TSHIPI TO RETURN TO FULL OPERATIONS FROM 1 MAY

Jointly built by the zone and Xidian University, the valley aims to become an innovation and technological hub in western China.

China is seeing signs of economic recovery amid its fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, according to the country's top economic regulator.

The foreign trade of Northern China's Shanxi province fell slightly by 0.2 percent to 26.45 billion yuan ($3.74 billion) in the first quarter (Q1) this year, local authorities said.

Beijing Customs said Thursday that its imports and exports in the first quarter of this year totaled 625.42 billion yuan (about $88.34 billion), down 6.2 percent from the same period last year.

New home sales are recovering faster than expected in China.

As a province that used to rely heavily on coal mining, Shanxi in North China is now diversifying its economy through industrial reform.

China steel sector slows growth due to coronavirus outbreak.