With the continuous development of society, trade targets extend from real to virtual, and the market expands from tangible to intangible, constantly enriching and progressing. So what is the trade strength of China's major provinces?
As of May 2022, the ranking of China's top ten trade provinces has been released, namely Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, Sichuan, Henan, Liaoning, Anhui, and Jiangxi. Compared with other traditional indicators, the ranking change of is not that big.
At present, Zhejiang’s trade strength has ranked among the top three provinces in my country. learned from Hangzhou Customs that from January to May 2022, the total import and export volume of Zhejiang Province was 1.83 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.6%.
Among them, Zhejiang’s exports were 1.34 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.4%, and imports were 481.69 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0%. The national shares of import and export, export and import were 11.4%, 15.0% and 6.8% respectively, an increase of 0.9, 1.2 and 0.2 percentage points respectively compared with the same period last year.
During the same period, Zhejiang's exports of high-tech products were 146.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.1%, driving the province's export growth by 3.8 percentage points. Among them, solar cell exports were 34.57 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7 times; mobile phone exports were 4.34 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1 times.
So as my country’s third largest economy, what is Shandong’s trade strength? learned from the Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce that from January to May 2022, the import and export trade volume of Shandong Province was 1.27 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%. Among them, Shandong Province’s exports increased by 26.8% and imports increased by 5.6%.
Although Shandong’s trade growth this year is pretty good, the trade gap with Zhejiang is still quite large. However, Shandong's trade is still working hard and is expected to continue to improve in the future.
Public information shows that in recent years, Shandong has actively cultivated and recognized provincial-level cross-border e-commerce platforms, industrial parks, and public overseas warehouses, supporting companies to build more than overseas warehouses in more than 60 countries and regions, with a total area of 1.3 million. square meters.
The data of China's top ten trade provinces have large regional differences. Although Sichuan ranks sixth, the total trade volume in the first five months is less than 400 billion.
learned from Chengdu Customs that in the first five months of this year, Sichuan’s total import and export value of goods trade was 396.23 billion yuan, ranking 8th in the country in terms of scale, an increase of 16.4% over the same period last year, and ranking 13th in the country in terms of growth rate. Among them, exports were 237.75 billion yuan, an increase of 22.9%; imports were 158.48 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8%.
From the perspective of trade strength, Sichuan has taken the lead in Henan and has become the largest trading province in the central and western regions. From January to May 2022, a total of 5,525 companies actually participated in foreign trade import and export in Sichuan Province, an increase of 628 companies compared with the same period last year. It is worth mentioning that the import and export growth rate of Sichuan's private enterprises reached 54.2%, the proportion increased by 7.9 percentage points, and their contribution rate to Sichuan's foreign trade was as high as 80.2%. They are an important force in promoting the growth of Sichuan's foreign trade.
Four of my country’s central and western regions have been shortlisted for China’s top ten trade provinces, namely Sichuan, Henan, Anhui and Jiangxi. This result also reflects the development potential of my country’s inland areas. So what do you think of this ranking of China’s top ten provinces for trade?
