Heilongjiang Reports Foreign Trade and Investment Growth Through August 2026

China News Service reported that the Department of Commerce of Heilongjiang Province outlined its commercial operations and strategic development paths during an official press conference on October 19, 2026. Li Jigang, Party Secretary and Director of the department, announced that Heilongjiang recorded an import and export total increase of 11.1 percent from January to August 2026. Li stated that the province posted export growth of 21.7 percent in the same period, which surpassed the national rate by 7.1 percentage points. Foreign trade with Russia rose 11.9 percent, and Heilongjiang expanded its trading partners to 221 countries and regions, while exports of local products expanded by 50 percent. The province advanced diverse business recruitment initiatives, including industrial chain attraction and artificial intelligence application scenarios. During the first eight months, Heilongjiang registered 1212 newly signed projects with an implementation rate of 81 percent, and foreign firms including Nestle, CNH Industrial, and McCain Foods continued to allocate investments. According to planning targets, the commerce department will speed up transitioning its opening-up model from a transit corridor setup into a diversified processing economy. Officials plan coordinated measures to advance foreign trade quality, domestic consumer spending, pilot free trade zone construction, and investment attraction.