In 2019, more than 1.4 million invention patent applications were filed in China. A total of 453,000 invention patents were authorized, up 4.8 percent year-on-year.
In April, NIH Director Francis Collins told a Senate committee that the agency was investigating NIH-funded foreign scientists at more than 55 US institutions, according to Science.
In August 2018, Our Hong Kong Foundation released a research report that proposed a 2,200-hectare reclamation project off Lantau Island in southwest Hong Kong to alleviate the city's acute land and housing shortage. Two months later, the Hong Kong government announced its plan in the Policy Address to build 1,700 hectares of artificial islands in that area. Tung Chee-hwa, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee and former Hong Kong chief executive, is the foundation's chairman.
In 2017, total shipments rose 261 percent year-on-year. According to Liu Qi, a government official at the Economic and Information Commission of Xinjiang that regulates the trains' daily operations, this year 1,400 trips are expected to be made from Xinjiang.
In August, the Shenzhen, Guangdong province-based company launched Mavic 2 drone series, which is aimed at professionals, aerial photographers and content creators. It is the first time that the Hasselbald camera and optical zoom have been applied in DJI's consumer drone sector.
In 2017, the general cost of producing gold in China reached 200.38 yuan (.88) per gram, up 2.15 percent year-on-year, according to Zhang.
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In August and December, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council announced two sets of measures easing the path for Hong Kong people on the mainland in education, employment, business and travel.
In 2018, China was the Philippines' biggest trade partner and import origin and fourth-largest export market, Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez told the China-Philippines summit in March, adding that his country wanted to promote more exports not only of agricultural products, but also higher-value products like luxury furniture, automotive parts and electronics.
In 2017, online sales increased by 28 percent and express delivery volume grew by nearly 30 percent. A string of new growth engines such as sharing and digital economies have been established.
In 2016, the California State Education Board approved a revised History/Social Science Framework that includes the "comfort women" history in the 10th grade world history curriculum.