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China's total rice growing area will remain above 30 million hectares, while annual production will be maintained above 200 million metric tons, said Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs.

China's third-quarter economic growth has cheered up overseas professionals and observers, who believe that the country's growth is picking up steam and will inspire more confidence in the global economic recovery.

Consumption is gaining traction and injecting impetus into China's economic recovery, as the country's retail sales grew by 0.9 percent on a yearly basis in the third quarter, the first positive quarterly growth this year.

Good news continued to come in the fight against the recent coronavirus outbreak in Qingdao, Shandong province, as three of 13 patients were eligible for discharge from the hospital, a senior city official said on Tuesday.

Four domestic COVID-19 experimental vaccines undergoing third-stage clinical trials overseas have inoculated about 60,000 volunteers, an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Tuesday.