positive growth in foreign trade in goods 货物贸易正增长

海关总署1月14日发布数据，2020年我国货物贸易进出口总值32.16万亿元，同比增长1.9%，在新冠肺炎疫情和单边主义、保护主义等多重压力之下创历史新高，成为全球唯一实现货物贸易正增长的主要经济体。

China emerged in 2020 as the world's only major economy to have registered positive growth in foreign trade in goods. China's total goods imports and exports expanded 1.9 percent year on year to 32.16 trillion yuan in 2020, hitting a record high despite Covid-19 pandemic and trade challenges such as unilateralism and protectionism, official data of the General Administration of Customs showed on January 14.

中国将挖掘外贸增长潜力，为推动国际贸易增长、世界经济发展作出积极贡献。中国将推动跨境电商等新业态新模式加快发展，培育外贸新动能。中国将压缩《中国禁止进口限制进口技术目录》，为技术要素跨境自由流动创造良好环境。

We will tap into the growth potential of foreign trade with a view to boosting growth in international trade and the world economy. China will encourage cross-border e-commerce and other new business forms and models to grow even quicker to foster new drivers of foreign trade. China will shorten its catalog of technologies prohibited or restricted from import to create a favorable environment for the free flow of technologies across borders.

——2020年11月4日，习近平在第三届中国国际进口博览会开幕式上的主旨演讲