Chongqing municipal government announced on 15 March that the city’s foreign trade volumes in the first two months of the year soared by 54 per cent to nearly US$1.5bn.

Machinery exports increased by 45 per cent to US$600m, accounting for 70 per cent of the city’s export total. Exports of motorcycles alone reached US$190m, more than double that of the same period last year.