The measure was abandoned about a week later.
The measures include a change in export licensing policies, which are significantly broadened, and increased controls on foreign investment, which now includes real estate, emerging technologies, critical infrastructure and any company that has sensitive data on American citizens, he explained.
The minister's father grows canola near Peace River, Alberta.
The ministry also will assist with new construction and expansion projects for large-scale pig-raising enterprises, which facilitate the production of local individual hog farms, he said.
The mean temperature for January across the country exceeded 30C, the bureau said.
The measure will be piloted from Friday in a number of big and medium-sized cities including Beijing, Shanghai and provincial capitals before being extended across the country by the end of this year, ministry official Li Jiangping told a news conference.
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The meeting of the two ministers in Putrajaya, Malaysia, was meant to ease the rising tension over maritime boundaries that started last October.
The market value of the companies totals 7.85 trillion yuan (.24 trillion), Citic Securities said. Assuming its issue at 10 percent of market value, the market size of the first pilot CDR will be roughly 785 billion yuan.
The mega-sized deal comes at a delicate time, as escalating Sino-US trade tension casts a shadow over the city's stock market and the lukewarm performance of high-profile companies including Ping An Good Doctor and Xiaomi dampens investor enthusiasm.
The ministry plans to issue yuan-denominated treasury bonds worth 15 billion yuan in overseas markets this year, the MOF said on its website.