Shao said China would like to firmly support the reform measures and scale up the ability to jointly respond to challenges.
Several Chinese technology giants also announced they will be providing financial support and medical equipment to help combat the spread of the deadly virus.
Several forums are planned during the conference, including topics related to smart economy, IoT industry, smart manufacturing, agriculture, culture and tourism, artificial intelligence, healthcare and logistics.
Shanghai and Taipei are the most advanced cities on either sides of the Straits and the forum aims to share their practical experiences in solving problems related to livelihoods, Ko said.
Shanghai GM, a joint venture of China's SAIC Motor and US automaker General Motors, had announced its strategy of launching a new "Made in China" new energy vehicle (NEV) model every year from 2016 to 2020, with the range covering different hybrids and pure electric models.
Several hundred people, many of them Haitian immigrants, waited at Abaco island's Marsh Harbour in hopes of leaving the disaster zone on vessels arriving with aid. Bahamian security forces were organizing evacuations on a landing craft. Other boats, including yachts and other private craft, were also helping to evacuate people.
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Shanghai has called on the public to remain vigilant and has encouraged local companies and institutions to offer nucleic acid tests to their employees from the provinces and regions that have been hardest hit by COVID-19 in the coming weeks as asymptomatic infection has become a threat, said the leadership group for the containment of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Shanghai will intensify inspections and introduce smart technology to prevent floods and falling hazards during the flood season this year.
Several kilometers from the beaches at Ein Gev, at the foot of rocky hills, immense nets cover banana trees whose leaves wilt with the surrounding dry vegetation.
Shawna Yang Ryan