In the first five months of the year, trade with these countries surged 11.1 percent year on year, outpacing overall trade growth by 2.3 percentage points, Ministry of Commerce data showed.
In the US, online retail sales in the first quarter reached 3.6 billion, up 16 percent year-on-year, according to a report from PwC, a global professional services network.
In the Global Innovation Index rankings compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China stood at the 22nd place this year, up from 34 in 2012 and is the highest among mid-income economies.
In the gap between the mayor's office door and the cupboard hangs a picture showing former Muscatine Mayor DeWayne Hopkins presenting a golden key to the city to Xi when he visited Muscatine in 2012.
In the case of Macy's, when it entered China in 2012, it chose to invest in a luxury e-commerce platform, VIPStore, at a price of million. The investment, which marked Macy's first foray into a foreign market, allowed it to become a shareholder of the then top e-commerce platform and made its private-labeled merchandise available for sale in China.
In the domestic market, CRCG has built 88 railway stations on 28 high-speed passenger transport lines, with a total construction area of 3.3 million square meters, covering 62 cities in 20 provinces, according to company data.
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In the January-July period, SAIC Motor manufactured 2.47 million cars, down 23.92 percent year-on-year. Its sales during the same period went down 25.77 percent year-on-year to 2.51 million units.
In the first 10 months of 2019, foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland expanded 6.6 percent year-on-year to 752.41 billion yuan (7 billion), while that from the countries along the Belt and Road rose by 19.3 percent, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed.
In the automobile sector alone, three major Japanese automakers-Honda, Toyota and Nissan-have set up their production bases in Guangzhou.
In the face of the economic downturn, China should strengthen the cultivation of next-generation energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies, information and digital technologies, biotechnology, new materials and other emerging industries, and should vigorously promote the development of wind power, solar power and other renewable energy, she said.