Beijing promised to deliver an "athlete-centered, sustainable and economical" Winter Games during the bidding process, and has been upholding these principles throughout the ongoing preparations.

People's basic needs are being guaranteed and daily production and order are being restored quickly, officials said at the news conference.

The IMF said China's prospects for 2021 were marked down slightly due to a stronger-than-anticipated scaling back of public investment; the country's growth in 2022 is estimated at 5.6 percent, which is also 0.1 percentage point down from the IMF's July forecast.

China hopes the two countries will further implement cooperation in preventing and curbing desertification to jointly build a clean and beautiful environment, the premier said.

Zhao Xiangrong, a former truck driver and a chef, returned to his hometown in Guizhou and started planting rice in 2015. Supported and guided by local government and experts, Zhao has developed skills in cultivating rice containing zinc, selenium and other microelement. After six years of hard work, Zhao has accumulated rich experience in sowing seeds, managing field, as well as processing, transportation and storage of rice. 

The South China tiger is a rare kind endemic to China and is on the national first-class protection list. Currently, a total of 28 South China tigers are living in the Shanghai Zoo. The zoo has recorded each tiger's information and established a gene bank for research, and tigers are treated and bred in a scientific way.

Ice Cream China 2021 opened Monday in north China's Tianjin Municipality, attracting more than 400 companies and nearly 10,000 buyers.

The academy said that urban residents' leisure time is closely related to their work. They have spent more time on leisure activities on weekends this year, about 4.4 hours a day, compared with an average of 3.82 hours a day on workdays.

The flood situation in the province has been stabilized. The water levels of small and medium-sized rivers have fallen below the warning mark, said the headquarters.

Efforts need to be grounded in the reality that the country is at a new development stage, has a new development philosophy and is striving to foster a new development paradigm to advance high-quality growth.