Help Foreign Trade Companies to Cope with the Epidemic, overcome difficulties and reduce losses

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 5th (Reporters Chen Weiwei and Wang Yuxiao) On the 5th, reporters learned from the Ministry of Commerce that the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce issued the “Notice on Helping Foreign Trade Enterprises to Overcome Difficulties and Reduce Losses”.

The notice pointed out that at present, the pneumonia epidemic of a new type of coronavirus infection in our country has caused difficulties in the normal production and operation of our foreign trade enterprises. In order to actively respond to the epidemic situation and help enterprises maintain their legitimate rights and interests and reduce economic losses, the Ministry of Commerce guided six chambers of commerce such as textiles, light industry, China Minmetals, soil, machinery and electronics, and medical insurance to make every effort to issue force majeure certificates, legal advice, Exhibit coordination, supply and demand docking and other related services.

The notice clearly states that the chambers of commerce will assist the enterprises in need to provide grave force majeure factual proof of failure to fulfill the due delivery due to the epidemic situation. Chambers of Commerce will provide enterprises with necessary legal and information services in response to relevant trade restrictions due to the epidemic. The chambers of commerce will coordinate exhibition organizations at home and abroad to help companies that cannot attend the exhibition due to the epidemic situation to properly deal with related issues such as payment. The chambers of commerce will strengthen communication with enterprises and local governments, share information about products and services in time, and build a bridge between supply and demand.