Workers at a printing factory in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province produce and package greeting cards on September 18, 2024 to fill export orders from Europe and the US. According to the General Administration of Customs, China's exports of manufactured products totaled 15.7 trillion yuan ($2.2 trillion) in the first eight months of 2024, up 7.2 percent year-on-year. Photo: VCG