As China vowed to boost international trade, more charter flights have been and will be organized for Chinese traders to go abroad and for foreign merchants to come to China, allowing more face-to-face contact that is crucial to maintaining trade partners.
The latest example was the business charter flight carrying 163 Pakistani businessmen to Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, arriving on Saturday, according to a press release by the Yiwu municipal government on its WeChat account on Saturday.
It was the first charter flight carrying foreign traders to China in 2022, opening a new channel for foreign investors to purchase in China amid epidemic.
China is willing to further promote orderly resumption and increase of international passenger flights, advance outbound business and trade and cross-border employment activities in a prudent and orderly manner, and better promote personnel exchanges between China and foreign countries, Premier Li Keqiang said on July 19 at the World Economic Forum Special Virtual Dialogue with Global Business Leaders.
The charter flights were the result of efforts made by the Zhejiang provincial government to boost foreign trade, since Zhejiang is one of the major trade hubs in China.
In early July, the Zhejiang provincial government issued 10 measures to support and stabilize foreign trade and investment, specifically proposing measures to facilitate the flow of business personnel through charter flights.
Zhejiang will also organize charter flights for traders to participate in international exhibitions, so that enterprises can compete with foreign enterprises on the same stage, and bring more development opportunities for enterprises. Meanwhile, using representative services is encouraged.
