The report also observed some dramatic annual growth for some non-conventional winter sport provinces. Yunnan and Guangdong provinces saw 100 percent and 167 percent more trips to ski venues in 2018, respectively. Zhejiang province was also among the top six most popular ski destinations last year, along with the more traditional wintry areas of Heilongjiang, Hebei and other northern regions.
The regional government said it has expanded loan sizes for self-employed residents and labor-intensive small and micro businesses to ease their financing difficulties.
The report said that the pandemic has made it more difficult for national authorities to collect statistics, and said only in the coming months and years would the world obtain a full picture of the impact of the crisis on wages and labor markets.
The renminbi has been more widely accepted by the countries and regions related to the Belt and Road Initiative after the currency was included in the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights basket, he said. The basket is a set of supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets.
The report said some counterfeiters have turned to domestic and foreign social media and short video apps to sell knockoffs, and further cooperation and joint governance will be required to combat the development.
The report on cross-Straits cold chain logistics cooperation includes an industrial index system for the first time. [Photo/CHINA DAILY]
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The region's cotton output reached more than 5 million metric tons last year, representing 84.9 percent of the country's total, up 1.1 percentage points when compared with last year's figure, according to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Xinjiang.
The regulator encouraged banking institutions to strengthen risk management, reduce costs and improve efficiency by adopting financial technologies and big data.
The remainder, who are largely independent or supported by family members, have stopped doing so.
The report said Chinese banks had total assets worth 181.7 trillion yuan ( trillion) in 2016, up 16.6 percent year-on-year.