The decision. And millions more people in the u. S. Lose their jobs but some stores are surviving without laying off staff. Chinas premier is about to outline the countrys plans for the next year after some of its most challenging months the corona Virus Outbreak that began in woohoo and forced it into a National Shutdown which was badly hit the economy and its still locked in a trade dispute with the United States well its just gone 9 am in the Chinese Capital beijing and this is the great hall of the people where the National Peoples congress is getting underway with more than 3000 delegates in his opening address premier league chang is expected to announce plans to tackle the economic fallout will katrina you joins us live now from beijing katrina this National Peoples congress was originally proposed because of the corona virus and how important is this years event given that beijing would want to show that its back to business as usual and claim victory over the pandemic. Well th
[applause] and ask for your job ration for the numbers of the national committee. Epidemic spreading and it is the most challenging Public Health emergency that china has encountered. We are fighting it with the sacrifice of our nation. Strategicde major achievements in response to covid19. We are promoting development. We fulfilled the targets and tests for economic and social development this year. The debut of the work in 2019 in first few modes of 2020 china faces many challenges. This let them and when this foundation reached the goal of prosperity the economy remained stable over all. The gdp rose 99 point with a 6. 1 increase over the previous year. New jobs were added. The Unemployment Rate was below 5. 3. Consumer prices rose by 2. 9 . A basic equilibrium was maintained in the balance of payments. The economic structure continued to improve, and the Development Priorities of regions are better aligned. Total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 40 trillion yuan, and consump
National committee of the cppcc for their comments. The covid19 epidemic is the thee fastest spreading, most extensive, and most challenging Public Health emergency china has encountered since the founding of the peoples republic. Under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the communist party of china with comrade xi jinping at its core, and through the hard work and sacrifice of our entire nation, we have made major strategic achievements in our response to covid19. At present, the epidemic has not yet come to an end, while the tasks we face in promoting development are immense. We must redouble our efforts to minimize the losses resulting from the virus and fulfill the targets and tasks for economic and social development this year. First, a review of our work in 2019 and the first few months of 2020. In pursuing Development Last year, china faced many difficulties and challenges. World Economic Growth was weak, International Economic and trade frictions intensified, and
This is the special meeting of the Small Business submission on wednesday, may 27th. The meeting is called to order at 1 01 p. M. Phowe thank Media Services and sf gov tv which can be viewed on sf gov tv or livestream. Members of the public is 888 2733658 and the access code is 310745. inaudible . The members of the public will be calling in 888 2736538 and access code is 3103752. When prompted dial 120 be added to the speaker line and it will indicate that callers are entering the question and answer time but this is the Public Comment. If you call in before Public Comment is called, youll be added to the cue. Please mute the device youre listening to the meeting on. When its your time to speak, youll be prompted to do so. Its three minutes per speaker or otherwise established bit speaker. Please show the office of Small Business slide. Interest we will start with the reminder the Small Business commission can voice your concern about policies that affect the Small Businesses in San F
Item two is pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, for liberty and justice for all. Item 3, a approval of minutes for the may 12, 2020 meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. Approved. Role call vote. role call . It passes unanimously. This passes. Item 4, please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Court Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Please note that the Public Comment period, the moderator will instruct dialparticipants to register comment. Audio prompts will signal to dial in. Please dial in only when the item you wish to comment on is announced. Item 5, Public Comment on items notlessed on the agenda. We will open the phone lines to the public to take Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda from members of the public who are joining us on the phone. Jen