Senior NBS official Zhao Qinghe said in a statement that factory activity continued a steady expansion in April, with the subindexes for production and for new orders standing respectively at 52.1 and 51.4. The readings are slightly lower than those in March, but they are higher than the average performance of the first quarter.
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Sectors including hotels, retail, aviation logistics, delivery, telecommunications and information technology showed even faster expansion, with their business activity index exceeding 55 percent, data from the NBS showed.
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Service exports increased 14.6 percent to 987.5 billion yuan, while imports gained 7.7 percent to 1.99 trillion yuan, resulting in a deficit of over 1 trillion yuan.
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Seven reactors at four of the plants have already cleared the preliminary safety inspections and have been brought back online.
Services related to the Belt and Road Initiative were also a favored area for volunteers last year, it added.
Sebit Charles, a 45-year-old agricultural mechanic who recently attended a training program provided by five Chinese technicians at Kapuri agricultural technology transfer center in Juba, said unlocking South Sudan's huge agricultural potentials requires investment in skills.
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