China's foreign trade rebounded in May

BEIJING: China's foreign trade picked up in May as total imports and exports increased 9.6 percent year on year to 3.45 trillion yuan, compared to 0.1 percent a month earlier, official data showed on Thursday.

In the first five months of 2022, foreign trade volume jumped 8.3 percent to 16.04 trillion yuan from a year ago, outpacing the 7.9-percent increase in January to April, according to the northeast Asian country's General Administration of Customs.