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Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to achieve the targets and missions for strengthening national defense and armed forces this year, while maintaining effective pandemic control.
The President made the remarks at a plenary meeting of the People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police Force at the National People's Congress.
The Chinese Premier will meet the press after the conclusion of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress on Thursday afternoon in Beijing.
Li Keqiang will take questions from Chinese and foreign reporters via video link in consideration of epidemic prevention and control and public health protection.
The press conference at the Great Hall of the People will be broadcast live by China Media Group.
Chinese authorities have urged Canada to release Meng Wanzhou and ensure her safe return to China.
The statement comes as a Canadian court is expected to release a decision Wednesday on the case concerning the Huawei executive.
A Chinese government spokesperson says the United States and Canada have abused their bilateral extradition treaty and arbitrarily taken compulsory measures against a Chinese citizen.
China's national development bank has announced a financing support program worth 360 billion yuan, or 50 billion U.S. dollars, for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The fund will be used to help the area play a greater role in containing the COVID-19 pandemic and maintain its stable economic operation this year.
China aims to build the area into a financial center as well as an international innovation and technology hub.
A guideline released earlier this month pledges support for the establishment of RMB overseas investment and loan funds in the area.
The guideline also allows institutional investors from Hong Kong and Macao in local private equity investment funds and venture capital funds.
A Chinese surveying team is expected to reach the summit of Mount Qomolangma before noon today.
The team has set off to reach the world's highest peak from a mountain camp.
The eight climbers arrived at the camp at an altitude of 83 hundred meters on Tuesday afternoon. They rested there for about 10 hours.
Meanwhile, six mountaineering guides reached the summit and installed facilities before descending.
China initiated a new round of measurements at the end of April to determine the height of Mount Qomolangma, but bad weather delayed the plans twice to reach the summit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the country's military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over the Nazis in World War II will be held on June 24.
Putin postponed the Victory Day parade last month from its traditional date of May 9 due to the pandemic.
The military parade is one of the most important events in Russia this year, and leaders of many countries have been invited to join it.
British supercar maker McLaren says it will cut more than 1-thousand jobs under a proposed restructuring plan as it deals with the impact of the pandemic.
The move is expected to impact jobs across the group's applied, automotive and racing businesses.
The job cuts represent more than a quarter of the group's workforce of over 4,000.
