General Administration of Customs: China's foreign trade import and export scale achieved new breakthroughs in the first half of the year

CCTV News: On July 13th, the State Administration of Foreign Trade held a press conference on the import and export situation in the first half of 2023. Lv Daliang, spokesperson for the General Administration of Customs and Director of the Department of Statistics and Analysis, introduced at the conference that China's foreign trade import and export scale achieved new breakthroughs and structural optimization in the first half of the year, demonstrating strong resilience. At present, the global economic recovery is weak, global trade and investment are slowing down, risks of unilateralism, protectionism, and geopolitics are rising, and the direct impact of weakened foreign demand on China's foreign trade is still ongoing. However, it should also be noted that China's economy has strong resilience, great potential, and abundant vitality. The fundamentals of long-term improvement have not changed. We believe that with the continuous improvement of China's economic operation, more practical and effective measures will be put into effect, and the vitality of foreign trade operators will be further enhanced. We will definitely achieve the goal of promoting stability and quality in import and export.