Fruits sow seed of city's export boom

Entrepreneurs have seen a steady rise in cross-border trade since Manzhouli opened to its neighbors

Since the mid-1990s, fruits and vegetables have been helping exporters make a tasty profit in Manzhouli, a border city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

With the Republic of Mongolia to the west and Russia to the north, Manzhouli was among 14 cities granted access to preferential policies by the State Council, China's Cabinet, in 1992 to encourage crossborder trade.