In 2017, China had recorded 5,148 cases of after-death organ donation, and almost 16,000 vital organs were donated nationwide, an increase of 25.9 percent from 2016.
In 2017, Beijing received 186,000 patent applications and 107,000 patent authorizations, up 4.75 percent and 4.5 percent respectively.
In 2016, the US trade deficit in goods with China was 7 billion. However, China did not gain as much as the figures showed.
In 2024, it will likely become the world's only space station, if the United States-led International Space Station is retired that year as planned.
In 2018, central SOEs handed in 2.2 trillion yuan (5.5 billion) of taxes and fees, up 5.7 percent from a year earlier, Peng Huagang, spokesman for the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, told reporters.
In 2017, the academy sent teams of about 10 academicians and over 500 experts into rural towns and villages to carry out a comprehensive field survey and propose poverty-alleviation plans. The plans were tailored specifically to the local sectors and products where each area has advantages.
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In Africa, South Africa will assign levels of lockdown restrictions for each of the country's roughly 50 districts, depending on the number of active coronavirus infections there, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday.
In 2017, the CNNC completed the construction on the No 4 unit of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan. The company also reached an agreement with its Pakistani partner to built another nuclear power unit at the Chashma plant using the Hualong One technology.
In August alone, imports of natural gas stood at 8.34 million tonnes, up 7.3 percent, the same growth rate as that registered in July, the NBS data showed.
In 2016, one out of 10 Chinese tourists visiting the Mediterranean chose Greece for a trip, and this year, the rate could double, said Euthymios Athanasiadis, press and communication counselor at the Greek Embassy in China.