BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua News Agency's top 10 China news events in 2020 are as follows:
1. China secures major strategic achievements in fight against COVID-19
Facing the sudden COVID-19 outbreak, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core put people's lives first and swiftly marshaled national resources to fight a "people's war" against the virus.
In little more than a month, the rising spread of the virus was basically contained; in around two months, the daily increase in domestic coronavirus cases had fallen to single digits; and in about three months, a decisive victory was secured in protecting the hard-hit Hubei Province and its capital city of Wuhan.
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 24, 2020 shows the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Members of a military medical team head for Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Aerial photo taken on Feb. 4, 2020 shows medical workers walking into isolation wards at Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
A medical worker gives a cheer-up gesture at the temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Doctor Liu Kai and an 87-year-old patient enjoy the sunset view on their way for a CT scan at the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 5, 2020. (Photo by Gan Junchao/Xinhua)
Liu Haiting (L) and Xu Guojuan, medical team members from northwest China's Qinghai Province, take a break before the closure of the Wuchang temporary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
