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Loan prime rates remain unchanged

China's one-year loan prime rate, a market-based benchmark lending rate, stood at 3 percent on Sunday, unchanged from the previous month. The over-five-year LPR also remained unchanged from the previous reading of 3.5 percent, according to the National Interbank Funding Center.

Safe transport of hazardous chemicals

As the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays approach, Chinese railway operators are intensifying efforts to safeguard the transport of hazardous chemicals. To ensure absolute safety, employees from the Houma Business Department of Taiyuan Railway Logistics Center in Shanxi province joined local partners to conduct an emergency drill for sulfuric acid leaks during transport. As a handling point in transporting hazardous goods, the Xihe Village Office has dispatched 120 trains carrying concentrated sulfuric acid since the launch of dedicated hazardous goods transport trains, with a cumulative transport volume of 273,000 metric tons.

XINHUA-CHINA DAILY