从2004年7月1日起,新的《中华人民共和国对外贸易法》和与之配套的《对外贸易经营者备案登记办法》同时开始实施。建国以来一直实行的外贸经营许可制度正式隐退,外贸经营权由审批制度变成了备案登记制:不论内资外资,只要是依法办理工商登记或者其他执业手续的法人,其他组织或者个人,均可办理备案登记,从事外贸经营活动,并且还取消了对注册资金的限制。同时,不再要求对外贸经营资格进行年审。这标志着在放开外贸经营权方面我国提前半年履行了加入WTO时的承诺,外贸经营的准入门槛彻底取消。在激烈的竞争下,外贸企业面临着骨干人才流失、业务流失的困境,不少企业将举步维艰。外贸企业将会出现强者愈强、弱者愈弱的情况。曾经在政策庇佑下过着“滋润”日子的外贸企业将何去何从?实际上,这个问题已经让外贸企业的老总们思索了很长一段时间了,从前些年跟外商接触时对方要看工厂开始,到十六大提出深化外贸体制改革,再到2003年下半年三大外经贸改革,再到如今《外贸法》的修改,有准备的企业早已悄悄上路,走出了一条条属于自己的发展之路。本刊特地采访了6家有代表性的外贸企业。它们有的是从过去的纯贸易转向实业的,也有的是生产企业凭借品牌成功打开国际市场的;有的专注于某一领域取得突破,有的通过多元化经营打 From July 1, 2004 onwards, the new “Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China” and its accompanying “Measures for the Filing and Registration of Foreign Trade Operators” will be implemented simultaneously. The system of foreign trade operation permission, which has been practiced since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, formally receded, and the right of foreign trade operation has changed from the examination and approval system to a filing and registration system: legal persons, other organizations or individuals, irrespective of domestic-funded foreign capital, who register for business registration or other formalities according to law Registration for the record, engaged in foreign trade business activities, and also canceled the restrictions on the registered capital. At the same time, no longer require the annual examination of eligibility for foreign trade operations. This marks the fulfillment by China of its promise of entering into the WTO six months in advance of liberalizing its foreign trade franchise. The entry barrier to foreign trade operations has been completely eliminated. Under fierce competition, foreign trade enterprises are faced with the dilemma of the loss of key personnel and business loss, and many enterprises will be in a difficult situation. Foreign trade enterprises will appear stronger strong, the weaker the weaker situation. In fact, this issue has allowed veterans of foreign trade enterprises to think for a long time, and in the past few years when they came in contact with foreign investors to see the beginning of the factory, At the 16th CPC National Congress, we proposed to deepen the reform of the foreign trade system and then to the three major foreign trade and economic reforms in the second half of 2003 and to the revision of the Foreign Trade Law nowadays. The prepared enterprises have long gone quietly and stepped out of their own development . Articles specifically interviewed six representative foreign trade enterprises. Some of them have shifted from pure trade to industry in the past, and some have succeeded in opening up international markets by virtue of their brands. Some have made breakthroughs in certain areas and some have made dozens