Country largest trade partner of 25 BRI economies

China has become the largest trade partner of 25 economies involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, a report said.

The import and export value between China and other BRI markets grew from 6.46 trillion yuan ($883 billion) in 2013 to 13.76 trillion yuan in 2022, according to the report released during the second conference of the Global Economic Development and Security Forum of the Boao Forum for Asia being held in Changsha, Hunan province, from Sunday to Tuesday.

The total trade value among China and other BRI economies reached 6.89 trillion yuan in the first half of this year, up 9.8 percent from a year earlier, the report said.