The forum is one of the preparatory events ahead of the ninth BRICS Leaders' Meeting scheduled in Xiamen, Fujian province, in September. There, officials from the emerging nations of Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa will join Chinese leaders to discuss issues relevant to members of the association.
The first-ever museum in China dedicated to the history of the securities sector has opened in Shanghai, December 24, 2018. Exhibits in the museum are meant to highlight changes which have taken place in China's capital markets through the years. [Photo/chinanews.com]
The forum follows President Xi Jinping delivering a speech in January marking the 40th anniversary of the National People's Congress Standing Committee issuing the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan. Xi said "China must be and will be reunified."
The forecast travel boom for the three-day holiday starting Thursday is possible because the COVID-19 epidemic is well controlled in most parts of the mainland, according to a report by the Meituan Research Institute, which is set up by Meituan-Dianping, an on-demand services platform in Beijing.
The first direct flight route starting from Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang province, with a stopover in Beijing before heading for the destination in Lisbon will be carried out by an A330-20 on July 25. There are three flights between Portugal and China per week.
The firm's largest automated hub in Asia, CJ Logistics Megahub Gonjiam, which is located in South Korea, is able to handle 1.7 million parcels per day as its innovative automated sorting belt helps to reduce parcel sorting time.
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The following are quick walk-throughs of the tectonic shifts in China's industrial strength and the drivers behind the changes, which may offer a glimpse of the country's industrial future.
The first half of this year saw 17.4 billion express delivery parcels delivered, up by 31 percent compared to the same period last year, the State Post Bureau said last week. The sector achieved revenue of 218 billion yuan (.1 billion), which increased by 27 percent. As of this month, more than 21,000 companies were running 189,000 branches across the country with more than 2 million employees.
The firm forecasts that the annual demand growth rate of China's aviation sector will accelerate to 12 percent or more. So far this year, the growth rate has been 10 percent, it said.
The first annual conference of the Silk Road Forum was held in Istanbul in December 2014. More than 200 participants, including 40-plus high-ranking leaders and senior officials from the governments of 13 countries, attended the meeting, exchanging their ideas on the Belt and Road Initiative.