The reading, released every 10 days, is based on a survey of nearly 1,700 wholesalers and distributors in 24 provinces and regions.
The province should also step up reform in the education sector and build more first-class institutes and universities as it will help cultivate a base for innovative technology and attract more talent to the island, which are critically needed for the development of a high-quality free trade port, Xu said.
The proposed foreign investment law will compel Chinese companies to step up independent innovation and industrial upgrading, which will ultimately bolster their competitiveness in the global arena, according to economists and business leaders who spoke on the sidelines of the two sessions.
The province also registered strong growth in imports of iron ore, crude oil and agricultural products in the January-July period.
The quality and structure of the Chinese labor force has changed fundamentally as more than half of the newly increased labor force had an educational level below the junior high school in the past, he said.
The ramped-up supply of pork should tamp down the rise in food prices, he said, while the nation's high degree of grain self-sufficiency and ample reserves will shield the risk brought by a possible reduction in agricultural food imports.
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The reform has also boosted entrepreneurship, innovation and the development of new industries and new forms of business. Micro and small firms have been the biggest beneficiaries in this process.
The recent deal is only a small part of Alibaba's ambitious blueprint to develop cloud storage, enabling local governments to better collect and analyze data and thus optimize its civil services, including urban traffic.
The reduction targets set for governments were reached as scheduled, and many cities, especially in the Pearl River Delta, met the national standards three years early, data show.
The rain caused the water levels of some rivers in Chongqing to rise to warning levels, including the Wu River, a major tributary on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.