The office received 21,600 Patent Cooperation Treaty applications in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 16 percent. Among them, 1,600 applications were from abroad, an increase of 26 percent, Shen said.
The number of deaths of COVID-19 in the US is nearing 200,000.
The number of new cases rose by a record last week in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, together home to about a third of the US population. Alabama, Georgia, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming also experienced record spikes. Florida just surpassed 100,000 cases, according to Hopkins data.
The number of juveniles involved in drug-related crimes also declined in 30 provincial-level areas, it said.
The one exception is the runoff for the special election to fill the remainder of US Rep. John Lewis' term. That election will still be held Dec. 1. The person who wins that election will serve for about a month before Nikema Williams, who was just elected to succeed Lewis, who died in July.
The number of wealthy Chinese citizens planning on moving to Britain is on the rise despite Brexit uncertainty, according to a London-based private wealth partnership.
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The ongoing trade spat with China may risk sapping the momentum, Hufbauer said, because China may decide to restrict US service firms doing business in China as part of the retaliatory package.
The official wasn't authorized to be identified by name and briefed reporters on condition of anonymity.
The number of captive pandas has reached 600 in the world.
The notice, jointly issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, is aimed at pushing ahead with reform in the management of government bond issuance and stepping up coordination of policies on macroeconomic regulation to maintain reasonable and ample liquidity in the market.