Chinese President Xi Jinping, rear, arrives for an event to honor some of those involved in China's fight against COVID-19 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Chinese leader Xi Jinping is praising China's role in battling the global coronavirus pandemic and expressing support for the U.N.'s World Health Organization, in a repudiation of U.S. criticism and a bid to rally domestic support for Communist Party leadership. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Members of Chinese military band watch an event to honor some of those involved in China's fight against COVID-19 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, September 8, 2020. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Attendants wearing face masks refill glasses during an event to honor some of those involved in China's fight against COVID-19 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, September 8, 2020. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Chinese President Xi Jinping, rear center, presents a medal to an honoree at an event to honor some of those involved in China's fight against COVID-19 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, September 8, 2020. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A man wearing a Voting Is A Right costome stand off with riot police during an anti-government protest on September 6, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Nearly 300 people were arrested during the protest against the government's decision to postpone the legislative council election due to the Covid-19 and the newly imposed national security law. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)





Babies participate in a baby crawling contest at a shopping center in Daxing District, Beijing, capital of China, September 13, 2020. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Aerial view of primary school students blowing pottery whistles to extend gratitude to teachers before the Chinese Teachers' Day on September 8, 2020 in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. (Photo by Xie Chen/VCG via Getty Images)





In this photo taken on September 5, 2020, men return from swimming in the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province. China is recasting Wuhan as a heroic coronavirus victim and trying to throw doubt on the pandemic's origin story as it aims to seize the narrative at a time of growing global distrust of Beijing. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus walks at a public park in Beijing, Saturday, September 12, 2020. Even as China has largely controlled the outbreak, the coronavirus is still surging across other parts of the world. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A child inteacts with Alpha Dog walking robot during the 16th China (Nanjing) International Software Product and Information Service Trade Fair at the Nanjing International Expo Center on September 6, 2020 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Liu Song/VCG via Getty Images)





A bionic fish on display during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at Beijing Olympic Park on September 6, 2020 in Beijing, China. As China recovers from the COVID-19 epidemic, about 2,000 Chinese and foreign enterprises will participate and showcase their newest technology in public health and digital technology in the China International Fair for Trade in Services. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)





A humanoid is on display during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at Beijing Olympic Park on September 5, 2020 in Beijing, China. As China recovers from the COVID-19 epidemic, about 2,000 Chinese and foreign enterprises will participate and showcase their newest technology in public health and digital technology in the China International Fair for Trade in Services. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)





Vocational school students spray paint on creative characters reading “Happy Teachers' Day” to celebrate Chinese Teachers' Day on September 10, 2020 in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Voactional school students use waste materials such as exhaust pipes, camshafts and gears to make these creative characters for Chinese Teachers' Day. (Photo by Tan Yunfeng/VCG via Getty Images)





Firefighters work at the scene of an explosion in Zhuhai, in China's southern Guangdong province on September 11, 2020. At least three people were injured on September 11 when a gas pipe exploded in a store in the southern city of Zhuhai, local officials said. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Eight 30-storey apartment buildings, which are all covered by green as various plants are put on the balcony, make the residential area look like an urban forest, Chengdu city, southwest China's Sichuan province, 7 September 2020. Only about ten household live in tree-like apartment buildings. Most residents reluctant to move in because plants attract insects. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock/China Stringer Network)





A student wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus waves next to a masked security guard as she arrives to a primary school in Beijing, Monday, September 7, 2020. Students in the capital city returned to school on Monday in a staggered start to the new school year because of the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Aerial view of the construction site of the Baihetan hydropower station at Ningnan County on September 8, 2020 in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province of China. Baihetan hydropower station will be the world's second-largest hydropower project after the Three Gorges project. (Photo by Zhang Lang/China News Service via Getty Images)





A tourist is seen at the Caka Salt Lake in Wulan County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, September 4, 2020. (Photo by Zhang Long/Xinhua News Agency)