"Every life is precious and every patient needs meticulous caring," said nurse Du Liqun from Nanning, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, after learning a medicine that treats spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) entered the country's new medical insurance catalogue in December last year. Du Liqun, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and head nurse at the HIV department of the Fourth Hospital of Nanning.
Xiao Yaqing (right), minister of industry and information technology, interacts with the media via video in Beijing on Wednesday. [Photo by Wang Jing/China Daily] China's industrial economy has continued the trend of stabilization in the first two months of this year, and more efforts will be made to cope with challenges including rising commodity prices and bottlenecks in supply chains, Xiao Yaqing, minister of industry and information technology, said on Tuesday.
An athlete prepares to ride a cable car at China's National Alpine Skiing Center in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 28, 2022.
A truck loads containers at Tangshan Port, North China's Hebei province, April 16, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] There is a lot of potential in the structural drivers of China's growth, so the country is likely to see its GDP growth moderate in the first quarter, and accelerate in the second and third quarters when the previous macroeconomic policies take effect, a political adviser said on Tuesday.