Take cherry trees, for example. Each July and August, the juice in their buds tends to make them the favorite food and egg-laying places for cicadas. The insects slash the buds to lay their eggs, which can cause the trees to wither.
Taking the novel coronavirus global pandemic into consideration-in addition to such factors as measures taken by various countries to contain the contagion as well as their economic stimulus packages and rescue programs-we expect China's second-quarter GDP growth to contract by between 2 percentage points and 5 percentage points year-on-year due to COVID-19.
Tariffs and African swine fever made 2019 a bad year for Chinese pork consumers, cutting supply and driving up prices as tens of millions of hogs in Asia were slaughtered in an effort to halt the spread of the disease.
Tang Shulin donates plasma at the plasma reserve of the Wuhan Blood Center in Central China's Hubei province, on July 20, 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Technology has been a leading force in driving the province's economic transformation.
Tao Lina, a Shanghai-based public health expert, said experience has shown that vaccines less than six months past their expiration dates can still be effective and safe.
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Technology also will probably play a role in solving the shortage.
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