The coronavirus has killed more people in the US than the seasonal flu in recent years, except for the 2017-2018 season, according to the CDC. Flu deaths range from a low of 12,000 in the 2011-2012 season to a high of 61,000 during 2017-2018.
The contraction, which was deeper than median forecast of 5.9 percent, comes as Victoria state remains in a lockdown to curb the spread of the virus while international borders are shut too.
The country is also phasing out limits on foreign ownership in automotive joint ventures by 2022.
The country will increase investment with a focus on construction and renovation, prioritizing areas including artificial intelligence, internet of things, major infrastructure projects and technical transformation and equipment replacement in the manufacturing sector.
The concept-to-reality process took five years. "You could not sell electric cars without batteries until very recently, and you had many government departments to convince," said Li.
The country recorded 39 cases of coronavirus on Thursday, all of which were imported from abroad, officials said. Three deaths were also recorded Thursday.
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The country has already surpassed the US as the world's biggest gaming market. Market intelligence provider Newzoo said last year that China's gaming market was worth .3 billion while in the US it was .6 billion.
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The country added 13.14 million jobs in 2016, and the registered urban jobless rate stood at 4.02 percent at the end of the year.
The country suffered a famine in the mid-1990s believed to have killed as many as 3 million people.