The surge in demand has hollowed out face mask inventories of some vendors on e-commerce platforms, including Taobao and JD, two of the largest online marketplaces in China.
The suspected case, a defector who returned to the DPRK city of Kaesong from South Korea on July 19 after illegally crossing the demarcation line, was put under strict quarantine as a primary step, said the KCNA.
The surge was confirmed by the China Youth Travel Service, but it said bookings rose by 12 percent in the first six months, compared with the same period last year.
The study concluded that growing at a slower pace, the world's population is expected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years, from our current 7.7 billion level to 9.7 billion by 2050 and could reach its peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100, according to John Wilmoth, director of the population division of UN-DESA said at a press conference.
The surveyed urban unemployment rate is calculated based on the number of unemployed people who have participated in the employment survey in urban areas.
The survey, released ahead of World No Tobacco Day, which falls on Friday, showed increasing public support for tobacco control. More than 90 percent of those surveyed said they support a total ban on tobacco in the workplace, and more than 95 percent said they support banning smoking in hospitals, middle and primary schools and public transportation. Nearly 80 percent said they hope to see a ban on tobacco in restaurants.
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The system can continuously monitor farmland and remind people not to burn straw, said Ning Xiaofeng, an official of the provincial department.
The supporting measures will push forward regional economic transformation and deepen supply-side structural reform and economic efficiency and quality will be improved, he added.
The strong domestic market, with its booming service sector and steadily rising consumption — each of which contributed to nearly 60 percent of last year's economic growth — has helped the Chinese economy withstand external uncertainties, the NBS figures suggest.
The study of cancer in animals is just at its start. But there is hope that new ways of fighting human cancer such as gene therapy and pharmacology will result from the research.