Demand for safer and cleaner drinking water is soaring in China on consumer concerns about health and safety at home, offices and restaurants.

Frozen semi-cooked foods from well-known restaurant brands have become increasingly popular, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Such dishes, which only require simple reheating, have become hot commodities as consumers embrace the shorter meal-preparation times and enhanced convenience.

Industrial production in China has returned to pre-COVID-19 levels amid efforts to revive economic activity and the renewed confidence of enterprises, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Tuesday.