The Chinese mainland saw its trade with Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Macao continue to rise in the first half of the year, said sources
with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Tuesday.
Trade volume across the Taiwan Straits rose 10.1 percent
year-on-year to 55.3 billion US dollars in the January to June
period, with the mainland's exports up 15.1 percent to 11 billion
US dollars and imports up 9 percent to 44.3 billion US dollars.
By the end of June, the island had invested an accumulative 44.6
billion US dollars on the mainland, taking a 6.2-percent share in
the total investment the mainland received from overseas.
With a 40.5-percent share and direct investment totaling 290.3
billion US dollars, Hong Kong maintained its position as the
biggest investor on the mainland.
In the first half, the mainland's exports to Hong Kong surged
24.3 percent to 83.9 billion US dollars, while imports rose 12.8
percent to 5.79 billion US dollars.
Meanwhile, the mainland saw the number of its Hong Kong-invested
projects increase seven percent to 7,517, worth 10.5 billion US
dollars, up 19.3 percent.
The mainland's exports to Macao rose 28.1 percent to 1.2 billion
US dollars, while imports were down by 9.2 percent to 130 million
US dollars.
(Xinhua News Agency August 8, 2007)
