Welcome to Morning News. It is March 3, Wednesday. 15-22℃, cloudy.
China
1. The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, will hold a press conference on Thursday, one day ahead of the opening of its annual session.
2. Leading Chinese respiratory disease expert Zhong Nanshan and top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci shared their fears and hopes on the future global public health systems amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic via video talk on Tuesday night Beijing time.
3. Three Guangzhou Metro lines — 28, 22 and 25 — are expected to stretch to Dongguan city, according to Dongguan's rail transit authorities. Line 28 is expected to start construction in as early as this year.
4. The Pearl River basin entered its closed fishing season on March 1 with all fishing activities banned until June 60, with an exception of recreational fishing.
5. Artificial intelligence has become the most popular new major at Chinese universities for the second year in a row amid the country's drive to build a strong AI talent pool.
6. The Shanghai Planetarium, world's largest planetarium in terms of overall floorage, is scheduled to begin trial operations in June. The planetarium has so far amassed some 70 meteorites, including those from the moon, Mars and Vesta.
A view of the Shanghai Planetarium. /Xinhua
7. The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted but 10 new imported COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
8. North China's Inner Mongolia considers to end all cryptocurrency mining projects and stop reviewing new projects in energy-consuming industries, in an attempt to meet energy efficiency targets.
9. China's top court on Tuesday launched an office dedicated to juvenile justice in a renewed effort to build up expertise in this area.
World
1. US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adults by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated.
2. Germany will extend its coronavirus lockdown to March 28 while ease some restrictions from next week.
3. Malaysia on Tuesday granted conditional approval for the use of vaccines made by UK firm AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac.
4. Indonesian army began receiving shots of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday.
5. The U.S. national debt has surpassed $28 trillion for the first time, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
6. Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash clouds as high as 5,000 meters into the sky. There were no reports of casualties or damages.
7. The game schedule for the men's and women's basketball competitions in the Tokyo Olympics was confirmed by FIBA on Monday: the men's event will begin on July 25 and end on August 7, the women's games will happen between July 26 and August 8.
Editor: Becky
Sources: Xinhua; China Daily; CGTN; People's Daily