Last year was the second consecutive year the birthrate declined since the universal second-child policy was adopted in 2016-a move meant to counter problems such as population aging and a dwindling work force.
Lara Mackay, a new volunteer who lives in New Zealand, has just made her first makeshift joey pouch, which she enlisted her cat to test out at home.
Last week, Altria Group wrote down its investment in San Francisco-based Juul by .5 billion, or 35 percent, from the .8 billion the tobacco company invested about a year ago. It cited the Trump administration's planned ban on e-cigarette flavors, and that Juul may sustain further hits to its valuation as states look to ban e-cigarette flavors that appeal to youth and comprise about 80 percent of domestic vaping sales.
Last year, Thailand was one of the top overseas destinations for Chinese tourists, who by far accounted for the country's largest number of visitors by nationality. Some 11 million Chinese visitors boosted the Thai economy to the tune of billion.
Last year, China's cruise industry received 2.5 million passengers, a gain of 2.7 percent over the previous year, according to ministry data.
Last year, China had more than 5,000 museums, which organized over 26,000 exhibitions that attracted about 1.1 billion visits, data from the National Cultural Heritage Administration showed.
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Last week, the Chinese ambassador said his country "has been participating in Algiers International Fair since its first edition in 1967," reassuring that Chinese companies in Algeria are ready to continue their presence and contribute to the diversification of the Algerian economy.
Last year, Britain was also the first major Western country to jointly approve and sign the Guiding Principles on Financing the Development of the Belt and Road.
Last week, the company launched cargo train services from Changsha in Central China's Hunan province to Moscow. The first train carried epidemic prevention materials, electromechanical equipment, shoes, toys, garment and plastic products to Moscow. The State-owned firm plans to operate the services once a week and may raise the same to twice a week based on market demand. Thanks to the growing demand, its transcontinental freight service frequency has grown by 38 percent on a yearly basis during the first quarter of this year.
Last year, China saw the sales volume of heavy trucks surge 52 percent year-on-year to more than 1.11 million units, a new record since 2010, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.