China outlines new programmes to boost trade and e-commerce

A worker watching over equipment at an aluminium processing factory in Zouping, in China's Shandong province.- AFP

BEIJING (Xinhua): China will set up 46 new integrated pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce, as well as support processing trade with new steps and hold the Canton Fair online to keep foreign trade and investment stable amid the epidemic.

This was decided at the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday (April 7).