In an all-out effort to save lives, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has added convalescent plasma therapy to its range of treatments for severe COVID-19 patients, according to local health officials.

As many as 115,000 workers in Beijing will visit homes to conduct the seventh national population census, which kicked off on Sunday, authorities in the capital said on Monday. 

A laborer works at the construction site of a one-stop aircraft maintenance base at Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, capital city of south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 2, 2020. 

Mascots of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) are seen at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), a main venue for the 3rd CIIE, in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 2, 2020.

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 2, 2020 shows a view of a dawn redwood forest in Zhanghe Reservoir of Jingmen City, central China's Hubei Province. 

Premier Li Keqiang has called for high standards in formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development to secure a good start in fully building a modern socialist country.

China's economy recovered steadily in October as the latest data showed the continuous expansion of the manufacturing and services sectors. Economists expect structural reforms and opening measures unveiled in the country's newly proposed five-year plan and its development goals for 2035 will help sustain long-term growth.

China on Sunday started its seventh national population count, with about 7 million census takers going door to door to document demographic changes in the world's most populous country.

China's State Taxation Administration said Sunday the country's tax and fee cuts totaled 2.09 trillion yuan (about 311.22 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three quarters of this year.

Despite the growth in unfavorable public opinion toward China in the West, young adults in the United States and European countries tend to hold a more positive view on China and have a more rational viewpoint on the China policy of their countries, surveys have shown.