2020年CRI 新冠肺炎致2020年全球旅游行业损失超过1万亿美元（在线收听）

China's Ministry of National Defense has slammed an article against the Chinese People's Liberation Army by the U.S. Secretary of Defense.

Mark Esper claimed that "China's military does not serve the country or the constitution."

A spokesperson for the ministry says the article groundlessly distorts the Chinese army's image to play up the Chinese military threat.

He says the Chinese military has made great contributions to protecting people's lives and property, contributing to disaster relief and economic construction.

The spokesperson adds that the army has also been actively taking part in international peacekeeping activities as well as global cooperation to fight against COVID-19.

He also says the Chinese military will continue to contribute to peace, security and prosperity.

Hainan province has established its first special fund for helping local scientific and technological research enterprises.

Hainan Equity Investment Fund Management and three other institutions have invested 200 million yuan in the fund.

The Provincial Department of Science and Technology also signed strategic cooperation agreements with Bank of China and Postal Savings Bank of China to improve the core competitiveness of small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises.

The Hainan Branch of Bank of China will provide 3 billion yuan of credit support for Hainan high-tech SMEs in the next three years.

Postal Savings Bank's Hainan branch will provide 5 billion yuan of credit support for major technological projects and technology enterprises in the next five years.

The Hainan Provincial Science and Technology Department expects that the growth rate of high-tech enterprises will exceed 50 percent this year.

The World Tourism Cities Federation has released an action plan on the recovery and revitalization of tourism amid COVID-19.

It estimates that the number of global international tourists in 2020 will fall by around 80 percent from last year, and global tourism revenue will slump by over one trillion U.S. dollars.

China and the World Health Organization have launched an initiative to fight against global health threats.

It calls on all parties to share experiences and practices in pandemic prevention and control.

Xu Jianguo with the Chinese Academy of Engineering says there should be a change in analyzing outbreaks.

WHO representative in China Gauden Galea also stresses the importance of international exchanges and cooperation against global health threats.

The initiative was launched at the Beijing International Conference for Public Health Cooperation, one of the events of the ongoing China International Fair for Trade in Services.

Recent public polls indicate that most Germans are satisfied with the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is despite a protest by right wingers in Berlin last week against the government's measures to curb the spread of the virus.

Residents say the government promptly disseminated information about the virus when it hit Germany and most people complied with coronavirus measures.

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has rejected the nomination of a U.S. official to preside over the Inter-American Development Bank.

Mauricio Claver-Carone is a senior director of the U.S. National Security Council, a key architect of U.S. President Donald Trump's policy toward Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

Morales says that supporting the candidacy would be "an attack against the interests of the country and a betrayal of the region."

A team of salvage experts has arrived in Sri Lanka as they prepare to examine a stricken and abandoned supertanker off the coast.

The fire that broke out in the New Diamond's engine room last week has been put out and the crew has been rescued.

The ship is 40 kilometers off Sri Lanka's east coast.

The tanker has about 2 million barrels of crude oil on board but officials SAY it IS not in danger of spilling.

中国国防部猛烈抨击美国国防部长发表的一篇针对中国人民解放军的文章。

马克·埃斯珀声称：“中国军队不为国家服务，也不为宪法服务。”

国防部发言人表示，这篇文章毫无根据地歪曲中国军队形象，渲染中国军事威胁。

他说，中国军队为保护人民生命财产、救灾和经济建设作出了巨大贡献。

中国军队还积极参与国际维和行动，积极参与全球抗击新冠肺炎合作。

他还表示，中国军队将继续为和平、安全和繁荣作出贡献。

海南省设立了首个扶持当地科技研发企业的专项基金。

海南股权投资基金管理有限公司等三家机构已向该基金投资2亿元。

海南省科技厅还与中国银行、中国邮政储蓄银行签署了战略合作协议，以提高科技型中小企业的核心竞争力。

中国银行海南分行将在未来三年内为海南高新技术中小企业提供30亿元的信贷支持。

邮政储蓄银行海南分行将在未来五年内为重大科技项目和科技企业提供50亿元的信贷支持。

海南省科技厅预计，今年高新技术企业的增长率将超过50%。

世界旅游城市联合会发布了《新冠肺炎疫情影响下旅游业复苏与振兴行动指南》。

据估计，2020年全球国际游客数量将比去年减少约80%，全球旅游收入将减少超过1万亿美元。

中国和世界卫生组织发起了一项抗击全球卫生威胁的行动。

呼吁各方分享流行病防控经验和方法。

中国工程院的徐建国表示，应该改变疫情方面的分析。

世卫组织驻华代表高登·加利亚也强调了应对全球卫生威胁的国际交流与合作的重要性。

这一倡议在美国国际公共卫生合作会议上发起，该会议是正在举行的中国国际服务贸易交易会的活动之一。

最近的民意调查显示，大多数德国人对政府应对新冠肺炎疫情的表现感到满意。

尽管右翼人士上周在柏林举行抗议，反对政府遏制病毒传播的措施。

居民表示，当病毒在德国爆发时，政府立即发布了有关病毒的信息，而且大多数人遵守了冠状病毒防护措施。

玻利维亚前总统埃沃·莫拉莱斯拒绝提名美国官员担任美洲开发银行行长。

毛里西奥·克拉弗-卡罗内是美国国家安全委员会的高级主任，也是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普对委内瑞拉、古巴和尼加拉瓜政策的关键缔造者。

莫拉莱斯表示，支持其参选是“对国家利益的攻击和对该地区的背叛”。

一个打捞专家小组已经抵达斯里兰卡，他们准备检查一艘被遗弃的巨型油轮。

“新钻石”号油轮的引擎室上周发生了火灾，目前大火已被扑灭，船员也已获救。

这艘船目前在距离斯里兰卡东海岸40公里处。

这艘油轮上有大约200万桶原油，但官员称没有泄漏危险。