The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a heavy toll on the logistics industry over the past years, with the global supply chain being disrupted and countries imposing curbs to contain the coronavirus.

过去几年，新冠肺炎疫情对物流业造成了沉重打击，全球供应链中断，各国采取了遏制冠状病毒的措施。

But in early January 2020, the genome of the novel coronavirus was sequenced overnight by Chinese scientist Zhang Yongzhen, who used a sequencer made by Illumina.

但在2020年1月初，中国科学家张永珍使用Illumina制造的测序仪连夜对新型冠状病毒基因组进行了测序。

The company also expects to finish clinical trials on Omicron-specific vaccines by September, and will closely track any mutations of the new coronavirus variant to develop new vaccines, he said.

他说，该公司还预计将在9月前完成奥密克戎特异性疫苗的临床试验，并将密切跟踪新冠病毒变种的任何突变，以开发新疫苗。

This same TCM is also recommended as a therapeutic drug in the notification issued by the National Health Commission on the latest Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (Trial Version 9).

在国家卫生健康委员会发布的关于新型冠状病毒肺炎最新诊疗方案（试行第九版）的通知中，也推荐该中药作为治疗药物。

Alibaba's ADS price dropped 56 percent in the past year amid an economic slowdown during the coronavirus pandemic, according to stock analysts.

股票分析师表示，由于新冠疫情期间经济放缓，阿里巴巴的美国存托股价格在过去一年下跌了56%。

The vaccine, deploying proteins on the coronavirus to stimulate immunity against COVID-19, is also the first COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the world to demonstrate in a randomized trial significantly reduced risk of COVID-19 disease in previously infected individuals, a growing and increasingly important population as the virus continues to spread worldwide, the company claimed.

During an exclusive interview with China Daily on Sunday during the 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services, held in Beijing from Sep 2 to 7, Chen Kun, secretary of the commission for discipline inspection at CNBG, said trials have shown the company's two inactivated vaccines can effectively protect people from existing mainstream strains of the new coronavirus.

"Interestingly, the proportion of HNWIs seeking international medical coverage has more than doubled in just one year, surging from 31 percent to 66 percent, despite continuing travel restrictions in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, illustrating the importance of a global lifestyle to HNWIs," Wang said.

In fact, digital technology has been widely used to address the most urgent needs amid the coronavirus pandemic, prompting booming development of digital health across the nation.

The impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak on China's solar industry has been lower than expected, while China's solar exports to many overseas markets are recovering, Jiang Yali, a solar analyst at BloombergNEF, said earlier.

There is a shortage of shipping containers because those shipped to developed markets could not be emptied in time due to the novel coronavirus outbreak and have not been returned.

Wang Qian, head of talent solutions at LinkedIn China, said Chinese companies with overseas operations have withstood coronavirus disruptions relatively well and have already resumed normal production and operations, with hiring levels remaining stable.

Wang pointed to data from LinkedIn, saying Chinese enterprises have sped up their expansion in emerging markets such as Southeast Asia amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Cooperation projects related to the BRI have benefited from a string of measures taken by Chinese companies to minimize the coronavirus impact, and ran smoothly with no major delays in 2020, said the Ministry of Commerce.

Fosun Pharmaceutical, which is listed on the Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses, said on Saturday that its subsidiary Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial has joined hands with BioNTech to set up a joint venture for manufacturing and commercialization of the novel coronavirus vaccine product.

Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial shall provide a manufacturing facility, which has a potential capacity of producing up to 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine products every year, according to the announcement.

"The company has felt the pinch of drastically reduced global travel to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Administrative sanctions on these companies have been postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

All the companies reported lower profits last year, as the coronavirus outbreak dented fuel demand.

The company reported a 59 percent plunge in 2020 profit, with a net profit of 24.96 billion yuan, down from 61.05 billion yuan in 2019, as the coronavirus pandemic whacked energy prices and hammered fuel consumption, according to a company statement filed to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday.

Chinese property developer Country Garden is accelerating its pace to develop new business in high-tech and modern agriculture, as its main business faces slowdowns amid tightened government regulations and the coronavirus pandemic.

Country Garden's strengthened efforts on new business development comes at a time when the company is grappling with a slowdown in its main business, as the central government tightens its policy on real estate and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic lingers.

The Shanghai-based theme park resumed operations last May following a string of coronavirus shutdowns sweeping major theme parks worldwide.

German sportswear manufacturer Adidas announced on Wednesday that its full year revenues in 2020 declined by 16 percent year-on-year to 19.8 billion euros ($23.6 billion) as sales were "significantly impacted" by the global outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Moderna wants US regulators to allow it to add more of its coronavirus vaccine to each of its vials to speed up the number of vaccinations it can administer to Americans.

The biotech company, one of two federally authorized makers of coronavirus vaccines, said Monday it wants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow it to add up to 50 percent — five additional doses — of its vaccine in each vial.

"Moderna was the second drugmaker to receive the FDA's emergency-use authorization approval for its coronavirus vaccine in the US after Pfizer BioNTech.

President Joe Biden has made the speeding up of coronavirus vaccinations nationwide a key pledge of his administration.

As of Monday morning, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had administered 42.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines.

"The White House recently announced plans to get local pharmacies to assist in coronavirus vaccine distribution efforts.

It comes as the US has 27,057,411 confirmed coronavirus cases and 464,372 deaths.

The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine comes amid concern about the spread to the US of two coronavirus variants from the UK and South Africa.

Lyu Jun, chairman of COFCO, said the hard-won results were an outcome of the group's full efforts to help contain the coronavirus.

On one hand, the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic blocked agents from meeting with their clients face-to-face and, on the other, some customers switched their spending on long-term insurance products to short-term ones amid economic uncertainty, said Jessica Tan, co-CEO of the Shenzhen-headquartered company, explaining reasons for the decline.

The special train service will help better export goods made in Guangdong to the European market amid the global coronavirus pandemic, according to Sinotrans Ltd, the operator of the China-Europe freight service in Dongguan.

Safeguarding employees' health and ensuring social distancing at the workplace and during business travel were necessary to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, and called for unprecedented measures and ingenious solutions.

Thanks to quick and effective containment of the spread of the novel coronavirus, and availability of adequate personal protective equipment, the industry recovered sooner than expected.

SK-II brand finds fresh purpose, digital market channels to satisfy consumersDespite masks covering part of their faces for protection from the novel coronavirus, beauty-and health-conscious female consumers in China are not neglecting skin care and, in fact, preferring environmentally friendly products, which encourages cosmetics firms to innovate the sourcing of raw materials and use digital technologies like artificial intelligence in production.

In a report, the market research firm said the prevention of novel coronavirus has had a major impact on the skin care sector.

As the United States reported that the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care rose above 20,000 for the first time, there is hope that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will give emergency authorization to the Pfizer vaccine on Thursday, clearing the way for its almost-immediate distribution to all 50 states.

Dr Anthony Fauci on Monday warned that the upcoming Christmas holiday season may be even worse than Thanksgiving in terms of spreading the coronavirus.

Los Angeles public schools, the second-largest district, will revert to online learning for the rest of the semester amid record coronavirus case numbers in the surrounding county.

As a result, the novel coronavirus detection reagent developed by Liferiver was among the first batch certified by the country as well as the World Health Organization, ensuring the supply of such test kits to the front lines of pandemic prevention and control.

"One strength of our COVID-19 nucleic acid testing product is that it traces three genes of the novel coronavirus at the same time to prevent undetected infections as much as possible even when the density of the virus load is low," he said.

A kit that can test the novel coronavirus and the influenza virus at the same time and produce results in 30 minutes will be submitted for approval early next month, Shao said.

Top French luxury goods companies L'Oreal and Kering reported strong third quarter sales due to a rebound in demand in key Chinese markets, which helped offset the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The general manager expressed his confidence in the Chinese market despite the shadow of the coronavirus.

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Wednesday it would cut 5,900 jobs and end its regional Cathay Dragon brand as it grapples with a plunge in demand from the coronavirus pandemic.

"Tan Weijie, director-general of the Viral Disease Emergency Technology Center of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who led the completion of the world's first novel coronavirus isolation and genome sequencing identification, said accelerating technology innovation is of great strategic significance to China.

The global spread of the coronavirus during the first half of 2020 has led to a significant number of store closures and traffic reduction within the remaining stores, according to the company's first half year report for this year.

A number of mayors and county heads have joined live broadcasts on short video platforms to sell local specialties and spur consumption, especially during the peak of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Apple shares have soared this year even as the coronavirus has crippled economies around the world, thanks in large part to booming sales of work-from-home items.

In the face of challenges such as a highly saturated and competitive market and the novel coronavirus epidemic, the operator strengthened differentiated and internet-based operations, controlled costs and weeded out ineffective products and channels, according to the report.

China is the first major market where Airbus SE, the European plane maker, has seen a recovery in demand since the novel coronavirus epidemic, according to a top company official.

Due to the novel coronavirus epidemic, most of the carriers had faced difficulties in aircraft deliveries.

Now that the novel coronavirus has caught global luxury apparel brands off guard, could their raw material suppliers cope with the stern challenge?

"With an initial investment of 13 million yuan, ZXBio has developed more than 50 flow cytometry antibody diagnostic products, which unique surface substances－antigens－to assist physicians more precisely diagnose patients with complicated diseases, such as autoimmune disease, cancer, and coronavirus infection.

Despite the impact from the coronavirus outbreak, technology business of Ping An generated about 42.73 billion yuan ($6.23 billion) in revenue in the first six months of the year, increasing 11.2 percent year-on-year.

"The impact of adopting this standard is that it would lead to bigger fluctuations in net profit…Moreover, the coronavirus epidemic has also affected our business," he said.

Despite the impact of the ongoing novel coronavirus pneumonia, the city's largest single building shopping mall was launched in Shanghai's northwest Nanxiang area, Jiading district.

The novel coronavirus pandemic has shown the importance of e-commerce to retailers.

China's delivery giant SF Express raked in more than 71 billion yuan ($10.28 billion) in the first half of this year, up by 42 percent year-on-year, as the coronavirus pandemic has boosted the demand of delivery services.

McMillon also called on the government to support small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Walmart's profit jumped by 79 percent in the three months through June 30, as US citizens spent more time at home during the novel coronavirus pandemic and ordered more goods online.

"The novel coronavirus outbreak has had an effect on our business in February and March, but the sales of health drinks, such as sugar-free Coca-Cola, were largely unaffected by the pandemic and maintained high growth rates during and after the outbreak," So said.

The LNG carrier, the Tianjixing, will have a capacity of 174,000 cubic meters and is proof of the shipbuilder's ability to build vessels of high standard, despite the novel coronavirus epidemic, said experts.

Due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, global new shipbuilding orders fell to the lowest during the first six months of this year since 1996, according to data provided by market tracker Clarkson Research Service, Yonhap News Agency said in a report.

An exclusive interview with Torsten Dietze, executive director, Schüco Greater ChinaThis year kicked off with the outbreak of novel coronavirus, and so far China and the world at large have been impacted to varying degrees.

Xu noted that the shock from the coronavirus on the global economy was most keenly felt in its disruption of global industry and supply chains as well as international economic exchanges.

He said China's strong testing capacities for the novel coronavirus have given it some leeway to relax restrictions on essential international travel, which will also help the country to open up wider to the world.

From October to January, the brand's sales revenue reached 3 million yuan ($432,000) and it is still bringing in about 200,000 a month, despite the novel coronavirus pandemic.

China has emerged strongest from the coronavirus pandemic, with reopened factories, continuing economic development and tight controls on new outbreaks, the report noted.

"A years-long slump in the global smartphone market -- as a lack of innovation leads people to hang on to their old models longer -- has thinned the ranks of sellers, and the coronavirus pandemic has further damped demand.

But that worked in Huawei's favor in the second quarter, as China's economy rebounded after the country aggressively tackled the coronavirus pandemic.

While most industries are badly hit by the globally spreading COVID-19 outbreak, online education has emerged as the unlikely beneficiary of the coronavirus pandemic.

China has emerged strongest from the coronavirus pandemic, with factories reopened, economic development continuing and tight controls on new outbreaks, Canalys added.

Taiyuan Heavy Industry Railway Transit Equipment Co Ltd, located in North China's Shanxi province, is expecting an export rebound in the fourth quarter after the company saw a sales decline in the overseas market due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to an official.

China asked cinemas across the country to shut down in late January to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement that no passengers have tested positive for novel coronavirus on flights from Laos' capital to the provincial capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province for three consecutive weeks between June 15 and July 5, as well as from Japan's capital to Shanghai, meeting the conditions to add one extra weekly flight on each route.

But airlines must suspend flights on a route for a week if five passengers test positive for coronavirus.

Fabrice Megarbane, president and CEO of L'Oreal China, said the decision has been partially triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has meant beauty brands of all sizes have had to evaluate not only how they can recover economically, but also how they operate in general.

The novel coronavirus outbreak has brought new growth points for the sales of this product.

Thanks to a string of measures taken to minimize the coronavirus impact, cooperation projects related to the BRI are generally running smoothly with no major delays in the first five months of 2020, said the Ministry of Commerce.

The slump was led by a 20-percent fall in advertising revenue to $310 million, primarily due the adverse effect of the coronavirus epidemic on the overall advertising demand, Sina said.

Sinopharm Group is speeding up development of a candidate vaccine for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, with more milestones having been achieved by the Chinese State-owned pharmaceutical giant ahead of hoped-for mass production.

ICESCO has launched many important initiatives and programs to support efforts to counter the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the $200,000 ICESCO Coronavirus Award for researchers who discover an effective treatment or vaccine against the virus, he noted.

The UK has seen the third-highest number of deaths globally from the coronavirus pandemic, its GDP contracted by 20.4 percent in April and the country may fail to reach a trade deal with the European Union by its self-imposed deadline of the end of this year.

China Eastern delivered boxed food to companies as well as medical staff and people undergoing coronavirus quarantine in Shanghai, and thus created new points of growth.

A month ago, SoftBank announced an eye-watering $8.9 billion annual net loss, hit hard by troubles with its unicorn investments including WeWork, as well as market plunges caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The two theme parks have been closed since Feb 29 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

In April, the sales of iPhone posted a month-to-month increase of 160 percent, due to the economic rebound and surging consumer demand in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

"As we brought BGI's coronavirus testing equipment to Serbia, our main work here is to teach local medical professionals about testing methods and procedures, making sure they can use the equipment in the right way.

Its opening marks a milestone in Country Garden's diversification of its business as the traditional property industry continues to show signs of slowing down, especially against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.

She added that the novel coronavirus outbreak will further accelerate the development of catering robotics, as robotics restaurants reduce personal contact, which meets the current need of social distancing and is also in line with the future trend.

The confirmation of the novel coronavirus cases at its potato chipmaking unit had triggered safety concerns among consumers and prompted calls to strengthen safety norms for food production across the nation.

PepsiCo's chips are safe as the possibility of the novel coronavirus surviving the whole products supply chain is zero, the company said.

According to Alibaba, 2 million merchants have opened new stores at Taobao since the outbreak of novel coronavirus, and 40 million jobs have been created.

The joint venture between the e-commerce giant and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shanghai will employ a combination of technologies such as 3D, 5G and big data to provide a more online and offline integration of expositions, even as the novel coronavirus is getting controlled in most regions, said Shanghai Vice-Mayor Xu Kunlin.

Didi's expansion into new businesses came after the company saw its ride sharing orders in China this month recover after the coronavirus pandemic to levels seen over the same period a year earlier, CEO Cheng Wei said.

In addition to working in offices, conference rooms and supermarkets, retail firms' executives have been busy livestreaming online in an effort to get closer to younger consumers in the country, expanding their e-commerce reaches amid the novel coronavirus epidemic.