Xi: Worst-case Scenarios Should Be Kept In Mind

During a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, President Xi Jinping said China should fully prepare to deal with changes from the external environment for quite a long time given the continued spread of COVID-19 globally and the downward pressure facing the world economy.

While China is making further progress in pandemic control with acceleration in economic and social recovery, the country is still faced with growing pressure from imported infections and new challenges in resuming work and production, he said, urging that worst-case scenarios should be kept in mind.

Xi urged efforts to hasten the comprehensive recovery in work and life, while more targeted and effective pandemic control measures should be adopted in a timely way to guard against imported infections or a rebound in domestic infections.

At the meeting, it was decided that pandemic control measures in coastal and border ports will be strengthened and border cities will be guaranteed greater support in pandemic control personnel and materials. Local Party committees and governments were also instructed to have a greater sense of urgency in creating the conditions for work and production resumption by all means while improving pandemic prevention measures according to their local conditions.

Greater support should be provided to industries facing difficulties as well as small and medium-sized enterprises, the official statement said, while calling for efforts to facilitate normal business in daily life service industries, expand consumption by residents and speed up the building of investment projects.

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