The improvements were the result of more rigorous safety inspections, she said, adding that 40 new clauses have been added to inspection regulations so far in 2017.
The idea has been praised by many anti-smoking activists. Previously, smoking control work was under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which oversees the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau.
The indicators had either registered positive year-on-year growth or seen their negative growth narrow in the second quarter. Year-on-year industrial output growth, for example, was 4.4 percent compared with a negative 8.4 percent growth in the first quarter while retail sales registered a negative 3.9 percent growth, an improvement of 15.1 percentage points.
The initiative was take by Putin after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament, which was held in 11 Russian cities from June 14 to July 15.
The intensified effort to locate victims came on the sixth day of a blaze that incinerated over 7,000 homes and other buildings, including most of Paradise, a town once home to 27,000 people.
The industrial output figures were released by the NBS along with a slew of other major economic indicators, including retail sales and fixed-asset investment.
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The idea for the decade was first brought up by China in 1992 to recognize the importance of building disability-inclusive societies in the region. According to the UN, the area has over 690 million people with disabilities.
The inspection teams will give priority to uncovering financial assets and other property illegally obtained by gangs involved in organized crime while targeting key industries such as finance, transportation, housing and construction, and mineral resources.
The inefficient interest rate system has constrained the monetary policy's efforts to stabilize economic growth, especially when exports are facing challenges, said economists, although the previous cuts in reserve requirement ratios have fueled an economic rebound in the first quarter.
The humanitarian cargo consists of medical equipment, medicines and personal protective equipment.