The country's steel imports surged 73.9 percent year-on-year to over 17 million tons in the Jan-Oct period. The growth was up 1.7 percentage points from the first three quarters, MIIT data showed.
The crash of a Ukrainian International Airlines jet shortly after takeoff from Iran's capital early Wednesday that killed all 176 passengers and crew raises questions and could add to problems for Boeing, the plane's builder.
The deal was brokered by negotiators on Wednesday, but early details of the contract were scant. The Associated Press reported it was likely to include "pay raises, lump sum payments to workers, and requirements that GM build new vehicles in US factories''.
The country, however, has experienced a steady recovery in its job market following general containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, he noted.
The crash, which occurred at around 6:20 am on Tuesday, destroyed nine vehicles inside the tunnel in Laiyuan county of Baoding - a section of highway connecting the province's Zhangjiakou and Shijiazhuang cities.
The country's local government debt risk is likely to no longer remain "hidden", especially when the money is raised from the government's investment fund and illegal public-private partnership projects, the minister warned at an annual ministry meeting, which announced the major tasks for 2018.
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The country's exports in yuan-denominated terms rose 6.9 percent year-on-year in August while imports increased 14 percent, customs data showed Friday.
The current level of initial claims is nearly double the previous peak of 665,000 weekly jobless claims filed in 2009 during a recession caused by the collapse of the subprime mortgage market.
The dead included a mother and baby killed when a tree fell on a house in Wilmington, North Carolina. South Carolina recorded its first death from the storm, with officials saying a 61-year-old woman was killed when her car hit a tree that had fallen across a highway.
The country's basic medical insurance network currently covers 1.35 billion people, more than 95 percent of the population, according to the national health commission.