In the first seven months of 2026, the import and export scale of goods trade in the Yangtze River Delta region reached a new historical high, maintaining growth for 17 consecutive months. While the total volume is increasing, new driving forces represented by high-tech and green intelligence are accelerating, and the regional foreign trade structure continues to move towards a new and better direction.

In the first seven months of 2026, the total import and export value of goods trade in the three provinces and one city of the Yangtze River Delta reached 11.41 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.9%, accounting for 37.9% of China's total import and export value, and continuing to play a role as a ballast for foreign trade.

With the increasing demand for digitalization and intelligence worldwide, high-tech products in the Yangtze River Delta have become the core engine driving foreign trade. The export of integrated circuits and high-end equipment is growing rapidly, driving Jiangsu's foreign trade scale to continue to maintain its regional leading position; Zhejiang's intelligent bionic robots and other future industries have consistently ranked first in the country's exports, demonstrating strong innovation vitality in the private economy.

Relying on the advantages of a complete industrial and supply chain synergy, the Yangtze River Delta has experienced rapid growth in imports and exports to emerging markets such as ASEAN, Latin America, and Africa. The scale of Shanghai's foreign trade exceeded 3 trillion yuan for the first time in the first seven months, of which the import and export of countries jointly building the the Belt and Road increased by more than 40%. Anhui leads the Yangtze River Delta with a 35.7% import and export growth rate, and both the volume and value of automobile exports rank first in the country.

Source: CCTV News Network    Editor/Gao Xue