Guangdong foreign trade hits record high

GUANGZHOU ― Guangdong province, a powerhouse of China's economy, has reported a new record in its foreign trade for the first three quarters of the year, with imports and exports reaching 6.75 trillion yuan (about $951 billion), a year-on-year increase of 11.1 percent.

The province's exports stood at 4.39 trillion yuan in the period, up 9.1 percent year on year, while imports totaled 2.36 trillion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 15 percent, Zhang Ke, deputy director of the Guangdong sub-administration of the General Administration of Customs of China, said at a news conference on Monday.