On the morning of March 13, 2025, Chen Fangyue, Executive Deputy Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee, led a research team to Luqiao District to conduct a special research on "Overseas Chinese Promotion and Opening up", and conducted on-site inspections of Zhejiang Kaihe F7 Automobile Plaza to gain a deeper understanding of the company's overseas market expansion and innovative achievements in foreign trade services. Ye Yiying, member of the Standing Committee of the Luqiao District Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, and relevant department heads accompanied the research.
Focus on exploring new engines of openness in the automotive industry
At 9am, the research team arrived at Zhejiang Kaihe F7 Automobile Plaza as their first stop. Feng Jian, the General Manager of Zhejiang Kaihe Trading Co., Ltd., provided a detailed introduction to Kaihe Trading's more than 20 years of development in the automotive industry, with a focus on showcasing the achievements of second-hand car exports, overseas market layout, and supply chain construction.
The research team learned that Kaihe Trading relies on its mature distribution network and resource advantages to become a pilot enterprise for second-hand car exports in 2023. It has completed the export of more than a thousand vehicles and established three overseas exhibition halls and eight warehousing centers in Russia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and other regions, forming a supply and demand chain system that radiates Europe and Asia. By 2023, 1879 vehicles will be exported with an export value of 59.18 million US dollars. By 2024, 6990 vehicles will be exported, with a year-on-year increase of 272%. The export amount was 240 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 305%.
Vice Minister Chen Fangyue affirmed the positive actions of enterprises in the "dual circulation" strategy and encouraged them to further leverage their advantages in overseas Chinese affairs resources, deepen cooperation with overseas Chinese businessmen, and help Taizhou Manufacturing "go global".
Discuss and seek development, gather overseas Chinese strength, and jointly draw an open blueprint
At the research symposium, relevant units such as the United Front Work Department of Luqiao District Committee, District Overseas Chinese Federation, and Lunan Street reported on the progress of the "Overseas Chinese Promotion and Opening up" work and enterprise service measures. Vice Minister Chen Fangyue emphasized that the United Front Work Department should take the initiative to provide front-line services, accurately meet the needs of enterprises, make good use of the overseas Chinese affairs resource network, and build an efficient mechanism for government enterprise coordination and internal and external linkage; At the same time, we hope that leading enterprises such as Kaihe Trading can play a demonstrative role, drive more Taizhou enterprises to integrate into the global industrial chain, and contribute to building a new highland of open economy.
Promote the 'Taizhou Intelligent Manufacturing' and set sail for a long time
This survey fully reflects the high importance attached by the United Front Work Department of Taizhou Municipal Party Committee to the work of "promoting opening up for overseas Chinese", and also points out the direction for Luqiao District to further optimize services for enterprises and deepen opening up to the outside world.
In the future, Luqiao District will strengthen policy integration and resource coordination, continuously stimulate the vitality of market entities, and promote the "Taizhou Intelligent Manufacturing" to set sail.