Urgent! The development history and current situation of Yiwu exhibition

Yiwu is located in central Zhejiang, with a city area of ??1,105 square kilometers and jurisdiction over 6 towns and 7 streets. The local registered population is 724,000, and there are 1.35 million foreign builders who have lived in Yiwu for a long time. Yiwu has a long history. It was established as a county in 222 BC and was removed from the county in 1988 to establish a city. Historically, it has given birth to King Luo Bin, one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty", Zongze, a famous general in the Song Dynasty, Zhu Danxi, one of the four famous doctors in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Master Fu, a famous Zen Buddhist monk in the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty and modern educator Chen Wangdao, literary theorist Feng Xuefeng, and historian Wu Han. Waiting for a group of celebrities and people with lofty ideals.

Since the reform and opening up, Yiwu has adhered to and deepened the development strategy of "promoting commerce and building a city", focusing on cultivating, developing and improving the market, vigorously promoting industrialization, internationalization and urban-rural integration, and has carved out a path rich in itself. Characteristic regional development path. In recent years, Yiwu has fully implemented the Scientific Outlook on Development and is committed to "enriching the people through entrepreneurship and strengthening the city through innovation" and strives to build "three centers and two highlands", namely, the international small commodity trade center, the international small commodity creation center, the international small commodity exhibition center, the regional logistics highland and As a regional financial highland, we strive to build Yiwu into an international business city. In 2009, the city achieved a regional GDP of 51.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9%; completed general fiscal budget revenue of 7.08 billion yuan, of which local fiscal revenue was 3.86 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.4% and 2.2% respectively; the per capita net income of farmers was 12,899 yuan, The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 30,841 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.5% and 7.4% respectively; the deposit balance of financial institutions was 125.4 billion yuan, an increase of 20.64 billion yuan from the beginning of the year.

Yiwu’s development mainly has six characteristics:

1. Build business and city, innovate and improve, and accelerate the construction of an international small commodity trade center. In 1982, Yiwu fully opened its small commodity market, and then proposed a development strategy of "promoting commerce and building a city". Since then, Yiwu has consistently promoted the improvement of professional market hardware, expanded functions, and upgraded business formats. It has changed its location five times and expanded nine times, realizing the leap from the original "road market" and "scaffold market" to a large-scale modern indoor trading mall. At present, the market has a total operating area of ??more than 4 million square meters, 62,000 stalls, and a collection of 16 major categories, 4,202 categories, and more than 1.7 million single products. In 2009, the total market turnover was 55.61 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13%. The market turnover ranked first among major professional markets in the country for 19 consecutive years. It was hailed as the world's largest small commodity wholesale market by authoritative organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. Since October 2006, the "Yiwu China Small Commodity Index" compiled under the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce has been regularly released to the world. It has successfully released the country's first "Market Credit Index" and was awarded the first "National Market Credit Classification Supervision" by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. "Demonstration Market" title. The country's first "Small Commodity Classification and Code" industry standard was compiled and implemented. Global small commodities have the "Yiwu Classification Method". The Yiwu market has achieved a major transformation from a simple output of commodities to a comprehensive output of commodities, information, and rules.

2. Trade and industry linkage, transformation and upgrading, and strive to create an "industrial depression". In recent years, Yiwu has actively implemented the "trade and industry linkage" strategy and established an industrial system that is closely linked with professional markets. In particular, in response to the impact and impact of the financial crisis, we have deepened corporate assistance and relief, actively built a government-bank-enterprise cooperation platform, implemented various tax reduction and exemption policies, and effectively promoted the stabilization and recovery of the industrial economy. In 2009, the total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size was 48.72 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4%, and industrial electricity consumption increased by 8% year-on-year. Electricity increased by 19.3% year-on-year). At present, there are more than 16,000 industrial enterprises of various types in the city, forming more than 20 advantageous industries such as knitted socks, accessories, handicrafts, wool spinning, and cosmetics. It has been awarded 11 awards for pen making, cosmetics, seamless knitted clothing, and craft gifts. The title of national industrial base. The pace of transformation and upgrading continues to accelerate. Zhejiang University-Yiwu Entrepreneurship Incubation Center, Yiwu Creative Park and other industrial service platforms have been established to carry out "hundred-to-thousand" scientific and technological docking, and scientific and technological innovation capabilities have been continuously enhanced. By the end of 2009, there were 121 high-tech enterprises in the city, including 2 high-tech enterprises under the National Torch Plan and 16 high-tech enterprises supported by the state; 126 R&D centers, 11 at or above the provincial level. In the "2008 China Urban Innovation Report", Yiwu's urban innovation capabilities ranked seventh among county-level cities in the country. There are currently 4 companies listed on domestic and foreign securities markets, and another 2 companies have basically completed preparations for listing.

The third and third industries are coordinated, the structure is optimized, and the modern service industry is developing rapidly. In recent years, Yiwu has vigorously developed modern service industries such as exhibitions, logistics, finance, and tourism, and promoted the coordinated development of the three industries. Efforts will be made to build an international small commodity exhibition center. In 2009, 66 exhibitions of various types were held. There are currently 4 national-level exhibitions in Yiwu, namely China Yiwu International Commodity Expo (referred to as Yiwu Fair), China Yiwu Cultural Products Trading Expo (referred to as Cultural Products Expo), China Yiwu (International) Forest Products Expo (referred to as Forest Expo) and China International Tourism Commodities Expo (referred to as Tourism Commodities Expo), among which the Yiwu Fair has become the third largest economic and trade exhibition after the Canton Fair and China Fair. Yiwu International Expo Center has a total investment of 1.8 billion yuan and covers an area of ??219 acres. It is the largest exhibition center in Zhejiang Province. Make every effort to build a regional logistics highland.

Yiwu is one of the three “Grand Customs Clearance” construction focuses in Zhejiang Province and one of the four modern logistics hubs focused on cultivation. The logistics park is listed as the provincial key support logistics base. The General Administration of Customs has specially tailored a simplified classification policy for Yiwu to achieve one-stop customs clearance with Ningbo Port and Shanghai Port across customs areas. Yiwu Logistics has direct access to more than 250 large and medium-sized cities in China, and 17 of the world's top 20 shipping companies have set up offices in Yiwu. Vigorously cultivate regional financial highlands. There are 59 financial institutions in the city, including 19 banks, 7 securities business departments, and 33 insurance companies. CCB Yiwu Branch was upgraded to a second-level branch, becoming the first second-level branch of a state-owned commercial bank in counties, cities and regions across the country. Yiwu Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was upgraded to a quasi-secondary branch. The financial and business district under construction has a total construction area of ??approximately 2.9 million square meters and has attracted 6 financial institutions to enter. Shopping, tourism, culture and sports and other industries are booming. In 2009, *** received 6.473 million shopping tourists, including 375,000 overseas tourists, an increase of 15.15% and 9.16% respectively. Yiwu International Trade City was rated as the first 4A-level shopping tourist attraction in the country. Yiwu has more than 10,000 cultural industry production and operation enterprises of various types, with a cultural industry output value of 100 billion yuan, making it an important sales and production base for domestic cultural products.

Fourth, deepening opening up, integrating and interacting, and significantly improving the level of urban internationalization. In recent years, Yiwu has vigorously implemented the internationalization strategy, adhered to the combination of "going out" and "bringing in", and continuously improved the level of opening up to the outside world. In 2009, the number of export TEUs of small commodities under local customs supervision was 511,000, basically the same as last year; self-operated import and export reached US$2.35 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13%. Consolidate and expand traditional markets such as Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, and successfully explore new international markets such as Latin America, ASEAN, and Africa. The market's export-oriented degree reaches more than 65%, and market products have been radiated to 215 countries and regions. There are 13,000 overseas merchants who have lived in Yiwu for more than half a year. In 2009, 318,000 overseas merchants went to the Yiwu market to purchase goods, a year-on-year increase of 20%; 2,652 overseas companies from 89 countries have set up representative offices in Yiwu (accounting for 10% of the total in Zhejiang Province). one-half stronger). The International Trade City has opened an international commodity hall of 50,000 square meters, and has introduced 27,000 overseas commodities from 52 countries. The Yiwu market is changing from "buying national products and selling national products" to "buying global products and selling global products" . The foreign-related management service system is increasingly improving. In July 2009, Yiwu Customs was officially established. It was the first customs office established in a county-level city within the Hangzhou Customs District. Yiwu can govern foreign-related civil and commercial cases, hear some intellectual property civil dispute cases, and can invite foreign personnel to come to China for approval, administrative licensing of foreigners’ employment in China, etc. Since 2007, the Civil Aviation Yiwu Airport has opened temporary flights to Hong Kong every year, becoming the first air port for county-level cities in the country. The proportion of overseas passengers at Yiwu Airport has reached more than 40%.

Fifth, vigorously promote reform, actively explore, and the vitality of development momentum continues to increase. We have gone all out to strive for the "China Yiwu International Trade Comprehensive Reform Pilot". The pilot work has received strong support from the national leadership, the provincial party committee, the provincial government and relevant national ministries and commissions, and has made breakthrough progress. Deeply advance the pilot work of comprehensive urban and rural comprehensive supporting reforms, and use "two transfers and one guarantee" as a breakthrough to promote reforms in urban, rural, social and administrative management and other fields. The reform of expanding powers and strengthening towns was carried out, granting 57 county-level management rights to towns and streets, and further granting 55 county-level economic and social management rights to Fotang Town. We deepened the reform of the state-owned assets management system and established four major municipal state-owned group companies. The reform of merging administrative licensing functions within municipal agencies was comprehensively launched, and 880 approval matters involving 44 units were sorted out.

6. Urban and rural coordination, social harmony, and people’s quality of life continue to improve. Vigorously promote the coordination of urban and rural areas, strive to build a harmonious society, and promote healthy interaction and harmonious prosperity in all aspects. In 2009, *** completed investment above designated size of 16.328 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%. At present, the built-up area of ??Yiwu city center is 78 square kilometers, and the urbanization level is 73%. It has been rated as a national sanitary city, a national environmental protection model city, China's outstanding tourism city, a national garden city, a national demonstration city for scientific and technological progress, a national advanced city for cultural work, a national advanced city for sports work, and a civilized demonstration city in Zhejiang Province. It has successfully passed the national Ecological city assessment and acceptance. The policy system for the construction of new urban and rural communities has been improved. The pilot project of functional zoning renovation of "villages in the garden" has achieved phased results, and the pilot project of full-high-rise renovation of "villages in the city" has been successfully launched. Comprehensively carry out village environmental improvement and construction, and take the lead in realizing city-wide improvement in the province. Actively promote the development of various social undertakings such as science, education, culture, health and sports, successfully create a national advanced region for promoting the balanced development of compulsory education, start the construction of Yiwu Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and achieve phased results in the prevention and control of epidemics such as H1N1 influenza and dengue fever. We attach great importance to food and drug safety and have successfully established a national food safety demonstration city. An all-weather "grid" patrol system and a "city-wide real-time monitoring" system were established, and the people's satisfaction rate for safety reached 98.5%.

Currently, Yiwu is in a critical period of consolidating the momentum of stabilization and recovery, promoting economic transformation and upgrading, and preparing to seize a new round of development opportunities.

Facing the new situation and new tasks, Yiwu has thoroughly studied and practiced the Scientific Outlook on Development, conscientiously implemented the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 12th Provincial Party Committee and the Economic Work Conference of the Central and Provincial Party Committees, and adhered to the principle of "innovation and excellence". ", Improving Quality and Efficiency" as the theme, with the transformation of the economic development model as the main line, with the "China Yiwu International Trade Comprehensive Reform Pilot" and the "Province-wide Coordinated Urban and Rural Comprehensive Supporting Reform Pilot" as the driving force, with the fundamental purpose of improving people's livelihood, focusing on innovation 10 major working mechanisms, create 10 major development platforms, build 10 major key projects, handle 10 major people's livelihood matters, build a big platform, attract big projects, develop big industries, promote market prosperity, create an "industrial depression", coordinate urban and rural development, and maintain Social harmony and solid promotion of the construction of an international commercial city.