Keeping the epidemic prevention gates in an orderly manner to promote the healthy development of imported food trade

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Imported food market expands rapidly

In recent years, China's imported food market has expanded rapidly

"With the continuous development of China's economy, the increase in residents' income and consumption upgrades have become the main driving forces for the growth of imported consumption

Favorable policies have been implemented one after another, and cross-border e-commerce has risen rapidly.

In addition, the consumption power of young groups who are easy to accept new things and love "exotic products" is gradually increasing, and the trend of individualization, diversification and quality of consumption is becoming more and more obvious, which also causes the consumption of imported food to grow rapidly

Facilitate import trade

Expanding imports can guide the return of consumption, and can also promote domestic industrial upgrading, optimize the supply structure, and accelerate the pace of consumption upgrading

All localities are also actively promoting the healthy development of import trade, and have written "expanding imports" into their 2022 work plans

As a mega city, a traffic city, and a port city, Shanghai proposes to speed up the construction of an international consumption center city, promote the "optimized import and export" of foreign trade, and actively build Hongqiao and Waigaoqiao import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones; Jiangsu proposes to enlarge the China International Import Expo " Spillover effect”, expanding the import of high-quality consumer goods; Anhui proposed to expand the foreign trade market, deepen economic and trade cooperation with “Belt and Road” countries, expand the import and export of goods to RCEP member countries, and promote the construction of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones in Hefei, Wuhu and Anqing; Guangdong A number of import distribution centers will be built to expand the import scale of industrial intermediate products, bulk commodities, and high-quality consumer goods, and to accelerate the construction of Guangzhou Nansha Import Trade Promotion Innovation Demonstration Zone; Guangxi proposes to develop e-commerce demonstration bases and accelerate the construction of Nanning and Chongzuo cross-border E-commerce comprehensive pilot zone and Fangchenggang, Beihai, Qinzhou, Liuzhou cross-border e-commerce retail import pilot cities; Sichuan proposed to promote the innovative development of foreign trade, carry out the "Foreign Trade Import Year" action, and strive to create China (Sichuan) green trade demonstration zone and trade new The province is the first to develop business formats, build a “Belt and Road” import and export commodity distribution center, and vigorously develop new foreign trade formats and models such as cross-border e-commerce, market procurement, and bonded remanufacturing; Tibet focuses on accelerating the development of border trade logistics industry, and proposes to build more than 2 Cold chain logistics distribution center, build an integrated network of urban and rural commerce and trade, promote the construction of border trade areas, border trade markets and border trade points, implement the processing of imported goods in border trade, and achieve double growth of border trade and import and export trade; Shaanxi will rely on Xi'an International Platforms such as port stations, comprehensive insurance zones, and cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones will gather a group of leading e-commerce companies, processing companies, R&D organizations, financial institutions, and functional headquarters to build a national-level import trade promotion innovation demonstration zone.

"Expanding imports not only increases the supply of high-quality consumer goods, but also complements and promotes each other with the domestic consumer market

Establish an efficient safety supervision system

To promote the healthy development of imported food trade, especially when the global epidemic situation is still severe, it is very important to ensure safety

Recently, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Shandong, Hebei and other places have successively launched special campaigns to investigate the risks of imported food

Recently, Shandong shut down 22 imported cold chain food enterprises in 16 cities for rectification, most of which were not using the "Shandong Cold Chain Food Epidemic Prevention and Control Management System"

At the same time, the centralized supervision warehouses in various places are also accelerating the construction

　　Professor Wei Hao from the School of Economics and Business Administration of Beijing Normal University said that the supervision of imported cold chain not only involves a wide range but also is very complex.

　　(Comprehensive arrangement by Gu Yufei)

"China Food News" (February 18, 2022 Edition 01)

　　(Editor-in-charge: Gu Yufei)