Last month's PMI data also signaled, however, that the economic recovery is still fragile. Manufacturers continued to cut payrolls as the employment sub-index remained low at 47.3, unchanged from November, and small manufacturers saw worse conditions, with their PMI down to 47.2 from 49.4 the previous month, according to the NBS.
Last week, China launched Tianwen-1, its first Mars rover, which should arrive by May.
Last year primary energy consumption growth averaged 2.2 percent in 2017, the fastest since 2013.
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Last year, a local biomass power plant used around 28 tons of chicken manure from Sunner's farms to generate 163 million kilowatt hours of electricity. Most of the electricity, which was worth more than 100 million yuan, was provided to the State Grid. Fu Longrun, vice-director of Guangze's ecology and environment bureau, said Sunner's model of the circular economy is indicative of Guangze's efforts to make full use of solid waste and build a zero-waste city.
Last week’s the New York Post reported that Amazon is mulling a possible purchase of Office Depot’s corporate unit. The report suggested that the FTC might approve the merger should Staples or Office Depot sold off an important business unit, presumably to ensure competition in the marketplace. The Post acknowledged that conflicting rumors indicated that Amazon was interested in acquiring W.B. Mason, the third-largest office supplier
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Last month, its quantum computing lab developed the world's most powerful quantum circuit simulator Tai Zhang, claiming to challenge the one developed by Google Inc.
Large store formats also showed potential for growth, but it will require them to take on new roles such as reinventing themselves by upping their game in fresh food. For example, hypermarkets started to serve as a logistics base for 30-minute delivery of goods ordered online through leading delivery platforms in 2018.
Last year, the airport handled 65.84 million passenger trips, up 10.2 percent year-on-year. Of those trips, 15.89 million involved foreign passengers, up 20 percent year-on-year.
Last week, Amazon announced a 0 million charge associated with the Fire Phone. It also said that it was sitting on million worth of unsold inventory. Meanwhile, on Amazon’s own Web site the Fire Phone, which comes with features such as Firefly product price scanning and 3D dynamic perspective, boasts an unimpressive rating of just 2.5 stars.