News digest - China

- Chinese demographers have offered to pay up to $ 150,000 for each newborn. Demographers remind that in order to maintain the population, the birth rate should be 2.1 children per woman. Today it is 1.3, one of the lowest in the world. According to the survey, more than half of Hong Kong residents do not want to have children. Among the main reasons are high financial costs for the child, extreme employment at work and insufficient housing to expand the family.
 
 - The 5th International Expo "Silk Road" has opened in China. One of the main goals of the event is to deepen economic cooperation between the states within the framework of the One Belt, One Road initiative. The Expo will be attended by 2,000 representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in China and visitors from 98 countries. From 2013 to 2020, total trade between China and the countries along the Belt and Road reached $ 9.2 trillion, and the amount of investment by Chinese companies exceeded $ 136 billion.
 "Many Traders of the Belt and Road Initiative" "(BRI) said they hope to exhibit their products and enter China's huge market. For example, this juice first arrived from Ukraine by the Chang'an train, which connects China and Europe, said Yin Jianhui, an exhibitor. in major cities of China. Shanghai became the city with the largest number of electric cars sold. There, hybrids and electric cars account for about 31% of new cars. Electric vehicle deployment rates in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Tianjin were 16%, 13%, 25%, 21% and 12%, respectively.
 
 - 85% of American companies in China do not think about relocating production or supply chains from China. Two-thirds of U.S. residents have announced plans to expand their investment in China by 1% -10% in 2021.
 
 - Amazon has seized goods from Chinese sellers due to fake reviews. Amazon held such events on the eve of Prime Day sales. As part of the campaign, Amazon removed products from a number of Chinese sellers from its site. It is noted that sellers from China have published fake reviews about their products.