20210517 China News
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Chinese consumers spent 692.8 billion yuan (about $107.22 billion) over the course of a 15-day online shopping festival, official data shows.This represents a year-on-year growth of 26.7 percent, commerce ministry spokesperson Gao Feng told a regular press conference on Thursday.

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Sustained efforts can help commercialize self-driving buses in China that already boasts the world's longest unmanned bus routes, a new report said.Driverless buses are currently in operation on some open roads in four countries－China, the United States, Finland and Germany－according to a joint report released by Chinese self-driving startup QCraft, China Mobile and research firm CB Insights.

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Northeast China's Liaoning Province reported four confirmed COVID-19 cases and five asymptomatic carriers on Saturday, all locally transmitted, said the provincial health commission.One confirmed case was reported in the provincial capital Shenyang, and three others were logged in the city of Yingkou from 12 am to 7 pm Saturday. The five asymptomatic cases were all reported in Yingkou.

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Shanghai  will begin COVID-19 vaccination of people aged 76 and above from Monday, local epidemic prevention and control authorities announced on Saturday night.Residents of the age group who are healthy and are not allergic to the vaccines are able to make reservations for inoculation by scanning a QR code obtained from their neighborhood or village committees.

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China's national observatory on Sunday renewed a blue alert for rainstorms in parts of the country's eastern, central, and southern regions.From 8am Sunday to 8 am Monday, heavy rainfall and rainstorms are expected in parts of Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong, the National Meteorological Center said.

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China is calling on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies to explore new rules to advance inclusive growth in the Asia-Pacific region and the world, a senior government official said on Friday.APEC needs to accelerate regional integration, so that growth can benefit all groups. It is crucial to further liberalize and facilitate trade and investment, with the vision of achieving a regionwide free-trade agreement, said Wang Shouwen, vice-minister of commerce.

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Guangdong province had external trade volume of more than 671.59 billion yuan ($104.12 billion) in April, up 22.4 percent year-on-year, Guangdong Customs said on Friday.The province, China's biggest external trader, sold 397.79 billion yuan worth of products abroad while purchasing foreign products valued at 273.8 billion yuan last month, up year-on-year by 23.1 percent and 21.4 percent, respectively.

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