2020年CRI 美国新冠肺炎死亡病例超过10万 SpaceX推迟首次载人发射（在线收听）

China has announced the introduction of over a dozen financial reform measures to spur financial support for small businesses and protect investors on the stock market.

The central government says improved incentives will be introduced to urge commercial banks to provide financial services to small enterprises more efficiently.

Governmental financing guarantee institutions are encouraged to support small businesses and farmers in a bid to share risks and help enterprises to resume work.

Efforts will be stepped up to crack down on financial violations.

Measures to regulate the registration of initial public offerings of stocks on the ChiNext board and further open up the credit rating industry will also be introduced.

Official data shows that China's fixed asset investment in the transportation sector reached 300 billion yuan last month, up 20 percent year-on-year.

The volume of commercial passenger traffic reached 570 million in April, returning to 40 percent of the same period last year.

The country's public transport in 36 central cities handled 3 billion passengers last month, recovering to 50 percent of the same period last year.

The presidium of the third session of China's national legislature held its third meeting Wednesday.

The meeting decided to submit a number of documents to lawmakers for deliberation.

They include the proposed final versions of a draft civil code and a draft decision of the NPC on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to safeguard national security.

A Canadian judge ruled on Wednesday that the extradition case against Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou can proceed.

According to the ruling, the case meets the Canadian extradition standard for so-called "double criminality," meaning the alleged crime she is accused of by the U.S. is also considered a crime in Canada.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Tuesday urged Canada to release Meng and ensure her safe return to China.

The Spokesperson says the United States and Canada have abused their bilateral extradition treaty and arbitrarily took compulsory measures against a Chinese citizen without cause.

He says the incident grossly violates the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese citizen.

A tally by Johns Hopkins University shows the number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States has reached over 100,000.

Nearly 1.7 million cases have been reported in the country.

New York is the country's worst-hit state in the pandemic, with more than 360,000 cases and over 29,000 deaths.

New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Illinois have each reported over 5,000 deaths.

Boeing has announced worldwide layoffs.

The company concluded a voluntary layoff program last month and now has to start involuntary layoffs.

CEO Dave Calhoun says more than 6-thousand of the company's U.S. team members will be notified this week that they will be affected.

The company says it will provide all the support to those impacted by the program, which includes severance pay.

Dave Calhoun says the company will have to adjust business plans constantly until the global pandemic stops whipsawing the aviation markets.

He says it will take years to return to the situation before the COVID-19 outbreak.

NASA and SpaceX have postponed their historic launch of two astronauts to space due to unfavorable weather.

The manned Crew Dragon spacecraft carried by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to blast off on Wednesday afternoon for the International Space Station, but the launch was canceled with 16 minutes to go in the countdown.

The next launch opportunity is scheduled on Saturday.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to strongly regulate or shut down social media giants.

He made the threat after Twitter fact-checked one of his tweets for the first time.

Trump tweeted that Republicans feel social medial platforms silence conservative voices.

He wrote that they will strongly regulate or close them down before they can allow that to happen.

Twitter issued a warning on one of Trump's tweets on Tuesday, cautioning readers that he made an unsubstantiated claim that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud.

中国宣布推出十多项金融改革措施，以刺激对小企业的金融支持，保护股市投资者。

中央政府表示将完善激励措施，敦促商业银行更有效地向小企业提供金融服务。

鼓励政府融资担保机构支持小企业和农民分担风险，帮助企业复工。

加大对金融违法行为的打击力度。

此外，还将出台措施规范创业板首次公开发行登记，推动信用评级行业进一步开放。

官方数据显示，上月我国交通运输业固定资产投资达到3000亿元，同比增长20%。

4 月份商业客运量达到5.7亿人次，恢复到去年同期的40%。

上个月，全国36个中心城市的公共交通完成客运量30亿人次，恢复到去年同期的50%。

中国全国人大第三次会议主席团于星期三举行了第三次会议。

会议决定将一些文件提请审议。

这包括民法典草案、《全国人民代表大会关于建立健全香港特别行政区维护国家安全的法律制度和执行机关的决定（草案）》。

加拿大一名法官周三裁定，华为首席财务官孟晚舟的引渡案可以继续进行。

根据该裁决，此案符合加拿大所谓的“双重犯罪”引渡标准，即美国对孟晚舟的罪行指控在加拿大构成犯罪。

周二，中国外交部发言人赵立坚敦促加拿大释放孟晚舟，确保她平安回国。

该发言人表示，美加两国滥用其双边引渡条约，对中国公民任意采取强制措施。

他表示，这起事件严重侵犯了中国公民的合法权益。

约翰霍普金斯大学的统计显示，美国新冠肺炎死亡人数已超过10万人。

美国报告了近170万例病例。

纽约州是美国疫情最严重的州，感染病例超过36万例，死亡病例超过2.9万例。

新泽西州、马萨诸塞州、密歇根州、宾夕法尼亚州和伊利诺伊州报告的死亡病例均超过5000例。

波音公司宣布在全球范围内裁员。

该公司上个月结束了自愿裁员计划，现在不得不开始非自愿裁员。

波音公司首席执行官戴夫·卡尔霍恩表示，本周将有6000多名美国团队成员接到通知，他们将受到影响。

该公司表示，其将为受裁员计划影响的员工提供包括遣散费在内的所有支持。

戴夫·卡尔霍恩表示，公司将必须不断调整业务计划，直到新冠肺炎停止席卷航空市场。

他表示，航空业需要数年时间才能恢复到新冠肺炎疫情爆发前的水平。

由于天气状况不佳，美国国家航天航天局（简称NASA）和SpaceX公司推迟了两名宇航员历史性的太空发射。

由SpaceX公司“猎鹰9号”火箭搭载的载人龙飞船原定周三下午发射升空，前往国际空间站，但发射在倒计时还剩16分钟时取消。

下一次发射机会定在本周六。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普威胁要大力监管或关闭社交媒体巨头。

在推特首次将其推文贴上“事实核查”标签后，特朗普发出这一威胁。

特朗普发推称，共和党人觉得社交媒体平台压制了保守党的声音。

他写道，在允许这种情况发生前，他们将强制监管或将其关停。

推特周二就特朗普的一条推文发出警告，提醒用户，特朗普在未经证实的情况下称邮寄选票将导致选民欺诈。