China vows to stem coronavirus cross-border spread, expedite manufacturing resumption

Chinese authorities on Monday stressed taking accurate measures against the cross-border spread of coronavirus and speeding up work and manufacturing resumption in all aspects.

A leading group of China's novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic response convened a meeting on Monday, which was chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

The meeting called for adapting epidemic prevention and control efforts to new changes, doing a good job in the follow-up work of epidemic prevention and control, and expediting the restoration of people's normal work and life.

"At present, the situation of epidemic prevention and control in China continues to improve, and the virus spread is basically under control," said an official release issued after the meeting.