ANKARA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- A rocket fired from northern Syria hit a bazaar area in the southern Turkish border province of Kilis on Thursday, injuring six, governor Ismail Catakli said.
Catakli said five children and a woman were injured, but CNN Turk, a local broadcaster, put the number of injured at seven, including one in critical condition.
The rocket, which landed in a bazaar in the center of the province's capital city that bears the same name, came from an Islamic State-controlled area in northern Syria, Dogan News Agency reported.
The Turkish military said it has fired back in retaliation.
Turkey has been under rocket attacks from Syria since mid-January, leading to the death of more than 20 and the injury of over 80 others in Kilis alone.
On April 22, three people were killed and six others wounded in the province by rocket fire from Syria.
BEIJING Maglia Aleksandar Kolarov , Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's major industrial firms posted faster profit growth in the first three quarters of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
Industrial companies with annual revenue of more than 20 million yuan (3 million U.S. dollars) reported profits of 5.58 trillion yuan in the first nine months, up 22.8 percent from a year earlier, the NBS said in a statement.
The growth was faster than the 21.6 percent in the January-August period, and 21.2 percent in the January-July period.
In September alone, profits of major industrial firms rose 27.7 percent year on year Maglia Edin Dzeko , much faster than the 24-percent growth in August and 16.5-percent in July, it said.
Among the 41 industries surveyed, 39 posted year-on-year profit growth in the first three quarters.
Companies in power, liquor, and electronics industries saw rapid growth, together contributing 3.8 percentage points to the uptick in growth pace in September compared with last month.
NBS statistician He Ping attributed the rapid growth partly to faster expansion in both production and sales as well as price increases in industrial products.
In September Maglia Diego Perotti , China's industrial output rose 6.6 percent year on year, higher than the 6-percent growth in August. Revenue from main business of industrial firms rose 10.8 percent, also higher than the rate registered a month ago.
China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs of goods at the factory gate, rose 6.9 percent year on year in September, 0.6 percentage points higher than the August level.
The price rebound has added some 652.6 billion yuan to the operating income of industrial firms Maglia Lorenzo Pellegrini , resulting in a net increase of 136.2 billion yuan in profits after costs were deducted.
He also said that profitability of the companies has improved with lower costs and expenses. In the first nine months, costs per 100 yuan of revenue dropped 0.23 yuan from the same period last year, while expenses per 100 yuan of revenue also went down 0.27 yuan.
The leverage ratio, a measure of financial risks, also went down amid the government's ongoing deleveraging efforts. By the end of September, the debt-asset ratio of the firms dropped 0.6 percentage points from a year ago to 55.7 percent.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) opens the 19th National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Maglia Juan Jesus , capital of China, Oct. 18, 2017. (XinhuaLi Tao)
by Xinhua writers Li Laifang and Lou Chen
BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- With an absence of potted plants in meeting rooms and expensive dishes in dining halls, delegates have noticed the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is a frugal affair.
"I am sure you will not find even a drop of alcohol in our dining halls," Li Wanjun Maglia Bryan Cristante , a delegate from northeast China's Jilin Province, told Xinhua. "It is plain and practical, but we are all satisfied and more enthusiastic and down-to-earth in our discussion."
"We are here for the meeting, not for comfort," said Li, who had been a delegate to the Party's 18th national congress.
FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE
The congress reflects the profound changes in Party building over the past five years Maglia Luca Pellegrini , shown by people's satisfaction with the anti-corruption results and improved work styles of officials.
The country's changes and achievements in various sectors have been hailed by the about 2,300 delegates to the week-long congress, which opened Wednesday. They come from different walks of life, including officials, researchers, farmers and production workers.
The twice-a-decade congress of the ruling Party has ushered in a new era for socialism with Chinese characteristics Maglia Rick Karsdorp , charting the course for developing China into a modernized, strong country by the middle of the century.
Chen Meirong, a delegate from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has felt the changes in her 30-plus years of judicial practice, particularly in the past five years.
Chen, 53 Maglia AS Roma , a district court judge in Shizuishan City, told Xinhua that a clean and just environment has taken shape in local grassroots law enforcement due to judicial reforms.
She attributed the progress, such as the dramatic drop in interference in judicial cases, to the implementation of reforms including the judicial accountability system and rules to ensure judges and prosecutors execute their duties justly and independently. She refused a senior district official who wanted to invite her to discuss a complicated lawsuit that was in the appeal process last year.
"As the rule of law goes deep in people's minds, their legal awareness and acceptance of legal verdicts are growing," said Chen.