Measures planned to develop exports

Foreign trade faces downward pressure and uncertainties in 2017, Mofcom says

China will adopt fresh measures - such as encouraging more multinational Chinese companies to be formed and actively managing any friction created over trade - to help its exports in the current year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

The ministry said that the development of more Chinese multinational companies is part of the overall push for corporate China to go global and stimulate trade.