China is expected to remain the world's second largest import market for 16 consecutive years

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Jan. 23 (Reporter Han Jianuo) In 2024, China's total import volume reached 18 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%, and the import scale reached a record high. It is expected to remain the world's second largest import market for 16 consecutive years, fully demonstrating the opportunities of China's ultra-large market and its determination to expand opening-up.

He Yadong, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said at a regular press conference held on the 23rd that actively expanding imports is China's initiative as a responsible major country, an important contribution to world economic development, and an important part of China's high-level opening up.

He Yadong said that the characteristics of the Chinese market with large capacity, multiple levels and huge potential have not changed, and the attitude of implementing active and effective import policies has not changed. "We will orderly expand the opening of China's commodity market to the outside world, implement zero tariff treatment for 100% of the products of the least developed countries that have established diplomatic relations, continue to give full play to the promotion role of important exhibition platforms such as the Import Expo, the Consumer Expo and the Canton Fair import exhibition, promote the cultivation of national import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones, constantly improve the level of import trade facilitation, and tap the import potential," We will build China's hyperscale market into a big market shared by the world and inject new momentum into global economic development."

Resource: 北青网