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Premier calls new business models of of 59 existing ones. The zones, in and other new models of industry at been deeply integrated into the combination with practices to boost a faster pace to promote the growth world economy. We must promptly Dutch PM ‘vital importance’ amid world pandemic commerce, will provide firms locat of foreign trade and investment. analyze the outbreak’s impact on ed there with supportive policies Competent departments should the industrial chains and work out By XU WEI By ZHANG YUE ing chaired by Premier Li Keqiang like exemption of value added and exercise sound quality supervision our policy response accordingly. [email protected] [email protected] on Tuesday. excise taxes on retail exports. and ensure unimpeded logistics ser This is of vital importance to sus “Tackling the economic impact of The zones’ host cities, where con vices,” Li said. taining employment,” Li said. China is willing to facilitate China will set up 46 new integrat the outbreak abroad is an important ditions allow, will be considered for The meeting also stressed the The meeting decided to host the the procurement of medical ed pilot zones for crossborder task facing us. As countries have all inclusion in the pilot program on need to coordinate domestic and 127th China Import and Export Fair resources and their delivery to ecommerce, and will hold the Can taken rigorous containment meas retail imports via crossborder foreign trade and help companies (Canton Fair) online in mid to late the Netherlands through com ton Fair online to keep foreign trade ures, China’s foreign trade and ecommerce. Companies will be engaged in processing trade tackle June given the global outbreak situa mercial channels and will con and investment broadly stable investment is trending downward,” supported in the joint building and difficulties. tion. Powered by advanced informa tinue to ensure high quality despite the impact of the COVID19 Li said. sharing of overseas warehouses. “In a globalized world, countries tion technology, it will provide standards in its exports, Premier outbreak. The decisions were made The meeting decided to set up the “We must accelerate the develop all have a stake in each other’s aroundtheclock services for online Li Keqiang said on Tuesday. at the State Council’s executive meet additional ecommerce zones on top ment of crossborder ecommerce future. The Chinese economy has product promotion and negotiations. In a phone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Li also relayed his hope that the Netherlands will adopt Mission accomplished concrete measures to ensure the Wuhan: Nation’s response safety and convenience of Chi nese citizens, especially stu dents, in the country. unprecedented, expert says The two nations, both free trade advocates, should make From page 1 Nineteen provinces formed part joint efforts to safeguard the sta nerships with 16 cities and counties bility and security of global Epidemic response was on the in Hubei to help them where medi industry and supply chains and agenda of a series of Party leader cal resources were overstretched, a guarantee unimpeded interna ship meetings Xi has presided over usual practice China follows in tional cargo transport, he said. since early January, including eight mobilizing nationwide resources Rutte expressed appreciation meetings of the Standing Commit for disaster relief. for China’s support during the tee of the Political Bureau of the CPC When Xi flew to Wuhan on an COVID19 pandemic, which is an Central Committee. inspection tour on March 10, he indicator of friendship and soli At the meetings, he frequently expressed his respect for medical darity between the two nations underlined the importance of workers, military officers and sol in the face of difficult times. The adopting the approach of early diers, community workers, police Netherlands has full confidence detection, reporting, isolation and officers, officials, volunteers and in the quality of supplies from treatment in epidemic control, and people from all walks of life who China and will ensure the safety urged redoubled efforts to improve have been fighting the epidemic on of Chinese in the country, he said. the admission and recovery rates the front line. He expressed sympa and to reduce the infection and thy to patients and their relatives, mortality rates. as well as the families of those who Helal Helal, deputy general secre died of the disease and those who tary of the Arab Ba’ath Socialist Par died on duty. Foreigners ty of Syria, said that the great While stressing that medical achievements China has made in treatment should be given the top the fight against the outbreak speak priority to improve the recovery in China volume about the peoplecentered rate and reduce mortality to the philosophy embedded in traditional greatest extent through scientific Medical workers celebrate the completion of their mission upon arriving at Beijing Capital International Chinese culture. and targeted treatment, he Airport late on Tuesday. The 164 staff members of Beijing’s ChinaJapan Friendship Hospital aided the get equal In a message to the recent Asian demanded more understanding fight against COVID19 in Wuhan, Hubei province, the country’s hardesthit area. XU JINGXING / CHINA DAILY Political Parties Online Conference, and tolerance for people in Hubei the Syrian party official said what and Wuhan if some vented their treatment China has done constitutes a great frustrations after being under self contribution to maintaining a life quarantine for a long time, as well By WANG QINGYUN with dignity for all humanity. as efforts to ensure the supply of [email protected] To leave no COVID19 patient their life necessities. Measures: Some strategies prove effective unattended, Wuhan built two hospi Chen Feng, a 75yearold resi China opposes any form of dis tals — Huoshenshan and Leishen dent of Songtaoyuan community From page 1 nationwide to 983, according to the the capacity of areas that have crimination and bias, and has shan — literally from scratch in in Wuhan’s Wuchang district, said National Health Commission. weak health systems and are in applied its prevention and con about two weeks. Each had more he appreciated Xi’s personal care Before an effective and safe vac Galea added that the digital dire need of medical supplies. trol measures to foreigners the than 1,000 beds. It also established 16 for people’s sufferings as well as cine can be approved for public use, approach adopted by the Chinese “China gives a compelling exam same way they are applied to Chi makeshift hospitals converted from his strong leadership in the peo Galea said a series of traditional government — using smart tech ple where different provinces nese, Foreign Ministry spokes sports stadiums and exhibition halls. ple’s war on the epidemic. “Presi public health measures, such as nology to coordinate supplies and twinned up with different cities in man Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday. Chen Weiguo, president of the dent Xi’s visit to Wuhan took place keeping social distance, wide testing logistics of materials and to facili Hubei, the hardesthit area. They Responding to some media Stateowned China Construction at a critical time in the fight and prompt tracing of close contacts tate tracing close contacts of have provided healthcare services claims that xenophobic senti Third Engineering Bureau Co, against the virus. His visit boosted and quarantine, are at hand. These infected patients — is also being — both equipment and healthcare ments are rising in China since it said building the hospitals in such our confidence in securing victo strategies have been deployed and widely implemented in some for workers — that are needed in the restricted the entry of foreigners a short time sounded like a mis ry,” Chen said. scaled up across China and proved eign countries. spirit of solidarity,” he said. late last month, Zhao said China sion impossible, but his company Thanks to the stringent preven to be effective in curbing the epi Guo Yanhong, a senior official For countries that cannot afford has always attached great impor created a miracle. tion and control measures, the situ demic, he said. at the commission’s medical to send sufficient numbers of tance to the safety and health of More than 34,000 employees ation in Wuhan keeps improving. He also stressed that extensive administration and supervision healthcare workers to badly affect foreign nationals in China. from around China worked around Ma Xiaowei, minister of the Nation testing and epidemiological investi bureau, said 38,000 of the over ed regions, Galea said rigorous “We don’t apply extra quaran the clock, and they raced against al Health Commission, said at a gations will enable health authori 42,000 medical workers sent to application of containment strate tine measures on someone just time to build the hospitals in order news conference on March 31 that ties to understand the risk levels and Hubei had returned to their home gies to avert a sudden spike in cas because they are foreigners, nor to get more patients treated, Chen the domestic spread of the virus, the extent of transmission in an area. provinces by Monday. es is crucial. do we reduce or relax those said. with Wuhan being the main battle “In China, most communities “Nearly 1,000 medical workers In some provinces in China, the measures just because they are Over 340 medical teams consist field, has been “basically blocked” are now free of the virus and the and some senior experts have number of infections was kept con foreigners,” he said at a daily ing of over 42,600 medical workers and epidemic control efforts have cases we are hearing of are basical remained in Wuhan and Hubei. sistently very low thanks to aggres news conference. from across the country, rushed to produced significant results. ly imported cases,” he said. They are responsible for treating sive control measures. “That is the Chinese government depart the hardesthit city at the call of the Zhang Wenhong, director of the The Chinese mainland added 32 severe cases,” she said. ideal situation for countries that ments and local governments central government. That number infectious disease department of new confirmed infections on Mon As more countries are confront can mount such strong public across the country have been included at least 4,000 medical staff Shanghai Huashan Hospital, told day — all involving people return ed with overburdened healthcare health measures,” he said. doing their best to ensure that for from the People’s Liberation Army. China Central Television that it is ing from overseas — bringing the systems, Galea has urged collabo eigners’ needs in terms of every Wang Xinghuan, president of an unprecedented, remarkable total number of imported cases ration between countries to boost Zou Shuo contributed to this story. day life, quarantine and medical Leishenshan Hospital, said 3,202 achievement that a country can treatment are met, Zhao said. medical workers from 286 hospitals contain the pandemic in around China also provides the same from across the country gathered in two to four months. “All the nation, treatment to foreigners who con the medical facility to help treat the people and medical workers have tract the novel coronavirus as it critically ill patients. done their utmost to curb the epi Ports: Facilities expected to play bigger role provides to Chinese patients, “We all have the same goal, saving demic,” Zhang said. Zhao said. more lives and helping more The risk of imported infections From page 1 10 consecutive years. In 2019, it system, which led to a stockpiling Speaking of China’s announce patients recover from the illness,” remains high, so vigilance is still handled 43.3 million TEUs (twen of cargo at docks. ment restricting the entry of for Wang said, adding more than 1,000 highly needed to prevent the dis Bai Ming, a senior research fellow tyfoot equivalent units) of con Because of stagnant logistics, fall eigners with valid Chinese visas volunteers and a great number of ease from going viral again, he said, at the Chinese Academy of Interna tainers, reporting a net profit of 9 ing demand and poor road trans or residence permits, the spokes Stateowned and private companies adding that he is confident the tional Trade and Economic Cooper billion yuan ($1.27 billion), portation conditions, the amount of man said China was compelled offered their services to ensure the country will fully win the battle ation, said the integrity of the global according to the company. empty containers once reached to make the temporary move in hospital operated well. against the virus. supply chain has been damaged by Zhejiang province’s Ningbo 450,000 TEUs at the ports of SIPG, accordance with the pandemic’s the COVID19 outbreak in overseas Zhoushan Port, the world’s largest beyond the company’s capacity of development and many other markets, and it is critical for China port by throughput volume for 11 390,000 TEUs. Through optimizing countries’ practices. to supply antiepidemic medical years in row, has restored most of its its resources, expanding its storage “China did this to be responsi Back to class materials to the world and help oth handling capacity. In March, it han space, and leasing extra space from ble for its own people as well as er countries resume production and dled 2.28 million TEUs, only 2.5 per industrial counterparts, SIPG man foreign citizens,” Zhao said, add combat the virus. cent less than a year ago, and 62.66 aged to increase its stockpile capac ing that the country has fully “China’s ports have been playing million tons of cargo in total, 9.2 per ity by 200,000 TEUs. addressed the reasonable con a critically important role in fight cent less yearonyear, according to a Considering the importance of cerns of foreigners and respected ing the COVID19 outbreak in that public notice released by the port. ocean shipping, which accounts for their religious faith and customs. they provide unimpeded and sus Mao Jianhong, chairman of Ning up to 90 percent of global cargo Zhao also provided an update tained gateway services, and help bo Zhoushan Port Group, has a deep transportation, Zhou said China’s on China’s decision to send med keep international trade moving,” understanding of the importance of resilient transportation through its ical experts to the Philippines to said Michael Han, China managing the port to the national economy ports will effectively underpin the help it fight COVID19. He said director of APM Terminals. and the global supply chain. recovery of the global supply chain the experts arrived in Manila on After the outbreak of the epidem “Ports serve as the barometer of a after the COVID19 outbreak. Sunday. The 12 experts, picked by ic, Shanghai International Port nation’s economy, and it is crucial “As we are shifting focus to resum the Fujian Provincial Health Group has attached equal impor in the restoration of business, ing production in China and to sup Commission and dispatched by tance to containing COVID19 as it maintenance of the global industri porting the entire global community the National Health Commis does to maintaining the smooth al chain and the stability of supply fighting the virus, China’s ports will sion, are working mainly in flow of shipments. chain,” Mao said. continue to shoulder critical respon Manila, he said. Currently, its daily operating According to Zhou, all Chinese sibilities on a much larger global They will share their experi capacity has returned to more than ports continued their services even stage,” said Han at APM Terminals. ence in disease control, public Students return on Tuesday to Nanning No 2 High School in the 90 percent of its normal level. during the most severe part of the health policies and medical Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Students in Guangxi went back SIPG has been ranked as the contagion, although their perform Zhong Nan in Beijing and treatment with Philippine coun to school on Tuesday now that the novel coronavirus disease is basi world’s busiest container port in ance was impaired by the interrup Ma Zhenhuan in Hangzhou terparts working on the front cally under control. CUI BOWEN / XINHUA terms of container throughput for tion of the road distribution contributed to this story. line, Zhao said.