October 8, 2023, 3-minute news breakfast

1) With the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the 18th National Congress of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions will open in Beijing on October 9th.

2) National Immigration Administration: An average of 1.477 million people entered and exited the country per day during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday. Civil Aviation Administration: More than 17 million passengers were transported by civil aviation during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday. State Post Bureau: Over 5.147 billion express parcels were collected and delivered nationwide during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday.

3) The State Administration of Standardization and five other departments jointly issued the "Urban Standardization Action Plan," focusing on 16 key tasks for the future high-quality development of cities.

4) China has basically formed a network of mediation organizations covering urban and rural areas and key fields.

5) State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission: Promoting the use of new energy vehicles by Party and government organs.

6) Typhoon "Xiao Yin" is approaching, and the National Marine Forecasting Center has issued an orange warning for sea waves and a blue warning for storm surges.

7) [Rule of Law] Yin Meigen, former deputy secretary of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, has been expelled from the Party and public office. Du Zhaocai, former vice-minister of the General Administration of Sport of China, has been expelled from the Party and public office. Liu Liange, former Party secretary and chairman of the Bank of China, has been expelled from the Party. Zhang Fusheng, former deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Emergency Management, has been prosecuted and was accused of "long-term gambling addiction".

8) [Military] The Chinese peacekeeping engineering contingent in Mali held an emergency defense exercise, focusing on quickly identifying the situation, efficient and flexible command, and reasonable combat organization. On October 5th, Ms. Zhang Guimei led more than 140 teachers and students from Huaping Girls' High School in Lijiang City to visit a certain air force aviation brigade of the Southern Theater Command to experience the spirit of national defense.

10) [Taiwan] Guo Taiming announced that the number of signatures has exceeded the threshold and will fight to the end; if the number of signatures exceeds 1 million, he will donate NT$100 million to charity.

1) On the afternoon of October 7th, Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader, led a bipartisan delegation of senators to Shanghai, marking the first stop of their visit to China.

The United States added some Chinese entities to the export control "Entity List." Ministry of Commerce: This is a typical act of economic coercion and unilateralist bullying. China firmly opposes this and urges the United States to immediately correct its wrongdoings and stop the unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies. The "China Aerospace Science and Technology Achievements Exhibition" opened at the Swiss Museum of Transport on October 6th local time.

2) UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan refuted Western media's "China collapse theory," stating that China's economic growth is ten times that of Europe. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: World grain stock forecast hits a record high.

3) McCarthy denied reports of his resignation as Speaker of the House and announced plans to run for re-election in 2024. The United States launched a prototype satellite for its Kuiper Project satellite internet.

4) The United States expelled two Russian diplomats. Russian Ambassador: This is an act of retaliation. Russian media: A statue of the Statue of Liberty was removed from a park in Crimea, and the local council chairman called out the United States.

6) Tourism Authority of Thailand: The shooting incident may cause Thailand to lose 1 million tourists.

7) More than 1,000 people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh this year, with more than 210,000 confirmed cases.

8) Israel was attacked by rockets from the Gaza Strip, resulting in 6 deaths and more than 200 injuries. The Israeli Defense Forces declared a state of war. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has escalated, and Hamas announced a new round of military operations against Israel.

9) Prison riots broke out in Ecuador, and the suspect in the assassination of the presidential candidate was killed.

1) On October 7th, the central bank conducted a reverse repurchase operation of 200 billion yuan with a term of 7 days, and the winning bid rate was 1.80%.

2) China's foreign exchange reserves totaled US$311.507 billion in September, and gold reserves achieved "eleven consecutive increases".

3) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Plans to pilot the expansion of the opening up of value-added telecommunications services.

4) Sales of duty-free goods in Hainan during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday exceeded 1.3 billion yuan.

5) Shi Yuzhu and others were subject to forced execution of 1.765 billion yuan, and hundreds of millions of yuan in equity were frozen not long ago.

6) BYD's response to the EU's anti-subsidy investigation: It will continue to promote the growth of its European business and hopes that Tesla will succeed.

1) The box office revenue of commercial performances nationwide during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday reached 2.005 billion yuan.

2) As of 0:00 on October 7th, the box office revenue of films during the 2023 National Day holiday reached 2.73 billion yuan.

3) China's annual chili pepper output remains the world's highest, with more than 500 million people consuming chili peppers.

4) The Hangzhou Asian Games broke 15 world records in total, and the total ticket sales exceeded 610 million yuan.

5) In the men's 10-kilometer marathon swimming final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, 22-year-old Chinese athlete Zhang Ziyang won the gold medal; 18-year-old Lan Tianchen followed closely behind to win the silver medal. In the mixed doubles badminton final, the Chinese pair Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the championship, successfully defending their title. In the women's duet free routine synchronized swimming competition, the Chinese twin sisters Wang Liuyi/Wang Qianyi won the gold medal.

The Chinese team won gold and silver medals in the men's 10-kilometer marathon swimming competition in the rain.

1) Key monitored businesses in Beijing earned 9.27 billion yuan during the double festival holiday, with more than 500 activities stimulating consumer vitality. Beijing has cumulatively disclosed 134 million pieces of business entity information.

2) The Shanghai Tourism Festival concluded, receiving 38.46 million citizens and tourists in three weeks, with tourism consumption reaching 88.6 billion yuan. Offline consumption in Shanghai during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday reached 44.92 billion yuan, with booming sales of electronic products. A giant panda protection and research center Shanghai base will be built in Pudong. Zhejiang will increase the tilt of medical insurance funds to facilitate convenient medical treatment for the people.

3) Official response to the unfinished 100 million yuan affordable housing project in Shenzhen that extracted 1 billion yuan: The person in charge has been interviewed to ensure timely delivery.

4) Poyang Lake experienced its first backflow of Yangtze River water this year, expanding its water area by 695 square kilometers.

5) Typhoon "Xiaoyin" is gradually approaching the coastal areas from western Guangdong to eastern Hainan Island, with rain and snow in western regions. From 8 PM on October 7th to 8 PM on October 8th, light to moderate snow or rain and snow is expected in parts of northeastern Tibet and central and southern Qinghai, with heavy snow in some areas. Light to moderate rain is expected in parts of eastern Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, central and northern Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, southern Jiangsu and Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, eastern Jiangxi, central and eastern Guangdong, Taiwan Island, central and western Sichuan, and Yunnan.

1) The benefits of coffee have been confirmed by numerous studies, but few people know the advantages of drinking coffee during exercise. A study by researchers at the University of Granada in Spain, published in the BMC subsidiary journal "International Journal of Sport Nutrition Exercise Metabolism", shows that drinking a cup of strong coffee half an hour before aerobic exercise can significantly increase fat burning; if exercising in the afternoon, the effect of caffeine is more pronounced than in the morning.

2) Hard-boiled eggs, because they don't use oil, the cooking temperature is not high, and the cholesterol in the yolk doesn't come into contact with oxygen, are a heart-healthier way to eat eggs. As for scrambled eggs, because the eggs are broken up before frying, the cholesterol in the yolk is more fully exposed to air, resulting in more oxidation, and the eggs absorb more oil, so they are not recommended.