The Ministry of Commerce will work with policy and commercial banks as well as other financial institutions to introduce effective measures to alleviate corporate financing difficulties for companies in need, promote consumption, stabilize foreign trade and the flow of foreign direct investment, the ministry said on Monday.
Pork prices in China rose last week as bullish sentiment motivated pig farms to reduce the supply of hogs, official data showed Tuesday.From July 6 to 10, the average pork price index in 16 provincial-level regions tracked by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was 50.6 yuan (about $7.23) per kg, up 6.8 percent week-on-week.
Premier Li Keqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, chaired a symposium on economy on July 13.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) became China's biggest trading partner in the first half of this year, accounting for 14.7 percent of the nation's total foreign trade volume, amid upgraded free trade area protocol and supply chain cooperation.
China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country's major policy banks, has issued emergency loans worth 2.18 billion yuan (about $311.45 million) for flood prevention and relief.
Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc has launched an artificial intelligence-powered service to help candidates that took the national college entrance examination this year choose the universities that best suit them.
The East China Fair (ECF), the largest regional trade fair annually held in China, launched its 30th session at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on July 13.
China's aviation regulator said on Tuesday that it would allow China Eastern Airlines to increase flights on its Kunming-Vientiane route and Shanghai-Tokyo route due to its effective epidemic control measures.
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