The Chinese provinces of Hainan and Guangdong have heightened crackdown on wildlife-related crimes.
Basuo Customs, under the jurisdiction of Haikou Customs, has helped flower companies in Hainan export over 5.5 million flowers worth over $1 million from Feb 3 to 20, when the flower industry entered a critical period in sales.
Marat Abulkhakin, the first deputy editor-in-chief of Russian news agency TASS, recorded a video on Feb 23 to express his concern for the Chinese people who are fighting the novel coronavirus epidemic, as well as to cheer for the efforts that Hainan and China have made in battling the virus.
Two offshore duty-free shops resumed operation Thursday in South China's island province of Hainan amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The organizing committee for the sixth Asian Beach Games, donated its first batch of anti-novel coronvairus epidemic supplies, which included disposable masks and gloves, to its host city of Sanya on Feb 19.
Three patients that have recovered from the novel coronavirus volunteered to donated their blood plasma on Feb 17 at the Hainan Provincial Blood Center in Haikou.
Hainan reported five new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection on Feb 19, with the number of confirmed cases totaling 168 as of Feb 20, according to the Hainan Provincial Health Commission.
