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Preschool Education in China

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 29, 2024 - Children play with sand at the Second Experimental Kindergarten in Yantai High-tech Zone, East China's Shandong province, May 29, 2024. According to the Report on Population Change and the Development Strategy of Preschool Education (2024), from 2021 to 2023, preschool education will usher in an inflection point in the balance of total supply and demand. According to the current trend of a sharp decline in China's birth population, and the low fertility rate will remain in the future, the total size of children in kindergartens will fall off a cliff after 2023. By 2025, even with a 95% penetration rate estimated, the number of people in the park will likely drop to about 30 million; Attendance will also drop to around 9.5 to 10 million.

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Preschool Education in China

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 29, 2024 - Children compete in a bicycle race at the Second Experimental Kindergarten in Yantai High-tech Zone, East China's Shandong province, May 29, 2024. According to the Report on Population Change and the Development Strategy of Preschool Education (2024), from 2021 to 2023, preschool education will usher in an inflection point in the balance of total supply and demand. According to the current trend of a sharp decline in China's birth population, and the low fertility rate will remain in the future, the total size of children in kindergartens will fall off a cliff after 2023. By 2025, even with a 95% penetration rate estimated, the number of people in the park will likely drop to about 30 million; Attendance will also drop to around 9.5 to 10 million.

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Preschool Education in China

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 29, 2024 - Children play with bubbles at the Second Experimental Kindergarten in Yantai High-tech Zone, East China's Shandong province, May 29, 2024. According to the Report on Population Change and the Development Strategy of Preschool Education (2024), from 2021 to 2023, preschool education will usher in an inflection point in the balance of total supply and demand. According to the current trend of a sharp decline in China's birth population, and the low fertility rate will remain in the future, the total size of children in kindergartens will fall off a cliff after 2023. By 2025, even with a 95% penetration rate estimated, the number of people in the park will likely drop to about 30 million; Attendance will also drop to around 9.5 to 10 million.

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Preschool Education in China

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 29, 2024 - Children fly paper airplanes at the Second Experimental Kindergarten in Yantai High-tech Zone, East China's Shandong province, May 29, 2024. According to the Report on Population Change and the Development Strategy of Preschool Education (2024), from 2021 to 2023, preschool education will usher in an inflection point in the balance of total supply and demand. According to the current trend of a sharp decline in China's birth population, and the low fertility rate will remain in the future, the total size of children in kindergartens will fall off a cliff after 2023. By 2025, even with a 95% penetration rate estimated, the number of people in the park will likely drop to about 30 million; Attendance will also drop to around 9.5 to 10 million.

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Preschool Education in China

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 29, 2024 - Children play a tire rolling game at the Second Experimental Kindergarten in Yantai High-tech Zone, East China's Shandong province, May 29, 2024. According to the Report on Population Change and the Development Strategy of Preschool Education (2024), from 2021 to 2023, preschool education will usher in an inflection point in the balance of total supply and demand. According to the current trend of a sharp decline in China's birth population, and the low fertility rate will remain in the future, the total size of children in kindergartens will fall off a cliff after 2023. By 2025, even with a 95% penetration rate estimated, the number of people in the park will likely drop to about 30 million; Attendance will also drop to around 9.5 to 10 million.

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Preschool Education in China

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 29, 2024 - Children water plants at the Second Experimental Kindergarten in Yantai High-tech Zone, East China's Shandong province, May 29, 2024. According to the Report on Population Change and the Development Strategy of Preschool Education (2024), from 2021 to 2023, preschool education will usher in an inflection point in the balance of total supply and demand. According to the current trend of a sharp decline in China's birth population, and the low fertility rate will remain in the future, the total size of children in kindergartens will fall off a cliff after 2023. By 2025, even with a 95% penetration rate estimated, the number of people in the park will likely drop to about 30 million; Attendance will also drop to around 9.5 to 10 million.

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Preschool Education in China

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 29, 2024 - Children play on the ground at the Second Experimental Kindergarten in Yantai High-tech Zone, East China's Shandong province, May 29, 2024. According to the Report on Population Change and the Development Strategy of Preschool Education (2024), from 2021 to 2023, preschool education will usher in an inflection point in the balance of total supply and demand. According to the current trend of a sharp decline in China's birth population, and the low fertility rate will remain in the future, the total size of children in kindergartens will fall off a cliff after 2023. By 2025, even with a 95% penetration rate estimated, the number of people in the park will likely drop to about 30 million; Attendance will also drop to around 9.5 to 10 million.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - Meng Wanzhou delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2023. Meng Wanzhou said that 5G is crossing the inflection point from quantitative change to qualitative change, 5G users in China will reach 561 million in 2022, 1.5 billion 5G connections in 2023, and it is expected that by 2030, the world will achieve 5 billion 5G connections, and the global mobile industry will contribute $6 trillion to GDP.

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COVID-19 still int'l health emergency: WHO

STORY: COVID-19 still int'l health emergency: WHO DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): JIANG XUELAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of WHO Headquarters 3. various of vaccination 4. various of vaccines STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): JIANG XUELAN, Xinhua correspondent "The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO's highest alert level. The announcement came amid the recent increase of weekly reported deaths worldwide." After its quarterly assessment meeting on the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, the WHO's International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee said in a statement that COVID-19 remains a dangerous infectious disease with the capacity to cause substantial damage to health systems. It also acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic may be approaching an inflection point. The committee said alt