In China, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanning, Hong Kong and Macao have banned use of e-cigarettes in public places, according to a Xinhua report.
In Jiashan county, a green channel opened up for serving enterprises in the zone reduced last year the time required for companies to get business licenses.
In December, India's Supreme Court had ordered mandatory registration of all childcare institutions and bringing orphanages under the central adoption system.
In China, investments under the theme of "sustainability" gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic. Issuance of bonds with the "green" label had tripled in April compared with March, according to a report from the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), an international non-profit institute.
In December, Tianjin unveiled a three-year plan to boost the innovative development of seven AI-related industrial chains including independent and controllable information systems, smart security, big data, advanced communications, intelligent connected vehicles, industrial robots and intelligent terminals.
In July, Manhattan rental inventory increased 65 percent compared with the same period a year ago, and citywide vacancies increased 52 percent, real estate brokers said.
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In December, the government agency UK Export Finance announced 25 billion pounds of funding to support British companies' exports to Belt and Road projects.
In July, the number of breeding sows in stock surged by 20.3 percent year-on-year and 4 percent month-on-month. In the country's hog production powerhouses, such as the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Guangdong, Hunan, and Sichuan, hog populations increased by more than 5 percent compared to a month ago.
In July last year, Alphonse' house caught fire and all his family was trapped in a sea of flames. "My Chinese colleagues helped me pull them out of the blaze and put out the fire," he said.
In California, 62 percent of the state's total recyclable material was exported to China until the National Sword policy went into effect, according to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.