After full negotiation and demonstration by both parties, UIBE and National Customs Information Center of General Administration of Customs signed an agreement and decided to jointly compile and publish A report on Competitiveness of Import and Export in China’s Manufacturing Industry. On October 10th, 2015, Professor Fan Libo, Dean of School of Public Administration and Jiang Cheng, the head of National Customs Information Center signed a cooperation agreement.

The main contents of the Report include: Development Status of Global Manufacturing Industry and China’s Manufacturing Industry (from 2005 to 2015); An Analysis of Trade Status of China’s Equipment Manufacturing Industry (from 2005 to 2015); An Analysis of Competitiveness of China’s Manufacturing Industry; An Analysis of the Comparison of Competitiveness of China’s and Foreign Manufacturing Industry, and An Analysis of Overseas Investment Competitiveness of China’s Manufacturing Industry.

Prior to the ceremony of signing, experts from both sides reviewed the phased results achieved in an earlier stage and conducted an in-depth discussion with respect to such issues as current import and export status of China’s manufacturing enterprises, the main challenges China’s manufacturing enterprises currently face and strengthening the competitiveness of import and export of China’s manufacturing enterprises. Both sides confirmed that National Customs Information Center provides database information of import and export trade of China’s manufacturing enterprises, and members of the panel of National Customs Information Center conduct initial processing, and experts from UIBE organize and take charge of the general writing of the Report as well as classification, processing and demonstration of data. Based on the general framework and contents of the Report, experts from both sides jointly compile The Report on Policies and Suggestions. The copyrights of the Report and “The Report on Policies and Suggestions” are reserved for both parties.

The signing of this agreement marked that the cooperation between UIBE and National Customs Information Center becomes deeper and big data development and utilization of UIBE enter a new stage. Both parties expressed that they need to deeply integrate resources, make their respective advantages complementary to each other, jointly promote development and provide the development of China’s manufacturing industry under the condition of open economy with intellectual support.