In June, the agency authorized clinical trials of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
In December, the Financial Times highlighted China's role in global governance, saying: "President-elect Donald Trump wants the US to shrug off its global responsibilities. China may grab the opening to move centre stage."
In December, the Danish company won a landmark copyright case in China against two companies that it said sold toys that were almost identical to some of its products.
In June, Globe Telecom of the Philippines launched Southeast Asia's first 5G broadband service, backed by Huawei equipment.
In Brazil 1,092 new fatalities over the past 24 hours took the country's total deaths to almost 185,000-a number surpassed only by the US.
In July last year, the national top court gave a rehearing order to the provincial high people's court, and the case was retried on May 18, it said.
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In June, the Supreme People's Court set up two courts specializing in handling international commercial disputes in Shenzhen in Guangdong province and Xi'an in Shaanxi province. Two months later, the top court named 32 experts including Zhang to be the first members of a think tank, known as the International Commercial Expert Committee, for the two specialized courts.
In December 2018, the pilot program was extended nationwide, and by the end of June this year it covered 2,368 county-level areas, the ministry said, adding it was a move to safeguard the legitimate rights of defendants and ensure they could be fully protected in criminal cases.
In January, China's forex reserves plunged below trillion, but as the economy stands on a firmer footing and the Chinese currency, yuan, continues to stabilize, the stockpile has increased steadily since February.
In December, the plane maker of the CR929, China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Co Ltd (CRAIC), a joint venture, issued the request for proposal for the aircraft's propulsion system, or aero engines. Rolls-Royce and General Electric, among others, are expected to respond, according to CRAIC.