Xi called for efforts to boost confidence and rise to challenges, amid endeavors to make up for the losses caused by the epidemic and strive for good results in economic development throughout the year.

Besides an ice cake, skewers made of fruits, looking like those grilled ones which are popular street snacks in northeast China, are pprepared at his birthday party.

The veteran soldier Yuan Pengshuai organized a volunteer team immediately and the ten team members drove 1,300 kilometers to join the frontline flood control battle in Poyang County.

Nearly 2,000 medical workers, distributed in residential communities, are conducting nucleic acid tests for residents in Urumqi.

The latest data from the Shanghai meteorological service showed that this year's rainy season lasted for 42 days, about 19 days longer than that in normal years.

The region also registered five new asymptomatic cases, all in Urumqi, on Monday. From July 15 to 20, Xinjiang had reported a total of 55 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

The ASEAN suggested that China, Japan and South Korea enhance coordination in the research and production of vaccines against COVID-19, as well as in regional common efforts to mitigate the impact of the pandemic.

Some Canadians have said that Chinese immigrants are wealthy and are not facing the same hardships due to COVID-19, said Guo Ding, founding president of the CCS100.

The People's Bank of China maintained the one-year LPR at 3.85 percent and the five-year or longer tenure LPR, which pertains to mortgage loan rates, at 4.65 percent on Monday.

A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in London said that recently the kingdom has repeatedly made wrong remarks on the national security law for the HKSAR to interfere in China's internal affairs.