In 2016, the country implemented a comprehensive reform in replacing the business tax, a mainstay of local tax revenues, with VAT in a bid to ease the tax burden on companies. The reform also replaced the 75-percent-to-25-percent split of VAT revenues with an equal share between the central and local governments for a transition period of up to three years.
In 2017, Jiangyin became the province's first pilot county-level city of "integrated reforms", which aimed to establish efficient government services, powerful social assistance and a convenient living environment.
In 2017, all four members of K-pop band SixBomb went through extensive plastic surgery, from nose jobs to breast implants, before releasing a single.
In 2017, the country's foreign exchange reserves had dropped to 2.998 trillion by the end of January, after which it rebounded by 4.3 percent or 9.4 billion during the whole year, showed the official data.
In 2019, higher central transfers to local governments, thanks to larger dividend collections from State-owned enterprises, significantly contributed to local government revenue growth and offset some of the effects of tax and fee reductions, Fu said.
In 2018, white students scored an average of 177 points higher than black students and 133 points higher than Hispanic students. Asian students averaged 100 points higher than white students.
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In 2016, jobs created from Chinese FDI projects hit an all-time high, more than double the number in 2015 and more than three times the number of jobs created by the next biggest investor, the United States, said the report.
In Bashang village, Xiao Fumin, 66, and his wife are among the beneficiaries of the tourism boom.
In 2018 the city spent 50 million yuan supporting 151 bookstores, which tripled the previous year's investment.
In 2017, Beijing police solved 52,000 criminal cases and punished 93,000 people in accordance with the law, up by 24.2 percent and 5.4 percent respectively year-on-year, the data show.