2001年是实施“十五”计划的第一年,广东省外经贸工作克服了世界经济增长明显放缓所带来的种种困难,取得了较好的成绩。全年外贸出口达954.2亿美元,增长3.8%;实际吸收外商直接投资129.7亿美元,增长6.0%;外经业务进一步发展;口岸通关环 In 2001, the first year of implementation of the “10th Five-Year Plan”, Guangdong’s foreign trade and economic cooperation surmounted various difficulties brought about by the marked slowdown of world economic growth and achieved relatively good results. The annual export volume reached 95.42 billion U.S. dollars, up by 3.8%; the actual FDI received was 12.97 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 6.0%; the further development of foreign exchange business;