The family enterprise was founded by their grandfather from the Netherlands who had the foresight to gift each of his 9 children with 40 acres each (minus the mule), which his descendants have, through hard work and dogged determination, managed to increase to 1,600 acres today.
The figure helped lift the daily production of shale gas to more than 40 million cubic meters at the Sichuan base, and annual production is expected to reach 12 billion cubic meters, accounting for 60 percent of the country's total.
The financial reform measures also include further opening the country's bond market and credit ratings business to foreign investors and companies, preventing financial risks and strengthening investor protection.
The fashion show taking place atop the roof of an office building in Shanghai's financial hub Lujiazui is a feast for the eyes and ears: Set against the background of the Huangpu River and the skyline of the century-old Bund on a breezy September afternoon, a matrix of glamorous models, both male and female, walk the runway to the cadence of a Shanghai-dialect monologue.
The film's story, adapted from a novel penned by writer Liu Wanhui, better known by her pseudonym Bayue Chang'an, is a bittersweet romance of the two young people, respectively played by Chen Feiyu and actress He Landou.
The film's stunning imagery was captured over three years, largely in Qinghai and Sichuan provinces, and it follows the lives of pandas, golden monkeys and snow leopards, with additional footage of red-crowned cranes and chiru, or Tibetan antelopes. It was coproduced by Disneynature and Shanghai Media Group.
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The figure is a one percentage point increase from the previous range of 1 percent to 3 percent, reflecting its confidence in capturing additional market share through investments in digital capabilities and innovation while continuing to open new stores at a rapid pace in its fastest-growing market, said John Culver, a Starbucks' group president.
The event's emblem, mascot and slogan have also been unveiled.
The extinction of a tiny brown rodent in Australia is being blamed on climate change and described as a "national tragedy" by environmentalists and scientists who say it could have been avoided.
The fees charged for ordinary passports and travel passes for Hong Kong and Macao were reduced from Monday.