Out of the overall GDP growth rate of 6.3 percent in the first half of 2019, primary industry, which is mainly agriculture, grew at 3.0 percent. Secondary industry, which consists of natural resource extraction and manufacturing, grew at 5.8 percent, and tertiary industry, which is mostly services, grew at 7.0 percent. Again, this is part of a planned long-term shift toward a more consumption-driven, service-based economy. Now, tertiary industry is 54.9 percent of GDP.
Over the past decade the number of Chinese children living in single-parent families has risen greatly as divorce has become more prevalent.
Over the past months, big Afghan cities have witnessed a spate of terror attacks by Taliban insurgents and Islamic State (IS) outfit opposing the government.
Output of ethylene reached 10.15 million tonnes in the first six months of 2019, up 9.8 percent year-on-year. Fertilizer output totaled 29.65 million tonnes, up 2.9 percent year-on-year, NDRC data showed.
Over the past five years, Chinese people's living conditions have greatly improved, with more than 60 million impoverished people lifted out of poverty and the education system in the less-developed and central and western regions ameliorated. China's employment condition, too, is better, and the incomes of urban and rural residents have grown faster than the GDP, while the middle-income group has expanded, and the healthcare and social governance systems have vastly improved.
Over the past decade, China's major airport clusters began to take shape in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone, which are economically important areas.
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Overall, Apple beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and profits in the fourth quarter thanks to rapid growth in services and its wearables division, led by the popular AirPods. The company posted earnings of .03 per share on billion in revenue in the fourth quarter, up 4 percent and 2 percent, respectively, over the prior year.
Owners of convenience stores in Shanghai load bottled water in a freezer to give outdoor workers free cool beverages on Friday. [Photo/WANG GANG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Overseas orders also account for about 10 percent of the total, including airlines from Germany and Thailand, and others from the Asia Pacific region and Africa.
Over the past 29 years, Chen Shujiang has created more than 1,000 paintings and won numerous awards in different art competitions across China.