Vendor Zhao Lianfang (first from right) talks with an African trader at a market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 5, 2017. According to Hangzhou customs, Zhejiang's foreign trade value amounted to 217.84 billion yuan ($31.65 billion) in January, up 21.5 percent year on year. Exports and imports grew 17.8 percent and 38.2 percent year on year respectively. [Photo by Tan Jin/Xinhua]