Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issues statement after Chinese President Xi Jinping seeks more effective Covid-19 measures

The city has some of the most stringent Covid-19 rules, with a ban on flights from nine countries including Australia and Britain, and hotel quarantine of up to two weeks for travellers

Much of the record payout was driven by the bumper profits and dividends of the large miners

Asia's share of new infections, excluding China, has grown to 48% of the global total, up from 21% during the January omicron peak

The two deaths happened in China's northeastern region of Jilin that borders North Korea and Russia, where case numbers make up over two thirds of total domestic infections

The carrier, which intends to compete against the financial centre's dominant airline, Cathay Pacific Airways, was granted a licence last month

Tesla's restart came as movement controls imposed on its workers as part of the city's efforts to curb the latest Covid-19 outbreak eased

Dubbed 'closed-loop management', the factory bubbles approach has been part of Beijing's efforts over the past two years to keep local transmission low by global standards

Another US chip firm and Apple supplier, ON Semiconductor, said its manufacturing facility in Shenzhen would be closed March 14-20

A ban on flights from nine countries, quarantine of up to 14 days for arrivals, online classes only and the closing public venues have frustrated many

Shenzhen, which is close to Hong Kong, saw local confirmed transmissions pick up to 71 on Wednesday from 55 the previous day

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed employment jumped by 77,400 in February from a month earlier, double forecasts of a 37,000 gain