Saying he was very glad to receive Kim's warm and friendly message, Xi recalled that in February this year, Kim sent him a letter of sympathy over the COVID-19 outbreak and provided support for China's prevention and control efforts.

China has no intention to change the current world order, nor is the country looking to impose its model on others around the globe.

The United States suffered the most from the pandemic, with 1,305,199 cases and a death toll of 78,469. Countries with over 150,000 cases included Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Russia, France and Germany.

A new genetic study conducted by the University College London Genetics Institutesuggests COVID-19 started spreading quickly around the world at the end of last year

With the country successfully containing the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese Basketball Association is confident that the highly anticipated restart of the domestic league will happen as early as July, said China's hoops chief Yao Ming.

U.S. Republicans have even prepared a detailed “teaching book” on how to shift the blame for its problems in handling the COVID-19 onto China.

The two vowed to create favorable conditions for the implementation of the phase one trade deal, while cooperating on the economy and public health.