In Guizhou, nine people were killed and two remained missing after torrential rain pounded the region over the past few days. Heavy rain also damaged 35,418 hectares of crops and inflicted a direct economic loss of 610 million yuan (89 million U.S. dollars).
In July 2017, a framework agreement on the development of the bay area was signed. On February 18 this year, China issued the more specific Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. One of its major aims is to develop the area into an international innovation and technology hub.
In Fujian, the southeastern Chinese province that will host the upcoming BRICS summit in a few weeks, trade with BRICS countries soared 67.7 percent to 49.42 billion yuan (.42 billion) in the first half.
In China, about 300,000 patients need organ transplants each year.
In December, Beijing restored diplomatic relations with Sao Tome and Principe after the African nation cut relations with Taiwan.
In July, during a sustainable development conference in Beijing, a representative of the environmental organization China Biodiversity and Conservation Green Development Foundation, whose work involves pangolin conservation, made an eye-catching claim.
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In Florida, where more than 2.5 million have voted by mail, residents lined up for the first day of early in-person voting. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released last week showed Trump and Biden effectively tied in the state, which is seen as a must-win for the president.
In Brunei, food delivery application GoMamam is enjoying brisk business, with its couriers delivering as many as 200 meals a day as people stay home.
In June 1997, CNPC, the nation's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, bought a 60.34 percent stake in China National Petroleum Corp AktobeMunaiGas, known as CNPC AMG, and obtained production licenses for three oilfields and a contract for an oil exploration block in Kazakhstan.
In December, the city was awash in drizzles for the whole month, receiving 137.9 millimeters of precipitation, more than triple the annual average of the period and the third-highest since 1873, when the city started keeping meteorological records.