The PMI for advanced manufacturing and consumer goods manufacturing was also in the expansionary zone, he added, indicating that the country has continued to make headway in its supply-side structural reform, which has benefited such industries as auto making, special equipment manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
The NDB was established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The bank formally opened on July 21, 2015 in Shanghai.
The National Zoo will close its panda house on Friday to provide the best chance for a successful giant panda cub birth as 19-year-old giant panda Mei Xiang begins the last stage of her pregnancy (or pseudo-pregnancy, whichever the case may be), the zoo announced on Thursday.
The NDB approved loans totaling .55 billion last year to seven programs on sustainable development and is expected to offer loans of .5 billion this year, according to Zhou Qiangwu, director of the International Economics and Finance Institute, a Ministry of Finance think tank.
The Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by the Japanese Army Unit 731 is open to the public in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, May 18, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
The NPC's Supervision and Justice Committee also has set up a division to establish a regular communication mechanism with the National Supervision Commission and other relevant authorities, he said.
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The New York-based investment bank expects China's gross domestic product (GDP) to rise 6.6 percent year-on-year in 2018, up from its previous projection of 6.5 percent. Its forecast for 2019 improved from 6.3 percent to 6.4 percent.
The National Hurricane Center warned that Michael could make landfall Wednesday afternoon near Panama City, 100 miles (about 161 km) west of Tallahassee, as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of up to 120 mph.
The Ministry of Justice also initiated a poverty-reduction themed volunteer program to provide legal assistance services in less-developed areas of the country's central and western regions.
The Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc that groups Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, called the move "deeply disappointing," and reaffirmed its commitment to the Paris deal.