Xi presided over the symposium for formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035.

The opening ceremony of the 3rd China International Import Expo and the Hongqiao International Economic and Trade Forum will kick off on Nov. 4 in Shanghai. Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech via video.

To promote economic and social development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the country must uphold the overall Party leadership as a fundamental guarantee to realize high-quality development.

Soaked in the rhythm of the guzheng, a plucked instrument in China, poets in ancient China often composed ever-lasting classic poems just as graceful as the melodies of the era.

The country’s summer grain output increased by 0.9 percent from last year and its early rice up by 3.9 percent year-on-year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) suggested.

The International Monetary Fund projected a deep recession in 2020 in its latest World Economic Outlook, saying the growing restrictions on trade and investment and rising geopolitical uncertainty could harm the recovery.