The Ministry of Commerce recently announced the evaluation results of the comprehensive development level of 217 national economic and technological development zones in 2020. Suzhou Industrial Park has won the comprehensive ranking champion for five consecutive years. Gao Feng, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said that the Ministry of Commerce will continue to promote the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry in national economic development zones and guide extensive cooperation, so as to better demonstrate and drive the local economy to achieve high-quality development. The assessment and evaluation results show that in 2020, the regional GDP of 217 national economic development zones was 11 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, accounting for 11% of GDP; The total import and export volume was 7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%, accounting for 21.7% of China's total import and export volume. Among them, Suzhou Industrial Park ranks first in the comprehensive ranking and foreign trade ranking respectively, and Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone ranks first in the utilization of foreign capital. Gaofeng said that in 2020, the national economic development zone will coordinate the epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, give better play to the role of "the main position" of stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, and the overall development trend will be stable and good. The development zones that have entered the three lists of comprehensive ranking, foreign capital utilization ranking and foreign trade ranking are the "leaders" of national economic development zones. They have made important contributions to steady growth, especially to stabilizing the basic market of foreign trade and foreign investment. Referring to the development of national economic development zones in the next stage, Gao Feng said that the Ministry of Commerce will continue to promote the innovation and improvement of national economic development zones, give full play to its important role as an open platform, guide excellent national economic development zones to better demonstrate and drive local economy to achieve high-quality development. On the one hand, increase investment attraction in the industrial chain and promote the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry in national economic development zones. "Vigorously develop advanced manufacturing and strategic emerging industries, promote the development of industrial clusters, and provide strong support for maintaining the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain." Gaofeng said that on the other hand, we should guide national economic development zones to carry out extensive cooperation, support qualified national economic development zones to carry out the construction of international cooperation parks, and vigorously develop green economy and digital economy. [News Agency]