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Visitors gather at a display booth for Chinese technology firm Tencent at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on Sept. 5, 2020. China s biggest gaming company Tencent Holdings said Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, that it would limit gaming time for minors and ban children under 12 from making in-game purchases after a state media article called games spiritual opium on Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) August 03, 2021 - 7:02 PM
HONG KONG (AP) â Chinaâs biggest gaming company, Tencent Holdings, said Tuesday it will limit gaming time for minors and ban children under age 12 from making in-game purchases after a state media article called games âspiritual opium.
Official website launched for CIFTIS By Yang Yang | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-08-03 14:13 Share CLOSE A screenshot from the official website of the China International Fair for Trade in Services. [Photo/ciftis.org]
The official website of the China International Fair for Trade in Services, to be held in Beijing from Sept 2 to 7, was launched at www.ciftis.org on Monday.
The media registration system for CIFTIS 2021 has opened to journalists, and will run from Aug 2 to 15.
Global 500 and industrial leaders account for about 48 percent of exhibitors for this year s China International Fair for Trade in Services, the organizing committee of CIFTIS said.
Confident Hainan FTP seeks to coast on negative list By ZHONG NAN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-08-04 09:59 Share The container terminal at Haikou Port, Hainan province. YUAN CHEN/FOR CHINA DAILY
The Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) will benefit a great deal from the exclusive negative list for its trade in services as it will create more growth opportunities in several areas, including professional services, transportation, finance and education, officials and experts said on Tuesday.
The negative list is China s first such FTP-specific document related to trade in services, and will encourage the Hainan FTP to build itself into a strong international services hub, they said.
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SCO members are jointly strengthening their cooperation to bring more practical benefits to peoples in the region
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Since its founding, SCO member countries have been upholding the Shanghai Spirit, achieving remarkable results in promoting regional economic and trade cooperation, and boosting regional economic development.
In 2020, the trade volume among SCO members reached close to $245 billion, 13 times larger than the figure in 2001. The trade volume from January to April this year was $97.7 billion, representing year-on-year growth of 37.6 percent. China is the largest trade partner of Russia, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan.
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China´s biggest gaming company, Tencent Holdings, said Tuesday it will limit gaming time for minors and ban children under age 12 from making in-game purchases after a state media article called games spiritual opium .
Tencent s pledge to curb gaming for minors came hours after the company s stock plunged as much as 11% following a critique published by the Economic Information Daily, a newspaper affiliated with China s official Xinhua News Agency.
The newspaper article named Tencent s wildly popular Honor of Kings game as one that minors were addicted to, and cited a student as saying that some played the game for eight hours a day. The online article was removed hours later.