The U.S. government's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said Tuesday he remains "cautiously optimistic" that there will be a COVID-19 vaccine at the end of this year or early 2021.

Some major foreign carriers have announced plans to resume flights to China following the temporary suspension of services in February due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which is expected to provide more options for travelers and help foreign carriers increase revenues.

A mobile, inflatable laboratory for conducting COVID-19 tests was officially put into use Tuesday at a sports center in Daxing District in Beijing.

Chinese health authorities on Wednesday said that 12 new COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday, of which nine were local transmissions and three from abroad, with no new deaths.

Hong Kong police said on Tuesday that seven people have been charged with offenses including riot and unlawful assembly for their involvement in the violence at a metro station in Kowloon last August.

Following incessant heavy rainfall in recent days, several provinces in China have initiated emergency response for flood control.

Zongzi is a traditional food made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves for the occasion of Dragon Boat Festival. A mature vinegar enterprise in Shanxi introduces a new flavor zongzi featured with mature vinegar. The red jujubes used in this type of zongzi are brewed with mature vinegar for half a month.

The Chongqing Zoo held a birthday party for four one-year-old giant pandas named Shuangshuang, Chongchong, Xixi, Qingqing respectively. 

Communities in Beijing have taken strict measures, including sterilizing key areas and conducting nucleic acid tests on local residents, to prevent and control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

- An important issue of the meeting could be to make sure that the investment agreement between the two sides, which is now under negotiation, is mutually beneficial
- Although there have been some competitive factors and even frictions in recent years, they cannot overshadow the strong complementarity between the Chinese and European economies
- Due to the nature of new threats confronting the world, it is necessary to cooperate based on multilateralism and solidarity