New law to provide accessible and efficient support for vulnerable groups
About this episode
The episode discusses China's new social assistance law, tourism activities during the May Day holiday, and the financial impact of the war in Iran on the United States.
China's social assistance law, coming into effect on July 1, aims to provide legal guarantees to promote the development of social assistance and ensure that all Chinese people benefit from the country's reform and development (01:03). Cities across China are staging diverse activities, hoping the five-day May Day holiday could boost the tourism sector (13:13). And the war in Iran has cost the United States $25 billion so far (19:43).
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