In 2017, Airbus reached multiple milestones in its cooperation with China, such as its first aircraft delivery to an Asian customer from the final assembly line in Tianjin, the inauguration of the new A330 CDC and the setting-up of its second innovation center in Shenzhen.
In 2018, retailers permanently closed nearly 6,000 brick-and-mortar locations, according to the retail advisory firm Coresight Research. In 2019, the figure rose to 9,548 closures. The firm estimates that more than 15,000 stores could shutter in 2020.
In 2017, trade volume between China and countries along the Belt and Road amounted to 7.4 trillion yuan (about .2 trillion), surging 17.8 percent year on year, outpacing the 14.2-percent increase in China's total foreign trade last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
In August, five people were held in administrative detention or given warnings by Shanghai police after posing for pictures dressed in Imperial Japanese Army uniforms in front of the historic Sihang Warehouse, which was used to repel the Japanese army in 1937.
In 2017, CPC membership increased by 117,000 to 89.564 million, while the grassroots Party units rose to 4.572 million, up 53,000 compared to the previous year, the department said in a communiqué published ahead of the 97th anniversary of the founding of the CPC on July 1.
In Armstrong's hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, nearly 2,000 runners competed in 5-km and 10-km "Run to the Moon" races on Saturday.
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In August, the creative studio worked with Shanghai's Yu Garden to launch a themed party commemorating Chinese Valentine's Day during which Brown the bear and Cony the rabbit were dressed in traditional Chinese costumes to celebrate together with young couples.
In August 2018, Our Hong Kong Foundation released a research report that proposed a 2,200-hectare reclamation project off Lantau Island in southwest Hong Kong to alleviate the city's acute land and housing shortage. Two months later, the Hong Kong government announced its plan in the Policy Address to build 1,700 hectares of artificial islands in that area. Tung Chee-hwa, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee and former Hong Kong chief executive, is the foundation's chairman.
In 2016, Zhoushan supplied 1.06 million tons of bonded fuel oil, ranking second in China. Shanghai port topped the list.
In 2018, the region received 752 climbers, mountain guides and support crew members from 36 countries for its spring and autumn climbing seasons, according to the center.