Aug 17 — Li Chenggang, China's lead trade negotiator and vice minister at MOFCOM, met Jiang Zhicheng, global president of US-based Thermo Fisher Scientific. They discussed China-US economic and trade relations and Thermo Fisher's development in China.

China's National Bureau of Statistics said Jan–Jul online goods and services retail sales totaled RMB 11.72 trillion, up 4.8% YoY. Online goods retail was RMB 7.40 trillion, up 4.6%; within online goods, food, apparel and household-goods categories rose 16.9%, 5.8% and 1.1%, respectively. Online services retail was RMB 4.32 trillion, up 5.2%. Among retail enterprises above designated size, convenience store and supermarket sales rose 6.1% and 3.8% YoY, while specialty stores, department stores and brand outlets fell 1.8%, 2.4% and 9.3%.

君正股份在港交所公告，在港上市擬發行3128萬股H股（視乎超額配股權行使與否而定），發行價不高於102.80港元/股，預期在8月25日開始交易。