The European Patent Office published its Patent Index 2020, which showed patent applications from Chinese inventors amounted to 13,432 last year, an increase of 9.9 percent year-on-year.

At a press briefing ahead of the Executive Council meeting, Lam said multiple local laws will be amended to improve the electoral system and there is a need to adopt the way of consolidation ordinance.

Industry insiders said people are using the coming holidays to make up for the trips they missed earlier.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, "We hope for a positive outcome. We hope that China and the United States can find ways to collaborate on critical issues, notably on climate change, on rebuilding the post-COVID world."

New subsections for industries such as integrated circuits, bio-medicine and smart transportation will be included in this year's edition.

A series of activities, such as offering sacrifice to the spring flowers, are held to celebrate the festival in Fuzhou on March 13-14.

Farmers feed basses in Deqing County of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 14, 2021.

Photos taken on March 14, 2021 show the snow scenery of Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

The topic of school bullying struck a strong personal chord with Chinese audiences after its debut in China in October 2019. It's a nationwide problem that has existed for years but was rarely broached in Chinese films.