Last week, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing said it would lay off 15 percent of its staff, around 2,000 employees, in 2019.
Last year, Santa Claus Hotels in Finland accommodated 6,500 Chinese visitors, a 20 percent year-on-year rise. "We have learned how to cater to Chinese tourists' needs," said Jussi Perkkio, director of sales at the group's hotels, which accept both UnionPay and Alipay.
Last month YTO launched its new express service tailored for medium and high-end clients, promising more efficiency and better service.
Large numbers of employees working from home would likely hurt businesses dependent on an influx of office workers five days a week, including restaurants, delis and retail shops in business districts.
Last week, police in the country's far eastern Fergana region announced that they would start using CCTV cameras to record citizens who appear in public places without masks and identify them through a special database.
Last month, a report released by CNPC Economics and Technology Research Institute showed that gasoline consumption will decline in China, from the 90 percent to 77 percent by around 2030.
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Last October, Ikea China launched its website and delivery services and also smaller-sized stores at places where urban dwellers love to meet.
Last month, 137 gangs were shut down after the central authorities sent a team to Anhui for a monthlong inspection to oversee operations against organized criminal activity.
Last year alone, 31 million foreign tourists came to Japan, a staggering increase from just 2.8 million the year Akihito took the throne.
Last November, China unveiled a medium- and long-term plan for responding proactively to population aging, requiring an integrated development of the service industry for the aged.