The Hub with Wang Guan

What are needed to explore new drivers and pathways to spur global economic growth? CGTN host Wang Guan caught up with Amit Sevak, CEO of Educational Testing Service, also known as ETS, the largest private educational assessment organization in the world, who shared his view on this.

Founded over a century ago, Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, is renowned for hosting one of Central Asia's largest Chinese culture and language institutions, the Kyrgyz-Chinese Institute. This institute has graduated thousands of students from Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia, and beyond, who come to learn Chinese language and culture, earning bachelor's, master's, and even PhD degrees. During a recent campus tour, we met a number of students there with fascinating stories about their personal connections to China.

The China-ASEAN Future Relations Forum was recently held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The focus of discussion was people-to-people connections. How to build more robust and stronger people-to-people connections between China and ASEAN countries?

With the launch of "Invest in China" Summit 2024 and the emergence of "new quality productive forces", China is signaling its commitment to building a robust investment environment and high-quality development. What can China's focus on new productivity bring to foreign businesses in China and also to global industries? And with the rise of AI, 5G, industrial internet, and big data, what are the new and potential challenges and opportunities for global businesses?

China and ASEAN have a robust and multifaceted relationship. On the political front, the two sides now have a comprehensive strategic partnership. On the economic front, the two sides have been each other's largest trading partner for the past four years. Now both sides have expressed willingness to forge closer people-to-people and cultural connections. How will they bring that about?

As the weather heats up, farmers across China are now busy with harvest. In today's program, we turn our focus to agriculture in China. How has it been developing, and what is the current state of its modernization? What are some of the new trends in this sector?

China and Arab States have recently reached a wide-range of consensus. How important is this to the future of China-Arab relations? What is their common opinion on the escalating humanitarian situation in Gaza? What does regaining membership into the Arab League by Syria mean to the organization and to regional stability?

Over the decades, China and Pakistan have forged an ironclad all-weather partnership and brotherhood, whereby the two countries have been standing by each other and supporting each other. With the recent conclusion of the fifth round of Foreign Minister-Level China-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, the two countries are charting the course for the future of bilateral ties. What are the key results of these meetings? In light of intensifying geopolitical tensions, how will Pakistan and China forge an even closer partnership?

China's automobile industry set a new record in the year 2023, with both production and sales exceeding 30 million units for the first time. But as China's new energy vehicles, solar photovoltaic panels, and lithium batteries enjoy booming sales worldwide, some Western media outlets claim that Chinese EV manufacturers' rapid development was driven by subsidies. Is China's so-called overcapacity really flooding global markets? Or should we put a quotation mark on the word overcapacity?

The Chinese mainland has criticized Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's so called "inauguration" speech on Monday. The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office's spokesperson Chen Binhua said the new leader of Taiwan has sent a "dangerous signal" of seeking "Taiwan independence", which is incompatible with peace across the Taiwan Strait.