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Stronger Together May 2020 May Vol. 863 Stronger Together 10 国内零售价： 元 USA $5.10 UK ₤3.20 50-52 56-59 62-65 Australia $9.10 Europe €5.20 Canada $7.80 Turkey TL.10.00 Getting Through Small Business Survival Full of Heat Lockdown with IT in the COVID-19 Era 2-903 CN11-1429/Z 邮发代号 可绕地球赤道栽种树木按已达塞罕坝机械林场的森林覆盖率寒来暑往，沙地变林海，荒原成绿洲。半个多世纪，三代人耕耘。牢记使命 80% ， 1 米株距排开， 艰苦创业 12 圈。 绿色发展 Saihanba is a cold alpine area in northern Hebei Province bordering the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It was once a barren land but is now home to 75,000 hectares of forest, thanks to the labor of generations of forestry workers in the past 55 years. Every year the forest purifies 137 million cubic meters of water and absorbs 747,000 tons of carbon dioxide. The forest produces 12 billion yuan (around US$1.8 bil- lion) of ecological value annually, according to the Chinese Academy of Forestry. 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Special Report Subscription and distribution agency in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan: 08 Better Together Hong Kong Peace Book Company, Ltd. 17/F., Paramount Building, 12 Ka Yip Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong 16 A Real Test of Humanitarianism 20 Global Crisis Demands Global Response Visit China Pictorial on the Internet: www.china-pictorial.com.cn 24 Combating COVID-19 Together 28 International Cooperation Speeds Up Alibaba Shows More Than Heart Follow us on: 32 36 Wuhan Is Back 17 38 65 78 Features People 44 Opening Back Up 66 The Second Half of the Coronavirus Battle 46 All for the Exports 50 Getting Through Lockdown with IT Culture 53 “World’s Supermarket” Wading Through the Pandemic 70 Streaming Opportunity 56 Small Business Survival in the COVID-19 Era 74 Responsibility, Trust and Love 60 Building a New Global Industrial Chain with 5G 76 Beijing Hutong Makeover Ecology Cover caption 62 Full of Heat April 26, 2020: A couple of lovers walk past a mural depicting a medical worker wearing a mask in London, Britain. by Han Yan/Xinhua EXPRESS | NEWS by Ju Peng/Xinhua Xi Applauds E-commerce April 20, Shangluo, Shaanxi Province: Chinese promote sales of agricultural products, help rural residents President Xi Jinping inspects poverty alleviation efforts in shake off poverty, and facilitate rural vitalization.” Jinmi Village of Xiaoling Township in Zhashui County. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, China is deter- “E-commerce is an emerging sector with great poten- mined to realize the goal of reducing the nation’s tial,” declared Xi during the inspection tour. “It can impoverished population to zero this year. Stay Home April 18, Giza, Egypt: One of the Giza pyramids is illuminated with words “STAY HOME” on World Heritage Day amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As of April 27, global confirmed COVID-19 cases have topped 3 million, with the death toll reaching 208,131 according to statistics from U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. Dozens of countries have declared a state of emergency, and some have taken drastic measures to lock down cities or even the whole country. by Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua 04 VOLUME 863 MAY · 2O20 Streaming Concerts Leishenshan April 14, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province: Musicians of the Hospital Retired Xi’an Symphony Orchestra rehearse for a concert to be livestreamed. April 15, Wuhan, Hubei Province: A medical Joining many other performers in finding creative worker seals wards after Leishenshan Hospital was ways to engage with the public amid the COVID-19 thoroughly disinfected. outbreak, the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra launched a The provisional hospital closed that day after the series of online streaming concerts featuring visuals coronavirus epidemic had waned. Retirement of the of artwork in Xi’an museums. hospital was a landmark development in Wuhan’s Titled When Museums Meets XSO, the online series months-long battle against the epidemic, indicat- kicked off with an hour-long concert at 8 p.m. on ing that the city’s COVID-19 treatment was “back to April 18 broadcast from the Shaanxi History Museum. normal,” said Jiao Yahui, an official with the National Over 3 million people watched the concert online Health Commission of China. through social media platforms. by Li Yibo/Xinhua by Xu Xun/China Pictorial National Mourning for In Wuhan, the city hit hardest by the epidemic on the COVID-19 Victims Chinese mainland, mourning activities were also held to commemorate those who succumbed to the disease. April 4, Wuhan, Hubei Province: A man bows in silence to mourn lives lost to the coronavirus outbreak. A national mourning was held to pay tribute to the heroes who sacrificed their lives fighting the outbreak and all those who perished. The 1.4 billion people in China came to a halt for a full three minutes starting from 10 a.m. on April 4. In Beijing, flags in Tian’anmen Square were flown at half-mast, as were those flying above the central leader- ship organs of the Party, the national legislature, the central government, national political advisory body, military bases, court houses and top procuratorate. Across the nation, air raid sirens blared. Cars, trains, and ships blew their horns. Public recreational activities were suspended for the day. Flags also flew at half-mast at Chinese embassies and consulates around the world. by Chen Jian/China Pictorial CHINA PICTORIAL 05 EXPRESS | COMMENT Imbalanced Criticism Text by Xu Feibiao Unfair and hostile reports on China and its motives for offering aid to other countries demonstrate that some Western media outlets and politicians still harbor resentment about April 24, 2020: Workers in a mask plant China even during a crisis demanding concerted global effort. in Tangshan City, northern China’s Hebei Province, are busy fulfilling domestic and overseas orders to help prevent and control the pandemic. by Yang Shiyao/Xinhua s China’s COVID-19 fight Biased Reporting supplies in the country. resulted in encouraging Clearly, such news reports leave Considering the rising demand numbers after mid-March, a negative impact on Chinese-made for medical supplies worldwide the virus spread around products as they hinder China’s aid and continuous shortage of related Athe whole world, with the epicenter efforts. Most of the reports about commodities in China, Chinese shifting to Europe and the United the low quality of medical supplies enterprises are overcoming various States. The virus knows no borders. from China feature biased and difficulties to accelerate manufac- To address the crisis threaten- misleading information. The truth turing. Indeed, some defective ing humanity, China has provided is complex. products did reach target recipients. aid for other countries by sending First, some products were But solving such problems demands medics and donating masks, bought from unqualified Chinese timely communication rather than a testing reagents and protective enterprises. After reading Spanish rush to criticism. As Chinese Foreign suits, while maintaining its own media reports, the Chinese Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying epidemic prevention and control Embassy in Spain immedi- noted, when China was immersed in domestically. ately investigated the incident. its own war against COVID-19, some China’s aid has received high As it turned out, the problematic products donated by foreign countries acclaim worldwide. But misunder- reagents were not donated by the were lacking in quality, but China standing and rumors of the quality Chinese government, but bought turned to the goodwill of donors and of medical supplies donated by by the Spanish side from ineligible still showed gratitude. Most Chinese China have also been spread in Chinese manufacturers. products have high quality and are in some countries. The second factor is faulty opera- great demand. On March 26, 2020, some tion. The problems reported by the Spanish media reports claimed Netherlands resulted from inappro- Tipped Scale that China’s rapid test kits had priate usage. A joint investigation by The fact that some Western only 30 percent accuracy. On China’s Ministry of Commerce and media outlets rushed to criticize March 28, the Health Ministry Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed the quality of products donated of the Netherlands declared that that Dutch staff mistook common by China is expected by Chinese 1.3 million Chinese-made KN95 protective masks for surgical masks.
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