"china is not in pursuit of a trade surplus. on the contrary, the continuous growth in trade surplus has become one of the major concerns of the government," li said. "delegations have often been sent to major trade partners, such as the united states, for big deals of imports."the trade surplus totalled us$109.8 billion in the first three quarters this year, but october witnessed a sudden monthly record of us$23.8 billion.experts contributed the climb to the latest adjustment in the tax rebate regime. the central government plans to reduce or scrap the tax rebate on exports of some products in december, which prompted many exporters to fulfil orders before the new tax rebate rate is adopted.

　　"such big volume is not expected to last long," said liu haiquan, deputy director of the moc`s comprehensive trade and market affairs department.