In the first three quarters of the year, Taixing city, located in East China's Jiangsu province, recorded a 19.6 percent increase year-on-year in foreign trade to $4.58 billion.
A total of 25 Taixing companies participated in the 136th China Import and Export Fair, or Canton Fair, which concluded on Nov 4 in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, signing 402 orders.
Taixing decided to develop "123" specialized industrial clusters in 2021 and through three years of efforts, the scale of them has increased by 18 percent compared with 2020.
The electromechanical industry is one of the leading industries in Taixing and the sector generated invoiced sales of 65.98 billion yuan ($9.27 billion) in the first three quarters.