Chinese vice premier welcomes foreign investments when meeting HSBC Group Chairman

China welcomes more foreign financial institutions and long-term capital to invest and operate in China, Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Thursday.

He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with HSBC Group Chairman Mark Tucker.

The vice premier said that China is making efforts to deepen the reform of its financial system, steadily expand institutional opening-up in its financial sector, and create a transparent, stable and predictable institutional environment, providing greater convenience for foreign enterprises to expand their business in China.

Tucker said that HSBC Group is confident in the prospects of China's economy and financial market, and will continue to expand its investment in China.

Chinese vice premier welcomes foreign investments when meeting HSBC Group Chairman

Over 900 suspected Ebola cases, including 101 confirmed ones, have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media on Sunday.

The DRC government announced Saturday that a new wave of Ebola outbreaks has spread further in the country, with all passenger flights being suspended in Bunia, capital of Ituri province in eastern DRC, also one of the hardest-hit areas.

The WHO on Friday raised the public health risk level of the current Ebola outbreak in the DRC from "high" to "very high", as the global risk remains "low".

WHO reports over 100 confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo