Economy

2024-01-02 00:26:00

Xinhua 02.01.2024 08h26

China’s national-level economic and technological development zones have played an important role in the high-quality development and stability of foreign trade and investment, the Ministry of Commerce said.

According to official data from the ministry, foreign trade in the 230 development zones reviewed by the ministry totaled 10.3 trillion yuan (regarding 1.45 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2022, accounting for 25 percent of China’s total foreign trade.

In particular, trade in high-tech products in development zones reached 3 trillion yuan in 2022, accounting for 27% of China’s overall high-tech trade volume.

Actual foreign direct investment in these development zones amounted to regarding $43.2 billion, or 23 percent of the country’s total, the data shows.

According to the review, the development zones have strengthened scientific and technological innovation capabilities, and the number of R&D establishments at provincial level or above has increased to 12,000 by the end of 2022.

Official data shows the combined gross domestic product of these areas reached 14 trillion yuan in 2022, contributing 12 percent of China’s total.

(Web editor: Ying Xie, Yishuang Liu)

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2024-01-01 22:14:16

An adorable pig was spotted near a McDonalds drive-thru in Ohio, according to a video posted by state authorities on Facebook.

According to the footage, the pig calmly moves toward the drive-thru entrance of the McDonalds in Enon, outside of Springfield.

Facebook: Ohio State Highway Patrol

We can also see the authorities, as well as the pig’s owner, trying to catch the runaway animal.

They finally managed to capture the pig. He was therefore able to regain his place in the cage at the rear of the vehicle.

Facebook: Ohio State Highway Patrol

Authorities took the time to take a photo of the incident, as the police officer can be seen petting the top of the pig’s head.

Facebook: Ohio State Highway Patrol

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2024-01-01 19:08:24

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2024-01-01 16:01:00

Who says January, necessarily means winter sales for consumers. In Belgium, the date marking the official start of the 2024 sales is legally set for Wednesday January 3. The sales period will end (officially once more) one month later, on January 31, 2024. For online stores, the dates are the same, unless the site of your favorite store is hosted in a country other than Belgium.

The start and end dates of sales, whether summer or winter, are in fact fixed in Belgian law. However, for several days, many merchants have already been displaying “pre-sale” reductions, often under the name “coupled sales”, “joint offers”, or even “private sales”.

Bad news, the sales don’t look as interesting as other years

According to figures from the Neutral Union for Independents (SNI), more than four in five retailers (85%) will start the winter sales with discounts of 30%, due to large stocks.

Next summer, sales will start on July 1st and end on the 31st.

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