Since China's opening and reform in the late 1970s, the city has attracted China's abundant low-end labor force to work on factory assembly lines.
Since Bluestar's acquisition, Elkem, which was founded in 1904, has doubled in size, with 2017 sales revenue reaching 21.4 billion Norwegian kroner (.63 billion), up nearly 26 percent year-on-year, and operating profit touching 3.2 billion Norwegian kroner, up 104 percent year-on-year.
Shoppers at an imported goods store at the bonded port area of Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo by Yu Fangping/For China Daily]
Since China's accession to the WTO, US exports to China in 2016 has been up 500 percent from 2001, while US global exports during the same period only grew by 90 percent. China has become an important overseas market of many products of the United States, especially bulk agricultural products and high-end finished products.
Similar to last year, this year's Hongqiao International Economic Forum will consist of an opening ceremony in the morning followed by four parallel sessions. As world GDP growth slows and world trade has remained stagnant since the global financial crisis in 2008, one parallel session will explore the future direction for multilateral and regional cooperation. While in another, the role of e-commerce platforms in world trade will be discussed.
Since 2015, venture capital of all kinds, including that from private equity firms and crowdfunding platforms, has been pouring into new B&Bs.
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Since 2012, about 1.04 billion yuan (7 million) has been allocated in national fiscal expenditures to help protect grotto temples.
Since August, Nanning traffic officers have been using drones around train stations, shopping malls and subway stations, where there tend to be more traffic violations. They say the drones can greatly speed up response times and otherwise enhance efficiency.
Shouguang has been cited as a modern agricultural demonstration zone and has provided integrated vegetable growing solutions to more than 20 provincial-level regions, said Wang Lijun, vice-mayor of Shouguang.
Shoppers also avoided buying building materials, which fell 0.1 percent, and they cut back on online shopping by 0.3 percent — the biggest decline since December 2018. Sales of electronics, including Apple's newest iPhone, also failed to give a boost.