China's foreign trade rose 27.1 percent year-on-year to 18.07 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, the best performance in history, official data showed on July 13.
The growth marks an increase of 22.8 percent from the pre-epidemic level in 2019, the General Administration of Customs or GAC said.
Exports jumped 28.1 percent from a year earlier, while imports climbed 25.9 percent in yuan terms.
In June alone, the country's imports and exports went up 22 percent year-on-year to 3.29 trillion yuan, marking an increase for the 13th month in a row.
China's cross-border e-commerce also maintained steady expansion in the first six months, with the total trade value growing 28.6 percent year-on-year to reach 886.7 billion yuan, the data showed.
