November 8, 2023 (Wednesday) Three-Minute News Breakfast

1) Xi Jinping presided over the third meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, emphasizing the need to comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China and improve the regulatory system and mechanism for natural monopolies. Premier Li Qiang held talks with Australian Prime Minister Albanese, who is paying a formal visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of November 7.

2) General Administration of Customs: In the first 10 months, China's total import and export value reached 34.32 trillion yuan, achieving positive growth.

3) National Health Commission: Strive to make landmark progress in the national interconnection and sharing of medical and health information within three years.

4) China's national integrated fire and rescue team has grown to 220,000 people.

5) 5826 meters! China's self-developed seabed seismograph creates a record operating water depth.

7) [Rule of Law] The Supreme People's Procuratorate and two other departments jointly issued the "Evidence Guide for Handling Criminal Cases Involving Sand at Sea". Zhu Congjiu, former vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Li Zaiyong, former vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, were expelled from the Party and removed from public office for serious violations of discipline and law. Li Song, former secretary of the Huizhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection in Guangdong Province, is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. It is reported that a hospital in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, "sold birth certificates", and the hospital director involved has been taken into control, and the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital has been suspended for rectification.

8) [Military] The Air Force August 1st Flight Demonstration Team will go to the UAE to participate in the Dubai Air Show. The 10th batch of Chinese peacekeeping infantry defense detachment to Mali carried out humanitarian assistance.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The Hong Kong International Financial Leaders Investment Summit was held in Hong Kong, and Vice Premier of the State Council He Lifeng delivered a video address. The first National Security Law special session was held, and the Hong Kong Legal Week was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for five consecutive days starting from November 6.

10) [Taiwan] Hainan has introduced 17 preferential measures for Taiwan compatriots and enterprises to support their participation in the construction of the free trade port. The first monkeypox death case in Taiwan has occurred, a man in his 30s.

1) Ding Zhongli, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, will represent China at the Paris Peace Forum and related activities from November 10 to 11. Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Surinamese Foreign Minister Ramdin in Beijing; Wang Yi held talks with Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin. The joint outcome statement of the China-Australia Prime Ministers' annual meeting was released. A ceremony commemorating Chinese laborers in World War I was held at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

2) "Hello! China" tourism image appears at the World Travel Market in London.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced an upward revision of China's economic growth forecast for 2023 to 5.4%, higher than previously expected. World Food Programme: Food stocks in the Gaza Strip are only enough for about five days.

3) US and Israeli leaders discuss the possibility of a "tactical pause" in Israel's military operations in Gaza. The Biden administration will allow Israel to purchase thousands of M16 rifles from US defense companies. Senior US lawmakers urge Israel to stop killing civilians if it wants more aid. Foreign media: Jewish groups protest in front of the Statue of Liberty in the United States, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Just after US Secretary of State Blinken said that attacks on US personnel by Iranian-backed militias were "unacceptable," an Iraqi armed group attacked four US military bases with ballistic missiles.

4) One month into the conflict, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed more than 10,000 people. The Palestinian prime minister choked up and lost his voice when he mentioned a Gaza mother who lost three children at a meeting.

Iran's supreme leader called for an end to "crimes in the Gaza Strip." The Houthi group in Yemen launched a large-scale attack on "sensitive targets" in Israel.

5) Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that Western politicians are provoking a major conflict in the Middle East. Zelensky publicly opposed next year's election: It is not appropriate to hold elections now.

6) The Reserve Bank of Australia announced that it will raise its benchmark interest rate to 4.35%. The Polish president asked the current prime minister to form a new government.

7) Myanmar reiterated its commitment to maintaining stability and order on the Myanmar-China border.

8) A 5.8-magnitude aftershock hit the earthquake-stricken area in Nepal, and relief supplies have been transported to the disaster area. A residential fire in central Chile killed 14 people, including six children.

1) China's gold reserves at the end of October were reported at 71.2 million ounces, increasing its gold reserves for the twelfth consecutive month. The central bank will issue a general commemorative coin for Chinese Peking Opera art.

3) The central bank and four other ministries held a symposium on real estate financing, with Vanke, Poly, and Longfor in attendance. Vanke: There is no overseas debt to be repaid this year.

4) Chinese civil aviation enterprises signed large procurement orders at the CIIE, with the civil aviation industry's "shopping cart" exceeding US$3.7 billion.

1) China proposed the "International Science and Technology Cooperation Initiative" for the first time to build a global community of science and technology.

2) Ministry of Education and two other departments: Improve education funding statistical indicators to ensure that all applicable indicators are collected. The Ministry of Education and four other departments recently revised and issued the "Management Measures for Part-time Teachers in Vocational Schools".

3) The Xiling Seal Society will hold a series of activities to celebrate its 120th anniversary, with members from home and abroad gathering in Hangzhou.

4) In the fifth round of the China Weijia League, the Shenzhen Niedao team won a 3-1 victory over the Tianjin team at home.

1) Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning and Land Resources: The news that Beijing will "cancel the land price ceiling" is untrue. Xiong'an New Area's "Xiongcai Sixteen Articles": Top scientists who come to work will receive a 3 million yuan living allowance and a 200-square-meter house.

2) Shanghai: Pilot operation of autonomous driving buses in specific time periods and sections in the central urban area.

3) Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission: Currently, the province has achieved mutual recognition and sharing of medical examination and testing results.

4) Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau denies rumors of only recruiting returned overseas master's degree holders. Rumors of a group of students from Sun Yat-sen University's Second Affiliated Hospital suffering from cancer? The hospital denies the rumors: The information is untrue, and it is currently under investigation and processing.

5) A sports stadium in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province, collapsed, resulting in 3 deaths, and the person in charge has been taken into police custody. A man froze to death on the street in Heilongjiang Province on a snowy day. Official report: He was not a homeless person and had been drinking. Nine counties and cities in Harbin experienced snowfall exceeding historical levels for the same period, and primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the main urban area remain closed.

6) The man involved in the "extortion of 3.2 million yuan after having a relationship with a female anchor" has been suspended as the abbot of a temple in Chengdu. An oil tanker exploded and caught fire in Sichuan Province, resulting in 2 deaths and 2 injuries. The "Swan Season" has begun in Sanmenxia, Henan Province.