Vol.63/No.16

Beijing Review

China's National English News Weekly

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It’s Official
A couple shows their marriage certificates at a marriage registration office in Wuhan, Hubei Province in central China, on April 7. Wuhan has gradually resumed the marriage registration service for citizens since April 3. Couples, to prevent cross-in
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President: Li Yafang Associate Editors in Chief: Li Jianguo, Ding Zhitao Assistant President: Li Zhenzhou Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Liu Yunyun, Ding Ying Production Director: Yao Bin Editorial Administrators:
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Shared Security, Shared Responsibility
China has provided emergency assistance including medical supplies such as test reagents, face masks and protective suits to more than 120 countries and international organizations to combat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the
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Society
A farmer operates an automatic tractor for sowing seeds in Tawan, a village in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China, on April 9. The autonomous region has switched to smart technology to improve farming efficiency and reduce costs. Chines
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World
A medical worker takes a patient’s swab for COVID-19 testing in Rome on April 8 The facade of the Royal Castle in Warsaw is lit up in blue on April 7 to support medical workers fighting to save lives amid the spread of the novel coronavirus Foreign S
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Economy
The People’s Bank of China (PBC), China’s central bank, on April 3 announced a decision to cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for small and medium-sized banks by 100 basis points in its latest effort to bolster the real economy amid the novel co
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PEOPLE & POINTS
Zhang Jingjing, a pulmonary and intensive care nurse, passed away on April 6. She was a member of the first medical team from Shandong Province in east China to Wuhan in Hubei Province, central China. During her stint in Wuhan, Zhang compiled handboo
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Journey To Recovery
The lines of masked passengers boarding trains in Wuhan on April 8 had a special significance. They marked the lifting of outbound travel restrictions after Wuhan turned the tide in its battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic following almost 1
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Bustling With Activity
With horns blasting on ferryboats, the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province in central China, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, declared its reopening on April 8. Echoing the blasts, some vehicles honked their horns
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A Timely Response
The COVID-19 pandemic is a major public health emergency that has spread the fastest, caused the most extensive infections and been the hardest to contain since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. With joint efforts of the whole n
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A Tribute To Heroes
Thirty-nine-year-old artist Luo Jikun can’t remember how many times he cried in the past month while illustrating stories on the efforts of the people who fought against the novel coronavirus epidemic. His illustrations, focusing on the role of Wuhan
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All In The Same Boat
Twelve years ago, when an earthquake struck Wenchuan, a county in southwest China, Italy was the first country to send a medical team to support the relief work. This year again, when China fought the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in January,
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Mountains Of Gold And Silver
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Yucun in Zhejiang Province, east China, on March 30 held special significance for him, for the former mining village and for environmental protection efforts in China. It was there 15 years ago that as secretary of the
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Ensuring Food for All
The author is former director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute and chair professor at China Agricultural University While the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic is well under control in China, it is rapidly sprea
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Oil War in The Pipeline
The author is an associate researcher with the Institute of World Economic Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations The 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, agreed wit
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A Capital Opportunity
To quicken opening up the financial industry to foreign investors, the Chinese authorities scrapped the limits on foreign ownership in securities and fund management firms on April 1, bringing cheer to foreign companies seeking to set up wholly owned
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A Victory for Nature
Crisscrossed with mountains and rivers, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southwestern province of Yunnan is a sanctuary for abundant wildlife, including rare plants such as the cycad and animals such as green peafowls and geckos. The area is
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Chinese Manufacturing Boosts World Economy
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has lowered the world’s expectations for the global economy in 2020. Standard & Poor’s, the financial ratings agency, predicts that China’s economic growth will slip to 2.9 percent this year. The Chin
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Numbers
($1=7 yuan) China’s Internet service and related sectors continued to expand in the first two months of 2020 as strong demand for online working and education products underpinned growth amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The sectors’ total revenue amounted
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A Positive Domino Effect
As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads around the world, the global supply chain is undergoing severe disruption with far-reaching effects. For example, when Chinese manufacturers temporarily stopped making auto parts, it affected the au
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A Day of Remembrance
Zhang Yupeng was standing on his balcony in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province in east China, waiting for the clock to strike 10 on April 4. It was the day of Qingming Festival, the traditional time to remember one’s ancestors and other departed souls and pay
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Everyone’s Fight
When I went to my wife’s hometown in the southwestern part of Hubei Province in late January for the Spring Festival family reunion, I had never imagined I would have to remain there for two and a half months. At that time there was some news about a
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How Will the Gaokao Postponement Impact Aspiring Students?
According to China’s Ministry of Education (MOE), the national college entrance examination (gaokao), which is usually held on June 7-8, will be moved to July 7-8 this year, due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Authorities in Bei

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