The contract for settlement in December 2020 closed 0.12 percent higher at 98.16 yuan. The contract for settlement in March 2021 closed 0.08 percent higher at 97.84 yuan.
The consumer price index, a key gauge of prices for goods and services, went up by 2.2 percent year-on-year in the first half, 0.4 percentage point faster than the first quarter. Core CPI excluding the price of food and energy increased 1.8 percent year-on-year, 0.1 percentage point lower than that in the first quarter.
The country will also continue maintaining world peace and promote common development, and it will conduct friendly cooperation with all other countries, Wang said.
The country is moving fast to lower thresholds for foreign investors. More industries have been accessible to foreign investment in the country's free trade zones, while laws were amended last year to simplify the approval procedures for foreign companies.
The confirmed cases reached 802 as of Thursday — rising by 37 from the day before. For the past week, the average number of daily cases was over 40, hitting 65 — the highest daily tally on March 27.
The construction of the first section of the railway line officially began on Thursday with a ground-breaking ceremony in the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Ratchasima.
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The construction machinery business will be a highlight of the expo, covering over 6,000 square meters of exhibition area. Several major Chinese heavy machinery manufacturers by production volume will attend the event.
The country registered a 5.7 percent industrial output growth last year, compared with 6.2 percent in 2018.
The coronavirus is showing no signs of the once hoped-for summer slowdown in Japan. Infections that had largely been concentrated in the capital have spread to other urban areas and regions that had not seen cases for months.
The country's 13,660 garment firms whose annual major business revenue top 20 million yuan (.82 million) raked in 1.073 trillion yuan during the Jan-Aug period, up 2.1 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).