Gansu builds the pluralistic opening platform characteristic agricultural product export to continue the growth trend

A consultation forum on opening up to the west with the help of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference of the five northwest provinces (autonomous regions) was held in Lanzhou from June 15 to 16. Sun Wei, deputy secretary of Gansu Provincial Party Committee, said that in recent years, Gansu has actively deepened international cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation, and opened up more platforms and carriers. Since the beginning of this year, the export of Gansu's featured agricultural products has continued to grow, and 10 featured agricultural products such as astragalus extract and olive oil have achieved "zero breakthrough".

Based on gansu's actual and unique advantages, In recent years, Gansu has built and promoted such opening platforms as the Dunhuang International Cultural and Cultural Fair, the Silk Road International Tourism Festival, the China (Gansu) Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Expo, and the China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair, which have become brand festivals promoting Gansu and Even China to the world, Sun said.

"Lanzhou Land-port logistics hub is listed as one of the first national logistics hubs, Lanzhou New District is approved as the National Foreign trade Transformation and Upgrading Base, Tianshui Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone is approved to be established, and Dunhuang Air Cargo port becomes the second county-level city air port in China..." Sun wei said that Gansu's foreign trade foundation is more solid and has a broader prospect. This year, despite the adverse impact of the epidemic, imports and exports have stabilized and picked up fairly quickly.

According to statistics, the number of international freight trains in gansu increased by more than 50% last year, and the trade volume with countries along the "One Belt And One Road" route accounted for more than half of the province's total foreign trade value.

The import and export value of Foreign trade in Gansu province totaled 22.91 billion yuan in the first eight months of this year, Lanzhou Customs said Thursday. Among them, with vegetables, seeds - based characteristic agricultural exports continued to grow. At present, the export of featured agricultural products has reached 1.14 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 15.8%.

As an important passage and hub of the Silk Road Economic Belt, the traditional agricultural province Of Gansu has diverse climate, sufficient sunlight, large temperature difference between day and night, little environmental pollution, and excellent agricultural products. At present, six major industries have been developed, including forest fruits, vegetables, Chinese medicinal materials, herbivorous animals, potatoes, and seed production of corn.