Delegations to US, EU will correct trade imbalance

BEIJING - China will send two large trade delegations to the United States and two to European Union nations this year to help stimulate its imports, said the head of China's trade promotion organization.

Wan Jifei, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, told China Daily at the sidelines of the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, that China will send many more trade delegations to developed nations in 2011 than in previous years.

The delegations will buy goods, especially energy-saving and environmentally friendly products, with the aim of balancing trade between China and those regions.