China’s exports rose more than expected in December, but import growth slowed dramatically, helping to drive up the country’s trade surplus.

去年12月，中国的出口增长超过预期，但进口增长大幅放缓，帮助推高了中国的贸易顺差。

The dollar value of outbound shipments from China climbed 10.9 per cent year on year in December, slowing from November’s rate of 12.3 per cent but comfortably besting a median forecast of 9.1 per cent growth from economists surveyed by Reuters.

去年12月，中国出口商品的美元价值同比增长10.9%，较11月的12.3%有所放缓，但轻松超过了路透社(Reuters)调查得出的9.1%的经济学家预测增速中值。

Imports meanwhile grew far less than anticipated, with a year-on-year rise of just 4.5 per cent undershooting expectations of a 13 per cent climb and down substantially from the prior month’s pace of 17.7 per cent.

与此同时，进口增长远低于预期，同比增幅仅为4.5%，低于预期的13%，较11月17.7%的增速大幅回落。

The divergent trends in trade flows boosted China’s trade surplus by about $14bn from the previous month to $54.7bn at the end of 2017, well above a median forecast of $37bn.

贸易进出口的不同趋势，推动中国的贸易顺差从11月的约140亿美元增加至2017年底的557亿美元，远高于370亿美元的预测中值。