Trade with Myanmar on the rise

The city also announced that it has enhanced its efforts to fight illegal border trading and crack down on the novel coronavirus and its associated pneumonia. Supplies include face masks and ethyl alcohol.

In addition, border authorities have beefed up their efforts to facilitate legitimate trade of emergency supplies and agricultural commodities, making a "zero waiting" commitment.

Bilingual services are offered for "green channels" of urgent commodities.

"The efficient measures have cushioned our losses in trading and benefit our fruit sales in China," a businessman from Myanmar said.

Song Haiyun, an executive of the border quarantine station in Ruili, said, "The 10 measures announced by the National Immigration Administration in recent days could help relieve the headache of foreign trade companies. Specifically, the measures could help small- and medium-sized enterprises stock goods, relieve the bottleneck of fund mobilization and facilitate efforts to resume production."