Organized by Offshore Intel LLC and Beijing CSSC Engineering Consulting Company, the event attracted about 100 offshore executives and professionals from China, the US and elsewhere. Industry trends and technology innovation and applications were discussed.
Only 27 percent of the population has access to electricity and only 8 percent of rural villages have access, according to energypedia. Businesses are reluctant to locate in the country if they cannot get power.
Online sales of physical goods grew 21.6 percent to 3.82 trillion yuan in the first half year, accounting for 19.6 percent of the total retail sales, up 1.4 percentage points from the first quarter.
Other areas the partnerships will research will include supply chain and the development of green industrial parks. "We are accelerating the speed of the innovation and digital transformation," Heizmann said. "This transformation will create value for the Chinese society. That is our first goal and it will be achieved only with strong support and partnerships."
Other than aiming for a healthier market, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage also expects the upcoming work to add to the boom in private museums in China.
Ou Zhen contributed to this story
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Other major pharmaceutical companies that attended the conference and expressed an intent to participate in the second CIIE were Roche and Johnson & Johnson.
Ork was among more than 4,600 patients in Kampong Cham province who received surgery under the Belt and Road Cataract Blindness Eradication Campaign.
Only an underground river below a glacier is yet to be searched. The family is considering buying an underground detector to search the river, she said.
Other expense: 7 million