Three-minute news, Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Domestic

1) As the College Entrance Examination approaches, many schools are actively carrying out a variety of fun and stress-relieving activities to help senior high school students relieve tension and face the exam with a better mindset. Reservations for "Gaokao rooms" are booming, and market supervision departments in many places are strengthening price checks.

2) Registration for the 2023 supplementary recruitment of civil servants by central government agencies and their directly affiliated institutions begins on June 6, with a planned recruitment of 3249 people.

3) [Rule of Law] The Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform has deployed the launch of the third batch of national demonstration and creation activities for the construction of a government under the rule of law. On the eve of the College Entrance Examination, public security organs have successively cracked down on a number of cases involving the organization of examination cheating. The Ministry of Public Security has overseen more than 130 major cases of crimes polluting the environment since 2022. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate: In recent years, crimes of illegally mining sea sand have been rapidly increasing and must be severely cracked down on. Wang Qinghua, the vice mayor of Wuhan, is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. Online rumors claim that Messi can be persuaded to offer a toast for 300,000 yuan. Beijing police responded: If this 300,000 yuan can be scammed, then the police officers will offer you a toast.

4) Supporting the round trip between heaven and earth! The JF-22 hypersonic wind tunnel has passed acceptance.

6) On June 5, the National Museum of Nature was officially unveiled in Beijing, marking a new chapter in the development history of China's natural museums.

The 12306 mobile client will provide online verification services for student discount qualifications starting from June 5.

7) The Ministry of Finance urgently allocated 200 million yuan to support Henan Province in doing a good job in the wheat harvest, disaster reduction, and loss reduction.

8) [Military] A US military officer said that Chinese warships approached US ships in the Taiwan Strait in an "unsafe" manner. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The US side provoked and initiated the incident, and our side's handling was safe and professional. Cui Tiankai, former Chinese ambassador to the US: If you want to resume Sino-US defense dialogue, the US side should show sincerity. China's Qi Jiguang ship arrived in Brunei for a friendly visit.

10) [Taiwan] Wang Huning met with Wu Chengdian, chairman of the New Party, in Beijing on June 5. A seminar on "Forward-looking and Thinking on Cross-Strait Relations" was held in Beijing on June 5. Experts: For the two sides to engage in consultations on resolving the Taiwan issue is to be responsible to history and the people. The first batch of agreements under the "21st Century Trade Initiative" were signed, and the Taiwan Labor Party pointed out that the DPP "opened the door to thieves."

International

1) On June 5, Han Zheng met with Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand in Beijing and attended the celebration of the Princess's 50th visit to China.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: We do not welcome NATO extending its tentacles to Asia, and we do not allow any cold war or hot war to be repeated in Asia. The first officially established Confucius Institute in Saudi Arabia has commenced operations.

Wu Jianghao, Chinese ambassador to Japan, delivered a speech at the Japan International Trade Promotion Association. The Kyrgyz Diplomatic Academy established a China Studies Center.

2) Major oil-producing countries announced their 2024 production targets at 40.46 million barrels per day. Russian Deputy Prime Minister: Russia will extend its measure of reducing oil production by 500,000 barrels per day to the end of 2024. Saudi Arabia announced that it will further cut oil production by an additional 1 million barrels per day in July. NATO Secretary-General: Sweden's accession to NATO may be achieved before the NATO summit in July.

3) Foreign media: On June 4, local time, a small plane intruded into the airspace of Washington, D.C., and crashed after being chased by US fighter jets. US media: 10 years later, the shadow of "Prism" is still hard to dissipate! The collusion between US technology companies and intelligence agencies in abusing data is a profound systemic problem. North American box office: "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" helped the North American weekend box office to exceed US$200 million.

4) The governor of Russia's Belgorod region said that the region was attacked by Ukrainian forces at night, resulting in one injury and damage to an energy facility. The Russian Ministry of Defense: Ukrainian forces launched a "large-scale offensive" in Donbas, but failed. The Russian Pacific Fleet held exercises in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. Foreign media: Nearly half of the air raid shelters in Kyiv are unusable, and a Ukrainian minister called it "unbelievable."

5) As UK Prime Minister Sunak is about to visit the US, he will lobby Biden to support UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to become the next NATO Secretary-General. The Italian shipwreck "full of suspense"! Of the 23 people on board, 21 are current or former spies. Vucic revealed that he receives more than 200 death threats every day: He has gotten used to it. Kosovo Serb residents in the north plan to launch a new round of protests.

6) Singapore's defense minister: Japan's biggest task is to improve relations with China.

7) A bridge costing hundreds of millions of rupees in India collapsed again: The bridge body broke and fell into the water, splashing up huge waves.

Another derailment? A freight train from a private cement plant in India derailed, and the railway company is busy disclaiming responsibility.

8) The "one of the most dangerous" climbing seasons on Mount Everest has ended, resulting in 12 deaths and 5 missing persons. 90 people were poisoned at a girls' primary school in northern Afghanistan.

Finance and Securities:

1) The National Development and Reform Commission: The construction of a nationwide unified large market has achieved initial results. The national integrated computing power and network scheduling platform was officially launched.

2) Ministry of Commerce: Reasonably reduce the negative list for foreign investment access and further cancel or relax restrictions on foreign investment access.

3) Several village and township banks in Sichuan, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, and other places "officially announced" that they will lower the interest rates of some fixed-term deposits starting in June, with the decline ranging from 5BP to 30BP.

4) Shanghai Stock Exchange: Hangzhou Thermal Power has recently experienced serious abnormal fluctuations, and regulatory measures will be taken against relevant investors in accordance with regulations. The CSI 50 ETF options were officially listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

5) CATL responded to rumors of supply changes: The strategic cooperative relationship with customers has not changed. Huawei's version of ChatGPT will be released on July 7, named "Pangu Chat."

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