The trade value of Guangdong province, one of the economic powerhouses of South China, reached $1.09 trillion in 2013, an annual increase of 10.9 percent, Governor Zhu Xiaodan said on Thursday.
In a government work report to the annual provincial legislative meeting, which opened on Thursday in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, Zhu said local authorities introduced a series of effective measures last year to ensure stable trade performance.
"We have made great efforts to optimize the trade structure; exports of new and high-tech products and the service trade made for rapid growth in 2013," Zhu said.
Meanwhile, the province attracted foreign direct investment worth of $24.95 billion in 2013, with investment in the service sector increasing by 17.6 percent, according to Zhu.
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