In Beijing, the number of officials under supervision rose from 210,000 before the reform to 997,000 by December, according to Zhang Shuofu, head of the city's supervisory commission.
In June alone, local governments issued 286.7 billion yuan worth of bonds, with 117.6 billion yuan worth of special bonds, according to the Ministry of Finance.
In June, about half the Fed governors said lower interest rates would be needed in the second half of the year and about half saying rates should remain steady. Those advocating lower rates apparently see little risk to cutting rates because inflation is low, but others believe the softening in the economy doesn't yet warrant a rate cut.
In China, more than 20,000 children aged 17 and under lost their lives or suffered injuries in road traffic accidents in 2019. Road traffic injuries are the No 1 cause of child deaths from accidental injuries, the second leading cause of deaths for children aged 14 and under, according to data released by the Ministry of Public Security.
In China, Shanghai stocks tumbled 3.78 percent to a two-year low of 2,907.82, while Shenzhen was down 5.31 percent.
In Canada, Amazon will be charging .99 “per shipment” and a .99 “per item,” so a box with three items, for example, would cost nearly to receive on the same day. Amazon Prime members will pay less: a flat fee of .99 per-order, with no additional cost per item. Those prices compare roughly to those in the U.S., where Amazon Prime members pay a flat fee of .99 per order, and those without Prime pay .99 another 99 cents per item.
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In February, "The Wandering Earth" debuted in China and managed to gross more than 4.6 billion yuan (5.7 million) in the country's box office. The sci-fi craze led to booming sales of the book carrying the short story by Liu Cixin, on which the film was based. More than 100,000 copies of Liu's book were sold subsequently, and other sci-fi books topped the sales rankings on e-commerce websites such as Amazon.cn, JD.com and Dangdang.com.
In July, the State Council issued a plan on the next generation of AI. It said the AI industry should be a major growth engine and improve people's lives by 2020. The plan also set a target for China to become a leading center for global AI innovation by 2030.
In January this year, Beiben for the first time exported directly knockdown heavy trucks to Kenya, which were subsequently assembled at its local subsidiary in March.
In July, female soccer in China gained a boost in its public standing when Alipay announced a 1 billion yuan (1 million) donation to support the girls' and women's game over the next 10 years. The move raised questions about whether large donations can give women's soccer a much-needed boost to improve its global standing and help change perceptions of the players.