On February 7th, Sun Meijun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the General Administration of Customs, stated at the National Customs Work Conference that China's foreign trade will break through the 43 trillion yuan mark for the first time in 2024, with a year-on-year increase of 5%, maintaining its position as the largest country in goods trade for the eighth consecutive year. In 2024, facing the increasing external uncertainties and instability, customs will provide excellent services to promote convenience and promote the quality improvement and quantity stability of China's foreign trade. Throughout the year, 16 measures will be introduced and implemented to further optimize the port business environment and promote the convenience of enterprise customs clearance; Implementing tariff reductions and various tax incentives, a total of 282.9 billion yuan in tax refunds and exemptions were granted; Special actions to promote cross-border trade facilitation have been launched in 20 cities, and 29 reform and innovation measures have been replicated and promoted nationwide; Allow 111 types of agricultural and food products from 62 countries and regions to be exported to China; Promote the opening and expansion of 14 new ports; Seven new bonded logistics centers will be established. Sun Meijun stated that by 2025, the national customs will prioritize promoting high-quality development and high-level opening up, timely introducing precise and high-value support measures to help enterprises stabilize orders, expand markets, strengthen supervision and optimize services, and achieve both "flexibility" and "management". (New Society)