During the two sessions held last month, top lawmakers and advisers proposed longer national public holidays.
In response to an appeal from the public, the State Council said in March that the Labor Day holiday this year will be extended from one to four days. Following the announcement, more people started making plans to travel.
Rising demand from the younger generation and increased online sales are prompting US pizza chain Domino's to further expand its presence in China.
Further opening up of the education sector will enable China to adopt a variety of educational techniques that can be used to cultivate globally competitive talent, a leading education company official said.
Direct flights between Russia and China are set to surge, thanks to a considerable increase in the number of Chinese tourists making outbound trips, said a senior official of Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.
Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of US company DowDuPont, will add employees, research and field development resources to consolidate its position in the China market, the company's head said.
E-commerce giant JD said that its first 5G intelligent logistics demonstration zone in Shanghai will use automated sorting, tracking and inspection, and overall management technologies when it starts operations this year.
Artificial intelligence and big data, two technologies China is avidly embracing, will drive a renaissance in hardware development and investment, according to a senior industry executive.
More work is required to build a digital China and a smart society, which will inject strong impetus into the country's economic growth, said a senior government official.
For Russian customers, Chinese e-commerce site AliExpress is not just a marketplace for daily necessities, but also a virtual dealership.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG is looking to further tap into China's healthcare market by bringing more innovative drugs, while enhancing collaborations with local biotech and technology companies to further digital transformation of healthcare, a top company official said.
German science and technology group Merck KGaA will build more innovation hubs in China during the next few years, as the country is "extremely important both as a market as well as an innovation field", a top executive of the pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerate said.
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