In order to implement the important deployment of the State Council on "increase training efforts related to the implementation of the agreement", the Ministry of Commerce held the second online special training on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) from March 22 to 23. The training focuses on the impact of RCEP on the industry, helps localities and enterprises familiarize themselves with the content and rules of the agreement, improves the management level and the ability to use policies, and enhances the ability to participate in international cooperation and competition.
    The China National Light Industry Council attaches great importance to this special training. Chairman Zhang Chonghe personally instructed and requested that the corresponding organization work be done. In order to implement Chairman Zhang’s instructions and promote more member companies to understand RCEP, the China National Light Industry Council has actively taken the lead in organizing 30 national industry associations including leather, wine, home appliances, and musical instruments, 4 local industry associations, and Haier Group, More than 520 people including heads of 37 member companies, including Kweichow Moutai and Yanjing Beer, participated in the online special training.
    During the training, Yu Benlin, Director of the International Department of the Ministry of Commerce, gave a comprehensive explanation on the overall situation of RCEP and how companies can effectively seize opportunities. Yu Benlin pointed out that enterprises must seize the opportunities brought about by the agreement and properly deal with the challenges. We must understand the impact of trade in goods on industrial development, make good use of the rules of origin accumulation, and deeply participate in the dynamic adjustment of the industrial chain supply chain; we must seize the new opportunities brought by the RCEP service industry and investment opening, improve the management level and the ability to use agreements, and enhance participation The ability of international cooperation and competition; it is necessary to dig deeper into favorable policies, make full use of various dividends, and maximize the effectiveness of RCEP.
Guo Yongxin, executive secretary of the China National Light Industry Council, participated in the lecture at the main venue of the Ministry of Commerce. He introduced the opportunities and challenges brought by the RCEP agreement to the light industry, and put forward suggestions on how to deal with it. He pointed out that the full implementation of RCEP will promote the development of light industry's foreign trade and industry. But at the same time, RCEP will also bring two major challenges to the light industry. One is the transfer of low-end and labor-intensive industries in the domestic value chain; the second is the investment and construction of high-end industries in the foreign value chain in China, and the development of Chinese companies in the Chinese market. Intensified competition. Guo Yongxin gave five suggestions on how to deal with the challenges of the light industry: First, layout industries across the region; second, use international standards as a passport to expand exports; third, deal with trade frictions; fourth, increase brand recognition and enhance brand value; The fifth is to strengthen technological innovation and increase the value of the industrial chain.

Source: China National Light Industry Council