The authorities have set aside 50 million yuan (.2 million) in subsidies for 151 bookstores to support their development, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press, Radio, Film and Television announced on Oct 29. In the past two years, 36 million yuan has been invested to help operations at 140 bookstores, according to the bureau.
The bank kept its allowance for loan impairment losses to nonperforming loans at 161.32 percent, well above the regulatory requirement of 150 percent.
The asset-liability ratio of the major industrial firms was 56.8 percent at the end of August, down 0.5 percentage points from the same period last year. Among them, the ratio of the state-holding enterprises fell 0.9 percentage points year-on-year to 58.4 percent.
The association says it has investigated around 200 brands of fake Scotch in China since 2008, in addition to more than 100 trademarks featuring Scottish words and images.
The ballet will hit the stage at the National Center for Performing Arts between May 3 and 4.
The author of “The Everything Store,” Brad Stone, is reportedly working on another book about Bezos and the tech giant.
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The average wholesale price of 28 key types of vegetables tracked by the government went down 0.8 percent, and that of six different types of fruits climbed 0.8 percent.
The awards revealed by the Institute of Structural Engineer (IStructE) were divided into 12 categories to show the diversity of global engineering excellence, among which HZMB was shortlisted in the award for construction innovation.
The author is China Daily Tokyo bureau chief. caihong@chinadaily.com.cn
The biggest increase occurred in the backlog of orders index, up 3.2 percentage points to 46.3 percent, the fourth consecutive month in which it was below the 50 percent threshold for expansion. Backlog refers to the quantity and money amount of products ordered by customers but are not shipped yet.