The foreign trade of Northern China's Shanxi province fell slightly by 0.2 percent to 26.45 billion yuan ($3.74 billion) in the first quarter (Q1) this year, local authorities said.

China is seeing signs of economic recovery amid its fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, according to the country's top economic regulator.

Jointly built by the zone and Xidian University, the valley aims to become an innovation and technological hub in western China.

Beijing Customs said Thursday that its imports and exports in the first quarter of this year totaled 625.42 billion yuan (about $88.34 billion), down 6.2 percent from the same period last year.

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As a province that used to rely heavily on coal mining, Shanxi in North China is now diversifying its economy through industrial reform.

New home sales are recovering faster than expected in China.

Most cities in the three Chinese regions with the worst air quality beat their air pollution control targets from October to March, in sharp contrast with their poor performance in the previous heating supply season.