In 2017, department stores started to transform their business model to better cater to the new economic trend and consumption patterns.
In August, China imported 25.27 million tons of coal, down 5 percent year-on-year, but up 29.9 percent from the previous month. In June and July, the coal imports declined month-on-month continuously.
In April, the XC60 mid-size SUV was the top-selling model for the company, followed by the compact XC40 SUV and the large XC90 SUV. During the month, SUVs accounted for 66.3 percent of the company's total sales, up from 62.4 percent in the same month last year.
In 2017 China enacted the National Sword policy, which banned the import of plastic waste to protect the public's health and the environment.
In 2018, Beijing will build five urban forests, 21 small green spaces, 10 leisure parks and 100 km of healthy green ways.
In 2016, Yao was reported to have successfully predicted the US presidential election result through the orders of campaign flags.
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In 2017, as many as 608,400 Chinese students studied abroad, a year-on-year growth of 11.74 percent. Chinese thus maintained their position as the largest overseas student group by nationality, according to data from China's Ministry of Education.
In 2018, social media deception totalled 2,064 cases, a rise of 1,001 cases or 94 percent over 2017. The pecuniary loss increased by 2.5-fold to 500 million HK dollars (about 63.72 million U.S. dollars). Among them, 596 cases were "romance scam," which was a 1.5-fold increase from 2017. A loss of 450 million HK dollars, up 3.2-fold, was recorded.
In April, smartphone shipments in China rose by 17.2 percent in April on a yearly basis, the first such expansion in the past four months. This was a sign of a strong rebound in consumer enthusiasm for electronic products, said the government think tank China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.
In 2018, the Trump administration unilaterally imposed a 25-percent tariff on steel imports and a 10-percent tariff on aluminum imports globally, citing national security concerns. Canada retaliated with tariffs on a string of US products from bourbon to ketchup.