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China reports robust trade with Belt and Road countries
Gulf Today
|July 20, 2025
China has seen robust trade and investment with countries participating in Belt and Road cooperation over the past years, Vice Commerce Minister Li Chenggang told a press conference on Friday.
The combined trade between China and its related countries increased from $2.7 trillion in 2021 to US$3.1 trillion last year, with an average annual growth rate of 4.7 per cent, Li said. The volume accounted for 50.7 per cent of China's total foreign trade in 2024, up from 45.3 per cent in 2021, according to Xinhua.
This story is from the July 20, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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