China's central and western regions achieved stable growth in foreign trade, with import and export values reaching record highs in the first nine months this year. In the first three quarters of this year, the value of imports and exports in central China reached 2.84 trillion yuan (about 399 billion U.S. dollars), a record high, an 11.4 percent increase year on year, 7.4 percentage points higher than the national growth rate. The value has so far achieved positive growth for 16 consecutive months. The region's trade value with countries participating in the co-construction of the Belt and Road Initiative reached 1.5 trillion yuan (about 210.9 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 14.5 percent, accounting for over half of the region's total foreign trade during the same period. In the same period, the total value of exports in western regions reached 2 trillion yuan (about 281 billion U.S. dollars), a 13.7-percent increase; imports reached 1.2 trillion yuan (168.8 billion U.S. dollars), a 4.9-percent increase. Trade with countries participating in Belt and Road cooperation valued 2 trillion yuan (about 281 billion US dollars) in total, accounting for over 60 percent of the region's total foreign trade during the period. The imports and exports of private enterprises reached 1.75 trillion yuan (about 246 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 54.5 percent of the region's total foreign trade value. China’s western region continued to upgrade and improve its distinctive and advantageous industries. In the first three quarters, exports of high-tech products reached 458.38 billion yuan (about 64.5 billion US dollars), a 26.4 percent increase. SHOTLIST: FILE: China - Date Unknown 1. Aerial shot of city; FILE: Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Date Unknown 2. Various of facilities, containers at Yangluo Port; 3. Entrance to Wuhan Railway Port, trucks; 4. People walking; FILE: Ruijin City, Jiangxi Province, east China - Date Unknown 5. Ruijin Railway Station; FILE: China - Date Unknown 6. Cargo on truck; 7. Aerial shot of city; 8. Customs building, trucks; 9. Train moving; 10. Trucks moving; 11. Customs staff checking durians; 12. Robotic arm working in factory; 13. Various of electric bike production line; FILE: Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unknown 14. Entrance to Chengdu Hi-Tech Comprehensive Bonded Zone, truck; FILE: Chongqing Municipality, southwest China - Date Unknown 15. Chongqing Dry Port, vehicles moving; FILE: Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China - Date Unknown 16. Buildings, sign featuring cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone; FILE: China - Date Unknown 17. Vehicles at port; 18. Various of production line in factories; 19. Various of port scene; containers; ships at sea; 20. Various of freight trains running. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]