In 2014, China's first "dark night" park was established in Ali prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region. Following that, four more "night reserves" have been set up in Tibet and the provinces of Shanxi, Jiangsu and Jiangxi.
In 2010, China overtook Japan as the world's second-largest economy, and in 2014 it surpassed the United States as the world's largest economy, if measured by purchasing power parity (known as PPP), according to the International Monetary Fund. In 2017, China's economy was 2.5 times bigger than that of Japan.
In 2005, Shenzhen mapped out 974 square kilometers-nearly half the city's land area-in which development and construction are highly restricted. The city government has been providing subsidies to locals in Dapeng to offset the economic loss caused. More than 16,000 local people have benefited directly from the program so far.
In 2016, Alibaba found 4,495 cases in which the volume of fake goods exceeded the threshold for criminal prosecution, yet only 33 people were prosecuted and received criminal punishment, she said.
In 2010, the CPC General Office and the State Council jointly issued a regulation ordering officials to report their personal affairs - including marriages, property and whether family members live abroad - to disciplinary authorities.
In 2015, Dutch asset management firm Robeco established a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in Shanghai, which was one of the first international asset managers to obtain such a license. Lu Jie, general manager of Robeco Shanghai, said the enterprise made up an important part of the group's 2014-18 strategy given the accelerated financial opening-up in China. As the company's institutional clients around the world have shown increasing interest in the A-share market, Robeco has also built a team in Shanghai responsible for A-share research, Lu said.
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In 2013, firework celebrations were banned in Beijing during periods when serious air pollution was forecast.
In 2016, China’s mobile payments hit .5 trillion, roughly 50 times the size of the US’s 2 billion market, according to the consulting firm iResearch. WeChat Pay accounted for 40 percent of the market share by the first quarter of 2017.
In 2005, flocks of backpackers visiting the cave and river caught Huang's attention and he proposed at a meeting of the village's eight members of the Communist Party of China, including him, that Pona should develop tourism.
In 2008, Han staged a charity performance for Wenchuan, Sichuan province, after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck the region. This inspired her to found her foundation.