Value Retail PLC, the operator of designer outlet precincts such as Bicester Village in Oxfordshire and La Vallee Village in Paris, believes China's growing number of middle-income earners and booming trend of tourism-plus-shopping will drive the group's robust growth in the country.
Updating its last estimate issued on March, the Paris-based think-tank saw global growth in 2017 at 3.5 percent, up by 0.2 percentage. The figure was set to accelerate to 3.6 percent in 2018 due to "stronger business and consumer confidence, rising industrial production and recovering employment and trade flow."
VIP Peilian, an online music education platform, announced on Friday that it has raised 0 million in its series C round of financing.The fundraising was led by Tiger Global. Other investors include Tencent Holdings Ltd, Orchid Asia, GSR Ventures and Bluerun Ventures."VIP Peilian hopes to make every practice count," said Ge Jiaqi, founder and CEO of VIP Peilian."We will continue to leverage artificial intelligence and data to enable more students, parents and teachers in the music education segment," he added.The online platform enables children ages 5 to 16 to practice playing instruments including the piano, violin, accordion as well as the traditional Chinese guqin, a seven-stringed instrument similar to the zither.According to the platform, more than 500,000 users have taken advantage of its services, covering over 33 countries and regions.The company also inked strategic partnerships with over a hundred universities and colleges on Friday. It announced plans to establish a fund totaling 60 million yuan to support the research and development of music education in universities.
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Video of the attack showed panicked crowds fleeing as sustained rapid gunfire ripped through the area.
Vice-Premier Liu Yandong and Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek attend the publication ceremony of the Turkish-language version of President Xi Jinping's book Xi Jinping: The Governance of China in the Turkish capital Ankara on April 17, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Up till now, a total of 103 key materials and 20 key pieces of equipment for chip production and 17 for advanced encapsulation have past verification by large assembly lines and sold in both domestic and overseas markets, he said.
VIENTIANE - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has paid an inspection visit to the construction site of China-Laos railway in Lao northern Oudomxay and Luang Prabang provinces.
Usha Haley, the W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business and a professor of management at Wichita State University who specializes in China, called talk of a recession sparked by the trade dispute "apocalyptic".
Up to 50 billion yuan (.68 billion) could be collected annually from the new tax, according to estimates from analysts.