The Chinese author is currently working on his next book, but admitted it’s been a difficult process that has lasted five years. He said he still has “no idea when it could be finished”.
The Chinese government has already begun an ambitious program to transform the country's health and aged care industry.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission officially approved the launch of hog futures on Friday by the Dalian Commodity Exchange, making it the first live delivery derivative to be listed in China's futures market.
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the country's foreign trade and investment promotion agency, will work with related government bodies to build a new regulatory mechanism with credit as the core this year to ensure the interests and legitimate rights of domestic companies in overseas markets, said senior officials.
The Chinese government actively implements the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the festival is a platform promoting the convention, said Luo Shugang, minister of culture.
The Chinese cruise market has seen fast growth in recent years and the country has become the world's second-largest market for cruise travel after the United States, according to official figures.
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The Chinese government has introduced a new set of car sale regulations that are expected to give dealers more freedom and benefit car buyers in the world's largest auto market.
The Chinese delegation was led by Xi's special envoy and Vice Premier Liu He, and the US officials included Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
The Centre of Health Protection said the city’s testing labs have started to feel the strain of limited resources after it distributed more than 1,000 containers to inbound asymptomatic travelers to collect their saliva specimens. More will be tested as the government announced on Monday it will test all arrivals from the United States, the UK and Europe. All but one have been confirmed in connection with previous patients. Four patients were at a private party attended by more than 100 in Wong Chuk Hang on March 14. Another patient was found to have dined for 20 minutes at a canteen of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital after returning his deep throat saliva specimens to the hospital on Saturday.The 21 male and 18 female patients, aged 18 to 66, also included a 54-year-old female doctor who had been screening inbound travelers at Hong Kong International Airport since March 16. Health authorities are still investigating how the doctor, despite wearing a face mask, a face shield and gloves, became infected.Ho Pak-leung, a top microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, said more medical employees will be exposed to the risk of catching the deadly virus if public hospitals become overloaded.He said it is acceptable to treat patients with mild symptoms in other places with good ventilation, considering public hospitals may soon run out of space if the local situation deteriorates.So far, 73 percent of the isolation wards are being used and 51 percent of the isolation beds are occupied, said the Hospital Authority, adding that another 400 beds will be upgraded for isolation use by the end of the month.As of Monday, three of the 213 patients being treated are in critical condition and need respirators to maintain normal breathing.Lam Ching-choi, a member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council, said the government is “exploring different options”, including setting up temporary facilities to divert suspected coronavirus patients. This is to relieve pressure on public hospitals.“The pressure is high. It’s okay so far but we should prepare for the coming surge,” the doctor told China Daily.The ExCo member said there may have been a few undetected cases, which are very likely to be linked to rising local infections, before the mandatory quarantine rules for arrivals took place on Thursday.
The Changning earthquake resulted in a relocation of 80, 000 people and 30, 000 had lived in tents.