Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently issued an important directive emphasizing that the Party discipline education campaign has achieved positive results and its achievements should be consolidated and deepened. He stressed the importance of integrating it into daily routines and regular practices, continuously transforming the achievements of the Party discipline education into a strong driving force for high-quality development. He called for a successful conclusion to the Party discipline education campaign and its completion. Xi also urged for the normalized promotion of learning, understanding, clarifying, and observing Party discipline, establishing a mechanism for regular and concentrated discipline education, and comprehensively leveraging the educational, restrictive, and incentivizing roles of Party discipline. He emphasized efforts to eradicate the soil and conditions for corruption, more effectively curb new cases, and eliminate existing ones. He called for guiding and encouraging Party members and cadres to work diligently, act boldly, be pioneering, and take initiative while adhering to rules and discipline. The Central Leading Group for Party Building convened a meeting on the 30th to convey Xi Jinping's important directive, deliberate on the "Opinions on Promoting the Normalization and Long-term Effectiveness of Party Discipline Education," and summarize the Party discipline education campaign. Cai Qi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Head of the Central Leading Group for Party Building, presided over and addressed the meeting. Li Xi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Deputy Head of the Central Leading Group for Party Building, also attended and addressed the meeting. The meeting emphasized that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important directive fully affirmed the achievements of the Party discipline education campaign and put forward clear requirements for consolidating and deepening its results. It possesses strong political, ideological, targeted, and guiding significance, and must be earnestly studied, understood, and comprehensively implemented. The meeting pointed out that the current Party discipline education campaign has largely concluded. It called for summing up and applying the good experiences and practices of the Party discipline education campaign, and fully leveraging the safeguarding role of discipline construction in upholding Party leadership, strengthening Party building, and advancing the Party's cause. It urged organizing Party members and cadres to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on comprehensively strengthening Party discipline construction, promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of Party discipline education, intensifying discipline training for "top leaders," young cadres, and newly promoted cadres, and integrating discipline education into the daily education, management, and supervision of Party members and cadres. It also called for applying the successful experiences of strengthening discipline construction since the 18th CPC National Congress to elevate Party building through high-quality discipline construction, and to encourage the entire Party to profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," enhance the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Maintains." The meeting emphasized the need to accurately apply the "Four Forms" and implement the "Three Distinctions" to promote cadres' better performance and responsibility through precise and standardized enforcement of discipline. Li Ganjie, Li Shulei, Mu Hong, and Jiang Xinping attended the meeting. Members of the Central Leading Group for Party Building and others participated in the meeting.
On August 27, President Xi Jinping replied to scholars from 50 African countries, encouraging them to continue providing intellectual support for building a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future and safeguarding the common interests of the "Global South." Xi Jinping noted that the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, successfully convened not long ago, sounded the clarion call for further deepening reform and opening up broad prospects for Chinese modernization. A continuously developing and growing China, pursuing peaceful development and steadfastly committed to reform and opening up, will undoubtedly further strengthen the forces for world peace and international justice, and inject inexhaustible impetus into the process of world modernization, especially the development and revitalization of the "Global South." Xi Jinping emphasized that China and Africa have always been a community with a shared future. In a world fraught with changes and turmoil, China and Africa need to strengthen solidarity and cooperation more than ever. The new Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit is about to be held, where Chinese and African leaders will once again gather to discuss major plans for China-Africa cooperation, opening up an even more splendid future for China-Africa relations. He expressed his expectation that the scholars, based on the "Dar es Salaam Consensus between China and Africa," would step up research and exploration on the development paths of "Global South" countries and on China-Africa and South-South cooperation, and continue to provide important intellectual support for building a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future and safeguarding the common interests of the "Global South." Recently, former senior South African diplomat and honorary professor at Zhejiang Normal University's Institute of African Studies, Grobler, along with 63 scholars from 50 African countries, jointly wrote to President Xi Jinping, warmly congratulating the successful convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, highly commending the historic achievements of FOCAC, and looking forward to the new FOCAC Summit writing a new chapter for building a China-Africa community with a shared future and jointly building modernization for the "Global South."
Premier Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on August 30, where discussions were held on several opinions to promote the high-quality development of the insurance industry, arrangements were made to implement work related to the broad food concept, and the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Improvement of the Haihe River Basin Flood Control System" and the "Regulations on Network Data Security Management (Draft)" were reviewed and approved. The "Maritime Code of the People's Republic of China (Revised Draft)" was also discussed. The meeting pointed out that the insurance industry plays an important role in safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods, preventing disasters and reducing losses, and serving the real economy. It is essential to solidify the institutional foundation for the high-quality development of the insurance industry, firmly establish a service-first philosophy, give full play to the role of market mechanisms such as commercial insurance, and vigorously enhance the insurance industry's protection capabilities and service levels. Supervision must be strengthened in key areas and weak links, legitimate rights and interests of consumers must be protected, and a sound risk prevention system must be established. The meeting also emphasized fostering and strengthening patient capital, such as insurance funds, removing institutional barriers, and improving assessment mechanisms to provide stable long-term investment for the capital market and technological innovation. The meeting noted that establishing a broad view of agriculture and food and constructing a diversified food supply system are crucial measures to ensure national food security and build a strong agricultural country. It is necessary to solidify the foundation of grain and important agricultural product supply, firmly adhere to the red lines for cultivated land and ecological protection, expand direct and indirect sources of food, and enhance the quality and safety of food. Development should be tailored to local conditions, ensuring suitability for grain, cash crops, animal husbandry, fisheries, and forestry, thereby achieving a balance of ecological, economic, and social benefits. Modern agricultural scientific and technological innovation must be strengthened, focusing on breaking through bottlenecks in varieties, technologies, and facilities and equipment, extending industrial chains, and increasing the added value of food development. The meeting highlighted that the Haihe River Basin is strategically important with a dense population, making the acceleration of its flood control system crucial. It emphasized adhering to a systematic approach, accurately grasping the characteristics of the basin's river system and flood patterns, combining the optimization of flood control layouts for important protected areas with the strengthening of flood control engineering construction to effectively enhance overall flood control capabilities. It also called for accelerating key project construction, coordinating the effective use of budgetary investments and government bond funds, and strictly controlling project quality. The meeting stated that network data should be classified and graded for protection, the responsibilities of various entities should be clarified, and network data security assurance measures should be implemented. It also stressed the need to clarify security boundaries, ensure the lawful, orderly, and free flow of data, and create a favorable environment for promoting high-quality development of the digital economy and fostering scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. The meeting discussed and adopted in principle the "Maritime Code of the People's Republic of China (Revised Draft)" and decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation. The meeting indicated that this revision should be leveraged to promote the better development of China's shipping and trade. The meeting also discussed other matters.
Zhao Leji, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, conducted research in Zhejiang and Shanghai from August 28 to 30. He emphasized the need to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, diligently fulfill the duties endowed by the Constitution, ensure its comprehensive implementation, practice whole-process people's democracy, and promote the high-quality development of the NPC work in the new era. In Zhejiang, Zhao Leji visited the Hangzhou Whole-Process People's Democracy Practice Center to learn about the performance of NPC deputies and engage in in-depth exchanges with the public. At the "May Fourth Constitution" Historical Data Exhibition Hall, he gained an understanding of the extraordinary development process of China's Constitution and interacted with Constitution publicity volunteers. He also visited the provincial人大机关 (provincial people's congress standing committee office) to research legislative and supervisory work and hold a symposium. Zhao Leji pointed out that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National People's Congress and the 70th anniversary of the promulgation of the first Constitution of New China. The formulation of the "May Fourth Constitution" laid the legal foundation for the establishment and development of China's socialist system. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core has strengthened overall leadership over constitutional work, enriched and developed the theory and practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and achieved historic accomplishments in China's constitutional system building and implementation. On the new journey, it is essential to uphold the overall leadership of the Party, improve the institutional system for ensuring the comprehensive implementation of the Constitution, enhance the capability and quality of constitutional review and record review, strengthen constitutional publicity and education and theoretical research, and contribute to the comprehensive implementation of the Constitution by the NPC. In Shanghai, Zhao Leji went to the Gubei Community Center in Hongqiao Subdistrict to learn about the work of the grassroots legislative outreach office of the NPC Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission and the Hongqiao Subdistrict Whole-Process People's Democracy Grassroots Practice Base, and also conducted research at enterprises. He inspected budget supervision and other work at the municipal人大机关 (municipal people's congress standing committee office) and presided over a symposium. Zhao Leji stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important concept of whole-process people's democracy provides important guidance for unswervingly developing socialist democracy and building socialist political civilization in the new era. Whole-process people's democracy is conducive to fully mobilizing the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the people, and gathering wisdom and strength from all sides to jointly advance Chinese modernization. It is imperative to uphold the organic unity of Party leadership, the people as masters of the country, and the rule of law, and implement the requirements of developing whole-process people's democracy in all aspects of the NPC's work. This includes adhering to scientific, democratic, and law-based legislation, exercising the supervisory powers granted to the NPC by the Constitution and laws, and lawfully safeguarding the people's rights and interests and enhancing their well-being. It is important to effectively build and utilize platforms for connecting with the masses, such as deputies' homes and stations, and grassroots legislative outreach offices, to solidify the public opinion foundation of the NPC's work. In conjunction with the NPC's performance of its duties, it is crucial to publicize and explain whole-process people's democracy, showcasing the new achievements and experiences in China's democratic political construction. Chen Jining participated in the Shanghai research.
The 23rd Chairpersons' Meeting of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held in Beijing on the 30th. Wang Huning, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, presided over and delivered a speech. The meeting conveyed and studied the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's recent important speeches and directives. Wang Huning stated that the CPPCC National Committee should thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the "Decision" of the Plenary Session, as well as General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of new ideas, viewpoints, and conclusions on comprehensively deepening reform. It is crucial to unify the thoughts and actions of CPPCC members and organ cadres with the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee. He emphasized the need to earnestly implement the deployment requirements for improving the consultative democracy mechanism, leverage the role of the CPPCC as a specialized consultative body, deeply engage in consultation and deliberation closely aligned with the reform tasks deployed by the Plenary Session, and proactively plan for next year's work, contributing wisdom and strength to further comprehensively deepen reform and advance Chinese modernization. Wang Huning stated that it is essential to thoroughly study and implement the CPC Central Committee's decisions and arrangements on economic work, organize CPPCC members to continuously deepen research and offer policy suggestions on deepening economic system reform and high-quality development, and do a good job in stabilizing expectations, boosting confidence, and building consensus to help achieve the annual economic and social development goals. He also called for in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important directives on strengthening the protection, inheritance, and utilization of cultural and natural heritage, guiding CPPCC members to contribute to promoting cultural confidence and self-improvement and forging new glories for socialist culture. Furthermore, he emphasized the need for in-depth study and implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech when meeting with the Chinese sports delegation for the 33rd Olympic Games, to better contribute to the construction of a strong sports nation and a healthy China. The meeting reviewed and approved the agenda (draft) and schedule for the Ninth Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC, deciding to hold the Ninth Session from October 9 to 11 in Beijing. The meeting reviewed and approved the decision to remove Li Weiwei from her post as Deputy Director of the Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC and revoke her CPPCC membership; it also reviewed and approved the decision to revoke Li Jian's membership of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC, which will be submitted to the Ninth Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC for ratification. The Chairpersons' Meeting held its third collective study session in 2024, with the theme of "Global Digital Economy Development Trends and Countermeasures." Wang Jiangping, CPPCC National Committee Member and Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, was invited to give a report. Shi Taifeng, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, and Hu Chunhua, Ho Hau Wah, and Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairmen of the CPPCC National Committee, delivered speeches focusing on studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's recent important speeches and directives. Wang Dongfeng, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the CPPCC National Committee, and others provided explanations on relevant topics.
Vice President Han Zheng collectively met with delegates from various countries attending the 2024 International Forum for Friendly Exchanges among Parliamentarians in Beijing on the 30th. Han Zheng stated that President Xi Jinping, during his meeting with foreign parliamentary leaders attending the event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the National People's Congress joining the Inter-Parliamentary Union, emphasized that China is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with legislative bodies of all countries and jointly explore modernization paths suitable for their respective national conditions. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee has sent a clear signal of China's further comprehensive deepening of reform and expansion of high-level opening up, and we will provide more cooperation and development opportunities for countries around the world. China will, as always, support the National People's Congress in carrying out exchanges and cooperation with parliaments of various countries and international and regional parliamentary organizations, creating a favorable legal environment and solidifying public support for deepening bilateral and multilateral friendly cooperation in various fields. The attending delegates highly appreciated the concepts and initiatives put forward by China, expressed optimism about the development prospects of Chinese modernization, and stated their willingness to work with China to safeguard world peace and promote common development.
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee made a series of arrangements for deepening the reform of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises (SOEs), incorporating it into the overall strategic framework of comprehensively deepening reform. How can the reform tasks be effectively implemented on the new journey to make new contributions to economic and social development? We turn to an exclusive interview with Zhang Yuzhuo, Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), by a China Media Group reporter. The Plenary Session clearly defined the direction, pace, and key priorities for deepening the reform of state-owned assets and SOEs on the new journey. Zhang Yuzhuo stated that SASAC will firmly establish a reform awareness, earnestly undertake reform responsibilities, and guide and promote state-owned assets and SOEs to fully grasp and implement the spirit of the Plenary Session, driving stable growth, structural adjustment, and risk prevention through reform. The Plenary Session proposed that to deepen the reform of state-owned assets and SOEs, it is necessary to enhance their core functions and improve their core competitiveness. This holds significant guiding importance for further deepening the reform of state-owned assets and SOEs on the new journey and is a fundamental requirement. The Plenary Session also emphasized the need to promote the optimization of the layout and structural adjustment of the state-owned economy. This is a major strategic deployment by the Party Central Committee to further deepen the reform of state-owned assets and SOEs, and to promote the state-owned economy to better serve national strategic goals and strongly support the construction of Chinese modernization. Zhang Yuzhuo stated that state-owned assets and SOEs will take comprehensive consideration, make systematic plans, and resolutely implement these directives.
China will adhere to relaxing market access restrictions and stimulating market potential and vitality, according to a press conference held by the State Council Information Office today (August 30). The country will implement broad entry and strict supervision, liberalizing access in fully competitive areas and significantly reducing access restrictions on business entities. It will also orderly relax access restrictions in the service industry, gradually removing access restrictions for service sectors that do not involve national security or social stability and can rely on full market competition to improve supply quality. At the same time, a forward-looking market access system for new business forms and new fields will be deployed to improve market access efficiency. Key regions will be selected for access pilot programs, special measures for relaxing market access will be formulated and introduced in batches, and hidden access barriers will be removed.
The 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) will be held in Beijing from September 12 to 16, according to a press conference held by the State Council Information Office today (August 30). Centered on the theme of "Global Services, Mutual Benefit and Sharing," this year's CIFTIS will highlight specialized and innovative technologies and applications such as satellite internet, big data and computing power, and zero-carbon and low-carbon solutions, as well as new services and scenarios like digital cultural tourism, smart education, and intelligent sports. Over 80 countries and international organizations will set up exhibitions and hold events, with 13 countries and international organizations participating in independent offline exhibitions for the first time. More than 420 Fortune Global 500 companies and industry leaders have confirmed their offline participation. In the first half of this year, China's service trade scale reached a record high, with the total import and export of services reaching 3.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14%. Both service imports, exports, and total trade achieved double-digit growth.
On the opening day of the competition on the 29th, the Chinese sports delegation performed outstandingly. Li Zhangyu, a 36-year-old veteran participating in his fourth Paralympic Games, set a new world record with a time of 3 minutes and 31.338 seconds in the men's C1 3000m individual pursuit cycling gold medal race, winning the gold medal. This is also the first gold medal won by the Chinese sports delegation at these Paralympic Games. Liang Weicong won the silver medal in the same event. In the women's C1-3 3000m individual pursuit cycling gold medal race, Chinese athlete Wang Xiaomei broke the world record to win gold. In the swimming arena, Chinese athlete Chen Yi broke the world record with a time of 27.10 seconds to win the women's 50m freestyle S10 final. Jiang Yuyan won the gold medal in the women's 50m freestyle S6 event. On the local time of the 30th, the Chinese sports delegation will also compete in various events including athletics, shooting, and archery.
Fruitful Results at the 2024 China International Big Data Industry Expo. The 2024 China International Big Data Industry Expo concluded today (August 30) in Guiyang, Guizhou. This year's expo featured 414 exhibiting companies, marking the first time that various types of data enterprises were showcased centrally. 100 big data industry projects attracted investments totaling approximately 83 billion yuan. 154 research and technological achievements in the data field were released on site, covering cutting-edge topics such as enterprise digital transformation, data valorization, and data space. The National Data Bureau announced the launch of the first batch of typical cases for digital China construction and accelerated research and formulation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" for national data infrastructure. China's Balance of Payments for Goods and Services Trade Recorded a Surplus of 293.3 Billion Yuan in July. Latest data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange shows that in July, China's international balance of payments for goods and services trade reached 4.2352 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12%; the surplus was 293.3 billion yuan, setting a new monthly high since 2023. China's foreign trade continues to perform well, with steadily increasing activity. Beijing Releases Negative List to Facilitate Cross-Border Data Flow. Today (August 30), Beijing released the "China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone Data Outbound Management List (Negative List) (2024 Edition)," further clarifying the scope of data subject to outbound management and appropriately easing the declaration requirements for personal information outbound. Data outside the negative list can flow freely across borders. At the same time, a cross-border data facilitation information service platform was launched to serve related enterprise needs. Largest Natural Gas Storage and Transportation Base in South China Fully Completed. Today (August 30), China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced that the second phase of the Jinwan Green Energy Port project, independently designed and constructed by China and the largest natural gas storage and transportation base in South China, has been completed. The project has newly built 5 storage tanks, each with a capacity of 270,000 cubic meters, making them the largest single-tank liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks globally. Once fully operational, the Jinwan Green Energy Port will be able to provide 10 billion cubic meters of gaseous natural gas annually. Sichuan-Qinghai Railway Zhenjiangguan to Huangshengguan Section Opens for Operation. Today (August 30), the newly constructed Zhenjiangguan to Huangshengguan section of the Sichuan Chengdu to Qinghai Xining Railway opened for operation. The fastest travel time from Chengdu East Station to Huanglong Jiuzhai Station is 1 hour and 39 minutes, ushering in the "high-speed rail era" for Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan. "High-end Interview" to Broadcast Exclusive Interview with Central African Republic President Touadéra Tonight. Tonight (August 30), the "High-end Interview" program on CCTV News Channel will broadcast an exclusive interview with Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic. Touadéra highly praised the achievements of Chinese modernization and expressed his expectation that the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit will further promote mutually beneficial cooperation between Africa and China. The program will also be simultaneously available on new media platforms such as CCTV News, Yangshipin, and CCTV.com.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated on the 29th that over the past day, the Israeli military continued its operations in central Gaza Strip (Deir al-Balah) and southern Gaza (Rafah, Khan Younis), striking approximately 40 Palestinian armed organization targets in the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank, the IDF reported exchanges of fire with Palestinian militants. Palestinian armed groups stated on the 29th that they attacked Israeli military personnel and vehicles in Jenin and other areas in the West Bank. WHO Official Says Parties Agree to Temporary Humanitarian Truce for Polio Vaccination of Gaza Children. Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the occupied Palestinian territory, said on the 29th that relevant parties had agreed to a temporary humanitarian truce in specific areas of the Gaza Strip to allow Palestinian health authorities and UN agencies to cooperate on vaccinating Gaza children against polio. The vaccination campaign will begin in central Gaza on September 1 and continue for three days. Subsequently, vaccination efforts will also take place in the south and north. Hamas welcomed the move. An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that coordination for the vaccination campaign was underway with relevant UN agencies. Israeli Defense Minister Says War Aims Must Be Expanded, Israel-Lebanon Border Clashes Continue. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated on the 29th that Israel must expand its war aims, including the return of residents to their homes in northern Israel. On the same day, the Israeli military struck Hezbollah armed buildings and other targets in southern Lebanon. Lebanon's Hezbollah armed group stated on the 29th that its members launched attacks on Israeli military targets in the Golan Heights and other areas.
Russia's Ministry of Defense stated on the 29th that Russian forces had seized control of two new settlements in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and continued to advance into the depth of Ukrainian defenses. Russian forces struck Ukrainian "Storm Shadow" cruise missile depots, fuel depots supplying military equipment to Ukrainian forces, shot down dozens of Ukrainian drones, and destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned boats in the Black Sea waters. The Ukrainian side stated on the same day that Ukrainian forces repelled more than 20 Russian attacks in the Pokrovsk region. The Ukrainian side also confirmed that a Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet recently crashed during a mission, resulting in the death of a pilot. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has established a special commission to investigate the cause of the crash, and the specific crash site was not disclosed. Russia's Ministry of Defense also stated on the 29th that Russian forces destroyed more than 20 Ukrainian armored vehicles and other equipment in Russia's Kursk region on the same day. The Ukrainian side stated on the same day that Ukrainian forces' mission in the Kursk region was ongoing. Russian Foreign Ministry Official Says U.S. Involvement in Ukrainian Attacks on Kursk is an Objective Fact. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated on the 29th that the U.S. involvement in the Ukrainian attacks on the Kursk region is an objective fact, which is the result of Russia's analysis of available information. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the U.S. course of escalating the conflict is becoming increasingly provocative.
Iranian President Says Iran Seeks Peace but Does Not Fear Threats. Iranian President Pezeshkian stated on the 29th that Iran condemns all acts of aggression in the world, and that Iran's foreign policy is to promote peace, avoid tensions and conflicts, and develop friendly relations with all countries. However, facing threats of sanctions and pressure, Iran will resolutely take responsive measures. Pezeshkian condemned the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran and criticized the double standards of the U.S. and Western countries on human rights and other issues. Typhoon Continues to Affect Japan, Causing Power Outages and Train Cancellations in Many Areas. According to Japanese media reports today (August 30), Typhoon Shanshan continues to affect many areas of Japan, having caused 4 deaths and 104 injuries in the country. In the Kyushu and Kanto regions, more than 100,000 users experienced power outages. Several train lines, including the entire Kyushu Shinkansen line, were suspended or had reduced services, and some sections of expressways were closed. Over 600 domestic flights in Japan were canceled today.
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