High-tech manufacturing shines as China's industrial profits exceed 6 trln yuan.

North China's Shanxi Province recorded 144.69 billion yuan (about 20.75 billion U.S. dollars) in imports and exports in 2019, up 5.7 percent from the previous year, local customs authorities said Tuesday.

The HBIS Group, one of the world's largest steelmakers based in northern China's Hebei province, has imported iron ore from the Brazilian mining giant Vale in use of RMB clearing.

Lao exports to China continue to flow as normal despite the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Lao news daily the Vientiane Times reported last Tuesday.

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