Fujian's trade links with BRICS nations deepen

Pivotal port and host city Xiamen sees growth in throughput, Yuan Shenggao reports.

East China's Fujian province and its second-largest city Xiamen, which is currently hosting the ninth BRICS Summit, have witnessed increasing trade and personnel exchanges with other BRICS countries in recent years.

In the first half of the year, the province's trade with Brazil, Russia, India and South Africaand - the four other BRICS nations - grew by 67.7 percent to 49.4 billion yuan ($7.54 billion), according to statistics from the provincial commerce department. During the same period, Xiamen's trade with the countries reached 23 billion yuan, up 60 percent year-on-year, said Han Jingyi, vice-mayor of the city, in August.