In 2018, China-UK trade in goods exceeded billion for the first time, and Foreign Direct Investment, or FDI, from China to the UK increased by 14 percent year-on-year, according to the Chinese embassy in the UK.
In August last year, the world's first internet-based court was inaugurated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. The average online hearing lasted about 25 minutes.
In 2017, China imported foods from 170 countries. For the first time, the total value of imported foods surpassed billion, making China the largest consuming country in imported foods, the report said.
In 2016, the Bank of China issued the first Green Covered Bond worth 0 million in London.
In 2017, China's non-financial ODI in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative totaled .36 billion, accounting for 12 percent of the total, up from 8.5 percent in 2016.
In 2018, the global billionaire population fell 5.4 percent from a year earlier to 2,604 and their worth declined by 7 percent to .6 trillion. The report attributed the decline to heightened market volatility, global trade tensions and a slowdown in economic growth.
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In April, the State Council, China's cabinet, issued a new regulation on reducing companies' social security burdens, optimizing the pension system while ensuring various social programs are functioning properly.
In 2017, Chinese regulators told banks to stop providing funding to companies such as Wanda, HNA Group Co Ltd and Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd for overseas acquisitions, amid concerns over financial overstretching.
In 2017, an inspection team from the central government found a number of irregularities in the Qilianshan reserve in Gansu province, including over-exploitation of mineral resources, illegal construction and operation of hydropower facilities and excessive emissions by local enterprises. More than 100 officials, including three at vice-ministerial level, have been held accountable for the violations. Some of them were removed from their posts.
In April this year, 13 people drowned after boat carrying them capsized in the state.