CRI听力:China's Exports up 7.2 Pct in June

Official figures show China's exports in June increased 7.2 percent year on year, as the country's foreign trade continued its positive trend.

The General Administration of Customs says China's trade surplus for June exceeded 31 billion U.S. dollars.

The combined foreign trade volume in the first half of 2014 saw year-on-year growth of 1.2 percent.

Exports increased 0.9 percent and imports went up 1.5 percent during the period.

Zheng Yuesheng, a spokesman for the General Administration of Customs, says China's foreign trade has been stablizing.

"The world's economic situation is still complicated this year. China's domestic economy has enjoyed stable development and foreign trade shows signs of moderate recovery."

China set a trade growth target of 7.5 percent this year, lower than the 8-percent goal for 2013 and last year's actual expansion of 7.6 percent.

For more on China's macro economic situation, I spoke earlier with Zhuang Jian, Senior Economist at the Asian Development Bank's Resident Mission in China.