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In the last 5 years, China's foreigntrade has been on the track of rapid development: import and export.volume increased from US$620.8 bil-lion in 2002 to US$2173.8 billion in 2007,boasting an annual growth rate of 28.5percent; a rate which has marked the lon-gest period, fastest and most stable growthrate since the implementation of the reformand opening-up policy. China's economicrank in the world rose from 6th in 2002 to3rd last year, and it currently ranks secondin the world in terms of exports.