The meeting also decided to reduce the value-added tax on the sale of used vehicles by special dealers to 0.5 percent, down from 2 percent, from next month to the end of 2023.
The massive second-quarter drop in GDP was due to "measures that were implemented from 7 April to 1 June to slow the spread of COVID-19, which included the suspension of non-essential services and closure of most workplace premises," the ministry said in a statement.
The meeting acknowledged the performance of the central leading group on disciplinary inspection in 2018 and agreed on its work plan for 2019.
The maximum speed of China's bullet trains rises to 350 kilometers per hour, when Fuxing (Rejuvenation) bullet trains started operation between Beijing and Shanghai on September 21, 2017.
The ministry said companies will play key roles in organizing training programs for migrant workers. The government will give subsidies to those small and medium-sized enterprises who recruit registered laid-off migrant workers or migrant workers who have difficulties finding jobs.
The massive potential domestic demand, multiple macro-control policies and tools, and bonus from supply-side structural reform in sustaining growth, will hedge the uncertainties in the economical movement to maintain steady economic growth in the second half of this year, said Wen Tao, an analyst of China Logistics Information Center.
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The meeting, to be held in Beijing, will be attended by nearly 20 foreign ministers from Arab states as well as Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The ministry said in a notice issued on Thursday that local authorities must step up safety checks to prevent hazards and accidents.
The meeting called for improvement of related systems and mechanisms in implementing the intra-Party regulation, according to the statement.
The ministry also set a goal for carmakers to cut new models' comprehensive fuel consumption to 5 liters per 100 kilometers by 2020. The decree has already prompted some carmakers to make extra efforts on lightweight bodies and to introduce smaller, three-cylinder engines, which Chinese customers are reluctant to accept so far.