Lebanon's Health Ministry said Saturday that the cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has risen to 3,756, with 11,632 others wounded, as Israeli strikes and shelling across the country continued.
Three people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA).
The casualties include the mukhtar (mayor) of the town of Rihan, Ali Badih, who was killed in an Israeli strike on the town in the Jezzine district.
On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck more than 70 Hezbollah military infrastructure sites in southern Lebanon over the previous 24 hours,
The targets included launchers and structures used by Hezbollah to carry out attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, the IDF said in a statement.
The military added that it had also killed Hezbollah militants identified in areas where IDF troops were operating in southern Lebanon.
In response, Hezbollah said it launched drone attacks on Israeli military vehicles on the same day.
Also on Saturday, the IDF told residents of 20 towns and villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate.
"Anyone who is in the vicinity of Hezbollah installations or means of warfare is endangering their lives," according to the IDF.
Lebanon says death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 rises to 3,756
China on Tuesday released the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for promoting the development of its electronic information manufacturing industry, laying out a comprehensive strategy to enhance global competitiveness of some key sectors.
The plan was jointly released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the National Development and Reform Commission.
The plan provides that by 2030, the operating revenue of the enterprises above a designated scale in China's electronic information manufacturing industry will have exceeded 30 trillion yuan (about 4.5 trillion U.S. dollars), with a number of advanced technologies and products emerging in fields such as integrated circuits, advanced computing and consumer electronics,
The industry will also have world-class enterprises that can compete on the global market by 2030 and its research and development investment intensity is expected to reach 3.5 percent by that time.
"By 2030, China's electronic information manufacturing industry will have played a pivotal role in the global industrial landscape, with a substantial increase in fields where it takes the lead or runs neck and neck with others. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), the industry will continue to promote innovative development in a number of key areas," said Li Hongwei, chief engineer with China Electronic Information Industry Development Research Institute.
The plan lays out 17 tasks around four areas -- consolidating the industry's foundational capacity, boosting the competitiveness of complete electronic equipment and systems, helping the industry foster new growth drivers, and enhancing the industry's capacity for sustainable development.
These tasks include accelerating the innovation and application of smart sensors, consolidating the development foundation of the photonics industry, accelerating the innovative development of consumer electronics, and strengthening the hardware foundation of artificial intelligence, among others.
Li said that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China's consumer electronics industry will experience deeper integration with AI, helping drive the development of some key technologies and products.
"As AI is more and more deeply integrated into the consumer electronics industry, new product categories such as AI phones, AI computers, AI glasses and AI toys keep emerging. This will accelerate the iterative upgrading of key technologies and products in the field of consumer electronics terminals, including edge-side large models, AI chips and high-bandwidth memory," he said.
China releases plan to enhance global competitiveness of electronic information manufacturing industry
