All six members of the party's new executive committee boast scientific expertise, from nuclear power to rocket science, reported the SCMP

Foxconn's Zhengzhou campus banned all dining at the plant this week and required workers to take their meals back to their dormitories

City awards $191-million contract to build quarantine centre on Fuxing Island, in the Huangpu River, while officials in Beijing step up checks and lock down compounds as cases rise

Chinese people's 'sense of security' has risen to 98.6%, an 11% rise since 2012, vice-minister of public security Xu Ganlu said

China's slowdown has hit the capacity of provinces to fund intrastructure projects and led many to shed staff, data from provincial governments shows

Xi said his ruling party will continue to wage an "all out people's war to stop the spread of the virus."

But enforcement of the zero-Covid policy is the biggest irritation for many Beijing residents, notably those unable to return to the city after the 'Golden Week' holiday.

North Korea is targeting agricultural self-reliance in response to tightening international sanctions over its nuclear and missile programmes

Across China 1,939 locally transmitted cases were reported on October 9, the most since August 20. Many cases have also been found in Inner Mongolia recently, leading to more lockdowns.

Tesla delivered 83,135 China-made EVs in September, an 8% increase from August, and topping the previous high of 78,906 in June

The Caixin services purchasing managers' index fell to 49.3 in September from 55.0 the previous month as Covid curbs hit supply and demand, business confidence and deter people's travel

The Covid pandemic and reduced migrant workers has fast-tracked the country's path to high-tech farming