On behalf of the Chinese government and people, Xi voiced staunch support for the French government and people in their fight against the pandemic.

According to a 2015 guideline issued by the State Council, central authorities will offer soft loans to infrastructure projects in such pilot zones located in border regions.

Last year, only 30 percent of the chips used in China were domestically made. But the government wants to have that rate raised to 70 percent within five years.

The inclusion of Tai Chi marks that currently China has 42 intangible cultural heritage items on the list, ranking first in the world, according to China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in January, the WHO has dispatched scientists to China twice in an effort to trace the virus origin, first in February and then in July.

"The lunar sample is the shared treasure of mankind. We are willing to conduct cooperation with international peers on the basis of fairness and shared benefits," Xu Hongliang, spokesman for the administration, said.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government held an oath-taking ceremony for under secretaries and political assistants, witnessed by the HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that China is ready to discuss expeditious resumption of normal personnel and cargo flows at border crossings with Mongolia while ensuring good prevention and control of COVID-19.

North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has seen its dairy industry continue to burgeon over the past three years, with milk output, the scale of its processing industry and its market share of dairy products all ranking first in China.