On the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Li urged other nations to hasten work for the agreement to take effect as early as possible, and to continue to advance free trade and pursue higher-level integration.

According to the ministry, a total of 16 provincial-level regions in China have raised the payment standard, with a maximum rise of 100 yuan per month in some regions, covering more than 72 million elderly people.

In 2014, the Lhasa-Xigaze Railway became operational, cutting the commute time between the two cities from six hours by bus down to about three hours by train. The inauguration of the Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway is another milestone in the railway development of Tibet.

Schools and kindergartens in Hohhot closed for one day on Monday to disinfect the campus amid recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases.

China donated another batch of Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines to the Philippines on Sunday to support the country's COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The donation arrived in Manila along with the vaccines of the same brand that the Philippines purchased from China.

A commemoration ceremony was held on Monday in memory of the 71th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) army entering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Representatives of CPV veterans and family members of CPV martyrs attended the ceremony.

Agricultural products wholesale markets, supermarkets and logistics companies in Hohhot have taken measures to ensure the supply of daily necessities for residents following a recent COVID-19 resurgence.

Pharmacists of the hospital are busy providing decoctions for COVID-19 prevention and control to individuals under medical quarantine and medical workers at the frontline. The hospital also offered the decoctions to local residents for free at the outpatient hall. 

A truck loaded with the first batch of exhibits arrives at the north square of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), a main venue for the fourth China International Import Expo (CIIE), in east China's Shanghai, Oct. 23, 2021. The expo is set to take place in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10 this year.