Social Science Dynamics ｜ Blue Book: The total retail sales of consumer goods in Guangzhou exceeded the first time of trillion yuan

On July 14, the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the Social Science Literature Publishing House jointly released the "Guangzhou Blue Book: Guangzhou International Business Center Development Report (2022)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Blue Book").

The Blue Book pointed out that in 2021, the effectiveness of the prevention and control of the Guangzhou epidemic and the development of commercial and trade continued to appear, and the development of all areas of the business industry showed a lot of highlights. The total retail sales of social consumer goods exceeded one trillion yuan for the first time, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods throughout the year were 1012.256 billion yuan, an increase of 9.8%over the previous year. The new model of business formats is booming, and cross -border e -commerce and live e -commerce companies lead the country. The offline exhibition will be resumed in an orderly manner, and the scale of exhibitions and exhibitions ranks second in the country. Passenger throughput of Baiyun International Airport ranks first in China, and multiple logistics indicators continue to achieve good growth. Looking forward to 2022, the situation of the epidemic prevention and control is still severe, and the complexity, instability, and uncertainty of Guangzhou's business industry are intensified. It is expected that the total retail sales of consumer goods in Guangzhou in 2022 and the growth of total foreign trade imports and exports, and the growth rate has been released. slow.

The Blue Book pointed out that the Guangzhou consumer market showed "fast first and then stable" operation. "Looking back at 2021, the trading industry in Guangzhou showed a strong rising trend at the beginning of the year. A new round of epidemic occurred in China in May. He Jiang, director of the Institute of International Business and Trade of the Academy of Social Sciences, introduced that, as a whole, the development of Guangzhou International Trade Center was greatly affected by the new crown pneumonia's epidemic, but it also showed strong toughness.

From the data point of view, in 2021, the total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 9.8%year -on -year, and the total import and export of goods increased by 13.5%year -on -year. After Beijing became Beijing and Shanghai, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China and the total import and export of goods exceeded one by one. Trillions of cities. He Jiang believes that this is a historic breakthrough in Guangzhou's business industry, indicating that the scale of Guangzhou's business industry has jumped to a new level, and the development of the International Business Center has entered a new stage.

In 2021, the normalization of the epidemic prevention and control further affected the direction of the Guangzhou consumer market, and the consumer market structure was constantly adjusted and optimized. The recovery of wholesale and retail industry is stronger, and the accommodation and catering industry have not returned to the level before the epidemic. With the normalization of the epidemic prevention and control, the scale of network consumption continues to expand, and people have continued to grow in health and medicine.

Build a first -class business environment and comprehensively enhance the function of the international business center

The blue book suggests that Guangzhou should build a first -class business environment from three aspects to comprehensively enhance the function of the international business center.

The first is to actively explore the reform and innovation of the consumer system and mechanism. Taking the opportunity to cultivate the construction of the international consumer center cities, actively strive for the support of the higher authorities, explore various consumer policies such as entry and exit, duty -free shops in the city, and electronic payment; Try the financial support and service system construction, cultivate the construction of the core demonstration area, demonstration business district, demonstration block, etc. to build an international consumer center cities, to form an experience that can be replicated and promoted, and give play to the role of demonstration. Study and improve the tax refund policy of overseas passengers, strive for more open tax -free shopping policies, and improve the degree of convenience of international visas.

The second is to continuously improve the level of cross -border trade facilitation. Continue to optimize the "single window" function. Learn from the experience and practices of advanced cities such as Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Shanghai, etc., promote the push and backward movements of the platform, design and develop special value -added services, and extend from the port clearance field to the full chain of international trade management. Continue to promote the innovation of customs supervision service model. Deepen the reform of the port clearance, further optimize the customs clearance operation method and customs clearance process, and deepen reforms such as "early declaration", "two -step declaration" and "two sections of access".

The third is to further promote the reform of the "decentralization service". Deepen the reform of the administrative approval system in the business field, explore the reform of relatively concentrated administrative licenses, innovate administrative approval methods, and improve the efficiency of administrative approval. Deepen the reform of the commercial system and improve the function of the entire electronic business registration function. In the context of the normalization of the epidemic, increase the rescue efforts to the market entity, and implement accurate assistance policies to the wholesale, retail, catering, accommodation, tourism, etc. develop.

System promotes the construction of international consumer center cities

The Blue Book proposes that the influence of "Guangzhou price" should be further enhanced and the high -end factor configuration function should be enhanced. It is necessary to build a Guangzhou Futures Exchange with high standards; take the industrial chain and supply chain as the starting point, and support the market from traditional wholesale trade functions to research and development, customization services, industry exhibitions, e -commerce, entrepreneurial services, talent training, industry standards, professionalism, professionalism, professionalism Authentication, brand incubation, export trade and other service functions have expanded to improve the development level of the entire industrial chain of professional market services. Support the professional market to actively explore digital transformation and the integration of domestic and foreign trade. In addition, it is necessary to continuously increase the influence of the commodity trading market, further enhance the influence of "Guangzhou price" such as "Guangluo Index" and "Fish Bead · China Wood Price Index", and make it an important vane in the industry.

The Blue Book proposes that as the first batch of international consumer center cities in my country to cultivate pilot cities, Guangzhou should follow the new trend of consumer development, further strengthen characteristic advantages, make up for shortcomings, systematically promote the construction of international consumer center cities, and find it in the construction of a new development pattern in my country. Play positioning, play a role, and make positive contributions.

Specifically, we must gather internationally high -end consumer resources and enhance business activity; build a world -class tourist destination and enhance international popularity; to enhance the status of an international comprehensive transportation hub and enhance the convenience of reach;Prosperity; to promote consumer innovation policies to try first to enhance policy leadership.Text/Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng reporter Tan Min Correspondent Sui Society Xuan Xuanxuan Xuan Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng editor Hu Jun

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