Official: COVID-19's impact on China's industrial economy 'controllable'

The long-term positive trend for China's industrial development will not change despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic slowdown, said Xin Guobin, vice minister of industry and information technology, at Thursday's SCIO press conference.

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