China has recorded ten consecutive quarters of growth in imports and exports with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the data for the second quarter of this year from the General Administration of Customs GAC) showed on Tuesday.
China's trade with ASEAN reached 4.34 trillion yuan (about 640 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2026, marking an 18.2-percent increase compared to the same period of last year, according to GAC.
"In the first half of this year, China's imports and exports with ASEAN stood at 4.34 trillion yuan, up 18.2 percent year on year on. Of this total, imports and exports in the second quarter accounted for 2.37 trillion yuan which represented a year-on-year growth of 20.2 percent and marking the 10th consecutive quarter of growth.," said Lyu Daliang, a spokesman for the customs bureau, at a press briefing.
"China and ASEAN have continuously strengthened infrastructure connectivity. In the first half of the year, China's imports and exports with ASEAN via the new western land-sea corridor grew by 18.2 percent, with railway and highway transport increasing by 24.7 percent and 17.5 percent, respectively," Lyu said.
Established in 1967, ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Timor-Leste.
China records ten consecutive quarters of trade growth with ASEAN
China's top political advisor Wang Huning met a delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Le Minh Tri, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPV Central Committee, in Beijing on Tuesday.
Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said that General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee To Lam have maintained close strategic communication.
Wang noted that To Lam paid a successful visit to China in April, during which he reached new important consensus with Xi, providing strategic guidance for the development of relations between the two parties and two countries as well as the cause of world socialism.
China is ready to work with Vietnam to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries and deliver more progress in building the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, Wang said, adding that the CPPCC National Committee stands ready to make positive contributions to this end.
Le Minh Tri, also chairman of the Commission for Internal Affairs of the CPV Central Committee, congratulated the CPC on its 105th founding anniversary, saying that Vietnam admires the series of global initiatives proposed by Xi, and his leadership in guiding China to continuous progress.
Vietnam is willing to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, draw on the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and jointly build a Vietnam-China community with a shared future, Le Minh Tri said.
Top political advisor meets Vietnamese Communist Party delegation
