The fresh figure reached 13,060 with 175 deaths. Some 3,000 new cases were reported during the past five hours, according to the CSSE.
The gift is an "unprecedented diplomatic gesture", according to the French presidency.
The government urged the UK to respect law-abiding Hong Kong people's aspirations for stability and prosperity and appreciate the SAR's well-positioned status to flourish under "one country, two systems "with the full support of the central government.
The founder of China Africa Merchants Advisors Limited, a trade and investment advisory firm which operates in China, Kenya and Zambia, said his company assists Chinese companies to secure commodities in Africa while handling the procurement of capital equipment and sourcing of financing in China for African companies.
The four stores together received 1.78 million customers and sold some 12.87 million units of duty-free merchandise, up 58.8 percent and 139.7 percent year-on-year, respectively, according to Haikou Customs.
The government immediately launched a search operation and mobilized commercial and fishing vehicles in the proximity to assist. As of 9 am, 12 members of the boat's crew had been rescued, but rescuers were still searching for one missing person.
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The fourth plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. State Councilor Wang Yong delivered an institutional restructuring plan of the State Council. Also at the meeting, Li Jianguo, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress, spoke about the new draft law on national supervision. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY
The government will also reduce enterprises' contributions to the social insurance schemes of their employees, without compromising employees' social security benefits. It will lower the share borne by employers for urban workers' basic aged-care insurance premium, and could allow localities to reduce contributions to 16 percent.
The government deficit is projected to be 2.38 trillion yuan, with a central government deficit of 1.55 trillion yuan and local government deficit of 0.83 trillion yuan
The government will offer differentiated prices for land, power, water and gas to companies based on their evaluation results, to encourage them to get the top rating in the evaluation, according to the plan.