China Youth Network, on January 13, the State New Office held a series of press conferences on the "high-quality development results of China's economy", and Lu Daliang, director of the Statistical Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that in 2024, the scale of China's foreign trade imports and exports will hit a record high, and a steady stream of new momentum will continue to inject surging power into the development of foreign trade.

Green trade leads the world. China's green products not only enrich the global supply, but also make a great contribution to the global response to climate change and green and low-carbon transition. In the field of green energy, in 2024, China's wind turbine exports increased by 71.9%; Photovoltaic products exported more than 200 billion yuan for four consecutive years; 3.91 billion lithium batteries were exported, a record high. In the field of green transportation, the export volume of railway electric locomotives in China has increased for five consecutive years. Electric motorcycles and bicycles sold well in overseas markets, and the export value exceeded 40 billion yuan for the first time; Exports of electric vehicles exceeded 2 million for the first time.

Digital trade is booming. According to the international classification, digital trade is divided into digital order trade and digital delivery trade, and the customs supervision is mainly digital order trade, which is often said that cross-border e-commerce. According to preliminary statistics, in 2024, China's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports will reach 2.63 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.8%. The potential of cross-border e-commerce in "selling the world" is further released, while the advantages of "buying the world" are also continuing to play.

The high-level open platform plays a significant role in driving the development. The comprehensive free trade zone is a special customs supervision area with the highest degree of openness, the most concentrated preferential policies and the most complete functions. At present, 167 comprehensive free trade zones are distributed in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China, playing an important role in promoting institutional opening and industrial transformation and upgrading. In 2024, the total import and export volume of the comprehensive bonded areas will reach 6.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.7 percent. In other words, the average area the size of a football field contributed more than 100 million yuan in imports and exports.

The pilot free trade zones effectively served as comprehensive test platforms for reform and opening up, with total imports and exports reaching 8.45 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.3%. Steady progress was made in the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, with annual imports and exports reaching 277.65 billion yuan, up by 20%. Since the implementation of the line management policy in Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, at the "first-line" Hengqin port, it can be said that the traffic is heavy and the flow is endless, which effectively promotes the "Qino-Macao integration".