The intensive interactions between Xi and other world leaders in the first half of this year have contributed to jointly working out ways to effectively respond to the public health crisis and offset the impact of the pandemic on the world economy.

No one cares more about Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability and Hong Kong resident’ welfare and rights than the Chinese Government and people.

The figure has been kept above 50 percent for four consecutive months, indicating that the country’s economic recovery continued to gain momentum with constantly enhanced stability of industrial chains.

Beijing’s efforts demonstrated again the “effectiveness of lockdowns, social distancing and mask wearing combined with widespread testing”, it noted.

The region logged an 8.9-percent year-on-year slump in its GDP in the first quarter of the year.

Experts are now calling for more rigorous detection of the novel coronavirus in sewage systems, as evidence mounts that the pathogen was already widely circulating the globe well before the first known cases of infection in China.

Hainan has increased the annual offshore duty-free shopping quota for visitors to 100,000 yuan per year from 30,000 yuan.