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Xi holds welcome ceremony for Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a grand ceremony to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump.

The ceremony took place at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People.

Trump arrived in Beijing Wednesday afternoon for a three-day state visit.

After his arrival, the US president toured the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in downtown Beijing.

The Forbidden City is the former residence of China's imperial families during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Located in the center of Beijing, it is a national landmark and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

U.S. senator, ranchers hail multi-million-dollar beef deal with Chinese commerce giant

U.S. Senator Steve Daines and ranchers from the northwestern state of Montana have applauded a 300-million-U.S. dollar beef deal between Chinese commerce giant JD.com and the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA).

According to the terms in the memorandum of agreement (MOA), JD intends to import Montana-sourced beef from member companies of MSGA and sell directly to Chinese consumers through its e-commerce platform. Bank of China will provide financial services to facilitate these imports and the settlement process.

JD signed the agreement with Errol Rice, executive vice president of MSGA, in Beijing on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump began his three-day state visit to China.

Daines said in a statement that the deal has the potential to substantially increase Montana opportunity and agricultural exports to China, the fastest growing overseas market for beef.

China to maintain macroeconomic policy in 2018

The Chinese Premier has said China will maintain the stability of its macroeconomic policy, and continue reform and opening up in 2018.

Li Keqiang made the remarks at a symposium attended by economists, entrepreneurs and senior government officials.

The government will further cut taxes and fees for companies to reduce "institutional transaction costs."

The premier says China's economy this year has performed better than expected, but unstable and uncertain factors remain outside China.

China establishes financial stability committee

China has set up a committee under the State Council to oversee financial stability and development.

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China announced that it will set up the committee during the two-day National Financial Work Conference in July.

Vice Premier Ma Kai will serves as head of the committee.

China, U.S. crack transnational IPR infringement crime

China and the United States have cracked a transnational intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement case.

Police busted seven locations involved in manufacturing, marketing and distributing counterfeit products.

The seized goods include more than 3,000 fake brand-name leather products, bags and suitcases, glasses, watches and accessories.

36 suspects were arrested in the crackdown, who had sold fake products for more than 100 million yuan, or about 15 million U.S. dollars.

Police in Guangzhou first discovered an English website selling fake goods, including Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Rolex brands, to the United States and other countries.

Joint investigation then led to the bust of the criminal network and the website server of the gang.

Syrian army liberates last IS stronghold in eastern Syria

The Syrian army and allied fighters have liberated the city of al-Bukamal, the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold in eastern Syria.

The victory comes hours after the army started storming the city, which was the last IS stronghold in that part of the country.

Al-Bukamal is important for IS due to its proximity to IS-held areas on the Iraqi side of the border, which have recently been stormed by the Iraqi army and allied troops.

The IS militants have now lost all of their strongholds in Syria, maintaining just a few pockets in northeastern Syria.

Last month, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces captured the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of IS.

This month, the Syrian army captured Deir al-Zour.

22 killed, 51 injured as bus falls into ravine in East Pakistan

At least 22 people were killed and 51 others injured when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Wednesday night.

Local people, police and rescue teams rushed to the crash site and shifted the bodies and injured to hospitals in nearby cities.

At least 18 people died on the spot while four others succumbed to their injuries later.

A hospital official said that seven of the injured are still in critical condition.

The bus was carrying 82 passengers to a religious congregation in the provincial capital of Lahore from Attock.

Police say the driver of the bus had little experience and could not control the bus while making a sharp turn in high speed.

Intel and AMD team up against Nvidia to produce a new laptop chip

Intel has announced a partnership with its long-time rival AMD to produce a laptop computer chip.

The chip is set to use an Intel processor and an AMD graphics unit.

The new product is said to be aimed at serious gamers who need a thin and portable laptop.

This is the first partnership between the two CPU giants since the 1980s.

Observers say the deal could pit the two companies against competitor Nvidia.

上期回顾：美大使:美中元首会晤是历史性会晤

上期答案：Foreign buyers paid five times as much as the same period last year to use Chinese intellectual property through the first three quarters.

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