福建以金融之力护航外贸行稳致远

Group 1 - The Fujian Financial Regulatory Bureau emphasizes the importance of stabilizing foreign trade for the high-quality economic development of Fujian, which ranks seventh in the country for import and export scale in 2024 [1] - The bureau has implemented four measures to inject financial momentum into foreign trade development, focusing on both stabilizing existing loans and promoting new loans [1][2] - As of the end of April this year, the loan balance for foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance reached 717.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.25% [1] Group 2 - The bureau has adopted a dual strategy of "mechanism empowerment" and "technology empowerment" to optimize the foreign trade development ecosystem, including a coordinated financing mechanism for small and micro enterprises [2] - The bureau has guided the establishment of a foreign trade section on the "Financial Cloud" platform, launching 65 financial products to support foreign trade enterprises [2] - The bureau is promoting the integration of domestic and foreign trade by encouraging banks to enhance the use of exchange rate hedging tools and develop online financing products for cross-border e-commerce [2] Group 3 - Industrial banks like Industrial Bank and China Export-Import Bank are actively supporting foreign trade enterprises by providing specialized credit and comprehensive financial services, including bond underwriting and cross-border investment [3] - As of the end of May this year, Industrial Bank has provided a financing balance of over 130 billion yuan to foreign trade enterprises in Fujian [3] - The China Export-Import Bank's loan balance for the foreign trade sector reached nearly 80 billion yuan by the end of May this year [3]