China's top legislator attends symposium of lawmakers: Xinhuanet
April 18, 2022
Top legislator Li Zhanshu on Monday urged Chinese lawmakers to perform their statutory duties, faithfully represent the people's interests, and pave the way for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Click here to read...
China's top legislature starts standing committee session: Xinhuanet
April 18, 2022
The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, started its 34th session Monday in Beijing. Li Zhanshu, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the session's first plenary meeting. Click here to read...
China mulls tougher law against women trafficking: Xinhuanet
April 18, 2022
Chinese lawmakers are considering a draft law revision to provide tougher rules against trafficking women. The draft revision to the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women was submitted on Monday to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee for a second reading. Click here to read...
Chinese vice premier stresses stabilizing industrial, supply chains: Xinhuanet
April 18, 2022
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Monday underlined efforts to keep supply and industrial chains stable. Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at a national teleconference on the subject. Click here to read...
China mulls tighter oversight of derivatives trading: Xinhuanet
April 18, 2022
Chinese lawmakers are considering a draft law to tighten oversight of derivatives trading to guard against financial risks. The draft law on futures and derivatives was submitted on Monday to the National People's Congress Standing Committee for a third reading. Click here to read...
China nucleic acid testing capacity at 51.65 mln samples a day: Xinhuanet
April 18, 2022
Chinese nucleic acid testing agencies can process 51.65 million samples per day, the State Council joint COVID-19 prevention and control mechanism team said Sunday. Mass nucleic acid testing has been an effective tool to spot COVID-19 infections in China and a stronger capacity will raise people's confidence to contain the epidemic, the team said in a statement. Click here to read...
Chinese mainland reports 3,297 new local COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
April 19, 2022
The Chinese mainland Monday reported 3,297 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 3,084 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Tuesday. Apart from Shanghai, 18 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 88 in the northeastern province of Jilin. Click here to read...
Yangtze River Delta cities roll out supportive policies for small enterprises: Xinhuanet
April 19, 2022
Major cities in China's Yangtze River Delta, a private economic hub, have rolled out a series of measures to alleviate the cash crunch faced by small and micro enterprises caused by the recent COVID-19 resurgence. Fiscal policies such as tax and fee reductions, an extension of the deadline for filing tax returns, and rent concessions have been introduced for tens of thousands of private enterprises and individual entrepreneurs. Click here to read...
Top court orders crackdown on fraud against seniors: Xinhuanet
April 18, 2022
China's top court has ordered a nationwide campaign to crack down on fraud crimes against senior citizens, especially fraud in the name of elderly care. The Supreme People's Court (SPC) said that courts nationwide should seriously punish relevant crimes. Such efforts must include more severe financial penalties on the criminals. Click here to read...
China's economy on solid footing despite challenges of COVID, external uncertainty: Quishi
April 19, 2022
China's economy got off to a steady start in 2022 in the face of global challenges and a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. The country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.8 percent year on year to 27.02 trillion yuan (about 4.24 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first three months, quickening from a 4-percent increase in the fourth quarter last year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. Click here to read...
Bus drivers called on to provide vital transport: China Daily
April 19, 2022
Among the many unsung heroes on the front line of Shanghai's latest outbreak of COVID-19, bus drivers are playing a critical role in ensuring infected people are transported efficiently and safely to the facilities they need to get to for treatment and quarantine. Click here to read...
Shanghai to restart production, smooth logistic hurdles: China Daily
April 19, 2022
Shanghai is on track to resume production and ensure smooth logistics following a COVID-related citywide lockdown since April 1, as the city moves to safeguard its industrial and supply chains. A series of policies and measures, including a national directive to ensure smooth logistics and stabilize industrial and supply chains, are seen as key in reviving production and expediting recovery in China's commercial hub. Click here to read...
City in Anhui tightens epidemic control measures: China Daily
April 18, 2022
Wuhu, Anhui province, locked down its main urban areas on Sunday — so-called static management — following a report of a COVID-19 infection, the local government said. Prevention measures include curtailing traffic movement, except for vehicles with traffic permit certificates for epidemic control and prevention purposes, it said. Click here to read...
Robots help with deliveries, disinfection amid fight against Omicron in Shanghai: Global Times
April 19, 2022
Various kinds of unmanned robots are being used in Shanghai to battle the latest round of the Omicron variant outbreak. Unmanned disinfection robots and delivery robots have helped to reduce human contact and cut the infection risks. Click here to read...
China may see negative population growth in 2022, 12 years earlier than UN prediction: Global Times
April 19, 2022
Experts said that population aging may lead China to count more deaths than births in 2022, 12 years earlier than the UN predicted. They suggested boosting commercial insurance to support the elderly given the current inadequate old age welfare system. Click here to read...
Shanghai reports seven more COVID-19 patient deaths in latest Omicron outbreak; death tally reaches 10: Global Times
April 19, 2022
Shanghai on Tuesday reported seven more COVID-19 patient deaths all involving elderly people who haven't received COVID-19 vaccines, making the total number up to 10 amid this around of Omicron outbreak, according to the Shanghai health authorities. Click here to read...
High speed, AI trends for future helicopters, says Chinese attack chopper designer: Global Times
April 18, 2022
High speeds and artificial intelligence (AI) are among the trends in the development of future helicopters, a top Chinese military helicopter designer said during a recent public lecture, giving a glimpse into the possibilities of the country's next-generation choppers, which could feature completely new designs and configurations. Click here to read...
China to step up financial support for industries hit by COVID outbreaks: Reuters
April 18, 2022
China will step up financial support for industries, firms and people affected by COVID-19 outbreaks, the central bank said on Monday, as part of steps to cushion economic slowdown. Authorities will guide financial institutions to expand lending and surrender profits to the real economy, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said in a statement on its website. Click here to read...
China's Xi sticks with COVID stance despite anger, economic headwinds: Reuters
April 19, 2022
For many leaders, mounting public anger and a rapidly worsening economic outlook would be cause for worry and a policy rethink. But Chinese President Xi Jinping, who doubtless would prefer smoother sailing in the run-up to a third leadership term, is doubling down on a signature "dynamic zero" COVID-19 policy that has been increasingly tested by the more infectious Omicron variant. Click here to read...
China suspends promotion of "common prosperity" amid economic slump: Kyodo
April 18, 2022
China has decided to suspend the full promotion of President Xi Jinping's ambitious "common prosperity" policy for the time being, with the economy slowing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a Chinese source familiar with the matter said Monday. Last year, Xi pledged to pursue common prosperity, aimed at reducing the income gap at home by levying more regulations on the nation's lucrative sectors, including the IT and financial industries.
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No hot showers, 24-hour lights in China quarantine: Taipei Times
April 19, 2022
Beibei sleeps beside thousands of strangers in rows of cots in a high-ceilinged exhibition center. The lights stay on all night, and the 30-year-old real-estate saleswoman has yet to find a hot shower. Beibei and her husband were ordered into the massive National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai on Tuesday last week after spending 10 days isolated at home following a positive COVID-19 test. Their two-year-old daughter, who was negative, went to her grandfather, while her nanny also went into quarantine. Click here to read...
COVID-19: Shanghai lockdown sees first COVID-19 deaths: Taipei Times
April 19, 2022
Just three people have died from COVID-19 in Shanghai since a grueling lockdown began last month, despite recording hundreds of thousands of cases of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, China said yesterday. Click here to read...
Chinese security official orders risk elimination drive ahead of key Communist Party congress: South China Morning Post
April 18, 2022
China’s political and legal affairs chief, a protégé of President Xi Jinping, has ordered a new round of inspections to remove potential risks ahead of this year’s all-important Communist Party national congress. “[We] must consistently innovate with our political and legal work to welcome the victorious hosting of the 20th party congress,” said Chen Yixin, secretary general of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, China’s top law enforcement body.
His remarks were reported on the social media account of the commission, which oversees all of China’s police force, prosecutors, judges and its state security personnel. Click here to read...
Top research body cuts use of China’s largest online academic database over steep fees: South China Morning Post
April 19, 2022
China’s top research organisation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), will suspend its use of the country’s biggest online academic database because of its hefty annual subscription fee. A notice issued by CAS’ National Science Library earlier this month said it had covered the academy’s subscription fees to CNKI, or China National Knowledge Infrastructure, since 2008 but the fees had been rising steeply every year based on CNKI’s influence in the market, according to Hongxing News, an online news service also known as Red Star News. Click here to read...
