The ministry said that during the first three months, 10 provinces issued local government bonds worth a total of 219.5 billion yuan, of which 76.9 billion was in special bonds, the Chinese version of the municipal bond, which offers local governments a financing route after they were banned from borrowing through local government financing vehicles, an off-budget financing channel.
The ministry said 1,043 deaths were recorded over the latest 24-hour period across the country. Asia's worst-hit country has been posting the world's largest daily caseload every day for almost a month, although deaths remain relatively low, with its total death toll of 67,376.
The market's uptrend may be affected if the first-quarter economic data miss expectations or if any possible reverses in the declining infection figures spook investors, they said.
The ministry said it will work with the Ministry of Finance to forge ahead in the construction of breeding bases, as part of a broader effort to ramp up investment in soybean seed production, as policymakers have been calling for revitalizing the nation's non-genetically modified soybean industry.
The minister added that the ministry is also keen to maintain Egypt's biodiversity in a way that supports the environment and the national economy by attracting more investments to ecotourism-related activities, including camping, diving, star-watching and birdwatching.
The meeting underlined the need for stronger monetary and financial policy support to the real economy, as the financial institutions and businesses borrowing from them have a stake in each other's success.
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The meeting, presided over by Premier Li Keqiang, called for increasing monetary and financial policy support for the real economy. This is in a bid to help enterprises, especially micro, small and medium ones, overcome difficulties. This should be done while appreciating the country's proactive fiscal policies, especially those for overcoming difficulties and unleashing market vitality.
The ministry said logistics, courier companies and internet-enabled transportation enterprises will be encouraged to take the lead in resuming operations by fully leveraging the new-generation information and communication technologies.
The mayor said he will see to the accomplishment of Shanghai's three new key tasks announced by President Xi Jinping in late 2018, which are related to the Yangtze River Delta integration, the Lingang Special Area as the new expansion of China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone, and the sci-tech innovation board, which is piloting the registration-based initial public offerings system.
The ministry will help domestic manufacturers in need adopt the transcontinental freight train service to gain supplies of materials and parts from Europe to resume production as soon as possible, said a circular unveiled by the ministry on late Tuesday.