The country's tourism industry raked in 416.9 billion yuan (.6 billion) in revenue during the four days, up 8.12 percent from a year earlier, according to the ministry.
The courts in China adhere to the principle of severely punishing gang-related crimes.
The country's entry-exit inspection and quarantine authorities only started using sniffer dogs in 2001, with the first four going on duty at Beijing Capital International Airport.
The country's rural areas saw rapid growth and diversified forms of industries in 2018, Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs, said in a report submitted to China's top legislature for review at its ongoing bimonthly session.
The couple's son said he was touched by the warmth and goodwill of the Japanese people during the whole trip.
The country's service industry has been contributing to more than half of the country's economic growth during the first half of 2017, reaching 51 percent of GDP. Outsourcing services-in which a company contracts part of its existing internal activity to another company-created 1.21 million new jobs in China last year, with a total of 8.6 million people employed in the sector.
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The county is 1,300 km from the regional capital Urumqi. The nearest airport, in Hotan city, is nearly 200 km away.
The country's dog and cat market is estimated to reach over 170 billion yuan (about 24 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, up 27 percent year on year, the report said.
The death toll in Japan from the virus currently stands at 16, according to the health ministry, with the figure including those from the Diamond Princess.
The court, with a 5-4 conservative majority, heard about an hour of arguments in an appeal by Shreveport-based abortion provider Hope Medical Group for Women seeking to invalidate the 2014 law. Two of Louisiana's three clinics that perform abortions would be forced to close if the law is allowed to take effect, according to lawyers for the clinic.