Three-minute news, Monday, July 3, 2023

Domestic

1) On July 2, Vice President Han Zheng attended the opening ceremony of the 11th World Peace Forum at Tsinghua University and delivered a speech.

2) 28 achievements in 6 months: China's manned space program delivers impressive mid-year results.

3) [Rule of Law] He Guoliang, director of the Political Department of the Central Judicial Police Officer Academy, is under investigation. An amount exceeding 900 million yuan is involved in the case. Yunnan Zhaotong police cracked a major online gambling case. China currently has more than 677,000 lawyers and more than 39,000 law firms. Graduate student leaks university student privacy? Lawyer: If true, they will face criminal charges.

4) The Taizhou Fengcheng to Wuxi Meili 500-kilovolt power transmission project, the largest ultra-high voltage cross-Yangtze River power transmission project in China, officially went into operation on July 2.

A recent bulletin released by the Ministry of Water Resources shows that the sediment content of the Yellow River, Shule River, and Tarim River was relatively high in 2022.

5) The All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the National Health Commission continue to promote childcare services for employers.

6) The Three Gorges Dam's cargo throughput in the first half of this year reached 81.48 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9%. In the first half of the year, the cargo volume of the Western Land-Sea New Passage increased by 10.5% year-on-year.

7) The national railway timetable was adjusted on July 1. The Northeast Railway Network ushered in the largest adjustment in 16 years, with the greatest capacity release, and the train operation framework has been comprehensively optimized. High-speed rail access to Beijing has achieved "bus-like" frequency.

8) [Military] In recent days, the entire army has organized various activities to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

China and Thailand will hold the "Eagle Strike-2023" joint air force exercise.

9) [Hong Kong and Macau] Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee: Welcome aboard the Hong Kong "express train". The Hong Kong Sha Tin Racecourse held the "Hong Kong Celebrates Return Race Day". Spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the UK: The UK has no right to interfere in Hong Kong affairs. The golden body of the "Mazu First Palace" in Xiapu, Fujian went to Macau for a reunion and friendship event.

Starting July 1, all types of fresh and live food from the mainland can be supplied to Hong Kong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.

10) [Taiwan] Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko Wen-je met with Chen Yonghe, who announced his candidacy for the sixth constituency of Tainan City "legislator", Chen Yonghe: Still running as an independent candidate for "legislator". Cross-strait youths appreciate Jianzhan and Jian tea in northern Fujian, inheriting the traditional Chinese culture.

International

1) The Consular Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminds Chinese citizens in France to strengthen safety precautions. Mexico held a 33rd birthday celebration for the giant panda "Xinxin".

An exhibition of pictures on China's achievements in agriculture, rural areas, and farmers was held in Rome. Brunei welcomed its first group of tourists from Beijing since the pandemic. Nearly 50 ambassadors and diplomats stationed in China experienced industrial civilization in Tangshan, Hebei.

2) Qu Dongyu, the incumbent Director-General, was re-elected as the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. A total of 120 projects were signed at the 3rd China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo. The WHO responded to "aspartame is carcinogenic": The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) will release its conclusions on July 14. Aspartame, one of the world's most commonly used artificial sweeteners, has recently been in the spotlight. The world's first pig heart transplant into a human only survived for 60 days, The Lancet published the reasons for the failure.

3) CIA Director Burns: China is the only country that both intends to reshape the international order and is increasingly powerful economically, diplomatically, militarily, and technologically. Such a China is not a risk, but an opportunity, and decoupling from China is foolish. A shooting occurred in Maryland, USA, resulting in dozens of injuries and multiple deaths. The US "transferring migrants" farce: Texas sent another busload of people to Los Angeles. US National Geographic issued a statement: "We will not cease publication".

4) A week after the "Wagner incident", Prigozhin's Russian business empire has collapsed, except for "Wagner". Zelensky stated that the only condition for negotiations with Russia is that the Ukrainian army achieves the 1991 borders of Ukraine.

5) Fifth night of riots in France: Crowds looted Volkswagen 4S stores and drove away cars, gendarmes are on duty with loaded weapons.

More than 40 Chinese citizens were attacked, more than 1,300 people were arrested in the French riots, the average age of those arrested is 17, the president postponed his visit. Macron: Will take all measures to maintain national order. The French Interior Ministry believes that the intensity of the riot violence has weakened. On July 1, local time, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands formally apologized for the country's colonial history and participation in the slave trade, calling it a "crime against humanity".

6) South Korea's largest opposition party held a rally against Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater. Nuclear wastewater safety? South Korean lawmakers drank water from aquaculture ponds, which was described as "absurd".

7) At least one person died in a collision between two Colombian military aircraft. At least 51 migrants died when a boat sank on its way to Spain. A truck "lost control" in Kenya and crashed into nearby vehicles and crowds, killing more than 50 people.

Finance and Securities

1) Ministry of Finance: From January to May, the total operating revenue of state-owned enterprises nationwide increased by 6.2% year-on-year.

2) Major moves to stabilize the exchange rate, several major banks lowered the deposit interest rate on US dollars, which helps to "cool down" the expectation of unilateral appreciation of the US dollar.

3) New residential prices in 100 cities in June saw a slight month-on-month decrease, and the scale of second-hand housing listings in some cities continued to hit record highs.

4) Rare 80% plunge, silicon material prices have fallen to the cost line of first-tier enterprises, and some manufacturers have stopped production due to losses.

5) BYD: Total sales in the first half of the year reached 1.2556 million units, a year-on-year increase of 94.25%.

Culture, Education, Sports and Entertainment

1) The Ministry of Education's summer vacation hotline for student financial aid is open, expanding the scope of the hotline to answer questions for students and parents. The Universiade torch "Rong Huo" began its relay in Chengdu on July 2.

3) A charity auction of ceramic works by disabled people was held in Beijing, with the highest price for a single piece reaching 1 million yuan.

5) Xi'an Jiaotong University held its graduation ceremony, with the university's party secretary holding an umbrella for the president in the rain.

6) Women's Asian Cup: China ended Japan's five-year winning streak, winning the championship trophy for the first time in 12 years.

Center Han Xu was selected as the MVP of the Asian Cup final and the tournament MVP.

Life Services

1) Beijing's junior high school entrance examination results will be available on July 9, and the enrollment application will be on July 13. Five Beijing departments jointly worked to complete the relevant follow-up work for the cancellation of the employment registration certificate for graduates. Beijing launched red cultural tours in municipal parks, inheriting the patriotic spirit in various forms.

2) The first domestic news publishing professional museum opened in Shanghai. Jiangsu recruited 400 "Three Supports and One Help" college graduates in 2023 to support rural revitalization, with a service period of two years. Jiangsu organized a "talent night market" to explore internship positions, provide social security subsidies, and stabilize employment. A student at a university in Zhejiang scalded a classmate with hot water; the school stated that the student who threw the water was put on probation. Affected by continuous rainfall, the river water in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, surged, some vehicles were washed away, and some villages were affected.

3) A first-time discovery in China: Guangzhou middle school students discovered crocodilian egg fossils.

4) The "throat" project of the G0711 Wuwei Expressway—the "Tianshan Victory Tunnel"—has seen both its left and right main tunnels break through 6,000 meters at the exit. The first event provided 11,500 jobs; Chengdu launched a 100-day series of recruitment activities for hundreds of companies. Hundreds of columnar "mosquito whirlwinds" were found in a grassland in Chongzhou, Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Eyewitnesses exclaimed that the mosquitoes were spiraling, one after another.

5) Shandong deepens the reform of middle and primary school professional titles: moral education teachers, etc., can have separate indicators. The 7th National Youth UAV Competition Henan Provincial Competition opened in Zhengzhou, with more than 1,200 contestants competing.

6) There will be heavy rain in the Sichuan Basin to the Yellow River region, and the high temperature in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei will ease. From 8 pm on July 2 to 8 pm on July 3, there will be heavy to torrential rain in parts of eastern and southern Sichuan Basin, southern Shaanxi, northwestern Hubei, southern and eastern Henan, central and southern Shandong, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, eastern Qinghai, southern Gansu, and the southern coastal areas of Guangdong. Among them, there will be extremely heavy rain in parts of northeastern Sichuan, southern Shaanxi, eastern and southern Henan, southwestern Shandong, and northern Jiangsu and Anhui.