Foreign trade is an important engine for economic growth.
In the first quarter of this year, the total import and export volume of Weifang High-tech Zone exceeded 19 billion yuan, ranking first in the city, with a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.
The hotness of the data reflects the good trend of regional foreign trade stabilizing, improving quality and continuing to improve.
Walking into the Weichai finished product delivery area, freight vehicles shuttled back and forth and were shipped in an orderly manner. Batches of power equipment were ready to be shipped to Peru and other countries.
Xu Yongjie, order support business manager of Weichai, said that regions with relatively large growth include Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Central Asia and other markets.
Some products with relatively large growth this year include some large-bore natural gas engines and some power generation units of M26/M33 Baudouin products.
Over the years, Weichai has deeply explored the global market, firmly anchored its international development strategy, and continued to accelerate its global layout.
Taking product export as an important starting point, we will continue to enhance the brand’s international influence and core competitiveness.
At present, Weichai’s overseas engine fleet has exceeded 300,000 units.
At the same time, the company continues to improve its global marketing and after-sales service system, keeps up with the pace of overseas market layout, accurately promotes the construction of service networks, lays a solid foundation for overseas development in an all-round way, and continues to improve the purchasing and use experience of overseas customers.
Weichai Order Support Business Manager Xu Yongjie said that in response to product sales, the company has actively deployed after-sales outlets.
At present, more than 8,000 service outlets have been established in 150 countries around the world. The establishment of these service outlets effectively guarantees the after-sales service of products, allowing customers to choose the company’s products with greater peace of mind.
The leader leads the way, and the lower-end enterprises accumulate stamina.
Weifang High-tech Zone focuses on its industrial advantages, promotes waist enterprises to accelerate their growth, and develops overseas markets.
In the production workshop of Weifang Donghang Printing Technology Co., Ltd., skilled workers are debugging a high-speed printing press destined for Asia’s largest paper-making company, Sinar Mas Group of Indonesia. Orders sent to India, Tanzania, Vietnam and other countries are also being produced simultaneously. Soon these “high-tech manufacturing” will travel across the oceans and export strong productivity in foreign countries.
As a high-tech enterprise integrating the research and development, production and sales of special printing equipment, the company has participated in or been responsible for drafting and formulating 11 national or industry standards. It produces more than 100 production lines of various medium and large printing equipment annually. Its products are exported to more than 130 countries and regions in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Currently, orders have been scheduled until August.
Liu Dong, foreign trade manager of Weifang Donghang Printing Technology Co., Ltd., said that in the first quarter, foreign trade achieved a year-on-year growth of about 30%.
The company invests 4% to 5% of its sales revenue in research and development every year, and independently develops core technologies such as visual inspection systems, printing optical inspection systems, and machine motion control systems. At the same time, it applies a large number of original designs to the hardware to ensure that users can use it more easily, with high precision and low waste, and is favored by the market.
In recent years, Weifang High-tech Zone has continued to build a foreign trade ecology in which “leading companies lead the industrial chain and mid-level companies fill market segments”, painting a vivid picture of high-quality development of foreign trade.
In the next step, Weifang High-tech Zone will continue to strengthen policy empowerment to help more companies go abroad and explore the world, so that the foreign trade engine will continue to roar.
