2020年CRI 第128届中国进出口商品交易会举行云开幕仪式 欧洲现秋冬新冠肺炎激增潮（在线收听）

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is calling for efforts to promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation to enhance the resilience of economic growth.

He made the remarks yesterday while addressing the opening ceremony of the 2020 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Beijing.

He says a large number of market entities in various sectors has created many job opportunities.

He adds that the strong resilience of hundreds of millions of market entities has played a fundamental supporting role in China's economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local officials say Tibet has eradicated absolute poverty thanks to special projects and relocation programs.

They made the remarks two days ahead of China's seventh National Poverty Relief Day.

Wu Yingjie is the secretary of the CPC Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee.

He says the region has conducted poverty alleviation projects focusing on developing special industries with distinctive local features.

"Nearly 40 billion yuan, or six billion U.S. dollars, has been invested in more than 2900 projects, helping lift nearly 240-thousand people out of poverty and benefiting more than 840-thousand people."

Wu says the regional government has made efforts to increase the yield of highland barley to raise the market rate for yaks, and to promote tourism, architecture and the construction material industry.

The 128th edition of the China Import and Export Fair, popularly known as Canton Fair, kicked off online in Guangdong Province yesterday.

It is the second time that the fair has moved online this year because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The previous online session was held back in June.

The 10-day event has attracted around 26,000 domestic and overseas enterprises, with more than 2 million products spanning 50 exhibition areas.

Buyers from more than 200 countries and regions are expected to apply to attend the expo and hold purchase negotiations during the event.

Founded in 1957, the Canton Fair is seen as an important barometer of China's foreign trade.

It is an international trading event with the longest history and the largest buyer attendance in China.

Thailand and China have agreed to open a "fast lane" for personnel exchanges and a "green channel" for goods between the two countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The two sides reached the agreement on Thursday in a meeting between Thai Prime Minister and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Prayut Chan-o-cha says Thailand hopes to enhance cooperation on vaccine research with China, and suggests the two countries plan together for their post COVID-19 cooperation.

He adds Thailand hopes to strengthen trade and technology innovation cooperation with China, and expects more Chinese enterprises to invest in Thailand.

Wang Yi says the two sides should promote the docking of Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in China.

He adds China welcomes the Thai side to actively participate in the upcoming China International Import Expo.

Thailand is the last leg of the Chinese Foreign Minister's Southeast Asia tour, which has also taken him to Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore and Laos.

The World Health Organization's regional director for Europe is calling for targeted measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Dr. Hans Kluge says the autumn-winter surge continues to unfold in Europe with increases in both daily cases and deaths.

"The evolving epidemiological situation in Europe raises great concern: daily numbers of cases are up, hospital admissions are up and COVID is now the fifth leading cause of deaths and the bar of a 1000 deaths per day has now been reached."

He says tighter controls to curb COVID-19 contagion can save hundreds of thousands of lives across the continent.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Europe has surpassed seven million, with almost ten percent reported in the past week alone, the highest weekly incidence of cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

中国国务院总理李克强呼吁大力推进大众创业、万众创新，增强经济发展韧性。

他在昨天北京举行的2020年全国大众创新创业周开幕式上发表了上述讲话。

他表示，各行业的大量市场实体创造了许多就业机会。

他补充表示，在新冠肺炎疫情期间，数以亿计的市场主体的强大韧性，为中国经济复苏发挥了基础支撑作用。

当地官员表示，多亏了特殊项目和重新安置计划，西藏已消除了绝对贫困。

在中国第七个“全国扶贫日”的两天之前，当地官员发表了讲话。

吴英杰为中共西藏自治区党委书记。

他表示，西藏地区开展了扶贫项目，重点发展具有地方特色的特殊产业。

“累计投入近400亿元（即60亿美元），实施产业扶贫项目2900多个，带动近24万贫困人口脱贫，受益群众超过84万。”

吴英杰表示，当地政府大力发展青稞增产、牦牛出栏、旅游文化、建筑建材等优势产业。

第128届中国进出口商品交易会（广交会）昨天在广东省举行云开幕。

由于新冠肺炎疫情爆发，这是本届博览会今年第二次在线上举办。

上一届在今年6月举办。

为期10天的展会吸引了约2.6万家国内外企业，超过200万种产品横跨50个展区。

预计将有来自200多个国家和地区的采购商报名参会，并在展会期间举行购买洽谈。

创立于1957年的广交会被视为中国对外贸易的重要晴雨表。

这是中国历史最悠久、采购商参加人数最多的国际贸易盛会。

泰中双方同意在新冠肺炎疫情期间，为两国间人员往来开辟“快捷通道”，为两国间货物往来开辟“绿色通道”。

周四，泰国总理和到访的中国外交部长王毅举行了会谈，双方达成了这项协议。

巴育·占奥差表示，泰国希望加强与中国在疫苗研究方面的合作，并建议两国共同规划新冠肺炎疫情后的合作。

他补充表示，泰国希望加强与中国的贸易和技术创新合作，并期待更多中国企业到泰国投资。

王毅表示，双方应推动泰国东部经济走廊与中国粤港澳大湾区对接。

他补充表示，中方欢迎泰方积极参与即将举行的中国国际进口博览会。

泰国是中国外交部长东南亚之行的最后一站，此前他还访问了柬埔寨、马来西亚、新加坡和老挝。

世界卫生组织欧洲区域主任呼吁采取有针对性的措施遏制新冠病毒的传播。

汉斯·克鲁格博士表示，随着每日新增病例和死亡病例的增加，秋冬“激增潮”将在欧洲继续蔓延。

“欧洲不断变化的流行病学形势引起了人们的极大关注，每天的病例在增加，入院人数也在增加，而新冠肺炎现在是该地区第五大死亡原因，每天死亡人数已达到1000人。”

他表示，采取更严格的控制措施遏制疫情蔓延，可能会挽救欧洲数十万人的生命。

欧洲新冠肺炎病例已超过700万例，其中近10%的病例在过去一周报告，这是自疫情开始以来最高的周发病率。