2007年8月31日星期五

Improved gate system speeds up customs clearance

On the afternoon of August 17 ,many freight drivers in Yiwu International Logistics Center slept on the ground,stripped to the waist .“I must take the time to rest as much as possible,because I have to be on the road again in moments,”said Fu Zhi jian,a freight driver from Anhui Province who has run Yiwu-Ningbo line for over five years ,adding that lots of time was wasted previously in waiting for customs clearance during the six hours from Yiwu to Ningbo .

According to Fu,the improved function of the second-generation gate system saved half of the time . Besides,the efficiency of declaration form delivery has been improved by five times,making the goods going through the customs procedures exported two hours earlier every day . As a result,the customs clearance environment of Yiwu International Logistics Center as well as its work effi ciency has been greatly promoted .

“With the upgraded system,the Customs have realized a dynamic configuration of human resources for declaration form examination, making it possible for us to well arrange the time and workers to examine the declaration forms,thus enhancing the operation efficiency,”said an officer in Yiwu Office of Jinhua Customs . According to his introduction,the upgraded system is able to display dynamically the information of customs declaration,providing convenience for customs officers to master the destination, process and number of the current customs declaration.

According to sources,a customs declaration with all ready documents for import or export took 12 seconds to be turned in with the previous system,which has been shortened to less than 2 seconds with the new one .

Presently,Yiwu Customs Office handles about 700 customs declarations on average every workday . That is,a total of two hours have been saved every day on this procedure for the goods to be exported . “After the upgrade of the system,containers even do not need to stay on the inspection lot of the International Logistics Center . Everything from sealing and locking to departure will be finished within one minute,”said Ji Weida,a worker in Yiwu International Logistics Center,adding that the stockyard of the center can deal with over 9 0 0 containers smoothly everyday,without a moment of crowded situation.

But previously,only 500 containers every day would make the stockyard very crowded . Master Xiang is an employee in Ningbo Hengsheng Logistics Co . ,Ltd,whose workshop lies on the opposi te side of the center’s exit,bringing him a bird’s eye view of the trucks moving to and fro .“Due to the previous low speed in handl ing the procedures,the freight trucks outside the logistics center often lined up to shape a traffic stream more than a kilometer long,which created terrible traffic jam for the ordinary vehicle s .The situation became even worse after 4 :3 0 p . m. ,when usually over 50 trucks queued up, starting from the Airport Road to the Capital Goods Market,covering two crossings,”said Master Xiang when talking about the current situation satisfactorily,adding that the traffic jam could hardly be found from the beginning of July .

  The improvement and upgrade of the gate system of the second generation have shortened the time of response from the Customs,inspection field ,and enterprises waiting for customs clearance,thus accelerating the flow of information,promoting the operation of logistics,and further ensuring the faster and better export of Yiwu small commodities .

2007年8月27日星期一

Trademark right infringement seized

On August 4, Jiangdong Industrial& Commercial Bureau received a report: someone was selling PARKER pens in front of Unit 1 of building 83 in Wuai Residential Quarter, Jiangdong sub-district . Law enforcement officials drove there right away and investigated the case . A pedicab with 10 cartons ( 600 pcs/ctn) of PARKER pens,which were regarded as infringed ones , wa s seen on the spot . The pedicab and pens were detained .According to latter investigation,the pens were bought on July 25 from someone in Wengang comprehensive market in Jiangxi Province by Zhang according to hi s cus tome r' s (Mr .Wang) requirements . As the contract was required, Zhang delivered the pens to Unit 1 of building 8 3 in Wuai Residential Quarter, ready for the deal with Wang on August 4 . However,before Zhang could successfully sold the goods to Wang, he was reported to Jiangdong Industrial&Commercial bureau and detained on the spot . Presently, the case is being investigated further .

2007年8月26日星期日

2007 Yiwu Fair:an eye catcher to the world's traders

According to sources from a preparatory meeting of 2007 China Yiwu International Commodities Fair, over 17,000 foreign traders are expected to attend the Fair, and there is a great increase in the number of European and American businessmen . Yiwu International Commodities Fair is now considered as an important exhibition for purchasers over the world. Statistics from the Office of the Organizing Committee show that invitation of exhibitors to the Fair has received encouraging responses . This year's fair will see a big rise in the percentage of famous enterprises and well-known products, in addition to its larger scale and higher grade . Up to August 13, there have been 2, 889 enterprises registered for the Fair, and 5 , 1 8 4 booths have al ready been booked . Although 500 more booths are added to the 4500 standard booths thi s year, the demand continues to outreach the supply . The 2006 Yiwu Fair pulled in over 100, 000 purchasers from 162 different countries and regions,and about 16, 000 of them were overseas traders . Hopefully there will be a remarkable grow this year in the number of traders, especially foreign exhibitors .

Yiwu: 96-year-old woman competes for Beijing Olympic Torchbearer

Many of us were deeply impressed when seeing the 73-year-old Chinese Athens Olymp i c Torchbeare r Na Zhong finishing his 400 meters relay four years ago . Today, however, a 96-year-old woman Weng Qiuyue who lives in Hujiang Road,Yiwu wants to be a 29th Beijing Olympic torchbearer . Helped by her grandson Ni Xiaofeng,Weng smoothly completed the Torchbearer Application Form the other day. So far,according to sources concerned,Weng is the oldest of all those who has filled out the Torchbearer Appli cation Form in China .
Weng Qiuyue was born in 1911 in an intellectual family in Jinhua and has received good education since her childhood . When she was at school, she has already shown her gift in sports . In October, 1933,Weng Qiuyue took part i n the Nati onal Sports Competi tion held in Nanj ing . She broke the national record in the 50-meter low hurdles and was placed fourth in the game .

Like Weng, all of her offspring love sports . Her daughter Xu Shuduan is a sports fan . Her grandson was once the champion of high jump in Jinhua . Her granddaughter has been the champion in short-distance race at her school for years . Even her 13-year-old great-grandson is a basketball star at school . Right now watching sport events is Weng Qiuyue' s favorite entertainment . Though a little thin, Ms . Weng i s sti l l in sound health .

Xu Shuduan told the journalist that several years ago during the Athen Olympi c Games ,Weng had stayed up all night to watch the opening ceremony, the volleyball games as well as the basketball games . She even excitedly uttered“come on”when she saw splendid performances . Xu Shuduan added that the whole family support Weng' s decision to take part in the torch relay . I f she wi ll be selected as the torchbearer,they will gather their kinfolks to accompany her finishing the whole distance.

Korean students in Yiwu enrolled by Tsinghua University

Two Korean students in Yiwu High School, Li Daquan and Hong Yujing (Korean names read in Chinese) ,were enrolled by Tsinghua University this year .On August 8, Li Daquan, the Korean boy who was enrolled by the Department of Foreign Languages of Tsinghua University told the journalist that he had lived and studied in Yiwu for 5 years and the serious and industrious spirit of Yiwu people affected him a lot .

Li Daquan' s father came to Yiwu ten years ago . As the trade between Yiwu and Korea became closer, his father gradually moved most of his business to Yiwu, set up his foreign trade company in Yiwu and finally transferred hi s chi ld to Yiwu for education . With his father, Li Daquan has been to half a dozen fairs around the wor ld such as those held in America,Britain, Canada, Germany,Swi tzerland and Rus s i a . And he helped his father as interpreter at Yiwu Fair . With rich experience Li Daquan took charge of the business in the company when his father was away from Yiwu. From time to time,he showed cus tomers around the market for purchase, negotiated with clients and contacted factories, which,far from having negative effect on his study, made him more ambitious in study .

Hong Yujing is a beautiful and quiet girl . Her father came to do food business in Yiwu in 2000 . With the business growing, Hong Yujing and her mother came to Yiwu three years ago .She transferred from Pujiang No . 1 High School to Yiwu High School when she was in Grade Eleven . She was fond of painting when she was young and had been well prepared for an art major though she was also good at other subjects .She was a sensible and diligent child in her head teacher' s eyes . She spent only one or two years in learning Chinese and now she passed the HSK 10 (Han Yu Shui Pin Kao Shi 10)

I t was her dream to study painting in the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University . At the beginning of this year she attended a trai ning program in Bei jng for 3 months and studied from 7 a . m. to 12 p . m. every day . No pains, no gains . Now her dream has come true--she was recruited by the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University.

New market for non-staple food in construction

On August 17 , the commencement ceremony for construction of Yiwu' s new market for non-staple foods ( condiment&subsidiary foods)was held at the lot south to the vegetable business area of Yiwu Agricultural Market . The project is planned to be completed at the second half year of 2008 and the market is to be put into use then . With the total area of 68,749 square meters and structure area of 32, 622 square meters, the new market is estimated to cost 280 million yuan . The new market will be an upgraded ver s i on of the present wholesale market for condiment&subsidiary food . At the same time, it will inject new economic growth point to Yiwu agricultural market which has already been listed among China agricultural leading enterprises .

According to the construction program, the 148, 412-square-meter market is a multi-storied frame structure: three stories above the ground and one story underground and five stories in some locali ties . The first and second floors are to be used for dealing . The total area comes to 60, 947 square meters, large enough for about 2000 standard stalls . The third floor includes factory direct sale center,fine product showing center and offices for big wholesalers . The fourth and fi fth stori es of the auxiliary buildings wi ll function as business centers . Tax burea, industrial&commercial bureau, banks,meeting rooms,market management office and property management office wi ll be found here .The basement and the roof will serve as parking lots and can accommodate as many as 2500 vehicles .

2007年8月20日星期一

Qixi Festival :Chinese Valentines day

August 19 is China’s Qixi Festival.This special day has a legend telling a romantic story full of love and bitter sadness in which a man fell in love with a Fairy girl and this Fairy girl loved him too . But they couldn’t live together . He came from human's land and she c ame from fairyland. There was so large a gap,the Milky Way,between these two lands that no one could build a bridge for these two poor lovers . And what these two poor lovers could do is that they looked at each other every day and night across the Milky Way with deep love in hearts . One day a beautiful pie d magpie was touched by their deep love . She and her pied magpie friends built a bridge over the Milky Way by flyi ng over i t to help the man meet the Fairy girl . This day is China’s Qi xi festi val.

Yiwu Charity Fund receives 4 . 52million yuan

Langsha Group ,MengNa Holding Group ,and True l ove Group made donati o ns fo r Yiwu ’s charity on August 10 . It is learned that Langsha Group and Truelove Group donated 2 million yuan and 1 million yuan respectively to Yiwu Charity Federation,while MengNa Holding Group donated 1 . 52 million yuan this time following its 1 million yuan of donation in this January .

So far,Yiwu Charity Federation has received 9 donations of over 1 million yuan,totaling around 16 million yuan . I t is said that MengNa Holding Group has donated 3 mil lion yuan in total to Yiwu Charity Federation since 2003 . Yiwu enterprises’active donation and participation in the charity cause help to shape a popular 3-returns value ( i. e . return to the country,return to the socie ty,and return to Yiwu) for enterprises in the society .

Fast food equipments selling well in Yiwu

Fast food equipments are selling well now in Yiwu Binwang Market with the quick development of fast food shops in Yiwu . So a new dispatch industry of fast food equipments is forming . Gong Hongjun,who has kept a fast food shop in Jinhua for more than 10 years,opened a store specially offering equipments for fast food shops four years ago in Binwang Market . All kinds of fast food equipments from frying machines,ice-smashing machines to straws and food packing paper are available in his store . The business is always good in different seasons .According to the investiga tion,only three stores in Binwang Market are specialized in selling fast food equipments .

New Christmas gifts shown on 2007 CYTCAF

The fourth China (Yiwu) Toys&Children’s Articles Fair (CYTCAF) is being held from August 16 to 18 at Yiwu Meih u Exhib it ion Center .The Fair is both sponsored by Yiwu Toy Industry Association and China Commercial Enterprise Management Association . According to sources from Yiwu Toy Industry Association,there are nearly 250 enterprises from Guangdong ,Fujian ,Shandong ,Jia ngshu ,Zhe j i a ng and Shanghai attending the Fair . The shining point of the Fair is that it shows toys with fresh elements,publishes latest information for purchasing Christmas gifts,and gives prediction of future development of toy and gift industry .

It is learned that a total of 300 booths at a level of international standard are set at the Fai r . 95% of the 250 enterprise exhibitors are manufacturers themselves . What attracts people’s attention more is that part of enterprises joins the Fair as group exhibitors,including wood toy&gift enterprises from Huangyan district,intelligence wood-toy enterprises from Yunhe ———the City of China Wood Toys and Gifts,electric toy enterprise s from Shantou City in Guangdong,and fireworks enterprises from Liuyang City in Hu’nan and so on.

In addition to gifts for Christmas and festivals in good demand home and abroad,the exhibitors bring great varieties of new-style products,including plush toys,air inflated toys,electric toys,plastic toys,baby wagons,and recreation equipments . In contrast to the goods in past years,all the exhibitors bring products with fresh elements,such as newly developed voiced plush toys,new style elecronic intelligence toys as well as new style modern household gifts .

Yiwu Watch&Clock Industry pays a visit to its base enterprises

From July 17 to 21 ,2007 ,a group member of Yiwu Watch-and-Clock Trade Association and representatives of Yiwu watch and clock dealers paid an investigation trip to the watch-and-clock production bases in Shenzhen and Zhangzhou . During the trip,the group visited 8 manufacturing enterprises such as Shenzhen Feida Horologe Co . ,Ltd . ,Ebohr Luxuries International C o. ,Ltd. ,a n d Smilingtime Watch Co . ,Ltd . This on-the-scene investigation helped them have a further understanding of the production scale and products grade of the watch - and - clock making enterprises in Shenzhen and Zhangzhou . Of late it is learned that there have al ready been several Shenzhen enterprises showing their intentions to Zhejiang China Commoditie s City Group Co . ,Ltd . to open business at Yiwu market .

Yiwu ornaments sold well in Athens Olympic Games

During the 28th Olympic Games held in Athens,Yiwu ornaments were ushered into“ Olympic economy ”and demonstrated their exquisite craftsmanship in the Olympic souvenir market and tourist supply market . Yiwu ornaments exported to Athens experienced a rapid increase from April,still keeping growing i n the ten days followi ng the opening ceremony . The main expor ted ornaments cover more than 20 kinds of products,including bracelets,bangles,necklaces,breast flowers,brooches,craft bags,paper transfers,package bags,cell phone shells,and rattle-drums . Some insiders estimated the trade volume of the ornaments exported to Athens exceeded 40 million yuan .

1 . 8 million Yiwu wigs glittered in the World Cup arena

At the end of 2005,the“wig market” of th e Wor ld Cup began to boom. Over 30 Yiwu wig factories,including Ye Qinhua’s Zi yemei Wi gFactory,were immersed in the busy manufacture for the World Cup.“From the October and November of 2005 ,the orders rushed to us globally ,some demanding 200 thousand to 300 thousand wigs,”some wig dealers said .It is learned that Yiwu wig enterprises transferred some 1 . 8 million“football fan wigs”to the American and European markets in the World Cup season . The trade price of a“football fan wig ”ranges from 1 to 1 . 2 U . S .dollars,which costs 3 to 4 U. S . dollars after being transshipped abroad by the foreign trade company,and finally surges to 8 to 10 U. S . dollars when arriving in some European countries like Germany and France .

MengNa becomes the exclusive hosiery products supplier for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

On March 1,2006,Beijing Olympic Organizing Committe e and Zhejiang MengNa Hosiery Co . ,Ltd held a press conference in Beijing . Yuan Bin,Chief of the market developing department of Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee,declared MengNa Hosiery to be the exclusive hosiery product supplier of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games . As the first exclusive supplier for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,MengNa Hosiery will spare no efforts to support the 2 0 0 8 Beijing Olympic Games,China Olympic Committee,and Chinese Olympic Sports Delegation .

2007年8月10日星期五

Auto parts&accessories industry will debut in 2007 Yiwu Fair

Auto parts&accessories exhibition section will make its debut in the 2007 Yiwu Fair . So far , 80% of its 192 booths have been reserved . Major exhi bi ts in the auto parts&accessories exhibition section include products of auto decorations , auto parts ,auto tuning , auto electric appliance , auto audio & video , auto securi ty and ant itheft , auto beauty ,auto energy-saving&environ mental protection ,auto repair tool kit , parts & accessories for motorbikes and traffic safety equipments .

These products are mainly manufactured in Zhejiang and Guangdong Provinces ,with the major registered exhibitors from Taizhou in Zhejiang Province and Guangzhou . Established in 2006 , Yiwu Auto Parts & Accessories Specialized Street covers an area of over 50 ,000 square meters ,the first phase of which has 460 booths in six major trading districts of auto parts ,auto accessories ,auto repair tool kit , auto decoration ,foreign business and auto maintenance . The auto parts & accessories market has become an important part of the whole Yiwu Market . Therefore , the 2007 Yiwu Fair will set up the auto parts&accessories exhibition section . The Organizing Committee of Yiwu Fair will invite some international manufacturers and professional merchants of auto parts & accessories to the Fair .They even plan to have business invitation in the manufacturing bases like Danyang in Jiangsu Province ,Wenzhou and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province .

Flight from Yiwu to Hongkong will be opened

Yiwu airport is now speeding up the expansion construction of airport facilities , to open Yiwu -Hongkong airline as early as possible . At present , the preparation work for the opening of Yiwu-Hongkong airline done by Yiwu Civil Aviation Administration is progressing steadily ,such as the reconstruction of temporary international hall , the confirmation of air routes ,the approval report of aviation rights and airline timetable. Thi s airline wi ll be opened before 2007 Yiwu International Commodities Fair .

Yiwu lottery buyer hit 1. 58 million yuan

A good news from Yiwu Sports Lottery Center say that a Yiwu lottery buyer won the second prize of No. 07023 super lottery on July 2 1 , which is 1 . 58 million yuan . He bought the lottery at No . 71005 sports lottery station on Huangyuan Road .

The winning number is 08 10 23 32 34+08 10 . He hit six numbers of them ,thus became the only lucky dog in Zhejiang province . He could have therize of 1 . 58 million yuan.

Yiwu won three awards in the 4th CEIAC held in Shenzhen

July 28th saw the opening of the 3rd China International Exhibition Cultural Festival in Shenzhen and the 4th China Exhibi tion Industry Awarding Ceremony in the evening . Yiwu won three awards in 2006 Exhibition Industry in China----Yiwu was awarded 2006 Best Exhibition City (micromanagement) in China; Yiwu Fair was entitled 2006 Best Exhibition (effect) in China; Yiwu Meihu Exhibition Center was named 2006 Best Exhibition Center ( brand promotion) in China .

After 12 years ‘ fostering and development,exhibition industry in Yiwu has enjoyed high reputation and deep impression in exhibition circle in China .Exhibition industry in Yiwu features its market-oriented operation by relying on market and serving for market . Owing to the seller and buyer groups composed of 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 bus ines s dealers and 200 , 000 flowing purchasers , Yiwu fair has become a never-ending fair .The pattern of exhibition industry with Yiwu Fair and Cultural Products Fair as the mainstay ,brand exhibitions as support ,and specialized exhibitions flourishing again promote the development of the market ,which is the sole patern in exhibition circle in China . The annual Yiwu Fair has become the third largest trading fair after Canton Fair and East China Fair .

Local brands booming in Yiwu

Presently there are altogether more than 100 famous brands in Yiwu Nonstaple Food Market . Brand construction is highly effective .

There are over 5 , 600 brands in Yiwu Non-staple Food Market , of which 1 ,716 registered trademarks,among which 38% are registered trademarks in Zhejiang province . The brand structure of 10% famous brand ,over 80% dealers being brand products agencies or distributors and 10% producers marketing their own products has been initially shaped .Yiwu Non-staple Food Market has introduced over 100 famous brands at home and abroad including Wuliangye ,Maotai ,Luzhoulaojiao ,Guangming ,Wahaha ,Jianlibao ,Budweiser ,etc .

Meanwhile famous local brands such as Danxi Wine ,Hongtai Ginger Candy boom quickly . Local brands such as Danxi red yeast rice wine , Hongtai ginger soup ,“ Shandi ” preserved vegetable , Donghe lotus root ,Senwang ginkgo , Dajiangnan meat products ,Daohuaxiang , Daorenfeng Tea enjoy great popularity among customers , among which Senwang ginkgo , Dajiangnan meat products ,Danxi red yeast rice wine , and Daohuaxiang are awarded the ti tle of Zhejiang Famous Trademark .

More Anhui brand enterprises strive to Anhui Hall in YWITC

Resources of August 1 say that during the first half year ,the total trade volume in Anhui Hall reached 10 . 32 million USD , which greatly exceeds the total trade volume of last year ( since the opening of the hall on March 3) . Anhui Hall is located at East Area I on the 4th floor of District F of the Second Phase of Yiwu I nternational Trade City (YWITC). This is another exhibition hall with regional features afte r the e s tabl i shment of Taiwan Hall ,Hongkong Hall ,Korea Hall ,Sichuan Hall . At present , 2 4 enterprises from Anhui have entered the hall . Their business scope covers machinery, illumination apparatuses ,elecronic products , toys , cases and bags ,leather products ,stationary and so on . During January to June this year , 2 0 enterprises in Anhui Hall have realized export business .

2007年8月9日星期四

YIWU HongKong Hotel

香港大酒店 新香港新生活

HONGKONG HOTEL NEW HONGKONG NEW LIFE

香港大酒店是按国际三星级标准投资兴建的现代化精品商务酒店,地处义乌市中心行政区,毗邻绣湖广场。拥有装修豪华的各类城景房142套,中/西餐厅及豪华包厢18个、大小会议室4个及桑拿、棋牌、咖啡吧、茶吧等娱乐设施。酒店采用极具人性化、个性化的坐式接待服务,将带给您尊贵的感受。

YIWU HongKong Hotel was designed and built up to 3-star standards. It is located in the downtown area of Yiwu and adjoining the prospuse Xiu Lake Square.There are 142 bedrooms with different styles and colours, 18boxes, 4 small & large sized cofference centers, a massage center, a chess & playing card room, a coffee bar,lobby bar.



服务MAIN SERVIC

礼宾服务 Concierge service

行李及贵重物品的寄存 Luggaege storage

代订机/车票/代办国际/国内的机票确认 Tickets booking and confirmation

商务中心 Business service centre

美容中心 Beauty salon

送房服务 Room service

残疾人服务 Disabled facilities

儿童服务 The children-care services

代订全国各地宾馆及旅游咨询 National-wide hotel reserveation,travel consulting

宴会/会议服务 Banquet & Meeting services

外币兑换 Foreign currency exchange

租车服务 Vehicle-renting service

宽带上网 Intel

值班经理24小时当值 24hour manager duty



客房Guest Room

11-13层为酒店商务楼层,共有客户50间,每个房间内都配备电脑,免费提供客人宽带上网。

The suites are located fron 11th to 13th floor and made up of 50 bedrooms well as free internet for businessmen.



餐饮Food and Beverage

宴会厅(Banguet hall)

位置:二楼

能同时容纳450人就餐,主理杭帮菜、义乌特色菜,同时能为客人提供鲍、翅、参、燕等天王菜,是您举办各种宴会的理想场所。

Your ideal place for holding a variety of parties, it is able to service 450 people eating food, also provide you the most famous foods such as Abalone , Shark fin, Bird nest, Ginseng etc. The `paradise`is located on the 2rd floor.

贵宾包厢(VIP box)

位置:三楼

拥有18个风格各异的包厢,设计充分体现“人性化”的特点,尤其临街包厢透过明亮的玻璃,更是将市民广场的美景尽收眼底。

Embracing 18 boxes with different styles on the 3rd floor, it fully reflects the conception of individuality. Especially when bird-viewingt through the near-by-street transparent glass, the garden squarenear-by would make you fell like sitting in the sky.

2007年8月7日星期二

China YiWu Find goods Center

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2007年8月3日星期五

The big cycad in Yiwu is in blossom


Cycads are an ancient group of seedplants characterized by a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk . They are evergreen ,gymnospermous ,dioecious plants having large pinnately compound leaves . They are frequently confused with and mistaken for palms or ferns ,but are related to neither ,belonging to the division Cycadophyta .
They have very specialized pollinators and have been reported to fix nitrogen in association with a cyanobacterium living in the roots . This blue-green algae produces a neurotoxin called BMAA that is found in the seeds of cycads .
The cycad in the Shimin Square is seen in beautiful flowers ,which attracts a lot of people’s attention .

Lever effects of adjustment in tax rebate rate show up

From July 1 this year,the central government began to adjust the rate of export tax rebate . This adjustment covers 2,831 kinds of commodities with 2% of reduction in the rebate rate on the average,around 37% of all on the customs tariff . According to the authority of state taxation,with the implementation of the new rate of tax rebate,the lever effects will gradually show up in the following periods,which could mainly be generalized in the following aspects:

First,the growth rate of export volume will decrease . The rise of cost in the export will lead to the narrowing of market share and the reduction of competitiveness in the international market . Besides,the cutting down of tax rebate rate will also prevent people’s deliberate exaggeration of their export volume in the declaration . Second,commodities with relatively higher tax rebate rate will take a larger percentage in the export . This tendency will be striking in the foreign-trade circulating enterprises,but the structural adjustment of the manufacturing enterprises wi ll come a bit late.Third,the proportion of processing trade will go up . Especially,commodities with low tax rebate rate ( say 5%) wi l l have more opportuni ti es in the processing export trade . Fourth,reshuffle phenomenon will occur inside the industry . Enterprises have different acceptability to the increased cost caused by lowering the tax rebate rate,which may lead to more order transfers and enterprise mergers .

The emphasis of the adjustment in the export tax rebate is placed on the structure . This adjustment serves as a signal for the structural adjustment of national industries as well as export commodities and offers a clear direction in the enterprises’adjustment of investment,said Lou Zhangneng,chief of Yiwu Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation . In general,this adjustment conforms to Yiwu’s developing target,for it helps increase Yiwu enterprises’pressure and motivation for technological innovation,thus transforming Yiwu export enterprises from profiting by quantity and low price to profiting through quality,high added value,and advanced technology . That will also be beneficial to the integration of the whole industry and the promotion of industrial level,shaping a mechanism of “survival of the fittest”for the export enterprises and export products,and enhancing the core competitiveness of Yiwu’s export trade.

This policy adjustment will have a great impact on Yiwu enterprises in a short period of time .Labor-intensive enterprises and low value-added products take a high proportion among Yiwu enterprises and Yiwu produc ts ,whi ch enjoy competitiveness with their low costs,but own small profit space as well as weak anti-risk ability . As a result,the foreign-trade circulating enterprises have to carry out big adjustments in both trade mode and operation direction.

Yiwu should make use of this opportunity to guide enterprises in promoting the level of industry,improving the innovative ability,and developing resources-saving and environment-friendly export products ,so as to strengthen international competitiveness,Lou Zhangneng said .

Self-innovation:common consensus of Yiwu hosiery manufacturers

In this summer,an innovation,which toppled down the traditional consumption idea ,was born in Knit Goods o f God will Zhejiang Co . ,Ltd : Milan Spring various socks . In tradition,people have pairs of socks,which means two of them are exactly the same . But you cannot find same ones from this series of socks:a set of 9-single sock can have 36 kinds of different matches . The idea of capricious socks is an originating one in hosiery industry,but immediately it won the market of young fashionable ladies,which attracted immediate attention from other Chinese hosiery manufacturers . As for Langsha Group,newly developed socks and undergarments made of semi-testa fibre,modal,beans fibre,nanometer and other materials are popular in domestic and overseas market . All of these make Langsha Group and its products more famous . Now,self-innovation and introducing advanced equipments are what all the hosiery manufacturers are doing,which is the only way for knitting & hosiery manufacturers to achieve their goals in the furious competition.

More than 800 foreigners registering for employment in Yiwu this year

It is learned from Yiwu Municipal Bureau of Personnel,Labour and Social Security that by July 16 this year 801 foreigners from more than 40 countries and regions registered employment license,compared with 890 in total of 2 0 0 6 . It is said that most of the foreigners registering employment license are from middle-east countries,among which about 40% are Pakistani . Others include people from USA,Japan and Britain . From the personnel configuration,70% of them are representatives of permanent branch offices of foreign enterprises in Yiwu,and some others are advanced technologists and managing talents hired by local enterprises .

First half year:self-operated import and export volume reached 800 million USD

With the rapid growth of the city’s foreign trade ,the trade structure also turned to be more rational .

In the first half of this year , the foreign-oriented economy of Yiwu kept a sound momentum of fast and stable development ,reaching the self-operated import and export volume totaling 818 million US dollars .

According to the statistics , in the first half year ,the self-operated import and export volume reached 817 . 92 million US dollars in total ,increasing by 27 . 27% , with selfoperated export volume and selfoperated import volume growing to 755 . 48 million and 62 . 44 million US dollars ,a rise of 27. 8% and 21. 7% respectively from the same period of last year .

With the rapid growth of the city’s foreign trade ,the trade structure also turned to be more rational .The production-based enterpri ses achieved 473 . 81 million US dollars of self-operated export volume ,62 . 7% of the total ,while circulation-based enterprises achieved 281 . 67 million US dollars of self-operated export volume ,37 . 3% of the total . Meanwhile,the first six months witnessed a high speed of growth in the total volume of processing trade in the foreign trade ,reaching a processing export trade volume of 43. 76 million US dollars ,a rise of 24. 9% ,which has made processing trade another highlight in Yiwu ’s foreign trade.

In the first six months , the city’s top industries in the export were clothes ,hosiery ,handicrafts ,zippers , b lankets , cosmetic s , toys ,jewelry ,cultural supply ,and cookers . Export to the main trade partners like US , EU , India and Brazil increased rapidly ,going up by 48 . 7% ,36 . 9% ,59 . 7% and 35 . 6% respectively . The top nine export destinations of Yiwu were US , the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) ,Russia ,Ukraine ,Germany ,South Korea , Spain , Brazil , and Panama .

In the first half year ,the gove rnme nt e nc o ur a ge d importas well . The main import product was crude plastic ,with an import volume of 25 . 71 million US dollars ,increasing by 74 . 5% ,occupying 41 . 2% of the total . Besides ,the import volume of textile machines and parts accounted for 26 . 7% of the total import volume ,reaching 16 . 65 million US dollars , a rise of 4. 3% , and that of synthetic fibers for textile occupied 10 . 4% of the total import volume, reaching 6 . 5 1 million US dollars , a rise of 1. 7% over the same period of last year .