Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei reaffirmed Tehran's strategic commitment to Hezbollah in a response on Sunday evening to a recent letter from the group's leader Naim Qassem and its fighters, amid escalating regional tensions.
In his reply, Khamenei described Hezbollah as the primary force resisting Israel and its backers, and hailed the group as an inspiration for movements opposing hegemony and their proxies worldwide.
He emphasized that Hezbollah's endurance stems not only from its armed fighters but also from the support of the Lebanese people, particularly those in the country's southern regions.
Khamenei reiterated that supporting Hezbollah remains a strategic policy of Iran, following the path established by the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
He said that Iran will make the preservation of Lebanon's territorial integrity and a complete, unconditional end to Israel's military operations in Lebanon the top priority in any memorandum of understanding with the United States aimed at ending the conflict.
The Iranian leader also said that people around the world can no longer tolerate what he called "oppression and atrocities" by the United States and Israel, and vowed to continue the path of resistance.
Iran's Khamenei reaffirms support for Hezbollah amid regional tensions
China’s electronics industry surged in the first half of the year, posting a 96.9 percent profit jump on strong computing power demand, with the sector’s gains lifting overall profit growth of industrial enterprises above designated size by 8.5 percentage points, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
The growth in profits of the electronics sector has been a significant driving force of the rapid increase in profits of industrial enterprises with an annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.95 million U.S. dollars), the NBS said.
Profits in computer system manufacturing soared 689.3 percent, while computer peripheral equipment manufacturing jumped 305.8 percent, fueled by demand for servers and high‑performance workstations.
In the electronic device manufacturing field, integrated circuit manufacturing rose 2,579.5 percent and discrete semiconductor devices 31.2 percent. In the electronic component and special materials field, profits of electronic special materials manufacturing expanded 209.7 percent and electronic circuit manufacturing 26.9 percent.
The breadth of gains across upstream and downstream sectors has provided important support to industrial profits.
"These industries share a common feature, which is relatively long industrial chains. The stable development of these industries has also led to the recovery of profits along the upstream and downstream of the chains. Therefore, it has played an important supporting role in the growth of industrial profits," said Wei Qijia, researcher of the State Information Center under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
Meanwhile, new growth drivers boosted profits across related industries. Recycled rubber manufacturing and aluminum smelting both rose more than 100 percent, while optical fiber manufacturing surged 410.4 percent. Profits in raw material manufacturing also climbed, as unit costs continued to fall and overall profitability improved.
"New technologies will be leveraged to further reduce the operating costs of enterprises. At the same time, implement and refine various policies aimed at alleviating the burdens of real economy enterprises. By continuously optimizing the business environment, we will steadily expand the room for enterprises' profit growth, and create more favorable conditions for the steady recovery of the industrial profits," said Wei.
China's electronics sector profits up 96.9 pct in H1
