Since the reform and opening up, China's foreign trade and economic cooperation has developed at a high speed, with rapid growth year after year. In 2005, the total import and export value of China reached 654.38+0.2 trillion US dollars. Its ranking in world trade has risen from the fifth place in 2002 to the fourth place at present, and its position as a big trading country has been further consolidated. In 2005, Guangdong's import and export trade reached more than 400 billion US dollars, accounting for more than one-third of the country's total import and export value.
According to the statistics of China Customs Association, by the end of 200 1, there were 545 professional customs declaration enterprises, 277 customs declaration agents and 65438 registered customs declarers. In 200 1 year, these customs declaration enterprises and customs declarers undertook the import and export declaration of19.65 million customs declarations at 394 import and export ports across the country.
Because Guangdong's foreign trade import and export volume accounts for more than one third of the country, it is also the largest number of related companies with foreign trade management rights in Guangdong, with nearly 100,000 state-owned, collective, foreign-funded and private enterprises; In addition, Guangdong is also the region that attracts the most foreign investment, and the number of enterprises indirectly engaged in import and export trade is huge. There are also a large number of enterprises engaged in foreign trade and economic cooperation such as transportation, warehousing, consulting services, accounting and law.
There are about 6,543,800 foreign trade export companies in China, and each company has at least 6,543,800 foreign trade professionals, so by the end of last year, there were at least 6,543,800 foreign trade professionals in China. According to the estimation of China's current foreign trade export volume, the number of companies with foreign trade management rights will double in the next five years, and it is conservatively estimated that there will be more than 360,000 companies with foreign trade import and export rights in China by then. According to the average proportion of talents in China's existing foreign trade export companies, China needs at least 6,543,800 foreign trade professionals.
According to the forecast of China Customs Association, by 2008, the total value of domestic and foreign trade will reach US$ 5.37 trillion, and 300,000 customs declarers are needed to declare import and export trade.
Judging from the local demand, Guangdong and other coastal open provinces have a strong demand for customs declaration talents. Besides. The import and export volume of processing trade in Shanghai, Shandong, Fujian, Tianjin and Liaoning are all above $654.38+000 billion, and there are about 654.38+million customs declarers.
In the next 3-5 years, according to 30% of the foreign trade professionals who need to be increased, about 500,000-600,000 graduates with bachelor's degree or above will be needed. In addition, a considerable number of on-the-job personnel have failed to obtain the corresponding undergraduate education and qualification certificates, so the student and job market is huge.
According to the forecast of China Customs Association, the demand for customs declarers in Guangdong Province in 2008 is about 50,000. Through the investigation of relevant universities, talent market and various media, the demand for talents in this major has the following four aspects: first, the salesmen of foreign trade companies are export clerks; The second is customs declarant; Third, the international settlement personnel of companies and enterprises with international business; Fourth, the business personnel of other international economic and technological cooperation enterprises. Through the communication with professional members, it is found that the business personnel of foreign trade companies need generalists at present, that is, to master the relevant knowledge of the whole process of foreign business negotiation, quotation (including the calculation of related expenses such as warehousing, transportation and insurance), contract signing and performance. Related demand positions include transportation, warehousing, cargo insurance, etc. Customs declaration is relatively simple, that is, customs declaration or customs declaration assistant. Posts related to international settlement personnel include international settlement, documentary, certificate examination, document preparation and financing under foreign exchange settlement. In fact, as a liberal arts student majoring in international economy and trade, companies and enterprises in the domestic and foreign trade fields can find jobs.
After China's entry into WTO, the international economic and trade industry is one of the industries with the greatest growth potential in China at present, with an average growth rate of double digits in the past 20 years. As the vanguard of the national reform plan, Guangdong's total foreign trade and economic cooperation has always accounted for one-third of the country. Coupled with the implementation of CEPA, the advantages of Hong Kong and Macao in the field of service trade and the coordinated development of the Pan-Pearl River Delta "9+2" region, the demand for international economic and trade senior talents will surge. This major trains students to have solid knowledge of economic management theory, foreign economic and trade theory, strong computer and office automation equipment operation skills, information processing and communication skills, oral English communication skills, be able to skillfully use international economic and trade-related technologies, conduct related business operations independently, and have strong written expression and interpersonal communication skills to meet the needs of international economic and trade work in the modern information society. After graduation, most students in this major can work in professional foreign trade companies, import and export departments of enterprises or import and export companies, foreign-related enterprises, international business departments of banks, customs and customs declaration enterprises, and economic policy research institutions.
Guangdong Baiyun University was upgraded to an undergraduate college in 2005 and began enrolling students in the autumn of that year. The teaching staff of international economics and trade major has a reasonable structure and rich experience in teaching management, and the employment rate of previous graduates has been stable at around 98%. Practical teaching conditions are perfect, with both on-campus training rooms and off-campus practice bases. At present, the college has e-commerce training room and international loan simulation business training room, as well as international trade simulation EDI training room, futures foreign exchange trading training room, simulation document system software and so on. In addition, Baiyun College has more than 1000 cooperative enterprises in the Pearl River Delta, which can be used as internship bases for students of this major.