September 23, 2023 (Saturday) Three-Minute News Breakfast

A Domestic

On the occasion of the sixth "China Farmers' Harvest Festival," Xi Jinping extended festive congratulations and sincere greetings to the farmers across the country and the comrades working on the "three rural" front, emphasizing the goal of building a strong agricultural country and creating a new picture of livable and employable beautiful villages. The opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games was held on the evening of September 23 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and declare the opening of the Asian Games. On the afternoon of September 22, Xi Jinping met separately at the Hangzhou West Lake State Guesthouse with International Olympic Committee President Bach, Syrian President Bashar, and Kuwaiti Crown Prince Mishal, who came to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

3) China State Railway Group: Tickets for additional night high-speed trains during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday are now on sale.

4) The Tarim Oilfield breaks through to the deep earth, drilling more than 100 "deep wells" exceeding 8,000 meters.

6) A new round of rainfall began on the night of September 22, and the southern "autumn tiger" temporarily subsided, with temperatures continuing to drop.

7) [Rule of Law] Wang Youyong, an insider of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, surrendered himself. Guizhou reported seven typical cases that violated the spirit of the eight central regulations.

8) [Military] The state has once again raised the standards of pensions and subsidies for some retired military personnel and other preferential treatment recipients.

9) [Hong Kong and Macau] Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee and Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng will attend the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games. The Hong Kong offshore liquefied natural gas receiving station opened, helping Hong Kong achieve carbon neutrality.

10) [Taiwan] A symposium on "National Unification and National Revival" was held in Wuhan on September 22. Taiwan media: On September 22, an explosion at a technology factory in Pingtung, Taiwan, injured 74 people, and one firefighter died and three are missing.

B International

1) Li Hongzhong, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, led a delegation of NPC deputies to visit Serbia from September 19 to 21. China and the United States established a working group in the economic field. Syrian President Bashar and his wife visited Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou and warmly greeted tourists.

3) The United States provided Ukraine with $325 million in military aid. Thousands of American auto workers were laid off due to strikes, and unresolved differences exacerbated government challenges. 92-year-old media tycoon Murdoch retired, and his eldest son will inherit the "media kingdom".

4) Russia will implement a flexible tariff policy on various export goods. A deputy speaker of the Russian Duma warned that the United States wants to apply the Ukraine script in Mongolia to provoke confrontation against China and Russia. The Russian Ministry of Defense: The headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet was attacked, and one Russian soldier died. Disputes over agricultural products intensified, and the Polish Prime Minister said that it would no longer provide military aid to Ukraine.

5) The British King visited France, calling for stronger friendly relations.

After investigating unmarked graves, Canadian Indigenous tribes confirmed the deaths of 158 children.

6) The leadership of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, decided to collectively resign on September 21. After the Korean National Assembly unexpectedly agreed to detain Lee Jae-myung, he spoke for the first time, calling on the Democratic Party to maintain unity. South Korea: Forcing Samsung to sign unfair contracts, South Korea fined US Broadcom 19.1 billion won.

7) An attack by unidentified gunmen on two public buses in Ghana killed nine people.

8) Gangsters seized a prison to build a resort, and Venezuela sent 11,000 troops to retake it, with President Maduro offering congratulations.

9) Dating back about 476,000 years, the latest international archaeological discovery found potential evidence of the oldest wooden structure in Zambia.

1) The central bank and the financial regulatory authorities released a list of systemically important banks in China, divided into five groups according to their systemically important scores from low to high.

2) The State Administration for Market Regulation issued 22 measures to promote the development of the private economy. A new national standard limiting excessive packaging of fresh edible agricultural products was released.

3) More than 40% of new passenger cars in China have combined assisted driving functions.

4) The first-instance judgment of Leshi Internet Information & Technology (LeTV) was announced: It needs to compensate investors 2.04 billion yuan, and Jia Yueting bears joint and several liability.

D Culture, Education, Sports and Entertainment

1) The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is working to improve the quality of cultural and tourism products during the holidays. Ministry of Education: A cautious attitude towards "prefabricated dishes entering campuses." The "China Good People List" for the second quarter of 2023 was released.

2) The National Centre for the Performing Arts carefully prepared 14 programs and 32 wonderful performances to celebrate the double holidays, and "The Mountain, the Sea, and the Love" will usher in its third round of performances.

3) Chinese scientists have prepared fully dispersed microsphere materials that can recover dyes from wastewater.

5) Swimmers Qin Haiyang and basketball player Yang Liwei served as the flag bearers for the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

E Life Services

1) Beijing supports three types of entrepreneurship training with "Entrepreneurship Start-up," and strictly investigates the behavior of training institutions defrauding subsidies. A bus in Beijing was rear-ended by a cement truck, sending 18 passengers to the hospital, all with minor injuries and no life-threatening injuries. Construction of the North Hebei clean energy base's new power system's whole-region comprehensive demonstration area has begun.

2) The Yangtze River Delta Railway is expected to transport over 37 million passengers during the National Day Golden Week. Shanghai's wireless economy has exceeded 500 billion yuan, ranking among the top tier nationwide.

3) The top 100 private enterprises in Guangdong in 2023 have been announced, with the top four reporting annual revenue exceeding 400 billion yuan. The first batch of imported hot pot ingredients via the Western Land-Sea New Corridor arrived in Jiangjin, Chongqing on September 21, bringing Brazilian frozen chicken feet and Vietnamese snakehead fish to Chinese consumers.

5) Shanxi Province issued a document to curb "sky-high" mooncakes, promoting a return to traditional cultural origins in mooncake consumption. A five-vehicle collision in Taiyuan resulted in one death and two injuries.

6) Chongqing and Hubei will experience heavy rainfall, while Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia will face strong winds and temperature drops. From 8 PM on September 22 to 8 PM on September 23, parts of the Ili River Valley in Xinjiang, southeastern Tibet, eastern Qinghai, southern Shaanxi, western Huaihe River Basin, eastern Southwest China, Jianghan Plain, southern Zhejiang, and southern Yunnan will experience moderate to heavy rain.

F Health and Wellness

1) Oxalic acid is one of the major factors in the formation of calcium-containing stones. Generally speaking, vegetables with a slightly sour taste have a relatively high oxalic acid content, such as spinach, amaranth, water chestnut, bamboo shoots, asparagus, and purslane. Blanching them in boiling water before consumption can help remove most of the oxalic acid.

2) Drinking plenty of water promotes urination, which helps to expel small, sand-like stones (less than 1 centimeter) from the body, reducing the risk of them forming larger stones in the kidneys or urinary tract. Drinking plenty of water is the most economical, convenient, and effective way to prevent kidney stones.