The total import and export volume of foreign trade for the year reached 932.612 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.5% compared with the previous year. Specifically, exports amounted to 498.011 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3%; imports stood at 434.601 billion yuan, a decrease of 13.0%. Specifically, trade with countries jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative amounted to 459.102 billion yuan, a decrease of 6.9%; trade with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries reached 321.296 billion yuan, an increase of 1.8%. Cross-border e-commerce imports and exports amounted to 35.78 billion yuan, an increase of 51.1%.

The total import and export volume of private enterprises for the year reached 456.585 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8% compared with the previous year. Specifically, exports amounted to 293.701 billion yuan, a rise of 11.7%, while imports stood at 162.884 billion yuan, a decrease of 3.5%. Foreign-funded enterprises saw their total import and export volume reach 221.226 billion yuan, a growth of 12.1% year-on-year. Exports from foreign-funded enterprises amounted to 135.407 billion yuan, up by 13.2%, and imports were 85.818 billion yuan, up by 10.3%.

The total import and export volume of general trade for the year reached 687.834 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.8% compared with the previous year. Specifically, exports amounted to 339.409 billion yuan, an increase of 17.9%, while imports stood at 348.425 billion yuan, a decrease of 17.0%.

The total import and export volume with the Taiwan region for the year was 52.102 billion yuan, an increase of 12.0% compared with the previous year. Specifically, exports to the Taiwan region amounted to 25.263 billion yuan, marking a growth of 23.4%; imports from the Taiwan region were 26.839 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9%.

 

Throughout the year, a total of 1,927 foreign-invested enterprises were newly established, with contractual foreign investment amounting to 1.178 billion U.S. dollars, and the actual utilization of foreign investment reaching 1.170 billion US dollars.

 

A total of 225 outbound direct investment projects were registered, with Chinese contractual investment reaching $1.315 billion, an increase of 4.2% compared with the previous year. The total value of foreign contracted labor services reached $13.35 million, a decrease of 18.4%;the turnover was $22.97 million, a decrease of 60.7%; 8,191 personnel were dispatched under overseas labor cooperation projects, and the number of workers abroad at year-end was 8,752.