Dive Brief:Walmart recently discontinued a test of a machine that verified purchases people made using the retailer’s scan-and-go checkout solution at one of its stores in Bentonville, Arkansas, a spokesperson for the retailer said. 

China's focus on developing the high-end manufacturing sector and new quality productive forces will strengthen the world's industrial and supply chains, despite a grim and complex global environment, said industry leaders and business executives on Tuesday.

In a rapidly evolving global economy, strategic emerging industries, representing the direction of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, are set to enhance new quality productive forces and foster innovation, they said.