Creating World Namebrand Product——The Inevitable Approach to Develop China's Clothing-Making Industry

During the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, the output value of the industry increased at a growth rate of 21 percent each year. By the end of the period, its total output, total output value, export volume and export value all ranked first in the world, and China became the world's top clothingmaking and exporting country in the world. In 1996, its exports of clothes were worth US$25 billion——a record figure. Its export value accounted for over 17 percent of the nation's total and clothes constituted the major part of all the commodities exported from China. The number of the countries whose clothes import value from China was more than     

China's Trade Surplus Reache US$177.5 billion

Xie Fuzhan, President of National Bureau of Statistics,announced that the total export and import value of China was US$1,760.7 trillion in 2006, increasing by 23.8% over the previous year, and this rate was 0.6% higher than 2005. Xie Fuzhan introduced, the total export was US$969.1 billion, increasing by 27.2%,     

Textile

Light industry in China,as an important part of national economy,is mainly referred to consumer goods industry. After three decades＇ rapid economic growth, China has grown into a country of abundant light industry production,supplying inexpensive and diversified light industry goods of high quality. In 2007, scaled enterprises in light industry have accomplished the output value to approximately RMB 7604.1 billion and the export value to USS270.3 billion.     

China Eximbank Signed the First Import Credit Frame Agreement to Support the Development of Chinese Civil Aviation Cause

On January 16. 2006, the Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) signed the cooperation agreement to support Shenzhen Airlines Co. Ltd. by using the policy-based finance. The total value was US$1.5 billion, mainly used in the support for the import and export projects of aviation equipment, technological service, etc. This was the first import credit frame agreement that China Eximbank had signed since its establishment.     

Expansion of Machinery Exports

The machine-building industry is one of China's traditional industries and has a broad base in China. Its economic strength occupies one quarter of total Chinese industry. The annual export volume of machinery is US $ 15 billion, 16 percent of the total export volume of China. Though China's machine-building industry has an important position in the overall national economy, the level of its products is not high and its proportion is not much on     

China Textile and Apparel Exp. $51.44 Billion in the First Half Year

Reported by China Customs and the Statistic Center of China Textile Industry . Council, through Jan.-June, 2005., Chinatotal imp. ＆ exp. value of textile and apparel reached US$59.602 billion, increasing 17.82% compared with the same period of last year, and taking up 9.24% of China gross imp.＆ exp. value of foreign trade. Gross export value of textile and apparel in China was up to US$51.436 billion, increasing 20.75% compared with the same period of last year,     

China Aviation Equipment Corporation

Founded in 1980, the China Aviation Equipment Corporation is a national industry and trade import and export company under the jurisdiction of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Its main business includes the import and export of civil aircraft, engines, air-borne equipment and various craft parts and components, all kinds of aviation-related non-ferrous and ferrous metals, chemicals and light industry products. The     

Manufacturing enterprises＇ multipletactics to survive

The National Development and Reform Commission published on September 2 the operational status of the major Chinese industries for July 2008, which shows that the added value of the machinery industry increased by 17.4% year-on-year in the month, with the growth rate dropping by 3.6 percentage points over June, and that its export value rose by 20.9% year-on-year, with the growth rate climbing by 1 percentage point over June. In July, China＇s vehicle output rose by 13.2% year-on-year, with the output of sedans in- creasing by 8%. In addition, the output of environmentally friendly equipment and mediumand large-sized tractors grew by 6% and 4.9% year-on-year respectively, while the output of CNC machine tools and power generation equipment dropped by 7.3% and 37.4% year-on-year respectively.     

Big Brother Has Bigger Say

156 delegates from all walks of life in Guangdong province composed the Guangdong delegation for the NPC this year. The import and export value of Guangdong makes up one-third of national total value, and accoums for one-eighth of national economic growth. Guangdong province has maintained its top spot in import and export value among China＇s many provinces and cities for several years, commonly referred to as ＂Big Brother＂. At the same time, it is the region where the global financial crisis has hit China hardest.     

China Textile ＂Going Out＂- Egypt,Opportunity for China Textile

The global financial crisis has made a huge impact on China export-based enterprises, among which the first affected industry was textile industry. According to the latest reports from China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology （MIIT） issued in November 2008, revealed that profits for the textile industry in China that had increased 36.9% in 2007, and decreased by 0.7% for the same period in 2008. This amounted in a total loss of RMB 22.13 billion, an increase of 97.7%, with the scope of loss reaching up to 20.4%.     

China''''s Shipbuilding Industry in the 21~(st)Century

Looking back to the 20~(st) century, one can see the unprecedented development in the world shipbuilding industry reflected mainly in the drastic increase of the global shipbuilding output, the expansion of shipbuilding scale, and the increase number of shipbuilding nations. Several developing countries were in the list of the leading shipbuilding powers in the world. Since the reform and opening up, China's shipbuilding industry, following the instruction of Comrade Deng Xiao Ping "China should export its ships, and enter the international market", has actively joined the competition in the international shipbuilding market. In the past two decades, China's shipbuilding industry, by means of vitalizing the national industry, has now become a major force in the international shipbuilding market, and a pillar industry for the country's export. Since 1995, as far as the shipbuilding output is concerned, China has     

Trade Performance： Highlights in the Crisis

On January 13, China Customs issued the annual profile of China＇s foreign trade, including import and export, in 2008. According to the Customs statistics, trade volume last year amounted to US$2.562 trillion, a year-on-year growth of 17.8%. In the total amount, value of US$1.42 trillion goes for China＇s export growth, 17.2% up, while the import takes up US$1.13 trillion, 18.5% up. The trade surplus stood at US$295.47 billion in 2008, increased by 12.5% year-on-year, with the net increase value ofUS$32.83 billion.     

Im/Ex in February, 2010：Foreign Trade Continue Recovery Trend

On March 10, 2009, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China released the profile of China foreign trade import and export in February 2010, still huge pickup as shown in the year-on- year statistics. The statistics from customs show that, the total import and export value from January to February in 2010 is US$386.4 billion, increasing 44.8% from 2008. Among the total value, the monthly export reaches US$204.08 billion, 31.4% increase year-on-year, while the yearly import US$182.32 billion,     

China Textile "Going Our"——Egypt, Opporthity for China Textile

The global financial crisis has made a huge impact on China export-based enterprises,among which the first affected industry was textile industry.According to the latest reports from China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued in November 2008,revealed that profits for the textile industry in China that had increased 36.9% in 2007,and decreased by 0.7% for the same period in 2008.This amounted in a total loss of RMB 22.13 billion,an increase of 97.7%,with the scope of loss reaching up to 20.4%.     

英文摘要

The first Chinese duty- free zone was established 20 years ago, and the first export processing zone has now been operating for 10 years. As icons of special customs supervision zones in China, duty-free zones and export processing zones have contributed a lot to China＇s foreign trade. In 2009, the aggregate value of foreign trade in Chinese special customs supervision zones rose to USD 279.43billion, accounting for 12.66 percent of the country＇s annual foreign trade. These special zones brought about a trade surplus of USD 8.75 billion and created 1.21 million new job opportunities in that year.     

China＇s Import and Export of Textiles and Apparel in the Q1

China＇s textile and apparel industry suffered and unprecedented cold market for exports in the first quarter this year,the result of a few factors including;the appreciating RMB, decreasing export rebate rate, expanding influence of the U.S. subprime crisis, increasing costs of production and rising labor cost. The latest statistics, however, show that the textile and apparel exports in March increased by 40-50%,     

China National Textiles I/E Corp Reforms Operational Mechanism

The China National Textiles I/E Corp (Chinatex), one of the foreign trade companies in the country with the biggest import and export value, exported more textiles and expanded its business at home and abroad in 1994, in spite of the shortage of raw materials and the rise in prices. Chinatex's import and export value totalled US$2.718 billion last year, a rise of 43.9% over the previous year. The quality of the exports also improved. The company's Beijing branch exported US$370 million worth of goods, 33.3% more than in the previous year. Its enterprises abroad had a turnover of US$1 billion in 1994.     

Export Decline Leads to a Weaker RMB？

Since the beginning of 2008, rising prices of raw materials, labor cost and RMB value have caused sharply decreased profits of export enterprises in China. And the last straw seems to be the plunging demand in foreign markets which results from the financial crisis. Hit by the dual-shock, a large number of small and medium-sized export enterprises have Closed down. Apparently export as an important driving force for China＇s economic growth is now faced with an unprecedented crisis.     

Im/Ex in March Witnesses Recovery Signal

China＇s import and export in March, 2009 continued to be another month of decreasing trade. On April 10, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China announced the profile of China foreign trade import and export in the first quarter of this year. According to the customs＇ statistics, the total import and export value for March amounted to US$162.02 billion, 20.9% decreasing compared with the same period last year. Among the total value, the export value amounted to US$90.29 billion, down 17.1% year-on-year,     

Canton Fair, New Functions Perform In the New Era——Interview with official of China Foreign Trade Center

Sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (formerly known as the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation), the Chinese Export Commodities Fair, or Canton Fair, is held in April and October every year in Canton city, Guangdong Province. All domestic general import and export companies, as well as their provincial branches, are welcomed to participate. The first Canton Fair was held in the spring of 1957. Many different industries and fields were represented there: rice, cooking oil, food, farming products, textiles, silk, light industry, crafts, the chemical industry, the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, hardware and ore-mining industry, mechanical industry, electrical industry, and non-ferrous metal smelting, to name a few. The Canton Fair has grown substantially over the last fifty years, and now it has earned itself a reputation as "China's No.1 Fair", and as "China's Most Traditional Fair". In October, 2006, Canton Fair is greeting the 100th Anniversary. The fair has made splendid achievements, especially since the early 1980's when the policy of reform and opening-up was implemented. In September, China's Foreign Trade interviewed leaders of China Foreign Trade Center, the undertaker of Canton Fair. By Editor