Three-minute news for Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Release time:
2023-06-21
Domestic
1) Xi Jinping replied to a letter from Dong Bo, a well-known Belgian friend, encouraging him to continue actively promoting friendship between China and Belgium and between China and Europe. Premier Li Qiang will attend the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin on June 27.
2) Recently, the gas cylinder of the electric propulsion system of the Tiangong space station was successfully installed in orbit, and for the first time, the "gas exchange" method was used to replenish the xenon propellant of the electric propulsion system.

On June 20, China successfully launched its 25th experimental satellite.

4) National Health Commission and National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine: By 2025, the overall nursing coverage of responsible nursing in medical institutions at all levels will cover 100% of the wards in the entire hospital. China has built a multi-channel monkeypox monitoring and early warning system, and key groups should take precautions.
5) National Energy Administration: As of the end of May, the total installed power generation capacity nationwide increased by 10.3% year-on-year.
6) Chinese scientists have created a new record for intercity quantum key rate. China's first railway bridge replacement and transportation integrated machine, "Taihang", has been officially put into use.

8) [Military] Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Zhang Youxia met with Pakistani Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Sahir in Beijing on June 20. A certain flight squadron of the Air Force was awarded the title of "Role Model of the Times". Guangdong Provincial Department of Veterans Affairs: The standards for preferential treatment and subsidies for key preferential treatment objects will continue to increase.
9) [Hong Kong and Macao] Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region John Lee: Hong Kong will launch a series of preferential policies and activities to celebrate the 26th anniversary of its return. The University of Hong Kong has developed the world's first platform for screening precise gene editing tools. On July 1, the national railway will adjust its schedule, and Chengdu will have direct high-speed rail access to Hong Kong.
10) [Taiwan] General Administration of Customs: From June 20, the import of wax apples from Taiwan to the mainland will be resumed. Farmers on the island: We have been waiting for this day for nearly 3 years. Taiwan Affairs Office: We are willing to continue to provide assistance to restore the import of Taiwan's agricultural and fishery products to the mainland. Taiwan police responded to the relevant accusations made by well-known host Huang Zijiao against multiple artists: Without concrete evidence and the statute of limitations having passed, they will not investigate. The mainland operation headquarters of Tainan Cement Group was completed and named "Gongliang Building" to commemorate the late chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, Koo Chen-fu.

International
1) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang held a telephone conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to when China and the United States will increase the number of flights: We are willing to work with the US side, in a flexible and pragmatic manner, to promote an increase in flights. Director-General of the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yang Tao introduced the five consensuses between China and the United States. An armed assault case in Auckland injured a Chinese citizen, and the Chinese consulate took emergency measures. On the evening of June 19, local time, three Chinese restaurants in New Zealand were attacked with axes, and our consulate general: 7 Chinese citizens were injured, with no life-threatening injuries. A Chinese female student was sexually assaulted in the Maldives, and the Chinese embassy responded: We have contacted the relevant Maldivian authorities and demanded that they take the matter seriously and thoroughly investigate the truth.
2) On June 19, local time, the 54th Paris Air Show officially opened in Paris, France, with many exhibits from China, including the "20 family", "Kunlong" AG600, and Wing Loong-X UAV, making their debut in Paris.

After nearly 20 years of arduous negotiations, the United Nations adopted the agreement to protect biodiversity in the high seas. Chinese scientist Fu Qiaomei won the first UNESCO "Al Fozan Prize".

China submitted a proposal on trade and environmental policies to the World Trade Organization. A Chinese representative spoke on the Sudan issue at the UN Human Rights Council: The principle of "Sudanese-led and Sudanese-owned" should be upheld.
3) Biden said in a speech, "I promise to do this by 2020...," and netizens joked: Biden himself doesn't know what year it is. Foreign media: Biden responded positively to "Blinken's visit to China", saying "we are on the right track". When asked why he didn't hand over classified documents, Trump replied: I'm very busy, I don't have time to sort them out. An American painter was criticized for painting Trump in court as young as his son, and the painter responded: I just painted what I saw.

US media: US lawmakers will go to Detroit to pressure Ford and General Motors to reduce their reliance on China in the supply chain. On Father's Day, a shooting in Idaho, USA, killed 4 people. A tornado hit Mississippi, USA, killing 1 and injuring more than 20. A US submersible carrying 5 people went missing in the "Titanic" wreck area, carrying a British billionaire and 4 others, with possibly less than 96 hours of oxygen left.
4) Russian Ministry of Defense: US biological military projects may provide it with potential biological weapon media. The Russian foreign minister warned: The United States is plotting to destabilize Russia's political situation before the presidential election. British media revealed: Belarusian exiles in Poland are planning to return to the country to launch an armed rebellion. Belarusian government: We are closely monitoring the situation. US media revealed the inside story of Western military aid to Ukraine: Payments have not arrived, and old weapons are being delivered.
5) Don't over-rely on the United States, Macron urged Europe to develop its own air defense system. Police raided the Paris 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee headquarters. The organizing committee is suspected of embezzlement and procurement corruption.
6) South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries: Emergency radiation tests will be conducted on 20 beaches nationwide. Hokkaido Fisheries Cooperative opposes the Japanese government's discharge of nuclear wastewater without public understanding. International environmental experts: The discharge of Fukushima nuclear contaminated water will pose a nuclear threat to the Asia-Pacific region. The Japanese Emperor and Empress visited Indonesia from June 17 to 23.
7) Indian Prime Minister Modi said that India and the United States have unprecedented mutual trust, and India's time has come. Northern India continues to suffer from extreme heat waves, with temperatures exceeding 44°C, and nearly 170 people have died from heatstroke in the most populous states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in the past few days.
Finance and Securities
1) On June 20, the latest Loan Prime Rate (LPR) was released. Both the 1-year and 5-year-plus LPRs decreased by 10 basis points, ending nine consecutive periods of no change. The 1-year LPR dropped to 3.55%, and the 5-year-plus LPR is 4.2%.
2) The Ministry of Commerce issued a notice on the "Key Work List for Pilot Free Trade Zones (2023-2025)". Total online sales for 618 reached 798.7 billion yuan, with growth slowing to its lowest point in nearly three years.
3) The Cyberspace Administration of China released information on the filing of algorithms for domestic deep synthesis services, with companies such as Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent included.
4) Alibaba Group's leadership change: Zhang Yong will step down as chairman and CEO in September, to be succeeded by Cai Chongxin and Wu Yongming. Douyin e-commerce: Overall sales on the platform during the 618 promotion increased by 66% year-on-year. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) will develop a lithium mine in Bolivia, with the earliest factory construction starting in July.
5) Yesterday's closing prices:
ChiNext Index: 2271.42/+0.28%
Hang Seng Index: 19607.08/-1.54%
Culture, Education, Sports, and Entertainment
1) On June 20 at 7 PM, the opening ceremony of the National Harmonious Rural Basketball Tournament (Village BA) was held in Taipan Village, Taijiang County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. Famous host Yu Jia hosted the opening ceremony of the first national Village BA tournament.

3) A collection of treasure-like cultural relics from the Yangtze River Delta region; a special exhibition at the Shanghai Museum provides evidence for the exploration of early civilizations in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

A large-scale architectural site from the Spring and Autumn Period of the Qin State was discovered in Qin-Yong City, Shaanxi Province. A Warring States period tomb and Neolithic site were discovered in one area of Guangxi.

Astronomy experts introduced that on the night of June 22nd (Dragon Boat Festival), two interesting celestial phenomena will occur: Venus will be near the moon in the western sky, and "Flying Dragon in the Sky" will be visible in the southern sky.
4) On June 20, the Chengdu 31st World University Games torch relay was held in Shenzhen, with Su Bingtian carrying the first torch.

16 years old and 2.27 meters tall! Women's basketball player Zhang Ziyu's height surpasses Yao Ming's. She scored 32 points and 14 rebounds in a professional game, leading her team to victory.
5) Wu Lei scored in consecutive games, and Jiang Guangtai scored his first goal for the national team, leading China to a 2-0 victory over Palestine in a friendly match. China won the men's foil individual gold medal at the Asian Championships for the first time in 11 years.
Life and Services
1) With the junior high school entrance examination approaching, Beijing police have introduced a 24-hour convenient certificate issuance measure for candidates. The "Forbidden City World Cultural Heritage Protection Publicity Week" report and exhibition was held in Beijing on June 19.
2) Shanghai issued the "Shanghai Implementation Plan for the Outline of Building a Quality Power". Shanghai Municipal Education Examination Institute: The online rumors of exam leaks are false, and the rumor was speculation by a candidate. A young man who saved someone from jumping off a bridge was selected as a "Good Person of Hunan" in June, and his hometown people went to Hangzhou to award him. The Yangtze River Delta region will experience a concentrated period of heavy rain after the plum rains, with thunderstorms and strong winds.
3) Three bodies were found in a rented house in Guangzhou. Police report: The cause of death is consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning. A man in Maoming, Guangdong, fabricated rumors about "police prohibiting farmers from selling lychees" to attract attention and was given an administrative penalty. The Pearl River Commission launched a level IV emergency response for flood control. The first steel box girder of the Huangmaohai Cross-sea Channel project in the Greater Bay Area was successfully installed.

Guangzhou Baiyun Railway Station is topped out and will become one of the largest TOD integrated transportation hubs in Asia.
4) Making every effort to ensure the supply of coal for summer power generation, Shanxi Province produced over 550 million tons of coal in the first five months. A cadre in Shangnan County, Shaanxi Province, fell to his death; staff said it was a work-related accident. 160 people died in safety production accidents in Inner Mongolia in the first five months, and all missing persons in the Xinjing Coal Mine accident were found dead. Henan reported four typical cases of violations in accepting gifts and money. Jiaozuo City's Shanyang District Market Supervision Bureau reported on a school cafeteria's grilled fish that was allegedly found to contain maggots: An investigation team has been formed, and the results will be announced in a timely manner.
5) The Chengdu-Yibin high-speed railway signal has been connected to the newly built signal building of Chengdu East Railway Station. Qinghai Province's first hail monitoring instrument was built in Datong County. During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Harbin Railway is expected to send 1.59 million passengers.
6) There will be a large-scale and continuous period of heavy rainfall in southern China, and there will be continuous high temperatures in North China and the Huang-Huai region. From 8 PM on June 20 to 8 PM on June 21, parts of southern Zhejiang, central Jiangxi, central Hunan, northern Guangxi, western and southern Guizhou, southwestern Chongqing, southern Sichuan, northeastern Yunnan, southeastern Tibet, and southeastern Jilin will experience heavy to torrential rain. Some areas in central Jiangxi, northwestern Fujian, and western Guizhou will experience extremely heavy rainfall.

Health and Wellness
1) According to the recommendations of the Chinese Nutrition Society, adults should consume about 800 mg of calcium per day, while older adults need more, about 1000 mg per day. Dairy products and soy products can be supplemented daily.
2) Since people sweat more in summer, it's a good idea to drink some bitter drinks, such as beer, green tea, and kudzu tea. Pay attention to replenishing salt and vitamins in summer. In the height of summer, the body sweats a lot, and the loss of sodium chloride is relatively high, so you should pay attention to replenishing salt while replenishing water. You can drink some light salt water every day to maintain the body's acid-base balance and relative osmotic pressure.
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