November 29, 2023 (Wednesday) Three-Minute News Breakfast

1) Xi Jinping emphasized the strengthening of foreign-related legal system construction and the creation of favorable legal conditions and external environment during the 10th collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Premier Li Qiang attended the opening ceremony of the first China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo and the Global Supply Chain Innovation and Development Forum and delivered a keynote speech.

3) The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, a mega-project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, officially opened its main line on November 28, marking the most important progress before its opening in 2024.

Shenzhen and Zhongshan, located on the east and west banks of the Pearl River Estuary, will enter a "half-hour living circle".

4) The Ministry of Finance and the National Health Commission organized the application for the 2023 central government's financial support for the development of demonstration projects for inclusive childcare services. Ministry of Civil Affairs: Promote the development of elderly catering services based on community embedded service facilities, with multiple points of layout and service sinking. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: Focus on the shortcomings of "elderly and children" service facilities and connect with the 15-minute living circle.

5) The Chinese Academy of Sciences reported on the analysis of 128 scientific research frontiers. The 40th Chinese Antarctic expedition successfully crossed the westerly winds.

6) An accident occurred at the Heilongjiang Shuangyang Coal Mine on the afternoon of November 28. As of 6:20 pm that day, the accident resulted in 11 deaths, and relevant rescue work is underway.

7) [Rule of Law] The Ministry of Public Security announced 10 typical cases of punishing cyber violence and illegal crimes. The procuratorial organs decided to arrest Liu Yan, former vice mayor of Dalian City, Liaoning Province; Wang Zhengzhun, former vice director of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Chi Guoqing, former secretary of the Transportation Work Committee of the Xiamen Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection; and He Shumiao, former party secretary of Shaanxi Vocational and Technical College, respectively, in accordance with the law.

8) [Military] A certain air force unit and a certain navy unit jointly improved their joint support capabilities through interconnection and integration.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The three regions of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao will hold the Greater Bay Area Service Trade Conference synchronously for the first time. Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) announced that it will restructure its television broadcasting and e-commerce businesses, cutting more than 300 jobs in total. The first space science satellite jointly developed by the mainland and Macao, "Ao Ke No. 1," has been officially put into use.

1) Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang visited Kazakhstan and presided over the 11th meeting of the China-Kazakhstan Cooperation Committee, meeting with Kazakh President Tokayev. Chen Wenqing, secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, met with Sundaresh Menon, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Singapore. The China-Europe freight train (Xi'an) has accumulated more than 20,000 trips in ten years.

2) The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai will be held. China: Will work with all parties to focus on implementation actions, taking the global stocktake as an opportunity. UN Secretary-General Guterres: Dialogue to achieve a temporary ceasefire between Palestine and Israel must continue. Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Hamas and Israel agreed to extend the temporary ceasefire agreement for two days, with the same ceasefire conditions as before.

3) US Central Command: In the early morning of November 27, local time, two ballistic missiles were launched from the area controlled by the Houthi armed forces in Yemen towards US warships. The missiles fell into the sea about 10 nautical miles from the warships.

4) Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: We can still try to salvage the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as a platform for dialogue, but the chances are slim.

5) Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu took Tesla CEO Musk to visit the Hamas attack site, showing Musk the horror of the attack.

7) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated Jeong Hyung-sik, chief justice of the Daejeon High Court, as chief justice of the Constitutional Court. It is unknown whether he will be approved by the National Assembly. North Korea said that the satellite photographed images of US military bases and the White House, and Kim Jong-un expressed "satisfaction".

8) A team from the University of California, Berkeley, has developed an ultra-high-resolution 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner that increases the resolution of functional MRI brain imaging by ten times.

1) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: From January to October, China's electronic information manufacturing industry continued to recover, with the added value of major electronic information manufacturing enterprises increasing by 1.7% year-on-year.

2) Governor of the People's Bank of China Pan Gongsheng: It is expected that the economic growth target of 5% can be achieved smoothly. Former Governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan: About 90% of retail transactions in China have been digitalized, and traditional paper money and traditional transaction methods are no longer used.

3) Huawei: The new company has sent invitations to open equity to Seres, Chery, JAC, and BAIC, and hopes that FAW will join.

4) As of 10:30 am on the 28th, Didi's functions have been paralyzed for nearly 12 hours, with an estimated loss of more than 10 million orders and more than 400 million yuan in transaction volume. Didi Chuxing: Driver accounts and withdrawal functions are normal, and related rewards and abnormal fees will be gradually restored and supplemented.

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1) Ministry of Civil Affairs solicits opinions: The Roman alphabet spellings of place names and common names are uniformly standardized according to the Hanyu Pinyin scheme. The deadline for feedback is December 8, 2023.

2) The selection and recommendation work for the fifth batch of national key villages and towns for rural tourism has been launched, and the "in and out" approach will polish the golden signboard of rural tourism.

3) Yungang Research Institute: Due to protection investigation and image acquisition work, Cave 6 of the Yungang Grottoes will be closed from November 28, 2023.

4) Many online short web dramas have been removed from shelves due to violations, and experts suggest strengthening supervision through legislation.

5) Dedema, a Mongolian mezzo-soprano singer, died on November 28 due to illness, at the age of 76.

1) Beijing released the fourth round of proposed project list, with 13 plots of land with a total construction area of 1.26 million square meters. The Beijing-Xiong'an Expressway is expected to be fully completed by the end of the year, allowing travel from the southwest fifth ring road of Beijing to Xiong'an New Area within 1 hour.

2) The "New Ideas, New Explorations, New Achievements" Personal Information Protection Forum was held in Shanghai, and the "Changjiang Delta Regional Collaborative Initiative on Strengthening Personal Information Protection" was released.

3) The 2023 "Understanding China" International Conference will be held at the Guangzhou Yuexiu International Conference Center from December 1st to 3rd.

4) Two women in Changsha, Hunan Province, poured rice, flour, oil, and milk into the Xiangjiang River for "releasing" them. Environmental organizations stated that they lacked basic scientific knowledge of releasing animals into the wild.

6) Shaanxi CDC: COVID-19 vaccines containing the XBB variant have been distributed, and key groups are recommended to get vaccinated.

7) A strong cold air mass will affect the central and eastern regions. From 8 PM on November 28th to 8 PM on November 29th, light to moderate snow is expected in parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, northwestern and southern Heilongjiang, central and eastern Jilin, southern Liaodong Peninsula, northern Shandong Peninsula, northern and western Tibet, central and southern Qinghai, and southwestern Gansu.