In the Chinese market, fake meat products are expected to first emerge as high-end, healthy and fashionable alternatives to real meat, first targeting more affluent consumers.
In the first half of this year, the high-tech and equipment manufacturing sectors led the country's industrial growth with year-on-year output increases of 13.1 percent and 11.5 percent, respectively, compared with a 6.9 percent rise in overall output.
In the first half of 2019 alone, the region's number of Taobao online stores surpassed 7,000, with online sales exceeding 600 million yuan ( million).
In the global market, Huawei is strategically opening up new regions and cloud services, aiming to strike the right balance between its partnership with global telecommunication providers and its own cloud operations expansion, Dai said.
In the first six months, total auto output and sales increased by 4.6percent and 3.8 percent year-on-year to 13.5 million and 13.4 million vehicles, respectively, a slowdown from the the growth in the same period last year.
In the capital Brasilia some 7,000 students and university professors marched to Congress, carrying signs against the cuts. One said: "Education is not an expense, it is an investment." Another read: "Without investment there is no knowledge."
长沙白癜风检查较好
In the acupuncture ward at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital located in the capital Kampala, there is no empty bed.
In the first quarter of this year economic expansion hit an 18-month high of 6.9 percent year-on-year. Cheng Shi, chief economist of ICBC International, noted the rebound was mainly driven by the fiscal, monetary and exchange-rate easing expansion in the fourth quarter of year 2015; this boost is not expected to continue beyond the second quarter of this year.
In the domestic market, UnionPay is extending collaborations with international players. For instance, it has launched promotion programs with Apple Pay to offer up to 50 percent discounts at restaurants, drug stores, supermarkets, online marketplaces and entertainment venues for Apple Pay users with UnionPay bank card account. UnionPay also partners with Swiss watchmaker Swatch to enable the latter's customers to make mobile payments using Swatch Pay technology that is embedded in its products.
In the Security Council, if the three African members -- Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa -- speak with one voice, their influence would mean more than only three votes, but rather would cover the entire African continent, he said.