Trade volume between SCO member states has expanded almost 10-fold since its founding in 2001 to reach .3 trillion in 2018, and the GDP of the member states accounts for about 20 percent of the global total, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Tomb-sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival, is the most important occasion for Chinese to honor their ancestors. People usually pay respects to their ancestors and departed family members by setting symbolic objects alight.
Trade with some countries along the Belt and Road Initiative has registered growth. In the first quarter, China's trade with Russia, Pakistan, Poland, Kazakhstan and India rose by 37 percent, 18.7 percent, 19 percent, 69.3 percent and 27.7 percent respectively.
Traditional sectors such as steel, non-ferrous metals and coal mining were revitalized by the ongoing supply-side structural reform, while emerging industries and high-end manufacturing maintained fast expansion.
Together with its partners, Daimler has already put three mass storage devices with a total energy of 40 MWh from car battery systems into the German grid.
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Trade volume for private enterprises also increased, as their combined volume rose 17.8 percent, compared with the share for the same period of last year. This accounts for 38.5 percent of the national total, 0.4 percentage point higher than the proportion for last year.
Tourists are also disappointed as the popular National Zoo, which features pandas from China, Smithsonian museums such as the Air and Space, African American History and Natural History museums, are now closed.
Traveling couples with children have increased in number. They visit theme parks, zoos, local aquariums and water parks in Sanya (and even elsewhere), given this summer's high temperatures, according to the report by Lvmama, a subsidiary of Ctrip specializing in online bookings of hotel rooms, flights and holiday packages.
Tower Records' stores in Japan, such as this one in Tokyo's Shibuya district, have been struggling in the pandemic. [RITSUKO ANDO/REUTERS]