High-tech Export Up 40% in the First HalfThe export volume of China's high-tech products reached nearly US$15.7 billion in the first six months of the year, up 48 per cent from the same period last year, said an official of the Ministry of Science and Technology.According to custom statistics, the import of high-tech products also witnessed a 35 per cent increase. In June, the export and import volumes of high-tech products was US$3.1 billion and US$5 billion respectively, both record monthly high of the year. The export volume of products made by China's 52 industrial high-tech development zones reached US$3.2 billion in the first half of the year, up 50 per cent from the same period last year. Among exported high-tech products in the first six months, computer and telecommunications products accounted for 72 per cent. The exported high-tech products accounted for 13.7 per cent of all China's exported commodities. China has adopted a serial of preferential policies for encouraging the export of high-tech products and the development of high-tech products since last August. Preferential policies are given to high-tech sectors such as telecommunications, information, software, space, bio-pharmaceuticals, medical instruments and new energy. |
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