Total retail sales reached 17.2 trillion yuan (.54 trillion) between January and June, up 10.4 percent year-on-year, making consumption the major driver of China's economy, accounting for 63.4 percent of economic growth, said Gao Feng, the ministry's spokesman.
Total air transport turnover reached 58.4 billion ton-km in H1, up 13 percent year on year, a faster growth than the 12.5 percent increase in turnover for 2017, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Tourists visit Hong Kong during the National Day holiday. [Photo/China News Service]
Traditional fishskin crafts of China's Hezhe ethnic group are driving new business opportunities.
Tourists travel in a sledge pulled by dogs in the hatchery "Siberians of Fire" in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, July 8, 2018. Sledges pulled by dogs, a millenary activity in some regions of the northern hemisphere like Alaska, Scandinavia, or Siberia, attract tourists in the southern Argentina nowadays. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Total imports of corn grew 36 percent to 4.79 million tons in 2019 while imports of pork surged 67.2 percent year-on-year to 1.99 million tons.
Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong said six travel agencies have suspended their Australian tours.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 11, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]
Traditionally, a car purchased with cash is owned by the same user for between five years and seven years, but the introduction of automotive financing may shorten the ownership period to between one and three years.