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Major events in October 2018
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| October 8: China launches blockchain pilot zone |
| China's first blockchain pilot zone was launched in south China's Hainan Province on October 8.
Based in Hainan Resort Software Community (RSC), the zone includes a blockchain research institute, which was jointly established by RSC and University College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre at Oxford University.
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| October 9: China to channel more energy into mass entrepreneurship and innovation |
| China will channel more energy into mass entrepreneurship and innovation to push forward high-quality development, said Premier Li Keqiang in a written instruction to the opening ceremony of the national mass entrepreneurship and innovation week, held on September 9 in Chengdu.
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| October 11: Official upbeat on steady 2018 growth |
| China's economy is set to continue its steady run for the rest of the year despite lingering market headwinds, said Ning Jizhe, Deputy Head of the National Development and Reform Commission.
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| October 14: Book of Xi's discourses on building a community with a shared future for humanity published |
| A book of Xi Jinping's discourses on "promoting the building of a community with a shared future for humanity" has been published by the Central Party Literature Press and will be distributed across the country in October 14.
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| October 18: Xi sends congratulatory letter to Taihu World Cultural Forum Annual Conference |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the fifth annual conference of the Taihu World Cultural Forum which opened in Beijing on October 18.
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| October 24: Xi stresses building pilot FTZs toward new heights of reform, opening up |
| President Xi Jinping has called for building the country's pilot free trade zones (FTZs) toward new heights of reform and opening-up in the new era. Xi made the remarks in an instruction on the development of pilot FTZs.
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| October 29: Leaders of 18 countries to attend China's 1st import expo |
| At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, leaders of 18 countries will attend the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) which runs from November 5 to 10 in Shanghai, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on October 29.
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| October 31: China advances to global top 50 in business climate |
| China is now one of the top 50 economies in the world for ease of doing business, due to a record number of reforms carried out last year, according to the World Bank Group in its annual doing business report released October 31
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