This year, many "tomb sweeping" activities are done virtually on the internet to control the COVID-19 epidemic.
This year, like so much else, the events were constrained by the limitations imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Joe Biden's Democrats took the event online, while Donald Trump bent electoral rules by using the White House as the backdrop for his bid to secure a second presidential term in November.
Thomson Cheng Wai-hung, chairman of the Hong Kong Retail Management Association, forecast a double digit growth for retail sales in the first half year.
This would be a huge blow to the sector, since it represents a large percentage of the city's employers and provides 3 million jobs, 520,000 of which already have been eliminated, according to the group.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up. Over the past four decades, China has made remarkable achievements and contributed its share to the development and progress in East Asia and the world beyond. The just-concluded inaugural China International Import Expo fully demonstrated China's sincere desire and voluntary steps to open up its market and share development opportunity with other countries. China will deepen reform comprehensively, advance a new round of high-standard opening-up, and move toward high-quality development. All this will only bring more opportunities to the world.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's opening up and reform, said Wang, adding that next year will be the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the US.
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Thomas Donohue, president and chief executive officer of the US Chamber of Commerce, speaks during a State of American Business address in Washington, US, Jan 10, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Those who believe that more economic sanctions will bring the DPRK to its knees have forgotten that all five DPRK nuclear tests since 2006 were conducted under the UN sanctions and the US unilateral sanctions. No one should assume that more sanctions will magically work.
This year, Finland will continue to use the CIIE as a platform to explore more partnerships not only in industries such as information technology and clean energy, but also in winter sports and early childhood education, he said.
This was the third Council election since the timing was brought forward from October to June. As a result, the incoming members enjoy a longer preparatory period, including three months of participation as observers in Council consultations of the whole, Council subsidiary bodies, and some informal Council meetings.