The country's GDP decline in the January-March period-the biggest fall since the 2008 financial crisis-came after the pandemic forced businesses to close and halted purchases and investments, the US Commerce Department said on Wednesday.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced 48 states to mandate the closing of schools statewide except Iowa and Maine, where closures are determined at district or school level, according to the education news organization Education Week.
The continuous rain has flooded parts of the Yangtze and some of its major tributaries. On Saturday, almost 100,000 people were temporarily evacuated when flooding reached its peak in Chongqing, along the upper reaches of the river.
The country is still developing. As it grows and matures, it will not be known for having just one "calling card". Instead, it will have a global "phone directory".
The country has introduced many effective measures to ensure openness, transparency and justice in distribution and transplantation, and its achievements have been obvious, he said.
The coronavirus put Wuhan, the hardest hit city during the outbreak, in lockdown from late January to April, disrupting all scheduled exams. Some were canceled, some delayed and some changed their format.
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The construction of the new line 17, which spans 50 kilometers, began in 2015.
The consulting company estimated that the dependency ratio will reach 72 percent in 2019, higher than the 69.8 percent in 2018, and will continue climbing in the years to come.
The country will be divided up into white, yellow and red regions based on the number of infections and deaths, and activities in each region will be restricted accordingly.
The congress, held in the gigantic Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, was presided over by Li Keqiang.