Retail sales rose in June - the fourth successive month of gains -  supporting the view that rising consumption and easing China lockdowns helped the economy return to growth

Rising concern about consumer and business confidence in China - as strict curbs aimed at stamping out Covid-19 undercut a return to prosperity - have hampered growth

The government will also prioritise the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and stabilise employment and prices, state media reported

Authorities said they had received reports that some employers had refused to employ workers who caught the virus during the city’s two-month lockdown

"As long as employment is relatively sufficient, household income grows and prices are stable, slightly higher or lower growth rates are both acceptable," Premier Li Keqiang said

Nearly half of households surveyed by the PBOC in the second quarter think employment prospects remain "grim."

The Premier urged officials at all levels of government to focus on measures to boost jobs and maintain stability, the report said

Ian Goodfellow, Apple’s director of machine learning, wrote to his staff that ‘more flexibility would have been the best policy’ for the team