In 2016, Walmart, acquired?Amazon competitor Jet.com to bolster the retailer’s e-commerce presence. The move is apparently paying off, with Walmart reporting a 29 percent increase in online sales in the fourth quarter of 2016. All that’s to say that despite Amazon’s huge lead in market cap, the competition is still on.
In April, Tianjin ranked among the Ministry of Science and Technology's Top 10 Amazing Cities for attracting foreign experts for the eighth time.
In 2019, Beijing's procuratorial organs handled 95,543 cases and concluded 95,531, an increase of 18.5 percent and 23.4 percent respectively compared with the previous year.
In August, a 28-kilometer pipeline-delivering 34,000 cubic meters of water from Fujian to Jinmen-went into operation to alleviate a water shortage on Jinmen.
In April, Amazon launched Prime Reading, the first entertainment benefit for Prime members in China. Prime members can now enjoy unlimited reading, at no additional cost, from a rotating selection of over 500 Kindle titles.
In 2017, the science academy added 61 new academicians whose average age was 54. Ninety percent of new members are below age 60. For the engineering academy, 85 percent of its 67 new academicians in 2017 were below age 60, with an average age of 56.
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In 2018, it started a three-year action plan targeting rural garbage, sewage treatment and village beautification.
In 2019, the value added of the tertiary industry accounted for 53.9 percent of China's GDP, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The number may increase to 70 percent or even higher.
In 2016, the city accommodated more than 1 million international tourists and over 76 million domestic tourists.
In 2018, Ansteel Group was listed on the Fortune 500 for the fifth time, with 2017 revenue reaching .79 billion.