The meeting also discussed the "hastening" of the Pyongyang General Hospital construction project, with Kim having expressed "satisfaction" at project progress. The hospital was under construction since early this year and supposed to be completed by October.
The ministry made the remarks after the US government on Nov 12 decided to ban US investments in Chinese companies that it claimed are linked to the Chinese military. The executive order was signed on Thursday, which applies to 31 Chinese companies that it says "enable the development and modernization" of China's military and "directly threaten" US security.
The ministry also posts travel tips and warnings to foreign countries and regions amid the epidemic to help travelers.
The measures look to activate consumer spending through a variety of innovative businesses, and strengthen Shanghai's market influence in local service, manufacturing, shopping and culture, as well as offer convenient and multi-dimensional consumption options, said Hua Yuan, director of the municipal Commission of Commerce.
The meeting highlighted faster drinking water project construction to fully resolve issues such as inadequate water supply and excessive fluorine for 60 million rural residents next year.
The ministry recently has made supporting the migrant workers to return to work as the priority, Xu said.
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The ministry said the FTA marks a new era of the two countries' comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, the joint construction of shared human community and their further cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
The meeting decided that more efforts will be made to slash or cancel fees paid by enterprises, including operational and service fees and those charged by sectoral associations and chambers of commerce. Costs for customs clearance will be lowered.
The massive number of visitors and limited amount of accommodations is helping lift the largely rural population out of poverty.
The ministry said it had directed the Integrated Health Information System to conduct a thorough review of public healthcare system, with support from third-party experts, to improve cyber threat prevention, detection and response.