China's foreign trade sustained growth momentum in the first eight months of the year as external demand continued to pick up and the economy maintained stable development.

由于外部需求持续恢复，国内经济保持稳定增长，我国外贸进出口进一步呈现稳中加固的态势。

In the first eight months of the year, the country's total imports and exports expanded 23.7 percent year-on-year to 24.78 trillion yuan, according to data from the General Administration of Customs released Tuesday. The figure marked a 22.8 percent increase compared with the level registered during the same period in 2019.

海关总署9月7日公布的数据显示，今年前8个月，我国进出口总值24.78万亿元人民币，同比增长23.7%，比2019年同期增长22.8%。

Both exports and imports logged double-digit growth in the January-August period, surging 23.2 and 24.4 percent from a year earlier, respectively.

今年1-8月，我国进口和出口均实现两位数增长，其中出口同比增长23.2%，进口同比增长24.4%。

The trade surplus increased 17.8 percent year-on-year during the same period to 2.34 trillion yuan.

贸易顺差2.34万亿元，同比增加17.8%。