Xinhuanet Beijing, November 29th (Wang Ying) Comprehensively clean up the software such as "Call You to Death" and "Network Number Change", newly purchased buses should have safety protection and isolation in the driving area, and the star-rated hotels that are not worthy of the name should be downgraded without mercy, and the fraudulent behavior of medical institutions should be strictly investigated, and nine 5A-level tourist attractions should be added … Recently, a number of people’s livelihood areas have once again released reform dividends, and a large wave of people’s livelihood "red envelopes" have been made available to the people.

　　Comprehensively clean up all kinds of information harassment software and give everyone a clean and peaceful life.

　　Nowadays, the vast majority of people will face endless telecom chaos such as sales calls, a mountain of spam messages, and harassment applications upgraded by means. In this regard, 13 departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have organized a nationwide campaign for a period of one and a half years since July 2018, focusing on rectifying harassment calls and disturbing people.

　　A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Work Plan on Promoting the Special Action of Comprehensive Remediation of Harassment Calls" (hereinafter referred to as the "Work Plan"), clearly requiring strengthening the control of communication channels, enhancing technical prevention capabilities, and comprehensively curbing the spread of harassing calls.

　　The "Work Plan" requires a comprehensive regulation of the call center business, and clearly States: "To carry out commercial marketing, we should obtain the user’s consent in advance, keep relevant vouchers and actively cooperate with the harassing phone check."

　　According to the requirements of the Work Plan, before the end of November 2018, all relevant Internet enterprises (including information publishing platforms, e-commerce platforms, application software distribution platforms and social platforms) should comprehensively clean up the sales promotion information of software such as "Call You to Death", "Network Number Change" and "SMS Bomber" and equipment such as "Cat Pool" and "Voice Gateway", and cut off the search and release of related software and equipment on the Internet.

　　It is understood that from January to October this year, China Mobile intercepted 1.08 billion harassing calls and 316 million spam messages every month, and cooperated with the detection of more than 8,600 cases of pseudo base stations.

　　Newly-purchased buses should have safety protection in the driving area, isolate public travel and improve the sense of security.

　　During this period, bus safety accidents have aroused widespread concern in society. On November 9, the Ministry of Transport issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Safety Guarantee of Urban Bus and Tram Operation, which put forward four requirements for strengthening the safety guarantee of urban bus and tram operation: First, effectively strengthen the training and education of urban bus and tram drivers’ safety awareness and emergency response ability. Second, newly purchased vehicles are required to have safety protection and isolation facilities in the driving area, and vehicles in use are encouraged to modify the protection and isolation facilities. The third is to raise passengers’ awareness of safe riding and encourage passengers to participate in the safety guarantee of urban public buses and trams. Fourth, it is necessary to report to the police in time for violations of laws and regulations that affect operational safety.

　　Then, at the regular press conference on November 22nd, the Ministry of Transport further stated that it was studying and taking a series of special actions and working measures to continuously improve the bus safety level. At the meeting, spokesperson Wu Chungeng said that up to now, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Shandong, Guangzhou, Xiamen and other provinces and cities have taken measures to deploy and carry out urban public transport safety rectification work.

　　The Ministry of Transport issued an initiative to the whole society: drivers should drive safely all the time, speak calmly and drive in a civilized way, starting from me; It’s important for passengers to be kind to others, to follow the rules and order, to ride in a civilized way, and to start from me.

　　For star-rated hotels that are not worthy of the name, the stars should be picked up and the downgrade should be downgraded.

　　The recent media exposure of domestic star-rated hotels caused widespread public concern, and the China Consumers Association issued a statement on November 21, strongly condemning the health chaos. It is suggested that for star hotels that are not worthy of the name, the star should be picked up and the star should be downgraded, and the real star hotels in be worthy of the name should be selected for consumers.

　　The relevant person in charge of China Consumers Association said that the hygienic chaos of star-rated hotels exposed this time seriously violated the consumer rights protection law and the relevant regulations of the tourist hotel industry, and seriously damaged consumers’ rights to safety, information, choice and fair trade.

　　China Consumers Association also said in the statement that so far, the star-rated hotels involved have not deeply realized the seriousness of the problem, nor have they fully understood and respected the consumer’s supervision suggestions. Instead, in their responses, they used the expressions of "individual employees" and "individual events" to downplay the existing problems, reflecting their indifference and numbness to consumers and consumer supervision suggestions. This attitude shows that their service concept and quality are not consistent with the "star" above them.

　　China Consumers Association calls on relevant departments and industry enterprises to truly integrate "consumer first" into the supervision and management concept, sincerely accept the supervision of consumers, and reshape the "star" of star-rated hotels in the minds of consumers.

　　Strictly investigate the fraudulent behavior of medical institutions to ensure the safety of medical insurance fund supervision

　　On November 21, the National Health Insurance Bureau held a special action conference to combat fraud and defraud medical insurance funds, and decided to launch a special action "looking back" nationwide, and has issued a notice for special deployment.

　　"Looking back" focuses on three key areas: for medical institutions, it focuses on investigating and dealing with behaviors such as inducing insured persons to be hospitalized, stealing and fraudulently using social security cards of insured persons, forging medical documents or bills, assisting insured persons to withdraw medical insurance funds, and falsely recording or recording medical service fees; For retail pharmacies, it is important to investigate and deal with such behaviors as drug exchange and fund withdrawal by credit card; For the insured, it is important to investigate and deal with acts such as fraudulent use of bills to defraud funds.

　　The press conference also released the telephone number of complaints reported by the National Medical Insurance Bureau and the special actions to combat fraud and defraud medical insurance funds in various places. The National Medical Insurance Bureau will establish a reward mechanism for reporting, focusing on people’s reporting, combining medical insurance intelligent monitoring, big data analysis, and unannounced visits to accurately target and severely crack down on illegal activities.

　　It is more convenient to implement the travel experience in the first railway e-ticket pilot project in China.

　　China Railway Corporation announced that from November 22, the railway department will implement the pilot e-ticket service in Hainan Island High-speed Railway, and strive to improve the travel experience of passengers and provide them with more convenient and efficient services.

　　According to the person in charge of the relevant departments of China Railway General Administration, the existing railway passenger tickets are red bar code tickets and blue magnetic media tickets, both of which adopt real-name registration system, which integrates the functions of railway passenger transport contract vouchers, boarding vouchers and reimbursement vouchers, and passengers need to ride by ticket. The implementation of e-ticket means separating the functions of passenger transport contract vouchers, travel vouchers and reimbursement vouchers carried by paper tickets, taking electronic data as railway passenger transport contract vouchers, promoting paperless and diversified travel vouchers and gradually electronizing reimbursement vouchers.

　　E-ticket is implemented. When passengers purchase tickets and enter the station and check in, they can directly use the second-generation ID card, foreigner’s permanent residence permit, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents’ residence permit, Hong Kong and Macao residents’ travel permit to and from the Mainland, and mainland travel permit for taiwan residents’s five machine-readable documents to self-check and check in. Passengers with machine-readable ticket purchase documents will be scanned by the staff at the special real-name verification gate and ticket gate, or their ID number will be manually entered to verify their arrival.

　　The person in charge said that after the implementation of e-ticket, passengers’ procedures such as ticket purchase, ticket checking and riding will be more convenient and faster. According to the pilot situation, the railway department will further improve the e-ticket service plan and gradually promote it in the stations where high-speed trains and bullet trains stop, and in the stations where ordinary trains stop.

　　Strengthen the response to influenza, and treat critically ill patients in hospitals with conditions.

　　With the coming of winter, China is about to enter the epidemic season of influenza. The General Office of the National Health and Wellness Commission and the Office of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued a notice on November 21, requesting to further strengthen the medical treatment of influenza. All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) should set up an expert group on influenza medical treatment in their respective jurisdictions to be responsible for the training, technical guidance and consultation of severe and critically ill patients in their respective jurisdictions. In accordance with the principle of "concentrating patients, experts, resources and treatment", critically ill patients should be treated in qualified hospitals. Hospitals should allocate resources uniformly to ensure the treatment needs of critically ill patients with influenza, effectively reduce the occurrence of severe and critical diseases and reduce the mortality rate.

　　The two departments require that health administrative departments at all levels should pay special attention to key groups such as the elderly, children, pregnant women and patients with basic diseases, and standardize treatment in a timely manner in strict accordance with the requirements of the Diagnosis and Treatment Plan. Medical institutions should ensure the timely and sufficient supply of antiviral drugs, and use antiviral drugs as soon as possible for patients who meet the "Diagnosis and Treatment Plan".

　　In addition, primary medical institutions should combine their medical service capacity and patients’ condition, standardize consultation and counseling, case screening and other work, scientifically implement graded diagnosis and treatment, rationally divert patients, and try to treat mild patients in the community and isolate them at home. Smooth the green channel for referral and timely refer critically ill patients to higher-level hospitals.

　　Carry out investigation and rectification of accident-prone road sections to protect public road safety

　　In view of the hidden dangers exposed by the recent "10.28" bus crash in Wanzhou, Chongqing, the "11.3" major traffic accident on Lanhai Expressway in Gansu and the "11.13" major traffic accident in Xi ‘an, Shaanxi, the Ministry of Public Security recently issued an urgent notice to deploy the national public security traffic control department to conduct a centralized investigation and rectification operation on accident-prone sections from November 22 to the end of the year.

　　According to reports, the accident-prone sections of this investigation are mainly sections where more than three traffic accidents causing deaths or more than one major traffic accident causing more than three deaths occurred within a certain mileage on expressways and ordinary highways in the past three years.

　　The Ministry of Public Security requires that public security traffic control departments at all levels should complete the investigation before the end of the year. For the road sections with frequent accidents, they should put forward rectification suggestions according to the principle of one road section and one plan. For those with outstanding hidden dangers and great difficulties in rectification, they should increase their efforts to urge rectification. For key accident-prone sections that cannot be rectified in place for a while, it is necessary to strengthen command and guidance and order control, and timely release information on accident-prone sections to the public to remind the masses to pay attention to safe passage.

　　The Ministry of Public Security also reminds the majority of traffic participants that they must obey the laws and regulations, drive carefully, appropriately reduce the speed, increase the following distance, pay attention to signs and markings, and be more careful when driving in bad weather such as rain and snow or at night to ensure traffic safety.

　　Five-A-level tourist attractions add nine boutique tourism products for everyone to enjoy their trip.

　　The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently announced in official website that 9 scenic spots have been newly identified as national 5A-level scenic spots and 11 4A-level scenic spots have been delisted by the National Tourism Resources Planning and Development Quality Evaluation Committee. At present, there are 259 5A scenic spots in China.

　　The nine new 5A-level tourist attractions include: Hongdong pagoda tree root-seeking ancestral garden in Linfen City, Shanxi Province, Ashatu Stone Array in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tianyige Yuehu Scenic Area in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, Tengwangge Scenic Area in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, Three Kingdoms Chibi Ancient Battlefield Scenic Area in Xianning City, Hubei Province, Huizhou West Lake Scenic Area in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, Detian Transnational Waterfall Scenic Area in Chongzuo City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area in tongren city, Guizhou Province, and City Wall and Monument in Xi ‘an City, Shaanxi Province

　　Luo Shugang, Minister of Culture and Tourism, pointed out at the awarding ceremony of the new 5A-level tourist attractions held recently that A-level tourist attractions cover many high-quality resources in China and are one of the core elements of tourism development. They have become the benchmark of China’s fine tourism products, and 5A-level tourist attractions have become a gold-lettered signboard widely recognized by the masses and deeply recognized by the market. In recent years, China’s tourism industry has flourished and made remarkable achievements in strengthening the protection and utilization of resources, guiding tourism consumption, promoting employment and promoting regional economic development.

　　Off-campus training institutions will realize nationwide online inquiry and supervision of white lists and blacklists to make parents feel at ease.

　　According to the website of the Ministry of Education, the management service platform of the national primary and secondary school students’ off-campus training institutions developed by the Ministry of Education will be launched soon, and the national primary and secondary school students’ off-campus training institutions approved by various places are expected to realize online inquiry through the national unified Internet platform. On November 19th, the Ministry of Education held the application training for provincial users of the management service platform of the national off-campus training institutions for primary and secondary school students in Beijing, and the responsible comrades and platform operators of the relevant departments of the provincial education administrative departments participated in the training.

　　The meeting pointed out that all localities should make good use of the platform, systematically complete the arrangement, rectification, approval, discipline training filing and social supervision of off-campus training institutions, publicize the relevant policies, white lists, blacklists, discipline training courses and other information of off-campus training institutions to the public, accept complaints from the masses based on the platform, realize the fine management of the whole process of off-campus training, facilitate the masses to understand relevant information, and widely accept supervision from all walks of life.

Original Chen Shan Economic Observer

On April 22nd, local time, Indonesian President Joko announced that the export of palm oil and related raw materials would be suspended from the 28th. Indonesia’s "oil ban" immediately triggered a huge earthquake in the global edible oil market, and the international oil price rose sharply. For China, whose palm oil supply is almost 100% dependent on imports, how much impact will the Indonesian oil ban have?

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||| After the ban on Indonesian palm oil export, the price of Malaysian palm oil will definitely rise sharply. In this case, only when the price of palm oil in China rises synchronously can the import of enterprises be stimulated to ensure the market supply.

In fact, the import cost of palm oil in China is upside down, and the price of palm oil has surpassed that of soybean oil. It is rare in history that there has been such a long-term deep upside down. This year, because the price of palm oil has risen too fast and too high, soybean oil has replaced palm oil.

3 || From the price point of view, due to the high external dependence of vegetable oil in China, palm oil is 100% and soybean is 85%, the higher external market price will increase the cost of oil arrival in Hong Kong, thus raising the domestic vegetable oil price, and the short-term vegetable oil price will still be strong.

As the world’s leading producer and exporter of palm oil, Indonesia has recently suffered from the crisis of edible oil shortage.

On April 22nd, local time, Indonesian President Joko announced that the export of palm oil and related raw materials would be suspended from April 28th. In fact, 60% of the world’s palm oil is produced in Indonesia, but recently, the supply of edible palm oil has been insufficient and the price has risen in many places in Indonesia. It is reported that this move is to cope with the shortage of palm oil supply in Indonesia and prevent the price from continuing to rise.

Indonesia’s "oil ban" immediately triggered a huge earthquake in the global edible oil market, and the international oil price rose sharply. The price of soybean oil futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CBOT) soared to a record high of 83.21 cents, which drove the prices of the three major domestic oils to a record high. The data shows that since the beginning of this year, the international prices of soybean oil and palm oil have increased by nearly 50% and 40% respectively.

For China, whose palm oil supply is almost 100% dependent on imports, how much impact will the Indonesian oil ban have? Will the cooking oil crisis that is being staged in many countries be transmitted to China?

High dependence

High dependence In fact, almost all palm oil in China is imported, and it is highly dependent on Indonesian palm oil. At the same time, China is still the second largest palm oil importer and the third largest consumer in the world.

Palm oil is widely used in food industry and chemical industry, especially in instant noodles, puffed food, pastry and other processed foods. It is the second largest vegetable oil consumption in China after soybean oil. In 2019, China’s palm oil consumption exceeded 6.4 million tons, of which 60% came from Indonesia and 30% came from Malaysia. These two countries are also the largest palm oil producers in the world.

YiBo, a researcher of Founder Mid-term Futures, told the Economic Observer that after the ban on palm oil export in Indonesia, the demanding countries will have to turn to Malaysia, Argentina and other major vegetable oil exporters. However, due to the difficulty of other countries to make up for the reduction in Indonesia’s vegetable oil export, the effective supply in the market will be reduced, which will make the global vegetable oil supply tight, and suppliers may have a certain reluctance to sell and wait for growth, which will lead to the increase in the prices of palm oil and alternative oils. "China’s external dependence on palm oil is 100%, and soybean’s external dependence is over 85%. The increase in the price of oil and fat in the international market will increase the cost of oil and fat in China, which will lead to the increase in the price of palm oil and edible oil in China."

Zhou Shiyong, president of Beijing Heyirong Investment Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as Heyirong Group), bluntly said in an interview with the reporter of Economic Observer Network, "As an enterprise with an annual sales volume of 1 million tons of palm oil, the price fluctuation of palm oil has a great impact on the company. Domestic palm oil use has declined. "

It is reported that Heyirong Group is a diversified comprehensive group with investment, production and sales of bulk edible oil as the leading industry. Its products are mainly palm oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil and cotton oil, and its Yizheng Fangshun Grain and Oil Industry Co., Ltd. became the designated delivery warehouse of palm oil in Dashang in 2007.

Zhou Shiyong believes that the ban on Indonesian palm oil exports will definitely lead to a sharp rise in Malaysian palm oil prices. In this case, only the simultaneous increase in China palm oil prices can stimulate enterprises to import and ensure market supply.

It is understood that since November last year, many palm oil producers in Indonesia have increased their exports in order to obtain higher profits, but this has also led to insufficient domestic supply in Indonesia. In January this year, the Indonesian government has restricted some export activities and provided cash subsidies to low-income groups. However, these measures have not effectively alleviated the supply shortage, and the price of palm oil is still rising. At present, the average retail price of edible palm oil in Indonesia is 26,000 Indonesian rupees per liter, which is about RMB 12 yuan, with an increase of over 40% during the year.

It is reported that in Indonesia, palm oil is the main local edible oil variety, while the export products are more widely used, including food processing, chemicals and biofuels.

Will Indonesia palm oil ban be implemented for a long time?

YiBo believes that this policy will not be implemented for a long time for the following reasons: First, Indonesia’s palm oil production is far greater than its demand. In 2021, Indonesia’s palm oil production is 33.67 million tons, far greater than its demand of 15.28 million tons, and it has palm oil export demand. Second, Indonesia’s DOM policy on palm oil and coal export ban policy were implemented in a short time, and export policies were changed frequently. Third, palm oil is one of Indonesia’s major export products. Therefore, to sum up, Indonesia will resume its export once again after the domestic edible oil price falls effectively. It is only speculated that tariffs may continue to be raised from the perspective of curbing domestic vegetable oil prices.

Zhou Shiyong also believes that Indonesia’s palm oil export ban will not be implemented for a long time. "Indonesia’s palm oil tank capacity is limited. If it is not exported for a month or two, the tank will be full." Zhou Shiyong believes that the main purpose of Indonesia’s ban is to increase domestic inventory supply and suppress domestic oil prices.

Meyer of Platts Energy said, "In view of Indonesia’s dependence on palm oil exports, a long-term ban may seriously damage Indonesia’s economy. In addition, this is not the first time that Indonesia has announced similar actions after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. This is only to quickly reverse the situation. " Meyer added that the ban scheduled to start on April 28 may eventually lead to an increase in export tariffs, but it will not lead to a complete closure of exports. In addition, Meyer also pointed out that there is no shortage of palm oil supply in Indonesia, and the supply of palm oil in 2021/2022 is actually higher than last year, and it is much higher than the historical level.

price distortions

In fact, the import cost of palm oil in China is upside down, and the price of palm oil has surpassed that of soybean oil. It is rare in history to have such a long-term deep upside down. Judging from the domestic futures market, as of press time, the main contract of soybean oil was 11,306 yuan/ton, and the main contract of palm oil was 11,560 yuan/ton.

Zhou Shiyong told reporters that palm oil is usually cheaper than other vegetable oils, and it is often used to replace other oils, and there are few cases where other oils replace palm oil. However, because the price of palm oil has risen too fast and too high this year, soybean oil has replaced palm oil. "In other words, the use of palm oil has fallen sharply, and domestic industrial enterprises that are basically just needed are still using it." Zhou Shiyong said.

Zhou Shiyong said that the price of palm oil is already at an all-time high, which has a great impact on production and operation enterprises. Especially the impact on the domestic food industry is very obvious. "Palm oil is an important raw material. For food production enterprises, there is a big problem in cost control."

The reporter noticed that the rising prices of raw materials such as palm oil have been transmitted to the middle and lower reaches. Since the beginning of this year, instant noodle giants including Master Kong and Uni-President have raised prices. Guotai Junan once pointed out in the research report that as of February 14, 2022, the price of palm oil increased by 44.6% year-on-year. It is expected that the adverse impact of changes in raw material prices on Master Kong will last at least until the second half of 2022.

According to Zhou Shiyong, due to the rising prices of edible oil and flour, the operating rate of small and medium-sized food enterprises has been very low this year, and small and medium-sized enterprises are basically in a state of semi-suspension.

After the historical high of palm oil, oil operators are also more cautious, basically keeping a small inventory in turnover. At the same time, the epidemic has also restricted the consumption side, and oil operators generally hold a wait-and-see mentality.

"Our current palm oil sales are mainly to protect our just-needed customers, because the import price is very serious now, about 1000 yuan/ton, and importers can’t import it, because imports are facing losses. In this case, they can only import in small batches according to the needs of downstream just-needed customers, and it is difficult to have large-scale and continuous purchases as before." Zhou Shiyong said.

So, who is the driving force behind the historical high price of palm oil?

"The supply of palm oil in food has decreased, leading to high prices." In Zhou Shiyong’s view, first, the supply of major producing areas in Indonesia and Malaysia has declined. In the past two years, under the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic, the shortage of labor in the main producing areas and the untimely harvest of palm fruit led to a decline in output; At the same time, due to the reduction of fertilization and watering during the epidemic, the yield also declined. Second, in 2019, the Indonesian government launched the B30 plan for biodiesel, stipulating that 30% of palm oil biofuels must be blended into diesel, which increased the amount of palm oil converted into biodiesel.

Edible oil crisis

It is worth noting that the data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on April 8 showed that the vegetable oil price index increased by 23.2% in March. Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, extreme climate and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the international edible oil price has soared, and many countries, including Britain and Germany, even have a shortage of edible oil, and many places are experiencing an edible oil crisis.

The reporter learned from many interviews that the formation of the edible oil crisis is mainly affected by four factors.

First, La Nina phenomenon has led to a sharp reduction in both Canadian rapeseed and soybean production in South America, and the global inventory consumption ratio of oilseeds is in a historically low region. Second, the shortage of labor supply in Malaysia has led to a slow recovery of horse palm production. Third, the geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine has greatly hindered the export of vegetable oil in the Black Sea region. The export volume of vegetable oil in the Black Sea region, including sunflower oil and rapeseed oil, is about 1.2 million tons per month, which has aggravated the global shortage of vegetable oil. It is reported that Ukraine and Russia supply 80% of the world’s sunflower oil exports, while due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine reduced its sunflower oil exports by 95%, while Russia began to export sunflower oil on April 15th.

In addition, under the background of rising crude oil prices, the profit of biodiesel has improved, and the dispute between edible oil and renewable fuels has also become one of the driving forces for the rise of edible oil prices. Since the beginning of this year, the price of crude oil once exceeded $100/barrel. Palm oil is the best main raw material for biodiesel, and its price is also positively correlated with the price of crude oil. If the price of crude oil rises, the usage of biodiesel will increase, thus increasing the industrial demand of palm oil.

Compared with the violent fluctuation of global edible oil price, the domestic edible oil market has the characteristics of less price fluctuation due to the adjustment of the price (soybean oil) and dumping. According to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the price of edible oil in China rose by 6.9% in 2021, far lower than the 65.8% increase of global edible oil. In 2022, although the domestic edible oil price has been rising for several weeks, the overall range is not large.

Will the overseas cooking oil crisis be transmitted to China?

"High overseas prices will definitely be transmitted." According to Zhou Shiyong, judging from the three major consumption oils in China, rapeseed oil and palm oil have increased obviously, while soybean oil has also increased passively. In the case of a general increase in overseas edible oil, there is bound to be a cost-driven increase.

YiBo also believes that from the price point of view, due to the high external dependence of vegetable oil in China, the external dependence of palm oil is 100% and that of soybean is 85%, the higher price in the external market will increase the cost of oil arriving in Hong Kong, thus raising the domestic vegetable oil price, and the short-term vegetable oil price will still be strong.

However, in terms of supply, YiBo said that from April to June, 2022, China’s soybean arrived in Hong Kong with an average of more than 8 million tons per month, and the national reserves were intermittently dumped, which was relatively sufficient in the short term, and in the medium and long term, Indonesia’s export ban would not be implemented for a long time. Once Indonesia’s palm oil exports returned to normal and palm oil itself entered a production increase cycle, the tight supply pattern of vegetable oil would gradually ease, and the price would be expected to fall back at a high level.

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　　On July 1, customers were shopping for plush toys in Haikou Riyue Square Duty Free Shop. Photo by Kang Denglin (People’s Vision)

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　　From July 1st, Hainan’s duty-free shopping policy for outlying islands ushered in a major adjustment. In addition to increasing the duty-free shopping quota for outlying island passengers to 100,000 yuan per person per year, and canceling the duty-free quota of 8,000 yuan for a single product, the number of products restricted by a single purchase has also been greatly reduced.

　　The adjustment of the new policy will fully release the policy dividend of Hainan as the first free trade port in China. In addition, around the tourist experience, Hainan will further improve the consumption and tourism market, and constantly explore for building an international tourism consumption center.

　　On July 1st, the new policy of duty-free shopping in Hainan’s outlying islands was officially implemented on the occasion of the full moon of the promulgation of the Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. This adjustment is regarded as the biggest adjustment since the implementation of this policy, whether it is the substantial increase in the amount of duty-free shopping, the cancellation of the restrictions on the number of times of shopping, the restrictions on the amount of duty-free items for single items, and the substantial reduction in the types of goods limited by the number of purchases at one time.

　　What new changes can the adjustment of duty-free shopping policy on outlying islands bring to Hainan tourism? At the moment when Hainan is building a free trade port, the tax exemption policy for outlying islands has been implemented for nearly 10 years. What new opportunities can it bring to the construction of an international tourism consumption center? The reporter conducted an interview.

　　Small excitement: If it is inconvenient to go abroad, I will come to buy buy to buy it.

　　For some people who like shopping abroad, it is inconvenient to go abroad during the epidemic prevention and control period, so shopping in Hainan has become the first choice.

　　Xiao Meng, a citizen of Guangzhou, flew to Haikou in the early morning of July 1, which was aimed at the newly adjusted duty-free shopping policy for outlying islands.

　　In the duty-free shop located in Haikou Riyue Square, a high-end watch with a price of 17,000 yuan needs to be taxed at a rate of 50% for the part that exceeded the limit of 8,000 yuan. "Under the new policy, you can buy it for 17,000 yuan, saving more than 4,000 yuan, and the ticket money from Guangzhou to Haikou is earned back." Xiao Meng said happily.

　　At 14: 00 on July 1, the reporter went to the duty-free shop in Riyue Square, Haikou. Despite the hot weather, the citizens and tourists who came to shop were enthusiastic. The most lively counters are electronic goods counters such as mobile phones and tablet computers. A staff member of a popular brand counter told the reporter that due to the fear of a rush to buy today, the store specially put a reminder on the counter that "mobile phone products are limited to one per person at a time" when stocking.

　　"The annual shopping quota per person has been raised from 30,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan, and the restrictions on shopping times have been relaxed. This policy adjustment will undoubtedly make the market a little excited." Cao Ying, director of the Supervision Department of Hainan Free Trade Office, said.

　　In fact, such a little excitement has already appeared at the beginning of this year. On February 20th, duty-free shops in Hainan resumed business. The next day, the e-commerce sales of Sanya International Duty Free City reached 44.28 million yuan, setting a record for one-day e-commerce sales. In May, sales of duty-free goods in Hainan reached 1.977 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 147.9%.

　　"Adjusting the duty-free shopping policy for outlying islands can promote the quality and efficiency of Hainan’s tourism, from eating, living and traveling to shopping and entertainment, and attract consumption abroad to return." Liu Feng, director of China Characteristic Free Trade Port Research Center of Hainan Normal University, analyzed.

　　Intensity: the tax-free limit of 8000 yuan for a single commodity is cancelled.

　　In addition to the annual duty-free shopping quota of 100,000 yuan, the most striking of the relaxation measures is the cancellation of the duty-free quota of 8,000 yuan for a single commodity.

　　Statistics show that the number of shoppers in Hainan’s tax-free year increased from 483,600 in 2011 to 3.84 million in 2019, and the annual sales increased steadily from 986 million yuan in 2011 to 13.6 billion yuan in 2019. In 2019, the number and amount of duty-free goods sold in Hainan Island reached record highs, with year-on-year growth exceeding 30%. Hainan’s foreign trade import and export was 90.59 billion yuan, up 6.8% year-on-year, and consumer goods became the number one imported commodity in Hainan.

　　"For tourists to Sanya, 7 out of 10 people will go to Sanya International Duty Free City ‘ Punch in ’ 。” Su Yi, deputy general manager of Sanya Duty Free Shop, China Duty Free Goods (Group) Co., Ltd., said that this ratio fully shows that duty-free shopping on outlying islands has boosted tourism. As the only company franchising duty-free shopping on outlying islands, China Free Group ranks fourth in the global industry from 12th seven years ago.

　　However, if we compare Japan and South Korea, there is still a clear gap in Hainan. According to the data, in 2019, the duty-free consumption of Korean tourists to China was as high as 105.8 billion yuan, of which the consumption of ordinary tourists was 37 billion yuan. "The sales of Hainan Island tax exemption of more than 10 billion yuan a year is actually not high." Su Yi believes that the attraction of duty-free shopping on outlying islands to most tourists has not yet reached "coming to Hainan for the purpose of duty-free shopping".

　　Liu Feng suggested that we can increase the number of duty-free shopping spots in urban areas and use information technology to achieve flexible and effective control, from the current "management of people and goods" to "management of people regardless of goods" and "supervision in advance" to "supervision after the event" to provide a more convenient and humanized shopping experience.

　　According to Cao Ying, at present, Hainan is striving to introduce cross-border e-commerce as the first step, and gradually expand from online shopping to offline stores. At present, cross-border e-commerce can operate more than 1,000 kinds of goods, which basically cover the daily needs of residents.

　　Make up the shortcomings: tourism supporting facilities still need to be improved

　　Faced with the problems that some domestic tourists have reflected that Hainan’s tourism experience is not cost-effective, and prices and accommodation consumption experience need to be improved, Liu Feng believes that "in terms of consumption environment, there is still a big gap between Hainan and some developed tourist areas. But this is a systematic project, and Hainan is stepping up its efforts to make up for shortcomings. "

　　"In the past, many tourists complained about Sanya Hotel’s ‘ High-priced room ’ . In fact, chain brand hotels adopt a global unified pricing strategy. Compared with Southeast Asia, our overall house prices are not much different, mainly because our high comprehensive prices lead to higher travel expenses, and seasonal changes are obvious, and prices change greatly. " Tang Sixi, researcher of Sanya Tourism Bureau, said.

　　In Liu Feng’s view, the adjustment of duty-free shopping policy on outlying islands is only a breakthrough to promote Hainan to build an international tourism consumption center. "Whether the international tourism consumption center can be built depends on how Hainan’s own business environment and tourism consumption environment are built."

　　At present, the Haikou International Duty Free City project with a total investment of more than 10 billion yuan is being accelerated. After completion, the total area is 200,000 square meters, which is three times that of Sanya International Duty Free City. It is a landmark project of Hainan International Tourism Consumption Center.

　　Zhou Ting, president of VIP Research Institute, believes that the implementation of tax exemption policy for outlying islands is very important for the construction of Hainan International Tourism Island. As the first free trade port in China, Hainan can try to open up to a greater extent and form a high-quality consumer goods market to attract tourists to spend in Hainan. At the same time, all kinds of entertainment and leisure activities and services on the island should be fully developed in order to truly become an international tourism consumption center.

In addition, the disease control department specially reminds you not to play with or touch wild animals or stray animals when visiting parks, zoos, grasslands, wetlands, etc. during holidays, because cats, dogs, parrots, marmots and other animals are at risk of spreading diseases.

Influenza and Covid-19 infection

Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus. Typical clinical manifestations are sudden onset of high fever, dry cough, nasal congestion, runny nose and sore throat, accompanied by systemic symptoms such as muscle aches, fatigue and loss of appetite.

Covid-19 infection is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by Covid-19. The main clinical manifestations are dry throat, sore throat, cough, fever, etc. (mostly moderate to low fever, some may be high fever); Some may be accompanied by muscle soreness, loss or loss of smell and taste, nasal congestion, runny nose, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, etc. A few patients’ condition continued to develop and pneumonia appeared.

Preventive measures:

1. Maintain good personal and environmental hygiene, balanced nutrition, moderate exercise, adequate rest, avoid excessive fatigue, develop sanitary habits and lifestyles such as washing hands frequently, wearing masks in closed public spaces, using public chopsticks, and maintain good indoor ventilation;

2. Vaccinate against influenza and COVID-19 to reduce severe illness and death;

3. Pay attention to the health status of yourself and your family, and see a doctor as soon as possible if you feel the symptoms get worse.

dengue

An acute infectious disease caused by the transmission of dengue virus through Aedes mosquitoes, usually in summer and autumn. The route from the patient/recessive infected person to Aedes mosquitoes to healthy people continues to spread, and the disease will not be transmitted directly from person to person. People are generally susceptible.

If you have been to a country or region where dengue fever is prevalent in the past two weeks, or have had dengue fever cases within one month around your place of residence or workplace, you should consider the possibility of contracting dengue fever when you have sudden fever (sometimes up to 39°C), obvious fatigue, anorexia, nausea, etc., often accompanied by severe headache, orbital pain, muscle pain all over your body, osteoarthralgia and other symptoms, and may be accompanied by flushing on your face, neck, chest and conjunctival congestion.

If a person has a high fever (sometimes as high as 40℃) lasting for 2-7 days, accompanied by two of the following symptoms-headache, orbital pain, muscle and joint pain, nausea, vomiting, swollen glands and rash, and has recently been to work, live or travel in dengue endemic areas, and dengue fever occurs in his own living and activity community, street or even city, he should consider that he may be infected with dengue fever. At this time,

Prevention and control measures:

1. Wear long-sleeved underwear, try to choose light colors, and use mosquito repellent and other mosquito repellent products when going out to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes.

2. Install screen doors and screens. Mosquito-repellent incense and mosquito-repellent aerosol can be used indoors to kill mosquitoes.

3. If you are suspected to be infected with dengue fever, you need to see a doctor in time and take the initiative to explain the possibility of dengue fever. Please cooperate with the local health department and be hospitalized for isolation treatment.

Hand, foot and mouth disease and herpetic angina

Hand, foot and mouth disease and herpetic angina are common infectious diseases caused by enterovirus infection in infants. It can occur all year round, with the peak in autumn and winter in October-November. The incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease is high in children under 5 years old, and the incidence rate is the highest in infants under 3 years old; Herpes angina is high in children under 6 years old.

The clinical manifestations of hand, foot and mouth disease are rash or herpes on hands, feet, mouth and buttocks of children, mostly accompanied by fever (about 38 degrees Celsius); Children with herpetic angina have a rapid fever, and the temperature is high, mostly around 39-40 degrees Celsius. Herpes only exists in the mouth, usually with sore throat and drooling.

The vast majority of children can recover within a week, and a very small number of critically ill children progress rapidly, which may be complicated with encephalitis, meningitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, etc. If not treated in time, it may be life-threatening.

Preventive measures:

1. Washing hands frequently and maintaining good hand hygiene are the simplest and most effective preventive measures! Wash your hands with hand sanitizer or soap before and after meals and after going out. Nurses should wash their hands before touching children, changing diapers for children and handling children’s feces.

2. Avoid contact with children with hand, foot and mouth disease.

3. Keep the family environment clean, the bedroom should be ventilated frequently, and the clothes and quilts should be dried frequently.

4. Eat a balanced and reasonable diet, ensure high-quality sleep, exercise properly, and improve your immunity.

5. Vaccination with enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) vaccine can effectively prevent related infections caused by EV-71 virus.

6. Children should go to medical institutions in time when they have related symptoms.

Norovirus infection and rotavirus infection

Norovirus infection can occur all year round, and the main manifestations after infection are vomiting and diarrhea. People of all ages are generally susceptible, and children belong to high-risk susceptible groups. The high incidence season is from October to March of the following year. The main routes of transmission include human-to-human, water and food transmission. Contact with patients or their contaminated items, eating or drinking food or water contaminated by viruses may be infected.

Rotavirus infection is one of the main pathogens of acute gastroenteritis in children around the world. Infants and young children infected with rotavirus are mainly manifested as vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by fever and frequent defecation, which is watery or egg drop soup, and generally has no foul smell. The clinical manifestations can be summarized as "three more and one less", that is, more stools, more water, more times and less urine. The high incidence season is from October to February of the following year. Most of the children are infants from 6 months to 2 years old. Older children and adults usually show no symptoms or mild symptoms after infection.

Preventive measures:

1. Keep the disease from the mouth and adhere to the nine-character policy of "washing hands frequently, drinking boiled water and eating cooked food";

2. When making food, separate raw and cooked food, eat cooked sea and aquatic products, and fully heat the separated food before eating;

3. Reduce contact with diarrhea patients;

4. After going out and returning home, wash your hands carefully before contacting the infants at home;

5. Vaccination with oral attenuated rotavirus live vaccine is the best way to prevent infection in children under 5 years old;

6. If vomiting and diarrhea are particularly serious, you should seek medical advice in time.

[Belt and Road Summit Forum]

Supreme leader talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

At noon on October 18th, the Supreme Leader of president held talks in the Great Hall of the People with Russian President Vladimir Putin who came to China to attend the third Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum. The Supreme Leader pointed out that President Putin attended the "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit forum three times in a row, which reflected Russia’s support for the "Belt and Road" initiative. Russia is an important partner of China in international cooperation to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative. Major infrastructure projects such as the East China-Russia natural gas pipeline have been put into operation, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples. China is willing to work with Russia and the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union to promote the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the docking of the Eurasian Economic Union, and carry out higher-level and deeper regional cooperation. It is hoped that the China-Mongolia-Russia natural gas pipeline project will make substantial progress as soon as possible, carry out the cross-border tourism cooperation of the "Wanli Tea Ceremony", and make the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor a high-quality development road. (Xinhua News Agency) Read the full text > > >

The Chairman’s Statement of the Third Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum was released.

Landscape layout outside the national convention center. Figure/Oriental IC

During the summit forum, 458 achievements were made, including: (1) All parties launched a series of international cooperation initiatives and decided to hold a series of international conferences, and the Chairman summarized and formed a list of multilateral cooperation achievement documents. (2) Governments, financial institutions, local governments and enterprises have agreed on a series of pragmatic cooperation projects and bilateral cooperation agreements, and the President has formed a list of pragmatic cooperation projects after summarizing them. (CCTV News) Read the full text > > >

The "One Belt, One Road" blue cooperation initiative was released, calling for the responsible disposal of nuclear polluted water.

On the afternoon of October 18th, the third "One Belt, One Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum was held at the National Convention Center. The forum was hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and co-organized by China International Development Cooperation Agency. The "One Belt, One Road" Blue Cooperation Initiative (hereinafter referred to as the "Initiative") was released at the forum. In promoting the health and cleanliness of the ocean, the initiative believes that it is necessary to oppose the discharge of nuclear polluted water into the sea, and calls for the responsible disposal of nuclear polluted water, control and reduce dumping, reduce the pollution of the ocean by land activities, ships and other offshore facilities, and reduce the damage of underwater noise to marine life. Jointly carry out marine environmental assessment, issue a report on the state of the marine environment, promote the transparency of marine pollution supervision, and jointly improve the ability to prevent and control marine environmental pollution. (Beijing News) Read the full text > > >

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Current affairs

Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao meets with Apple CEO Cook.

Figure/Ministry of Commerce

On October 18th, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao met with Apple CEO Cook in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on Apple’s development in China and Sino-US economic and trade relations. (Ministry of Commerce) Read the full text > > >

The second round of inspections in the 20 th Central Committee has been stationed in 17 units.

With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the second round of inspections of the 20th Central Committee will carry out regular inspections on party committees (party groups) of 31 units; The party group of the State Railway Administration and the party group of China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. were inspected "looking back". Up to now, the Central Inspection Team has been stationed in 17 units and published the contact information for letters and visits. (CCTV News) Read the full text > > >

The attack on the hospital in Gaza caused heavy casualties. China expressed its position.

A Foreign Ministry Spokesperson answered questions on the attack on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, which caused heavy casualties. Q: It is reported that the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza was attacked on the evening of 17th, which killed at least 500 people. What is China’s comment on this? A: China is shocked and strongly condemns the heavy casualties caused by the attack on Gaza Hospital. We express our condolences to the victims and condolences to the injured. China calls for an immediate cease-fire to stop the war and do its utmost to protect civilians and avoid humanitarian disasters. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Read the full text > > >

Ministry of National Defense answered a reporter’s question on Canadian hype "China fighter plane intercepts and reconnaissance plane"

Wu Qian: Recently, a CP-140 aircraft of the Canadian Air Force invaded the airspace of chiwei yu, China, approached the east coast of China and entered the Taiwan Province Strait to investigate the disturbance. According to China laws and relevant international rules, China Air Force implemented control measures such as verification and identification, tracking and surveillance, warning and eviction, and the disposal actions were completely reasonable, legal and professional. The Canadian hype ignores the facts and is intended to confuse the international audience. Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands are China’s inherent territory.’s actions seriously violate China’s sovereignty, threaten China’s national security, easily lead to misunderstanding and misjudgment, and are bad in nature and very dangerous. China strongly condemned this and made solemn representations to Canada. We are telling the Canadian side to be cautious in words and deeds, strictly control the actions of frontline troops, immediately stop any provocative acts, and effectively avoid further escalation of the situation. (Ministry of Defence) Read the full text > > >

A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce answered a reporter’s question on the final rules of semiconductor export control to China issued by the US Department of Commerce

A reporter asked: Recently, the US Department of Commerce announced the final rules for the export control of semiconductors to China. What is China’s response to this? A: China has noticed that on October 17th, the United States issued the final rules on semiconductor export control to China. On the basis of the provisional rules issued on October 7 last year, the final rules further tightened the export restrictions on artificial intelligence-related chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China, and added a number of China entities to the "list of entities" for export control. The United States continues to generalize the concept of national security, abuse export control measures and implement unilateral bullying. China is strongly dissatisfied with this and resolutely opposes it. (Ministry of Commerce) Read the full text > > >

[local]

Beijing Shouzhang Beijing "two cancers" screening applet will be launched.　

On October 19th, Beijing is expected to be cloudy and sunny today, with the highest temperature of 21℃. The Municipal Meteorological Observatory issued a blue gale warning. It is estimated that there will be northerly winds of grades 3 and 4 and gusts of grades 6 and 7 in most parts of the city from 08: 00 to 23: 00 today. Please take precautions. Beijing will launch a small screening program for "two cancers" (cervical cancer and breast cancer), and implement one-stop services such as online appointment, case registration, result push, online follow-up and health education. (Beijing News)

Beijing 2024 college entrance examination registration started on October 25, and related questions were answered.

When is the registration for the general college entrance examination in Beijing in 2024? What are the procedures? A: In 2024, the general college entrance examination registration includes three stages: online submission of registration application, online reporting of personal information and payment, and on-site confirmation of registration qualification. The online application time is from 9: 00 on October 25 to 17: 00 on October 28, 2023 (the time for the children of migrant workers to submit their application is from 9: 00 on October 10 to 17: 00 on October 11, 2023); Candidates who have passed the preliminary examination of registration qualifications will fill in their personal information online and pay the fee from 9: 00 on November 1, 2023 to 17: 00 on November 4, 2023; The time for on-site confirmation of registration qualification shall be arranged by the admissions offices of colleges and universities in each district before November 11th. Candidates should pay attention to the on-site confirmation arrangement of registration qualification notified online when completing the online filling of personal information and payment, and confirm the registration qualification on time. (Beijing Education Examinations Institute) Read the full text > > >

At the end of pollen period, Beijing Meteorological Service Center suspended pollen forecast.

At present, because the pollen period in Beijing has ended, the Beijing Meteorological Service Center suspended the pollen forecast and stopped the "pollen monitoring and forecasting" in WeChat official account on October 16th, 2023. The pollen forecasting service will be reopened on March 2, 2024, so please pay attention. (@ Meteorology Beijing) Read the full text > > >

Society

The owner of the black dog that bit the girl was detained, and the 2 million yuan fund-raising initiated by family members on the Internet has been raised.

On October 18th, the family of a girl bitten by a fierce dog raised 2 million yuan on the Internet. The girl’s mother said that the donation will be transferred to the hospital account, and the remaining funds will be transferred to charitable foundations. According to the publicity materials of the fundraising platform, the payee is west china hospital. Previously, the girl’s family said that they had not received any compensation from the dog owner, and they were worried that they could not guarantee their daughter’s treatment before raising funds on the online platform. The staff of Yangma Street in chongzhou city said that the dog owner is willing to bear the treatment expenses for the girl, and the two sides will be arranged to meet later. According to Xinhua News Agency, the dog owner Tang has been criminally detained by Chongzhou police according to law. (Beijing News)

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The man left after invading the drunken woman in the street? Nanjing police: untrue, sexual assault has been ruled out.

Recently, a video of a drunken girl suspected of being invaded by a man in the street was circulated on the Internet. On the evening of October 18, Nanjing Xuanwu police issued a notice saying that the information transmitted on the Internet was untrue and sexual assault had been ruled out. (Xuanwu Public Security) Read the full text > > >

An elevator crash occurred in Mile City, Yunnan Province, causing 3 deaths and 17 injuries.

At 12 o’clock on October 18, 2023, an elevator crash occurred in the commercial capital of Focheng, Maitreya. After the incident, Maitreya quickly organized forces to treat all the wounded. Up to now, 3 people died after being rescued, 4 people were seriously injured and 13 people were slightly injured. The treatment of the injured is in full swing and the cause of the incident is under investigation. (Maitreya posts WeChat WeChat official account) Read the full text > > >

The oxygen mask in the cabin of China Huaxia Airlines plane fell off during the take-off stage and returned safely.

On October 18th, 2023, Huaxia Airlines flight G52810 Wulanhaote-Hohhot, during the take-off phase, the cabin oxygen mask fell off, the crew handled it normally according to standard procedures, and the cabin pressure was normal. In order to prevent landing overweight, the plane circled in the air and returned to Ulanhot Airport after consuming fuel, and landed safely at Ulanhot at 18: 28. (@ Huaxia Airlines) Read the full text > > >

Taking pictures with your own camera was blocked by photographers? Huangguoshu scenic spot: photography business households closed down for rectification

On October 17th, some netizens reported that taking photos with their own cameras in Huangguoshu Scenic Area was blocked by photographers. The Industrial Management Committee of Huangguoshu Tourism Zone and Guizhou Huangguoshu Tourism Group Co., Ltd. carried out the investigation and disposal at the first time. After investigation, the person who had a dispute with the tourists and stopped taking pictures was a photographer in the scenic spot. At the time of the incident, the staff of the scenic spot dissuaded and coordinated the violations of three photography business households at the scene for the first time. Relevant functional departments then intervened in the investigation, criticized and educated the photographers involved and closed down for rectification. At the same time, special rectification was carried out for photography and other formats in the scenic spot. (official micro of Huangguoshu Scenic Area) Read the full text > > >

Finance

Several readings | GDP in the first three quarters reached 91.3 trillion yuan, and these economic data are worth noting.

On October 18th, the National Bureau of Statistics disclosed the economic performance in the third quarter. In the first three quarters, the gross domestic product was 91,302.7 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 5.2% at constant prices. The recovery of industrial production accelerated, and the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4% year-on-year, which was higher than that in the first half of the year. Consumption remained active, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods in the first three quarters was 34.2 trillion yuan, up 6.8% year-on-year. (Beijing News) Read the full text > > >

[style]

The 2023 Hangzhou Marathon was postponed to December 17th.

It was decided by the Hangma Organizing Committee that the 2023 Hangzhou Marathon originally planned for November 19th, 2023 (Sunday) will be postponed to December 17th, 2023 (Sunday) at 7: 30am. The route of this year’s Hangzhou Marathon has been slightly adjusted, starting from Huanglong Sports Center and ending at Hangzhou Asian Games Village. I believe that the Asian Games Village will leave a unique "Asian Games memory" for every contestant in Hangzhou and Malaysia. The end of the half marathon and happy run is still the Civic Center and Pinghu Qiuyue. (Hangzhou Marathon) Read the full text > > >

The movie "Rock-solid" broke the box office of 1.2 billion yuan, and temporarily ranked ninth in the annual box office list.

According to the real-time data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 17: 43: 16 on October 18th, the box office of the film "As Hard as a Rock" exceeded 1.2 billion yuan, and the cumulative number of people watching movies was 27.97 million, which also temporarily ranked 9th in this year’s box office list. (Beijing News) Read the full text > > >

[international]

This round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has caused more than 4,900 deaths on both sides, and more than 1,300 children in the Gaza have died in the conflict.

On October 17th, 2023, local time, the conflict between Palestine and Israel continued in Gaza City, and the "Ahli Arab Hospital" (also known as Baptist Hospital) was attacked by Israeli troops, causing serious casualties. The picture shows the injured being treated in the hospital. Figure /IC photo

The number of casualties caused by the new round of conflict between Palestine and Israel continues to increase. According to the current statistics, as of the afternoon of the 18th, the conflict has caused more than 4,900 deaths on both sides. According to Arab TV local time on the 18th, Palestinian Foreign Minister Maliki said that more than 1,300 children in the Gaza have died in this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict. (CCTV News)

The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against Hamas members and related individuals and financial institutions.

On October 18th, local time, the Office of Overseas Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department announced the imposition of sanctions on 10 major members, agents and financial institutions of Hamas in Gaza, Sudan, Turkey, Algeria and Qatar. It is reported that the assets of sanctioned individuals and entities in the United States and those owned or controlled by Americans will be frozen and must be reported to the Office of Overseas Assets Control of the US Treasury Department. Entities with 50% or more equity of sanctioned targets will also be frozen, and trading activities related to sanctioned targets in the United States will also be banned. (CCTV News) Read the full text > > >

Editor Wei Mian Wei Yue proofreads Lin Zhao.

　　　　　　 CCTV News:According to Korean Central News Agency’s report today (No.2), Kim Jong-un, the top leader of North Korea, recently inspected the textile and chemical fiber factories in Sinuiju, which is near the border between North Korea and China. During the inspection, Kim Jong-un also repeatedly criticized the relevant factories.

　　　　　　 According to reports, during the inspection, Kim Jong-un said that realizing the epoch-making development of the textile industry is of great significance for opening a breakthrough to improve people’s livelihood. After learning that the factory has been put into production since 1959, but now it is unable to complete the national economic plan, Kim Jong-un expressed his sadness and criticized the factory party Committee for not caring about improving the working and living conditions of employees. Kim Jong-un proposed that the production process should be scientific and modernized next year, and at the same time, the factory should be rebuilt and renovated so that the factory can contribute to improving people’s livelihood.

　　　　　　 Kim Jong-un also inspected the papermaking workshop of Sinuiju Chemical Fiber Factory, and said that it is necessary to revitalize the papermaking industry, ensure educational paper, demand to improve the quality and output of paper, and severely criticize the factory cadres for failing to do their duty to ensure the modernization of production processes.

　　　　　　 It is rare to criticize the inspected enterprises in succession during the inspection in North Korea’s reports. From the focus of the report, the two inspections, one focusing on improving people’s livelihood and the other focusing on ensuring education, also correspond to the new policy line put forward at the Third Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Workers’ Party held in April this year. However, successive criticisms show that North Korea attaches importance to economic development and urges North Korean enterprises that fail to meet the production targets according to the five-year plan.

　　　　　　 Earlier, Kim Jong-un also inspected Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory and Sejima County, North Pyongan Province.

CCTV News:At the press conference of the State Council Office on August 15, Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that although the growth rate of total retail sales of consumer goods slowed down in July, from a number of data, the consumption recovery situation has not changed.

Basic life consumption maintained steady growth, and the growth of upgrading consumption accelerated. In July, the retail sales of cereals, oils, foods and beverages increased by 6.2% and 3% year-on-year, which was generally stable; The retail sales of upgraded commodities such as gold, silver and jewelry, sports and entertainment products, and cultural and office supplies increased by 22.1%, 10.1% and 11.5% respectively, which was faster than last month.

Secondly, online retail sales have risen steadily, and offline store operations have improved. 1— In July, the national online retail sales of physical goods increased by 5.7% year-on-year, compared with 1— It accelerated by 0.1 percentage point in June. Retail sales of department stores and specialty stores decreased by 1-mdash; In June, it narrowed by 1 point and 1.8 percentage points. In addition, service consumption continued to recover, and the decline in catering revenue narrowed. Many places in China stimulate consumption by issuing coupons, and the effect is gradually emerging.

Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics:These conditions show that once the epidemic situation is effectively controlled and the economy continues to recover, residents’ pent-up consumption potential will be released, their willingness to consume will be enhanced, and the "fireworks" in life will gradually return.

The "618" e-commerce promotion is about to begin, and Apple’s mobile phone is the first to cut prices.

On May 11th, Tmall announced that the official flagship store of Apple Store, the iPhone 16 Pro 128GB version, sold for 5999 yuan, with a discount of 2000 yuan. Add 500 yuan’s "national supplement" and the price is 5499 yuan. At around 18: 00 today, china securities journal CSI Taurus reporter noticed that the official flagship store iPhone 16 Pro 128GB version of Tmall Apple Store showed that it was sold out.

"Apple Store official flagship store" is an online store opened by Apple on Tmall platform. According to the news released by Tmall, the official flagship store of Apple Store will promote the iPhone 16 Pro again at 8 pm on May 16th.

In addition, on May 11th, the self-operated flagship store of Apple products in JD.COM showed that Apple products were on sale at reduced prices. After the iPhone 16 Pro is superimposed with the "national supplement", the hand price starts at 5499 yuan. Among them, the price of the iPhone 16 Pro 128GB version was reduced by 2,000 yuan, superimposed with the "national subsidy" discount in 500 yuan, and the hand price was 5,499 yuan; IPhone 16 Pro 256GB version has a price reduction of 1,400 yuan, superimposed with 300 yuan coupons, and the hand price starts at 7,299 yuan; IPhone 16 Pro Max 256GB version was reduced by 1400 yuan, and the price was 8199 yuan when 400 yuan coupons were added.

Analysts believe that Apple Tmall’s self-operated flagship store and JD.COM’s self-operated flagship store have reduced the price of iPhone 16 Pro products, indicating that Apple’s mobile phone is currently facing certain sales pressure. According to research institute IDC data, in the first quarter of 2025, the iPhone shipped 9.8 million units in the smart phone market in China, down 9% year-on-year; The market share is 13.7%, ranking fifth. Apple is the only manufacturer among the top five brands whose shipments have declined. IDC believes that Apple is still undergoing channel adjustment, which makes it difficult to improve its market performance, and Apple may face greater pressure in the China market.

　　China Network November 13th According to the official Weibo news of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, according to the latest forecast results of China National Environmental Monitoring Center, from November 13th to 15th, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and its surrounding areas and Fenwei Plain will be affected by unfavorable meteorological conditions, and a heavy air pollution process will occur. The National Joint Center for Prevention and Control of Air Pollution organized expert consultation in time, and invited Chai Fahe, the chief scientist of atmospheric environment of china environmental science Research Institute, to interpret the sources and causes of this pollution process.

　　I. General situation

　　Since November 12th, the meteorological conditions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and its surrounding areas and Fenwei Plain have gradually deteriorated, and pollutants have accumulated slowly. At 0: 00 on the 12th, the concentration of PM2.5 in Anyang first reached hourly heavy pollution, and then the concentration of PM2.5 in Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, Xingtai and other cities reached hourly heavy pollution, and gradually developed northward. As of 22: 00 on the 12th, the highest hourly concentration of PM2.5 in the area was 206 μ g/m3, which appeared in Kaifeng (19: 00 on the 12th). The maximum hourly concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing reached 150 μ g/m3 (at 21: 00 on the 12th).

　　According to the latest forecast results of China National Environmental Monitoring Center, from November 13th to 15th, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and its surrounding areas and Fenwei Plain will be affected by unfavorable meteorological conditions, and the air quality of some cities in Beijing, Tianjin, central and southern Hebei Province, eastern and southern Shanxi Province, western Shandong Province, northern Henan Province and Guanzhong area will reach serious pollution for two to three consecutive days, and some cities may have serious pollution. Beijing’s air quality was dominated by moderate to heavy pollution on the 13th, and it may reach heavy pollution on the 14th, and it may maintain heavy pollution on the morning of the 15th, and it is expected to improve around noon.

　　Second, the cause analysis

　　1. Meteorological conditions

　　From the 12th, the near-surface of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and its surrounding areas turned to weak southerly winds, and the nighttime wind speed decreased, the humidity increased, and the atmospheric diffusion conditions deteriorated. In most cities, static stability, high humidity and inversion occurred, and pollutants gradually accumulated. Meteorological departments in various places have issued fog warnings respectively. On the night of the 12th, Beijing was affected by the superposition of the inversion temperature in the middle atmosphere and the high humidity near the ground, which was beneficial to the rapid transformation and moisture absorption growth of secondary particles and pushed up the concentration of PM2.5.

　　2. Pollution discharge

　　At present, the emission of air pollutants in the industrial and transportation fields is still at a high level, and the amount of various types of construction is extensive, and the control of dust is still not in place. At the same time, the northern region has entered the early winter season, the weather is getting colder, the urban built-up areas have started heating in winter, and rural areas have also started self-heating. The regional pollutant emissions have increased, and the air pollutant emissions have entered the highest season of the year.

　　Third, early warning and emergency response

　　In response to the pollution process from the 13th to 15th, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has sent letters to the people’s governments of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi provinces (cities), suggesting that all localities should start early warning of heavy pollution weather at corresponding levels according to the local air quality forecast and take emission reduction measures in advance to effectively reduce the impact of heavy pollution weather. As of 8: 00 on the 13th, 25 cities in the above-mentioned provinces and cities issued early warnings, 8 cities in Hebei Province and 6 cities in Henan Province issued orange warnings, and started Class II emergency response measures; Eleven other cities issued yellow warnings and launched Class III emergency response measures, including Beijing at 8: 00 on the 13th and Tianjin at 12: 00 on the 13th.

　　According to the preliminary calculation, the emergency emission reduction measures taken for this heavy pollution process have reduced the emission of primary particulate matter, SO2, NOx, VOCs and other pollutants by about 10%-15%.

　　Fourth, forecast and forecast

　　According to the latest air quality forecast results of China National Environmental Monitoring Center in consultation with provincial monitoring centers in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding areas, around noon on November 15, the regional pollution process was slowly reduced due to the influence of cold air, and the pollution zone moved slowly to the south as a whole. The central area of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei improved, and the southern part of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the western part of Shandong and the northern part of Henan may maintain heavy pollution due to pollution transmission. It is expected that the pollution process will end on November 16.

　　From November 16 to 18, due to the continuous influence of cold air, the diffusion conditions are favorable, and most areas in the region are mainly excellent, and some areas may be slightly polluted.

　　It is estimated that the air quality in Beijing will improve around noon on November 15th, with good to light pollution as the main pollution throughout the day and excellent pollution from 16th to 18th.