On behalf of 70 countries, a representative of Belarus to the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council expressed support to China’s implementation of “one country, two systems” in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and urged certain countries to stop interfering in China’s internal affairs. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inalienable part of China, and Hong Kong affairs are China’s internal affairs that brook no interference by any external forces, according to the representative.
2021 Government Work Report
Saving US
From March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, China has exported 43.85 billion face masks, 1.19 billion surgical gloves, 950 million sets of protective clothing, 54.03 million pairs of goggles and 17,585 sets of respirators to the US.
Human Rights Watch
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IPR innovations
China authorised 530,000 invention patents in 2020, 17% more than the previous year, and the country applied for 68,720 international patents in 2020, indicating China has become a major nation of IPR innovations.
Huawei story
P.O. with Dutch mask aligner
Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation SMIC, announced on Wed a deal for $1.2 bln worth of purchase orders with Dutch mask aligner manufacturing giant, ASML, based on an amended and restated volume purchase agreement.