XING GUANGLI XINHUA TIANJIN The Beijing-Tianjin region saw its foreign trade increase by 12.5 percent year on year to 2.35 trillion yuan around US $347 billion in the first half of this year, according to Tianjin Customs.
In the period, foreign trade accounted for 11.9 percent of the country's total.
From January to June, its trade with countries along the Belt and Road maintained robust growth, up 27.6 percent yearly to nearly 930 billion yuan.
In early 2014, China initiated a strategy of coordination of the development of the national capital of Beijing and the neighboring Tianjin Municipality and Hebei province to create a model with a better economic structure, cleaner environment and improved public services.