Welcome to Morning News. It's September 23, Wednesday. Cloudy with occasional rain.

A wave of weak cold air has arrived in northern Guangdong early this morning and is expected to reach Guangzhou later today, bringing rain and a temperature drop of 2-3℃ in the city.

 China

1. China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention warned yesterday that people with cross-border travel plans during the National Day holiday may be put under medical observation for 28 days at most—14 days upon arriving their destinations and 14 days upon returning back to China.

2. Starting Thursday, Guangzhou Library will raise its total number of daily visitors to 13,000 and open all service areas (except 24-hour Self-service Library).

3. The upgraded Beijinglu Pedestrian Street reopens to the public today, inviting visitors to explore some 50 newly developed spots like robot-themed eateries and cultural creative workshops.

Photo/Information Times

4. Tourist visa issuance resumes today for Macao-bound visitors from the Chinese mainland.

5. China Eastern Airline's Manila—Shanghai route will be suspended for one week from Sept 28, after 8 passengers tested positive for coronavirus on Sept 9.

6. China released plans for three new pilot free trade zones in Beijing, Hunan and Anhui on Monday and decided to expand China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone, according to the State Council.

7. The coronavirus has been found on packages of frozen Sebastes mentella, a type of deepwater redfish, imported from Norway.

8. The Chinese mainland reported 10 new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, including 4 in Guangdong, 3 in Sichuan, and 1 each in Tianjin, Shandong and Henan.

9. Hong Kong will extend virus-related social distancing measures for another week amid persisting signs of hidden COVID-19 transmission.

Hong Kong's Disneyland will reopen on September 25.

World

1. China and India have agreed not to deploy more troops to the frontline, China's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

2. The US COVID-19 death toll tops 200,000 on Tuesday.

3. The UK on Tuesday set out new restrictions to fight against COVID-19. Pubs and restaurants in England will have a 10 p.m. curfew from Thursday and only table service will be allowed.

4. The summit of European Union (EU) leaders, scheduled for September 24-25, has been postponed after European Council President Charles Michel entered quarantine.

5. Russia is expected to register a second potential vaccine against COVID-19 by October 15.

Editor: Becky

Sources: Xinhua, China Daily, CGTN, Guangzhou Daily