Meng made the remarks on Wednesday at a NDRC news conference held in Beijing.
Meanwhile, the typhoon is expected to generate heavy rains and gales in parts of Guangdong and Hainan provinces as well as the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Media reports have also helped increase public awareness of the virus and contain the spread of the attack, it added.
Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, said in an earlier interview that it would take eight to 10 years before self-driving vehicles are available for large-scale commercial operations.
Meanwhile, the decline in the country's producer price index, a gauge of factory-gate prices, narrowed to 3 percent year-on-year in June from a 3.7 percent decline in the previous month. Looking at the month-on-month change, the PPI turned positive, up by 0.4 percent, contrasting with a 0.4 percent decline in the previous month.
Mercedes-Benz has worked to maintain a modest tone, even as the company experiences record sales volume that outperformed its major German competitors in the first quarter of 2017.
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Members of the newly formed Hong Kong Coalition distribute face masks to residents at Sheung Wan Cultural Square, Hong Kong, May 9, 2020. [PARKER ZHENG/CHINA DAILY]
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Meanwhile, watching concerts, stage plays, comic dialogues and other kinds of shows and exhibitions are also popular and distinctive evening pastimes. For instance, the Lion King musical of Disney has been well received this summer, according to Qunar, a major online travel firm that was earlier acquired by Ctrip.
Men dressed in dark overalls and wearing hard hats complete the picture as they patrol the smelting process in near suffocating heat.