??? ACCORDING to statistics, there were 12,176 import and export companies in the city last year, 879 more than the number in 2010. The number of companies with trade volume exceeding US$100 million reached 105, an increase of 35 percent over 2010. Among these, the number of companies with exports volume of more than US$100 million reached 44, seven more than the previous year. Significantly, development of private companies was very fast last year. The export volume of the private companies reached US$16.346 billion yuan, increasing by 29.4 percent, while the import volume was US$11.369 billion, increasing by 67.3 percent. ?(Wang Yuanyuan, Shen Junlin) | 