New numbers from China's customs agency say the country's exports for 2009 were more than $1.2 trillion, slightly ahead of Germany.
中国海关的新数据显示，中国2009年出口总值超过1·2万亿美元，略高于德国。
Exports in December rose nearly 18 percent from a year earlier. At the same time, imports leapt nearly 56 percent去年12月份出口值比一年前增长将近18%。同时，当月进口值同比猛增近56%
Asian Development Bank economist Zhuang Jian says strong performance in the last two months of 2009 helped China's export surge.
亚洲开发银行经济学家庄健认为，中国2009年出口值快速增长得益于最后两个月出口的突出表现。
Zhuang says China is a huge country, so it is not surprising to see China overtaking Germany as the world's top exporter. The economist says China has been trying to expand its exports through what he called the "right economic policies and measures," Zhuang said.
庄健说：“中国超过德国成为全球第一大出口国，我觉得这个没有太多的惊讶。中国是个非常大的国家，这些年加入WTO以后，中国抓住机遇扩大出口，再加上政策的支持，这块儿没有疑问。”
In addition to being the world's largest exporter, China is already the biggest auto market and steel maker. It is the third-largest economy in the world, behind the United States and Japan.
中国除了成为世界第一大出口国之外，它还是世界最大的汽车产销国和钢铁生产国。中国是世界第三大经济体，仅次于美国和日本。
