A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has sparked celebrations on Gaza's streets, but concerns remain over the implementation of the deal.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal after intensive mediation efforts by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announced on Wednesday.
According to the agreement, Hamas will release 33 hostages in the first phase, spanning six weeks from Jan 19, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners. The Israeli military will withdraw from populated areas to the outskirts of Gaza, allowing displaced Palestinians to return to their residence in the Gaza Strip.
The details of the second and third phases will be announced after the completion of the first phase of the agreement.
Abu Abdul Zain, a displaced Gaza resident, refused to join the celebrations, doubting if the deal will be actually implemented.
"We hope the news (coming from Doha) will be good, but I have a message for the world. Why should we celebrate today? Thousands of bodies are still under the rubbles and hundreds of bodies are still in the streets. First of all, we hope that God will give us victory, and a ceasefire will take place, so that we can return to our homes," he said.
Israeli attacks have killed 46,707 Palestinians in Gaza and reduced much of the territory to rubble, according to Gaza-based health authorities.
The 15 months of fighting and siege have created a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the region.
According to reports, humanitarian aid will flow in, with 600 trucks entering Gaza daily, including 50 carrying much-needed fuel to restore electricity in the territory.
However, some people in Gaza are still deeply worried about the uncertain future.
"My father was killed, my brother was killed, and we have no one who cares about us. The relatives cannot help. We have nothing left. We have lost everything. All my uncles were killed and there is no one left. When we were in the south and the truce started at that time, my father bought me new clothes. Today, there is no one to buy me clothes. And we lost the money my father saved from working at that time," said Ghazal Saba, a displaced little girl, weeping.
Gazans cautiously hopeful as Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal
Gazans cautiously hopeful as Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal
Gazans cautiously hopeful as Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal
China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) on Monday announced significant progress in its "AI+" initiative for centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the pursuit of higher growth and efficiency, with over 500 application scenarios already deployed across key industries.
At a briefing, SASAC revealed that its "AI+" initiative is yielding positive results in crucial areas of the AI industry, including applications, computing power, data, and models. The initiative has involved the rollout of specific support policies and specialized AI training programs for SOEs.
"We currently have applications deployed in an layout of over 500 scenarios in key industries such as industrial manufacturing, energy, power grids, and intelligent connected vehicles. AI is significantly improving efficiency and reducing costs in areas like scientific-technological research, production and customer service. We have also actively guided two batches of centrally-administered SOEs to open application scenarios to society to build cooperation platforms," said Dai Xi, director of SASAC's Planning and Development Bureau.
The briefing highlighted that centrally-administered SOEs have amassed high-quality datasets in key sectors like transportation and logistics, financial services, green and low-carbon initiatives, industrial manufacturing, and the petroleum and petrochemical industries. They have also participated in the construction of multiple data annotation bases and invested in data companies that use specialized and sophisticated technologies to produce novel and unique products. Furthermore, a new centrally-administered SOE, China Shulian Logistics Information Co., Ltd., has been established to explore innovative models for the development and utilization of public data.
At the briefing, SASAC officials indicated that the "AI+" initiative will continue to be deepened throughout the year.
"We will focus on high-value scenarios with strong strategic significance, high economic returns, and close ties to people's livelihoods, to strengthen industry collaboration, expand openness and cooperation, and strengthen the deployment of scenarios. Centrally-administered SOEs will definitely increase their financial investment, adhere to a combination of production and investment, and use investment to promote production, and continue to expand long-term, strategic and patient capital for greater development of AI," Dai said.
China's SOEs embrace 'AI+' for higher growth, efficiency: authorities
