Spring farming is progressing smoothly despite the novel coronavirus outbreak, laying a solid foundation for stable yields, senior officials said at the news conference of Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of State Council on Sunday.
Statistics released by the central bank in early December show that up to 49.3 trillion yuan worth of transactions were settled via mobile devices in the third quarter of this year, which is up 39 percent year-on-year. About 80 percent of these transactions were completed on non-bank payment platforms, mainly through scanning QR or bar codes.
Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that besides Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, eight smaller metropolises stepped into China's 1-trillion-yuan (8 billion) GDP club in 2016, including Chongqing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Stephanie Brinley, auto analyst at IHS Markit, said GAC is looking to expand its business inside and outside of China, including the US.
Starbucks chief technology officer Gerri Martin-Flickinger announces the new Ford/Alexa integration. (GeekWire photo/Kevin Lisota)
Stefan Reinhardt, general manager of the orchestra, said the group was amazed by their first trip to China and how they can connect with Chinese audiences through music.
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Starbucks is not alone. McDonald's trialed replacing plastic straws with strawless lids and only providing straws on request from the customer in 10 stores in Beijing in November 2018, encouraging customers to reduce straw use.
Sri Lankan Army soldiers secure the area around St Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Starting 2013, China has been the world's largest market for industrial robots for six consecutive years. In 2018, over 148,000 industrial robots were produced in China, accounting for 38 percent of the global production volume, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed.
Starbucks also said the need for an alternative to plastic straws grew as the sales of cold beverages has risen to more than 50 percent of sales from 37 percent five years ago.