2026.04.16 17:51 GMT+8

Rare reversal: China's import growth outpaces export growth in Q1

Updated 2026.04.16 17:51 GMT+8
CGTN

China's foreign trade posted its strongest Q1 growth in five years. One detail stands out: import growth exceeded export growth, a rare shift. Can this momentum last? Tu Xinquan, director of the China Institute for World Trade Organization Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, tells CGTN why he is optimistic about China's trade outlook.

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