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Though China recorded surges of COVID-19 cases in several regions during the past weeks, its impact on economy is not as bad as some feared, US media outlet CNBC has reported. Though the recent COVID-19 case hikes across China have hit record high since the initial phase of the pandemic, the infection data are still well below that of other major countries, said the report on Thursday.

 

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The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,656 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, down from 2,157 on Friday, the National Health Commission said Sunday. Of the new local infections, 1,191 were reported in the province of Jilin, 158 in Fujian, 51 in Shandong, 51 in Guangdong, and 39 in Liaoning respectively.

 

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Shanghai reported 17 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 492 local asymptomatic infections, five imported patients and two imported asymptomatic cases on Saturday, said the Shanghai Health Commission on Sunday morning. Of all the local infections, six confirmed patients used to be asymptomatic, nine confirmed patients and 232 asymptomatic cases were detected during central quarantine, while the rest were found in the screening of high-risk people.

 

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Cainiao Network, Alibaba's logistics arm, switched on the new rooftop photovoltaic (PV) power generation facilities at its bonded warehouses in East China's Zhejiang province on Thursday. Spanning over 100,000 square meters, the rooftop PV panels glinted in the sun at the company's two major bonded warehouses: Hangzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone in the provincial capital of Hangzhou; and Ningbo Qianwan Comprehensive Bonded Zone in the city of Ningbo.

 

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China's power generation rose 4 percent year on year to reach 1.31 trillion kilowatt-hours in the first two months of 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows. The growth rate reversed a year-on-year decline of 2.1 percent registered in December.

 

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Banks have stepped up efforts to provide more effective support to small businesses by using financial technologies and better sharing enterprise credit information among lenders and government agencies, as China endeavors to promote high-quality development of inclusive finance.

 

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China increased investment in road and waterway infrastructure in the first two months of the year, according to data from the Ministry of Transport. Fixed-asset investment in road and waterway infrastructure jumped 14.8 percent year on year to 273.1 billion yuan (about $43.1 billion) from January to February.




Author: Producer Emilio Mendez

Speaker: Caroline Parraguez

Edition: EAcham


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