Communist Party and state leaders attend a meeting in Beijing on Sunday to advance the work on coordinating the prevention and control of the epidemic. Photo: Xinhua
SCMP: Coronavirus is China’s fastest-spreading public health crisis, President Xi Jinping says
* Xi promises fiscal help to overcome the challenges as country tries to get back to work
* But China will continue to pursue its social and economic goals
In a meeting on an unprecedented scale, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the coronavirus epidemic
was the country’s most serious public health crisis and promised more pro-growth policies to help overcome it.
According to state news agency Xinhua, Xi’s address via teleconference on Sunday was open to every county government and every military regiment throughout the country.
He said the epidemic was “the fastest spreading, with the most infected and was the most difficult to prevent and control” since the founding of the People’s Republic.
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