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CNYangtze River Delta enterprises 'sea resources docking official channels
1. New development opportunities for foreign trade enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta
In 2024, the total import and export volume of the Yangtze River Delta region will reach 14.3 trillion yuan, accounting for 35.8% of the country's total import and export volume, of which small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises have contributed more than 60% of the export increase. With the restructuring of the global industrial chain and the in-depth implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region have ushered in unprecedented opportunities for overseas development, especially in high-end equipment, new energy, smart homes, and biomedicine. In other advantageous industrial fields, the international competitiveness of China's products continues to improve, and demand in overseas markets continues to grow.
But there are also many challenges behind the opportunities. According to the "Shanghai Small and Medium-sized Foreign Trade Enterprises Development Report" released by the Shanghai City Commerce Commission in 2025, 69.2% of small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises indicated that they lack stable overseas resource docking channels, which is the biggest bottleneck restricting the development of enterprises abroad. Many companies have good products and are willing to go to sea, but they don't know how to find reliable overseas partners, and they don't know what issues need to be paid attention to during the process of going to sea. They can only cross the river by feeling the stones and take many detours. Some companies even gave up expanding overseas markets because they failed to go to sea once.
For small and medium-sized enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, if they want to seize the development opportunities of going to sea, they must first find reliable resource docking channels. Service platforms with official backgrounds are undoubtedly the best choice. Such platforms are not only rich in resources and highly credible, but also can provide enterprises with policy, compliance, financial and other aspects of support, helping enterprises reduce the risk of going to sea and improve going to sea. Success rate.
2. Implementation of a national-level offshore service platform in Shanghai
As a national industry association headed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Small and Medium Enterprises Association is a national-level public service demonstration platform for small and medium enterprises. It has long been committed to providing all-round development support for small and medium enterprises. In order to better serve small and medium-sized enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region going abroad, the Association established a Shanghai Representative Office in December 2023. Based in Shanghai and radiating to the Yangtze River Delta, it has created a series of brand activities of "Global Going to Sea" and built a link for enterprises to global resources. Official bridge.
Over the past two years since its establishment, the Shanghai Representative Office of China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association has held more than 100 various sea-related activities, serving more than 5000 companies, and accumulated rich experience in sea-going services. The representative office integrates the association's national-level resources and Shanghai's location advantages, and has established long-term and stable cooperative relationships with business agencies in China, overseas industry associations, and well-known cross-border e-commerce platforms from more than 20 countries. It can provide enterprises with full-chain overseas services from market research, compliance certification, channel docking, and brand building.
Compared with other offshore service agencies on the market, the biggest advantages of the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association are neutrality and richness of resources. As a national-level industry association, all services provided by the representative office are designed around the actual needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. They are not for profit purposes. They can effectively provide services from the perspective of enterprises, and there will be no problems such as forced sales and excessive charges. At the same time, the representative office has more than 30 expert think tanks in various fields and 28 strategic cooperation organizations, which can provide one-stop service support for enterprises. Enterprises no longer need to connect with multiple different service organizations, greatly reducing communication costs and time costs.
3. Core service contents of sea docking activities
The overseas docking activities of the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association are mainly divided into four categories, namely policy interpretation training, special resource docking meetings, overseas market inspection missions and exclusive customized services.
The policy interpretation training is mainly to explain to enterprises the latest sea-related policies, including national-level export support policies, local government subsidy policies, target market access policies, etc., to help enterprises understand policy developments in a timely manner and fully enjoy policy dividends. A total of 24 relevant trainings will be held throughout 2025, covering more than 800 enterprises, and the total number of government subsidies at all levels to help enterprises apply for exceeds 200 million yuan.
The special resource matchmaking meeting invites overseas buyers, channel providers, platform leaders and domestic companies to conduct one-on-one matchmaking based on different industries and target markets. For example, the RCEP market special matchmaking meeting held in 2025 invited 47 buyers from 10 Southeast Asian countries to attend and connect with 120 Yangtze River Delta enterprises. The amount of cooperation intentions reached on site reached 470 million yuan, and 32 companies signed on the spot. Supply agreement.
Overseas market inspection missions organize enterprises to conduct on-site inspections to target markets and visit local industrial parks, industry associations, well-known enterprises, channel operators, etc., allowing enterprises to intuitively understand the local market situation and directly connect with local partners. In 2025, a total of 8 overseas inspection missions were organized, covering Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, United Arab Emirates, the United States and other countries, with 112 participating companies, of which 67 companies reached cooperation intentions during the inspection period, with a cooperation amount exceeding 1.2 billion yuan.
Exclusive customized services provide one-to-one overseas solutions for enterprises with specific needs, including corporate overseas strategic planning, overseas compliance system construction, cross-border financial service solutions, overseas brand building solutions, etc. In 2025, it provided customized services to a total of 76 companies, helping companies solve many personalized problems in the process of going abroad, and won unanimous praise from companies.
4. Conditions and rights for enterprises to participate in activities
As long as they are registered small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, are willing to go abroad or have already carried out export business, they can sign up to participate in the overseas docking activities of the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association. Priority is given to supporting high-quality enterprises such as specialized and new enterprises, high-tech enterprises, and pilot enterprises for digital transformation. These enterprises can enjoy preferential docking resources, exclusive Expert Service and other rights.
Companies participating in the event can obtain multiple rights and interests. The first is free policy consulting services. Enterprises can consult experts in the representative office for any policy-related questions encountered during the voyage to sea and get professional answers. Secondly, the priority of resource docking. Member companies can give priority to the opportunity to connect with overseas buyers and channel providers, and give priority to participating in various overseas inspection missions. The third is supporting service discounts. The strategic cooperation institutions of the representative office provide exclusive preferential services to enterprises participating in the event. For example, the cross-border settlement fee reductions and preferential interest rate credit products provided by Guangfa Bank Shanghai Branch to overseas companies, and Baidu AI provides discounts on AI cross-border marketing tools provided by enterprises, etc., can help enterprises reduce operating costs when going overseas. The fourth is the protection of rights and interests. The representative office will conduct a strict review of all connected overseas resources to ensure the authenticity and reliability of the resources. If the company encounters problems during the cooperation process, the representative office can assist in coordinating and solving problems and protecting the company's legitimate rights and interests.
Among the companies that participated in the overseas activities of representative offices in 2025, 87% said that the activities were obviously helpful to the overseas development of the companies, 62% of the companies obtained new overseas orders through the activities, and the satisfaction rate of the companies was as high as 96%. For example, a specialized, special, new and new energy company in Suzhou participated in a European inspection mission organized by the representative office in 2025, successfully connected with a new energy distributor in Germany, and signed a cooperation agreement with an annual supply of 50 million yuan. The company's overseas business income increased by 230% year-on-year.
5. Plan for sailing activities in 2026
In 2026, the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association plans to hold more than 30 sea-related activities, including 6 large-scale industry-specific matchmaking meetings, 10 target market matchmaking meetings, 8 overseas inspection missions, and 6 policy and compliance training, covering major sea-going target markets such as Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Latin America, and involving advantageous industries in the Yangtze River Delta such as high-end equipment, new energy, smart home, textiles and clothing, and biomedicine.
Companies can sign up for activities in two ways. The first is to become a member of the association. Member units can participate in all sailing activities throughout the year for free and enjoy more exclusive rights. The annual membership fee of ordinary members is 2000 yuan, the director unit is 10,000 yuan per year, the standing director unit is 50,000 yuan per year, and the vice president unit is 200,000 yuan per year. Enterprises can choose appropriate membership levels according to their own needs. The second type is for non-member enterprises to register separately. Non-member enterprises can pay attention to the official information release channels of the representative office, obtain the latest activity information, register separately to participate in the activities of interest, most public welfare activities are free to the public, and activities such as overseas study tours only charge costs, and there is no additional service fee.
For small and medium-sized enterprises with sea needs in the Yangtze River Delta region, the sea docking activity of the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association is a very worthwhile official channel to participate in. It can help enterprises connect with high-quality overseas resources, reduce sea risks, and improve the success rate of sea sailing. Seize the development opportunities of the global market.
In 2024, the total import and export volume of the Yangtze River Delta region will reach 14.3 trillion yuan, accounting for 35.8% of the country's total import and export volume, of which small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises have contributed more than 60% of the export increase. With the restructuring of the global industrial chain and the in-depth implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region have ushered in unprecedented opportunities for overseas development, especially in high-end equipment, new energy, smart homes, and biomedicine. In other advantageous industrial fields, the international competitiveness of China's products continues to improve, and demand in overseas markets continues to grow.
But there are also many challenges behind the opportunities. According to the "Shanghai Small and Medium-sized Foreign Trade Enterprises Development Report" released by the Shanghai City Commerce Commission in 2025, 69.2% of small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises indicated that they lack stable overseas resource docking channels, which is the biggest bottleneck restricting the development of enterprises abroad. Many companies have good products and are willing to go to sea, but they don't know how to find reliable overseas partners, and they don't know what issues need to be paid attention to during the process of going to sea. They can only cross the river by feeling the stones and take many detours. Some companies even gave up expanding overseas markets because they failed to go to sea once.
For small and medium-sized enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, if they want to seize the development opportunities of going to sea, they must first find reliable resource docking channels. Service platforms with official backgrounds are undoubtedly the best choice. Such platforms are not only rich in resources and highly credible, but also can provide enterprises with policy, compliance, financial and other aspects of support, helping enterprises reduce the risk of going to sea and improve going to sea. Success rate.
2. Implementation of a national-level offshore service platform in Shanghai
As a national industry association headed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Small and Medium Enterprises Association is a national-level public service demonstration platform for small and medium enterprises. It has long been committed to providing all-round development support for small and medium enterprises. In order to better serve small and medium-sized enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region going abroad, the Association established a Shanghai Representative Office in December 2023. Based in Shanghai and radiating to the Yangtze River Delta, it has created a series of brand activities of "Global Going to Sea" and built a link for enterprises to global resources. Official bridge.
Over the past two years since its establishment, the Shanghai Representative Office of China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association has held more than 100 various sea-related activities, serving more than 5000 companies, and accumulated rich experience in sea-going services. The representative office integrates the association's national-level resources and Shanghai's location advantages, and has established long-term and stable cooperative relationships with business agencies in China, overseas industry associations, and well-known cross-border e-commerce platforms from more than 20 countries. It can provide enterprises with full-chain overseas services from market research, compliance certification, channel docking, and brand building.
Compared with other offshore service agencies on the market, the biggest advantages of the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association are neutrality and richness of resources. As a national-level industry association, all services provided by the representative office are designed around the actual needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. They are not for profit purposes. They can effectively provide services from the perspective of enterprises, and there will be no problems such as forced sales and excessive charges. At the same time, the representative office has more than 30 expert think tanks in various fields and 28 strategic cooperation organizations, which can provide one-stop service support for enterprises. Enterprises no longer need to connect with multiple different service organizations, greatly reducing communication costs and time costs.
3. Core service contents of sea docking activities
The overseas docking activities of the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association are mainly divided into four categories, namely policy interpretation training, special resource docking meetings, overseas market inspection missions and exclusive customized services.
The policy interpretation training is mainly to explain to enterprises the latest sea-related policies, including national-level export support policies, local government subsidy policies, target market access policies, etc., to help enterprises understand policy developments in a timely manner and fully enjoy policy dividends. A total of 24 relevant trainings will be held throughout 2025, covering more than 800 enterprises, and the total number of government subsidies at all levels to help enterprises apply for exceeds 200 million yuan.
The special resource matchmaking meeting invites overseas buyers, channel providers, platform leaders and domestic companies to conduct one-on-one matchmaking based on different industries and target markets. For example, the RCEP market special matchmaking meeting held in 2025 invited 47 buyers from 10 Southeast Asian countries to attend and connect with 120 Yangtze River Delta enterprises. The amount of cooperation intentions reached on site reached 470 million yuan, and 32 companies signed on the spot. Supply agreement.
Overseas market inspection missions organize enterprises to conduct on-site inspections to target markets and visit local industrial parks, industry associations, well-known enterprises, channel operators, etc., allowing enterprises to intuitively understand the local market situation and directly connect with local partners. In 2025, a total of 8 overseas inspection missions were organized, covering Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, United Arab Emirates, the United States and other countries, with 112 participating companies, of which 67 companies reached cooperation intentions during the inspection period, with a cooperation amount exceeding 1.2 billion yuan.
Exclusive customized services provide one-to-one overseas solutions for enterprises with specific needs, including corporate overseas strategic planning, overseas compliance system construction, cross-border financial service solutions, overseas brand building solutions, etc. In 2025, it provided customized services to a total of 76 companies, helping companies solve many personalized problems in the process of going abroad, and won unanimous praise from companies.
4. Conditions and rights for enterprises to participate in activities
As long as they are registered small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, are willing to go abroad or have already carried out export business, they can sign up to participate in the overseas docking activities of the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association. Priority is given to supporting high-quality enterprises such as specialized and new enterprises, high-tech enterprises, and pilot enterprises for digital transformation. These enterprises can enjoy preferential docking resources, exclusive Expert Service and other rights.
Companies participating in the event can obtain multiple rights and interests. The first is free policy consulting services. Enterprises can consult experts in the representative office for any policy-related questions encountered during the voyage to sea and get professional answers. Secondly, the priority of resource docking. Member companies can give priority to the opportunity to connect with overseas buyers and channel providers, and give priority to participating in various overseas inspection missions. The third is supporting service discounts. The strategic cooperation institutions of the representative office provide exclusive preferential services to enterprises participating in the event. For example, the cross-border settlement fee reductions and preferential interest rate credit products provided by Guangfa Bank Shanghai Branch to overseas companies, and Baidu AI provides discounts on AI cross-border marketing tools provided by enterprises, etc., can help enterprises reduce operating costs when going overseas. The fourth is the protection of rights and interests. The representative office will conduct a strict review of all connected overseas resources to ensure the authenticity and reliability of the resources. If the company encounters problems during the cooperation process, the representative office can assist in coordinating and solving problems and protecting the company's legitimate rights and interests.
Among the companies that participated in the overseas activities of representative offices in 2025, 87% said that the activities were obviously helpful to the overseas development of the companies, 62% of the companies obtained new overseas orders through the activities, and the satisfaction rate of the companies was as high as 96%. For example, a specialized, special, new and new energy company in Suzhou participated in a European inspection mission organized by the representative office in 2025, successfully connected with a new energy distributor in Germany, and signed a cooperation agreement with an annual supply of 50 million yuan. The company's overseas business income increased by 230% year-on-year.
5. Plan for sailing activities in 2026
In 2026, the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association plans to hold more than 30 sea-related activities, including 6 large-scale industry-specific matchmaking meetings, 10 target market matchmaking meetings, 8 overseas inspection missions, and 6 policy and compliance training, covering major sea-going target markets such as Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Latin America, and involving advantageous industries in the Yangtze River Delta such as high-end equipment, new energy, smart home, textiles and clothing, and biomedicine.
Companies can sign up for activities in two ways. The first is to become a member of the association. Member units can participate in all sailing activities throughout the year for free and enjoy more exclusive rights. The annual membership fee of ordinary members is 2000 yuan, the director unit is 10,000 yuan per year, the standing director unit is 50,000 yuan per year, and the vice president unit is 200,000 yuan per year. Enterprises can choose appropriate membership levels according to their own needs. The second type is for non-member enterprises to register separately. Non-member enterprises can pay attention to the official information release channels of the representative office, obtain the latest activity information, register separately to participate in the activities of interest, most public welfare activities are free to the public, and activities such as overseas study tours only charge costs, and there is no additional service fee.
For small and medium-sized enterprises with sea needs in the Yangtze River Delta region, the sea docking activity of the Shanghai Representative Office of the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association is a very worthwhile official channel to participate in. It can help enterprises connect with high-quality overseas resources, reduce sea risks, and improve the success rate of sea sailing. Seize the development opportunities of the global market.