The confirmed cases include three reported in the Shenzhen special economic zone, imported from the United Kingdom, Thailand and Spain; three in Guangzhou, including two imported cases from the Philippines and Turkey; a local case infected by a patient who returned home from Turkey; one in Zhanjiang imported from France and the rest in Zhuhai, imported from the United Kingdom.
The country has 657 cities by the end of 2016, including four municipalities and 360 county-level cities. Cocodala in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was the only added city in 2016, but its population is not calculated in the report.
The council was first created in 1989 during the administration of President George H.W. Bush but later disbanded in 1993 under President Bill Clinton.
The country will continue to maintain this trend in the future, Xian Guoyi, director-general of the Department of Trade in Service and Commercial Services at the Ministry of Commerce, said, adding that the rapid growth in knowledge-intensive service trade has become a key driver for the development of China's service trade.
The country has greatly eased market access for foreign investment, and has built a market-based international business environment that respects the rule of law to facilitate free trade and investment, according to the white paper titled "Energy in China's New Era" released by the State Council Information Office.
The conference has also unprecedentedly improved the capital market's position by putting forward various proposals, such as increasing the proportion of direct financing, which indicates the potential of China's capital markets in the future and the space for reform, he added.
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The convention was previously held in 2017 and 2018.
The country will continue to stick to the principle that "houses are for living in, not speculation," said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in the report on the country's regional financial operation in 2019.
The conference, held during a visit to Japan by Shandong government representatives, was meant to promote opening-up and cooperation between China and Japan and improve bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
The country should push for high-quality development of the sector with a focus on improving financial services and forestalling financial risks, Xi said.