November 13, 2023 (Monday) Three-Minute News Breakfast

1) President Xi Jinping's reply to the President and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Matthias Mast, further promotes cultural exchange between China and the United States and friendship among people of all countries, sparking enthusiastic responses.

2) The number of administrative positions in several central government agencies has been adjusted, with reductions in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and others.

3) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: More than 95% of autumn grain harvest is complete nationwide, and the annual grain output is expected to hit a new high; more than 90% of the planned winter wheat sowing area has been completed, and nearly 95% of the planned winter rapeseed sowing area has been completed.

4) The Central Civilization Office of China released the "China Good People List" for the third quarter of 2023, with 150 individuals and groups honored for their acts of helping others, bravery, honesty, dedication, and filial piety. The Xue Long 2 successfully rescued a vessel in distress during its voyage.

6) The national express delivery volume on "Double 11" reached 639 million pieces, 1.87 times the daily average, and a year-on-year increase of 15.76%.

7) [Rule of Law] Openly armed fraud, suspected of intentional homicide, the public security organs are pursuing four ringleaders of Myanmar's telecom fraud. Yuan Xiaoning, former chairman of Shaanxi Investment Group Co., Ltd., is under investigation.

8) [Military] Dalian Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation warning: From 16:00 on November 12 to 16:00 on November 19, military tasks will be carried out in parts of the Bohai Strait and the northern Yellow Sea, and entry is prohibited. The Chinese military will conduct the "Peace Friendship-2023" multinational joint exercise in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, with the armies of Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The "Hong Kong Star Football x Rongjiang Village Super League" football invitational match 2023 officially opened.

The Second Sai Kung Sea Art Festival: Telling the stories of Hong Kong's islands through art.

10) [Taiwan] The Cross-Strait Port Cities Forum was held, reaching ten consensuses. The forum was jointly initiated by Shenzhen and Keelung.

1) The Dhaka-Cox's Bazar railway in Bangladesh, built by a Chinese company, has opened to traffic. The railway is approximately 103 kilometers long and is a single-track dual-gauge railway for both passengers and freight. The Africa CDC laboratory, aided by China, was unveiled in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

3) A US military aircraft crashed in the eastern Mediterranean, "no signs of hostile activity were found."

4) Gazprom CEO: EU countries are still buying Russian natural gas.

5) Iranian President Raisi and Saudi Crown Prince Salman held their first meeting since the resumption of diplomatic relations.

7) Six bodies were found in succession in the same area. Philippine police: Confirming whether they are the six Chinese people who were previously kidnapped.

8) Japanese civic organizations held a rally demanding the return of Chinese cultural relics looted from China.

1) State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council: Promote the concentration of state-owned capital in forward-looking and strategic emerging industries.

2) The Ministry of Commerce and four other departments reviewed "Time-honored Chinese Brands," removing 55 brands with long-term poor performance from the list; 73 brands were required to make improvements; and 1000 brands with sound operations and good development were retained.

3) National pork prices have fallen for eight consecutive weeks, with a drop of 9.5%. Experts: A substantial reversal is unlikely in the short term.

4) The reason for the "Double Eleven" slump this year has been found! Under the smoke of low prices, Tmall and JD.com announced their Double 11 results, and consumers have become increasingly rational.

5) On the evening of November 12, Alibaba Cloud suspected a failure, and Alibaba's applications "crashed"? Alibaba said that around 7:20 pm, after emergency processing by engineers, Alibaba's Taobao, DingTalk, Alibaba Cloud Disk and other APPs have fully recovered.

1) Professor Lou Xiongwen from City University of Hong Kong, Professor Zhang Qiang from Tsinghua University, and Professor Snaith from Oxford University won the first "Sustainable Development Young Scientist Award" at the 2023 World Young Scientists Summit, each receiving a prize of 1 million RMB.

3) Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the closing of the Tokyo Trial, the new edition of the "Judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East" was first published. Zhang Yi refused to sign the "The Knockout" book, which was questioned as having a grudge.

4) The 2023 Miss World Tourism China Finals concluded, with Hunan girl Liu Jia winning the championship.

1) Beijing: During the "Double 11" online shopping peak, one carriage on each of 50 EMU trains was reserved for transporting high-speed rail express delivery.

2) On November 12, several venues in Guangzhou held events to commemorate the 157th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth. The Cantonese opera Huaguang Zushi birthday parade and performance appeared in Guangzhou Liwan.

3) He Garden in Yangzhou celebrated its 140th birthday, with nearly 100 descendants of the He family "returning home" to celebrate the anniversary of the garden.

5) Cheng Yong, chairman of Changzhou Huali Hydraulic Lubrication Equipment Company, committed suicide by jumping from a building after being repeatedly summoned for questioning. His suicide note denied any financial dealings with the fallen official.

6) Workers at Shenyang Baishi Food Factory used bagged jam as "mattresses"? The Municipal Supervision Bureau: Ordered to stop production.

7) China and South Korea jointly explore new energy battery and material industry technologies in Changsha. Qinghai Province introduces a management method for the Yellow River special provincial funds.

8) There will still be a significant temperature drop in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Southern China regions. From 8 PM on November 12th to 8 PM on November 13th, light snow or rain and snow is expected in parts of northern Xinjiang and other areas, with moderate to heavy snow in some areas. Light to moderate rain is expected in most of Southwest China, western Jiangnan, central and western South China, and parts of Taiwan, with heavy rain in some areas.