China's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council holds a press conference on expanding consumption in the car industry amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the total profits from January to February in the industry fell 79.6 percent compared to the same period of last year due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Ministry of Commerce answer questions from the media.