaches, cherries and peppers, and has a good industrial foundation for cross-border e-commerce. The turnover of e-commerce in Tianshui reached 5.13 billion yuan in 2019, and the import and export value reached 1.94 billion yuan in the first half of 2020.

In July this year, 23 trucks carrying 660 tons of Tianshui apples and apple juice set off from Tianshui for the United States, Japan, Canada, Nepal, Thailand and other countries to help special agricultural products enter the international market.

On the same day, xi 'an customs learned that the economic and trade cooperation between shaanxi and the countries along the "One Belt And One Road" has maintained a strong momentum of development. In the first seven months of this year, the import and export between shaanxi and the countries along the "One Belt And One Road" has reached 34.5 billion yuan, an increase of 34 percent over the same period last year, accounting for 16.3 percent of the total import and export value of the province in the same period.

It is reported that import and export between Shaanxi and its major trading partners, such as The Republic of Korea, ASEAN and the European Union, continued to grow. From January to July, imports and exports between Shaanxi and South Korea totaled 50.91 billion yuan, up 30.1 percent from the same period last year. Imports and exports with ASEAN reached 22.65 billion yuan, an increase of 65.6% over the same period last year. Imports and exports with the EU reached 22.29 billion yuan, up 9.4% over the same period last year.

In addition, Shaanxi's exports of agricultural products, textiles and pharmaceuticals grew rapidly. From January to July, textile exports, including masks, reached 1.8 billion yuan, an increase of 75.2 percent over the same period last year. The export of medicinal materials and drugs reached 510 million yuan, an increase of 24.8% over the same period last year. The export of medical instruments and devices reached 370 million yuan, an increase of 2.3 times over the same period last year.