State-owned firms will be urged to join hands with foreign companies for greater reach in global markets
Standard Chartered has taken the lead in BRI-related financial cooperation. It has signed an MOU with the China Development Bank on 10 billion RMB yuan of credit extension for BRI projects. It is also expected to provide at least billion in financing support by the end of 2020.
Staff members of China Railway Seventh Group Co Ltd check a bullet train at a maintenance station in Changping District of Beijing, Oct 7, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Stephen Biegun, US special representative for the DPRK affairs, said Friday in Seoul that the door remained open for the DPRK's return to negotiations.
Staff of National Bank in Nairobi hold yuan and shilling notes, to signal launch of transactions in the Chinese currency. [Photo/Xinhua]
Stephen Roach, a senior fellow at the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
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Statistics from the CADA revealed that, in 2019, China's new car sales were 25.77 million units, down 8.2 percent year-on-year.
Starbucks China has joined the China Women's Development Foundation to launch a project offering skill training to more than 1,500 rural poverty-stricken women in the next three years as part of its continuous efforts to improve traditional handicrafts and entrepreneurship to boost the rural economy in China.
Stephen Perry, chairman of Britain's 48 Group Club, said China is well organized and experienced for a recovery from natural disasters.
Staff from the Women's Federation of Social Affairs Center in Huaibei city, Anhui province, advise women on how to legally protect themselves against domestic violence on Nov 22, three days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. WAN SHANCHAO FOR CHINA DAILY