China's major economic regions' foreign trade 'highly resilient': Chinese media

Foreign trade in China's major economic regions, such as the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, is showing a trend of high-quality development and is highly resilient.
According to customs statistics, the total value of imports and exports in the Yangtze River Delta region from January to October this year was 14 trillion yen (approximately 303.6 trillion yen), up 6% from the same period last year.
The value of foreign trade increased by 9.7% to 7.83 trillion yen (approximately 169.8 trillion yen), accounting for 55.9% of the total, and continues to be the mainstay of foreign trade in the Yangtze River Delta region.
During the same period, the import and export volume of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area increased by 4% to 7.52 trillion former (approximately 163 trillion yen), the highest ever.
These accounted for nearly 70% of the total export items, with electronic components increasing by 19.5% and the three new products (electric vehicles, solar cells, and lithium batteries) increasing by 32.2%. The structure of foreign trade is constantly being optimized.
The total imports and exports of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region during the same period amounted to 3.91 trillion former (approximately 84.8 trillion yen). Of this, exports have grown for seven consecutive months and are once again at a record high.
In terms of export value by trading partner, countries co-constructing the Belt and Road Initiative account for nearly 60% of the total exports to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The scale of exports to emerging markets is also continuing to expand, with Latin America and the Caribbean
The number of foreign workers in the five Central Asian countries increased by 14.6%, 31.9%, and 40.2%, respectively.