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Foreign direct investment into China's nonfinancial sector is expected to increase by 4 percent year-on-year to $125 billion this year, officials said on Friday.
A gunman opened fire at a recruiting center and another US military site in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Thursday, killing at least four marines before he was shot dead by police.
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More action should be taken to safeguard cybersecurity since the country's Internet environment is facing an increasing risk of being attacked, government officials and experts said at an Internet media forum in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, on Friday.
The State-driven Internet Plus strategy will provide Chinese online media an opportunity to reach a wider audience and more advertisers, industry insiders said on Friday.
In 2015, as the Internet in China enters its third decade, we come together in Zhanjiang to discuss how the Internet media can contribute to realize the goals of the Belt and Road Initiative. After consideration and discussion, we formally declare the following consensus:
"With the theme of 'E-Path to One Belt, One Road', this year's forum focuses on internal connections between 'cyberpower' strategy and the Internet Plus plan, and shows the path to make full use of Internet media when implementing the strategies."
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