Beijing Review

Golden Harvest

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A villager shows the sorghum harvested in Zaoqiang County, north China’s Hebei Province, on October 7. Since 2018, the county has adjusted its agricultur­al structure and promoted supply-chain reform by introducin­g high-quality sorghum and adopting a business model of villagers plus profession­al cooperativ­es plus enterprise­s to increase villagers’ production and income. The county has planted more than 133 hectares of sorghum. local conditions from September 2019 to August 2021, according to a document released by the National Developmen­t and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transporta­tion.

China has the world’s largest logistics market, with a total volume of 283.1 trillion yuan ($39.6 trillion) in 2018. The ratio of total logistics expenses to GDP was 14.8 percent by the end of last year.

The total value of China’s logistics in the January-august period grew 5.8 percent year on year to 188.6 trillion yuan ($26.5 trillion), according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.

In the first eight months of the year, total logistics costs were 8.9 trillion yuan ($1.25 trillion), up 7.8 percent year on year. service appeal, a report showed.

Searches for domestic brands among total brand searches rose from 38 percent in 2009 to 70 percent in 2019, Chinese search engine giant Baidu said in a joint report with a research institute.

Consumer electronic­s posted the biggest rise in brand preference during this period, with an army of domestic firms like Huawei and Xiaomi gaining ground at home and abroad.

Searches for cultural and entertainm­ent products rose 36 percent over the past decade, marked by the emergence of hit movies like The Wanderinge­arth .

Local apparel, automobile, cosmetics and food brands also piqued the growing interest of Chinese consumers, especially the younger generation, the report showed.

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