Summary of the city’s business work in 2014 and work ideas for 2015

In 2014, under the correct leadership of the municipal party committee and the city government, the city’s business system closely focused on “stabilizing growth and adjusting structure With the main theme of ", Promoting Transformation", we pioneered and innovated and paid close attention to implementation, and the city's business achieved steady development.

1. Basic situation

(1) Strong social consumption demand

In 2014, the city’s total retail sales of consumer goods was 100.335 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.6. The overall growth rate of traditional consumption sectors such as wholesale industry, retail industry, and catering industry remained stable, with increases of 20.1, 10.9, and 7.9 respectively. The popularity of automobile consumption continues to heat up, and the city's automobile retail sales reached 9.929 billion yuan, an increase of 24.6%. The demand for basic living consumption has accelerated. The city's retail sales of basic living commodities increased by 41.69%, accounting for 12.17% of the retail sales above designated size.

(2) Steady growth in foreign trade exports

The city’s total import and export volume was US$20.375 billion, breaking through the US$20 billion mark for the first time, setting a record high for five consecutive years, with an increase of 3.25%. Among them, exports were US$15.088 billion, exceeding the US$15 billion mark for the first time, an increase of 7.77%; imports were US$5.287 billion, a decrease of 7.78%.

The trade structure was further optimized. Exports of mechanical and electrical products increased by 8.39%, accounting for 57.16% of the city's total exports from 53.20% in the previous year. The export of high-tech products increased by 20.12%, 12.35 percentage points higher than the city's export growth rate, and its proportion in the city's total exports increased from 8.48 in the previous year to 9.52.

(3) Utilizing foreign capital for steady development

The city’s newly approved contracted foreign capital amounted to US$1.301 billion, an increase of 6.83%; the actual amount of foreign capital absorbed was US$854 million, a decrease of 7.5%.

Project quality has improved. The average contractual foreign capital amount of the city's projects was US$7.74 million, an increase of approximately US$400,000 over the previous year, an increase of 6. There were 35 newly approved (increased capital) projects in the city with a total investment exceeding US$10 million, an increase of 40%; the contracted foreign capital amount involved was US$526 million, an increase of 30.99%. The contracted foreign investment in the tertiary industry (service industry) was US$316 million, an increase of 23.07%.

(4) Safe and smooth port customs clearance

The city’s import and export cargo volume was 6.0787 million tons, a decrease of 38.3%. Among them, the volume of imported goods reached 2.9126 million tons, a decrease of 54.3%; the volume of exported goods reached 3.166 million tons, a decrease of 9.1%. The number of inbound and outbound passengers was 119,300, a decrease of 6.9%.

2. Main tasks

(1) Strengthen industrial research and carry out industrial chain investment promotion

Implement the provincial party committee and provincial government to build advanced equipment manufacturing industry on the west bank of the Pearl River For the work deployment of the industrial belt, the "Jiangmen City Advanced (Equipment) Manufacturing Industry Major Project Breakthrough Action Plan" has been formulated and implemented, focusing on big data, coal chemical industry and intelligent manufacturing, rail transit, complete vehicles and parts, marine engineering, satellites and applications, etc. Conduct industrial research on the five major industries, lock in a group of Fortune 500 companies, central enterprises, and industry leading companies to formulate long and short lists for investment, and carry out targeted investment promotion. Relying on Binjiang New District and High-tech Jianghai District, we will actively negotiate to introduce major projects covering information security, cloud computing, big data, etc., such as the National Information Security Industry Base Project, Chuangbo Cloud Computing, and Inspur Big Data Industrial Base, to promote the integrated development of industry and city. Throughout the year, 35 newly approved foreign-invested projects with an investment exceeding US$10 million were approved, an increase of 40%; the contracted foreign investment amount involved was US$526 million, an increase of 30.99%. Promote enterprises to increase capital and expand production, and select and formulate 42 projects to increase capital and expand production, including the CIMC cooperation project, the Jiangmen Avenue construction project, the United Chemical Fiber Three Old Renovation Project, the China Petroleum Bipi Company cooperation project, and the capital increase project of the Carbaoli Paint Du Ruan Factory Project. List of key projects (involving investment of US$1.8 billion), arrange dedicated tracking services, and tailor-made personalized service plans for enterprises to increase capital and expand production.

The city has approved 129 capital increase and production expansion projects, with a total contracted foreign investment amount of US$902 million, an increase of 3.028%, accounting for 69.36% of the city's total newly approved contracted foreign investment.

(2) Innovate investment promotion methods and increase investment negotiation efforts

Formulate and implement the "Jiangmen City Innovation Investment Promotion Action Plan (2014-2015)" and "Jiangmen City Innovation Investment Promotion Investment Attraction Action Plan (2014-2015)", actively innovate investment methods and improve investment effectiveness. The first is to establish a linkage mechanism for investment promotion. Develop and promote the use of the city's investment promotion management system to realize the uplink and decentralization of investment information at the municipal and district (county-level cities) levels and the sharing of resources to improve the effectiveness of investment promotion. The second is to use various economic and trade exchange platforms to carry out investment negotiations. Organize and participate in economic and trade exchange activities such as the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Expo, the 11th China International Small and Medium Enterprises Expo, the 2014 China Marine Economic Expo, the 4th World Jiangmen Youth Conference, etc., actively carry out investment promotion, capture investment information, and promote project negotiations . The third is to strengthen cooperation with third-party institutions to attract investment. Cooperating with the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Agency, we went to France to hold the "Hong Kong-Jiangmen (Lyon) Investment Promotion Conference", and negotiated with the Brittany Marine Industrial Park in France to finally build a Sino-French (Jiangmen, Guangdong) marine economic cooperation demonstration zone. KPMG was commissioned to write the "Basic Research Report on Sustainable Development of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China". Based on the internationally accepted gri framework, it introduces Jiangmen's sustainable development capabilities from four aspects: economy, environment, society and government services, and improves investment promotion. of authority. Cooperate with relevant overseas Chinese associations to establish Jiangmen International Business Exchange Offices in Mexico, Panama, and Indonesia. The fourth is to organize large-scale investment negotiation activities. Cooperated with "Fortune" magazine to hold the Fortune "Sustainable Development" Summit and Guangdong (Jiangmen) Shanghai Investment Fair. More than 350 representatives from the world's top 500 companies, central enterprises, well-known private enterprises and chambers of commerce (associations) attended the meeting and launched 64 key projects. and 41 preferential policies. During the period, 5 special promotion sessions were held for the tourism industry, marine economic industry, plumbing and sanitary ware, machinery manufacturing industry, equipment manufacturing and logistics industry, electroacoustic industry and machinery equipment manufacturing industry, targeting the Yangtze River Delta region. Carry out industrial investment promotion.

(3) Strengthen service enterprises and promote stable growth of foreign trade

First, the 2014 Jiangmen City foreign trade development funding policy was introduced to support the stable growth of foreign trade. Regularly hold foreign economic and trade policy information conferences every month to strengthen policy publicity and guide enterprises to make full use of various support policies. The second is to increase market development efforts. Throughout the year, we organized companies to participate in more than 30 domestic and overseas exhibitions to help companies secure export orders. The third is to strengthen corporate intellectual property rights and anti-dumping and anti-counterfeiting training to help companies actively respond to international trade frictions. The fourth is to strengthen support for 59 key foreign trade companies (integrated green card companies with import and export businesses) to support companies in expanding imports and exports. The fifth is to do a good job in the repatriation of local goods exported from other places. We organized interviews with 69 export companies from other places and guided them to return their supply of goods to local exports. Sixth, the foreign economic and trade work supervision meeting system should be improved to promptly study and solve hot and difficult issues in the development of foreign economic and trade.

(4) Accelerate transformation and upgrading and enhance foreign trade competitiveness

First, build a transformation and upgrading service platform. Jiangmen City Creative Design Center was established to create a design service platform that integrates the four major functions of display, docking, incubation, and transaction and operates in a market-oriented manner. The second is to strengthen creative design training and exchanges. The "Wuyi Cup Industrial Design Competition" was upgraded to the "Qichao Cup Creative Design Competition", and special topics such as "Brand Design Strategy and Business Model Innovation Advanced Training Class" and "Spring Consumer Goods Show (Ambient) Frankfurt, Germany, Design Trend Sharing Session" were held Design training, organize enterprises to visit London Design Week in the UK, improve the design level of enterprises, and promote the connection between design and production. The third is to focus on building regional cluster brands. We applied for the collective trademark registration of "jiangmen motorcycle" at home, the European Union and the African Union, and successfully applied for the national motorcycle quality and safety demonstration zone, improving the construction level of foreign trade transformation demonstration bases for motorcycles, plumbing and sanitary ware, microphones, stainless steel products, etc.

The fourth is to vigorously develop new foreign trade formats and cross-border trade e-commerce. Focus on cultivating several large comprehensive foreign trade service companies such as Xinqingchu, China Coast Group, and Foreign Trade Group, and support new local foreign trade formats to become bigger and stronger. Support the development of cross-border trade e-commerce and promote the construction of Jiangmen cross-border trade e-commerce sorting and customs clearance center. The fifth is to help export-oriented enterprises develop domestic sales markets. Organize and hold the "6th Zhuzhongjiang Import and Export Commodity Fair" and "2014 Macao Jiangmen Famous Products Exhibition", assist in holding the "2014 China (Jiangmen) Green Light Source Expo", guide and help our city's export-oriented enterprises to explore the domestic market.

(5) Cultivate the consumer market and promote social consumption

First, organize various promotional activities. The Jiangmen Consumption Promotion Month activities were carried out around the two traditional time nodes of "May Day" and "National Day" to prosper the consumer market. According to incomplete statistics, the city has carried out 45 large-scale series of activities to promote consumption, such as auto shows, housing expos, and food festivals, and achieved good sales results. The second is to guide enterprises to develop e-commerce. In conjunction with the "Guangzhou Goods Online" activity, we actively organize e-commerce platforms to connect with our city's enterprises. Launch the "Jianghuo Online Store Cultivation Project" to support a group of Jianghuo online stores with good performance in selling Jiangmen products and advanced operation models. We strongly support the construction of e-commerce public platforms. The e-commerce platform of Okay Plumbing and Sanitary Ware has been launched online. We have launched the construction of a green light source e-commerce platform based on Guangbohui and actively promoted the construction of Taobao's characteristic Chinese "Jiangmen Wuyi Pavilion". Organize multiple e-commerce training courses to improve the level of e-commerce practitioners in our city. The third is to standardize market management and industry management and promote healthy development of the market.

(6) Strengthen the construction of port facilities and improve the level of port customs clearance

Promote the construction of public terminals in the High-tech Zone, complete the design of the port joint inspection building, and promote the development of Waihai and Gaosha ports Freight port integration and relocation work. Promote the reform of the "Three Ones" customs clearance model of customs inspection cooperation, build a Jiangmen electronic port logistics service platform, study and replicate the innovative system of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, and improve port customs clearance efficiency and service levels.

3. Main problems

(1) Insufficient potential to utilize foreign capital

First, the global economic growth is slow, some multinational companies are short of funds, and their foreign investment plans have slowed down. Second, affected by the decline in market consumption, the progress of some enterprises in expanding production capacity has slowed down; third, restricted by investment factors such as land use indicators, the settlement of some projects has been slow.

(2) The growth momentum of foreign trade has weakened

First, affected by factors such as rising operating costs, RMB appreciation, and industrial gradient shifts, the export of labor-intensive products and the import of raw materials have declined. Second, small and medium-sized import and export enterprises have weak technology, high financing costs, and difficulty in transformation and upgrading. Third, international trade protectionism is on the rise and competition in the international market is intensifying. Fourth, the competition for export goods from surrounding cities is fierce, and the outflow of goods from our city to other places has increased.

(3) Unbalanced consumption development

First, the consumption growth rate in Pengjiang District and Jianghai District is significantly higher than the city's average, while the remaining five cities and districts lag behind significantly. Second, with the gradual formation of one-hour living circles in the Pearl River Delta and even Hong Kong and Macao, local high-end consumption is increasingly diverted to Guangfo, Hong Kong and Macao. Third, the price advantage and various promotional activities on the Internet have promoted rapid consumption growth and diverted a considerable number of traditional consumer groups.

IV. Business work ideas in 2015

The main goals and tasks of our city’s business development in 2015: the city’s retail sales of consumer goods increased by 11.6%; the total foreign trade import and export volume increased by 7%; contracted foreign investment, actual Absorption of foreign investment increased by 3 respectively.

["Notice of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce on Issuing the Business Task Targets for 2015" (Guangdong Business Comprehensive Zi [2015] No. 2)]

To achieve the above goals, the following aspects must be done:

(1) Target key industries and carry out precise investment promotion

Focusing on the world's top 500 companies, large overseas enterprises, central enterprises, China's top 500 manufacturing industries, industry leaders and leading enterprises, etc. For investment promotion targets, we should use industrial chain investment promotion as a breakthrough point, innovate investment promotion methods and methods, and carry out precise investment promotion. First, implement the "Jiangmen City Advanced (Equipment) Manufacturing Industry Major Project Breakthrough Action Plan", rely on core parks, focus on advanced (equipment) manufacturing industry, focus on building a complete industrial chain, carry out targeted investment promotion, and strive to introduce qualified investment in large projects. breakthrough. The second is to carry out in-depth enterprise research, find out the affiliated enterprises and peripheral supporting enterprises of large enterprises, and actively carry out "business-based investment" and industrial chain investment promotion. The third is to guide enterprises to increase capital and expand production, focusing on following up the capital increase projects of CIMC Modular Building Production Base and Modular Building Research Institute, Guangdong Kejie Intelligent Equipment Manufacturing Project, COSCO Industrial Aluminum Alloy Production Project, Xinyi Environmental Protection Special Glass Capital Increase Project, etc. The fourth is to promote cooperation with industrial park planning, development and management companies such as Liandong U Valley, China Fortune Land Development, and Singapore Jurong International, and bring them to participate in the development, construction, investment promotion, management and operation of "one district and six parks", and plan and build professional park.

(2) Integrate investment resources and expand investment channels

First, further promote the informatization of investment, establish and improve an efficient investment linkage mechanism at the municipal and district (county-level cities) levels, and create An investment recruitment team with professional skills and strong sense of responsibility. The second is to carry out various professional investment promotion and promotion activities at home and abroad to improve the packaging and planning level of investment projects. Investment fairs will be held in large domestic cities at an appropriate time, and special investment promotion activities will be held in Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Wuhan, Chengdu and other cities where the equipment manufacturing industry is concentrated. The third is to establish cooperation mechanisms with investment promotion agencies at different levels and in different regions to promote the sharing of information and resources. Establish friendly relations with various domestic and foreign chambers of commerce and other non-governmental organizations and foreign institutions in Guangzhou, strengthen the connection with the provincial economic and trade representative offices overseas, accelerate the construction of Jiangmen International Business Exchange Office, and deepen cooperation with KPMG, Accenture, Boston, Bain, International consulting companies such as UBS and McKinsey entrust investment promotion cooperation to dig deep into effective investment information, carry out intermediary investment promotion, and attract business through business.

(3) Pay close attention to policy implementation and promote stable growth of foreign trade

First, pay close attention to the implementation of the 2014 foreign trade and economic encouragement fund policy, and study and formulate support policies and measures for 2015 as early as possible. Actively play the role of encouraging policies. The second is to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade. Encourage enterprises to innovate in technology, build brands, and set up R&D institutions. Promote the development of new foreign trade formats, cultivate 10 comprehensive foreign trade service enterprises, and promote the cross-border trade e-commerce sorting and customs clearance center to become bigger and stronger. We will carry out in-depth the Jiangmen online store cultivation project, introduce and cultivate well-known e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba and China Net Library, vigorously promote the construction of the e-commerce Jiangmen industrial belt, and promote the application of e-commerce. Organize and hold the "Qi Chao Cup International Creative Design Competition" to build a platform for foreign trade transformation and upgrading and improve the competitiveness of our city's export enterprises. The third is to actively carry out international business exchanges and trade promotion. Organize companies to participate in exhibitions such as the Canton Fair, Hong Kong Electronics Fair, Hong Kong Lighting Fair, Milan International Motorcycle Show in Italy, etc. to help companies grab international orders. Seize the new opportunities provided by the country to build the "New Silk Road Economic Belt" and the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" (referred to as "One Belt, One Road"), and choose 1-2 "One Belt, One Road" areas for business exchanges. Host the 14th Hong Kong Pearl River Delta Industrial and Commercial Cooperation and Exchange Conference to promote economic and trade cooperation between Jiangsu and Hong Kong. Give full play to the role of the business exchange office stationed abroad and invite overseas Chinese associations, chambers of commerce, and enterprises to our city for inspection and docking activities. The fourth is to build a trade fair service platform to promote the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade.

Organize and hold the 7th Zhuzhongjiang Import and Export Commodities Fair, participate in regional economic cooperation activities organized by the country and provinces, such as the "Pan-Pearl River Delta Fair", "Mountain Fair", etc., and organize enterprises to participate in the "Shanghai International Fashion Electronics Exhibition" , "Guangzhou International LED Expo" and other professional exhibitions, explore the development of border trade with Yunnan, Guangxi, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Northeast and other regions, organize enterprises in our city to connect with relevant trading companies, and help enterprises develop domestic sales markets.

(4) Cultivate the consumer market and promote the growth of social consumption

First, speed up the preparation of the "Jiangmen City E-Commerce Development Plan" and the "Commercial Outlet Plan of the Overseas Chinese Historical District" to promote E-commerce and urban commerce thrive. The second is to carry out 2-3 city-wide consumption promotion activities in conjunction with important holidays such as May Day and National Day to create a good atmosphere for prosperous consumption. The third is to continue to strengthen market management and industry management to create a good market environment.

(5) Optimize the port customs clearance environment and improve port clearance efficiency

Continue to promote the "three one" customs clearance model reform and promote the "single window" service for cross-border trade e-commerce port management Platform construction promotes the construction of Jiangmen electronic port entity companies, assists Jiangmen Customs in applying to copy the customs supervision innovation system of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, promotes the declaration and construction of special customs supervision areas, improves the level of trade facilitation, and creates a good customs clearance environment.