Shandong Province is the most populous and economically developed province in northern China, and its economic strength has been ranked among the top three in the country since the founding of the country. In 2020, the size of Shandong's GDP reached 7,312.9 billion yuan, with a population size of over 101 million. The total value of imports and exports reached 2,200.94 billion yuan, an increase of 7.5%. Among them, exports of 130.54 billion yuan, an increase of 17.3%; imports of 895.46 billion yuan, down 4.1%. To further expand import and export trade, Shandong Province will guide the province's Sino-foreign cooperation parks rely on overseas professional channels, the construction of high-quality consumer goods import distribution hub; support leading enterprises to build a set of import procurement, warehousing and processing, distribution and distribution, display trading in one of the quality fresh products import distribution center, optimize the supply of agricultural products.
Linyi, the most populous city in Shandong Province with a population of 11.02 million, is also the largest distribution center for commodities and wholesale markets in northern China, and has seen a boom in foreign trade activities in recent years. It has established trade relations with 216 countries worldwide, and the total import and export volume is expected to reach RMB 364.71 billion during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. Meanwhile, since January 25, 2018, Linyi has opened a liner transport to Europe and Central Asia, becoming one of the three China-Europe liner consolidation centers of the whole body for a generation. 111 liner trains will be operated in 2020, serving not only the province and the country's import and export enterprises, but also radiating to Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries. Intensive development has made Linyi Mall a nationally renowned procurement base for food, daily necessities, educational supplies, sporting goods, kitchenware supplies and other industries.
At present, Linyi has built 38 various e-commerce parks, 40 various e-commerce and information platforms, 117,900 online merchant households and 120,000 e-commerce practitioners. Linyi has built the Linyi trade logistics big data platform. In Lanshan District, the most developed area of trade logistics, 12 smart logistics and modern logistics projects with a total investment of 12.5 billion yuan have been centrally located, and 3 million square meters of intelligent cloud warehouses have been accelerated to lead the accelerated development of modern logistics. It is reported that Linyi logistics has realized same-day receiving, distribution and delivery with low cost and fast speed, making its price 20% to 30% lower than the national average price.
The original Linyi Imported Goods Expo was upgraded to a provincial-level exhibition in 2021, becoming an important platform to promote the growth of foreign trade in Shandong Province. The exhibition will last for three days, with the main venue in Linyi International Expo Center and the sub venue in Linyi Import Commodity City. More than 800 exhibitors will participate in the exhibition, with six exhibition areas including comprehensive exhibition area, imported daily necessities, imported food and beverage, imported daily necessities, imported mother and child products, and export to domestic sales, etc. The exhibition area will be 30,000 square meters and the audience is expected to reach more than 40,000 people. It should be noted that the exhibition will invite more than 5,000 professional buyers, including large supermarkets, chain stores, and all kinds of wholesale retailers, and more than 1,000 Netflix buyers.
The Ukrainian Exporters' Club, as an invited group exhibitor, will organize or represent high-quality Ukrainian enterprises or institutions. We welcome Ukrainian companies and organizations interested in developing the Chinese market to join us.
