ahead of that, the chinese mpc. we know what their economic goals are. there's going -- the stimulus approach is going to get them there. they had a record in terms of their budget deficit target. there will be special government bond issuance is as well. there's a focus on some of these tech sectors including ai. along with ev's spurring growth. overall, very positive for stock markets. the hang seng hit the highest level in about a week. doubling down as well. if you take a look at some of the special mentions that we heard in the speech, it also included robotics, computing, chipmaking stocks. those are the ones that are doing well today. special bonds as well for the big banks. these are the lenders that have been doing heavy lifting in china the past couple years. their margins have been coming under pressure. some fleshing out of the recapitalization plans. also leading gains in china. tom: the stock market reaction, individual names on the move on the back of that report. the details coming out of beijing. we will stay on that story and get the de

>> i don't expect the leaders that gather here for the mpc starts tomorrow and the cpcc, which are gathering this afternoon that's why everyone is here. about to go into the great hall of the people behind me. i don't expect them to necessarily come out and talk directly about the u.s. threat and the u.s. tariffs other than to say that their external environment has become much more challenging. the moves of retaliatory countermeasures taken. but obviously this is an economy here that is struggling to gain footing at a time when the real main pillar of growth has come from exports. those are going to be you aren't threat if a key export destination like to united states is going to be levying 20% tariffs with a threat that possibly could go up to 60 as donald trump promised on the campaign trail. exports are going to be a little bit weak. they need to drive domestic consumption. there needs to be end markets, viable markets for the products that have been you know, described as industrial overcapacity here. where did they go? they need to go into the local market. you're going to see a lot o