Some 12,000 characters were used almost 1 billion times in the Chinese media last year, Tian Lixin, director of the Ministry of Education's Department of Language Application and Administration, said at a news conference.
Song Liang, executive vice-governor of Gansu province, made the remarks at a finance forum focused on the development of cultural tourism, held in Gannan Tibet autonomous prefecture on Tuesday.
Some 1,700 firefighters have been deployed across the state, but officials warned that would not be enough to cover every potential danger and urged people in high risk areas to evacuate while it was still safe to do so.
Some 63.52 billion packages were shipped in China last year. The bureau estimates about 80 billion packages will be delivered this year.
Some of the investment will be used to promote the development of local grain cultivation in Heilongjiang province, with an initial focus on organic grains. This will be done through the new Nestle Grain Competence Center, Nestle's first such facility worldwide. The company will also expand and upgrade its Nestle Dairy Farming Institute over the next three years and strengthen its role as a hub for the domestic dairy farming sector.
Some of the hottest selling items on Taobao, an e-commerce platform of Alibaba Group, are rice noodles, self-heating hotpot and frozen dumplings. They are among the top five most popular food items.
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Some Chinese wealth management companies are helping clients invest in leading overseas funds, such as Blackstone, Carlyle and Sequoia, which then invest in a wide range of global assets including stock options, shares, bonds and other products.
Song Zhiping, from China National Building Material, was speaking in the British capital, where he is attending the annual congress of the World Cement Association, which is also called the WCA.
Some farmers have hesitated over renting more land due to concerns their business could suffer if the status of the land changes when their lease runs out, as the current law limits a farmer’s leasing rights to 30 years.
Song Man Lei, the president of the management committee of Macao SAR chief executive election, said that the voting was going on smoothly and the preliminary result would be audited on Monday by a general audit committee for this election.