State Council Information Office: China actively promotes the green development of foreign trade

Nowadays, greening has become a new driving force and trend for the development of foreign trade. In terms of promoting the green development of trade, China's foreign trade enterprises have been at the forefront of global carbon emission reduction practices, and actively promote the transformation of green and low-carbon concepts into products and services.

This afternoon, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the business operation and work in the first quarter of 2024. Li Xingqian, director of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, said at the press conference that China's export structure has been optimized and upgraded. From the perspective of product structure, the export momentum of high-tech, high-value-added, and green and low-carbon transformation products is good.

"We see that a large number of Chinese foreign trade enterprises are focusing on improving their independent research and development capabilities, promoting digital, intelligent and green transformation, and are forming the innovation advantages of China's manufacturing industry. Li Xingqian said.

At present, China's foreign trade enterprises in the design and research and development process, according to the green design product standards, carry out green product evaluation and certification, highlight product emission reduction, low carbon, recycling, and in the raw material procurement process, recyclable resources, degradable materials have been more used in foreign trade products. In the logistics and warehousing sector, more and more enterprises are now using new energy heavy trucks and ships for transportation, reducing carbon emissions in foreign trade transportation and delivery.

In the production and manufacturing process, Chinese enterprises are actively participating in the trading of green electricity and green certificates, strengthening the management of energy conservation and carbon reduction, carrying out process transformation, and reducing the carbon footprint of foreign trade products. For example, in the first quarter of this year, Zhejiang Province's green certificate transactions were equivalent to 5.94 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.

Li Xingqian said that in the field of green development, the Ministry of Commerce will do a good job in four aspects: "grasping popularization", "building a platform", "promoting demonstration" and "promoting cooperation". It includes conducting training, explaining rules, and interpreting policies for enterprises, so as to enhance the awareness and development ability of green and low-carbon development of foreign trade enterprises. At the same time, it is necessary to select and publish typical cases nationwide and popularize experience and practices. In terms of "promoting cooperation", it is necessary to strengthen communication and consultation through multilateral and bilateral channels to expand the market space for green products.