Xi calls for closer exchanges with Laos

On behalf of the CPC as well as the Chinese government and people, Xi congratulated Thongloun on election as general secretary of the LPRP Central Committee.

Headlines

• Discover Chinese consumers in COVID-19-ravaged 2020 and beyond
• Mainland reports 65 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
• Beijing to build international consumption center
• China to build 30 'fully connected' 5G factories by 2023
• U.S. key COVID-19 metrics show decline this week
• Beijing's PM2.5 density drops 53 pct over past half decade