Total vehicle sales in the first eight months of the year stood at 18.1 million, up 3.5 percent from the same period last year, according to the association. It has maintained its estimate of 3 percent growth for the whole year, made at the start of 2018.
Torrential rains have triggered 21 floods this year, and a total of 4,042 medium and large dams have been used to store 178 billion cubic meters of floodwater, preventing 1,334 townships and villages from being inundated and 22.1 million people from being evacuated, Ye said, adding that the Three Gorges Dam, the nation's signature grand hydro power project, has stored 25.4 billion cubic meters of floodwater this year.
Tom Mainelli, program vice-president of devices and AR and VR at IDC, said: "With regards to AR, hardware growth remains modest, but we see strong interest in the technology from many companies. We expect new hardware shipping in 2019, from both established players and new ones, to help move the industry beyond proof of concepts and pilots into larger deployments."
Tourists and residents enjoy the sunset in Zadar, Croatia. [Photo/China Daily]
Tourism is another sector to benefit. In 2018, those born in the 1950s spent the most on traveling among all age groups, with their average expenditure on a single package tour reaching 3,115 yuan, data from online travel agency Ctrip showed.
Tourists take a boat on the Gondola river at Venetian Macao. [Photo/IC]
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Total retail sales of consumer goods in the first half surpassed 18 trillion yuan, up 9.4 percent year-on-year. Sales of products related to the ongoing upgraded consumption have shown the most robust growth, with home appliances and audio-video equipment, communication equipment and cosmetics showing the most prominent year-on-year growth of 10.6 percent, 10.6 percent and 14.2 percent, respectively.
Total proven shale gas reserves in China exceeded 1 trillion cubic meters at end-April 2018, figures from the China Mineral Resource Report 2018 showed.
Travel and tour operators said that Nepal could attract even more Chinese tourists during the Spring Festival if more flights are arranged between the two countries and more Chinese cities are connected with flights.
Tourists watch an ancient fishing ritual on Friday on frozen Chagan Lake in Songyuan, Jilin province. The 18th Chagan Lake Fishing and Hunting Cultural Tourism Festival opened on Saturday. It attracted more than 100,000 visitors to the lake to witness a winter fishing custom that dates to the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). ZHANG NAN/XINHUA