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(Bloomberg) -- Under the burning sun in a temperature of 33 degrees Celsius, 48-year-old Dang Jianbin is sorting out dozens of packages outside an office building near the second ring road of Beijing. "I have no better options than working in the heat", said Dang, a delivery man for one of China's top courier-service companies, which he said he could not reveal without permission. [Extracted from the article]

"The healthy development of the platform economy should be facilitated to drive the creation of more jobs", according to a statement issued after a meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, which was chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. (Bloomberg) -- China's State Council pledged to promote the growth of internet platform firms and give cash handouts to poor people who have lost their jobs, stepping up efforts to bolster an economy under threat from Covid-19 outbreaks. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Bamboo rat meat, a once profitable commodity China's poor traded for quick returns, now risks pushing those farmers back into poverty. "Many breeders are poor farmers living in mountainous areas, and have no other income", said Cheng Bujun, who runs a rat farm in the Guangxi region. [Extracted from the article]