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Dalian has cleared of all of its medium and high risk COVID-19 areas.
The coastal city also continues to see more COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital upon recovery.
Some public venues and businesses temporarily closed during the resurgence of the outbreak are now allowed to reopen.
Dalian's municipal government attributed the improvements to the efforts of over 60,000 local health workers, 17 medical teams from other cities, and a 45-member expert team sent by the National Health Commission.
Many people in Hong Kong are confident that the city will win the battle against COVID-19, with the help from the mainland.
Hong Kong launched a mass screening scheme recently, promising to offer free and voluntary COVID-19 testing to residents in two weeks with the help of medical teams from the mainland.
The region's testing capacity has been boosted to around 500-thousand samples per day.
74 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Hong Kong on Sunday, bringing the number of confirmed cases to nearly 4,500.
An annual summer Fishing Festival was held on Sunday in Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province.
Over 1,000 ships set off to sea, with fishermen looking forward to their first harvest after a long break.
Yu Peisong is the director of the Guangdong Provincial Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department. He says the festival promotes traditional fishing culture.
"The Fishing Festival is the heritage and highlight of Guangdong fishermen's folk culture, where fishermen show their awe of the sea while wishing for safe journey and a big harvest."
A five-day fishing festival also kicked off in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province where locals prayed for good harvest and promoted local fishing culture.
The festival's opening ceremony showcased various kinds of local seafood, and unique cultural heritage such as traditional fishing dances and performances.
Chinese authorities are urging greater efforts in flood control as heavy rainfall and rainstorms are expected to trigger another flood in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
The minister of water resources is calling for efforts in flood prevention in the Three Gorges reservoir and other reservoirs along the river.
Top diplomats from Israel and the United Arab Emirates have decided to establish a direct communications channel between them ahead of the signing of a normalization agreement between the two countries.
Last week, Israel and the UAE, along with the United States, announced that Israel and the UAE had agreed to normalize ties.
The deal marks the first diplomatic ties between Israel and a Gulf country. The UAE will become the third Arab country that has official relations with Israel.
At least eight people have been killed and 28 others injured in an attack at a popular hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Terrorists rammed a car bomb into the Elite Hotel before storming inside.
Three suspected attackers are among those killed.
A director in the ministry of information also died in the bombing.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
A government spokesman claimed the attackers were from the al-Qaida allied group al-Shabab.
Online travel agency Trip.com has inked a strategic deal with e-commerce giant JD.com to expand cooperation in tourism and e-commerce.
The two Chinese companies agreed to share resources and expand cooperation in the business travel market.
Trip.com says it will open a flagship store on JD.com to seize the window for the tourist market recovery.
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has announced that it will invest 200 million yuan or about 30 million U.S. dollars to promote employment.
The company plans to give subsidies for car rentals, insurance purchases and more for beginners who join DiDi's ride-hailing fleets.
Drivers in poor areas can enjoy special poverty-relief funds.
