In August, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3.36 trillion yuan, rising 0.5 percent year on year.

It is important that China and the EU remain steadfast in pursuit of sound and steady growth of their comprehensive strategic partnership and adhere to four principles, namely peaceful coexistence, openness and cooperation, multilateralism, and dialogue and consultation, said Xi.

The president can approve or deny a transaction recommended by the panel, though Trump has already voiced support for Oracle as a "great company" that could handle the acquisition.

The chip curbs offer a good opportunity for Chinese companies to work together to reconstruct the semiconductor sector.

Sci-fi action production "Tenet" by Christopher Nolan, which was released on Sept. 4, came in third with 356 million yuan in collections.

The survey showed that export indexes for all major sectors rose from their lowest readings in the first half of 2020, especially the machinery sector, toys and electronics.

ByteDance will not sell TikTok's U.S. operations to Microsoft or Oracle, nor will the company give the source code to any U.S. buyers, sources said. 

South China's Hainan Province on Sunday started construction on a new batch of 151 projects, which are meant to advance the free trade port program.

With China deploying more resources to facilitate technology innovation in healthcare sector to support the "Healthy China 2030" strategy, Beijing-based China Population Communication Center and its partners launched Zero Birth Defect Plan 2020 at China's birth defect prevention day on Saturday to further popularize the basic knowledge and skills of maternal and infant health care.

Schools in China have taken a range of containment measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as more students return to campuses for the fall semester.