Shanghai' Sees All-round Growth in Foreign Trade and InvestmentShanghai recorded an export volume of US$ 2.31 billion in the single month of June, a sharp rise of nearly 70 percent over the same period last year. The export in the first half of this year reached US$ 11.69 billion.In the first half of this year, Shanghai put an end to the situation of decline for two straight years in the absorption of foreign capital, approved 860 projects with contracted value of foreign investment reaching US$ 2.197 billion, foreign capital in place standing at US$1.376 billion. The three indexes saw respective increases of 12.6 percent, 6.3 percent and 5.6 percent |
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