Starting today, and rolling out to all iPhone users next week, Alexa will be integrated into Amazon’s main shopping app. Users will be able to use voice commands to shop, check progress of packages, play music, ask questions, keep tabs on the weather and traffic and communicate with Alexa-linked smart devices.
Statistics from Haikou Customs showed that the island received 5,870 duty-free shoppers who bought 25,143 items with a total value of 19.79 million yuan (.87million) by 3 pm on the first day the new policy was implemented. All the figures saw significant growth. Though latest sales volume was not available yet, more cashier counters have been added as the growing trend continues, according to shop managers.
Starting on Nov 1, import tariffs on a total of 1,585 items will be slashed. The average tariff rate for machinery and industrial instruments will be cut from 12.2 percent to 8.8 percent, textile and construction materials from 11.5 percent to 8.4 percent, and paper and some other resource-based products and primarily processed goods from 6.6 percent to 5.4 percent. Tax brackets will be consolidated for goods in the same or similar categories.
Statistic shows that China had the world's largest number of invention patent applications in 2011 and the number for last year was 1.328 million in 2017. With 49,000 international patent applications, China became the largest source of patent applications filed under the World Intellectual Property Organization's Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2017. The total number of China's international technological thesis has maintained world's second for nine consecutive years and the quoted quantity of the thesis also jumped to world's second in 2017, surpassing Germany and Britain.
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China hopes to share its ideas and accomplishments in implementing the UN 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development, which were demonstrated in a photo exhibition on Wednesday.
Starting on Monday, the PBOC will use 400-billion-yuan (.2 billion) of a special re-lending quota to purchase 40 percent of inclusive loans to small and micro businesses issued by local banks from March 1 to December 31.
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Starting April 1, taxpayers that are subject to the 16-percent VAT rate on their taxable sales or imported goods will enjoy a 13-percent VAT rate, while those who are subject to the 10-percent VAT rate will only need to pay 9 percent, according to a joint statement released by the Ministry of Finance, the State Taxation Administration and the General Administration of Customs.
Starting with fixed-income products, the privately owned investment solutions provider will offer different asset classes in China. On Jan 2, Fidelity International's WFOE announced the launch of its first equity A-share private fund and its second fixed-income fund.
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks Friday when attending the opening ceremony of the 2019 International Forum for Trilateral Cooperation (IFTC).
Starbucks said in its Q2 Fiscal 2019 Results Report that it posted quarterly net income of 3.2 million, or 53 cents per share, up from 0.1 million, or 47 cents per share, from a year ago.