Dubbed the “World's Supermarket”, the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu has accelerated economic transformation despite the onslaught of the pandemic. A Kenyan merchant (left) buys kitchenware at an international trade market in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, January 14, 2020. (Photos: Xinhua)

The city has made efforts in coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic development. Photo shows staff checking the health QR code of a foreign businessman at the entrance of Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, January 14, 2020.

From January to November 2020, the total value of Yiwu's international trade imports and exports reached 286 billion yuan ($44.18 billion), up 6.9 percent over the same period in 2019, official Customs data showed. A Yemeni merchant introduces prices and merchandise to a Saudi customer through a video call while buying teapots in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, January 14, 2020.

A Kenyan merchant buys kitchenware in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, January 14, 2020.

A Yemeni merchant buys teapots at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, January 14, 2020.

A seller in the market shows teapots to a Yemeni merchant in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, January 14, 2020.

A woman sells clothes online at a livestreaming industrial park in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, January 14, 2020. (Compiled by Yang Jiaqi)