China’s foreign trade, buoyed by the steady upturn of the domestic economy and an improved trading structure increasingly driven by high-tech and green products and export market diversification, will continue to exhibit resilience this year, according to officials and executives on Friday.

“The performance of foreign trade is closely linked to the domestic economy,” Guo Tingting, vice-minister of commerce, said at a news conference, adding that the GDP of the world’s second-largest economy grew 5.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, providing a solid foundation for consolidating the fundamentals of foreign trade.

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