The coronavirus outbreak has brought "unprecedented" operational and financial challenges soon after the plan was submitted to the Legislative Council's Finance Committee in late February, said Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau Tang-wah.
The country will move to win the battle against poverty, improve infrastructure and public services in rural areas, ensure supplies of important agricultural products, promote the increases in farmers' incomes, strengthen grassroots governance in rural areas and improve rural weak links, according to the document.
The country has made a strong commitment to move to complete carbon pollution neutrality by 2060, a move that would help drastically reduce the rate at which the planet's temperature is rising. Professor Yi Liu from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said in a statement: "Achieving China's net-zero target by 2060, recently announced by President Xi Jinping, will involve a massive change in energy production and also the growth of sustainable land carbon sinks. "
The country also plans to use ethanol gasoline by 2020, according to the National Development and Reform Commission, and the National Energy Administration or NEA.
The cooperation will gradually take effect starting from August this year and is expected to expand into other products, the statement said.
The continuous summer heat in many parts of China has induced large numbers of people to travel to cooler climes overseas, according to the travel industry.
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The country will step up efforts to build more than 200 airports over the next 15 years. By that time, China's airports will be able to handle more than 3 billion passenger trips every year, according to Dong Zhiyi, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
The country will better coordinate its fiscal, monetary, financial, industrial, regional, and trade policies with employment policies to ensure a positive interaction between economic growth and employment expansion, according to a guideline issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
The contract for settlement in December 2020 opened flat at 100.36 yuan. The contract for settlement in March 2021 opened 0.02 percent higher at 100.18 yuan.
The country has implemented major scientific and technological initiatives and projects in the sector, planning or carrying out research into fields including new energy vehicles, smart grid as well as clean and efficient use of coal and new energy-saving technology, the white paper says.