​China will beef up efforts to maintain stable foreign trade and investment as the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the world economy, a minister said Monday.

​The central Chinese city of Wuhan conducted 6,574,093 nucleic acid tests to screen novel coronavirus infections between May 14 and 23, according to the local health authority.

China's top legislature will work to safeguard the constitutional order in Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions as stipulated in China's Constitution and the basic laws of the two regions, according to a report.

​China's independently developed AG600 large amphibious aircraft will conduct its first flight from the sea surface in the second half this year, according to its developer Monday.

More support should be channeled to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Yao Jinbo, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature.

A national political advisor shared his insights with China.org.cn about the special arrangements for this year's sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference amid coronavirus controls.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted waters off eastern Taiwan at 6:31 a.m. Monday (Beijing Time), according to the island's meteorological agency.

China made the decision to not set a target for economic growth for 2020 after full consideration of the uncertainties about the COVID-19's impact, according to the country's top economic regulator.

Administrative Region (HKSAR) will not affect HKSAR's high degree of autonomy, analysts said.

The Chinese mainland reported 11 new imported COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,724, the National Health Commission said Monday.

Officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Sunday that safeguarding national security is a common responsibility that bears on the vital interests of all Hong Kong residents.

Quzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, has joined other Chinese cities and social organizations to donate medical supplies to its sister cities around the world amid the pandemic.

Senior Chinese leaders Wang Yang and Han Zheng Sunday attended deliberations at the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, the national legislature.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has strongly condemned rioters' unlawful assemblies and violent illegal acts in the vicinity of Causeway Bay and Wan Chai on Sunday, and supported the police to take resolute enforcement actions.