BEIJING: China plans to revive its economy and further boost smaller businesses amid external uncertainty as the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak continues to spread worldwide, according to the country's central bank on Friday (April 3).
"The shock to the global economy brought by the outbreak will be severe," said Liu Guoqiang, vice governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), at a press conference, adding that the outbreak has already posed pressures on industrial chains, trade and market expectation.
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