China's international trade promotion body pledges stronger support for foreign trade in 2026

BEIJING - China's trade promotion system will continue intensifying efforts to stabilize foreign trade in 2026 amid a complex and challenging global trade landscape, said Ren Hongbin, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), addressing a national trade promotion work conference on Tuesday.

Ren said the system will help companies expand their exports through channels such as cross-border e-commerce, overseas warehousing and export credit insurance, and support them to increase their imports of quality products and services from relevant countries. This will better meet the needs of industrial transformation, industrial upgrading and consumption upgrading, and promote the more balanced development of imports and exports.

He noted that competition among major countries is becoming more complex and intense, and that a handful of Western countries clinging to a Cold War and zero-sum mentality have stepped up their comprehensive containment and suppression of China, increasing external pressures for the country.

Trade promotion efforts in 2026 should position synergy and efficiency at their core, and actively identify, respond to and steer changes. They should also strengthen services for enterprises, expand international partnerships, and help China's business community gain initiative and deepen cooperation amid intense global competition, Ren said.

To help Chinese companies explore new markets, build momentum and improve the business environment, the CCPIT arranged for 2,144 delegations to visit and conduct business matchmaking activities in 92 countries and regions last year, robustly supporting Chinese companies in expanding their overseas markets and advancing their global industrial layout.