The virtual chatbot, which handles both spoken and written queries, focuses on e-commerce services, acting as customer-service rep and personal shopping assistant, according to Wen Bo, who oversees the Ali Assistant product at Alibaba's smart service business unit.
The value of regional exports is projected to contract by 23 percent this year, with that of regional imports down by 25 percent, even worse than the 24-percent contraction registered during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, according to the report.
The university in Salt Lake City released the statement on Friday on behalf of Guo's family, noting that his life was taken in "a senseless act of violence earlier this week. Understandably, they are grieving the loss of their son and ask for privacy at this time. This is the only statement they will make."
The upcoming two sessions -- the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and 13th National People's Congress -- will kick off in Beijing on Saturday and Monday, respectively.
The volume is equivalent to around 37 percent of China's crude imports last year.
The virus had claimed 86 lives in Cuba by Sunday and the total number of cases was 2,369.
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The university has been seeking safety evaluations for the rice overseas to make preparations for export of China's insect-resistant GM rice, it said.
The vegetables, including lotus root, stem lettuce and turnips, have come from Xiaogan, Jiayu, Jinzhou and Yichang in Hubei, said Ye Canjiang, general manager of the market, on Wednesday.
The unrest of almost six months "has pushed the Asian financial hub into recession for the first time in a decade", Reuters commented on Monday.
The weighted average lending rate has climbed above 5.5 percent since the second quarter of the year, according to data from the People's Bank of China. Companies have also been canceling their bond issuance plans due to higher interest rates.