Li Qiang

Not least because it was only a few days ago that Donald Trump was being all chummy with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

So while some of those present may have raised issues directly with the Chinese Vice President, Li Qiang, who was present at the summit, they did not agree to sign on to any binding commitments that had been put forward by the United States.

Trump's trade representative, Jamieson Greer, admitted that consensus on action had not been achieved.

He didn't, however, go into detail about the dynamics of why that might have been the case.

Yeah, and also this year, it's not just a competition, because alongside the 48th WorldSkills competition, we also see WorldSkills Conference 2026 and the WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 Expo being held alongside everything that's going on in the venues.

We also see Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with the president and the CEO of WorldSkills International.

It's all a clear message on how China is paying just a lot of, from top plan to the bottom executive kind of attention to this very sector.

They have meetings and they talk about things happening in societies at the time.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the event.

Premier Li Chen attended the opening ceremony and declared the competition open.

The competition brings together young skilled professionals from around the world to showcase their expertise and exchange experience.

Seven skills are making their debut at this year's competition, including rail vehicle technology, unmanned aerial systems, intelligent security technology and software testing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the event.

Premier Li Chen attended the opening ceremony and declared the competition open.

The competition brings together young skilled professionals from around the world to showcase their expertise and exchange experience.

Seven skills are making their debut at this year's competition, including rail vehicle technology, unmanned aerial systems, intelligent security technology and software testing.

I'm Tianyu.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the launch ceremony of the 5th Global Digital Trade Expo and deliver a speech.

The event will be held in Hangzhou from Wednesday to Sunday.

The Chinese Commerce Ministry says more than one-third of the exhibitors will focus on artificial intelligence alongside the collective debut of AI application pilot bases.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is helping to spearhead talks on the latter.

He and United States Representative Jamison Greer are meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in New York today.

And per Reuters, Bessent will try to set up some potential agreements on AI, tariffs, and critical minerals.

Bessent could also bring up the shared risks of AI, opening up the possibility of cooperation with China on the issue.

And he still has to deal with the economic front.

But I think most of the decision started shifting to Prime Minister Li Qiang.

And he's a little bit more pragmatic person.

So the economic front on China, but don't expect China will be doing a huge stimulus because That's just the way, you know, the party is still not fully convinced that China should do a big ban stimulus.