Public health experts in Hong Kong called for continued efforts to fight the COVID-19 epidemic and urged people not to let their guard down as new cases continued to be reported amid a relaxing of social distancing measures.

With more Chinese heeding a national call, curbing food waste and promoting thrift have increasingly become a common practice among restaurants and diners. It is also apparent during the ongoing eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

A Chinese e-commerce platform selling products from the country's poverty-stricken areas has seen its sales exceed 3.1 billion yuan (about 455.2 million U.S. dollars).

Tourists enjoy their time in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, on Oct. 5, 2020, the fifth day of National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

Thanks to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and its extension railways, many tourist attractions in the province have been connected, which significantly promoted the tourism industry here and helped locals increase income. 

Until 15:00 p.m. of Oct. 4, 150 registered scenery spots in Guangdong Province had received about 7.8 million visitors in total in the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Rural trips, history and cultural trips and night trips have become popular choices for tourists.

China will hasten the building of a modern and comprehensive transport system in the southern island province of Hainan, the country's top economic planner said.

Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Paul Chan said on Sunday that although the COVID-19 outbreak has brought a lot of challenges to the society and the global market fluctuated over the past nine months, the operation of Hong Kong's financial system remains stable and orderly.

China saw 425 million domestic tourist visits in the first four days of an eight-day national holiday, with a total tourism revenue of 312 billion yuan (about 45.8 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said Sunday.

No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Sunday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Monday.