During his visit to Anhui province, on August 19 Chinese President Xi Jinping went to the Xuejiawa ecological park in Ma’anshan, a dam in Feidong county to inspect flood control efforts, a memorial hall in Hefei marking the PLA's campaign to cross the Yangtze River during the Chinese Civil War and the Anhui Innovation Center. Important was his visit to the "Magang Group of China Baowu Steel Group to learn about the situation of business resumption and operation.”

(Comment: Magang is one of China’s largest and most storied steelmakers. It was merged with China’s largest steelmaker, Baowu, last year. The new company is the second-largest steelmaker in the world, and one of China’s largest state-owned enterprises.)