New Zealand is on track to double its two-way trade with China to $20 billion by 2015, Prime Minister John Key says.
Mr Key today launched the government's China trade strategy in Auckland, which he says gives a clear direction over the next five years.
The two-way trade goal was set when Mr Key met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in 2010.
At that time it was worth $10 billion.
"We are on track to meet that goal. Bilateral trade in the year to last September was up 22 percent on the year before," he said.
"There are good reasons for a strategy - China is the world's second largest economy and is still growing relatively fast."
Mr Key says New Zealand is still the only Western country that has a free trade agreement with China and it's one of the main reasons for the trade increase.
"The strength of the relationship with China is underpinned by the Chinese community in New Zealand which numbers more than 147,000 and is growing," he said.
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