In 2024, the Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (BCCPIT) will thoroughly implement the important instruction of General Secretary Xi Jinping to “weave a dense network of service enterprises and expand the international circle of friends”, and actively connect government and enterprises, and integrate internal and external affairs in accordance with the “1+9+5” working pattern of the national work on the promotion of international trade, In accordance with the “1+9+5” working pattern of the National Trade Promotion Work, it will actively connect the government and enterprises, integrate the internal and external sectors, and smooth supply and demand, so as to contribute to the construction of an open economy and the high-quality development of the capital. Mr. Zhu Jialiang, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (BCCPIT), introduced the experience and practices of BCCPIT at the National Conference on the Promotion of International Trade 2025.

Upholding the original mission, effectively serving the overall situation of the country's foreign work. 2024, Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (BCCPIT) has completed the service and guarantee tasks related to the China-Africa Cooperation Forum (CACOF) and other major main diplomatic events with high quality, and organized enterprises to participate in the APEC Business Leaders' Summit and the 17th China-Latin America Entrepreneurs' Summit in 2024. Zhu Jialiang introduced, at present, the Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade is making great efforts to prepare for the “Beijing Activity Week” at the China Pavilion of the Osaka World Expo 2025, and planning to build a series of characteristic activities of the “Beijing Activity Week”, which will be held through the opening ceremony, cultural performances, display of non-heritage, inter-pavilion exchanges, comprehensive promotion, economic and trade exchanges, and the opening ceremony of the World Expo 2025. Through the opening ceremony, cultural performances, non-heritage demonstrations, inter-pavilion exchanges, comprehensive promotions, economic and trade exchanges, thematic promotions and other rich and diversified activities inside and outside the pavilions, Beijing will continue to expand its international influence and spread the voice of China.

Deepening international exchanges will help the capital open up to the outside world at a high level. Zhu Jialiang introduced that Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (BCCPIT), as the secretariat of Beijing Mayor's International Entrepreneurship Consultants Conference (IECC), innovatively organized the 16th IECC in 2024, which was promoted to be held for the first time in 25 years in the international meeting place of Yanqi Lake in Huairou District. During the conference, new activities such as science and technology tour and cultural tour were added, and 34 episodes of feature films such as “International Entrepreneurs' Advisors Talking about Beijing” and “Beijing Stories of Multinational Corporations” were launched, in which CEOs of the world's top 500 companies publicized Beijing globally, and a number of multinational corporations indicated that they would increase their exchanges and cooperation with Beijing, and firmly invested and developed in the city. In addition, on the basis of consolidating the friendly cooperation in North America, EU and Asia-Pacific, Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has expanded the economic and trade cooperation with the Middle East, Latin America and Africa, and led Beijing enterprises to form an economic and trade delegation, which hosted four high-profile economic and trade cooperation promotion seminars in Argentina, Chile, Ethiopia and South Africa, and signed 26 cooperation agreements and order contracts, which set off the “Beijing Wave” locally. Beijing Boom” was created locally.

Innovative cooperation platform, enhance the level of international trade and investment promotion. 2024, Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade held the 26th Beijing Science and Technology Expo, attracting more than 300 enterprises from 18 countries and regions to participate in the exhibition, releasing more than 1,000 items of new technology, new products, contributing to the cooperation agreement of 41, for the construction of the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center to build up the development of kinetic energy. “In order to make full use of the international resources of the Chain Expo, Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) serves and guarantees the Chain Expo with the first-rate standard, widely publicizes and promotes the event to government departments, business associations and enterprises, invites the 16 districts and economic and development districts to participate in the event in combination with their industrial advantages, and organizes 23 central enterprises and 38 Beijing enterprises to participate in the event in Beijing.” Zhu Jialiang said, Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade not only coordinates the environmental improvement, transportation, volunteer services and other local protection work, but also organizes the Beijing industrial chain investment promotion meeting, for the industrial chain upstream and downstream Chinese and foreign enterprises to build a platform for exchange and cooperation.

Broaden contact channels, and constantly expand the international “circle of friends”. “2024, we and the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, the Essex Chamber of Commerce and other 14 organizations signed a new friendship and cooperation agreement, the cooperation network throughout the 96 countries and regions of the 244 economic and trade institutions.” Zhu Jialiang said that in 2024, the Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) continued to improve the global network of friendly business associations, insisted on “strengthening a batch, activating a batch, and developing a batch”, and made use of the network of friendly business associations that are stable and mutually trustworthy to closely communicate and dialogue with the international business community, expanding Beijing's international “circle of friends” and expanding its outreach to the world. It has expanded Beijing's international “circle of friends” and expanded its “circle of cooperation” in going out. Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (BCCPIT) also made efforts to increase the intensity of group exchanges, insisted on “going out” and “bringing in”, received 91 batches of overseas delegations from the U.S., Japan, Spain, etc., and organized 13 investment promotion and exhibition delegations throughout the year, and led the districts and 63 enterprises to expand the global market, organized Chinese and foreign enterprises to expand the global market, and organized the Chinese and foreign enterprises to participate in the exhibition. It also led districts and 63 enterprises to expand the global market, and organized hundreds of exchanges and meetings between Chinese and foreign enterprises.

“In 2025, Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade will conscientiously implement the spirit of the National Conference on the Promotion of International Trade, take international liaison work as a link, constantly close international economic and trade exchanges and humanistic exchanges, promote pragmatic cooperation between Chinese and foreign enterprises, and contribute to the writing of a chapter of Chinese-style modernized Beijing.” Zhu Jialiang said.