The first cross-river railway bridge connecting China with Russia has connected from both sides on Mar 20, further paving the way for the bridge to be operational within this year.
China is set to become the world's largest 5G market, with 460 million users of the next-generation superfast network by 2025, a report released on Wednesday said.
Foreign direct investment into China grew 5.5 percent annually to 147.11 billion yuan in the first two months of this year, data from the Ministry of Commerce show.
Construction is underway on the electrical facilities for the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, which will have the world's first automatically driven trains running at speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour.
China's commercial space sector is set for strategic growth in 2019 and more efforts are needed to promote the sustainable development of private space companies, said deputies at the two sessions.
Hong Kong's bourse announced plans to introduce futures contracts on the MSCI China A-share Index on Monday, as demand for risk management tools from international investors eyeing mainland equities rises.