Divisions in education. We will have Public Interest in education and pilot comprehensive Higher Education reform. Li comprehensive Higher Education reform. ,. ~ reform. Li qiang there talking about education reform. Li qiang there talking about education and reform. Li qiang there talking about education and the reform. Li qiang there talking about education and the needi reform. Li qiang there talking i about education and the need to develop it for a modern economy. Well get the thoughts of our Business Reporter on that in just of our Business Reporter on that injust a of our Business Reporter on that in just a bit. But first, lets come back to that big sort of Headline Figure thats come out, where theyve stated, or li qiang has stated, that target for gdp for 2024 is 5 . Thats right. So that all emerged in the last five or so minutes, steve. Maniage is wondered whether or not theyd be able to back up that figure. 5. 2 , of course, in 2023. Whether or not, given its coming off now a
Delegation from hamas, egypt, qatar, and The Americans talk about the stability of a six or seven week ceasefire in gaza. But israel decided not to send a delegation. Israels says the preconditions it insisted upon that hamas should provide a list of the hostages who remain alive, and those who might be exchanged in a prison swap, or hostage swap, with the palestinians, that wasnt forthcoming. So israel has decided not to send a delegation to cairo. That has been criticised in many parts of the israeli media, and the israeli public, as an understandable position. That isnt to say that had israel gone, there would be others stumbling blocks. Unsustainable position. Hamas wants the withdrawal of israeli troops from Populated Areas of gaza and the citizens of gaza to be allowed to return to their home areas in northern gaza. And those are significant issues that israel might have objected to. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in gaza is said to be increasingly dire. The israeli attack
Chinese economy. Now, normally, this is a kind of rubber stamp session where pre approved decisions are cleared and made official. But that said, because its so organised and because we already know, or at least the government already knows, what its going to announce, then we can get an idea of what theyre thinking. And people are going to want to know what the plan is for the economy. Theres huge pressure on the real estate sector, local government debt, University Graduates are looking for good jobs all these bread and butter issues, just like in other countries. And even though this is a kind of turgid, rubber stamp mass gathering, people will nevertheless be looking for some concrete solutions to come out of it. And just elaborate, if you could, a bit more about the issues or the biggest issues that are on the minds of people youve spoken to. Yeah, its economy, economy, economy this year. I mean, sure, therell be, you know, talk of relations with taiwan and the us and the environm
Said there were favourable conditions outweighing unfavourable ones. And that china will surge ahead to a great future. He lauded developments in science, technology as well as the environment. Technology as well as the environment. ,. , environment. The emphasis on the economy environment. The emphasis on the economy. What environment. The emphasis on the economy. What other environment. The emphasis on| the economy. What other areas did he touch on . Did he touch on . Tech and al was an interesting did he touch on . Tech and al was an interesting element. | did he touch on . Tech and ai i was an interesting element. He talked about investing in quantum computing. He lauded as well talking about technology, the sea 919 airline that take into the skies domestically, the need for self sufficiency. Beijing has been talking about us restrictions on cheap production and that was one element of it. Chip. 2 million urbanjobs, youth million urban jobs, Youth Unemployment million urbanjobs, Yo
Thank you forjoining me. We have been getting lines that we expect gdp to come in at around 5 . What is your reaction to that . , 5 . What is your reaction to that . ,. , that . That is the same number china was that . That is the same number china was targeting that . That is the same number china was targeting last that . That is the same number china was targeting last year i china was targeting last year so i think what beijing is trying to signal than is that despite the short term turbulence, Stock Market Fluctuations earlier this year, i think beijing is trying to tell people that, yes, economics is still steady and the leadership habit together, things are under control and thatis things are under control and that is why they are shooting for the same number, in terms of gdp target in terms of last year, and that also means however in terms of the size of expected economic stimulus that many people were expecting china to dish out, the exact size of it may be more modest than s