The growth was above the full-year target of 6.5 percent and the 6.8 percent increase registered in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the NBS.
The government will simplify foreign trade management procedures and offer legal services to help Chinese companies that export their goods cope with potential risks and promote the development of major projects related to the Belt and Road Initiative, the document said.
The guideline also urged more support to hi-tech industries, stressing the need to encourage foreign investors to invest in the sector.
The group's like-for-like revenue increased 7.3 percent year-on-year during the first half of 2019 to 4.81 billion euros (.36 billion), which was the highest half-year growth in a decade. The first half-year growth rate is calculated at 10.6 percent, excluding all other factors such as exchange rate. Operating profit increased 12.1 percent to 2.9 billion euros, while operating margin hit a record high of 19.5 percent.
The guideline also called for greater assistance for people with disabilities in the country's rural areas.
The group's logistics business has also enjoyed stable growth with its first half revenue and profit totaling 3.75 billion yuan and 57.3 million yuan, respectively.
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The group saw its profit reach HK2 million in the second half, compared to a loss of HK.77 billion in the first half, according to its latest earnings report released last week.
The guideline comes at a time when some enterprises have significantly increased production in the past few years amid massive construction of urban rail transit projects.
The guideline requires courts nationwide to increase intellectual property protection for listed companies on the board and allows for heavier punishments for those who infringe on these rights.
The head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Chuang Shuk-kwan, told a press briefing that the virus is definitely being locally transmitted in Hong Kong.