VP urges resumption of production

WUHAN: Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan called for efforts to organize spring plowing and help enterprises resume work and production. Leading a central guiding group to oversee the epidemic control work in Hubei Province, the previous epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic, Sun, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while inspecting spring plowing and production resumption in the Hubei city of Xianning. The group visited a tea farm and two enterprises in the city. While ensuring the epidemic control, efforts should also be made to capitalize on the window for spring plowing, Sun said, urging strengthened farm management, detailed technical guidance for farmers, convenient transportation for agricultural materials and more help for Hubei to sell farm products. –Agencies