A senior official from the National Radio and Television Administration on Thursday outlined the plan to accelerate the high-quality development of the radio, television and online audiovisual sectors during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). He Biao, deputy head of the National Radio and Television Administration, told reporters that the administration will actively promote the deep integration and coordinated development of the sectors during the period.
He stressed that the radio, television and online audiovisual sectors must serve an ideological function, provide public services, and develop as a technology-driven industry.
The administration will make a point to coordinate four distinct business forms: radio and TV networks, Internet Protocol Television or IPTV, internet-based TV, and the public internet.
"The administration will consolidate and upgrade radio and television broadcasting, innovate and develop online audiovisual services, and integrate them to form synergy. It will vigorously push forward two advances: enabling radio and television media to fully advance into the main battlefield of the internet, and enabling radio, television and audiovisual services to advance into the main battlefield of economic and social development," he said.
Official briefs on plan to boost radio, television, online audiovisual sectors
Yemen's Houthi group said Wednesday it had launched two missile and drone attacks targeting an Aramco facility and a military air base in response to Saudi air strikes against Yemen this week.
The Houthis accused Saudi Arabia earlier Wednesday of carrying out more than 450 airstrikes across seven Yemeni provinces over the past week. In response, the group used dozens of ballistic missiles and drones to attack the Saudi Aramco facility in the western Saudi city of Yanbu, and launched several ballistic missiles to struck the airbase in Khamis Mushait air base in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border.
The group claimed the Yanbu attack caused large fires and extensive damage, while missiles targeting Khamis Mushait accurately hit their targets. Saudi authorities and Aramco have not commented on the claims. The Houthis also said that it would continue operations against Saudi Arabia until the kingdom halts its airstrikes and lifts the blockade on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
On the same day, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement carried by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that the group had shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet over the northeastern province of Marib. He said the fighter jet was struck by a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile while conducting "hostile operations" in support of Saudi-backed Yemeni forces in Marib.
Sarea said Houthi forces subsequently fired locally made air-defense missiles at two formations of Saudi F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets that entered Marib's airspace to search for the wreckage of the downed aircraft, forcing them to retreat.
Separately, Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday evening before it entered the prohibited airspace of the holy city, the Saudi-led coalition said.
Coalition spokesman Turki Al Maliki said the security of the Two Holy Mosques and pilgrims is a "red line", adding that the coalition would not hesitate to take necessary measures to deter further Houthi attacks.
An official from the Houthis rejected the allegation on Wednesday.
"The claims about targeting Mecca are a worn-out lie that has been used before and no longer fools anyone," Houthi official Hazem al-Assad wrote on X.
Yemen's Houthis claim missile, drone strikes on Saudi Aramco facility, air base
