National Bureau of Statistics: China's total import and export of goods is expected to increase by an average of over 7% annually from 2021 to 2025, with the proportion of import and export to countries participating in the "Belt and Road Initiative" increasing to 51.9%.

On January 19, the Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, Kang Yi, stated at a press conference at the State Council Information Office that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the construction of a unified national market will be deepened, the business environment will continue to be optimized, and the negative list for market access will be reduced to 106 items. China's high-level opening up to the outside world is continuously expanding, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is deepening and solidifying, the construction of free trade pilot zones is accelerating, foreign access restrictions in the manufacturing sector are being completely lifted, a new version of the encouraged foreign investment industry catalog has been released, and the quality of institutional opening up continues to increase. From 2021 to 2025, China's total import and export volume will increase by an average of over 7% per year, with the proportion of imports and exports to countries participating in the "Belt and Road" initiative increasing to 51.9%.