The first breakthrough in Sino-US trade was made in 1993, with bilateral trade volume exceeding US$10 billion. In the same year, trade surplus miraculously appeared in bilateral trade.

• 事实上，中美贸易的第一个爆发点是在1993年出现的。当年，中美贸易首次突破了100亿美元的大关，而就在这一年，中国对美贸易奇迹般地实现了顺差。