(english.cnhubei.com) The export volume of Hubei Province ranked first among central China provinces in 6 years, statistics show.
The province's export and import volume witnessed a year-on-year increase of 51.8 percent.
Hubei's economy kept a good growth momentum during the first half of 2008. The province's GDP totalled 496 billion Yuan (US$73 billion) up 13.9 percent in the first six months from the corresponding period last year.