In the last few weeks, the number of initial jobless claims has hovered around 1.3 million a week after declining steadily from the peak of 6.9 million claims filed in late March.
In the second quarter, GDP shrank 12.2 percent, the biggest decline since 1998, amid the Asian financial crisis, according to Xinhua, citing Thailand's National Economic and Social Development Council.
In the neighboring province of Zhejiang, more than 19,820 residents in seven cities were relocated. More than 24,000 ships, including 20,417 fishing boats, have returned to port.
In the past year, China passed a landmark foreign investment law and a new regulation on optimizing the business environment, shortened the negative list for foreign investment, and enhanced opening-up of the manufacturing and financial sectors.
In the survey, 18 percent of Chinese students said they were willing to work for a multinational, a decrease from 25 percent in 2016 and 28 percent in 2015. The proportions were even lower among science and engineering majors—only 16 percent of engineering students and 14 percent of science students wanted to join a multinational after graduation. The students said multinationals were less stable than their domestic counterparts.
In the metropolis of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, tickets have sold out for the Costa Venezia, the first ship designed by Costa Cruises, the Italian brand of Carnival Corporation built especially for Chinese guests.
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In the past century, four major influenza epidemics were recorded, killing tens of millions of people around the globe. The rising world population, which has quadrupled since the beginning of the 20th century, and booming cross-border contact, will pose a higher risk to public health if an outbreak should happen again, experts said.
In the near term, the sector's reaction has seemed to be one of hesitancy as opposed to gloom and doom, while in the long term, the changes to workplaces will not be wholly permanent, especially in Los Angeles, she said.
In the third quarter of this year, 84.5 million wearable device units had been shipped around the world, posting a 94.6 percent year-on-year growth and marking a record-high shipment volume in a single quarter, said market research company International Data Corp.
In the latest move, the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, has announced to cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for financial institutions by 50 basis points from Sept 16 to support the real economy and reduce the real cost of social financing earlier this month.