In the first quarter of this year, Chengdu achieved a total import and export volume of 174.24 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.7%. What is the main support behind it? “There are three main factors driving the rapid growth of Chengdu’s foreign trade. The first is to implement in-depth measures to stabilize foreign trade, deepen the tracking services of the city’s top 50 key foreign trade companies, and continue to release the production capacity of leading companies. The second is to actively promote the transformation and upgrading of trade in goods and continue to promote cross-border Pilot projects such as border e-commerce, market procurement trade, and second-hand automobile export. The third is to make every effort to promote the innovative development of service trade.” The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce analyzed and believed.

During the Spring Festival holiday this year, Chengdu received 14.476 million people, and the total tourism revenue was 12.76 billion yuan. Chengdu ranks first in the country in terms of the number of tourists and total tourism revenue. At the same time, with the steady development of the Internet, online retail continues to develop steadily, becoming an important driving force for consumption growth. Chengdu organized and carried out the “‘City of Spring, Good Things Presents’ 2021 Tianfu Good Things Online Shopping Festival”, and carried out activities such as “Live Broadcasting with Goods”. In the first quarter, Chengdu realized e-commerce transaction volume of 610.794 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.46%; realized online retail sales of 115.506 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.05%.

On April 26, two China-Europe trains departed from Chengdu International Railway Port and will arrive at two overseas stations in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Felixstowe, UK. Most of the anti-epidemic materials and electronic equipment loaded in it were “made in Chengdu”. They were transported to the farthest city in Europe through the sea-rail combined transport channel for the first time. At the same time, cross-border e-commerce is developing rapidly. Commodities from all over the world can be transported to Chengdu, China, and people all over the world can also buy commodities from Chengdu, China.