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UN workers said last month they have seen starving people and malnourished children in two besieged Syrian areas.
The Communist Party has ruled the country since 1949.
The last time China used a range, rather than singular figure, to forecast economic growth was in 1995.
Welfare, protection and health systems for children refugees need to be strengthened at every step, the UN says.
Analysts said inflow of new business was a key driver of the improvement in the gauge.
The Olympics are in August, but Brazil will be in its winter season when the virus-carrying mosquito is less common.
British Petroleum was hit by a 91 per cent decline in fourth-quarter earnings.
Del Pino met with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak in Moscow Monday before traveling to Qatar, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Spurred by the Central Bank's cash injection, Chinese stocks rallied on Tuesday.
The opposition says it needs assurances on halt to attacks on civilian areas, release of detainees, a lifting of blockades before talks.