Online travel agency Tongcheng-Elong Holdings Ltd made a strong public debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, fueled by investors interested in China's booming online travel business market.
Other research collaborations include a new five-year initiative between Harvard and the Guangzhou Institute for Respiratory Health, with 5 million in funding from China's Evergrande Group.
Originating amid the Cold War more than five decades ago, the MSC's founding mission was to coordinate western stances. After the Cold War, it broadened its horizons and began to pay attention to broader hotspot issues in international security, and its participants have hence expanded from just trans-Atlantic countries to the Middle East and Asia. In recent years, sensitive to the changing international power structure, the MSC has begun to consider how the West should adjust itself and cope with the new landscape. "Westlessness" as this year's theme has taken the retrospection in the European strategic circles to a new height.
Oranges are scattered on the ground and new cars show damage after 28 trucks crashed in a chain collision on an expressway in Pingyu, Henan province. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Other central government departments and local governments will also take measures to enhance the capabilities of small and medium-sized banks in giving further support to small businesses, which account for a major part of enterprises affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak in China. As small businesses are major clients of small and medium-sized regional banks, the epidemic has put some strain on these banks, Xiao said.
Online payment apps like Alipay and WeChat Pay are popular in almost every Chinese city, offering convenience to both businesses and consumers. [Photo by Bao Xinguo/For China Daily]
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Other factors such as the political instability in Italy and concerns about the country's sovereign debt could also weigh on investor sentiment in China and worldwide, according to equity analysts.
Only 12 finalists from Protechting were selected to make live pitches at Lisbon's Web Summit this week, which is Europe's largest tech event and gathered more than 1,800 startups and 1,500 tech investors.
Other sources of stress include slow growth in salary, inflation, unclear career paths and long working hours.
Online catering and ordering services should be subject to the same rules as off-line restaurants, said the regulation issued by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA).