Xi notes 'positive changes' on Covid-19 epidemic control

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shape sign and the slogan "Race against time, Fight the Virus" during an inspection of the centre for disease control and prevention of Chaoyang District in Beijing on Feb 10. Xi said on Feb 12, that he is promising tax cuts and other aid to industries hurt by a virus outbreak in a renewed effort to rein in the rising damage to the economy. - AP

BEIJING (Xinhua): The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Wednesday (Feb 12) held a meeting on the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus or Covid-19.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chaired the meeting and made an important speech.