National Bureau of Statistics： China’s high-level opening-up has achieved remarkable results, and its position as a major trading country has been consolidated.

CCTV News:The National Bureau of Statistics released today (October 9) that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s opening-up level has reached an unprecedented height, the scale of foreign trade has grown steadily, and its status as a major trading country has been further consolidated.

2013— In 2021, the cumulative import and export of goods in China was 262.3 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 5.4%. The total import and export of general trade was 149.8 trillion yuan, accounting for 57.1% of the total import and export value of goods in the same period.

2014— In 2021, China’s service import and export scale ranked second in the world for eight consecutive years. 2013— In 2021, China’s cumulative import and export of knowledge-intensive services was 2.1 trillion US dollars, with an average annual growth rate of 9.3%.

2013— In 2021, the accumulated amount of foreign direct investment in China’s non-financial sectors was 1.2 trillion US dollars, and the amount of foreign direct investment in 2021 increased by 55.3% compared with 2012, with an average annual growth rate of 5%.

2013— In 2021, China’s foreign investment flows ranked among the top in the world, and the total foreign direct investment flows reached 1.4 trillion US dollars, with an average annual growth rate of 8.2%. In the past decade, the number of free trade agreements signed by China has increased from 10 to 19, and the proportion of trade with free trade partners in China’s total trade has increased from 17% in 2012 to 35% in 2021.