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In the first half of the year, Shanghai's total import and export value exceeded 2 trillion yuan for the first time

※, according to Shanghai Customs statistics, in the first half of this year, the total import and export value of Shanghai reached 2.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.4 percent over the same period last year, 9.3 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate, and the scale of imports and exports exceeded the 2 trillion yuan mark for the first time, a record high for the same period in history. Among them, exports of 846.32 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2; imports of 1.25 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.1.

In the first half of the year, Shanghai's foreign trade showed good resilience, with impressive performance - bonded logistics saw a strong growth momentum, with imports and exports reaching 534.97 billion yuan, an increase of 28.5%, which was 17.1 percentage points higher than the overall scale, accounting for 25.6% of the total scale; The import and export of the largest trading partner, the European Union, increased by 16.2%, accounting for 20.6% of the city's total import and export value. During the same period, Shanghai's imports and exports to major trading partners such as ASEAN, the United States, Japan, and Australia were also steadily improving; The export momentum of "new three types" such as electric passenger vehicles, lithium batteries, and solar cells is abundant, with exports increasing by 171.8%, 189.7%, and 62.6% respectively; Consumer goods imports have performed well, with double-digit growth in imports of consumer goods such as passenger cars, healthcare products, dairy products, edible water products, and edible oil.

Currently, Shanghai is building a world-class shipping hub. Since the first shipment was completed on November 3, 2020 at Yangshan Taicang Port, the linked unloading mode has now covered 12 ports in the Yangtze River Basin, including Anji Port and Hefei Port. This regulatory model uses other Yangtze River branch ports as unloading points for Yangshan Port, achieving direct water to water connection, multi port interaction, inland river handling, and Yangshan loading and unloading, fully demonstrating the advantages of waterway transportation, significantly reducing logistics costs, saving logistics costs of 100 to 400 yuan per TEU, and shortening logistics time by 1 to 2 days. In addition, since the landing of China's first foreign-funded liner "coastal pick-up" service in Shanghai in June last year, it has provided new opportunities for shipping companies to optimize route layout, flexibly allocate shipping resources, and improve liner transportation efficiency. At present, the number of foreign-funded ships related to the "coastal carrying" registration at Shanghai Customs has increased from the initial 44 to 94.

§Shencheng

The reporter learned from the certification ceremony of the 37th batch of regional headquarters and R & D centers of multinational corporations and the signing ceremony of Shanghai's foreign-funded projects held here on the 18th that from January to May this year, 2096 new foreign-funded enterprises were established in Shanghai, an increase of 78.7 percent over the same period last year, and the actual use of foreign capital was 11.171 billion billion US dollars, an increase of 17.3 percent over the same period last year. At this ceremony, 31 newly recognized regional headquarters of multinational companies and 13 R & D centers were awarded certificates; 77 foreign-funded projects were signed, with a total investment of US $10.24 billion.

●The reporter learned at a press conference held by the Shanghai Municipal Government on the 18th that the development of Shanghai's productive Internet service platform has formed a trillion-level industrial scale and a multi-field industrial track. Recently, Shanghai issued the "Several Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of the City's Productive Internet Service Platform", proposing 16 measures in three aspects to further enhance the platform's development level and radiation driving force.

●The reporter learned from the Shanghai Futures Exchange yesterday that the synthetic rubber futures contract was officially listed for trading at 9:00 on July 28, 2023, and the synthetic rubber option contract was officially listed for trading at 21:00 on July 28, 2023. This is the first futures and options listed simultaneously on the SSE, with the contract name and delivery grade of butadiene rubber.

§domestic

● The National Ecological Environment Protection Conference was held in Beijing from the 17th to the 18th. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. He emphasized that the next five years will be an important period for the construction of a beautiful China. Firmly establish and practice the concept that green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, and put the construction of a beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a powerful country and national rejuvenation, we will promote the obvious improvement of the living environment in urban and rural areas, achieve remarkable results in the construction of a beautiful China, support high-quality development with a high quality ecological environment, and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

●On the afternoon of July 18, President Xi Jinping held talks with Algerian President Teburn, who was on a state visit to China, in the Great Hall of the People.

● Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met with US President's Special Envoy on Climate Issues Kerry at the Great Hall of the People on the morning of July 18.

●The reporter learned from the Emergency Management Department on the 18th that the National Defense Directorate adjusted the three-level emergency response for flood prevention and typhoon prevention to four at 17:00 on the 18th. This year's No. 4 typhoon "Taili" made landfall on Nansandao, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong at around 22:20 on the 17th, and made landfall again in Beihai City, Guangxi at 5:45 on the 18th, and moved to the north-west, gradually weakening its intensity.

Hu Wenhui, deputy director of the State intellectual property Office, said at a news conference held by the State Information Office on the 18th that by the end of June this year, the effective number of invention patents in China had reached 4.568 million, an increase of 16.9 percent over the same period last year, and the development of intellectual property undertakings had made steady progress and quality improvement.

●The "Notice of the Ministry of Commerce and Other 13 Departments on Several Measures to Promote Household Consumption" issued recently was announced on the 18th. The notice proposes to organize home renewal activities, increase preferential efforts, support residents to replace or purchase new green smart home products, and carry out old house decoration.

:: Appointment and removal of State functionmembers by the State Council. Dong Jingwei is appointed Director of the National Security Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

●The reporter learned from China Aviation Industry Corporation on the 18th that my country's self-developed large-scale fire-fighting/water rescue amphibious aircraft "Kunlong" AG600 has completed a typical fire-fighting scene verification flight test subject, which indicates that "Kunlong" AG600 has already Has the ability to perform fire-fighting tasks.

The reporter learned from the Supreme people's Procuratorate on the 18th that in the second quarter of 2023, procuratorial organs across the country recorded a total of 61707 major matters, such as questioning or interfering in procuratorial cases, an increase of 19 percent over the first quarter. Among them, the highest procuratorate filled in 168 cases, the provincial procuratorate filled in 1357 cases, the municipal procuratorate filled in 8925 cases, and the grass-roots procuratorate filled in 51257 cases.

§International

● The US Department of Defense announced on the 17th that it will send an additional warship and a number of fighter jets to the Strait of Hormuz. In response to the US troop increase, Iran asked the United States to avoid "provocative, unconstructive and destabilizing actions".

● Senior executives of major U.S. chip companies organized a delegation to meet with senior federal government officials on the 17th to discuss China policy, hoping to persuade the U.S. government to abandon more chip export restrictions on China.

● U.S. Defense Department spokeswoman Sabrina Singh admitted on the 17th that the Pentagon has been aware of media reports that millions of U.S. military emails have been mistakenly sent to accounts in Mali, a West African country, over the past decade, saying that military personnel are not encouraged to use personal emails when performing their duties.

● Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on the 18th to discuss alternatives to supplying food to countries in urgent need of food around the world after Russia stops implementing the agreement on the export of agricultural products from Black Sea ports.

The Ministry of South Korea Health and Welfare said on the 18th that there were more than 2100 "ghost babies" without household registration in South Korea, of which 249 were confirmed dead, accounting for nearly 12%. The South Korea government launched a nationwide investigation after the media exposed the "case of dead babies in Shuiyuan freezers" last month.

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