The latest customs data show that in the first seven months of this year, the Yangtze River Delta region to build a "Belt and Road" countries import and export 4.06 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.7%; of which, Jiangsu Province to build a "Belt and Road" countries import and export 1.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.9%, accounting for 34% of the Yangtze River Delta. As a large economic province, open province, this year, Jiangsu to open up to lead the development, win the initiative, and actively encourage high-quality foreign investment in-depth participation in the construction of modernized industrial system, and greater efforts to escort enterprises "go out". Wei Xiujun, Head of Jiangsu Trade Promotion International Exhibition Company: We mainly focus on Jiangsu's advantageous industries such as new energy, medical care, auto parts, textile and garment, and actively carry out cooperation with industrial agglomerations, and organize enterprises to participate in 71 exhibitions in the countries of "One Belt, One Road" and RCEP countries. Jiangsu's new products and technologies have been widely recognized by overseas markets, and have also contributed to the development of industries and economies in various countries. This year, a large number of Jiangsu foreign trade enterprises do a good job of products and services, while more flexible to adjust the business model to adapt to the constant changes in the foreign demand market, so as to strive to occupy a more favorable position in global trade. Gao Quan, head of a sports product company in Nanjing: Before all new products are put on line, we may do 7 to 10 days of test marketing before deciding on the depth of inventory of goods. In the first seven months of this year, private enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region imported and exported 4.89 trillion yuan, an increase of 9% year-on-year, accounting for half of the total value of foreign trade, amounting to 53.7%. Driven by high-quality development, foreign investment in Jiangsu is also undergoing transformation and upgrading. A German global leading auto parts supplier has settled in Zhangjiagang for nearly 20 years. Carsten Kneale, head of Asia-Pacific region of a foreign-funded enterprise: Zhangjiagang's business environment is very good, and we have received strong support from the government. In the future, the Asia-Pacific R&D Center will provide more innovative solutions for automotive interiors. Foreign enterprises like this have increased investment in Jiangsu, from only production in Jiangsu to R & D, design, sales and other whole industry chain layout change. Behind this can not be separated from Jiangsu to create 16 advanced manufacturing clusters and 50 industrial chain of sustained efforts. Around these key areas, to strengthen the protection of major foreign investment projects, the first half of this year, Jiangsu 87 projects included in the national list of key foreign investment projects, the number of the country's leading.
