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The State Council Press Office held a press conference at 10: 00 a.m. on Friday, January 14th, 2022, and invited Li Kuiwen, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Statistics and Analysis Department, to introduce the import and export situation in 2021 and answer questions from reporters.

The picture shows the press conference. (photo by Liu Jian)

Xing Huina, deputy director and spokesperson of the State Council Information Office:

Good morning, media friends! Welcome to the press conference of the State Council Information Office. The State Council Office will hold a series of press conferences in the near future to release the main economic data in 2021. Today is the first one, which mainly introduces the import and export situation in 2021 and answers questions you are interested in. Present at today’s press conference is Mr. Li Kuiwen, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Statistical Analysis Department.

Next, let’s invite Mr. Li Kuiwen to make a briefing.

Li Kuiwen, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Statistical Analysis Department:

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and friends! Welcome to today’s press conference. Nice to meet you again. Let me give a detailed report on China’s foreign trade import and export in 2021, and then answer your concerns.

In 2021, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core calmly responded to the changes in the past century and the epidemic situation in the century, promoted deep-level reforms and high-quality development through high-level opening-up, maintained China’s global leading position in economic development and epidemic prevention and control, and achieved rapid growth in foreign trade import and export, with a new high in scale and steady improvement in quality. According to customs statistics, the total import and export value of China’s goods trade in 2021 was 39.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.4% over 2020. Among them, exports were 21.73 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.2%; Imports reached 17.37 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.5%. Compared with 2019, China’s foreign trade import and export, export and import increased by 23.9%, 26.1% and 21.2% respectively. In 2021, China’s foreign trade import and export showed five characteristics:

First, the annual import and export scale reached a new level, breaking through the $6 trillion mark for the first time. In 2021, in dollar terms, China’s import and export scale reached 6.05 trillion US dollars. Eight years after it reached 4 trillion US dollars for the first time in 2013, it crossed the two steps of 5 trillion and 6 trillion US dollars during the year, reaching an all-time high. This year’s foreign trade increased by 1.4 trillion US dollars.

Second, the import and export with major trading partners have achieved steady growth, and the import and export growth rate of countries along the "Belt and Road" is even faster. In 2021, China’s top five trading partners were ASEAN, the European Union, the United States, Japan and South Korea, and the import and export to these trading partners were 5.67, 5.35, 4.88, 2.4 and 2.34 trillion yuan respectively, up by 19.7%, 19.1%, 20.2%, 9.4% and 18.4% respectively. In the same period, China’s import and export to countries along the Belt and Road increased by 23.6%, 2.2 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate.

Third, the mode of trade has been further optimized, with the import and export of general trade accounting for more than 60%. In 2021, China’s general trade import and export was 24.08 trillion yuan, up 24.7%, accounting for 61.6%, up 1.6 percentage points; Among them, the export was 13.24 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.4%; Imports reached 10.84 trillion yuan, an increase of 25%. In the same period, the import and export of processing trade was 8.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.1%, accounting for 21.7%.

Fourth, the vitality of foreign trade operators is effectively stimulated, and private enterprises are more active in import and export. In 2021, there were 567,000 enterprises with import and export performance in China, an increase of 36,000. Among them, the import and export of private enterprises was 19 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.7%, accounting for 48.6%, an increase of 2 percentage points. In the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 14.03 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.7%; The import and export of state-owned enterprises was 5.94 trillion yuan, an increase of 27.7%.

Fifth, the export and import of mechanical and electrical products have maintained a good growth trend. In 2021, China exported 12.83 trillion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 20.4%, accounting for 59% of the total export value, of which automatic data processing equipment and its parts, mobile phones and automobiles increased by 12.9%, 9.3% and 104.6% respectively. In the same period, the import of mechanical and electrical products was 7.37 trillion yuan, up by 12.2%, accounting for 42.4% of the total import value, of which the import of integrated circuits increased by 15.4%.

The picture shows Li Kuiwen, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Statistical Analysis Department. (photo by Xu Xiang)

2021 is a landmark year in the history of the party and the country. In the face of the severe impact of the global COVID-19 epidemic, China’s foreign trade import and export still showed strong resilience, and handed over a bright report card in the face of many difficulties and challenges. This is the result of the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core. Over the past year, under the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era, the national customs has strengthened the "four consciousnesses", strengthened the "four self-confidences" and achieved the "two maintenance", unswervingly implemented the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, made immediate efforts, made overall plans to prevent and control port epidemics and promote the steady growth of foreign trade, strengthened supervision and optimization services, and effectively promoted the steady and qualitative increase of foreign trade volume.

Generally speaking, the foreign trade in the 14 th Five-Year Plan has achieved a good start. Looking forward to this year, foreign trade faces more uncertain, unstable and unbalanced factors. China’s economic development faces triple pressures: demand contraction, supply shock and expected weakening. The global epidemic situation is still grim, the external environment is becoming more complicated, severe and uncertain, and the recovery of international demand is slowing down. In addition, combined with the high foreign trade base in 2021, foreign trade operation will face certain pressure in 2022. While facing up to these difficulties and challenges, we should also see that China’s economy is resilient, and its long-term positive fundamentals will not change, and we will firmly stabilize our confidence in the basic foreign trade.

In the next step, the Customs will adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the previous plenary sessions of the 19th National Congress, conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the Central Economic Work Conference, adhere to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, fully implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, continue to do a good job in "six stabilities" and "six guarantees", make overall plans for development and safety, make overall plans for port epidemic prevention and control, and promote the steady growth of foreign trade. Strengthen supervision and optimize services, continuously optimize the port business environment, better serve high-level open and high-quality development, do a good job of cross-cycle adjustment, promote the steady development of foreign trade, and greet the party’s twentieth victory with excellent results.

Next, I would like to answer your questions.

Xing Huina:

Thank you for your introduction. You can ask questions now, please inform your news organization before asking questions.

China Daily reporter:

In 2021, China’s foreign trade import and export maintained a double-digit growth, and the scale reached a record high. What are the main driving factors? What are your expectations for the foreign trade trend this year? Thank you.

Li Kuiwen:

Thank you for your question. In 2021, China’s foreign trade import and export achieved rapid growth, breaking through the two barriers of 5 trillion and 6 trillion US dollars during the year, reaching a new high in scale and steadily improving quality, and achieving a good start in foreign trade during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period. We believe that the main factors supporting China’s foreign trade growth are as follows:

First, China’s economic development and epidemic prevention and control maintain a leading position in the world. In 2021, China’s economy continued to recover, new steps were taken to build a new development pattern, new achievements were made in high-quality development, and major economic indicators maintained rapid growth. China’s economy has strong resilience, and its long-term positive fundamentals will not change. Domestic production and consumer demand have provided strong support for the steady growth of foreign trade. According to customs statistics, in 2021, the import and export of intermediate products in China increased by 24.9% and 28.6% respectively, and the import of consumer goods increased by 9.9%.

Second, the global economy has maintained a recovery trend. In 2021, the global economy as a whole showed a recovery trend. Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicted that the world economy would increase by more than 5%, and the World Trade Organization predicted that the global trade in goods would increase by 10.8%. In 2021, the growth rate of China’s exports to the EU and Africa exceeded 20%, and the growth rate of exports to Latin America exceeded 40%. In terms of products, on the basis of the high growth in the previous year, the total export of China’s home economy-related products such as notebook computers, tablet computers and household appliances increased by 13.2% in 2021; The export of medicinal materials and medicines increased by 101.2%, which strongly supported the global anti-epidemic.

Third, the effects of steady growth policies and measures continue to appear. Since last year, China has issued a series of policies and measures to stabilize the main body, stabilize the market and ensure the smooth supply chain of foreign trade industry chain, such as maintaining reasonable and abundant liquidity, continuing and improving some tax reduction and fee reduction policies, implementing new structural tax cuts, increasing financing support for small and medium-sized enterprises and manufacturing enterprises, deepening the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform, continuously optimizing the business environment, accelerating the development of new foreign trade formats and new models, further deepening the reform of cross-border trade facilitation, and promoting trade and investment in the free trade pilot zone. The implementation of this series of policies has been detailed, and the effect has been continuously released, which has helped foreign trade enterprises to solve problems and greatly stimulated the vitality of market players, and has become an important support for the steady growth of foreign trade.

As for the next foreign trade trend you mentioned, I have already informed you that the current global epidemic situation is fluctuating, the external environment is becoming more complicated, severe and uncertain, the relative advantage of China’s economic recovery and cardinal utility may be weakened, and the uncertainties, instability and imbalances faced by China’s foreign trade development will increase in 2022. At the same time, we must also see that China’s economic resilience is strong, and its long-term positive fundamentals will not change, and it will continue to provide strong support for stabilizing foreign trade. Thank you.

CCTV reporter from the Central Radio and Television General Station:

Last year, China’s import and export trade with countries along the "Belt and Road" was higher than the whole. What are the highlights? In addition, we also want to know what new measures China Customs has taken to promote the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative? Thank you.

Li Kuiwen:

Thank you for your question. 2021 marks the 8th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. Since the "Belt and Road Initiative" was put forward, China’s trade with countries along the "Belt and Road" has become increasingly close. According to customs statistics, in 2021, China’s import and export to countries along the "Belt and Road" was 11.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 23.6%, which was 2.2 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of China’s foreign trade in the same period. Among them, exports were 6.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.5%; Imports reached 5.01 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.4%. Specifically, it mainly presents the following characteristics:

First, the scale of trade has steadily increased. From 2013 to 2021, the total import and export value of China and countries along the Belt and Road increased from 6.46 trillion yuan to 11.6 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 7.5%, and the proportion of China’s total foreign trade increased from 25% to 29.7% in the same period.

Second, the industrial chain supply chain cooperation is closer. From 2013 to 2021, the proportion of intermediate products in China’s exports to countries along the Belt and Road increased from 49.8% in 2013 to 56.2% in 2021. In 2021, the export of auto parts, textiles and lithium-ion batteries increased by 26.7%, 14.1% and 50.4% respectively.

Third, cooperation in the fields of energy, agriculture and minerals is improving. In 2021, China imported 1.18 trillion yuan of crude oil from countries along the Belt and Road, an increase of 44%; Agricultural products reached 326.55 billion yuan, an increase of 26.1%; Metal ore was 212.77 billion yuan, an increase of 24.9%; Natural gas was 185.45 billion yuan, an increase of 38.9%.

Fourth, private enterprises are active. In 2021, private enterprises imported and exported 6.21 trillion yuan to countries along the Belt and Road, an increase of 25.6%, accounting for 53.5% of China’s imports and exports with countries along the Belt and Road, an increase of 0.8 percentage points.

Regarding the customs’ efforts to promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", we mainly did the following work last year:

First, speed up the construction of "Three Intellectuals". On February 9, 2021, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader issued a major initiative at the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Leaders Summit to deepen the cooperation on customs trade safety and customs clearance facilitation, and carry out the pilot cooperation of "Smart Customs, Smart Border and Smart Access". The national customs has conscientiously implemented the spirit of the important instructions of the Supreme Leader and Chairman, conscientiously implemented the concept of "Three Intelligences", integrated the concept of "Three Intelligences" into business reform and development, formulated and implemented the Opinions of the General Administration of Customs on Accelerating the Construction of "Three Intelligences" and Serving the High-quality Development of the Belt and Road, opened up the working mechanisms of "Three Intelligences" and "One Belt, One Road", and realized the strong alliance, "1+1" At present, the national customs has cultivated 78 "three wise" international cooperation projects, many of which involve countries along the "Belt and Road".

Second, formulate the Customs Work Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of the Belt and Road during the 14th Five-Year Plan. 2021 is the first year of the 14th Five-Year Plan. In order to scientifically and effectively coordinate the customs work of the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Belt and Road, the General Administration of Customs has formulated the Customs Work Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of the Belt and Road during the 14th Five-Year Plan. The Proposal adheres to the problem orientation and goal orientation, focuses on key countries, key fields and key projects, coordinates overall promotion and key breakthroughs, takes the cooperation of "three intelligences" as the guide, strives to create more highlights of building the "Belt and Road", and contributes customs wisdom and customs power to the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.

Third, pragmatically promote key projects. We will make every effort to promote mutual recognition and cooperation with "certified operators" (AEO) in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2021, we overcame the epidemic and signed AEO mutual recognition agreements with five countries that jointly built the Belt and Road Initiative, including Serbia, Chile, Iran, Uganda and South Africa. By the end of 2021, China Customs had signed AEO mutual recognition agreements with 31 countries jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative. In addition, we have pragmatically promoted the "China-Europe Railway" project and signed cooperation documents with Kazakhstan and Belarus to support the development of China-Europe trains, further expand interconnection and cooperation, and promote smooth trade. Thank you.

Beijing Youth Daily reporter:

The Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games are just around the corner. What services and guarantees does the customs system provide for the smooth hosting of the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games? Thank you.

Li Kuiwen:

Thank you for your question. Beijing Winter Olympics is a major landmark event at an important historical node in China. The General Administration of Customs resolutely implements the spirit of the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on prevention and control of epidemic situation at ports and preparations for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, strengthens supervision and optimization services, implements prevention and control of epidemic situation at ports relentlessly, scientifically and accurately, and does a good job in health quarantine and customs clearance services for entry personnel of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics with high quality and efficiency, thus making due contributions to safeguarding the security of the capital and ensuring the smooth hosting of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The main work is as follows:

First, scientifically and accurately implement port epidemic prevention and control, do a good job in arrival and departure services for Olympic-related personnel, and resolutely curb the import of epidemic through ports. Strengthen communication with departments such as the Arrival and Departure Center of Winter Olympics, grasp the information of people entering and leaving the country in advance, constantly refine the customs clearance guarantee scheme, and implement "one machine, one policy" for all flights involving Winter Olympics, so as to achieve strict supervision, accurate quarantine and efficient service. For example, in order to reduce the time for people to stay at the port, the Instructions for Health Declaration of Charter Aircraft Entering the Winter Olympics have been specially compiled and translated into many languages, guiding the Olympic-related people to fill in the health declaration card in advance before boarding the plane, so as to improve customs clearance efficiency. In accordance with the requirements of "100% of the prescribed actions must be done in place, and 99% of them are failed", we will strictly standardize and do a good job in all aspects of health declaration card verification, body temperature monitoring, medical inspection, sampling inspection, transfer and information notification, pay close attention to the prevention and control of epidemic situation at ports, and resolutely curb the import of epidemic situation through ports. By January 10th, 2022, Beijing Customs had supervised 196 flights involving the Olympics, involving 5,958 passengers.

Second, continue to optimize services and race against time to ensure efficient customs clearance of winter Olympic materials. The notice of "Instructions for Customs Clearance of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games" was issued in advance, which provided detailed guidance to the inbound and outbound materials and personnel of the Winter Olympics from eight aspects: information registration and filing, tax guarantee for temporary imported materials, filing and approval before entry, customs clearance for imported materials, supervision of personnel and personal belongings, and customs clearance for journalists’ interview equipment. At the same time, we have set up special customs channels and special windows for goods and personnel entering and leaving the Winter Olympics, simplified the declaration by relying on the paperless customs clearance management system for Winter Olympics, and implemented the "5+2" reservation customs clearance system to ensure that winter Olympics goods can be inspected 24 hours a day. In addition, do a good job in the supervision of imported food related to Austria to ensure the safe and smooth supply of imported food for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics. By January 10, 2022, Beijing Customs had supervised and released 637 tickets of imported materials for the Winter Olympics, with a value of about RMB 1.499 billion.

The third is to strengthen investment in science and technology and personnel to provide strong support for the high-quality and efficient completion of customs supervision services in Winter Olympics. Beijing Customs is the competent customs for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games. The customs promoted the transformation of the special achievements of "Science and Technology Winter Olympics", and deployed and applied 10 kinds of equipment and facilities such as nuclear radiation holographic positioning system, general disinfection cabinet, trace odor sniffer and intelligent inspection robot at the first line of the port, further improving the intelligence and information level of customs clearance for Winter Olympics. We will improve the working mechanism of the "horizontal+vertical" human resources echelon, set up a security echelon including more than 1,000 frontline and reserve personnel and more than 400 emergency support forces, and provide all-round backup support for Olympic-related personnel during the peak entry period in combination with the actual needs of the customs clearance for the Winter Olympics. Thank you.

Phoenix TV reporter:

China just celebrated the 20th anniversary of its accession to the WTO last month. What are the characteristics of China’s import and export of goods in the past 20 years after China’s accession to the WTO? Thank you.

Li Kuiwen:

Thank you for your question. 2021 is the 20th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization. According to customs statistics, China’s total import and export value increased from 4.22 trillion yuan in 2001 to 39.1 trillion yuan in 2021, with an average annual growth rate of 12.2%. Customs statistics are the official statistics of China’s import and export trade. Through customs import and export statistics, we can witness the leap-forward development of China’s goods trade in the past 20 years.

First, the import and export increased by more than eight times, and the scale of China’s trade in goods jumped to the top in the world. The scale of China’s goods trade started from 4.22 trillion yuan in 2001, and broke through three steps of 10 trillion yuan, 20 trillion yuan and 30 trillion yuan in 2005, 2010 and 2018 respectively, and reached the 40 trillion yuan mark in 2021, with an increase of 8.3 times in 20 years. Especially in the past 10 years, the scale of China’s goods trade has increased from 24.4 trillion yuan in 2012 to 39.1 trillion yuan, with an increase of 14.7 trillion yuan, which is close to the import and export scale in 2009, which fully demonstrates the great achievements China has made in reform and opening up in the new era. In addition, in terms of global market share, China has also greatly increased from 4% in 2001 to 13.5% in the first three quarters of 2021, and in 2013, China became the largest country in global goods trade for the first time. In 2021, the scale of China’s foreign trade denominated in US dollars exceeded US$ 6 trillion for the first time.

Second, the structure of export products has changed significantly, with mechanical and electrical products accounting for nearly 60%. Over the past 20 years, China’s exports have increased by 12.5% annually. Mechanical and electrical products have become the most important export products, accounting for 59% of the total exports in 2021. It is worth mentioning that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China has actively promoted international anti-epidemic cooperation and provided hundreds of millions of epidemic prevention materials such as masks, protective clothing, testing reagents and vaccines to the international community, which has provided strong support for global anti-epidemic and economic recovery.

Third, continuous efforts have been made to expand imports, and imports of high-tech and resource products have grown steadily. In the past 20 years, China’s import of goods has grown at an average annual rate of 11.8%. In 2009, China became the second largest importer in the world, and its international market share reached 12.1% in the first three quarters of 2021. China’s more open market allows the world to share more dividends brought by China’s economic growth and consumption prosperity. In the past 20 years, the import of high-tech products in China has steadily increased, with an average annual growth rate of 14%, which has promoted the upgrading and transformation of China’s industrial structure; The import of resource products has expanded in an orderly manner, and the import of resource products such as metal ore, crude oil, coal and natural gas has increased by 18% annually, which has provided a powerful supplement to the stable growth of the domestic economy.

Fourth, the diversified development of trading partners, ASEAN has become China’s largest trading partner. In the past 20 years, China’s trade position with traditional markets such as the European Union, the United States, Japan and South Korea has been stable, and these trading partners accounted for 38.3% of China’s foreign trade in 2021. At the same time, China actively explored emerging markets such as ASEAN, Africa, Latin America, Russia and India, and the proportion of imports and exports with these trading partners increased from 16% in 2001 to 30.7% in 2021. Among them, ASEAN will become China’s largest trading partner in 2020, and will continue to maintain its position as China’s largest trading partner with a proportion of 14.5% in 2021. It is noteworthy that China’s trade with countries along the "Belt and Road" continues to deepen and smooth, and the scale of trade continues to expand, further promoting balanced and win-win development of trade.

Fifth, the number of foreign trade entities has doubled, and private enterprises have become the largest business entity. In 2021, the number of enterprises with import and export performance in China reached 567,000, 5.3 times higher than that in 2001. In the past 20 years, the proportion of the total import and export value of private enterprises in China has increased significantly from 6.1% in 2001 to 42.7% in 2019, becoming the largest foreign trade subject in China, and this proportion has increased to 48.6% in 2021. At the same time, the number of foreign-invested enterprises with import and export achievements has further increased, reaching 82,000 in 2021, an increase of 21,000 over 2001, and the average annual import and export scale of enterprises has reached 170 million yuan, an increase of 3.8 times over 2001.

Sixth, the new kinetic energy of foreign trade development is constantly stimulated, and the new foreign trade format is changing with each passing day. Customs statistics show that in 2021, the import and export of China’s comprehensive bonded zone, free trade pilot zone and Hainan Free Trade Port increased by 24.3%, 26.4% and 57.7% respectively, showing a booming trend. In terms of emerging trade formats, the scale of cross-border e-commerce and market procurement in China has expanded rapidly. In 2021, the import and export scale of cross-border e-commerce in China reached 1.98 trillion yuan, an increase of 15%; Market procurement exports increased by 32.1%. Thank you.

The Paper reporter:

RCEP came into effect on January 1st. Could you please tell us about China’s trade with RCEP member countries last year and what specific work the customs has done to promote the implementation of RCEP? Thank you.

Li Kuiwen:

Thank you for your question. On January 1st this year, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) came into effect for six ASEAN member countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, and 10 countries including China, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, which marked the official launch of the world’s largest free trade area. According to customs statistics, in 2021, China’s import and export to the other 14 member countries of RCEP was 12.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.1%, accounting for 30.9% of China’s total foreign trade. Among them, exports were 5.64 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.8%; Imports reached 6.43 trillion yuan, up by 19.2%.

Among the 701 binding businesses of RCEP, the General Administration of Customs, alone or jointly, is responsible for 174, accounting for 24.8%. At present, relevant work has been fully done. The main work of customs in promoting the implementation of RCEP is reflected in the following three aspects:

First, in terms of rules of origin and tariff concessions. Two regulations and four supporting normative documents were issued, namely "Measures for the Administration of the Origin of Import and Export Goods under RCEP" and "Measures for the Administration of Approved Exporters". In view of the implementation requirements of RCEP tariff concession mode and rules of origin, the information system of customs origin management will be upgraded in an all-round way to realize the sharing and application of visa data and customs clearance data, and a three-dimensional customs supervision and service network combining origin management, enterprise management and commodity management will be built. Complete the translation of product-specific rules of origin and the consultation on the implementation guidelines of origin, promote the Chinese plan to become the consensus of all parties, and clear the obstacles for the entry into force of the agreement.

Second, in terms of customs procedures and trade facilitation. Focus on the rules of RCEP trade facilitation, aiming at accelerating the creation of a market-oriented, rule-based and international port business environment, and continuously optimize customs clearance procedures, improve customs clearance efficiency and reduce customs clearance costs. Vigorously promote RCEP members to optimize their respective operational processes, standardize and simplify customs supervision procedures, and jointly review customs procedures with them. Specially formulate and implement plans to promote mutual recognition and implementation of "AEO" between me and RCEP members. Up to now, I have signed AEO mutual recognition arrangements with five of the 10 members of RCEP who have established AEO system. We have tried relevant measures first in the comprehensive bonded zones in Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, Fujian and other pilot free trade zones, such as defining the acceptable "minor error" range of certificates of origin under preferential trade agreements.

Third, in animal and plant quarantine and food safety, import and export commodity inspection. Taking advantage of the strong complementarity between RCEP members and me in the field of animal and plant quarantine, we will comprehensively sort out the access mechanism of imported agricultural products and promote the export of high-quality agricultural products in China. Strengthen the sharing of animal and plant epidemic information with RCEP members, promote international epidemic monitoring cooperation, and promote the upgrading of China-ASEAN animal and plant quarantine and food safety cooperation information network. Pay more attention to and study the technical trade measures of RCEP members, raise our trade concerns through multilateral and bilateral channels, and actively negotiate with foreign countries to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of our export enterprises.

At the same time, do a good job in the publicity and interpretation of RCEP policies related to customs business, especially in the field of rules of origin for nearly a thousand times, and help enterprises to be familiar with rules of origin and agreed tax rates in various forms and carriers, and master the relevant requirements such as customs clearance for import and export goods, application for certificates of origin, and issuance of independent declarations. Thank you.

People’s Daily reporter:

The Central Economic Work Conference proposed that micro-policies should continuously stimulate the vitality of market players. May I ask the spokesman, how did the main players of foreign trade market perform in import and export last year? What measures has the customs introduced to stimulate the vitality of foreign trade enterprises? Thank you.

Li Kuiwen:

Thank you for your question. In 2021, the vitality of China’s foreign trade business entities continued to increase, which strongly supported the steady growth of foreign trade. The number of enterprises with import and export performance reached 567,000, an increase of 36,000. Among them, private enterprises maintained the status of China’s largest foreign trade business entity, with import and export of 19 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.7%, accounting for 48.6% of China’s total foreign trade value; The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises remained stable, with the import and export reaching 14.03 trillion yuan, up by 12.7%. The import and export of state-owned enterprises accelerated, reaching 5.94 trillion yuan, an increase of 27.7%.

Regarding the work done by the customs in stimulating the vitality of foreign trade market players, in 2021, there are mainly the following aspects:

First, the implementation of the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform, the customs declaration unit for the record to achieve the "full network office, national office." We will make greater efforts to deepen the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform, actively promote the change from "licensing" to "filing" for customs declaration enterprises, fully implement filing management for customs declaration units, and introduce measures such as "all-round network operation and nationwide operation" to facilitate the convenience and benefit enterprises. Enterprises can log in to the "single window" or "internet plus Customs" at any place in the country to submit filing applications, and after being audited by the local customs, they can print their own filing receipts and go through the whole process paperless online; If the enterprise makes a mistake in choosing the local customs, the first customs officer who receives the application will be responsible for it, so as to truly realize the enterprise’s "zero errands, zero cost" and "application at any place, one-time handling".

The second is to speed up AEO international mutual recognition cooperation and help enterprises enjoy convenience in a wider range. Focusing on building the Belt and Road countries, countries members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), Central and Eastern European countries and important trading countries, we will accelerate the promotion of international mutual recognition cooperation of "certified operators" (AEO). Since 2021, we have achieved AEO mutual recognition with Serbia, Chile, Uganda, Iran and South Africa. Up to now, we have signed AEO mutual recognition agreements with 21 economies including the European Union and Singapore, covering 47 countries (regions), and the total number of countries (regions) with mutual recognition ranks first in the world. Among them, 31 countries have jointly built the "Belt and Road", 5 RCEP member countries and 13 Central and Eastern European countries. The goods exported by AEO enterprises in China to mutually recognized countries (regions) can directly enjoy the convenience measures implemented by local customs, such as reducing inspection, giving priority to handling, appointing liaison service, and giving priority to customs clearance in extraordinary times, thus reducing trade costs and enhancing the vitality of enterprises.

The third is to strengthen the customs protection of intellectual property rights and stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises. We have successively deployed and carried out a series of special actions such as "Longteng Action 2021" to comprehensively strengthen intellectual property protection, "Blue Net Action 2021" to protect intellectual property rights of delivery channels, and "Net Net Action 2021" to protect intellectual property rights of export transshipment goods, and continued to maintain a high-pressure situation of cracking down on infringement. Compile the knowledge map of intellectual property customs protection, organize the development and pilot application of the intelligent identification technology of intellectual property trademarks on the mobile side of the new generation inspection management system. Carry out the guidance and service of "one enterprise, one policy" intellectual property protection, enhance the awareness and ability of intellectual property protection of enterprises, continuously strengthen cross-departmental, cross-customs and cross-border law enforcement cooperation, strengthen the whole chain protection of intellectual property rights, and better serve the innovation and development of enterprises.

In the next step, the General Administration of Customs will continue to deepen the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform according to the requirements of boosting the confidence of foreign trade market players, optimize the business environment at ports, promote helping enterprises to tide over difficulties and resume development, and stimulate the vitality and endogenous motivation of foreign trade market players. Thank you.

Global Times reporter:

Under the epidemic situation, traditional trade has been severely impacted, and new formats and new models such as cross-border e-commerce have played an important role in ensuring orders, markets and shares. Could you please tell us more about the import and export of China’s new trade format in 2021? Thank you.

Li Kuiwen:

Thank you for your question. Cross-border e-commerce, market procurement and other new formats and new models are the effective force of China’s foreign trade development and an important trend of international trade development. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, China’s cross-border e-commerce has taken advantage of online marketing, online trading and contactless delivery, actively cultivated new advantages in participating in international cooperation and competition, and the scale of import and export has continued to grow rapidly.

First, in terms of cross-border e-commerce, B2B export pilots have been fully rolled out, and new models such as "China-Europe trains" and "assembling and re-exporting" have been integrated and developed. In order to help cross-border e-commerce export enterprises better explore the international market, in the second half of 2021, the pilot of B2B export supervision of cross-border e-commerce was officially replicated and promoted in the national customs, and the supporting policies were continuously improved. At the same time, the "Shanghe Demonstration Zone-Minsk", "Yixin Europe" and "Suxin Europe", Hefei to Hamburg, Germany, Port William and other cross-border e-commerce trains have been opened and normalized, realizing the integration of "China-Europe Train" and cross-border e-commerce mode. Customs statistics show that in 2021, China’s cross-border e-commerce import and export was 1.98 trillion yuan, an increase of 15%; Among them, exports were 1.44 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.5%.

Second, in terms of market procurement, the export scale exceeded 900 billion yuan. With the expansion of the national market procurement pilot, China’s market procurement exports reached 930.39 billion yuan in 2021, an increase of 32.1%, accounting for 4.3% of the total export value in the same period, driving export growth by 1.3 percentage points. Thank you.

Xing Huina:

Time relationship, the last question.

The picture shows Xing Huina, deputy director and spokesperson of the State Council Information Office. (photo by Liu Jian)

China News Agency reporter:

We know that the development goal of China’s foreign trade last year was to stabilize the quantity and improve the quality. What are the new changes and characteristics of China’s import and export last year in terms of quality improvement? Thank you.

Li Kuiwen:

Thank you for your question. In 2021, China’s foreign trade import and export reached a new high in scale and made new progress in quality improvement. We think it is mainly reflected in the following aspects:

First, the international market share is higher. According to the latest data, in the first three quarters of 2021, China’s export international market share was 14.9%, up 0.6 percentage points year-on-year and 3.8 percentage points compared with 2012, which was just the same as China’s export international market share in 2000 at the beginning of the century. At the same time, the international market share of China’s imports has steadily increased from 10% for the first time in 2013 to 12.1% in the first three quarters of 2021, up by 0.5 percentage points year-on-year. This reflects the great achievements we have made in reform and opening up in the new era.

Second, new formats are developing faster. In 2021, China’s cross-border e-commerce exports increased by 24.5% year-on-year, and market procurement exports increased by 32.1%. The effect of China’s policies and measures to promote the healthy, sustainable and innovative development of new foreign trade formats and new models continues to emerge.

Third, the role of an open platform is stronger. In 2021, the import and export of China’s comprehensive bonded zone increased by 24.3%, the import and export of Pilot Free Trade Zone increased by 26.4%, and the import and export of Hainan Free Trade Port increased by 57.7%.

Fourth, the main body is more energetic. In 2021, the number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in China reached 567,000, an increase of 36,000. Among them, the contribution of private enterprises to foreign trade growth reached 58.2%.

Fifth, the import and export structure is better. In terms of trade structure, the proportion of China’s general trade import and export increased by 1.6 percentage points in 2021; Nearly 60% of export products are mechanical and electrical products. In terms of regional distribution, the import and export of the central and western regions of China was 6.93 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.8%, which was 1.4 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of China’s foreign trade in the same period. Among trading partners, imports and exports to Europe, America, Japan and other economies increased by 17.5%, while imports and exports to Latin America and Africa increased by 31.6% and 26.3% respectively. China, together with its trading partners, has jointly maintained the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain and helped the recovery of the world economy.

I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce some work done by the customs in coordinating the prevention and control of epidemic situation at ports and promoting the steady growth of foreign trade.

In 2021, faced with the impact of the global COVID-19 epidemic, China’s foreign trade produced a bright report card, and foreign trade also became a highlight of China’s economy. This not only reflects the strong resilience of China’s foreign trade, but also incorporates the unremitting efforts of the national customs.

Over the past year, under the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, the national customs resolutely and quickly implemented the spirit of the important instructions of the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, deeply understood the new features and requirements in the new development stage, fully, accurately and comprehensively implemented the new development concept, promulgated and implemented the "14th Five-Year Plan" customs development plan and the national "14th Five-Year Plan" port development plan, and started a new journey of socialist modern customs construction in an all-round way.

Over the past year, the national customs coordinated development and safety, strengthened supervision and optimized services, comprehensively improved the level of supervision ability, implemented port epidemic prevention and control without relaxation, accurately and scientifically, maintained the high-pressure situation of cracking down on smuggling, actively supported the steady growth of foreign trade, and vigorously optimized the business environment at ports, which effectively promoted the steady and qualitative increase of foreign trade volume.

Over the past year, the national customs has adhered to the systematic concept, actively integrated into the overall situation, promoted the implementation of major national strategies such as the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the integration of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta, served the construction of the free trade pilot zone and Hainan Free Trade Port, promoted the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", expanded the AEO mutual recognition cooperation, strengthened the construction of "three intelligences", and completed the preparatory work for the implementation of RCEP ahead of schedule, which effectively promoted the high-level opening.

We still have a few specific tasks, and we will also inform you here:

First, scientifically and accurately do a good job in port epidemic prevention and control. Since 2021, with the most resolute attitude, the fastest action and the most powerful measures, the Customs has done a good job in the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic scientifically, accurately and strictly, and resolutely built a port quarantine defense line.

The first is to strengthen the information research of the epidemic situation. Implement the "four early" requirements, closely monitor and judge the overseas epidemic situation, as well as virus variation and changes in prevention and control measures, and "judge one day"; Deploy customs at land ports to further improve the detailed work plan and emergency plan in accordance with the principle of "one port, one plan" to prevent the epidemic from being introduced through border land ports.

Second, strict port health quarantine. The Customs strictly completes the boarding quarantine of inbound means of transport, and strictly implements quarantine measures such as two-way temperature detection, health declaration card verification, medical inspection and sampling detection for all inbound personnel, so as to fully investigate the epidemic risk of all inbound personnel. Strengthen the rapid response mechanism of joint prevention and control with relevant local departments, strictly hand over and transfer all entry personnel and inform them, and realize seamless connection and closed-loop management.

The third is to adhere to the principle of "people, things and environment should be protected against each other". According to the work plan of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, the Customs carries out nucleic acid monitoring and preventive disinfection supervision at the port for imported cold chain food and imported high-risk non-cold chain container goods; Supervise airlines to carry out terminal disinfection of inbound passenger aircraft in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council.

The fourth is to strengthen personal safety protection. Customs strengthens the implementation of safety protection system and supervision system, strengthens training and assessment, and strictly regulates personal protection operations; Strict closed management is implemented for staff in high-risk positions. Front-line staff at the port always keep full vaccination, accelerate the strengthening of immunization, and the personal protection standards and measures will not be reduced after strict vaccination.

Second, go all out to promote the steady growth of foreign trade. In 2021, the Customs will focus on the concerns of market players, open to the outside world at a high level, actively implement various policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, and help the import and export trade maintain a stable and positive trend.

First, continuously optimize the port business environment. Except in special circumstances, all 38 kinds of regulatory documents involved in import and export can be accepted through a "single window". Expand the "single window" financial service pilot, benefiting more than 230 thousand foreign trade enterprises, and consolidate the effect of reducing the overall customs clearance time of import and export goods. In December 2021, the overall customs clearance time for imports and exports in China was 32.97 hours and 1.23 hours, respectively, which was 66.14% and 89.98% shorter than that in 2017.

The second is to effectively reduce the customs clearance costs of enterprises. Implement institutional innovation and vigorously reduce institutional transaction costs. In 2021, the online filing procedures for 183,000 enterprises will be completed as soon as possible. We will promote the pilot reform of tariff guarantee insurance. By the end of 2021, 3,775 enterprises had accumulated guarantee tax of 534.02 billion yuan, helping enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Third, vigorously promote the development of new trade formats. We will continue to optimize the reform measures for B2B export supervision of cross-border e-commerce, and apply the supervision mode of B2B direct export and cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse in the national customs from July 1, 2021 to help enterprises better explore the international market. Support the expansion of market procurement trade pilots, and cooperate with relevant departments to complete the acceptance of newly established market procurement pilots. At present, there are 31 market procurement pilots.

Fourth, actively support the development of a new highland for opening to the outside world. Promote the high-quality development of comprehensive bonded zones, support the establishment of new comprehensive bonded zones in areas with real needs and qualified conditions, and establish 8 new comprehensive bonded zones in 2021; Up to now, there are 168 special customs supervision areas in China. We give full play to the role of the Pilot Free Trade Zone as a "test field". In 2021, we agreed to put 25 innovative measures in the first place to help open up to the outside world at a high level. Thank you.

Xing Huina:

Thank you, Director Li. That’s all for today’s press conference. Some media have not been given the opportunity to ask questions. You can keep in touch with us after the meeting. Thank you, media friends, goodbye!

　　　 Thanks to his affair with Zhang Ziyi, Wang Feng’s ongoing national tour has attracted much attention. The Chengdu solo song that just ended last weekend was known for being shouted "Zhang Ziyi" by fans. Recently, the organizers announced the new performance schedule. Wang Feng will lead the "Existence" concert tour to Guangdong for the second time on December 14, and continue his rock tour at the Zhuhai Sports Center.

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　　　 The popularity of Wang Feng’s performance in Chengdu last weekend changed the impression of the performance industry that Chengdu people who like comfort are "not rock enough". That night, a female fan broke her high heels, and some female netizens expressed their love bluntly: "I don’t care how the gossip news describes Wang Feng. After watching the scene, I know that a man who can write such music satisfies all my imagination of a man."

　　　 Wang Feng’s concert can be called a passionate musical journey. His very conceptual lyrics and low and hoarse voice reflect the inner predicament and confusion of the current urbanites, and also give everyone a warm and sincere emotional experience. For the concert to be held in Zhuhai in December, the organizers said that they will innovate on the basis of the previous tour. "Wang Feng always decides the next stop’s playlist according to his mood, and each game will share different feelings with fans." It is certain that the Zhuhai station will definitely include the tracks of Wang Feng’s new album to be released in November, and classic "Wang-style songs" such as "Blooming Life", "Fly Higher" and "Spring" will definitely not be missing.

"Wang Zhanglian" helps career climb to new heights

　　　 Recently, Wang Feng’s love affair with Zhang Ziyi has dominated entertainment headlines, and the news of the two flying to the United States together has also been talked about by everyone. Many people think that the two are just revisiting the land of love, but in fact, this is not the case. According to people familiar with the matter, Wang Feng’s repeated trips to the United States some time ago were busy producing a new album released at the end of November, and an album in two years was also his promise to fans.

　　　 At a time when most of the old singers are silent and the new generation cannot be alone, Wang Feng has thrived in the rock music scene in recent years. Coupled with the addition of "The Voice of China" and "Wang Zhanglian", Wang Feng’s career has reached a peak in an all-round way. This year, his "Existence" national tour has been full of venues along the way, with an attendance rate of more than 90%. In Tianjin, he has robbed the audience of the Chinese Super League Football League in the same city, reducing the number of Tianjin home court by 7,000. After the Guangzhou game, the media also lamented that this is a rare shock scene in the past decade.

　　　 Behind Wang Feng’s success is also a string of sweaty numbers: 18 years of persistence, 9 albums, 130 songs, 40,947 words of lyrics, all the lyrics and songs are arranged in one hand, 10 times the best album, 20 times the best male singer affirmation, 82 music awards, 120 music festivals…

　　Recently, under the background of the new policy of "double reduction", the topic of minors playing online games has been pushed to the forefront again, causing social concern. Different from the past, this hot discussion has formed a completely opposite situation: on the one hand, it accuses online games of great harm to teenagers, and laments that it will destroy a generation in the long run; On the other hand, the game is not only innocent, but also should be vigorously developed and become a national "strategic emerging industry". In the face of online games, how can children "afford to play, let go, not refuse, not indulge"?

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　　Online games have ruined our family.

　　Zhao Nvshi, a junior high school parent

　　When my son was in primary school, his academic performance was particularly good, but when he was in junior high school, he became addicted to online games, just like a different person. Especially during the online class at home last year due to the epidemic, I didn’t listen to the class and didn’t write my homework. When I taught him a few words, he shouted at me and even told me to "get out". After returning to school and resuming classes, his grades plummeted and he became a poor student in his class, and he didn’t even want to go to school. I mobilized all my relatives and friends to go into battle, and finally managed to persuade him to go to school. Because he often plays games all night at night, his mental state is very poor during the day. Even when he goes to school, he sleeps, and he has a bad temper. He often conflicts with his classmates because of some small things, and his friends around him are getting less and less.

　　School starts in September, and my son should be in the third grade, but his state is so bad that we suspended him at the suggestion of psychologists. Now, he doesn’t communicate with us at all, and he won’t let me and his father go into his room. When eating, I can only put the rice at the door of his room and let him take it in. I feel very sad. It is online games that have ruined our original warm home.

　　I really shouldn’t have let my child "into the pit" at the beginning.

　　Senior three parents, Ms. Liu

　　Daughter from primary school to senior three, we don’t know how many "wars" have happened because of online games. From the initial angry tablet, to the subsequent confiscation of mobile phones, and then to the signing of a mobile phone use agreement, this protracted "tug-of-war" has been filled with smoke. I regret it very much now. I shouldn’t have let my child "into the pit" at the beginning.

　　I think it’s best for parents to intervene and act early, and explicitly ask their children not to touch online games when they are still young. Of course, this is a process of wits and wits. A friend of mine has been letting his children use the old-age computer in order to prevent them from playing games, even though his son has been in the third year of high school; I also have a colleague who has been in a cold war with his fifth-grade son for many days because he secretly played games … … These methods may not be the best, and they need to be adopted according to the children’s situation, but it must be said that parents must have a clear attitude towards their children’s playing games, and they must never let them go, let alone compromise because they are worried about their children’s excessive behavior.

　　Playing games makes it difficult to integrate into the group.

　　Teacher Wang, the head teacher of a primary school

　　As a teacher, I firmly oppose students playing online games, because indulging in them is extremely harmful to students and has caused immeasurable harm to their physical and mental development.

　　Judging from the classes I manage myself, in recent years, there are often students who are addicted to playing games and delay their studies, including children with excellent academic performance, teachers and parents. Some children are completely deaf and their grades have dropped sharply. A child stole six or seven thousand yuan from his parents’ bank card in order to buy game props, which made family relations very tense. Not only that, but the child’s eyesight also declined. In addition, because they pay special attention to winning or losing games, some children who play games are in a bad mood and unstable mood if they fail to pass the test. They are immersed in their own game world and are unwilling to communicate with teachers and classmates, making it increasingly difficult to integrate into the collective life.

　　I hope that the painful lesson will not be repeated.

　　Cao Lizhi, a teacher of Cuiwei School affiliated to the National People’s Congress.

　　I am a high school teacher. I didn’t think that online games were a scourge, but I thought that playing them occasionally could exercise the coordination of hands and brains. However, the painful lessons happened in my class and my students, which made me hate online games.

　　I once taught a particularly clever student, who was among the best in his freshman year, but somehow fell in love with online games. During his three years in high school, his academic performance went from bad to worse, but his level of playing games became better and better. No matter what games he played, he got started very quickly and was able to learn by analogy. Even the game company funded him to play games in other places. However, the college entrance examination gave him a blow, and he fell into Sun Shan. Now every time he comes back to see me, he will say a word: "Playing games in high school, getting possessed, killing people!" This child often makes me feel sorry. Later, I no longer support the students in my class to play games, and I have to explain the truth to them, so that they can stay away from games and come back to reality.

　　Teenagers’ excessive games have many hazards.

　　Chen Yao, Haidian Academy of Education

　　While online games bring people entertainment, the negative effects and harms in some aspects are increasingly prominent, especially for teenagers whose physical and mental development is not yet mature. Excessive games may lead to a series of abnormal psychological and behavioral reactions of children, which will bring negative consequences to individuals and families, and it is also easy to cause some social problems.

　　Excessive games will affect the physical development of teenagers. Looking at the screen at close range for a long time will make the ciliary muscle in the eyeball lose its elasticity, which will lead to the inability to recover the lens, which will lead to myopia. Teenagers spend too much time on games, which will lead to insufficient physical exercise time, especially outdoor exercise time, which will also have a negative impact on teenagers’ physical development. Teenagers who excessively play games often stay up late to play, which will lead to the body’s failure to produce enough melatonin. Without enough melatonin, they can’t get high-quality sleep, which will have a negative impact on teenagers’ daily mental state, physical growth and development, and the formation of physical immunity. In addition, studies have shown that the normal development of the left forebrain of teenagers who are addicted to games will be inhibited, especially for children who are in early intellectual development, and this effect is more obvious.

　　Excessive games will affect the psychological growth of teenagers. Due to the long-term lack of social communication and interpersonal communication caused by excessive games, people often regard the virtual online world as real life, and their thoughts and emotions will be out of touch with real life, and psychologically they will show the characteristics of self-isolation and self-righteousness. Although these teenagers can get psychological satisfaction through the virtual world, they can’t improve their ability to deal with real problems. Once they return to real life, they often feel at a loss, so that they always choose to escape in the face of real difficulties. At the same time, as a result of spending a lot of time on games, it is inevitable that the study time will be greatly reduced and the study standards will be lowered, so that the academic performance will also decline again and again. In addition, for teenagers with immature psychological development and weak behavior self-control, violence and pornography in the game are likely to be the incentives for them to commit crimes.

　　Analyzing the reasons why teenagers are addicted to online games has great attraction, but the fundamental reason lies in the serious problems in their real life. Bad parent-child relationship, monotonous family life, great pressure of academic competition, insufficient sense of self-worth, blocked development of personal interests and hobbies, and insufficient ability of personal social communication and emotional adjustment, etc., the psychological needs behind these games are also worth pondering by parents and educators.

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　　It is not the original sin of the game for children to go bad.

　　Mr. Cheng, a junior high school parent

　　Today, online games, like novels, dramas, movies, TV plays and other cultural and entertainment elements, have become an indispensable part of the development of human society and have a great impact on human social interaction. All kinds of games are important components in both computers and mobile phones.

　　The game has been criticized constantly since its birth. Some people think that playing games will damage the eyes, make people addicted to it and delay their studies. In short, children will become bad when playing games. However, are these questions really the original sin of the game? Will watching movies ruin your eyes? The closed and dim screening hall, strong light and big screen, which lasts for two hours at a time, is much more irritating to the eyes than playing games. Why didn’t anyone propose to ban teenagers from watching movies? Will online teaching ruin your eyes? Online classes should be staring at the screen, and I haven’t heard of social calls to cancel online courses. It is said that playing games will be addictive and addictive, but reading novels will be addictive, reading comics will be addictive, watching idol dramas will be addictive, and brushing videos will be addictive, as well as fishing, raising flowers and raising birds … … In fact, everything is addictive, which requires moderation and control. The board can’t just play games. As for the fact that games make teenagers tend to be violent and become bad children, we must admit that some games have violent content, and the users they face are adults, just as some film and television dramas are not suitable for children to watch, so are games. The game industry should set up a grading system, and teenagers should not be exposed to such games, but this is not the problem of games themselves, but what measures should be taken by relevant departments to standardize the management of teenagers playing games.

　　Playing games properly can make you feel happy.

　　Middle school student Xiao Zhang

　　In my daily busy study and life, I occasionally play online games, because it can play a certain venting role and make my mood happy. The game has scenes that can’t be shaped in real life. When playing the game, I can "play strange" or "make friends" according to my own ideas. I think that most students as old as me will not be addicted to games, and only a few cases confuse online games with real life. As long as enough is enough, playing games can explain the "combination of work and rest" well, and even get twice the result with half the effort.

　　Knowing the game is knowing yourself.

　　Xiao Du, a graduate of Game Design Department of Communication University of China in 2021.

　　I grew up with games all the time. From playing with all kinds of interesting toys when I was a child, to exchanging treasures and dreams with my partners when I was a student, to chatting with my friends in front of the computer, or looking for a board game bar to play cards all afternoon. It is precisely because I have always experienced the fun brought by games that my middle school days are diverse and positive. Because I like the fun of games, love to play and think everyday, and occasionally DIY some games, I chose the game major without hesitation in the college entrance examination. Combined with my own game experience and learning practice on campus, I have a strong interest and curiosity in game design. Good games can make people get meaningful happiness continuously and get rich experiences from games. This is a complex subject that integrates computer, art, psychology, economics and other knowledge, and it is still growing vigorously. Why do people feel happy? How to control the psychological expectation of good people? These are all problems that deserve our constant reflection and summary in the game production process and even in our life. To understand the game is to understand ourselves. Therefore, I encourage teenagers to try and experience games. Of course, the premise of playing games is to complete their daily study and experience them in their spare time.

　　Rudely stopping children from playing games will affect social interaction.

　　Senior gamer Zhan Congcong

　　As a veteran player with more than 20 years of gaming experience, I think it is normal for teenagers to play online games. If they are simply and rudely stopped from playing online games, their normal social interaction and their cognition of the world may be affected to some extent.

　　In the digital age, online games have become an important window for teenagers in the new era to know the world, acquire knowledge, understand the society, integrate into the group and gain a sense of accomplishment. Many teenagers’ initial cognition of historical figures and events comes from games, and many teenagers’ circle of friends is also established based on game circles. Online games have been catalyzing the cognitive iteration of teenagers in the digital age. It is almost a natural evolution process for some teenagers to choose to play online games, because teenagers need to establish some cognition during play, and the work of making these teenagers who love to play games establish this cognition is handed over to online games.

　　At present, the debate on online games in society mainly focuses on the idea that children are easy to indulge in online games, which will delay their study and affect their health. These problems do exist, because in the highly capitalized online game market in China, the mechanism design of most commercial games is based on user retention, so that players can spend enough time in the game to achieve their operational goals. The interlocking game task incentives make it easy for adult players to play hard, let alone teenagers. However, if game manufacturers can add a mechanism that rewards will be doubled if they play for more than a day in the game design process, maybe the outcome will be different. For example, in addition to the minor protection system, if the market supervision department can unite with game manufacturers and smartphone manufacturers to develop a combination of software and hardware to guide young people to control game time, it may also reduce some negative effects!

　　In fact, online games are just one of the countless ways of digital entertainment in this era. Forcing a child who likes to play games not to play games may not make him suddenly fall in love with learning. Here, I also want to say to those parents who are upset because their children love playing games: it may be more meaningful to know their children through games, to find out why children love playing games but don’t like learning, and to know what games bring to their children that they can’t get in real life, than to simply stop them from playing games.

　　Let foreigners know about China culture through games.

　　Hua Yin, an employee of a game company

　　In recent years, with the rapid development of the Internet industry, games have become one of the most important forms of entertainment for netizens because of their low threshold and low cost.

　　In the early years, domestic stand-alone games had a glorious period, and both the plot quality and the depth of the ideological core were not inferior to foreign masterpieces, and even won various awards repeatedly. Nowadays, with the continuous improvement of the quality of game products, domestic games have gradually gained a foothold in the domestic market, while focusing on the new battlefield of "overseas". The news from the China International Digital Entertainment Industry Conference held not long ago shows that the actual sales revenue of self-developed games in overseas markets in the first half of the year was 8.468 billion US dollars, up 11.58% year-on-year.

　　Based on the famous works such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, overseas developers have developed a series of games with the theme of the Three Kingdoms, which are popular all over the world. Previously, overseas game users’ understanding of China often came from the works of our neighboring countries, but they knew little about the spiritual and cultural core of China and China people now, and even had a lot of misunderstandings. Nowadays, with generations of gamers exploring and studying quality and culture, more and more China elements appear in overseas markets, and more foreigners learn about China culture through China games.

　　Expert opinion

　　Games are children’s friends

　　Li Qisheng, Vice Chairman of Beijing Science and Technology Education Promotion Association

　　Games are the shadow of life. What kind of living environment children have, what kind of game choices they have. With the changes of the times and the development of society, in the metropolis of the information age, children’s game positions naturally shift to computers, mobile phones and networks.

　　Games are the choice of conformity. When children are young, when they communicate with peers, they will naturally talk about games. Children who have no contact with games at all can easily feel isolated. Therefore, under the guidance of parents, children’s exposure to some video games often played by their peers will help children find common topics with their peers, help them empathize with each other and help them integrate into the group.

　　In the eyes of many parents, children’s friends are good or bad, and so are games. Games that transmit unhealthy information and guide unhealthy behaviors are "bad friends"; Games that inspire thinking innovation, convey unity and cooperation, and promote positive progress are children’s "good friends".

　　Undeniably, in this noisy era, some unhealthy video games are easy to defile children’s innocent hearts and affect their healthy growth. However, we need to face and accept children’s contact with computer games and mobile games calmly, because it is children’s nature to like games and games are children’s friends.

　　However, games are not the whole of life. Friends are friends, and life is life. As parents, we can’t simply and rudely deny our children access to games, nor can we let them indulge in games. When we first come into contact with games, we need to establish rules with our children, when we can play games, which games we can play and when we must stop playing games. At the same time, parents can actively collect games, choose good games, try to play by themselves, play with children, interact with parents and grow up happily.

　　At different stages of children’s growth, their interest in games will also shift, just like at different ages, they will make friends with different interests. Therefore, parents need to understand the child’s interest transfer and need to follow up in time. While we advocate active participation in outdoor games and parent-child games, many electronic games, such as programming games, Sudoku games, painting games, word games and strategy games, can also be continuously concerned.

　　Of course, children’s main task is to learn. The relationship between games and learning, the application of games in education, and how to make children fall in love with learning like games are also topics of concern to many experts and primary and secondary school teachers. Applying the concept of gamification learning can enliven the classroom atmosphere, arouse students’ enthusiasm for learning and make boring teaching activities colorful. The combination of games and education is likely to promote the reform of student-centered and efficient learning methods.

　　Children who can play have a better future. Therefore, I suggest that the relevant departments should gradually infiltrate the game-based learning concept in the compilation of textbooks, classroom teaching, extracurricular activities, homework evaluation and other links in primary and secondary schools, infiltrate games in learning, and learn happily in games. In this way, children can "afford to play, let go, not refuse, not indulge" when facing the game.