Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region saw its foreign trade surge 67.7 percent year on year to reach 14.67 billion yuan in the first seven months of 2022, according to local customs authorities.
In June alone, its imports and exports reached 300.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.96 percent, with imports amounting to 162.8 billion yuan and exports hitting 137.3 billion yuan.
China's foreign trade will likely record double-digit growth in the second half of the year, thanks to the nation's strong economic resilience and faster recovery pace, according to a former vice-minister of commerce.
South China's island province of Hainan saw its trade with members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) grow rapidly in the first five months of this year, local authorities said.
The surging volume of foreign trade in China is squeezing some companies, which are scrambling to find workers for their factories to fill their export orders.