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China will support the orderly opening of cargo airports, and explore and implement trials for transshipment of international containers and consolidation services at key seaports during its 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), said a senior Customs official on Thursday.
Supportive policies and free trade deals will further unlock the growth potential between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and give impetus to the global economy in the coming years, government officials and business leaders said.
By ZHANG YUNBI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-13 07:13 Share CLOSE
Safeguarding core interests underlined as shared mission for the two countries
Leaders, officials and scholars have hailed the mature, unique partnership between Beijing and Moscow that outperforms traditional alliances, helps each other ensure strategic security at their doorsteps and provides support for multilateralism and peace across the globe.
They made the observation as the two countries recently held a series of events to celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary on Friday of the signing of the landmark China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.
Beijing and Moscow extended the treaty last month, with President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin issuing a joint statement officially announcing the extension.
China will further relax market access for foreign capital, expand opening-up
China s foreign trade is expected to reach $5.1 trillion in 2025, and the country will increase its exports and imports with Asian, African and Latin American economies during its 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), according to a plan released by the Ministry of Commerce on Friday.
That plan, regarding China s commercial development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, said the nation will expand the proportion of new forms of foreign trade, such as cross-border e-commerce, from 7 percent in 2020 to 10 percent in 2025 in order to foster new competitive strength.
New business forms and models, particularly cross-border e-commerce, have become a vibrant force driving China s foreign trade. They also represent a substantial trend in the growth of global trade, said Chen Chunjiang, director-general of the ministry s Department of Trade in Services and Commercial Services.