China's top legislator holds discussions with representatives of Chinese, foreign entrepreneurs

China's top legislator Zhao Leji on Thursday held discussions with representatives of Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs attending the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province.

Expressing his gratitude to the entrepreneurs for their longstanding support and participation in China's reform and opening up, Zhao, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, said that China is ready to work with all countries to firmly safeguard the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core and create an open, inclusive and non-discriminatory environment for international cooperation.

Zhao said the Chinese economy is built on a solid foundation, with strengths in many areas, strong resilience and great potential, and the fundamentals supporting its long-term growth remain unchanged.

Zhao said the Chinese economy is built on a solid foundation, with strengths in many areas, strong resilience and great potential, and the fundamentals supporting its long-term growth remain unchanged.

China has the confidence and ability to achieve long-term stable development and continue to provide strong impetus for world economic growth, he said.

Zhao said China adheres to the basic state policy of opening up and welcomes enterprises from all countries to continue investing in China and share the opportunities brought about by China's high-quality development.

During the discussions, entrepreneurs expressed their support for economic globalization and full confidence in China's development prospects, pledging to stay focused on the Chinese market to achieve win-win development.

China's top legislator holds discussions with representatives of Chinese, foreign entrepreneurs

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that it struck multiple missile production and storage sites across Iran from Thursday night into early Friday morning.

According to the IDF, its strikes hit facilities producing ballistic missiles and other weapons in the Iranian capital Tehran, as well as missile launchers and storage facilities in western Iran.

The IDF also said that it struck Iran's primary military naval site for the production of missiles and sea mines in central Iran.

The site, located in the city of Yazd and targeted by the Israeli Air Force, was used for the planning, development, assembly and storage of advanced missiles intended for launch from surface vessels, submarines and helicopters against both mobile and stationary maritime targets, the IDF said in a statement.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on social media on Friday that a residential area in Tehran was hit by airstrikes. Search and rescue operations are underway.

Also on Friday, a security official in the central province of Qom said that the U.S. and Israeli attacks in the Pardisan area in the early hours of the day have resulted in 15 deaths and 10 injuries.

The death toll could rise further as the search and rescue operations are still underway, said the official.

Israel claims strikes on Iran's missile production, storage sites while Iran reports more casualties