China’s exports to sustain growth momentum

Steady uptrend: China’s exports reached a record high of 14.2% of the global total, according to figures from the country’s customs administration. — Bloomberg

BEIJING: For Chinese exporters, the business environment last year was reminiscent of an action movie.

It opened with a sudden halt, followed by efforts to cope by expanding the domestic market or switching to the manufacture of epidemic-control equipment, and then ended with rocketing overseas orders and a shortage of containers.