The focus of China's foreign trade policy next year should shift to promoting the upgrading of trade structure from stabilizing external demand, the State Information Center （SIC） has said.

    Despite enhancing recovery in exports, the government should encourage companies to add more value on their products in an effort to promote the mid- and long-term structural adjustment of the country's foreign trade, the SIC said in a report Tuesday.

    More efforts should be spent in encouraging exporters to set up their own brands and improving their marketing strategy, it said.

    Although world economic recovery would help boost China's foreign trade next year, many challenges remained, including mounting protectionism, pressure on renminbi appreciation and transformation of borrowing-based consumption pattern in the European Union and United States, it said.

    As the world's second-largest exporter, China was facing "unprecedented" pressure from global trade protectionism, which would be a major factor affecting export recovery next year, the report said.

    According to the Ministry of Commerce, as of the end of November, 19 countries and regions have launched 103 trade remedy investigations against Chinese products, with both the number of the cases and the money involved hitting record high.

    The SIC expected China's exports and imports to rise six percent and 11 percent year on year respectively in 2010. It forecast the country's trade surplus to stand at 184 billion U.S. dollars next year.

    国家信息中心（SIC）称：明年中国外贸政策的焦点应当从稳定外需转移到推进贸易结构升级。

    SIC在周二的一份报告中称：尽管出口在逐渐恢复，政府仍需鼓励企业提高产品附加值，努力推进中长期国家外贸结构调整。

    报告中称：需要更多的努力来鼓励出口商创建自主品牌以及改进市场策略。

    报告中还称：尽管世界经济复苏会帮助推进明年中国的外贸，未来仍然存在着许多挑战，包括：设置贸易保护、人名币升值压力和借鉴欧盟和美国消费模式的转型。

    作为世界第二大出口国，中国面临史无前例的全球贸易保护主义的压力，这将是明年影响出口恢复的主要因素。

    根据商业部11月底的统计，19个国家和地区已经开展了103项针对中国商品的贸易赔偿调查，其数字和金额都达到了历史新高。

    SIC预计2010年中国的出口和进口将分别增长百分之六和百分之十一。它预计明年的贸易顺差将达到1.84亿美元。