The highway is known as the "Devil's Curve" because it is narrow, frequently shrouded in mist and curves along a cliff that has seen numerous accidents. Police said the bus fell an estimated 80 meters.
The hospital completed comprehensive internal tests on six sections, including registration, outpatient and emergency, and surgery, in the past six months.
The hike was mainly driven by food prices, which soared 17.4 percent year-on-year last month, contributing 3.43 percentage points to the increase in December.
The growth of new business models in foreign trade, such as cross-border e-commerce, must be accelerated, with efforts made to encourage the development of overseas warehouses with input from multiple sectors, he said.
The holiday, which this year was extended to five days for the first time in 12 years, saw a daily average of about 24.30 million trips, a drop of 53 percent compared with last year's daily passenger trip volume, said the ministry.
The group has so far been legally excluded from the welfare benefits associated with formal employment contracts. That's because in many cases they need only register with an online platform and verify their identity before starting the service work. They can also freely quit without restriction or penalty.
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The group has created a platform for video-conferences on which Chinese patients can consult fertility experts around the world, aided by Mandarin-speaking interpreters.
The growth widened 5.5 percentage points from that in May, said NBS senior statistician Zhu Hong.
The government will take concrete measures to boost and expand employment, focusing on college graduates, veterans and laid-off and relocated workers, as was decided on Wednesday at the State Council's executive meeting, chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.
The growth accelerated from the 9.1-percent rise seen in August, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce.