China's exports and imports of high-tech products rose 32.7
percent in the first four months of this year to reach US$155.35
billion, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
The growth rate of high-tech trade was 8.7 percentage points
higher than that of China's foreign trade sector in the first four
months, said the ministry.
China exported high-tech products worth US$21.97 billion in
April, a year-on-year rise of 30.9 percent. The high-tech imports
came to US$20.38 billion in April, up 25 percent, the ministry
said.
Statistics with the General Administration of Customs show that
China's foreign trade volume was US$514.72 billion in the
January-April period, up 24 percent year-on-year.
(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2005)
