China's foreign trade up 14.2 pct in 2017

Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2018 shows the container terminal at Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's foreign trade volume rose 14.2 percent year on year to 27.79 trillion yuan (4.28 trillion U.S. dollars), ending the previous two years' continuous drop, official data showed Friday. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)