China's goods, services trade surplus tops 312b yuan in August

BEIJING -- China's international trade surplus in goods and services last month stood at 312.1 billion yuan ($45 billion), official data showed on Tuesday.

The country's trade income amounted to over 1.69 trillion yuan, while expenditure was at 1.38 trillion yuan, according to data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

China's goods trade income came in at 1.57 trillion yuan with an expenditure of 1.16 trillion yuan, leading to a 405.6 billion yuan surplus, the data showed.

The services trade saw a deficit of 93.4 billion yuan, as the sector's income and expenditure stood at 125.2 billion yuan and 218.6 billion yuan, respectively.