Companies charting plans to weather trade friction fallout

Guangdong firms confident about exploring new markets, increase in shipments

Companies in Guangdong province are making all-out efforts to reduce fallout from the Sino-US trade friction, according to a senior government official and some company executives.

"The trade conflict between China and the United States, to some degree, has affected our foreign trade, given that Guangdong is a big player in China's exports and imports," said Ma Xingrui, governor of Guangdong province.