Increase in port activity portraying a positive trade picture

Container throughput at major domestic ports has been on the upswing since March, indicating that foreign trade will keep growing in the months ahead and meet the government's targets this year, an industry expert said.

According to Chineseport.cn, container throughput at the nation's top 10 ports was up more than 7 percent year-on-year in April, after expanding 6.5 percent in March.

The increase "sent a strong signal that China's foreign trade is still showing a good performance, despite growing worries that the world's second-largest economy is slowing down", said Xiao Feng, deputy general manager of Shenzhen Onetouch Business Service Co, a trade service provider.