1. After the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, world trade will usher in a strong but uneven recovery, with global trade expected to grow by 8 per cent in 2021. In 2020, the impact of the epidemic on merchandise trade volume varies from region to region, with imports and exports falling sharply in most regions. Asia is the only exception, with exports rising 0.3 per cent and imports falling only slightly by 1.3 per cent.

2.Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced on the 4th that the Maritime self-Defense Force found six naval vessels of the Chinese people’s Liberation Army, including Liaoning ships, 470 kilometers southwest of the men’s and women’s islands in Nagasaki Prefecture at about 8: 00 a.m. on the 3rd. In addition to the Liaoning ship, the other five warships are the 055 destroyer Nanchang, the 052D destroyer Chengdu and Taiyuan, the 054A frigate Huanggang, and the 901 integrated supply ship Hulunhu. Subsequently, the six ships went south and sailed through the sea between Okinawa and Miyako to the Pacific Ocean.

 3. The British government has announced that it will try out a “vaccine passport” policy in England to ensure the safe return of major sporting events and other large-scale indoor events. The vaccine pass will contain information about whether it has been vaccinated, whether it has recently been tested by novel coronavirus and tested negative, and whether it has been naturally immunized.

4.Russia has registered the world’s first novel coronavirus vaccine for animals and will begin mass production in April. Clinical trials of the vaccine began in October last year, including dogs, cats, arctic foxes, minks and foxes, according to the Russian Animal and Plant Health Supervision Service. The results showed that all the animals vaccinated with the vaccine produced novel coronavirus antibodies at 100%.

5.Italy became the first country in Europe to force health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on April 2, local time. A new law in the country stipulates that health care workers will face an one-year suspension if they refuse to be vaccinated.

6.NASA: the Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced on its social media account that the first flight of the Martian helicopter Smart has been postponed to April 11. The Martian helicopter was scheduled to take off on April 8, but the reason for the delay was not disclosed.

7.US: non-farm payrolls increased by 916000 in March, with an estimated increase of 650000, compared with a previous increase of 379000; the unemployment rate was 6%, compared with an estimated 6% and a previous value of 6.2 %.

8.LG Electronics of South Korea officially announced the suspension of its mobile phone business on the 5th local time. LG Electronics said that in the face of increasing industry competition and declining performance, the company will reform its business structure, make more efficient use of internal resources and focus on its core business.

9.Affected by the epidemic, the operation of mobile phone stores all over the streets in South Korea is going from bad to worse. under the pressure of survival, some physical mobile phone stores have upgraded their intelligence and launched mobile automatic shopping machines. At present, the number of mobile phone stores in South Korea has fallen from more than 20, 000 in 2014 to about 12000, and the number of employees has more than halved.

10.Bank of Japan: the first phase of the proof-of-concept of the Bank of Japan’s digital currency began on April 5. The experiment on the issue, distribution and redemption of digital money by the central bank will continue until March 2022.