The project has also allocated a sum of money to buy critical illness insurance for poor villagers to help cover large medical costs. As of March 2017, 166,000 people had been included in the insurance program.
The private sector is also now more willing to spend money on smart manufacturing upgrades, because they have become aware of the ample returns on such investment, as smart technologies will bring about higher efficiency, lower costs and increased profitability, she said.
The program will also contain studies on sustainable financing and to be transferred to other parts of China.
The promotion involved 28 offline retail stores, supermarkets and restaurants such as Starbucks and Costa Coffee, as well as 16 internet merchants, including bike-sharing app Mobike, online travel app Ctrip and e-commerce site JD.
The promotional event is growing in size, variety and sophistication as technology improves services. Sales topped 100 million yuan ( million) for each of 167 merchants using platforms of internet behemoth Alibaba Group, and shoppers plunked down just over billion an hour during the daylong discount gala.
The project, he added, will give Chinese people "greater access to Shakespeare" and "benefit students across China".
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The production of new energy vehicles surged 66.2 percent, and smart TV sets went up 17.7 percent. Online retail sales gained 23.9 percent to over 9 trillion yuan (.35 trillion).
The professional institutions, which will run the bonds in line with market principles, will be required to take measures against financial risks.
The president thanked China for its investment and financing support, which played a very important role in the peaceful reconstruction of post-war Angola after a 27-year civil war ended in 2002.
The prize was launched last year by the Basque Culinary Center and the Basque government in northern Spain.