Three-minute news breakfast on Saturday, October 7, 2023

1) Premier Li Qiang will attend the closing ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on October 8 and hold a series of diplomatic activities.

2) Ministry of Culture and Tourism: During the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, 826 million domestic tourist trips were made, a year-on-year increase of 71.3%; domestic tourism revenue reached 753.43 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 129.5%.

3) An estimated 18.8 million passengers are expected to be sent by national railways on October 6.

4) The State Administration for Market Regulation recently announced the first batch of results included in the industrial metrology achievement database, with 118 outstanding achievements selected.

5) "Data runs more, people run less." The human resources and social security department is accelerating the promotion of convenient social security qualification certification.

6) The north main tower of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge has been topped out, achieving its third "world's first".

8) [Military] The Chinese Navy's Qi Jiguang ship arrived in Suva, the capital of Fiji, and began a 3-day friendly visit to Fiji.

10) [Taiwan] Ma Ying-jeou: "Taiwan independence" will not work! The Taiwan issue cannot be left to foreign countries to solve. He suggested that Singapore host a cross-strait dialogue. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong responded: We are happy to provide a venue (for talks) and serve tea.

1) Wang Yi, Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office: Consistently supports Afghanistan's inclusive governance, moderate administration, friendly relations with neighbors, and resolute fight against terrorism.

2) A military academy graduation ceremony in Homs province, central Syria, was attacked by a drone "terrorist attack", resulting in 80 deaths. UN Secretary-General Guterres expressed deep concern over the drone attack on the military academy in Homs, Syria. An informal meeting of EU leaders discussed security, migration and enlargement issues.

3) Former US President Trump revealed that he is considering a short-term role as Speaker of the House, but his long-term goal remains to run for US president. The US added 336,000 non-farm jobs in September, exceeding expectations, and US stock futures plunged.

4) Putin: The West has forgotten fear and shame. The West's prosperity is achieved by plundering the entire planet. Putin on the Prigozhin plane crash: Hand grenade fragments were found in the remains of the victims. Putin: The Belt and Road Initiative has broad development prospects, and Russia and China will not establish any small groups.

5) Canada has exposed another scandal of honoring Nazi veterans, and the Governor General's office has issued a statement of apology.

6) Japan's real household consumption has fallen year-on-year for six consecutive months, and real wages have fallen year-on-year for 17 consecutive months. A Japanese Self-Defense Forces base is suspected of discharging harmful substances, and Shizuoka City will launch an investigation. Japan confirmed that a total of 892 people were poisoned in the mass food poisoning incident in Ishikawa Prefecture in August.

7) Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, attended the first trial of a case involving corruption and dereliction of duty.

8) A Himalayan glacial lake in Sikkim state, northeastern India, burst its banks due to heavy rains, resulting in at least 18 deaths and more than 150 missing. Two fires in Punjab and Mumbai, India, killed 11 people.

1) The Financial Regulatory Bureau: The outstanding balance of agricultural loans nationwide has reached 54.98 trillion yuan this year, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%.

2) China Payments and Clearing Association: In the first half of the year, the payment and clearing sector reduced fees and benefited by nearly 17.5 billion yuan.

3) Market rumors suggest that A-shares will adjust trading hours after the holiday and trial a limited T+0 transaction. Securities firm personnel: There is no such action.

4) IPO fundraising in the first three quarters decreased by 30%, and securities firms' underwriting income decreased by more than 10%.

5) More than 80% of personal pension funds have suffered losses this year.

1) The closing ceremony director team of the Hangzhou Asian Games revealed the innovations and highlights of the closing ceremony: 75 minutes, 2194 actors, and Oriental aesthetics will once again bloom in the "Big Lotus".

2) Yao Ming: I know I'm called 226, and I'm also confident in the future of the league. Chen Jiapeng, the 4x100m champion of the Asian Games, returned home to receive honors, receiving a 100,000 yuan bonus and putting a gold medal on his mother's neck, creating a heartwarming scene.

4) With a 7-0 victory over Uzbekistan, the Chinese women's football team won the bronze medal at the Asian Games. A narrow escape! The Chinese men's basketball team reversed the Chinese Taipei team to win the Asian Games bronze medal. In the Asian Games debut of marathon swimming, Wu Shutong of China won the women's 10km gold medal.

The Asian Games dragon boat race concluded, with the Chinese team winning 5 gold and 1 silver medals.

5) The draw for the Paris Olympic women's basketball qualifying tournament has been released, and the Chinese women's basketball team will compete at home.

1) A large-scale building foundation has been discovered at the Beijing Jinzhongdu site, and some of the building groups are preliminarily inferred to be royal temples.

More than 10 ancient buildings in Ritan Park have been repaired and opened to the public.

2) Shanghai: Cochlear implants are included in medical insurance, helping more hearing-impaired patients return to a world with sound.

3) A helicopter crashed in Baise, Guangxi, resulting in 1 death and 3 injuries. Yunnan Railway added 82 temporary passenger trains to help with the return journey.

4) Xidi and Hongcun in Anhui have received more than 3.5 million tourists this year, exceeding 3.5 million two months earlier than in 2019.

6) Typhoon "Xiao Yin" will affect the southeastern coast, and rain and snow in the western region will weaken. From 8 pm on October 6 to 8 pm on October 7, there will be light to moderate snow or rain and snow in the western mountainous areas of the southern Xinjiang Basin, southern Qinghai, and eastern Tibet; there will be moderate to heavy rain in southeastern Tibet, eastern and southern Sichuan Basin, central and eastern Yunnan, central and southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, southern Hainan Island, and western Taiwan Island, with heavy rain in some areas of eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian coast.

1) The main components of Liangfen are water and starch. Whether it's Liangfen or Liangpi, it should be eaten with foods rich in high-quality protein, such as eggs, or with some bean curd shreds, braised beef, etc.

2) A little trick for stir-frying onions: Mix a small amount of flour into the chopped onions before putting them in the pan. This will result in onions that are golden yellow in color and crispy in texture.