The number of SOEs in these two categories has reached 21 in centrally-administered SOEs, or central SOEs in the nation, including China National Building Material Group Co and China Resources (Holdings) Co. Nineteen of them are investment companies.

Nineteen of them are centrally-administered State-owned enterprises and 21 are private companies.

Nineteen among China's 31 provincial-level regions registered positive foreign trade growth in the first half of this year, reported financial news outlet Yicai on Friday.

The progress came as Chinese mainland chip companies are making a bigger push to accelerate development after the United States government imposed sanctions on a string of local tech heavyweights such as Huawei Technologies Co. Nineteen of the world's 20 fastest-growing chip industry firms over the past four quarters, on average, are from the Chinese mainland, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Nineteen targeted measures have been announced to reduce corporate costs, support the real economy and boost the vitality of the market this year, said a document released by the National Development and Reform Commission and three other ministries on Monday.

Nineteen banks launched customer service models allowing customer service representatives to stay home and provide remote services via mobile phones, computers and headsets.

Nineteen of the 24 banks saw their NPL ratios drop on a yearly basis last year, according to their preliminary earnings estimates.

Nineteen were added to the list, which was initially launched in 2010, bringing the total number to 55.