The corresponding statement is published on the website of the State Council of China.
“It is necessary to strengthen confidence and see that the fundamentals of improving our economy in the long term will not change,” said the President of China.
He stated that the impact of the epidemic on the economy "is only short-term."
“You must not allow problems to intimidate yourself,” he stressed.
Xi Jinping noted the need “to strengthen regulation of economic activity to the extent possible, to reduce the impact of the epidemic situation on the economy, to make every effort to realize the goals of socio-economic development for this year.”
Earlier, the Ministry of Finance of China announced the allocation by the authorities of about $ 10.3 billion for the prevention and control of the spread of coronavirus.