November 2, 2017

BEIJING—Trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road amounted to 786 billion U.S. dollars in the first three quarters, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.

The volume was a 15-percent increase from the same period last year, MOC spokesperson Gao Feng told a press conference.

From January to September, Chinese businesses directly invested 9.6 billion U.S. dollars in countries along the Belt and Road, up 29.7 percent year on year.

Investments made by Belt and Road countries in China stood at 4.24 billion U.S. dollars, up 34.4 percent year on year.

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