China's goods trade reached 39.94 trillion yuan in the first three quarters, up 18.8% year on year, with exports of green products — electric vehicles, lithium batteries and wind-turbine sets and parts — rising 72.3%, 36.4% and 22.4% respectively, according to official data cited by CCTV.
Xiamen Port, one of China's main lithium-battery export gateways and a three-time consecutive 'over 100 billion yuan' lithium export port, has moved from fragmented multi-agency handling to a unified joint service center, drafted maritime safety guidelines for containerized lithium-energy storage systems, and built a dedicated 'new three items' channel with expedited, tolerance-friendly clearance. It also mutually recognizes inspections with Wuhan, Ningbo and other ports.
Far inland, Yibin in Sichuan — where roughly one in ten global power batteries is made and over 90% of battery structural parts are sourced locally — ships cells via Shenzhen, Xiamen and Shanghai ports. Its foreign trade rose about 25% in the first three quarters, illustrating how 'buying lithium globally, making batteries, and selling to the world' turns an inland city into a node of China's open, green and far-reaching trade trend.
Source: CCTV / Qianlong / Cfi (paraphrased and translated from Chinese state media; reprinted for informational purposes with attribution).
