The countries agreed to build FOCAC into a brand for China-Africa cooperation and a flagship example of international cooperation with Africa under the principle of achieving shared growth through discussions and collaboration, Xi said.
The country is scheduled to release a set of key economic data this week on second-quarter GDP, trade, investment, industrial production and retail sales.
The country also will open industries including financial, services and manufacturing even wider to foreign investors and lower tariffs to increase imports as it helps facilitate the market entry of companies under all types of ownership so they can to compete at the same level, Gao said.
The consumption power of more than 1 million foreigners working or studying in China is disproportionately bigger than their tiny share (0.07 percent) of the total population - and whizzes of the country's homegrown tech ecosystem are sitting up and taking notice, as the economy transitions from export and investment-led growth to a consumption-driven model.
The conference is aimed at promoting the deep integration of industrial design with economic and social development, while boosting design exchanges and cooperation between countries and regions, said Yu Xiaodong, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, at a press briefing in Jinan, capital of Shandong province.
The cooperation came after the NDRC spoke to Samsung in December after the prices of storage chips rose at an astonishing pace over the past 18 months.
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The conservative president was charged with taking about 10 million US dollars in bribes and embezzling tens of millions of US dollars in DAS, a local auto parts manufacturer which prosecutors believed is actually owned by Lee under the borrowed name of his brother.
The confidence index for manufacturing edged down by 0.97 points to stand at 100.69 points in October, while the service and construction sectors also dropped, according to a report released by the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER).
The country is expected to build a globally competitive automotive industry within 10 years, with new energy vehicles one of its top priorities, according to an industry guideline released in April.
The country will step up supervision for all categories of anti-epidemic supplies and raw materials, including masks, protective suits, ventilators, infrared thermometers and testing kits, said the conference.