The growth was 0.3 percentage points higher than the average loan growth, said CBIRC.
The guideline calls on government agencies to strengthen supervision, market participants to fulfill their responsibility, industry associations to play a better role in coordination and the introduction of industry standards, and practitioners to improve their professional skills.
The group's efforts in improving logistics networks have been supported by local governments.
The higher energy consumption comes as residents, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, turn their backs on coal heating for cleaner electric options.
The group arrived at a critical time, when medical facilities in Wuhan were overstretched as huge numbers of patients there flocked to hospitals.
The handshake lasted about 10 seconds. Both wore smile during the handshake, unlike the serious look when they arrived at the hotel.
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The group's sales revenue jumped 25 percent year-on-year to 30 billion yuan (.37 billion) in 2017, while about 2 percent was contributed by its overseas markets. Its investment in research and development is around 60 million yuan a year.
The growth rate was slightly slower than the 21.9 percent in January-November, but was 12.5 percentage points faster than the 2016 reading, marking the strongest growth since 2012.
The highest air temperature within the tunnel was 56 C. Workers could not stay for more than two hours in the tunnel, and in order to cool it down a wind machine, water system and ice blocks were set up, Zhu Xuren, manager of the project from China Railways No 5 Engineering Group Co, told Xinhua.
The growth momentum of the world's largest smartphone market has come to an end, with China's smartphone shipments suffering a 4 percent decline year-on-year in 2017, marking the country's first-ever annual decline in the field.