China's foreign trade is expected to run within a reasonable range this year, as the nation's foreign trade industry has a solid foundation and the resilience to cope with challenges, a spokesman said Thursday.

Guo Weimin, spokesman for the fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said foreign trade faces uncertainties and pressure this year, but China's trade has solid industrial foundations and the foreign trade industry has achieved high development in recent years.

More efforts should be made to make use of cross-border e-commerce and other innovative formats to boost foreign trade, actively promote the integration of domestic and foreign trade and boost the digitization level of trade, Guo added.