Hou's confidence seems well-grounded. In 2017, about 59.12 million families in China had pets, accounting for 17 percent of total households in the nation, data from Shenzhen, Guangdong province-based ASKCI Consulting showed. That number is still growing.
However, House of Fraser has struggled with a challenging retail environment in the United Kingdom, where bricks-and-mortar retailers have been hit by the rise of online shopping.
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Hong Kong-listed Meituan confirmed it has been working on mapping services. "We set up a location-based services, or LBS, team in October last year following corporate restructuring. The unit includes mapping services, ride-hailing and traffic data management," it said in a statement to China Daily.
However, he said, despite the fast development and application of AI in healthcare, AI cannot replace doctors, because healthcare not only requires medical knowledge but also care for people, which only doctors can provide.
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However, as small businesses scramble to apply for loans under the PPP, a few not-so-small companies secured millions of dollars of aid, sparking public outrage and raising questions about the relief package.
However, financial institutions that relied heavily on offline services experienced stagnation in business segments like credit and wealth management, where employees were unable to return to their workplace.
However, Beijing as well as neighboring Tianjin and Hebei province still face the challenges of worsening pollution in autumn and winter, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Monday.