China Media Group, CGTN's parent company, picked up on Friday the top 10 business news stories at home and abroad to retrospect 2020, a gloomy and inspiring year etched vividly in history due to the COVID-19 onset, global economic downturn and unrelenting efforts to fight against COVID-19.

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1. China to be the only economy with positive growth in 2020, says IMF report

2. CPC's proposals for 14th Five-Year Plan released

3. CGTN Explains: What does 'dual circulation' development pattern mean?

4. Xi reiterates confidence in China's economy and its development plan

5. A story of struggle and success: China's 832 poorest counties

6. China's grain output increases 0.9%, reaching 669.5 billion kg in 2020

7. Shenzhen; Pudong; Hainan; high-level opening up

8. China vows to strengthen anti-monopoly efforts in 2021

9. Special coverage of China's lunar probe Chang'e-5

10. China starts IPO reform for Shenzhen's start-up board ChiNext

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1. OECD: Global GDP projected to rise by 4.2% in 2021, China to account for over a third of that growth

2. 15 nations sign RCEP trade pact – world's biggest FTA

3. What you need to know about a COVID-19 vaccine

4. G20 warns that intensified trade tensions threaten global growth

5. Oil price crashes below $0 a barrel for the first time in history amid pandemic

6. Will negative interest rates help economies shake off COVID-19?

7. China's NEV sales to account for half of new car sales by 2035

8. Fortune 500 sees more Chinese companies than U.S. ones

9. Will the coronavirus pandemic make 'work from home' popular?

10. EU and UK strike Brexit trade deal

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