On Saturday afternoon, lawmakers held panel discussions on the draft supervision law, which is under its second reading. Zhang attended one of the panel discussions.
On Friday, the Dow rose 1,985.00 points, or 9.36 percent, and closed Friday at 23,185.62. The S&P 500 rose 230.38 points, or 9.29 percent, and closed at 2,711.02. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 673.07 points, or 9.35 percent, and closed at 7,874.88.
On May 1, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized remdesivir for the emergency treatment of the coronavirus. Johns Hopkins University reported that the coronavirus has infected 4 million people worldwide.
On March 22, Visa launched its Beijing innovation center, which is the second of its kind for Visa in Asia. Robert Walls, vice-president of digital products and consumer payment solutions for Visa Asia-Pacific, said one of the major purposes of this new innovation center is to "use China as an idea generator".
On Friday, China unveiled two specialized courts to help resolve large international commercial disputes, particularly those involving countries in the Belt and Road Initiative.
On Friday, the production of a Bollywood blockbuster was halted after the film's lead called for harassment claims against its director and co-star to be "stringently" investigated.
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On Monday, a woman was sentenced to six years in prison in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, for killing five pedestrians and injuring seven in the city's downtown after losing control of her car last summer. On July 30, the woman, surnamed Chen, wore a pair of slippers and mistakenly stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes in her car while crossing an intersection. The car crashed into the pedestrians at 132 kilometers per hour.
On Monday morning, Wang Lan stood on a beach in Danzhou, Hainan province, looking across the ocean at an artificial island about 600 meters offshore.
On Saturday, graduates of the centers also refuted claims that trainees are subjected to forced brainwashing and labor, abuse and even sexual assault.
On Friday, the death toll stood at 430 with some 159 still missing.