Exports of the province in the first six months totaled 110.27 billion yuan, up 1.7 percent year-on-year, while its imports surged 18 percent to 82.18 billion yuan during the same period.

The manufacturing PMI rose for the second consecutive month in July and stood at 51.1, versus 50.9 in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.

A total of 3.43 billion kWh of electricity or a third of the overall transmission volume was mainly generated by wind and solar power, the center added.

They come from coal, iron ore, nickel ore and grain exporters, such as Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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