In Urumqi, 70 events are designed to attract tourists. They include fruit picking, hiking, snow scrambling, a mid-autumn poetry recitation and dances on horseback.
In September, Barry Marshall, a Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine, launched a biomedical engineering lab with Shenzhen University. It is the fifth such lab in Shenzhen that has the input of Nobel prize winners.
In November, Amazon announced it would split its vaunted second headquarters between Queens, New York and the Northern Virginia suburb bordering Washington D.C. The company is eligible for up to billion in incentives in New York, one of the key concerns of those opposed to the deal.
In Los Angeles, Cristel Martinez spoke at a vigil organized by advocates in front of Metropolitan Detention Center on Friday night. She said she was born in Honduras, moved to the US when she was nine and now is an immigration attorney.
In March, Pearson's sale of Wall Street English for 0 million to funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia and CITIC Capital Holdings Ltd was agreed.
In November, while presiding over a work meeting on follow-up efforts in the South-to-North project, Premier Li Keqiang called for more effort to push forward the project and other key water conservancy projects to address uneven distribution of water resources, while tapping their potential in stabilizing economic growth and creating jobs.
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In October, JD launched parcel delivery services for individuals in 17 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and later extended it to 31 cities. In order to use the service, customers would ask for a pickup through the firm's app.
In Mexico City, the first fully electric bus debuted on Sept 24 on Line 3 of the Metrobus. More units are scheduled within the year, according to Mexico News Daily.
In Nyingchi, Li also visited the junction of the Nyangchu and Yarlung Tsangpo rivers. The Yarlung Tsangpo River is one of the world's highest-altitude rivers and the longest plateau river in China, Li said. As "a water tower" for China and Asia, Tibet should protect its water resources and vulnerable ecology, the premier told local officials.
In September 2016, the number of active WeChat users over the age of 55 was 7.68 million, and in September 2017, the number surged to 50 million.