China-Vietnam Estuary border trade active January-April total imports and exports exceed 1.6 billion

Xinhua Beijing, May 18, Xinhua (reporter Dan Lin) This January-April, the Sino-Vietnamese border Yunnan Estuary port total import and export amounted to 1.61 billion yuan, an increase of 35.3%, import and export freight volume 446,000 tons, down 7.9%; immigration personnel 1.059 million times, year-on-year growth of 2.2%　　29,000 vehicles (columns) of entry-exit vehicles increased 5.4%. It is understood that, since this year, Yunnan Hekou County by virtue of "County is the port, the port is the county" advantage, adhere to the "multiple promotion, basic promotion, service introduction, internal and external Union, the trade," "The development of ideas, through the foundation, outside the market, standardize management, warm service, fast customs clearance, improve efficiency,　　Has greatly promoted the rapid development of foreign trade. From 2006 to 2009 Hekou County accumulated Fixed assets investment of more than 1.7 billion yuan, according to incomplete statistics, daily commute to the mouth of the port to do business people have nearly million.　　Hekou County government officials said that Hekou County will be committed to the estuary port to the Southwest and Southeast Asian countries to develop foreign trade "bridgehead." At present, many enterprises are optimistic about the development of estuaries. Now has the Zhejiang Hydroelectric construction installation company, Yunnan South Phosphorus group and so on 12 companies apply for the establishment of new offices in the estuary. Yunnan Enterprises are also actively prepared to invest in Vietnam, mostly contracted, joint ventures, wholly-owned to overseas economic and technical cooperation projects, the main investment areas involving cement plant, mineral development, yellow phosphorus plant, air-conditioning assembly, sticky buckle belt, hydroelectric power station. As of October 2009, the Foreign Investment enterprise, which was approved for the record by Yunnan Provincial Commerce Department, has 5 households, contracted 4 households and invested nearly billion dollars. Finish)