Ministry of Commerce: Deepen cooperation with partner countries in green trade, cross-border e-commerce and other areas, and promote the import and export of foreign trade products in emerging industries.

Zhitong Finance APP has learned that on November 11, the National Development and Reform Commission held a series of press conferences on forging ahead toward the "15th Five-Year Plan," introducing the relevant situation of Belt and Road cooperation. Regarding how the Ministry of Commerce will continue to deepen economic and trade cooperation between China and co-building countries during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Song Lihong, a first-level inspector of the Comprehensive Department of the Ministry of Commerce, stated that, in accordance with the deployment of the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, efforts will focus on four areas to continuously deepen Belt and Road economic and trade cooperation. Among these, promote innovative trade development. Deepen cooperation with co-building countries in green trade, cross-border e-commerce, and other areas, promote the import and export of foreign trade products from emerging industries, expand imports of high-quality goods from co-building countries, and better promote industrial development in co-building countries. Continue to grant zero-tariff treatment to the least developed countries that have diplomatic relations with China, and implement the measure of fully applying zero tariffs to African countries that have diplomatic relations with China. Vigorously develop trade in services, promote trade cooperation in R&D, design, and other areas, and advance the implementation of the "Thousand Sails Going Global" action plan for foreign cultural trade. Continuously expand digital trade.