World

  • China, Zimbabwe to step up pandemic fight (China and Zimbabwe have vowed to strengthen cooperation and join forces to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as it spreads on the African continent)
  • COVID-19 deaths in US top 40000
  • Global education sector urged to face pandemic challenges together
  • More action urged to help poor nations during pandemic
  • Some US states begin to ease restrictions
  • Ministries give international freight sector a boost(China is boosting its international freight capacity and stabilizing cross-border logistics amid the novel coronavirus pneumonia pandemic with a slew of measure, a Ministry of Transport official said.)
  • Medical supply exports unimpeded. (China is ramping up efforts to ensure product quality to help the global fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak, does not restrict medical supply exports. It is only intercepting defective medical equipment to ensure the quality of exports.)

China

  • PBOC(People’s Bank of China-the central bank) cuts to absorb pandemic’s effects (China’s central bank cut the benchmark lending rate by 0.2 percentage points on Monday, the largest decline since the new rate was set in August 2019, to lower financing costs and offset downward pressures from the coronavirus pandemic.)
  • Hubei to hold gaokao on same dates as other regions
  • African officials: Guangdong info flow shows goodwill
  • Final year students eyeing uncertain future
  • Central SOE(State-owned enterprises)’s net profit falls 59% to $18b.
  • Wuhan offering more than 50000 coronavirus tests a day
  • Regional cooperation vital for virus response(Since the start of the outbreak, which has involved more than 2.3 million confirmed infections and 160000 deaths worldwide, China has been working with its neighbors to overcome the unprecedented common threat caused by COVID-19 through bilateral or multilateral mechanisms and make joint efforts to offset the impact of the epidemic on their economic development.)
  • Plowing work a positive sign in agriculture
  • Supportive policies help herdsman out of poverty
  • 2020 Chinese Super League could start in June