2026-03-05
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Examining the events that impact and shape China and the rest of the world.
This is the Beijing Hour.
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Now here's your host, Shane Begum, with you on this Thursday, March the 5th, 2026.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, China's top legislature has opened its annual session in Beijing,
reviewing a government work report and calling for stable economic growth.
Lawmakers in the Chinese capital are also deliberating on the country's first ecological and environmental code.
China is sending a special envoy to the Middle East to help restore regional stability
as US and Israeli attacks continue in Iran.
In business, China's commercial scaling of the AI Plus initiative is underway.
In sports, China's named its flagbearers for the Paralympic Winter Games.
In culture and entertainment, Chinese seniors are learning AI video skills and more.
Now the day's top stories.
China is targeting economic growth of 4.5 to 5 percent this year and reducing carbon emissions per unit of GDP by around 3.8 percent.
The latest government work report highlighted these goals at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.
Xi Jinping and other party and state leaders attended the opening meeting on Thursday morning.
Premier Li Cheng said the government will foster new growth drivers at a faster pace.