In August, China imported 47.48 million tons of crude oil, surging 12.6 percent year-on-year.
In August, two respected Chinese academics, Chen Hong and Li Jianjun, had their visas canceled on spurious claims of foreign interference.
In 2019, Toyota and its joint ventures with GAC and FAW Group aimed to launch fuel cell cars and partnered with Foton Motor Group on R&D and the industrialization of hydrogen fuel cell engines. That work is ongoing.
In 2017, China's FMCG e-commerce sales grew by more than 28 percent, accounting for about 10 percent of the total market turnover, while consumers in China's first-tier cities still have the highest online shopping penetration rate at 73 percent.
In 2016, exports were valued at 25.5 million pounds (.2 million) but last year that figure rose to 115.9 million pounds.
In August, Suzhou was selected to be among the cities for the China (Jiangsu) Pilot Free Trade Zone, driving the city's opening-up to a new high. Nanjing and Lianyungang are also part of the FTZ.
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In Beijing on Nov 8 and Nov 9, US and Chinese businesses signed deals worth some 3 billion, involving largely Chinese purchase of US products from planes to soybeans.
In 2016, an instant-message exchange between a Boeing test pilot and a colleague appeared to criticize the performance of modifications to the MCAS system. News of the exchange drove Boeing's stock down, but the discussion centered on the performance of the flight simulator — not the MAX's anti-stall device.
In April last year, Gui'an New District in Guizhou province applied tor be a green finance pilot area. In November, the Guizhou government released a guideline to support financial institutions developing their green finance business and encouraging green companies to go public.
In 2016, for example, a big data system in Hubei caught officials embezzling public funds. The authorities confiscated 2.3 million yuan (5,600).