November 14, 2023 (Tuesday) Three-Minute News Breakfast

1) China CDC: The overall COVID-19 infection epidemic in China has shown a fluctuating downward trend recently. 41 drugs were successfully procured in the ninth batch of national organized drug centralized procurement, with an average price reduction of 58% for the selected drugs, and an estimated annual saving of 18.2 billion yuan in drug costs.

2) The central government has allocated a total of 85.5 billion yuan to guide teachers to work in rural areas and serve at the grassroots level.

3) The Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the "Domestic Tourism Improvement Plan (2023-2025)".

4) Connecting Beijing-Wuhan-Guangzhou, with a total length of over 3,000 kilometers, the world's first 1.2T ultra-high-speed next-generation Internet backbone channel has been opened. China's first high-energy inelastic neutron scattering spectrometer has been completed, with its main performance indicators reaching the international advanced level.

5) Ministry of Transport: Year-on-year growth of 7%, the container throughput of the Yangtze River main line has shown steady progress in the first three quarters of this year.

6) The first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion East Route Project has started its 11th year of full-line water diversion.

8) [Military] The multinational joint exercise "Peace Friendship-2023" has officially begun.

National University of Defense Technology, School of Electronic Science: Deepening teaching reform by focusing on combat readiness in teaching.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The 2023 China (Macao) International High-Quality Consumption Expo will be held in December.

10) [Taiwan] Ma Ying-jeou slammed the Democratic Progressive Party for its corruption and lust for money and beauty, calling it a "peach blossom party." Han Kuo-yu: Every vote cast for the DPP turns into money for their corruption. Taiwanese man Liu Dewen sent the ashes of a mainland veteran back home again.

A Taiwanese man was shot and killed at close range in Cambodia. The Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau said the deceased was involved in a telecom fraud case.

1) President Xi Jinping's special envoy Chen Yiqin will attend the Maldivian president's inauguration ceremony and visit the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The heads of state of China and the United States will conduct in-depth communication on strategic, overall, and directional issues concerning the relationship between the two countries. The Rizikou port facing Nepal has officially opened.

2) Officially launched! The China-Laos Railway has launched a cross-border tourism train from Beijing to Vientiane. The inauguration ceremony for Bangladesh's first green fertilizer plant, which was co-constructed by Chinese companies, was held.

3) The US military air-struck military targets in Abu Kamal, Syria, with Biden giving the order. The US Starship rocket and spacecraft integrated system may conduct a test flight within a week. A shooting occurred at Virginia Tech, injuring a police officer, and the shooter is at large. A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed, killing five special forces soldiers. US media: NASA photographed the Earth's "ghostly gaze" landform, which looks like a giant skull from space.

5) Russia has begun evacuating its citizens from the Gaza Strip and crossing into Egypt. Foreign media: More than 100,000 people marched in Paris and other places to protest "anti-Semitic acts," with French Prime Minister Borne and the leader of the far-right party "National Front" Le Pen participating.

Israeli media: After his remarks sparked controversy, Macron called the Israeli president, saying he "did not intend to accuse Israel of harming innocent civilians." German media: The German Chancellor said he supports a humanitarian ceasefire but opposes a ceasefire in Gaza.

6) The Palestinian Prime Minister called for the opening of multiple humanitarian corridors to Gaza. Iranian President Raisi: The reason why a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has not been achieved is entirely due to US obstruction. We should see through the true face of the United States. Turkish President Erdogan expressed anger towards the Israeli Prime Minister in his speech: "Netanyahu, you should know that you are leaving."

7) A Sun Yat-sen statue was unveiled in Kitakyushu City, Japan.

The year-on-year growth rate of the Japanese corporate price index has slowed for ten consecutive months. Abnormal blood tests were found in some residents of Osaka Prefecture, Japan, suspected to be related to water pollution. Members of the four major families in northern Myanmar involved in telecom fraud called their families to release Chinese people.

8) A US military base in eastern Syria was attacked by 15 rockets: a violent explosion occurred, and several soldiers were killed. The Iraqi military killed four ISIS militants.

9) Researchers have found that the retreat rate of glaciers around Greenland has doubled in the past 20 years compared to the last century.

1) The National Data Bureau is studying and drafting relevant guiding documents, and will promote the construction of a data transaction and circulation system from top-level design.

2) Central Bank: 738.4 billion yuan of new loans were added in October, the increase in social financing was 1.85 trillion yuan, and M2 grew by 10.3%. Many banks have launched preferential activities for consumer loans to further help boost consumption and expand domestic demand.

3) Hurun: There are 2.11 million "high-net-worth families" in China with a net asset of 10 million yuan.

4) Li Jiaqi's team responded to the 25 billion yuan income during Double Eleven: It has never been announced, it's nonsense.

1) As of 0:07 on November 13, China's annual box office revenue exceeded 50 billion yuan, with domestic films taking the top ten spots.

2) The "2023 China Literature Festival • Mao Dun Literature Award Night" will be grandly held in Tongxiang, Zhejiang, the hometown of Mr. Mao Dun, on November 19.

3) The first film in the Doupo Cangqiong IP series, "Doupo Cangqiong: Awakening," is set to be released on November 17.

4) Peking University denies admitting the grandson of a telecom fraud ringleader in northern Myanmar: He is not a Peking University student and has no application record.

5) The World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Challenge Series in Taiyuan concluded, with the Chinese team winning all 5 championships. Trampoline World Championships: Yan Langyu wins gold, China secures full quota of Olympic berths.

1) The 2023 World Theatre Alliance Congress and the World Symphony Orchestra Beijing Forum opened in Beijing. Winter arrives late! Beijing officially entered winter on November 6th, about a week later than usual. 324 public rental housing units in Changping and Tongzhou districts of Beijing will start allocation this week.

2) Jiangsu's autumn harvest and sowing enters the final stage, with autumn grain harvest progress exceeding 90%. Jiangsu will build 2 new 10-million-kilowatt clean energy bases.

3) In the first 10 months of this year, Guangdong's foreign trade exports grew by 2.5%, with agricultural products showing faster growth. In the first 10 months of this year, Shenzhen's exports to countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative exceeded 600 billion yuan. Some skilled personnel in Shenzhen can apply for a subsidy of up to 3,000 yuan.

4) Guangxi University reports on the "Dean's mailbox facing the camera": Thorough rectification has been carried out. A former district chief in Quanzhou, Fujian, drowned while dining at a lakeside restaurant; officials: Relevant departments have launched an investigation.

5) Zhengzhou will include cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the middle school entrance examination physical education project. Progress has been made in the wild cultivation of the white crane's staple food, the bitter herb, in Poyang Lake. The Kashgar International Mail Exchange Bureau in Xinjiang is operational, and the first batch of China-Kyrgyzstan postal trucks, the "Kashgar" series, have departed.