The unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 14.4 percent.
The western regions should reduce institutional costs and improve the competitiveness of their industries, targeting key issues that hamper the development of enterprises and the public welfare, Li said.
The weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday offered the clearest evidence yet of the coronavirus' devastating impact on the economy, which has forced the Federal Reserve to take extraordinary steps and the US Congress to assemble a record trillion stimulus package.
The veteran retail expert attributed China's rapid innovation to the country's "focus on economic growth and doing the right thing for economic growth," adding the new trends in China's retail also provide great opportunities for US businesses.
The unified system will erase boundaries between land areas and marine spaces, cities and countryside and underground facilities and above-ground structures, he added.
The undertaking, which is similar to the Innocence Project in the United States, is still in the early stages and lacks strong funding and advanced technological support, but that hasn't deterred Gao and his colleagues.
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The verdict also said while Wumei Holdings bought shares of Taikang Life Insurance Co Ltd from China International Travel Service and Utrust, a Guangdong-based company for wealth management, between 2003 and 2004, Zhang offered bribes to executives of the two corporations to facilitate the acquisition.
The weak growth in energy demand, combined with a continuing shift toward lower-carbon fuels, meant global carbon emissions from energy consumption were estimated to have been essentially flat in 2016 for a third consecutive year - a substantial improvement relative to past trends, the report says.
The watchdog has said that more efforts would be made this year to further improve the recall system and tighten supervision on recalls of faulty products.
The value added of Shaanxi's agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery sectors rose 2.5 percent year-on-year during the period, up 1.1 percentage points from the first half of the year.