[Ministry of Commerce: The next step is to actively expand the import of high-quality products and promote the balanced development of imports and exports] On September 18, Yang Tao, Director of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, said that looking forward to next year, the external environment for foreign trade development will become more complex and changeable. Multiple international organizations have pointed out that economic and trade barriers have significantly increased global trade costs, affected the security and stability of global production and supply chains, and global economic and trade development faces great uncertainty. In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, closely track changes in the foreign trade situation, make good use of various open platforms including the Canton Fair, guide enterprises to expand diversified markets, actively expand the import of high-quality products, promote the balanced development of imports and exports, and make greater contributions to expanding high-level opening up to the outside world and promoting the economy to continue to develop in a new and better direction.