Toward that end, China is committed to carrying out agricultural demonstration projects, building or upgrading agricultural technology demonstration centers, and using these centers to focus on agricultural research, demonstration and training. In addition, transferring technologies and cooperating with African countries to increase productivity are seen as crucial.
Toutiao, fully known as Jinri Toutiao, or "Today's headlines," is a popular news app in China, which aggregates users' reading habits and tailors offerings via artificial intelligence. It has recorded 120 million daily active users according to its background data.
Tolentino said that in the long term, the government also needs to invest in transportation infrastructure, research and development, and services to help not only the rice farmers but the whole agricultural sector.
Total vehicle sales in the first 11 months stood at 25.42 million, a decline of 1.65 percent year-on-year.
Total transactions through the China UnionPay network soared to 1.29 trillion yuan (around 2 billion) between May 1 and 4, up 42 percent on a daily basis from last year's May Day holiday, the Shanghai-based agency said.
Total tourist arrivals in August plunged 39 percent to 3.59 million, compared with the same period last year, according to the Hong Kong Tourism Board. The number of Chinese mainland visitors dwindled by 42 percent year-on-year to 2.78 million.
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Tony Chan, deputy president of the South China Committee with CPA Australia, one of the world's largest accounting bodies, said the development plan has promoted fintech usage among Chinese businesses, and they are leading the way in use of the technologies among Asian respondents, according to a recent CPA Australia survey.
Total insurance premium income in China jumped 27.5 percent year on year in 2016, and the sector's combined assets had amounted to 15.12 trillion yuan by the end of December.
Tokyo institution Kyubey, whose sushi is renowned for being both "extraordinary and reasonably priced", took third spot after Le Bernardin, a New York fish restaurant run by Emmy award-winning US television chef Eric Ripert.
Tourists pose for photographs on the Bund, a major scenic spot on the Huangpu River, in Shanghai earlier this month. [Photo by Wang Gang/For China Daily]