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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0900 GMT, Jan. 6

Xinhua, January 6, 2017 Adjust font size:

Zimbabwe has exported 35 African elephants to China, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) announced Thursday.

Zimparks spokesperson Caroline Washaya-Moyo said the animals were transferred from Hwange National Park in north-west Zimbabwe on Dec. 23, 2016 following an assessment by Zimparks and an animal welfare organization on the suitability of the final destinations in China.

(Zimbabwe-China-Animal Trade)

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COLOMBO -- The Sri Lankan government said on Thursday that it will sign three crucial agreements with a Chinese company over the Hambantota Port in the southern part of this country before the end of the month.

Sri Lankan International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrema told reporters that the first agreement will be signed after January 7 with China Merchants Holdings Ltd who will be getting an 80 percent stake in the Hambantota Port. (Sri Lanka-China-Port)

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CHICAGO -- General Motors announced on its website Thursday that the Detroit-based automaker and its joint ventures sold record 3.87 million vehicles in China in 2016, up 7.1 percent from 2015 and accounting for one-third of GM's total global sales.

Cadillac, Buick and Baojun brands under GM all set record sales in China in 2016.

To be specific, Cadillac sales totaled 116,406 units, up 46 percent year on year; Buick sales set a new record of 1.18 million units, up 19 percent; and Baojun came to 688,390 units, up 49 percent. (US-GM-Sales)

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BEIJING -- China has remained the world's major growth engine in 2016, shoring up global economic growth through such channels as trade, market and investment.

The latest report of the International Monetary Fund showed that China contributed 1.2 percentage points to global economy growth in 2016, while the United States contributed 0.3 percentage points and Europe 0.2 percentage points.

China's economy is shifting toward a development model of lower rate and higher quality, while structural reforms allow its economy to upgrade and eventually unleash new vitality and continue to serve as an engine of global economic growth. (China-Global Economy) Endi