CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – The ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak in China will not affect the Chinese military’s combat training and exercises, and the military has comprehensively demonstrated its emergency-response abilities during its fight against the outbreak, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday. Senior Colonel Wu Qian said at a news conference in Beijing that the People’s Liberation …
CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – Manufacturers in China remain confident about business prospects for the next 12 months, even as the novel coronavirus outbreak weighed heavily on the sector last month, a private survey said on Monday. “Firms anticipate a recovery in production over the next year due to expectations that production will be ramped up once the …
BEIJING, China – With only around 15 books sold per day and half of them purchased by employees, OWSpace recently released a letter on social media platform WeChat seeking crowdfunding to support its operation. “Only one of our four bookstores has resumed operation and the customer flow was just 10 percent of normal levels,” said Wu Yanping, general manager of …
Xi inspects research facilities, listens to scientists CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of medical research on the diagnosis and treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Monday. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected the Academy of Military …
WUHAN: The temporary hospital with the most beds in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in central China’s Hubei Province, has discharged a total of over 1,000 people as of Sunday, according to local authorities. The Jianghan temporary hospital, converted from Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center, started receiving patients from Feb. 5. It is equipped with 1,564 …
BEIJING: Chinese health authority said Monday it received reports of 202 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 42 deaths on Sunday on the Chinese mainland. All the deaths were in Hubei Province, according to the National Health Commission. Meanwhile, 141 new suspected cases were reported, said the commission. Also on Sunday, 2,837 people were discharged from hospital after …
President Xi to bring a new investment package to Pakistan soon ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday made a telephonic call to Chinese President Xi Jinping and expressed Pakistan’s unequivocal solidarity with the Chinese leadership and peoples in the wake of outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19). During the conversation, Prime Minister Khan conveyed his heartfelt condolences over the …
CHINA ECONOMIC NET VIENTIANE, Laos – China is confident in winning the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) amid the support of the international community including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Wednesday night. Speaking at the dinner party of the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on …
CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, Feb. 20 – There is no other thing that could ease the string of the Chinese nation than the alleviation of the encroachment of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) now. More than 16,000 patients contracting the COVID-19 have been discharged from hospitals in China up to February 19, with new cured cases increasing for 6 days. …
CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – For a nation, the greatest glory consists is not in never falling, but rising when it falls. The coronavirus outbreak, which is still developing, is a setback for China in a crucial year when it aims to complete building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. A setback may bring trouble in the short-run, …