In recent years, Hekou District of Dongying City has actively guided small and micro enterprises to seize new opportunities for foreign trade development. Through policy empowerment and precise services, it has helped local enterprises bravely enter the international market. A group of small and micro enterprises have successfully achieved “zero” foreign trade, and the order volume has steadily increased.
In the overseas order inventory area of Dongying Dongchen Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Machinery Co., Ltd., workers are busy packaging, labeling and loading a batch of cattle pen structural parts that will be sent to the United States.
Machines roared in the workshop, forklifts shuttled back and forth, and neatly stacked goods were ready to be shipped to the other side of the ocean.
“This batch of goods totals about 18 tons and 500 pieces. After loading, it will be sent directly to Qingdao Port and shipped to the United States by sea. This is the fifth overseas order we have issued after the Spring Festival. The current production plan has been scheduled to the second quarter. There are still 500 tons of products in the warehouse waiting for delivery to the United Kingdom and Australia.” Song Xiaojie, deputy general manager and sales technical director of Dongying Dongchen Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Machinery Co., Ltd. said.
Since the first export business was achieved in July 2025, in just a few months, this “fledgling” small and micro enterprise has achieved a leapfrog improvement in orders from the European and American markets from scratch, from sporadic to stable, with its excellent products and courage to enter.
Although “going overseas” is tempting, for small and micro enterprises with weak ability to resist risks, it is also accompanied by worries about unknown waves.
After learning that the company’s export business was growing rapidly and there were concerns about the risk of foreign exchange collection, the Hekou District Commerce Department took the initiative to publicize and interpret the policies to benefit enterprises, and helped the company successfully apply for free export credit insurance for small and micro enterprises, achieving “zero cost” avoidance of export foreign exchange collection risks, and tying a “safety belt” for companies to explore international markets.
This series of measures in Hekou District is not accidental.
In the context of today’s globalized economy, the development of foreign trade is of great significance to the improvement of regional economy.
As an important part of economic development, small and micro enterprises are vital to the economic prosperity of the entire region.
Hekou District has opened the door to the international market for these small and micro enterprises through precise policy guidance and considerate services.
For Dongying Dongchen Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Machinery Co., Ltd., from the initial “zero” breakthrough in foreign trade to the steady growth of orders today, it is not only the result of the company’s own efforts, but also the good policy environment and support of Hekou District.
企业在国际市场上的逐步站稳脚跟，也为当地其他小微企业树立了榜样，激励着更多企业勇敢地迈出‘出海’的步伐。
In the next step, Hekou District will continue to optimize the business environment, strengthen policy support and precise empowerment, provide policy guidance, risk protection, market docking and other comprehensive services for small and micro enterprises to go overseas, help more high-quality local enterprises to sail abroad and brave the waves, and promote the high-quality development of foreign trade in the region to achieve new breakthroughs.
I believe that with the active promotion of Hekou District, more and more small and micro enterprises will show the style of Chinese enterprises in the international market and contribute to the globalization of Chinese products.
