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Yangshan Port Phase IV in Shanghai in Dec 2017.

China's foreign trade volume rose 14.2percent year on year to 27.79 trillion yuan ($4.28 trillion), ending the previous continuous drop of the previous two years, official data showed Friday.

FedEx Express opened a new international express and cargo center in Shanghai on Monday to provide greater access to its global network for customers in eastern China, particularly those shipping goods to the United States and Europe.

The 134,000-square-meter FedEx Shanghai International Express and Cargo Hub, about eight times the size of its previous facility, is the largest of its kind at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

French President Emmanuel Macron meet JD.com President Richard  Liu on Jan 9th 2018 in Beijing.

China's second-largest e-commerce player JD.com announced on Tuesday a plan to sell French goods worth 2 billion euros ($2.34 billion) through its platform in China in the next two years.

The online retail giant signed memorandums of understanding with Business France and French industrial engineering group Fives, witnessed by French President Emmanuel Macron who is on a state visit to China from Monday to Wednesday, his first trip to the country since assuming office in May.

Half of all its new cars sold in China are expected to be smart cars by 2020, according to a document released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Jan. 5 which is soliciting public opinions.

According to the NDRC, China will be a “smart-vehicle power” before 2035, whose standards of smart vehicle manufacturing will be used worldwide.