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Xi highlights Meeting boosts relations with Argentina, ChinaArab ties Dominican Republic amid contagion By AN BAIJIE and MO JINGXI China would like to continue to Event rolls out specific steps for both cooperate with Argentina on fighting COVID19 and offer assistance to the sides to strengthen strategic partnership South American nation within its capacity, President Xi Jinping said. By CAO DESHENG and MO JINGXI China and Arab states agreed to Xi made the remark while hold the ChinaArab summit as exchanging views on disease pre The COVID19 pandemic has part of efforts to enhance the level vention and cooperation with brought China and Arab nations of their relationship, Wang Di, Argentine President Alberto Fer much closer together through the directorgeneral of the Foreign Students take a boat to reach the venue for the national college entrance exam in floodaffected nandez through letters, according to ChinaArab States Cooperation Ministry’s Department of West Shexian county, Anhui province, on Tuesday. FANG JUNYAO / FOR CHINA DAILY a statement released on Tuesday. Forum and the mechanism of politi Asian and North African Affairs, The people of China and Argentina cal parties’ dialogue as they take con said after the meeting. have supported each other in the fight crete steps to build a ChinaArab Saudi Arabia expressed willing against the pandemic, which reflects community with a shared future, ness to convene the summit at a time the deep friendship between the peo officials and experts said. to be agreed, Wang Di said. Flooding adds to gaokao stress ple of the two countries, Xi said. The ninth ministerial meeting of “The decision to host such a sum Noting that China and many Latin the forum, held on Monday via vid mit is in itself a testament to the By ZHU LIXIN in Hefei American nations, including Argen eo link, rolled out specific steps for strong determination of both sides to [email protected] tina, are facing arduous tasks in China and Arab nations to strength elevate our strategic partnership and fighting the disease, stabilizing the en their strategic partnership deepen cooperation across the As if the stress of preparing for economy and improving people’s toward the building of a community board,” he added. the national college entrance livelihoods, Xi reaffirmed China’s with a shared future in the new era. Foreign ministers of League of exam, or gaokao, was not enough, wish to cooperate with Argentina on The meeting, cochaired by State Arab States members and the flooded roads in parts of eastern disease prevention and control. Councilor and Foreign Minister league’s SecretaryGeneral Ahmed China on Tuesday made it impos China firmly supports Argentina’s Wang Yi and Jordanian Minister of Aboul Gheit attended the meeting. sible for thousands of students to efforts to safeguard national stability Foreign Affairs and Expatriates President Xi Jinping, who has get to their testing sites. and promote development, Xi said, Ayman Safadi, generated three docu attached great importance to devel The government of Shexian adding that China would like to ments as its outcomes — a joint state oping cooperation with Arab nations, county in Anhui province said on deepen bilateral exchanges and ment of China and Arab nations in sent a congratulatory message to the Tuesday that the downpour, strengthen cooperation in all areas. solidarity and cooperation against meeting expressing hope that China which began before dawn, was the Fernandez said he appreciated the COVID19, the Amman Declaration and Arab states can enhance strate heaviest in 50 years. great efforts made by the Chinese demonstrating countries’ mutual gic communication, coordination A student in the county told government and people in fighting support for each other’s core inter and pragmatic cooperation, and China Youth Daily that a bus had against COVID19. He hailed the ests and their determination to build make more substantial and practical been sent to collect some students, A teacher encourages a student before she takes the gaokao in leading role that China has played in a community with a shared future, efforts in building the ChinaArab but “half of the vehicle’s body was Beijing on Tuesday. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY the global fight against the disease, and an action plan for their practical community with a shared future. underwater and it couldn’t move”. saying that Argentina is thankful for cooperation under the framework of Videos from local residents “It has been quite rainy this sea To guarantee that the second China’s help. the forum between 2020 and 2022. See Partnership, page 4 showed many roads in the county son, so we and the school didn’t day’s exams would go forward, the The two countries have demon blocked by floodwaters. Some stu regard it as a big deal. I can’t authorities said they had pre strated their friendship at such a diffi dents tried to press ahead in boats blame the school,” she said. pared a backup site and would cult time, he said, adding that the offered by rescuers. She said that it had rained all decide whether to switch to that ArgentinaChina comprehensive stra Zoo reopens The county has 2,769 students night and she woke up early in the location early on Wednesday. tegic partnership and cooperation aiming to take this year’s gaokao, morning only to find her commu The National Meteorological within multilateral frameworks will but only around 500 had arrived nity was badly flooded. She and Center issued an orange alert — be further deepened. at the examination sites by 10 am, some other students were trapped the secondhighest of the fourtier Xi and Fernandez had previously according to Wang Tianping, head in a bus on a flooded road until alert system — for rainstorms exchanged messages on jointly of the county’s education bureau. after 10 am, when she received a along the middle and lower fighting the disease in early April. Because a gaokao score can WeChat message that the Chinese reaches of the Yangtze River, with determine what college a student language exam, scheduled to heavy downpours expected to hit Congratulatory message may attend, examinees carry their begin at 9 am, had been canceled the region from 8 pm on Tuesday Xi on Tuesday congratulated Luis family’s hopes for the future. and would be rescheduled. to 8 pm on Wednesday. Rodolfo Abinader on winning the The county was forced to cancel Meanwhile, the attempt to Meanwhile, exams went ahead presidency of the Dominican Repub the first day’s two exams — for move the students by bus failed. smoothly on Tuesday in Wuhan, lic and pledged to work with him in Chinese language and mathemat An announcement from the Hubei, which was also affected by promoting the greater development ics — as most local students failed local government, at around 10 torrential rain. Teams of more than of bilateral ties. to reach the two examination am, conveyed the message that the 2,000 rescuers and some 500 dis In a congratulatory message to sites on time because of flooding. first exam had been canceled, but aster relief vehicles were sent to Abinader, Xi said that with the joint Large parts of seven provinces said the other three would go assist the students. At a news con efforts of both sides, the relationship and two municipalities along the ahead as scheduled. ference it was announced that no between China and the Dominican Yangtze River have had heavy rain Then, shortly before 2 pm, an students were late for their exams. Republic has developed rapidly with fall since July 4, according to the announcement from the provin Previously, the annual gaokao the strengthening of mutual political National Meteorological Center. cial education authorities said the has taken place on June 7 and 8, trust and allround practical cooper Rain was heaviest in Hubei mathematics exam had also been but the Ministry of Education ation achieving fruitful results since province, with more than 600 mil canceled because the waters had decided to delay the exam this year the two countries established diplo A tourist feeds a giraffe at Singapore Zoo after it reopened to the public limeters. Some areas in neighbor not receded. The two canceled due to the COVID19 pandemic. matic ties. on Monday. The country has eased COVID19 prevention and control ing Anhui, Hunan and Guizhou exams are scheduled to take place In May 2018, China and the measures, which had been in place since April. THEN CHIH WEY / XINHUA provinces saw between 250 and on Thursday, the authorities said Liu Kun in Wuhan contributed to Dominican Republic signed a joint 480 millimeters of precipitation. around 10 pm on Tuesday. this story. communique in Beijing on the estab The student interviewed by Wang said the students had lishment of diplomatic relations aft China Youth Daily, who was not been provided with psychological Inside er the Caribbean country severed named, said the rain had come counseling to alleviate their stress “diplomatic relations” with Taiwan. Yuan strengthens as Chinese unexpectedly, and she and her at the most important moment of • See more, page 6 Xi said that he values developing parents had received no warning. their education to date. • Comment, page 11 China’s relationship with the Dominican Republic and will work stocks continue robust rally with Abinader to deepen friendly bilateral exchanges and cooperation. By CHEN JIA reference, at 7.0310 on Tuesday, up RECORD BUYERS GET BACK IN VINYL GROOVE According to election results on [email protected] 353 points from Monday, the larg ◆ Monday, Abinader, who leads the est daily appreciation since April 9. country’s opposition Modern Revolu Global investors are continually The offshore yuan strengthened Turntables spin as format witnesses revival tionary Party, had won the presiden buying into the rally in China’s equi past 7 per dollar for the first time cy of the Dominican Republic with ty market, which has taken the ren since March. By CHEN NAN that the country has become a about 53 percent of Sunday’s vote. minbi to its highest level in several The huge influx of “northbound [email protected] dynamic force in recorded music. China has provided antiepidemic months and reinforced hopes that capital”, which flowed from over The Global Music Report: Data materials to and shared treatment the country’s earlier economic seas to the mainland through ince launching his debut and Analysis for 2019, published experience with the Dominican recovery would sustain the bullish stock connect programs linking album Jay in 2000, Man on May 4 by the International Republic since the novel coronavirus market sentiment, analysts said. onshore and offshore capital mar darin pop star Jay Chou Federation of the Phonographic pandemic broke out in the country. Chinese stocks extended their kets, indicated that global inves has built a massive fan released on vinyl. My first album Industry, showed that China rally on Tuesday, with the CSI 300 tors are buying Chinese stocks. Sbase in Asia. was released on Nov 6, 2000, and remained the seventhlargest Contact the writers at index of shares listed in Shanghai The rally resulted in large demand To mark his 20th anniversary in it’s meaningful for me to cele market for recorded music. [email protected] and Shenzhen gaining 2 percent in for the renminbi and strengthened the music industry, the singer will brate my career with a set of such Chou’s longtime friend, lyricist early trading, although the rise its value, Guan Tao, chief global release a set of vinyl records, Chou’s discs,” Chou said. Vincent Fang, who has written slowed to 0.6 percent at the close. economist at BOC International record company Sony Music Vinyl plays a small but vital songs with the singer since 2000, On Monday, the index surged 5.67 (China) Co Ltd, told China Daily. announced on June 30. part in China’s music industry. said, “The release of Chou’s old © 2020 China Daily percent, its biggest daily gain in Featuring 150 songs from his Rather than disappearing, the albums on vinyl can serve as time All Rights Reserved A member of the five years. See RMB, page 4 14 albums during the past 20 format is making an impressive capsules, locking in our memories.” Vol.24 — No. 7230 Asia News Network The People’s Bank of China, the years, the set will include a blank comeback amid competition Fans have reacted warmly to central bank, set the central parity Inside vinyl disc to promote Chou’s from digitalized music. Chou’s release on vinyl. of the RMB exchange rate against upcoming album. The resurgence of interest in the US dollar, or the daily trading Editorial, page 10 “This is the first time I have vinyl also underscores the fact See Discs, page 2