China's total trade volume tops world in 2013

China's total trade volume in goods ranked No.1 in the world in 2013 compared with 32nd in 1978, Ministry of Commerce Spokesman Shen Danyang said at a seminar held in Beijing on Wednesday.

The total volume increased 201 times from $20.6 billion in 1978 to about $4,160 billion in 2013, Shen said.

The proportion of China's trade in goods to the world total had grown from less than 1 percent in 1978 to about 12 percent in 2013, Shen said.