CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU-INDUSTRIAL GROWTH (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU-INDUSTRIAL GROWTH (CN)

(240728) -- LANZHOU, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers work on a copper foil production line in Lanzhou New Area in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 25, 2024. In recent years, Lanzhou New Area has introduced 1,080 high-quality industrial projects with a total investment of 528 billion yuan (about 72.8 billion U.S. dollars), and the annual increasing rate of industrial added value has maintained over 50 percent. From 2011 to 2023, the regional GDP of Lanzhou New Area has increased from less than 500 million yuan (about 69 million U.S. dollars) to 37.5 billion yuan (about 5.2 billion U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Fan Peishen)

CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU-INDUSTRIAL GROWTH (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU-INDUSTRIAL GROWTH (CN)

(240728) -- LANZHOU, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker welds in a workshop of LS Group High Tech Equipment Industrial Park of Lanzhou New Area in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 25, 2024. In recent years, Lanzhou New Area has introduced 1,080 high-quality industrial projects with a total investment of 528 billion yuan (about 72.8 billion U.S. dollars), and the annual increasing rate of industrial added value has maintained over 50 percent. From 2011 to 2023, the regional GDP of Lanzhou New Area has increased from less than 500 million yuan (about 69 million U.S. dollars) to 37.5 billion yuan (about 5.2 billion U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Fan Peishen)

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GM to boost stake in Isuzu

GM to boost stake in Isuzu

Kazuhira Seki, chairman of Japan's Isuzu Motors Ltd.(R), and J.F. Smith, chairman of General Motors Corp. (GM) of the United States, shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18 after agreeing to strengthen the two companies' ties. Under the accord, GM will increase its stake in Isuzu to 49 percent from the current 37.5 percent.

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GM to boost stake in Isuzu

GM to boost stake in Isuzu

Kazuhira Seki, chairman of Japan's Isuzu Motors Ltd.(R), and J.F. Smith, chairman of General Motors Corp. (GM) of the United States, shake hands at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 18 after agreeing to strengthen the two companies' ties. Under the accord, GM will increase its stake in Isuzu to 49 percent from the current 37.5 percent. ==Kyodo