China's National Bureau of Statistics holds a press conference on the national economic performance in the first quarter in 2020.

China's foreign trade dipped by 6.4 percent year on year to 6.57 trillion yuan (933 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter, official data showed on Tuesday. The mild decline shows that although COVID-19 has been extremely troubling for many sectors, the overall impact is still within a predictable and affordable range.