The meeting was co-chaired by visiting Chinese State Councilor Guo Shengkun, also minister of public security, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Acting Secretary for Homeland Security Elaine Duke.
The median estimate for the federal funds rate is at 1.6 percent at the end of 2020, suggesting no rate cuts or hikes in 2020, according to Fed officials' interest rate forecasts released on Wednesday.
The ministry has also worked with related government departments to close a number of websites that were involved in online lottery and betting.
The ministry said that the commission had ordered the leaders of the two cities as well as officials in charge of local emergency management to combine the philosophy of safe development into their decision-making and specific work.
The meeting called for "more coordinated efforts to push the reform forward", referring to more coordination of government entities at different levels.
The mascot is a giant panda named Jinbao, which is a pun in Chinese, simultaneously meaning "treasure of the CIIE expo" and "bringing in wealth".
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The ministry said it will push for the phased transformation of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), which has served as a de-facto inter-Korean sea boundary, into a maritime peace zone.
The measures aim to support the nation's Western Development Campaign, said the Ministry of Finance.
The ministry vowed to keep a firm hand on economic crimes to protect the market economy and financial security, urging the people to raise their legal awareness.
The mechanism halts trading in the 81 largest constituent stocks listed on the Hang Seng Index and the Hang Seng China Enterprise Index, also called the H-share index, once the price surges or slumps by 10 percent within five minutes. Only one suspension is allowed in each of the morning or afternoon trading sessions.