Yangtze River delta offers one third of China's foreign trade

The Yangtze River Delta area in east China, which is composed of Shanghai and its nearby cities around the mouth of the Yangtze River, accounted for 34.62 percent of China's foreign trade in the first quarter of this year.

Customs statistics show the Yangtze River Delta economic circle made 83 billion US dollars of foreign trade in the first quarter, including 40 billion dollars of exports and 43 billion dollars of imports.

The Yangtze River Delta economic circle mainly consists of 15 cities, including Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Zhenjiang and Wuxi. Economic integration, actively pushed by local governments, has been on the rise in this region.

Closely following the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta economic circle in south China ranked as another major power engine of China's foreign trade.

Customs statistics show foreign trade of the Pearl River Delta economic circle totaled 69 billion dollars in the first quarter of this year, including 35 billion dollars of exports and 34 billion dollars of imports.

The Pearl River Delta economic circle mainly consists of seven cities, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan, and parts of Huizhou and Zhaoqing.

China recorded 239.8 billion dollars of foreign trade in the first quarter, including 115.7 billion dollars of exports and 124.1 billion dollars of imports.

Source: Xinhua