The minister noted that his visit to Shanghai last month was successful and built upon the "great connection" between the two countries.
The mayor was asked why the NYPD could not control an outbreak in shootings compared with previous years.
The ministry also said that there had been many cases of enterprises refusing to allow inspections, with three cases occurring in Handan and two in Hengshui - both cities in Hebei. Relevant departments had made further investigations into such cases, the ministry revealed.
The measures that have been taken include VAT relief for small businesses; extending the loss carry-forward period from five years to eight years for sectors severely hit by COVID-19, providing 2.85 trillion yuan (1.3 billion) of low-cost lending for smaller businesses, and deferring over 1 trillion yuan of principal or interest payments for more than 1.1 million micro, small and medium-sized businesses.
The measures will let consumption play a bigger role in propelling the economy and help companies deal with the impacts from changes in foreign trade, said Dong Ximiao with Renmin University's Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies.
The massive infection has led to most mainland schools further extending closures and switching to e-learning. In a trending topic on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, tens of thousands of students said they are required to follow their physical education teacher’s instructions via live-streamed video, and then upload their exercise records to the school.
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The measurement is an indicator of a city's information development. By the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), the working pattern of improving traditional industry by informationized transformation, technology and management innovation will be built, Ren said.
The measure aims to tackle problems plaguing major ports, where Chinese citizens line up for hours for border inspections during rush hours on holidays and weekends.
The meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, presided over by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, analyzed the plan for economic work to be undertaken in 2021.
The mild fall of the index was attributed to heightened global political risks and disruption of the world economy because of the tug-of-war between major countries, along with the complex and changeable environment of the Belt and Road economies, the report said.