The epidemic has also not hampered the outbound plans of Chinese gaming companies. During the first six months of this year, games developed by Chinese companies earned a revenue of nearly .6 billion from the overseas markets, up 36.32 percent on a yearly basis. The United States, Japan, and South Korea have been the three major markets, accounting for 28.23 percent, 23.26 percent and 9.97 percent of the total overseas income.
The epidemic may drag down year-on-year GDP growth for the first quarter by about 1 percentage point and cost full-year growth around 0.2 percentage point, contingent on effective policy measures to combat the epidemic, Xu added.
The domestic tourism market is expecting a boom during the Spring Festival break, with 385 million domestic trips anticipated, up by 12 percent from a year earlier, senior officials said on Tuesday.
The effort, in the Senate, is spearheaded by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN). It is Durbin who has the best soundbite on the legislation, “All they (businesses) want is a level playing field. By giving states the authority to enforce existing tax laws, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 eliminates the competitive advantage currently enjoyed by many Internet retailers at the expense of local businesses. Every day we don’t act to pass this bill, we risk another small business closing its doors because they can no longer survive.”
The draft aims to regulate all processes related to garbage sorting, including dumping, collection, transportation and treatment. It retained the four categories of garbage classification — dry, wet, recyclable and harmful — which were specified in a plan released earlier by the Shanghai municipal government.
The elevated status of Shenzhen is not only a recognition of the city's success but also a recognition of the country's development model featuring a distinctly Chinese approach that is different from the Western model, experts said.
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The event features the documentary Xinjiang Story which depicts the life of people from different ethnic groups in western China, the documentary Roof of the World, which shows the harmonious daily life of those living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and an exhibition presenting the cultural diversity in the region.
The email didn't say how much of its work force the airline would trim.
The dual-cycle development pattern proposed by the central leadership is in line with China's effort to push for high-quality development and adapt to the evolving global system with China's own growth pattern, Cheng said in a research note.
The epicenter's shallow depth of 15.5 miles (25 km) below the sea allowed it to be felt hundreds of miles (km) away. Santiago office buildings swayed for about 30 seconds at the end of the workday.