On January 10, good news comes from the Municipal Commission of Economy and Information of ZiguiCountythat the countyis expected to have achievedan export trade with a value of 95 milliondollarsin 2017, which accounts for 135.8% of itstask in the early 2017, a year-on-year growth of 66.7%.The growth rate stands second in Yichang,higher than the average growth rateof the whole city.

　　It is learned that there are 13 export enterprises in Zigui, which mainly export textile, food, glass products and electronic products, etc.Foreign trade export has become anewgrowth point of the industrial economy ofthe county.

　　Since 2017, Zigui has adoptedas the starting point aneco-industrial strategy to develop its economy. Such effective measures include enhancing management, grasping innovation, increasing investment and projects, scaling down overcapacity, adjusting the structure and promoting the transformationhave been taken so that some leading enterprises with an export value of more than 10 million yuan each have sprungup in the county such as Jisheng Textile, Feiying Electronics, Qugu FoodandDiyuan Canned Food, and have led to a double harvest in foreign trade export: more export enterprises and more profits.

　　In promoting foreign trade exports, the county vigorously develops market subjects and promotesthe rapid development of foreign trade enterprisesby innovatingexport styles,consolidatingits traditional industries,increasing theresearch and development effortsof the enterprises, and by expandingitsfood processing industryandactively cultivating such emergingindustries aselectronic information, new energy sourcesandnew materials.

　　The county actively organizes its enterprises to participate in exhibitions, and constantly expandsinternational market. It pointedly recommendsQuguFood,Diyuan Canned Food and other enterprises toparticipatein international exhibitionsand adjuststhe product structure according tothe international market, andsuch efforts have promotedthe rapid growth of its exports.

　　It enhancesthe quality management awarenessand carriesout product quality certification. The ultra-low temperature valve productresearched and developed independently by Hubei Taihe Petrochemical Company has obtained the EU technical certification, and hasbeen exported to Germany,a breakthrough for Yichang inultra-low temperature valve export to the country. Qugu Food Company has obtainedthe international quality management system certification and food safety management system certification, and those inthe United States and the Middle East, which has laidsolid foundationfor the growth of foreign trade.

　　It strives forproject funds froma wide range and helps enterprises growbigger and stronger. It has successively allotted economic dispatching funds of 48 million yuan for some foreign trade enterprises such as Diyuan Can, Qugu Food, and Jisheng Textile and so onto help them to acquirebank loans of 150 million yuan.

　　The county constantly improvesitsworkingstyles, and takesthe initiative to serve foreign trade enterprisesby way ofpolicy-making, fund guidance, business training, department coordination, home-based guidance and logistics coordination, to encouragethe enterprises to expand their international markets and their export scales. (Correspondent: XiangXiaofei, Ma Huimin)