Last year, Beijing and Shanghai topped a list assessing the adoption of fintech by global financial centers, according to a study by think tanks the China Development Institute in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, and Z/Yen Partners, based in London.
Last year, China all ranked first in terms of patents, trademarks and industrial designs applications. Filing activity in China grew by 11.6 percent for patents, 28.3 percent for trademarks and 12.7 percent for industrial designs, the report said.
Last year, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a radio interview that he wanted the traditional baguette to be protected as a world treasure by the UNESCO, like Belgian beer and Japanese washoku.
Last year, China's movie box office intake hit a new high of 45.7 billion yuan (.6 billion), with 334 television dramas and nearly 15,000 episodes produced.
Last year, the business environment of the Kaifeng FTZ area was ranked 43rd in a simulation ranking by World Bank index, and it was three places higher than the national average.
Last year, Liu's business exported nearly 10,000 tons of fruits, with a profit margin of over 10 percent. However, he said that as more competitors have entered the market, profits have started to decline, even though the export volume is rising.
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Last June, I attended the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs in Beijing, where Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy was established as the guiding thought that provides basic principles and guidelines for China foreign policy. It is an innovation, a breakthrough and a leap forward in the evolution of the thought on China's diplomacy.
Last year, 818,000 journeys a day were made on the Shanghai-Shenzhen railway. On a typical day, there were 622 bullet trains operating at more than 80 percent occupancy on the route.
Last year two Chinese tourists were killed when the bus they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. In 2017, three people, including a six-year-old boy were killed in a similar incident.
Last November, an eight-year-old girl was killed by a stray Tibetan mastiff in Nangqian county, reported ynet.com.