The number of overnight stays by Chinese tourists in Finland from January to July this year grew by 43 percent compared with last year, which is the fastest growth among all foreigners, according to Heli Mende, head of global sales promotion of Visit Finland, a tourism industry committee under Finpro.
The online music festival, called Strawberry Z, was launched by Chinese label Modern Sky. Over the past decade, it had sponsored 91 Strawberry Music Festivals across China with a total attendance of more than 6 million.
The number excludes the 712 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama near Tokyo.
The number of awards in natural science, technological invention and scientific technical progress will be adjusted from 400 to fewer than 300 in total, and the recipients of the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, for foreign scientists, will not exceed 10 each year, under the revised rules.
The novel coronavirus had killed some 50,000 people in the US and infected over 869,000, according to a late Thursday tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The oil and natural gas equivalent output amounted to 1.56 billion barrels, rising by 4.6 percent year-on-year, it said.
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The next 12 months' plans call for the CBAC to open membership without dues for a year and to sponsor a craft beer festival in Beijing attended only by independent domestic craft breweries.
The novel coronavirus knows no borders, so a group of Chinese medical school alumni and students are endeavoring to spread China's experience beyond borders by translating disease control videos.
The nonprofit group has summarized their experience and published three books. It has also been filming about 10 online courses since July. With online courses, local communities can organize lessons and activities even without See Young's participation.
The office will next embark on a series of promotional activities at American universities aimed at encouraging young people to visit China.