Pengyang county expanded the old water network, installed intelligent water meters and implemented automatic online monitoring and control of drinking water for the villagers.
Per capita rural consumption grew by an average annual rate of 5.2 percent to reach 12,124 yuan in real terms in 2018 after deducting price factors, up 32.7 times from 1949, while the Engel coefficient for rural residents dropped 38.5 percentage points from 1954 to reach 30.1 percent.
People wear Christmas hats as they walk past a group of demonstrators on Christmas Eve at Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong, Dec 24, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
People visit the 29th China International Bicycle Fair at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in Shanghai, May 6, 2019. [Photo/IC]
People's lives have been significantly improved, and China has seen remarkable improvements in indexes including gross domestic product (GDP), per capita GDP and per capita disposable income between 1978 and 2017, said the white paper, titled "Progress in Human Rights over the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up in China."
Pet food, cat litters, dog masks, sanitary products, medical consulting services are ordinary products and services which have seen a surge in demand during the outbreak as people scrambled to care for their furry family members.
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Pedestrians pass by a local branch of State Grid Corp in Yichang, Hubei province. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Peru and Ecuador sent teams to the festival for the first time. A float representing the European Union debuted in the parade, to celebrate the China-EU Tourism Year.
Peru, with the eighth-highest number of cases in the world, has the second largest caseload in Latin America after Brazil.
Penalties for unauthorized assembly offenses were generally not severe, Chen adds.