World

  • Japan to fully lift COVID-19 emergency state in Tokyo area, Hokkaido
  • Xinjiang company exports drip irrigation technology to Uzbekistan (It is a modern water-saving demonstration project.)
  • 6million Australians download “world-leading” COVID-19 tracing app ( The app called”COVIDSAFE”. Population in AU is 25,499,884.)

China

  • China’s Beidou system offers more, greater applications
  • China to launch online global system to predict COVID-19 spread (it will be online on Monday. The system will predict the daily numbers of infection cases for 30 consecutive days of over 180 countries around the world, taking into account the impact of climate and environmental conditions, population densities as well as government control measures, said Huang Jiaping, director of the center)
  • Huawei leads China’s 5G phone market in Q1(As the end of March, shipments of Huawei’s 5G smartphones amounted to 15 million units, topping the rankings with a 55.4% share in China.)
  • Beijing restarts flights to Hubei
  • NDRC(National Development and Reform Commission) backs raising fiscal deficit, issuing special bonds
  • China opens its door wider to foreign investors(a number of key foreign-funded projects are expected to be launched this year in fields such as electronic information, new materials and advanced manufacturing, the country’s top economic regulator said on Sunday)
  • Remeasuring team heading to Mount Qomolangma summit again after delayed twice by bad weather
  • WangYi answers questions on China’s foreign policy (Highlights of press conference on China’s foreign policy and diplomatic relations. 2020 two sessions>>news link)
    • On the COVID-19 pandemic
    • On China-US relations
    • On globalization
    • On China, Russia relations
    • On Global aid
    • On National security legislation for HKSAR
    • On origin of virus
    • On China-EU relations
    • Lawsuits related to COVID-19 doom to fail
    • On China, Japan and ROK cooperation
    • On the tasks of Chinese diplomacy in 2020
    • On helping Africa combat virus
    • On foreign exchanges
    • On china’s approach of diplomacy
    • On WHO role
    • On Belt and Road
    • On ties with ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
    • On Korea Peninsula
    • On opposing official interactions with Taiwan
    • On South China sea
    • On helping overseas Chinese
    • On Afghanistan’s peace-building process
    • On restarting Hubei’s international exchanges