China will take further steps to boost international airfreight capacity to stabilize supply chains, the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.

"With the (COVID-19) pandemic rampaging across the world and air passenger services dwindling worldwide due to the outbreak, cargo volume carried by passenger planes has plummeted and shipping costs have risen significantly," Li said.

"In the course of the outbreak response, weak links in our air transport capacity have been exposed. We must facilitate both international and domestic air transport services and keep up our international airfreight capacity to avert potential shocks to supply chains and facilitate resumption of business operations," he said.

Na taloina le fono mo le malosi o le lalolagi faʻavaomalo ina ia tausisia le faʻasalalau faʻavaomalo faʻatasi ma isi auaunaga i le ea. Faiga Faʻavae o le a tuʻuina atu i vaʻavaʻa a le lalolagi i le taimi o le faamai. O le a maua e le au vaalele le fesoasoani e faʻalautele ai a latou vaʻa e ala i le faʻaaogaina o le tele o vaʻa uta i luga o lisi poʻo le faʻatau.

O le matafaioi a le maketi o le a faʻapipiʻiina atoatoa ma o kamupani uma o vaalele e maua le lagolagosua tutusa e tusa lava pe o le a le ituaiga tagata umia. O le faʻaopoopoina ma le toe faʻatulagaina o kamupani eletise ma le vaʻaia o le a faʻamalosia, ma faʻalauiloaina kamupani tuʻuina atu o le a lagolagoina i le faʻalauteleina o auaunaga tau vaalele ma atunuʻu i fafo.

"We must plan ahead and harness the initiative of logistics firms in developing an international air transport network," Li said.

Na faʻatalanoaina e le fono le faʻaleleia o fesoʻotaiga o vaalele a le ea. Tapulaa i luga o vaitau mo vaʻalele vaʻalele o le a siitia i malae vaalele ma le malosi gafatia e faʻafefe ai uta.

O mea e mafai ona faatagaina, malae vaalele faavaomalo i Beijing, Tianjin, itumalo o Hebei, le Delta River, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, Chengdu, Sichuan ma Chongqing o le a tuuina atu 24/7 tuusaunoaga agavaʻa ma faʻaleleia le lelei i siaki ma puipuiga faagasologa.

"The manufacturing sector has been the first to resume operations, and experience has been gained in this process. The major challenge is clogged supply chains. To date, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises have yet to resume full-capacity production, and this has affected the entire industry chain. It is thus critical that all supportive policies for smaller firms be promptly and fully delivered," Li said.

O le fono na manaʻomia ai le faʻafelagolagomai i tulaga lelei i le vaalele, faʻafaigofie manaoga moʻomia ma le faʻalauiloaina o faiga e le faʻaaogaina pepa. Faiga faavae mo fefaʻatauaʻiga o faʻamatalaga faʻamalositino o le a atinaʻeina e tautua ai vaalele, galuega meli ma faʻasalaga faʻamaonia kamupani.