E-payment service providers have also, in recent months, implemented measures to simplify and enhance payment facilitation.

近几个月来，电子支付服务提供商也实施了简化和加强支付便利化的措施。

Over the past decade, the State-owned enterprise has conducted extensive international energy cooperation to promote infrastructure connectivity, trade facilitation, financial integration and people-to-people exchanges.

在过去的十年里，这家国有企业开展了广泛的国际能源合作，以促进基础设施互联互通、贸易便利化、金融一体化和人文交流。

As major responsible countries, China and Germany should join hands in promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, he said.

他说，中德作为负责任的大国，应该携手推动贸易和投资自由化便利化。

Meanwhile, China has rolled out a broader agenda of opening-up, to provide all possible facilitation for foreign investors and shore up their confidence, which fosters positive sentiments for Borouge and other global companies alike, he added.

他补充道，与此同时，中国推出了更广泛的开放议程，为外国投资者提供一切可能的便利，增强他们的信心，这为博鲁格和其他全球公司带来了积极的情绪。

The Chinese government has consistently taken steps to provide facilitation measures for the cross-border pooling of funds, tax policy services, talent introduction and cultivation, and promotion for enterprises.

中国政府一贯采取措施，为跨境资金融通、税收政策服务、人才引进和培养、企业晋升等提供便利措施。

Since the RCEP agreement came into force on Jan 1, it has delivered increasingly prominent dividends to companies through tariff concessions, trade facilitation and other policies.

自1月1日RCEP协定生效以来，它通过关税减让、贸易便利化等政策为企业带来了越来越突出的红利。

The favorable conditions, together with the trade facilitation policies issued by the CIIE, have offered more opportunities to Dole.

有利的条件，加上进博会出台的贸易便利化政策，为多尔提供了更多机遇。

"As shown, China will unswervingly expand high-level opening-up and continue to improve the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, which will boost the confidence of French companies in the Chinese market," said Xavier Chatte-Ruols, deputy-director for Business France China.

“正如所表明的那样，中国将坚定不移地扩大高水平开放，继续提高贸易和投资自由化便利化水平，这将增强法国公司对中国市场的信心，”法国商务部中国区副主任Xavier Chatte Ruols说。

According to CQC, a subsidiary company of China Certification and Inspection Group, the establishment of the two branches will drive it to further promote the facilitation and liberalization of the supply chain for China and countries around the world.

中国认证检验集团的子公司CQC表示，这两个分支机构的成立将推动其进一步促进中国和世界各国供应链的便利化和自由化。

They can also continue to implement trade facilitation measures, and accelerate the development of new business modes.

他们还可以继续实施贸易便利化措施，加快发展新的商业模式。

In the future, Nanning Customs will ramp up efforts to take better advantage of RCEP-enabled policies to lower trade barriers, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and promote trade between Guangxi and the outside world at a higher level, it said.

南宁海关表示，未来，南宁海关将加大力度，更好地利用RCEP政策，降低贸易壁垒，促进贸易和投资自由化便利化，促进广西与外部世界的贸易在更高水平上发展。

The speech delivers a clear message to the world that China's direction of building a new high-level open economic system will not change, and its determination to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation will not change.

讲话向世界传递了一个明确信息，即中国建设高水平开放型经济新体制的方向不会改变，推动贸易投资自由化便利化的决心不会改变。

Swire Coca-Cola values China's vibrant and fast-growing market, and the policy support, development facilitation and strong domestic demand all have attracted Swire Coca-Cola to focus its strategy on China, said Su Wei, president of Swire Coca-Cola Co Ltd. Su also said the new investment in the expansion and reconstruction project of Swire Coca-Cola Zhengzhou plant is a manifestation of Swire Coca-Cola's determination to continue to increase its investment in China.

"Looking ahead, we hope to take on more social responsibility, increasing our facilitation of social development, bringing more fulfilling and positive cultural influence to society and introducing more 'Made-in-China' content to the world," he said.

In the future, less curtailment and higher renewable integration would require more facilitation in grid-level and even inter-grid collaboration, he said.

Market insiders said that the country's opening-up policies and trade facilitation measures have helped make imported foods an integral part of people's daily life.

The move is seen fostering the healthy and sustainable development of the epidemic prevention industry and promoting the facilitation, digitization and standardization of the long-term anti-pandemic effort both at home and abroad.

The government said development of the province will first focus on liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, followed by further optimizing the opening-up policies for the economy and institutional arrangements.

With a plan aiming at further consolidating the foundation of the real economy and enhancing economic competitiveness, a free trade port system will be "basically established" in Hainan by 2025, becoming "more mature" by 2035, with a focus on the liberalization and facilitation of trade, investment, transport and the flow of talent, capital and data.

The participation in the CIIE is an important testament of Abbott's commitment to the development of the Chinese healthcare industry and the facilitation of the country's Healthy China agenda," said Tony Chan, vice president of Abbott's diagnostics business in China.

"We believe that China's further opening-up will promote the globalization as well as the liberalization and facilitation of trade," Gu said.

The government will continuously push forward facilitation of grid connection for wind and solar power, while coming up with new mechanisms to encourage the consumption of renewable energy to further reduce the curtailment rate, he said.

The initiative will greatly benefit Africa in terms of investment and trade facilitation and access to new markets, he said.

The facility is one of four new international airport terminals built in the country's major airports to modernize operation and passenger facilitation.

The company generates revenue from fees charged for loan facilitation and management service to borrowers and investors.

For the beauty industry, it promotes trade facilitation and industrial prosperity.

To help companies address the difficulties and challenges they may face, the country will leverage a series of measures in line with World Trade Organization rules, like fee reductions for trade facilitation, Gao added.

China will stick to the reform and opening-up policy and provide more investment facilitation for foreign enterprises, Li said.

It aims to help the world cope with challenges - with security technology, trade and customs facilitation, and ports control, Chen said.

President Bhandari also stressed on the need for Nepali government's facilitation and the private sector's excitement for the hydropower development in the country.

Noting that in 2016 the Mediterranean-China import-export trade volume exceeded $150 billion, Chen urged both sides to speed up trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and expand financial and commercial exchanges in order to provide new engines to regional development.

Urwork's shared office facilities overseas can provide low rentals, investment resources and related services that can help newcomers to settle down quickly, including facilitation of business licenses, legal consultancy and recruitment, he said.

It is positioned by the government to be a free trade zone, enjoying favorable policies in tax, foreign investors' access, factors relating to production prices, trade facilitation, and other competitive advantages.

The country is committed to upholding global trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, as well as maintaining the stability of global industrial and supply chains, said Wang Wen, executive dean of the Renmin University of China's Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies.

Stressing a two-way relationship between growth and trade, she said the WTO is negotiating an investment facilitation agreement with 110 countries, to help developing countries "sweep away barriers" for investment to flow in.

Stressing a two-way relationship between growth and trade, she said the WTO is negotiating an investment facilitation agreement with 110 countries, in an effort to help developing countries "sweep away barriers" for investment to flow in and revitalize trade and growth.

The best practice cases mainly cover the fields of trade facilitation, transformation of government functions, factor resource security and high-quality industrial development, it said.

During Li's stay in Switzerland, China announced a unilateral visa-free treatment to Switzerland, and the Swiss side more visa facilitation for Chinese citizens as well as Chinese enterprises investing in Switzerland.

That will lead to a continuous enhancement of investment liberalization and facilitation in services trade.

Promoting liberalization and facilitation of cross-border data flow is essential for the development of international trade and attracting foreign investment.

The DEPA is divided into 16 specific modules, including business and trade facilitation, treatment of digital products and related issues, business and consumer trust, and digital identities.

"Optimizing the business environment should include several areas, including investment liberalization, facilitation, promotion and protection, on which China's Foreign Investment Law has made very clear specifications and requirements," he said.

"The Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone has made breakthroughs in investment management, trade facilitation, financial innovation and government-function transformation," Zhao said.

In terms of trade facilitation, we have also established the nation's first single-window platform to facilitate trade activities," Zhao said.

Fujian will take steps to further enhance trade facilitation with Taiwan, aiming to establish itself as a key trade hub and explore new avenues of service trade cooperation, the guideline said.

In addition to helping or encouraging foreign trade firms to take part in overseas trade shows, tax breaks, export rebates, facilitation in Customs clearance and other preferential policies should be rolled out to help slash their costs and better anchor their expectations, Zhuang said.

By linking transportation, maritime, customs, border inspection and other departments, Sanya takes the lead in issuing local regulations to promote the development of yacht tourism, the classification of the types of sea used for yacht tourism and transaction service standards, establishing the first digital service platform for yacht tourism, and integrating maritime approval services and other facilitation measures, said Yin Chengling, vice-mayor of Sanya Municipal People's Government at the press conference.

On Dec 20, Singapore, Japan and Australia, co-conveners of the WTO Joint Statement Initiative on E-Commerce, announced the conclusion of negotiations on global digital trade rules covering 13 articles in the three broad areas of digital trade facilitation, open digital environment and business and consumer trust.

In order to boost its share of global trade and draw in more foreign investment, China must remain committed to opening its doors wider to the world, providing greater facilitation, and benchmarking against international standards.

The 18 measures in five areas have been designed to better align domestic and foreign trade rules and systems, including supervision, the convergence of standards, and facilitation of smooth domestic and foreign trade resource flows.

In this context, the conference proposed the promotion of high-standard financial opening-up to steadily expand institutional opening-up in the financial sector and enhance cross-border investment and financing facilitation.

Starting with infrastructure construction, the BRI helps developing countries solve the bottleneck of infrastructure connectivity, thus promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and promoting growth of the world economy, Liu said.

Next stage expected to focus on foreign investment, services and digital tradeChina has ample policy room to take a myriad of opening-up measures for trade and investment facilitation and liberalization, in order to hedge against external pressure and internal difficulties, senior trade experts and economists said.

China has expanded its pilot regions of cross-border trade and investment facilitation as the country seeks to deepen high-standard opening-up, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said on Friday.

With foreign exchange facilitation measures having achieved good results in the pilot areas launched in 2022, SAFE said it has decided to implement the measures in the entire area of Shanghai, Jiangsu province, Guangdong province, Beijing, Zhejiang province and Hainan province.

The 18 measures in five areas are designed to better align domestic and foreign trade rules and systems, including supervision, convergence of standards, and facilitation of smooth domestic and foreign trade resource flows.

Meanwhile, the circular includes measures to facilitate foreign-invested enterprises' foreign exchange receipts and payments and add technology-focused small and medium-sized enterprises into the pilot scheme for cross-border financing facilitation.

During his meeting with Richard Haass, former president of the United States' Council on Foreign Relations, on Monday in Beijing, Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng said China will advance its opening-up steadfastly and at a high level, and enhance its liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment.

China has been firmly promoting necessary WTO reforms, Han said, citing examples like the key role the country has played for the organization to successfully conclude negotiations on the text of the world's first multilateral investment agreement, known as the Investment Facilitation for Development.

China will promote the early inclusion of the investment facilitation agreement into the WTO legal framework and support the negotiations on e-commerce, he added.

The supply chain-themed report also stated that continuous enhancements in trade and investment facilitation, along with liberalization, can ensure stable and smooth operation of global supply chains.

The DEPA, signed in June 2020 by Chile, New Zealand and Singapore, is a new type of trade partnership agreement aimed at bolstering digital trade by regulating issues related to the digital economy, including the facilitation of business and trade, data flow and protection, personal information safety and artificial intelligence.

Highlighting that China has paid great attention to the data flow issue in the context of safeguarding data security, Huang Xianhai, vice-president of Zhejiang University, said under the DEPA framework, it is necessary to encourage pilot FTZs to carry out trials on the facilitation of cross-border data flow, establish related governance and operation platforms, and explore data classification and supervision models.

More than 300 institutional innovations by pilot FTZs covering investment, trade facilitation and financial openness have been selected for replication at the national level.

With an open attitude, APEC should push for the goals set forth in joint statements and initiatives, such as investment facilitation, and integrate them into a multilateral framework, he added.

With an open attitude, APEC should push for the goals set forth in joint statements and initiatives, such as investment facilitation, and integrate them into a multilateral framework.

Wu Haiping, director of the general operations department at the General Administration of Customs, said that after more than three decades of development, cooperation among APEC economies has evolved beyond the two traditional pillars of trade liberalization and investment facilitation, as well as economic and technological cooperation.

He said China looks forward to joining these two trade deals at an early date, and is willing to make joint efforts with all parties to actively promote regional economic integration and the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.

It covers almost all key sectors of the digital economy, ranging from the facilitation of commerce and trade to personal information safety.

China looks forward to joining the CPTPP and DEPA at an early date, and is willing to make joint efforts with all parties, to actively promote regional economic integration and the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, and facilitate the recovery of the global economy, He added.

China will always stand on the right side of history, follow the logic of progress of the times, firmly oppose unilateralism and protectionism, resolutely uphold the authority and effectiveness of the multilateral trading system, fully and deeply participate in the reform of the WTO and promote the early entry into force of the Investment Facilitation for Development agreement, he stressed.

During the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held last month, the BRI cooperation partners agreed to further enhance trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and support cooperation on customs clearance facilitation and law enforcement, especially mutual recognition of Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs).

On Tuesday, the State Council, or China's Cabinet, issued a guideline for the sound development of the FTZ, laying out specific steps on 25 aspects, including business climate, trade facilitation and cooperation with neighboring countries.

A high-quality FTZ with high standards will be established in three to five years, with an enabling business environment, greater trade and investment facilitation, advantageous industry clusters, better resource sharing, effective and coordinated management, and the ability to drive the development of their surrounding areas, the guideline said.

The plan identifies specific measures to be taken in 25 aspects, such as creating a first-class business environment, improving trade facilitation levels, expanding and strengthening traditional industries with advantages, and increasing economic and trade cooperation with neighboring countries.

This will enable greater facilitation of free trade and provide more opportunities and better services for investors around the globe, Liu added.

Infrastructure investment and the facilitation of trade and investment are two major drivers of faster global economic growth and the BRI has made enormous contributions in both aspects, said He Weiwen, an expert with the China Association of International Trade.

Speaking at a sub-forum on trade connectivity at the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, Vice-Premier He Lifeng said China is willing to establish a smooth trade facilitation mechanism with more Belt and Road economies and expand mutual market access.

Experts applaud role of Belt, Road in improving business climate amid woesChina's trade and investment cooperation with other countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative has not only expanded in traditional areas, but also picked up pace in emerging sectors over the past decade, bringing about greater liberalization and facilitation and fostering a better global business climate, experts said.

Initiated by China in 2019, BRITACOM is a nonprofit mechanism for tax administration cooperation among BRI countries and regions, and seeks to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation in member countries by strengthening cooperation in tax administration.

The participating countries have worked hard to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, remove investment and trade barriers, and improve the business environment within the region and in all related countries.

Highlighting the significant role of promoting trade liberalization and facilitation, Guo reaffirmed China's commitment to firmly upholding the multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization as its core.

In terms of investment liberalization and facilitation, the FTZs conducted explorations and promoted a series of institutional innovations that encompass the entire life-cycle management of enterprises, from establishment and changes to operations and exits.

South China's Guangdong province will steadily expand institutional opening-up, align with high-standard international economic and trade rules, and promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation in the months to come, the province's top official said.

Moreover, the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement, a joint initiative with the most significant impact and the best development momentum of the WTO, has received support from both developing and developed members, said Li Chenggang, China's ambassador to the WTO.

So far, more than 110 WTO members have participated in investment facilitation negotiations, accounting for more than two-thirds of the total members.

These encompass its enhancement of cross-border financial integration, and the facilitation of fast and convenient cross-border transportation, according to information recently released by the regional government.

Duan Weidong, general manager of Huafon Microfibre, a Shanghai-based manufacturer of microfiber materials, said that a series of preferential policies, such as customs clearance facilitation and tariff concessions, has enabled the company to bring down costs and land new orders with Vietnamese customers.

That also forms an indissociable part of China's pledge to help more countries share its far-reaching development dividends through trade liberalization and facilitation.

China's vigorous drive to boost services trade liberalization and facilitation will continuously inject impetus into cross-border trade, thereby contributing to more sustainable globalization and a more open world economy.

That is just one example of the various trade facilitation measures adopted by the China (Henan) Pilot Free Trade Zone to improve logistics efficiency and benefit foreign-trade enterprises.

During the exhibition, China will highlight cooperation with ASEAN in key areas such as the digital economy, green economy, the security and stability of industrial and supply chains, and trade and investment facilitation.

Sustained efforts will be made to promote higher-level opening-up, further promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and foster more convergence of interests and areas of cooperation, to achieve win-win cooperation with countries in the region, Jing said.

Noting that China has been the backbone of promoting BRICS cooperation and expanding the influence of member countries, he said it is necessary to advance BRICS members' investment and trade facilitation measures, fully tap the potential of production capacity cooperation, and form a stable industrial supply chain system of BRICS member countries.

To sustain foreign trade growth, the Ministry of Commerce, along with various departments and localities, has unveiled a package of supportive policy measures, in terms of credit loans, insurance, export tax rebates and trade facilitation.

Preliminary textual negotiations over the Agreement on Trade Facilitation have also been concluded.

Zhu Bing, director-general of the ministry's foreign investment administration department, said that apart from effectively implementing existing policies, the government will prioritize addressing the common concerns raised by foreign companies, including fair competition and investment facilitation.

By 2025, the special area aims to form a relatively well-established institutional system featuring the liberalization and facilitation of investment and trade, set up functional platforms with greater openness, and become a cluster of world-class enterprises.

The focus should be on aligning with high-standard international economic and trade rules, promoting institutional opening-up and achieving higher level of liberalization and facilitation in trade in goods, he said.

The volume of trade between Tibet and Nepal totaled 814 million yuan ($114 million) from January to June, said Gao Baojun, deputy secretary general of the Tibet regional government, at the 11th Meeting of China's Tibet-Nepal Trade Facilitation Committee.