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Shanghai H1 foreign trade exceeds $280b

In the first half of this year, Shanghai's foreign trade grew 11.4 percent year-on-year to more than 2 trillion yuan ($280 billion), marking a record high for this period of the year, said local Customs authorities. The city's private enterprises contributed more than half of the robust foreign trade growth during the period. The private sector's imports and exports grew nearly 21 percent year-on-year — more than that of foreign-funded and State-owned enterprises. The daily average was around 3.54 billion yuan, a sign the private sector is helping accelerate the city's continuous trade growth.

SOE to focus on talent cultivation, promotion

China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp Ltd, a unit of State building giant China Railway Construction Corp, said it will ramp up efforts in talent recruitment, cultivation and promotion to invigorate its projects and contribute to the nation's high-quality development. CR24 announced its resolve during a staff competition to boost work and project quality, held at a construction site of the Wenling-Yuhuan High-Speed Railway project.

China Daily - Xinhua