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China's trade with countries along the Belt and Road saw a slight decline of 0.9 percent year on year to 4.2 trillion yuan.Wen expected the economy to continue to improve amid the country's strengthened counter-cyclical policies."skipped open market operations via reverse repos Friday.This shows the central government's full trust in the HKSARthe report noted.the central bank can block it from buying bank shares or paying dividends.Equipment and high-tech manufacturing were among the sectors that saw the most visible recovery.A total of 200 billion yuan (about 28.6 billion U.S. dollars) of reverse repos matured Friday.