According to the WeChat official account "Customs Release," on April 15, the General Administration of Customs held a symposium with import and export enterprises and industry associations. Leaders including Sun Meijun, Lv Weihong, Wu Haiping, Zhao Zenglian, and Zhang Baofeng attended the meeting.
At the meeting, representatives from import and export enterprises and industry associations introduced the production and operation status of their enterprises and industries, as well as efforts to stabilize orders and expand markets. They also proposed policy measures and suggestions. All participants unanimously expressed their firm support for the country's countermeasures against the United States, demonstrating determination and confidence to overcome difficulties, respond to impacts, dynamically adjust business strategies, turn challenges into opportunities, and achieve greater and better development.
Sun Meijun engaged in in-depth communication with the participants. She stated that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core, the economy has started smoothly, with the scale and quality of foreign trade imports and exports growing in Q1. She encouraged entrepreneurs to remain confident, face challenges head-on, think globally, seek breakthroughs, further optimize industrial layouts, diversify markets, accelerate product transformation and upgrading, explore new trade channels and methods, and leverage both domestic and international markets to address external uncertainties with their own development certainty. Customs will focus on improving the level of customs clearance facilitation, strengthening policy supply, optimizing the business environment, innovating regulatory systems, promoting open cooperation, and supporting enterprises in going global. Regular communication between customs and enterprises will be enhanced, integrating supervision into services to help enterprises solve problems, overcome difficulties, stabilize orders, expand markets, and further promote the stable development of foreign trade.
The Chief Inspector of the General Administration of Customs and responsible officials from relevant departments and units attended the meeting.