President Xi Jinping will embark on a four-day trip to Kazakhstan next Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang announced on Friday. At the invitation of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Xi will pay a state visit to the country, which borders western China. He will attend the 17th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the opening ceremony of Astana Expo 2017 between Wednesday and Saturday, Lu said. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Kazakhstan. The two presidents had a meeting in Beijing last month on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. rubber bracelet makersilicone bracelets custom cheapcustom rubber band braceletshow to make rubber braceletsrubber wristbandswide rubber bandsbatman wristband
The Ruins of St. Paul's of Historic Centre of Macao. [Photo/IC] MACAO - The Tourist Price Index in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) for the second quarter of 2018 went up by 2.78 percent year-on-year to 129.86, the SAR's statistics service said on Friday. Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the increase of the index was due to rising charges for hotel accommodation and restaurant services, higher bus fares and airfares, and higher prices of local food products. Among the various sections of goods and services, price indices of accommodation, transport and communications, as well as food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco rose by 7.05 percent, 6.30 percent and 4.25 percent year-on-year respectively. In comparison with the previous quarter, the index for the second quarter of 2018 decreased by 5.17 percent. The average Tourist Price Index for the last four quarters ending the second quarter of 2018 rose by 4.21 percent from the previous period, with notable increases in the price indices of accommodation, transport and communications. For the first half of 2018, the index went up by 4.48 percent year-on-year, with price indices of accommodation, as well as transport and communications rising by 13.64 percent and 6.44 percent respectively.
