商务部部长陈德铭日前在出席世贸组织第八届部长级会议时表示,预计中国2011年全年贸易顺差将比去年减少300多亿美元。2012年世界经济增长的动力依然不足,发达国家市场需求继续萎缩,加上贸易保护主义频发,中国外贸进出口形势不容乐观,预计2012年将小幅增长。陈德铭说,2011年中国外贸形势总体呈下行趋势。9月至11月的 Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said at the Eighth Ministerial Conference of WTO recently that China’s trade surplus for 2011 is expected to be reduced by more than 30 billion U.S. dollars over the previous year. The momentum of world economic growth in 2012 is still insufficient. The market demand in developed countries continues to shrink. Coupled with the frequent occurrence of trade protectionism, the import and export situation of China’s foreign trade is not optimistic and is expected to increase slightly in 2012. Chen Deming said that the overall situation of China’s foreign trade in 2011 showed a downward trend. From September to November