In the first four months of 2019, the total foreign trade import and export volume of Changyang reached 207 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 149.3%, and 42.0% of the annual target of was achieved. The growth rate and progress ranked first and second respectively in the city.

　　The good results of Changyang's foreign trade import and export are attributed to three key enterprises. In the first four months, the import and export of Fengrun Science and Technology rocketed by 303.3%, with the total volume of imports and exports reaching 57.58 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.31 million yuan. The import and export of Sanpingyuan Tea Industry grew by 93.6%, with the total volume of imports and exports reaching 59.38 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.7 million yuan. The import and export of Yizhi konjac increased by 69.9%, achieving a total import and export volume of 61 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.09 million yuan。

　　Yichang Fengrun Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which settled in Changyang in 2010, seized the commanding height of the market, and its casings and heparin sodium became the "hot catch" for sausage manufacturers, meat distributors and pharmaceutical enterprises at home and abroad. "Based on the dietary habits of foreign countries, the market demand for sausage is still very large." said Li Jianhua, general manager of the company. Heparin sodium, another key product, has now obtained the “pre-admission ticket" in the EU market.

　　At Hubei Sanpinyuan Tea Technology Development Co., LTD., He Jianzheng, the general manager who sent off 13 Uzbekistan guests, said with a smile that with the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, the exchange activity of tea ceremony between China and Ukraine held by the company is very popular, and tea has gained faithful fans in central Asia, southeast Asia and other places. Sanpinyuan Tea Technology Development Co., LTD. also began to transform from exporting bulk tea to branded packaging tea.

　　Hubei Yizhi Konjac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. has been working to introduce new products and has formed a total of five series of 179 product regulations, including hydrophilic colloid, cosmetics, dietary fiber food, Konjac leisure food and Konjac catering prefabricated products which are exported to more than 40 countries and regions such as Russia, France and Germany, and the market share has achieved "the first in the world".

　　This achievement is attributed to the great efforts of more than 100 cadres who serve as chief “waiters” in Changyang. “The personnel in the county, complete with the relevant officials from the company, have been working for the international ticket for heparin sodium for three years." Tan Deshuang, Director-General of Science, Technology and Economic Credit Bureau of Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, said: "To serve enterprises and projects, cadres are the waiters. It is the “basic skill" to work together with the company, come up with ideas and break into the market together.

　　Up to now, the number of self-operated import and export enterprises in Changyang has increased to 10. Among them, Changyang Chuxin Tea Co., Ltd., which settled last year, has been on the right track in its export to Vietnam this year, reaching 15.1 million yuan. Yichang Selan Garment Co., Ltd., registered at the beginning of 2019, announced the first order to Russia in March, which is a historic landmark for the company. ( Reporter Yang Xue; Correspondents Duqiang, Li Xuquan)