As the "two sessions" continue, President Xi Jinping specially joined a group discussion with national lawmakers from Central China's Hubei province Sunday afternoon, showing his great care for the COVID-19-hit province and its resumption of production.

After hearing the remarks of five deputies with the Hubei panel to the National People's Congress, the national legislature, Xi commended the vital contributions and enormous sacrifices made by the people in Hubei and its capital city Wuhan in fighting COVID-19, and expressed his sincere appreciation.

As the province hardest hit by the virus and with the longest span of restrictions, Hubei faces major difficulties in reviving its economy, Xi said, urging the province to accelerate production resumption while going all out to implement regular epidemic prevention and control.

What Xi says 

-- Wuhan is worthy of being called a heroic city, and the people in Hubei and its capital, Wuhan, are heroic.

-- The people in Hubei and its capital, Wuhan, have made great contributions in the fight against COVID-19.

-- The most imperative task for Hubei is to spare no efforts to coordinate COVID-19 prevention and control as well as economic and social development.

-- Central authorities and State-owned enterprises should increase supportive measures for Hubei and implement those measures as soon as possible.

-- Hubei should implement targeted policies for key industrial chains, leading enterprises and major investment projects, work hard to solve various difficult problems in production resumption, and help companies, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises solve their practical difficulties.