Production of natural gas also saw notable increase last year amid government efforts to encourage the use of clean energy. Total output came in at 161 billion cubic meters, up 7.5 percent year-on-year.
Procurators across the country have also handled a number of cases during which companies, especially well-known ones, were blackmailed by self-media accounts that threatened to publish bad news about them.
Priorities will be given to the renovation and development of barrier-free facilities in public service institutions (charity houses, rehabilitation centers etc.), public places (schools, kindergartens, hospitals, libraries, museums etc.), public transport services, as well as public utilities and commercial areas.
Previously, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region banned imports of seafood and other meats starting on July 23.
President Xi Jinping's state visit to Germany highlights the importance Beijing attaches to its partnership with the most powerful European country and developing Sino-EU relations, according to a senior Chinese diplomat.
Private enterprises have become the core force in brand cultivation for China's advanced manufacturing, contributing 54 percent of the top 500 companies, the white paper said. State-owned enterprises account for 32 percent, while the remaining are joint venture enterprises.
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Prisons in California, Illinois and Ohio have released hundreds of inmates early. Officials in other states, including Utah and New York, are set to follow suit.
Primary school students take photos of sailboats during an outdoor course in Qingdao, Shandong province, in March. [Photo by Wang Haibin/For China Daily]
Prisoners going home to meet families have been considered an effective means to improve their reform, and the ministry has recently issued a document on promoting the practice in the prison system reform.
Prices of resold housing in first-tier cities inched up 0.3 percent month-on-month in July, which remained flat in June, while those in second-tier cities reported an increase of 0.4 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from a month ago.