Tomb Sweeping Day, or the Qingming Festival, which falls on Friday this year, marks the 15th day after the Spring Equinox.
Trade income amounted to 1.59 trillion yuan while expenditure stood at 1.17 trillion yuan, according to data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
Tourists select cosmetics at Sanya Haitang Bay International Shopping Mall. [Sun Qing / forChina Daily]
Tourists' preferred travel activities are also changing. Although 96 percent of surveyed Chinese tourists said they would go shopping in other countries, retail therapy is becoming less and less of a major draw, especially luxury products.
Traditionally, hosts have to ask others for help in buying food, cooking, serving, washing up, and even borrowing tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks.
Total sales in the first four months of this year stood at 145.8 billion yuan, up 9.3 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance.
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., November 18, 2019. [Photo\Agencies]
Tom Adams started his lobster wholesale company in 2011, with an eye toward the international market. That strategy has paid off.
Tokyo reported on Wednesday 572 new cases, the second-largest daily figure since the outbreak began. The city reached a record of 584 cases on Saturday.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on July 1, 2019. [Photo/VCG]