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24.33 trillion yuan. The reporter learned from the General Administration of Customs that private enterprises have maintained the position of my country's largest foreign trade business entity for six consecutive years. As the "main force" of foreign trade, last year, private enterprises imported and exported 24.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year, and its proportion of my country's total foreign trade value increased to 55.5%.

Private enterprises created "three firsts" in my country's foreign trade field last year

The first first time: 609,000 companies. Last year, the number of private enterprises with import and export performance exceeded 600,000 for the first time, reaching 609,000, continuing to inject new strength into the development of foreign trade.

The second first time, 48.5%. Last year, private enterprises became the largest import and export entities of high-tech products in my country for the first time, with import and export of high-tech products increasing by 12.6%, accounting for 3 percentage points of the total import and export value of similar products in my country to 48.5%.

The third first time, more than 50%. Last year, private enterprises accounted for more than 50% of my country's consumer goods imports for the first time, an increase of 2.8 percentage points year-on-year to 51.3%, of which more than 60% of daily chemical products, fruits and other products were.

The third anniversary of the implementation of RCEP will promote high-quality development of regional economy

This year marks the third anniversary of the entry into force and implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). As the free trade agreement with the largest number of people, largest economic and trade scale and most development potential in the world, in the three years since its effectiveness, trade and investment liberalization and facilitation have continued to advance, forming a new situation of regional cooperation and shared development.

According to customs statistics, in the three years since the implementation of RCEP, my country has accumulated imports and exports to other RCEP members of 38.57 trillion yuan, and the proportion of my country's total import and export volume has remained above 30%. In 2024, my country's imports and exports to other RCEP members were 13.16 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.5% year-on-year, and regional cooperation vitality continued to be released. According to RCEP rules, more than 90% of the products in the region will gradually achieve zero tariffs, greatly promoting trade liberalization and economic integration within the region. In the RCEP area, perishable express cargo can be cleared within 6 hours after arrival, and generally goods are released within 48 hours after arrival, further improving operational efficiency.

As the largest economy in the RCEP region, my country is actively promoting the high-quality implementation of RCEP. In Zhejiang, Ningbo Zhoushan Port opened a new RCEP route to Malaysia in February this year, greatly reducing the logistics costs of enterprises. In recent years, more and more domestic cities such as Qingdao, Guangzhou, Xiamen, and Dalian have added new routes specifically for RCEP member countries, further promoting economic and trade exchanges between my country and RCEP members, and the regional economy is moving towards a new stage of efficient and coordinated development.

The Agricultural Development Bank supports spring farming preparation loans exceeding 100 billion yuan

The reporter learned from the Agricultural Development Bank of China that as of now, the Agricultural Development Bank has invested a total of 104.8 billion yuan in loans to support spring farming preparation. Among them, a total of 77.3 billion yuan of agricultural land loans have been issued to support high-standard farmland and black soil protection and other arable land quality and efficiency improvement projects, and serve to improve grain production capacity.

The financing coordination mechanism for small and micro enterprises has promoted credit grants of more than 10 trillion

The State Administration for Financial Regulation and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly held a meeting to promote the coordination mechanism for financing of small and micro enterprises on February 25. The financing coordination mechanism for small and micro enterprises has achieved phased results since its launch in October last year. All localities have visited more than 50 million business entities such as small and micro enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households, and have a credit of more than 10 trillion yuan. The balance of loan renewal for small and micro enterprises without repayment is nearly 7 trillion yuan. In the next step, all localities should increase their efforts to visit enterprises and follow up and coordinate to solve practical difficulties. At the same time, guide banking institutions to increase resource investment and improve service levels, help enterprises increase orders, expand markets, and enhance their ability and motivation to continue operations.

Shanghai has 57.9 high-value invention patents per 10,000 population

The State Intellectual Property Administration held a regular press conference on February 25 to introduce the relevant situation of Shanghai's acceleration of the construction of an international intellectual property protection highland. In 2024, the number of high-value invention patents owned by Shanghai per 10,000 population reached 57.9, an increase of 15.3% year-on-year; the number of PCT international patent applications was 6,822, an increase of 10.3% year-on-year.

At the press conference, the number of valid registered trademarks in Shanghai reached 2.7893 million in 2024, an increase of 6.7% year-on-year; the number of copyright registrations for works exceeded 450,000, an increase of 9.05% year-on-year. In order to optimize the innovation ecosystem, we will promote the implementation of a number of important functional institutions such as the Shanghai Intellectual Property Protection Center.