Growing trade power

Amid signs that global trade will rebound strongly this year as economic recovery continues, China has inspired more confidence by planning to more than double its foreign trade volume by 2020.

Such high expectations of its trade growth over the next decade clearly underscore China's determination to develop itself from a large trader into a firm trade power.

More importantly, if that is the case, the country will provide the world economy with a much-needed new source of demand that significantly helps to sustain global recovery.