The Lebanese death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 2,418 since October of last year, in addition to 11,336 others injured, Lebanese Environment Minister announced on Friday.
A report released by Lebanese Environment Minister Nasser Yassin, also coordinator the government's emergency committee, showed that since October 8 last year, Lebanon has suffered 10,333 attacks from Israel.
The Lebanese government has set up 1,098 shelters to house the surging displaced people, with 902 of them already running in full capacity. Currently, 191,501 displaced individuals are staying in the officially established shelters, the report said.
The report also showed that from September 23 to October 18 this year, 335,948 Syrian citizens and 135,181 Lebanese citizens have entered Syria through border crossings.
Lebanese death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 2,418
China-Southeast Asia cooperation has been a key topic at the ongoing 2024 Financial Street Forum in Beijing, with attendees expressing positive attitudes toward further development.
The Annual Conference of the Financial Street Forum 2024, running until Sunday, is co-hosted by the Beijing government, the People's Bank of China, the National Financial Regulatory Administration, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Xinhua News Agency, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
At the parallel forum 'China-Southeast Asia Cross-border Investment and Industrial Cooperation for High-quality Development', delegates from government units, industry associations and enterprises shared their views on the importance of economic cooperation between China and Southeast Asian nations, with some keynote speakers highlighting new energy vehicles as a key investment area.
"Southeast Asia has become a region with the most concentrated overseas investment by Chinese automobile companies, particularly in new energy vehicles (NEVs). In 2023, over 60 percent of NEVs sold in Southeast Asia were Chinese brands. The business community has been an active participant and promoter of the high-quality development of China-Southeast Asia economic and trade cooperation," said Ren Hongbin, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
"The collaboration between Indonesia and China in the area of EV ecosystem, electric vehicle ecosystem, in the past ten years has been phenomenal. Through this collaboration, the Chinese investor, Chinese corporation come to Indonesia, develop the sector, working together with the local cooperation with the governments, building something from almost scratch into something really big," said Stefanus ade hadiwidjaja, CEO of Indonesia Investment Authority.
China has been the largest trading partner of ASEAN for 15 consecutive years, and for the past four years, the two have mutually been each other's largest trading partners. As of the end of July, mutual investments had exceeded 400 billion U.S. dollars.
China-Southeast Asia cooperation on NEVs takes center stage at 2024 Financial Street Forum
