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In 2016, China's share in the global export dropped. The main reason behind this was that China's advantage as the world's low-cost manufacturing base gradually weakened. The era of rapid increase of export share in the world in the past 39 years may be at an end. This book reports on China's foreign trade in 2017. It analyzes the global trade situation and China's foreign trade situation, and then introduces the development of China's foreign trade from eight aspects: the share of China's export in the world; service trade; commodity structure; trade by modes; foreign trade; regional trade; forecast; and trend judgment. The book reviews the general situation and characteristics of China's trade development in 2017, then it analyzes the characteristics of the commodity structure of import and export trade and the development of China's foreign trade according to the mode of trade. A comparative analysis is made and policy recommendations are suggested from the perspective of different countries and regions. Finally, the report predicts and judges the trends in China's future.