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Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China and Nigeria have reached a series of important consensuses on deepening bilateral cooperation.
Wang Yi says two countries agreed to continue to strengthen cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two sides will establish an intergovernmental committee to be led by the foreign ministers that will coordinate and advance cooperation in various fields.
The two countries will also advance cooperation in jointly promoting the construction of the Belt and Road.
The Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister says the country hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in infrastructure, education, information and communications technology, vaccines and other fields, and welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest in Nigeria to ease the trade imbalance.
He says Nigeria is ready to work with China to make the new session of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation a success.
The Chinese capital has introduced new rules for inbound travelers in an effort to contain the transmission of coronavirus.
Spokesman Xu Hejian from the municipal government says the new measures are intended to reduce risks caused by the prolonged incubation period of imported asymptomatic cases.
"Inbound passengers have to undergo 14 days of quarantine and 7 days of observation or staying at home after they test negative for coronavirus at customs. Passengers on the same flight should add 7 more days to their observation period if anyone or any object tests positive for coronavirus during the 14-day of quarantine period."
Those staying at home within the observation period are required to report their health conditions to their communities regularly.
Inbound passengers entering Beijing from other ports should stay outside the city for twenty-one days.
Georgia officials began counting the final votes of the U.S. 2020 election season on Tuesday night as polls closed in two critical races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
The two Senate runoff elections are leftovers from the November general election, when none of the candidates hit the 50% threshold.
Democrats need to win both races to seize the Senate majority — and, with it, control of the new Congress when President-elect Joe Biden takes office in two weeks.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says over 1.3 million people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the UK.
He says the government is using the second lockdown to ensure that the elderly are vaccinated and protected from the virus.
The UK's daily cases topped 60,000 for the first time on Tuesday, with nearly 61,000 cases reported.
Beijing distributed 39 million e-vouchers during a seven-month campaign to spur domestic spending last year.
The city's bureau for commerce says the coupons helped generate sales totaling 13.5 billion yuan, or over 2 billion U.S. dollars.
The coupons were used at participating restaurants and retailers in the Chinese capital.
Official data show that China's express delivery sector registered sharp growth last year.
The sector witnessed a spike in both the number of parcels handled and the amount of business income earned.
The total revenue of China's postal service reached 1.1 trillion yuan, or around 170 billion U.S. dollars, up 14 percent year-on-year.
In tennis
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are set to return for the season-opening ATP Cup tennis event, which has been reduced to 12 teams because of the pandemic.
The inaugural tournament in 2020 featured 24 teams and was played in three Australian cities, with Djokovic's Serbia beating Nadal and Spain in the final.
This year's event will be played entirely at Melbourne Park between February 1 and 5, one week ahead of the Australian Open.
