Day: February 26, 2020

BEIJING — The State Council, China’s cabinet, on Feb 25 unveiled a string of measures to facilitate the employment of college graduates and rural migrant workers, offer financial support to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises and solve the difficulties of self-employed persons to reduce the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the economy.

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — China has issued a set of new guidelines for judicial and law enforcement institutions on handling legal issues concerning the resumption of production alongside the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.

China will roll out a set of strong financial policies, including encouraging financial institutions to provisionally defer loan payments and increase lending at concessional rates for micro, small and medium-sized businesses as part of supportive efforts undertaken as they resume operations amid a difficult situation.

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GENEVA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) — China has changed the course of COVID-19 outbreak, Bruce Aylward, an epidemiologist who led an advance team from the World Health Organization (WHO), said here on Tuesday, noting a rapidly escalating outbreak in China has plateaued and come down faster than previously expected.