From January to April, the province's imports and exports completed 75.11 billion US dollars, an increase of 1.4%. Among them, exports amounted to 38.62 billion U.S. dollars, down 0.3 percent; And imports were $36.49 billion, up 3.3 percent. Actual foreign investment received was US $3.48 billion, up by 5%. There were 119 newly approved overseas enterprises (institutions), and China's agreed investment was US $1.64 billion, up 21.6 percent. The value of newly signed overseas project contracts reached US $2.36 billion, the turnover reached US $2.56 billion, and 14,175 Chinese workers were dispatched, up 7.3 percent, 20.2 percent and 15.3 percent respectively. 1. Foreign Trade. In April, the province's import and export, export and import completed 19.27 billion, 10.39 billion and 8.88 billion US dollars, respectively, down 3.3 percent, 4.3 percent and 2 percent. In terms of the four categories of commodity exports, the exports of agricultural products, textiles and garments, mechanical and electrical products and high-tech products decreased by 11.9%, 8.5%, 7% and 22% respectively, with a total decrease in exports of 630 million US dollars, dragging down the province's export growth rate by 5.9 percentage points. Among them, the falling export prices of agricultural products, mainly vegetables, had an obvious impact. Textile and garment is mainly affected by the fluctuation of cotton prices and the intensified competition from neighboring countries, and the export of electromechanical and high-tech products, mainly containers and computers, fell significantly. In terms of key export markets, exports to Japan increased by 0.6%, while those to the US, the EU and the ROK fell by 5.7%, 4.9% and 20.6% respectively. In terms of imports of resource commodities, the imports of coal, copper ore, refined oil, aluminum ore, grain and paper pulp increased by 252%, 41.7%, 27.8%, 15.3%, 9.3% and 6.2% respectively. Imports of steel, crude oil, natural rubber, plastic raw materials, iron ore and cotton fell by 38.9 percent, 37.2 percent, 28.3 percent, 13.5 percent, 11.6 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively. 2. Utilizing foreign investment. In April, the actual inbound foreign capital of the province was US $940 million, an increase of 8.4%. Among them, the actual foreign investment in manufacturing was 560 million US dollars, up by 18.7 percent; And FDI in the service sector reached US $340 million. The value of newly signed offshore service outsourcing contracts was US $100 million, up 5.3%. And the amount of execution completed was US $130 million, up 1.2 times. Third, foreign economic cooperation. In April, 27 new overseas enterprises (institutions) were approved in the province, and the agreed Chinese investment was US $440 million, up 12.5%. Among them, 12 new overseas processing trade projects were approved, with China's agreed investment of 170 million US dollars, an increase of 1.3%; And 2 overseas resource development projects were newly approved, with China's agreed investment reaching US $34.5 million, up 54.8 percent. The turnover of contracted overseas projects was 620 million US dollars, basically unchanged; And dispatched 3,478 labor services, an increase of 4.5 percent. At present, the international economic situation remains complex and volatile, the foundation for economic recovery is fragile, the adverse impact of the external environment is becoming more prominent, the downward pressure on the domestic economy is increasing, and the development of foreign trade and economic cooperation faces greater uncertainties. All municipalities should earnestly implement the Guiding Opinions of The State Council on Strengthening Imports to Promote the Balanced Development of Foreign Trade, strengthen confidence, overcome difficulties, reverse the passive situation of foreign trade as soon as possible, and go all out to achieve progress while maintaining stability in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the provincial Party committee and the provincial government. Focusing on stable growth, efforts should be made to stabilize enterprises, markets and policies, and efforts should be made to expand diversified international markets, do everything possible to stabilize major markets and develop emerging markets. At the same time, the trade structure should be further optimized to encourage imports from least developed countries, expand imports from developing countries and expand imports from developed countries. We should earnestly coordinate the "Hong Kong Shandong Week" with major economic and trade promotion projects among Japan, South Korea and Beijing and Shanghai to ensure that the activities produce tangible results. We will further promote the campaign of "Visiting 1,000 Foreign Companies to Promote Capital Increase and Development", and strengthen the potential for utilizing foreign capital. We should seize opportunities, accelerate the implementation of the "going global" strategy, and maintain the sound momentum of "going global" development.