2025-11-05
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This is the Beijing Hour.
Examining the events that impact and shape China and the rest of the world.
This is the Beijing Hour.
One hour of news and information brought to you every weekday.
Now here's your host Shane Begum with you on this Wednesday, November 5th, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, the Chinese premiers address the opening of the China International Import Expo,
hailing the event as the entrance to the Chinese economy.
Government officials and media executives are gathering in northwest China for the founding conference of the Global South Media Partnership and the Global Video Media Forum.
The government's shutdown in the US is now the longest in the country's history after a 14th attempt at a funding bill failed in the Senate.
In business, steady momentum for China's service sector.
And today we continue our special series on China's path toward its dual carbon and sustainable development goals,
and the challenges of China's green energy transition.
Now checking the day's top stories.
Chinese Premier Li Chang's hailed the China International Import Expo as a bridge connecting the world and an entrance to the Chinese economy.
In his address to the opening ceremony of the eighth CIE in Shanghai,
the Premier noted that the record number of exhibitors this year is a reflection of the vitality of China's supersized market.
He also stressed certainties in development and opening up.
Gotian Xi has more.