August 1, 2024 (Thursday) Three-Minute News Breakfast
Release time:
2024-08-01

1) Xi Jinping emphasized during the 16th collective learning session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: Strengthen the sense of mission and responsibility, innovate ideas and measures, and earnestly implement work to strive to build a strong and stable modern coastal, maritime, and air defense system. Xi Jinping made important instructions and stressed the importance of learning, publicizing, and implementing the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and promoting high-quality development of Party building in government organs: To be a vanguard in learning, publicizing, and implementing the spirit of the plenary session, comprehensively improving the quality of Party building in government organs and building model organs.
2) Premier Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council, studying and implementing the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the current economic situation and the economic work in the second half of the year, and discussing the "Draft Amendment to the Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Draft National Park Law of the People's Republic of China." The State Council issued the "Five-Year Action Plan for Deepening the Implementation of the People-Oriented New-Type Urbanization Strategy."
3) On July 31, the Ministry of Finance allocated 2.037 billion yuan in funds for agricultural production disaster prevention and relief. In 2024, the central government has already allocated 11.5 billion yuan in disaster relief funds to local governments. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters launched a level-four emergency response for flood control in Heilongjiang. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development organized the promotion of disaster prevention knowledge for rural housing.
4) The National Healthcare Security Administration and the National Health Commission: Ensure that eligible village clinics are included in the medical insurance designated management system before the end of 2024. The standardization action plan for traditional Chinese medicine was released. The National Medical Products Administration issued a pilot work plan to optimize the review and approval of innovative drug clinical trials.
5) The National Energy Administration: The total number of charging piles in China has reached 10.244 million, a year-on-year increase of 54%; more than one-third of China's provinces have charging piles in all townships; China has completed and put into operation 44.44 million kilowatts of new energy storage facilities. In the first half of the year, the country completed 569 billion yuan in water conservancy construction investment.
6) The state has invested more than 300 billion yuan in the construction of highways in Tibet over 70 years.
7) [Rule of Law] The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission simultaneously released four anti-corruption messages on July 31: Wang Yong, former vice chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region government, was expelled from the Party and removed from public office for serious violations of discipline and law; Su Zengtian, former vice chairman of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, was expelled from the Party for serious violations of discipline and law; Dai Daojin, former vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was expelled from the Party for serious violations of discipline and law; Wang Yilin, former chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation, was expelled from the Party for serious violations of discipline and law. Li Chunsheng, former vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, was sentenced to ten years in prison and fined four million yuan in the first instance of his bribery case. Chongqing police cracked a major case of falsely issuing special VAT invoices, involving 900 million yuan.
8) [Military] Qiushi Journal published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping, "Achieving the Centenary Goal of the PLA and Opening a New Chapter for the Modernization of National Defense and the Military." The Ministry of National Defense held a grand reception to celebrate the 97th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. The Central Propaganda Department and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission jointly announced the "Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldiers of the New Era." The Supreme People's Court released typical cases of upholding national defense interests and the legitimate rights and interests of military personnel and their families. The Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission issued an announcement on optimizing and adjusting measures for the export control of unmanned aerial vehicles. The Chinese military made its debut at the Peruvian military parade, with local media calling it the "biggest surprise."
9) [Hong Kong and Macao] Four railway ports connecting the mainland and Hong Kong, including Beijing West Railway Station, Shanghai Railway Station, Guangzhou, and Dongguan, were closed starting July 31.
10) [Taiwan] The gender ratio among Taiwanese elementary school students is significantly different, with netizens surprised by the low birthrate and the higher number of boys. Taiwan's military: From 6:00 am on July 30 to 6:00 am on July 31, 35 mainland aircraft and ships surrounded Taiwan, approaching within 50 nautical miles of Taipei City.

1) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the Philippines allowing the United States to deploy intermediate-range missiles: Urging relevant countries to heed the voices of countries in the region, correct their wrongdoings as soon as possible, and withdraw the intermediate-range missile system as soon as possible in accordance with previous public commitments. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the death of the Hamas leader: China firmly opposes and condemns the assassination. Italian Prime Minister Meloni said that it is possible to rebuild closer cooperation with China, and is very satisfied with her visit to China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded: Both sides are willing to strengthen multilateral coordination, oppose division, confrontation, decoupling, and breaking chains, and work together to address global challenges. On July 30, local time, the Chinese Consulate General in Aktobe, Kazakhstan held its opening ceremony.
2) The UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2745, deciding to lift the arms embargo on the Central African Republic. China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations: Lifting the arms embargo will help the Central African government strengthen its security capacity building.
3) The running mate will be announced next week, and US Vice President Harris will visit swing states with the vice presidential candidate. Harris: Israel "has the right to defend itself against terrorist organizations." The acting director of the US Secret Service apologized to Congress for the "shooting of Trump": "The scene I saw shamed me."

4) Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi was officially sworn in. Hamas confirmed that Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh "was killed in an Israeli attack" after attending the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president in Iran.

Hamas: The assassination of Haniyeh "will not go unanswered." Iranian President: Will make the "terrorist occupiers" regret their "cowardly act." Iranian Foreign Ministry: Haniyeh's death will strengthen the unbreakable relationship between Iran and Palestine and the resistance front. The Houthi armed forces stated that the killing of Haniyeh was a "heinous act of terrorism."
5) Israeli air strikes on Lebanon have killed 3 and injured 74, with multiple countries advising citizens to leave, and multiple flights canceled. Sudanese leader Burhan survived a drone attack.
6) The Russian Ministry of Defense: The third phase of non-strategic nuclear forces exercises has begun.
7) Venezuela's foreign minister announced that Venezuela has decided to break off diplomatic relations with Peru.
8) The Bank of Japan announced a rate hike and a reduction in the scale of government bond purchases.

1) Ministry of Finance: Appropriately strengthen central authority, increase the proportion of central government expenditure; consider postponing the collection of consumption tax and gradually transferring it to local governments; China's current overall tariff level is 7.3%, lower than the WTO commitment of 9.8%; as of July 24, 418 billion yuan of ultra-long-term special government bonds have been issued.
2) National Bureau of Statistics: The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing industry in July was 49.4%, slightly down 0.1 percentage points from the previous month.
3) Li Ming replaced Fang Xinghai as vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
4) China Passenger Car Association: Retail sales of passenger vehicles from July 1 to 28 reached 1.392 million units, down 3% year-on-year.
5) Yesterday's closing price:
Shanghai Composite Index: 2938.75/+2.06%
Shenzhen Component Index: 8754.09/+3.37%
ChiNext Index: 1688.14/+3.51%
Hang Seng Index: 17344.60/+2.01%

1) Paris Olympics Report: Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in the women's 10m platform synchronized diving final.

Deng Yawen won the gold medal in the women's park final of BMX freestyle.

Qi Ying won the silver medal in the men's multi-shot trap final. In the men's singles round of 32 of table tennis, Wang Chuqin lost to Sweden's Moregard and was eliminated from the competition. Wang Chuqin responded to his upset loss: Changing rackets is not the reason, it's still my own problem. Fan Zhendong defeated Huang Zhenting 4-1 and advanced to the round of 16. Sun Yingsha won 4-0 against Ni Xialian in women's singles and advanced to the round of 16.
2) The "So Close, So Beautiful, Weekend in Hebei - Exploring the Beauty of Chongli, Empowering the Post-Olympic Games" themed activity for internet users from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and Inner Mongolia continued in Zhangjiakou on the morning of July 31. Internet users from the four regions visited the National Ski Jumping Center and the Prince City Exhibition Hall for on-site visits. The activity was successfully completed.

3) The national finals of the 2024 China Western International Fashion Week Ethnic Minority Model Contest were held in Litang, Sichuan.
4) The Second Mai Lang Middle School Drama Competition was recently held in Huichang Drama Town, Jiangxi.
5) The final of the Second National Online Delivery Personnel Vocational Skills Competition was recently held in Jiaxing.


1) Beijing adjusted the upper and lower limits of the social security payment wage base for 2024. The upper limit is 35283 yuan, and the lower limit is 6821 yuan. Beijing will include rent collection by housing rental enterprises in its supervision. Beijing Railway Police: Passengers waiting at the train station square in summer should beware of "deadly heatstroke". Beijing is building a "three-supervision" collaborative large model to promote air pollution prevention and control. Beijing: In the first half of the year, 15 disciplinary inspection and supervision cadres were investigated and 12 were punished.
2) Shanghai: Further leverage the role of the capital market to promote the high-quality development of science and technology innovation enterprises in the city. The "Sa Tou" mixed doubles combination won the championship, and all the audience in a cinema in Huangpu District, Shanghai, stood up and sang the national anthem.

3) The number of individual investors participating in the "Cross-border Wealth Management Connect" pilot program in the nine mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has reached 115,700, involving cross-border remittance of 59.061 billion yuan.
4) The Songliao Water Conservancy Commission held a meeting to deploy work to prevent the subsequent impact of Typhoon "Gemme". Harbin launched a level four emergency response for flood prevention. Recent heavy rains have affected more than 1.14 million people in Hunan. Four of the eight key repair lines in Zixing disaster area in Hunan have been basically opened to traffic.
5) Zhengzhou cancels the guidance of commodity housing sales prices, and developers set prices independently.
6) Jiangxi Province's "Tribute to Military Wives" art performance celebrating the 97th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army was staged in Nanchang, Jiangxi. The first case of national-level data asset notarization, confirmation of rights, and mortgage financing for state-owned enterprises in China was implemented in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi. Zhu Zhiwen, a 38-year-old man from Jiangxi, set off from Beijing and cycled 15,500 kilometers to Paris to watch the Olympics in 16 months.

7) There will be heavy rain in Northeast China and Guangxi and Yunnan. From 8 pm on July 31 to 8 pm on August 1, there will be heavy to torrential rain in parts of eastern Heilongjiang, central Jilin, central Liaoning, eastern Inner Mongolia, southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Hunan, eastern Hubei, southern Yunnan, western and southern coastal areas of Guangxi, etc.


1) Traditional Chinese medicine believes that salted duck eggs are a cool food that can clear the lungs and nourish yin, and their functions of clearing lung fire and reducing yin fire are even better than unpickled duck eggs. Boiling them can cure diarrhea.
2) The red color of red amaranth comes from betacyanin. It is not only visually appealing but also extremely rich in nutritional value. It is rich in various mineral nutrients such as calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Among them, magnesium is crucial for maintaining bone health and heart health, and it is an essential macronutrient for the human body.
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