Three-minute news, Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Domestic

1) On July 3, Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to the 3rd Dialogue on Intercultural Exchanges and Mutual Learning and the 1st World Congress of Sinologists. Vice President Han Zheng attended the opening ceremony of the 3rd Dialogue on Intercultural Exchanges and Mutual Learning and the 1st World Congress of Sinologists and delivered a speech.

3) [Rule of Law] Ministry of Public Security: Organized and launched a regional campaign in Hubei, Hunan, Shandong, and Henan provinces to severely crack down on telecom network fraud crimes, seizing more than 58 million yuan in assets. The Ministry of Justice introduced a series of new convenient measures for notarization. Jiang Jie, vice chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Dawa Zhasi, former party secretary of the Water Resources Department; and Wang Xia, deputy mayor of Shannan City, are under investigation. Chen Feng, former deputy head of the Heilongjiang branch of the Bank of China, was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office. Police reported on the information leak of Peking University students: The suspect has been criminally detained. Hong Huang Lan early childhood education center exposed child abuse again, official report: is coordinating with relevant departments to investigate.

4) National Health Commission: China has established 40 national-level medical emergency teams, and plans to increase this to 60-70 by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan, strengthening the construction of backpack-style grassroots medical emergency teams. The State Drug Administration established an expert working group to study the regulatory policies and technical requirements for substitute products of rare and endangered Chinese medicinal materials.

5) The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and four other departments jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Improving the Reliability of Manufacturing": Striving to significantly improve the reliability level of key core products in key industries by 2025. Promoting employment of college graduates! Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance: Continue to implement the one-time expansion of job subsidies policy.

6) National Forestry and Grassland Administration: Reeves' muntjac and paradise flycatcher are included in the new "Three Protected" list, while wild boars are removed from the list in some areas where damage is severe; affected residents can still receive compensation according to law.

7) China's number of high-temperature days hits a record high: Multiple overlapping high-temperature periods in the north are unprecedented, and the North China and Huaihe River regions will experience multiple high-temperature periods. Heavy to torrential rain will hit 11 provinces and regions, with large torrential rain in Jiangsu and Sichuan. The seven major river basins in China will enter the main flood season.

8) [Military] Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu met with Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Yevmenov in Beijing on July 3. The Chinese Navy hospital ship Peace Ark set sail to carry out the "Harmonious Mission-2023" task.

10) [Taiwan] The speaking fee for former British Prime Minister Truss's visit to Taiwan was exposed to be as high as NT$3.2 million, netizens: cheating the people. The impact of the declining birthrate continues, and the number of freshmen in Taiwan will fall below 200,000 for the first time. The "exit tsunami" of private schools in Taiwan is coming, and another university will cease operations in July. The 20th Cross-Strait Youth Summer Camp of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots opened in Chongqing.

International

1) The 2023 China-Japan-Korea Cooperation International Forum was held in Qingdao on the morning of July 3, and Wang Yi attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Wang Yi: Respect Japan and South Korea's relations with other countries, but it cannot be used to contain or even encircle neighboring countries; some extra-regional major powers are interfering with China-Japan-Korea cooperation for their own interests. Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin mutually invited each other to climb mountains: ascend Mount Tai and view the world. Foreign Ministry spokesperson: Chinese tourists affected by the riots in France have returned home safely. It has been agreed by both China and the US that US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit China from July 6 to 9.

2) The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan on July 4 and submit a comprehensive assessment report on the discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water to the Japanese government. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The International Atomic Energy Agency must not endorse Japan's wrong actions in discharging nuclear-contaminated water. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China will continue to actively support the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Kenyan scholar: The Belt and Road Initiative is fundamentally changing Africa.

3) Trump: Someone is using the Espionage Act against me, which is vicious and unprecedented. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Now is a rare opportunity to recruit Russian spies. New high! Tesla announced: Second-quarter deliveries exceeded 466,000, a year-on-year increase of 83%. Twitter owner Musk announced that in order to prevent AI companies from massively grabbing Twitter data and affecting the user experience, he decided to limit Twitter's traffic; he also posted that everyone should spend less time on their phones and spend more time with their families. Apple lowered its production forecast for the Vision Pro headset.

4) Foreign media: Wagner suspended recruitment for one month and is transferring to Belarus. Crimean leader targeted in assassination attempt? The Federal Security Service of Russia: It has been thwarted. The European Union is considering making concessions on sanctions against Russian banks to safeguard Black Sea grain trade. Ukrainian Foreign Minister warned NATO: If the Russo-Ukrainian war ends and NATO still does not allow Ukraine to join, that is suicide, do not repeat Merkel's mistake. Some staff of the Russian embassy in Romania left at the request of the Romanian side.

5) French rioters attacked the mayor's residence late at night: set fire to cars in the yard and shot fireworks at his wife and children, causing fractures. The number of arrests in the French riots decreased, and two police officers were shot. Macron urged the government to quickly stop the riots and restore national order. Austria wants to join the European "Sky Shield" weapons project, which is questioned for violating the country's "military neutrality" stance. The UK will launch "water burial" for the first time: boil the body for 4 hours, which is more environmentally friendly than cremation and gentler on the body.

A mayor in Mexico married a crocodile for two consecutive years, saying at the wedding: We love each other.

This kind of "marriage" ceremony with crocodiles has existed in the local area for 230 years.

6) Japanese government: The plan to discharge Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water in the summer of 2023 remains unchanged. On the afternoon of July 3, local time, an explosion occurred in a building in the center of Tokyo, Japan, injuring at least four people.

Japanese research team discovered a therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer and developed a therapeutic drug. Large-scale rallies in South Korea expressed anger at Japan's plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water. South Korean police investigated multiple cases of murdered "unregistered babies".

7) A Chinese female tourist was asked for a bribe of nearly 30,000 yuan, and the Malaysian Minister of Tourism "rescued" her at the airport. The Vietnamese college entrance examination Chinese question was suspected of being exposed, causing heated discussions among netizens: The first time I saw Chinese cloze.

A nightclub fire in Cambodia has killed eight people, including six Chinese nationals. Police: A short circuit caused the fire.

8) In a large-scale attack in the early hours of July 3rd, local time, the Israeli army attacked the northern West Bank, resulting in 5 deaths and numerous injuries. Foreign media: Gaddafi's son was transferred from prison to hospital, "in critical condition".

9) High temperature records are being broken around the world, and this year may bring an El Niño "roast". A 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Papua Province, Indonesia on the morning of July 3rd, local time. There have been no reports of casualties or property damage.

Finance and Securities

1) SASAC: From January to May, central enterprises completed investment of 1.7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. Among them, fixed asset investment (excluding real estate) reached 1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.4%.

2) At the end of the first quarter of this year, the outstanding loan balance for technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises increased by 25.2% year-on-year, and financial support for technological innovation continued to increase.

3) Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs: Decided to implement export controls on gallium and germanium related items.

4) The price of live pigs has entered the level 1 early warning range for excessive decline, and the state will launch the second batch of central pork reserve storage work this year.

5) With an annual output of 120,000 tons! The first phase of the country's largest single lithium carbonate project has been put into production in Bazhou, Xinjiang. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings: The net profit attributable to the parent company is expected to decrease by 74.47% year-on-year in the first half of the year. Passengers said that the crew members were watching videos online during takeoff. China Southern Airlines responded: The feedback has been recorded and will be processed.