In January and February, the added value of industries above the designated scale in Hubei dropped by 46.2 percent year-on-year, and key industries such as automobiles, electronics and petrochemicals dropped by more than 40 percent, according to Wu.
In Central China's Hunan province, high-speed trains linking the capital city of Changsha to Guangzhou and Shenzhen suspended operation. All the passenger bus services in the city were suspended due to the snowstorm.
In July, industrial output, fixed-asset investment and consumption all posted slower expansion than in June, but both electricity use and new lending saw stronger growth.
In July, the platform worked with Australian designer brand C/MEO Collective and introduced co-branded clothing items to offer exclusive user experiences.
In July 2015, it bought a 19.9 percent stake in the Australian Securities Exchange-listed Vision Eye Institute from Healius (then Primary Health), and then bought the entire eyecare group just a month later.
In China, the online tourism market surpassed 600 billion yuan in 2016, growing 34.3 percent year-on-year.
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In Changchun, Jilin province, 761 medical institutions were given punishments, including being made ineligible to receive payments from the city's healthcare insurance fund and even suspension of business, according to the administration.
In China, many start-ups are rolling out products such as mooncakes, glutinous rice dumplings, and noodles containing meat substitutes to lure consumers.
In July, there were 310,000 mainland tourists visiting Taiwan, while in August, there were 280,000. In September, the number saw a sharp decline, with 110,000 mainland tourists visiting Taiwan, the island's media reported.
In January, the State Council approved Shandong's action plan to build a comprehensive pilot zone with the specific goal of transforming old economic development drivers to new ones, upgrading the construction of the zone into a national strategy.