On the occasion of the 97th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), the Central Military Commission (CMC) held a grand ceremony in Beijing on July 9 to confer honorary titles. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese President, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, presented award flags to the honored units. At the ceremony venue in the August 1st Building, representatives of officers, soldiers, and civilian personnel of the armed forces stood in neat rows, creating a solemn and enthusiastic atmosphere. At around 3:30 p.m., 18 honor guards marched in, holding their rifles and standing on both sides. The ceremony began with the entire hall singing the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. Zhang Youxia, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the CMC, read out the order signed by Xi Jinping to confer honorary titles by the CMC. He Weidong, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the CMC, presided over the ceremony. To the resounding music of "The People's Army is Loyal to the Party," Xi Jinping presented the award flag to the Second Company of the First Battalion of a certain brigade of the Army, which was granted the honorary title of "Model Rocket Artillery Company." Representatives of the company's officers and soldiers saluted Xi Jinping and solemnly accepted the award flag. Xi Jinping cordially extended his congratulations to them and took a group photo. Warm applause erupted throughout the hall. The awarding ceremony concluded with the resounding military anthem of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua, and Zhang Shengmin, members of the CMC, leading officials from various departments of the CMC, relevant PLA units stationed in Beijing, and representatives from units awarded honorary titles by the CMC attended the ceremony.
Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently signed an order to confer the honorary title of "Model Rocket Artillery Company" on the Second Company of the First Battalion of a certain Army brigade. This company was established in 1937 and participated in battles such as the Tashan Blockade, the Battle of Kumsong, and the Bombardment of Kinmen. In recent years, the company has adhered to Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the military in building and cultivating the company, carried forward fine traditions, focused on combat readiness, forged a "four-iron" excellent company, and successfully completed multiple major tasks. The order requires all military units to learn from them, continuously deepen the armed forces with the Party's innovative theories, strengthen ideals and convictions, solidify political loyalty, and reinforce the ideological foundation of listening to the Party and following the Party's lead; firmly grasp training for combat readiness, strengthen targeted practical training, accelerate the improvement of winning capabilities, and forge an elite force capable of fighting and winning; temper an excellent style, carry forward the fighting spirit of not fearing hardship or death, cultivate the will and quality of daring to struggle and daring to draw the sword, and hone the courage and intrepidity of revolutionary soldiers in the new era. The Central Military Commission calls on all military units and the vast number of officers and soldiers to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as their guide, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the military, thoroughly implement the military strategic guidelines for the new era, deeply understand the decisive significance of "two establishments," enhance "four consciousnesses," strengthen "four self-confidences," achieve "two safeguards," implement the chairman responsibility system of the CMC, adhere to political building of the army, reform and strengthen the army, scientific and technological strengthening of the army, talent strengthening of the army, and law-based governance of the army, and improve the strategic capability to defend national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and strive tirelessly to achieve the centenary goal of army building as scheduled and accelerate the building of the people's army into a world-class army.
The Central Military Commission promotion ceremony for generals was held on July 9 at the August 1st Building in Beijing. Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the promotion ceremony. At around 4:00 p.m., the promotion ceremony began with the solemn national anthem of the People's Republic of China. Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, read out the order signed by Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, on promoting generals. He Weidong, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, presided over the promotion ceremony. Xi Jinping presented the order to He Hongjun, Executive Deputy Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, who was promoted to general, and extended his congratulations. He Hongjun, wearing the epaulets of a general, saluted Xi Jinping and all comrades attending the ceremony, and warm applause erupted throughout the hall. The promotion ceremony concluded with the resounding military anthem of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua, and Zhang Shengmin, members of the CMC, and leading officials from various departments of the CMC and relevant PLA units stationed in Beijing attended the promotion ceremony.
Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently signed a circular to award the 92950 Unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army a first-class merit, and to award Liu Aijun of the Army Engineering University a third-class merit for national defense science and technology.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "Chinese modernization must be supported by scientific and technological modernization, and high-quality development must rely on scientific and technological innovation to cultivate new drivers." Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has, while coordinating the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the profound changes unseen in a century, deployed and promoted a series of major scientific and technological development and reform measures, blazing a path of development from a strong talent base and strong science and technology to strong industries, a strong economy, and a strong nation. Today's China is brimming with innovative momentum and development vitality, with continuous new creations everywhere. In the deep sea at 10,000 meters, the "Fendouzhe" submersible has completed its deep dive; deep in the mountains, "China Sky Eye" conducts sky observations; on the vast ocean, a domestically built large cruise ship has made its maiden voyage; at an altitude of 10,000 meters, the domestically produced large aircraft C919 has entered commercial operation; in vast space, Chang'e's moon exploration writes a new chapter in human lunar exploration... A series of major scientific and technological innovation achievements continue to emerge. China's ranking in the Global Innovation Index has jumped to 12th, successfully entering the ranks of innovative countries. The total number of R&D personnel and the number of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) both rank first in the world, and the contribution rate of scientific and technological progress exceeds 60%. China has completed the industrialization process that Western developed countries took centuries to achieve in just a few decades, building the world's most complete and largest R&D system and industrial system, significantly enhancing productivity and scientific and technological innovation capabilities. Going back ten years, globally, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation was brewing, and science and technology were increasingly becoming the main force driving economic and social development. Domestically, although China's economy has ranked second in the world, many areas of economic development are large but not strong, and large but not excellent. The long-standing reliance on factor inputs such as resources, capital, and labor to support economic growth and scale expansion has become unsustainable, and China's development faces the arduous tasks of transforming dynamics, changing modes, and adjusting structures. Facing severe international and domestic challenges, and standing at a new historical starting point, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to "implement the innovation-driven development strategy," emphasizing that "scientific and technological innovation is a strategic support for improving social productivity and comprehensive national strength, and must be placed at the core of national development," and that "all ideological and institutional obstacles that restrict innovation-driven development must be removed." The light of new ideas illuminates a new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping's footsteps have repeatedly entered places where innovation elements are most active. In scientific research institutes, the General Secretary pointed out the need to target the world's scientific frontiers, grasp major trends, make "first moves," and achieve major breakthroughs in forward-looking basic research and leading original achievements; at the National People's Congress, the General Secretary emphasized "deploying the innovation chain around the industrial chain, eliminating 'island phenomena' in scientific and technological innovation, and transforming innovative achievements into real productive forces more quickly"; during local inspections, the General Secretary hoped that scientific and technological workers would "enhance their sense of urgency and mission in scientific and technological innovation, place scientific and technological innovation in a more important position, and kick the 'last mile'"; during enterprise inspections, the General Secretary proposed that "technological innovation is the lifeblood of enterprises. Only by possessing independent intellectual property rights and core technologies can we produce products with core competitiveness and remain invincible in fierce competition." Currently, the high-tech field has become the frontier and main battlefield of international competition, profoundly reshaping the global order and development pattern. In 2023, facing new domestic and international situations, General Secretary Xi Jinping acutely perceived the needs of the times, the urgency of development, and the trend of the general situation, creatively put forward the major assertion of developing new quality productive forces, emphasizing the need to do a good job in innovation and promote the accelerated development of new quality productive forces, profoundly revealing the relationship between scientific and technological innovation and the development of new quality productive forces. In terms of direction, careful planning and layout; in terms of path, precise moves and policies. Innovative China moves forward firmly, accelerating reforms. The "Implementation Plan for Deepening the Reform of the Scientific and Technological System" proposes 143 reform measures, seriously tackling long-standing obstacles to innovation; adhering to "two-wheel drive" of scientific and technological innovation and institutional innovation, focusing on solving problems such as who innovates and how to stimulate innovation momentum. Improve the management systems and mechanisms for scientific research funding, scientific and technological achievement transformation, and scientific and technological talent evaluation, so that more innovation entities can actively invent and create. Aiming at the world's scientific frontiers and major national needs, concentrate efforts to achieve major breakthroughs "from 0 to 1," solve a number of "bottleneck" key core technologies that affect and restrict the overall development and long-term interests of the country, and achieve original and leading innovations. Focusing on the key areas and weak links in the construction of a modernized industrial system, intensify technological research and development for bottleneck constraints such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, advanced materials, and scientific research instruments, providing scientific and technological support to ensure the autonomous, secure, and controllable supply chains of important industries. A series of measures have been implemented intensively, and reforms in key areas and crucial links have achieved substantive breakthroughs, greatly unleashing the momentum of the innovation engine. Over the past decade, China's position in the global innovation landscape has continuously improved. Scientific and technological investment has increased year by year. From 2012 to 2023, the total R&D expenditure of the whole society increased from 1.03 trillion yuan to 3.3 trillion yuan; the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel increased from 3.247 million person-years in 2012 to 6.354 million person-years in 2022, ranking first in the world. Major scientific and technological innovation achievements continue to emerge. A number of major original achievements have been made in basic frontier research fields such as quantum technology and life sciences. A series of important achievements have been made in strategic high-tech fields such as manned spaceflight, space station construction, and manned deep-sea diving. The layout of national strategic scientific and technological forces has been accelerated, national key laboratories have been optimized and reorganized, industry-university-research collaborative research in key areas has been organized and implemented, and high-level talents and innovation teams have been gathered and cultivated. The effect of innovation-driven development is prominent: traditional industries are accelerating transformation and upgrading, emerging industries are flourishing, future industries are being planned and built, and scientific and technological innovation is providing a new engine for high-quality development. A strong nation thrives on science and technology; a strong nation is built on science and technology. Innovative China is in its prime. Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, a vibrant and innovative China is riding the waves on the new journey, bravely advancing towards the goal of becoming a strong science and technology nation!
Li Qiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, presided over a symposium with experts and entrepreneurs on the economic situation on the afternoon of July 9, listening to their opinions and suggestions on the current economic situation and future economic work. At the symposium, Yang Zhiyong, Zhong Zhengsheng, Zhao Zhongxiu, Miao Yanliang, Shao Tianlan, Zhao Peng, Zheng Xuexuan, Zhang Shishun, and others spoke successively. They believed that in the face of a complex external environment, China's economy continued to recover and improve, and new growth drivers accelerated their growth, which was a hard-won achievement. They also offered suggestions on resolving contradictions and problems in economic operations. Li Qiang pointed out that since the beginning of this year, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, we have focused on promoting high-quality development, strengthened macroeconomic regulation, and accelerated the development of new quality productive forces, and the economy has generally maintained stable operation with continuous structural upgrading. At the same time, it should be noted that the factors affecting economic growth are more complex than before. It is necessary to realistically analyze the situation, both acknowledging achievements and not avoiding problems, and make scientific decisions. To achieve the annual economic development targets, it is necessary to implement macro policies effectively, consistently, and with concerted efforts. Li Qiang emphasized that to consolidate and enhance the upward trend of the economy, it is necessary to adhere to innovation-driven development and cultivate and strengthen new growth drivers. It is necessary to leverage the leading role of enterprises, increase policy support in a targeted manner, and promote more new breakthroughs in key core technologies. It is necessary to reform unreasonable systems and mechanisms, better mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of all parties, fully unleash the innovation vitality of the whole society, organize and utilize various innovation resources effectively, and continuously release tremendous innovative power. Li Qiang hoped that entrepreneurs would strengthen their confidence and focus on innovative development, striving to make their enterprises stronger and better. He hoped that experts and scholars would strengthen their forward-looking thinking and research on laws, contributing more wisdom to national development. Wu Zhenglong attended the symposium.
At the invitation of Ms. Tanzila Narbayeva, Chairwoman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, and Mr. Nurdinjon Ismoilov, Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan, Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, paid an official friendly visit to Uzbekistan from July 6 to 9. In Tashkent, he met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and held separate talks with Narbayeva and Ismoilov. Zhao Leji conveyed President Xi Jinping's warm greetings and best wishes to Mirziyoyev. Zhao Leji said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Uzbekistan relations have achieved leapfrog development and are building a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future based on the New Era All-Weather Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. China is willing to work with Uzbekistan to implement the important consensus of the two heads of state, deepen strategic mutual trust, promote practical cooperation, build a solid security barrier, strengthen international and regional coordination, and enhance exchanges and cooperation between legislative bodies to promote the building of a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future. Mirziyoyev asked Zhao Leji to convey his best wishes to President Xi Jinping. He said that Uzbekistan fully supports the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, firmly adheres to the One-China principle, and is willing to deepen cooperation in economy and trade, local affairs, education, energy resources, and other fields, learn from China's development and poverty reduction experience, jointly combat "three evil forces," and further deepen the Uzbekistan-China New Era All-Weather Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. During separate talks with Narbayeva and Ismoilov, Zhao Leji said that both sides should support each other on issues concerning their respective core interests, assist each other in advancing their respective development strategies, and learn from each other in expanding reform and opening up. The National People's Congress of China is willing to work with the Senate and Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan to focus on implementing the important consensus of the two heads of state and give full play to the functional roles of legislative bodies to provide legal guarantees for the alignment of the two countries' development strategies and the strengthening of mutually beneficial cooperation. Narbayeva stated that the legislative bodies of the two countries bear important responsibilities in implementing the important consensus of the two heads of state. The Senate of Uzbekistan is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the National People's Congress of China and learn from each other's experience in legislation, supervision, and other areas. Ismoilov congratulated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National People's Congress of China. The Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan is willing to play an active role as a legislative body in promoting cooperation between the two countries in various fields. Zhao Leji introduced to the Uzbek side the Global Civilization Initiative and China's scientific and technological innovation and legislation in foreign-related fields. During his visit to Uzbekistan, Zhao Leji met with Samarkand Governor Turdimov in Samarkand, expressing willingness to promote local cooperation between China and Uzbekistan and continuously enhance the social and public opinion foundation of friendly relations between the two countries. He attended and addressed the opening ceremony of a seminar on the 20th anniversary of the Confucius Institute at Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, emphasizing the need to strengthen cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries to promote mutual understanding between peoples; he inspected the Olympic City project participated in by China, emphasizing the need to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation to benefit the people of both countries more and better; he also laid a wreath at the Independence Monument of Uzbekistan.
Wang Huning, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, met with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Beijing on July 9. Wang Huning stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and Bangladeshi leaders, China and Bangladesh have respected each other and treated each other as equals, setting a good example of friendly coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation between countries. China is willing to deepen practical cooperation with Bangladesh in various fields, push the China-Bangladesh strategic cooperative partnership to new heights, and better benefit the people of both countries. The Chinese CPPCC is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Bangladesh and make active contributions to promoting the building of a China-Bangladesh community with a shared future. Hasina said that she was pleased to have visited China six times. Bangladesh-China friendship has a long history and is enduring, and she thanked China for its long-term valuable support. Bangladesh admires China's great development achievements and will, as always, firmly adhere to the One-China principle, deepen all-round cooperation and exchanges on governance experience, and promote more new achievements in Bangladesh-China relations. Shi Taifeng, Wang Dongfeng, and others attended the meeting. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went to Tiananmen Square on the afternoon of July 9 and laid a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes.
On July 9, Vice President Han Zheng met with Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa in Beijing. Han Zheng stated that China and Thailand are good neighbors, good friends, good relatives, and good partners, and China insists on grasping the development of China-Thailand relations from a strategic and long-term perspective. President Xi Jinping's historic visit to Thailand in November 2022 opened a new era of building a China-Thailand community with a shared future. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. China is willing to work with Thailand to, guided by the important consensus of the leaders of the two countries, strengthen high-level exchanges, deepen practical cooperation, enhance cultural and people-to-people exchanges, strengthen regional cooperation, and deeply advance high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, so as to promote the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future to go deeper and further, imbue "China and Thailand are one family" with new connotations of the times, and bring more benefits to the people of both countries. Maris Sangiampongsa stated that Thailand is willing to take the opportunity of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries next year to deepen cooperation with China in various fields and continuously elevate the level of bilateral relations.
General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Party building work conference of central and state organs on July 9, 2019, making a strategic blueprint for promoting Party building in central and state organs. All departments of central and state organs conscientiously implemented the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, taking the lead in fulfilling the primary task of practicing the "two safeguards" with concrete actions, providing a strong guarantee for fulfilling the various work responsibilities entrusted by the Party Central Committee. Taking the lead in achieving the "two safeguards" is the primary task of strengthening Party building in central and state organs. In recent years, all departments of central and state organs have closely focused on the goal of high-quality development of Party building in organs, continuously promoting the education of political organ consciousness to extend to internal departments and grassroots Party organizations, and through continuous centralized Party education, solidifying the ideological foundation of firmly upholding the "two establishments" and resolutely achieving the "two safeguards." All departments of central and state organs have firmly established a clear orientation of vigorously grasping grassroots Party building, promoting comprehensive progress and overall excellence of grassroots Party organizations through measures such as strengthening the construction of "four-strong" Party branches, strengthening the education, management, and supervision of Party members, and holding Party member education and training demonstration classes. The new journey calls for new missions. Centering on solidly advancing Chinese modernization, all departments of central and state organs have promoted the deep integration of Party building and business, obeyed all commands, and ensured that the Party Central Committee's policies are implemented one by one and responded to one by one, striving to achieve good results in practical work.
At around 10:30 p.m. on July 8, the 226-meter breach in the first-line dyke of the Dongting Lake in Tuanzhou Walled Area, Huarong County, Yueyang, Hunan Province, was successfully sealed, achieving closure. On the afternoon of July 5, a breach occurred in the first-line dyke of the Dongting Lake in Tuanzhou Walled Area, Huarong County, Yueyang, Hunan Province, causing inundation of the walled area. Various rescue and relief forces quickly assembled, fighting day and night, and advancing by both land and water, continuously pushing forward the breach sealing work. Next, the rescue teams will continue to widen, heighten, and reinforce the closed dyke section, and carry out air-tight and anti-seepage operations. At the same time, drainage work is also progressing continuously. Various types of submersible and electric pumps and other related facilities required for drainage have been successively transported to the Tuanzhou Walled Area dyke. The Hunan Fire and Rescue Team began drainage work at the drainage point near the breach last night (July 8). The National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management urgently dispatched drainage forces from Hubei, Fujian, Sichuan, and other provinces to provide cross-provincial reinforcement for flood drainage tasks. The expert group from the Ministry of Water Resources analyzed and assessed the potential risks after the sealing and proposed technical solutions for subsequent emergency response.
Recently, the Central Organization Department allocated a special fund of 231 million yuan from the Party fees centrally managed by it to 9 provinces and municipalities including Hunan and Anhui, to support disaster relief work. The Central Organization Department emphasized that this Party fee should be promptly allocated to grassroots units, mainly for consoling grassroots Party members, cadres, and people fighting on the front lines of disaster relief, and for consoling Party members and people who are experiencing difficulties in life due to severe disaster; and for repairing grassroots Party education facilities damaged by the disaster. Relevant provinces and municipalities should allocate matching funds from their own managed Party fees to grassroots units in a timely manner according to actual conditions, and invest them in disaster relief work, ensuring that the funds are used for their designated purposes.
Today (July 9), with the commencement of the excavation of the branch tunnel for the diversion tunnel of the Guxian Water Control Project on the Yellow River, this key control project on the main stream of the Yellow River has officially entered its construction phase. The Guxian Project is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River Grand Canyon, with Jixian County, Shanxi Province on its left bank and Yichuan County, Shaanxi Province on its right bank. It is a core project of the Yellow River water and sediment regulation system and an important node project of the national water network. The construction of the Guxian Project is a crucial link in solving the problem of insufficient subsequent power for water and sediment regulation at Xiaolangdi Reservoir, fully leveraging the overall synergy of the water and sediment regulation system, and improving the water and sediment regulation mechanism. The dam site of the project can control 73% of the Yellow River's water volume, 60% of its sediment volume, and 80% of its coarse sediment volume.
Temporary Provisions for Ecological Environment Zonation Management Released. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment today (July 9) released the "Temporary Provisions for Ecological Environment Zonation Management" to guide local authorities in further implementing hard constraints on ecological protection red lines, environmental quality baselines, and resource utilization ceilings. This will help scientifically determine the ecological environment access list for key areas in each province, autonomous region, and municipality, guide various development, protection, and construction activities, and promote high-level protection to serve high-quality economic and social development. China-South Asia Expo to be held in Kunming from July 23 to 28. Reporters learned from the press conference held by the State Council Information Office today (July 9) that the 8th China-South Asia Expo will be held in Kunming, Yunnan Province, from July 23 to 28. Currently, 81 countries, regions, and international organizations from abroad and 27 provinces from within China have confirmed their participation. The 5th Forum on China-Africa Local Government Cooperation held in Guangzhou. Today (July 9), the 5th Forum on China-Africa Local Government Cooperation was held in Guangzhou. The theme of the forum is "Contributing Local Strength to Building a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future," with three sub-topics: industrial cooperation, green innovation, and talent cultivation. "Summer of Cinema" 2024 Summer Film List Released. The "Summer of Cinema" 2024 summer film list was released today (July 9). The release is divided into five thematic units: "Chinese Spirit, Continuance of Light and Shadow," "Chinese Stories, Expression through Light and Shadow," "Chinese Aesthetics, Depicted by Light and Shadow," "Chinese Innovation, Exploration through Light and Shadow," and "Chinese Market, Global Sharing." A batch of diverse and rich domestic and international excellent films will be released in cinemas nationwide during the summer. TV Series "Dream City" to Air on CCTV-1 Tonight. The TV series "Dream City" will be broadcast tonight (July 9) in prime time on CCTV-1. The drama tells the story of a new generation of scientific and technological workers who, standing at the forefront of global digital technology, face new situations and challenges, strive for self-improvement, and promote innovative development in various fields such as the digital economy and urban governance.
According to statements issued by the Israeli military on July 8 and 9, the Israeli forces continued their military operations in various locations in the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City in the north, Nuseirat in the center, and Rafah and Khan Younis in the south. Several Palestinian armed groups claimed on July 8 that they attacked Israeli military command centers, vehicles, and other targets in Gaza City and the "Netzarim Corridor" in the central Gaza Strip on that day. Yemen's Houthi movement and the Iraqi militia group "Islamic Resistance" separately issued statements on the evening of July 8 and early morning of July 9, stating that they carried out a joint operation using multiple drones to attack important targets in the Israeli Red Sea city of Eilat. Israel has not yet responded to this.
According to reports from the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs and other departments, Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and other cities were hit by a large-scale Russian missile attack on July 8. The targeted facilities included civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, causing casualties. The Ukrainian military also stated that Russian forces launched a total of 38 missiles at Ukraine on that day, and Ukrainian air defense forces intercepted 30 of them. The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on July 8, claiming that the Russian military used long-range precision weapons to strike Ukrainian military industrial facilities and air bases, and denied striking Ukrainian civilian facilities. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the photos and videos released by Ukraine clearly showed that Ukrainian air defense missiles falling were responsible for the damage to civilian facilities. The Russian side also stated that this was not the first time Ukraine had made provocative accusations against Russia before a NATO summit, and that the purpose was to obtain more aid. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated on July 8 that to protect the interests of Slovak farmers, the import ban on Ukrainian agricultural products would not be lifted. After the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, a large number of Ukrainian agricultural products were transported to other regions via Central and Eastern European countries, impacting local agricultural products.
Beautiful Qinghai, surging with new trends; innovative Gansu, bursting with vitality. Today (July 9)'s "Deepening Reform Comprehensively, Thousands of Manifestations of Chinese Modernization" will take us to Qinghai and Gansu.
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