The mine's closure will force 1,580 workers to become laid-off. The company has offered them other positions.
The ministry pledged to endorse the G20 Action Plan, in response to the requirements of poor debtor countries, and start bilateral talks on the temporary debt repayment suspension. A spokesman of the ministry called on multilateral and private creditors to take actions immediately.
The ministers also witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on establishing China-Britain service trade working group.
The ministry noted that the publication of the statistics would help the country make correct forecast on the epidemiological situation, allocate resources and ensure transparency of statistics.
The merger will give the new Chinese group the scale to match Hyundai Heavy Industries' proposed acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Dong said.
The maximum temperature during the day has been above 33 degrees Celsius every day since May 17.
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The medical e-commerce sector has also seen a boom. Due to shortage of products like facial masks, surgical alcohol and preventive medicines, consumers are turning to medical e-commerce platforms.
The ministry reported on Thursday that last month, the nation's general public budgetary income decreased by 10 percent from a year earlier, with a decline in the tax income by 7.2 percent.
The meeting was held to review a report from the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau on its hearing and studying of reports from leading Party members' groups of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.
The meeting also urged development of insurance for integrated medical and elderly care, while stepping up the improvement of insurance products for long-term nursing.