than 150 countries, including 37 heads of state or government, for the thre
Gao cited data to rebut that view and urged AmCham Chi
ina to evaluate China’s market access and business environment for foreign investors in a “comprehensive, objective and fair” way.
The ministry’s data showed that US investment in China jumped 71.3 percent year-on-ye
ar in the first three months of this year. In 2018, US investment increased 7.7 percent year-on-year.
Gao said expansion of the investment figures fully demonstrates that US compan
ies continue to be optimistic about the market and accelerate the pace of investing in China.
Gao cited another survey published in February by AmCham China that showed that most US
companies with operations in China said they have continued to see their revenues grow there.
Gao said the ministry will maintain close contact with foreign enterprise
s and business associations, and continuously improve China’s business environment.
Top economic planner bullish on reaching annual growth
China’s economy, despite headwinds, has enjoyed a good start in the first quarter of 2019, and the country has the confide
nce to achieve the annual projected growth goal, said the country’s top economic planner.
“The first quarter’s stable economic development has laid a solid foundation for the an
nual growth,” said Yuan Da, spokesperson with the National Development and Reform Commission.
“The economy has stayed on the track of steady growth. We have the confidence, conditio
ns and capability to meet the projected targets for economic and social development this year.”
Yuan made the remarks at the NDRC press conference on Thursday in Beijing.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s economy expanded at a faster-than-expected 6.4 perce
nt year-on-year in the first quarter. The growth was unchanged from that in the fourth quarter in 2018.
China’s foreign direct investment up 6.5% in Q1
China’s foreign direct investment (FDI) totaled 242.28 billion yuan in the first quarter of t
his year, up 6.5 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.
FDI in China from non-financial sectors reached $35.8 billio
n in the first three months, up 3.7 percent year-on-year.
Investment from South Korea, the United States and Germany in China m
eanwhile increased 79.6 percent, 71.3 percent and 86.1 percent year-on-year, respectively.
Foreign capital flowing to the country’s high-tech manufacturing s
ector surged 14.8 percent year-on-year to 25.97 billion yuan during the same period.
March’s FDI amounted to 95.17 billion yuan, up eight percent year-on-year.
Kim Jong-un supervises test of new tactical guided weapon
Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) supervised the
test-fire of a new tactical guided weapon, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.
Kim “supervised and guided a test-fire of a new-type tactical guided weapon cond
ucted by the Academy of Defense Science on Wednesday,” the KCNA reported.
The design indexes of the weapon, with advantages of “the p
eculiar mode of guiding flight and the load of a powerful warhead,” were “perfectly verified at the test-fire con
ducted in various modes of firing at different targets,” the report said, giving no details of the weapon.
“Tactical” implies a short distance weapon instead of a long-range ballistic missile in military battles.
According to the report, Kim described the development as “an event of v
ery weighty significance in increasing the combat power of the People’s Army,” sayi
ng that the scientists and workers have done a great work in increasing the country’s capabilities of
Paris fire sends alarm on relics protectionhedral in Pa
An inferno that destroyed the spire and a large portion of the wooden roof structure of the 12th-century Notre Dame Cathedral in Pa
ris on Monday reinforced a cautionary message to Chinese authorities about the need to better protect vulnerable heritage sites.
The National Cultural Heritage Administration held a staff meeting on Tuesday night at wh
ich officials discussed the Paris fire and six major fires that have taken place at Chinese cultural heritage sites this year.
“The fire at Notre Dame in Paris rang the warning bell for us,” Song Xi
nchao, deputy director of the administration, said in an interview on Tuesday.
“The safety of cultural heritage sites is a red line that can never be crossed. It’s a global issue,” he said.
The six fires were in Sichuan, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces, officials said.
On Jan 6, a hall at Yunyan Temple in Jiangyou, Sichuan province, burned down. On
Feb 2, a wooden family temple from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Nanchang, Jiangxi, was destroyed by fire.
The lawsuit accused Liu and JD on six counts of false im
prisonment, civil assault and battery, as well as sexual assault or batter
y, seeking damages in excess of $50,000, according to a report from Reuters.
The court filing said JD is “vicariously liable” for Liu’s behavior as his alleged actions happened while
he was “seemingly” at work-related activities, and the assault and battery began in the presence of two other JD employees.
“We have not yet reviewed the complaint and are not going to comment on pending litigation, but based on the Hennepin County A
ttorney’s declination to charge a case against our client and our belief in his innocence, we feel strongly that this suit
is without merit and will vigorously defend against it,” Liu’s attorney Jill Brisbois said in a written statement.
Peter Walsh, an attorney for JD, said in a statement while it was not prepared to com
ment at this time, the company would vigorously fight against these “meritless claims”.
D’s stock tumbled after the student first accused Liu in A
August, and its shares have slowly crawled back since Decembe
r. Hong Tao, an analyst from GF Securities, said the tech heavyweight has faced troubles. JD’s adv
anced logistics system, which is its core strength, has been overtaken by Alibaba’s Cainiao Logistics.
JD is in the spotlight as it is reducing salaries for its delivery staff and seeing a round
of shake-ups in its management team. Its chief technology officer Zhang Chen, chief lega
l officer Long Yu, and chief public affairs officer Lan Ye, all announced their resignation within just one month.
The company said in February that it would lay off 10 percent of its senior executives above vice-president level this year.
The 7-coin set contains two gold coins and five silver coins, with a variety of shapes. Designs i
nclude traditional Chinese ornamentation, dragon, phoenix, flowers and bird. All are legal tender.
The coins are made by Shenzhen Guobao Mint, Shenyang Mint and Shanghai Mint.
Its partial loss is a terrible blow to a proud country
and to the world more widely,” said Macfarlane, the King’s College historian.
A woman identified only as Marie, who has lived in Paris for 20 years, said: “This is a monument b
uilding that belongs to the story of Paris, to the story of France. … Notre Dame is our story, our culture, our spirit.”
An experiment conducted by Chinese and US scientists on improving monkeys’ cognitive function has been
found to follow international animal rights standards, according to the Chinese research institute.
The study implanted 11 rhesus macaque monkeys with copies of the human MCP
H1 gene, which scientists believe is crucial for humans’ brain development and evolution.
The project is led by researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Acade
my of Sciences, who are working with researchers from the University of North Carolina.
Customs makes its biggest tusk bustuangpu Customs Distri
China’s customs officers have seized 2,748 ivory tusks weighing a combined 7.48 metric tons after cracking a major smuggling case.
