Exports have been the strongest horse in this year's troika. In the face of increasing uncertainties and unstable factors in foreign trade, how to ensure that the horse continues to run well?

The executive meeting of The State Council held recently stressed that further opening up, do a good job of cross-cycle adjustment, help enterprises, especially support for small, medium and micro enterprises, efforts to ensure orders, stabilize expectations, promote the steady development of foreign trade.

"In terms of stabilizing foreign trade, it is very important to support small and medium-sized enterprises. Stable support for small and medium-sized enterprises' export will also play an important role in stabilizing employment." "Said Su Qingyi, a researcher at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and deputy director of the International Trade Research Office.

China's regular session proposed to further encourage the development of cross-border e-commerce and other new forms of foreign trade. We will set up comprehensive pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce. Cultivate a batch of offshore trade center cities (regions). Increase support for the construction and use of overseas warehouses in a market-oriented manner. We will optimize the list of retail goods imported from cross-border e-commerce and expand the categories of goods imported.

Zhong Huiyong, associate professor at the School of Finance and Economics at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics and deputy director of the Institute of Financial Development, told Thepaper.cn that on one hand, the current form of trade has changed with the development of digital economy, and on the other hand, due to the impact of the epidemic, international trade is encouraged to develop through cross-border e-commerce and other ways.

In terms of encouraging the development of cross-border e-commerce, Li Chunding, professor and director of the Department of Economics and Trade at the College of Economics and Management of China Agricultural University, said that it is necessary to support the liberalization and facilitation of cross-border e-commerce trade, including formulating relevant laws and regulations to promote the development of cross-border e-commerce at multilateral, regional and bilateral levels.

Zhong pointed out that cross-border e-commerce companies still need to increase the training of relevant talents to support the development of their industry.

The state regular session also proposed that in 2022, processing trade enterprises for domestic sales temporarily exempt tax interest.

"When there are problems with external demand, or when China's market share shrinks because other countries have brought the epidemic under control, domestic sales can also help enterprises solve sales problems." Su qingyi said.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will enter into force on January 1, 2022. The REGULAR Session of The State Council proposed to support enterprises to seize the opportunity of the implementation of the agreement, enhance their participation in the international market competitiveness, further enhance the level of trade and investment development, and force domestic industrial upgrading.