Tongzhou and Lize, two suburban areas of Beijing under massive renovation, will become a new growth engine for the block trade market next year, Liu added.
Transactions worth 789.6 trillion yuan (4.61 trillion) were made through bank cards, maintaining a stable growth momentum, said the report released by the China Banking Association.
Trade between the Chinese mainland and the Belt and Road economies reached 7.4 trillion yuan in 2017, up 17.8 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Travel companies are stepping up efforts to attract tourists to London as the number of Chinese visitors to the British capital is expected to head for a decline, according to new data.
Trade between the world's second largest economy and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, one of China's top two trading partners, hit 3.14 trillion yuan in the first nine months, up 11.5 percent year-on-year, according to the customs sources.
Tourist attractions will organize training related to epidemic prevention and control for staff before they open to the public.
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Toshiyasu Iiyama, executive vice-president of Nomura Securities and chairman of its China committee, said that the newly approved foreign-controlled brokerage is scheduled to start operations by the end of this year.
Trade between the world's second largest economy and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, one of China's top two trading partners, hit 3.14 trillion yuan in the first nine months, up 11.5 percent year-on-year, according to the customs sources.
Total sales of single malt whiskey in China was valued at 45.1 million pounds (.9 million) by the end of June last year, up 36 percent year-on-year from 2016, according to data from London-based Diageo Plc.
Trade between China and Russia is expected to grow thanks to the opportunities created by the Belt and Road Initiative, experts said.