Li's remarks came as he presided over a State Council meeting on Thursday on revitalizing the country's traditional industrial bases.
Like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of foreign exchange and acquisitions, dropped by 1.2 percent in the three months to September, compared with analyst forecasts for an up to 13 percent fall and after plummeting nearly 44 percent in the previous quarter.
Li was removed from his management position in June 2017 and was informed by an HR representative that the company did not want to renew his contract in December.
Li made the remarks when he met with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkaliy Abylgaziyev on the sidelines of the 17th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government in the Tajik city of Dushanbe.
Li said the two nations have always respected each other, treated each other as equals and supported each other on issues related to core interests and major concerns over the 37 years of their diplomatic relations.
Li said that in 2014, the company got an international registration for the bottle from the World Intellectual Property Organization. Such a registration could make its trademark application process easier in member countries, "but we were still rebuffed in China", she said.
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Lien Chan, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, will lead a delegation from Taiwan to Beijing from July 12 to 14, a mainland spokesperson said on Friday. After visiting Beijing, the delegation will head to Liaoning, Jilin and Zhejiang provinces, said An Fengshan, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office.Lien is also chairman of a foundation on cross-Straits peaceful development.
Liangcha cannot be treated as a soft drink. Every glass or bowl has its designed dosage and benefits.
Liao Jieyuan, founder and CEO of WeDoctor, said that for the first phase, the platform has invited nearly 7,000 medical professionals from China, many of whom have experience in the nation's fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Lin Ming, also the project's general manager, discussed the bridge's status in an exclusive interview Thursday with China Daily at a bridge construction site in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.