In 2017, the service sector accounted for 51.6 percent of GDP, up from 45.3 percent in 2012. Between 2013 and 2017, the service sector's contribution rate to the economic growth was 52.8 percent, much higher than agriculture's contribution rate of 4.6 percent and industry's contribution rate of 42.6 percent.
In April, the committee published a three-year plan to improve work safety administration nationwide. According to the plan, it is compulsory for all vehicles carrying dangerous materials to have tracking devices installed by 2022 to warn the drivers and the authorities about possible collisions.
In 2017, the country's top policymakers identified financial risk prevention as a core policy through 2020. Financial regulators decided on abandoning the decades-long economic stimulus model, which encouraged cheap bank lending mainly for industrial production and infrastructure investments.
In 2018, bilateral trade volume amounted to nearly 200 billion euros (3 billion). Germany has been China's biggest trade partner in Europe for 43 consecutive years, while China has been Germany's biggest trade partner for three years, said Wu, noting that trade between the two countries has realized mutual benefits with "great openness".
In April, an upgrade of the Tongzhou Bishui sewage treatment plant was completed, increasing its processing ability to 180,000 metric tons of sanitary sewage per day from 100,000 tons, according to the Tongzhou environmental protection agency. This has kept pollutants from entering the canal and led to the creation of the Grand Canal Forest Park that Xi visited in February.
In April, Zhu shared this at the launching ceremony of Tsinghua Association of Culture & Creativity Industry, a students' society that promotes cooperation between the university and cultural startups.
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In August, New York City alone recorded 242 shootings, more than twice the number in August last year. The steep increase pushed the city past 1,000 shootings by Labor Day.
In 2017, Hainan held nearly 18,000 conferences, attracting a total of 19.5 million overnight attendees, and industry revenue reached 14.5 billion yuan (about .2 billion), according to figures released at the 9th China International Conference Industry Week concluded last Thursday.
In 2017, China moved up to second place in terms of international patent applications, with around 51,000 applications submitted, according to He.
In April, a video showing a primary school principal leading more than 700 students in performing the exotic dance in North China's Shanxi province went viral on the internet.