Workers sort garments for export markets in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong Province on April 17, 2022. Chinese exporters need balance production and COVID-19 precautions. Official data showed thsat China's foreign trade totaled 9.42 trillion yuan ($1.48 trillion) in the first quarter of 2022, up 10.7 percent year-on-year. Photo: cnsphoto