Last year was the second consecutive year the birthrate declined since the universal second-child policy was adopted in 2016-a move meant to counter problems such as population aging and a dwindling work force.
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Last year, it signed up Rui Yong, then deputy managing director at Microsoft Research Asia, to become its chief technology officer. Xu Feiyu, a well-known AI expert, also joined the company's newly established AI lab in March to lead related research.
Last year, 37 percent of Chinese customers purchased clothes online. This was much higher than the 20 percent recorded in 2012, a report released by KPMG in November showed.
Last month, BMW announced it would recall more than 86,000 imported X5 and X6 vehicles in China due to a problem with the drive shaft.
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Last October, the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil) approved Banco XCMG to open in six months. It is not only the first overseas bank of the Chinese manufacturing industry, but also the first foreign participant bank to receive direct approval from the Central Bank of Brazil.
Large industrial firms maintained high profit growth in the first seven months, but analysts said they would face heavy pressure of slowing profit growth in the coming months of this year.
Last year, a total of 331 major projects to strengthen industrial development got support from the state, according to the minister. Bottlenecks in some key areas such as the gear transmission system of high-speed train and pump seal used in nuclear power generation system have been preliminarily solved.
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