BEIJING: The novel coronavirus epidemic in Hubei province is still complicated and challenging, a key Party meeting concluded on Wednesday as it drew attention to the risks of the epidemic rebounding in other areas.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, presided over the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in which members listened to a report by the leading group of the CPC Central Committee on coping with the epidemic outbreak and discussed key related tasks.
At the meeting, Xi and other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee donated money to support epidemic control.
While the positive momentum of the overall epidemic situation is expanding and economic and social development is recovering, it is still necessary to remain vigilant in epidemic control, Xi said.
He urged strengthened leadership by the CPC Central Committee in order to provide proper guidance for decisions and work in all respects.
Party committees and governments at all levels should promote epidemic control work and economic and social development in a balanced way, Xi said.
He required efforts to ensure victory in the battle against the virus and fulfill the goals of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and eliminating absolute poverty in China.
Meeting participants stressed the need to concentrate efforts and resources to strengthen epidemic control in Hubei and its capital, Wuhan, to control the source of infection and cut off transmission routes.
– The Daily Mail-China Daily News exchange item
