China-APEC/Trade
China-APEC/Trade
Dateline : Aug 20, 2026/File
Location : Liaoning,China
Duration : 1'38
Dalian City, Liaoning Province, northeast China - Aug 20, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of APEC Customs Business Dialogue in progress; attendees
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Eduardo Pedrosa, executive director, APEC Secretariat:
"The small and medium sized enterprises account for 97 percent of all of the businesses in our region, so our ability to make that easier for them and to find a way to reduce the paperwork, increase the recognition of paperwork is an incredibly important piece of work for APEC to work on over the next few years."
3. Various of meeting in progress
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miguel Canala-Echeverría, general manager, Chilean Fruit Association (partially overlaid with shot 5):
"For us, China is a very important market, especially for cherries, which are our main export to China. Therefore, we have been in constant contact with the customs authorities and the ports to facilitate the entry of our fruit. And I would like to sincerely thank the port authorities and workers for all the tremendous efforts they make to facilitate the entry of our fruit."
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5. Aerial shots of port views
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Dalian City, Liaoning Province, northeast China - Aug 20, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Pan Chuxiong, deputy head of Shenzhen Customs (ending with shot 7):
"Shenzhen and Chile have close economic and trade ties, with three weekly routes providing direct connections to major Chilean ports. More than 40 percent of Chilean cherries imported into China enter through Shenzhen ports. Establishing inter-customs cooperation will help create new opportunities for the import and export of high-quality goods between China and Chile."
FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Aerial shots of port views
China's imports and exports with other Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies totaled 18.03 trillion yuan (about 2.68 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months of this year, up 21 percent year on year, data released Thursday at the APEC Customs and Business Dialogue showed.
The Asia-Pacific economy currently accounts for more than 60 percent of the global economy, while its total trade volume is approaching half of the global total.
In the first seven months of this year, the growth rate of China's trade with other APEC economies outpaced that of China's overall trade in goods during the same period, highlighting the huge potential for regional economic cooperation.
"The small and medium sized enterprises account for 97 percent of all of the businesses in our region, so our ability to make that easier for them and to find a way to reduce the paperwork, increase the recognition of paperwork is an incredibly important piece of work for APEC to work on over the next few years," said Eduardo Pedrosa, executive director of the APEC Secretariat.
During the dialogue, the General Administration of Customs of China also held talks with the Customs and Excise Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Department of Customs Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and Chile's Ministry of Agriculture, among others, to deepen cooperation.
"For us, China is a very important market, especially for cherries, which are our main export to China. Therefore, we have been in constant contact with the customs authorities and the ports to facilitate the entry of our fruit. And I would like to sincerely thank the port authorities and workers for all the tremendous efforts they make to facilitate the entry of our fruit," said Miguel Canala-Echeverría, general manager of the Chilean Fruit Association.
"Shenzhen and Chile have close economic and trade ties, with three weekly routes providing direct connections to major Chilean ports. More than 40 percent of Chilean cherries imported into China enter through Shenzhen ports. Establishing inter-customs cooperation will help create new opportunities for the import and export of high-quality goods between China and Chile," said Pan Chuxiong, deputy head of Shenzhen Customs.
ID : 8495336
Published : 2026-08-21 14:24
Last Modified : 2026-08-21 20:30:36
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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