China's foreign trade to make headway despite outbreak

Investors looking at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai. China's foreign trade is capable of weathering the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and will see progress once the epidemic is gradually contained, said experts on Friday (Feb 28). - AFP

BEIJING: China's foreign trade is capable of weathering the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and will see progress once the epidemic is gradually contained, said experts on Friday (Feb 28).

"Though China's foreign trade sector is facing a big test, it can deliver satisfactory results," Wei Jianguo, vice chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), told a news conference.