Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2018 shows containers at a logistic base in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's foreign trade rose 9.7 percent year on year to a historic high of 30.51 trillion yuan (about 4.5 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2018, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Monday. The value was 2.7 trillion yuan higher than that of 2017, according to the GAC. (Xinhua/Wang Jianmin)