China's National Health Commission has called for unremitting efforts to maintain COVID-19 containment measures to guard against an epidemic rebound over the winter and spring.

China has achieved the feat of removing all remaining impoverished counties from the poverty list.

Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow on Monday pleaded guilty over their roles in inciting others to take part in an unauthorized assembly and besieging police headquarters for 15 hours during a demonstration on June 21 last year.

Shanghai authorities have carried out nucleic acid testing for staff workers at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport after several confirmed COVID-19 cases were linked to airport personnel.

Opening here on Sunday, the expo focuses on the world's most recent internet development trends and cutting-edge technologies, showcasing the latest internet technologies, achievements, products and applications of 130 enterprises and institutions from home and abroad. 

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 22, 2020 shows tourists viewing ginkgo trees in Tongziao Village in Chalin Town of Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province. 

Photo taken on Nov. 23, 2020 shows the scenery of the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China.

President Xi Jinping reiterated China's commitment to opening-up on Thursday, and said the new development paradigm that the country strives to build for high-quality growth will create more opportunities for it and other countries to seek common development for shared benefits.

To contain the raging virus and plan for the post-COVID world, countries need to draw experience and lessons from the disaster, build consensus and strength through collective response, and work together to usher in a better future for humanity, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

China's top livestreaming host Huang Wei, better known as Viya, has sold 5.87 billion yuan ($890 million) in products from July to September, Xinhua News reported on Thursday.