On the morning of July 14th at 10 o’clock, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, inviting Wang Lingjun, Deputy Director General of the General Administration of Customs, to introduce the import and export situation in the first half of 2025 and answer questions from reporters.
Wang Lingjun introduced that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Europe. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Europe 50 years ago, the advantages of bilateral economic and trade cooperation have complemented each other, and the bilateral trade volume has increased by more than 300 times. In the first half of this year, China’s imports and exports to the European Union amounted to 2.82 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%, with an average daily import and export of over 15 billion yuan, equivalent to the trade value of one year since the establishment of diplomatic relations. In the first half of the year, the European Union accounted for 12.9% of China’s total foreign trade value, firmly ranking as China’s second largest trading partner.
From specific trade data, the economic and trade cooperation between China and Europe continues to deepen. On the one hand, the integration of production and supply chains is accelerating. Sebagai contoh, China and Europe complement each other in automotive technology, jointly promoting the development of the industry towards a new and positive direction. In the first half of the year, China’s exports of automotive spare parts to the European Union increased by 9.7%, while imports of large passenger car transmissions and automotive diesel engines from the EU increased by 40.8% dan 65.2%, respectively. Sebaliknya, the consumer market is deeply connected. China and Europe are both important global consumer markets and the largest source of imported consumer goods for each other. In the first half of the year, China’s imports of healthcare products, bags, jewelry, and other similar products from the European Union accounted for over 60% of its total imports. China has achieved rapid growth in exports of textiles, clothing, household appliances, and laptops to the European Union.
Pada masa yang sama, there is great potential for cooperation between China and Europe in many fields. In the field of interconnectivity, as of June this year, the cumulative operation of China Europe freight trains has exceeded 110000, connecting 128 cities in China and 229 cities in Europe, and building a bridge for economic and trade exchanges between China and Europe. In the field of green development, the cooperation between the two sides continues to deepen, and China’s exports of wind turbines and high-voltage transformers to the European Union have maintained a good growth trend.
He stated that China has always adhered to high-quality development and high-level openness, and is willing to work with the European side to increase mutual openness, jointly oppose unilateralism and protectionism, uphold multilateralism and free trade, bring tangible benefits to both sides’ enterprises and consumers, and inject more stability and certainty into global economy and trade.