The import and export volume of Guangxi's border trade in the first eight months of 2021 expanded by 92.2 percent year on year to 28.96 billion yuan ($4.49 billion), said Yang Chunting, director of the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Oct 11.

The region has continued to rank top among the border provinces and autonomous regions in China in terms of its border trade volume, which accounts for more than 40 percent of China's total. 

Guangxi borders Vietnam by both land and sea and the land border stretches 1,020 kilometers. Currently, Guangxi has opened nine border gates and 16 designated areas for border trade. 

Among them, the Youyiguan border gate is China's largest land border gate for importing and exporting fruit while the Dongxing border gate has the highest flow of people for entering or exiting the border. 

Yang said that the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has set up a special administrative office for border trade to promote the innovative development of border trade. 

The region has also been accelerating the development of new foreign trade forms such as cross-border e-commerce and market purchases to expand cooperation in trade and investment with ASEAN. 

Yang added that Guangxi will further move forward the integrating of border trade and regional industrial development and rural revitalization to ensure the sound and sustainable development of border trade. 

桂越边贸迅速恢复 今年前八个月广西互市贸易增长逾九成

广西壮族自治区商务厅厅长杨春庭11日介绍说，今年前8个月，广西边民互市贸易进出口额达289.6亿元人民币，同比增长92.2%。

杨春庭透露，经国家相关部门批复，广西商务厅边境贸易管理处组建成立。该机构将负责拟定广西边境贸易发展战略、规划，组织实施边境贸易促进体系建设，监测分析边境贸易运行状况，推动边境贸易创新发展。

广西与越南陆海相连，陆地边境线长达1020公里，目前，广西有对外开放边境口岸9个，边民互市贸易区（点）16个。其中，友谊关口岸是中国最大的水果进出口陆地边境口岸，东兴口岸是中越边境出入境人数最多的口岸。

据杨春庭介绍，为推动边境贸易创新发展，广西加快发展跨境电商、市场采购贸易和外贸综合服务等外贸新业态，开展跨境劳务试点，扩大与东盟贸易投资合作。2015年以来，广西先后引进落地加工企业107家，边境产业经济带快速繁荣，边境贸易进出口总额始终排中国沿边各省第一位，占全国份额比重超过40%。

“目前，边贸已经从不起眼的小生意，逐步发展成为助力边疆稳定的千亿大产业，为中国沿边开放发展提供了‘广西模版’。”杨春庭说，2021年，中国商务部发文推广广西促进边境贸易创新发展案例。

杨春庭表示，广西将进一步推动边境贸易与地方产业发展、乡村振兴结合，实施“百企入边”行动，推进互市商品落地加工试点，探索实施互市商品二级市场交易机制，进一步规范互市商品流通，确保边境贸易持续健康发展。