In 2019, healthcare-related expenditure in China equaled about 6.6 percent of GDP, compared with 17.7 percent in the United States in 2018, according to official data from the two countries.
In April 2018, Hainan announced a strict quota policy to curb speculation in the housing market and better promote building the tropical island into a pilot international free trade zone and free trade port as planned by the central government. The new rules required those who do not live on the island but want to buy houses to provide 60 months of tax records for the past 60 months in Hainan from at least one member of the applicant's family.
In 2017, Starbucks commanded an 80.7 percent share of the chained specialized coffee shops market in China, followed by McCafe's 8.4 percent and Costa Coffee's 5.2 percent, according to Euromonitor International.
In August, US employers added 1.4 million jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent. Unemployment was in the mid-three percent range prior to the pandemic, a 50-year low, the Labor Department said.
In 2016, Zhang Yue was investigated by the CCDI for disciplinary violations and in July was jailed for 15 years for taking bribes valued at 157 million yuan. Last year, Yang Chongyong was placed under investigation for corruption and has been charged with taking bribes of up to 200 million yuan.
In 2016, the Chinese cosmetic procedure market was worth 87 billion yuan, and the number will rise to 464 billion yuan in 2020, at a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent, according to a report released by consultancy firm Deloitte last year.
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In 2016, the company's big data arm began offering services to other companies, before that it was an internal operation. By utilizing its own big data analysis platform, Lenovo has provided solutions to clients from various industries including metallurgy, medicine and tobacco.
In August, the ETC approved funds to Croatian and Slovenian tourism authorities for their joint promotion in China named Experience Croatia, Feel Slovenia, which was designed to strengthen the visibility and reputation of the two countries in the Chinese market.
In 2020, China's total coal consumption will reach 3.86 billion tons and coal's share in total primary energy consumption will fall to 55.3 percent, achieving the mandatory 2020 consumption upper limits of 4.1 billion tons of coal and a 58-percent share set forth in the 13th Five-Year Plan, according to new research findings of the China Coal Cap Project.
In August 2017, China opened its first internet court in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, mainly covering internet and intellectual property rights cases, including disputes involving online loans, online shopping contracts and online copyright issues, said the paper released by the Supreme People's Court entitled "Chinese courts and internet judiciary".