August 6, 2024 (Tuesday) Three-Minute News Breakfast

1) Nine departments including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Promote the creation of a number of tourism highways and implement the National Tourism Scenic Road project.

2) There will be relatively strong rainfall in northern China in the next few days. The National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management continue to guide and support local disaster relief efforts. Water conservancy departments strengthen six measures to deal with floods during the critical period of flood prevention. It is expected that 2 to 3 typhoons will land or affect China in August.

Two damaged sections of the Juan River embankment in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, have been repaired.

4) China's bulk commodity price index was 114.5 points in July, achieving year-on-year positive growth for three consecutive months.

5) The Huangzangsi Water Conservancy Hub on the Heihe River, one of the 172 major water conservancy projects in China, has been put into ecological operation for the first time.

6) 100-day countdown! The 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition will be held in Zhuhai from November 12 to 17, with nearly 800 exhibitors from 47 countries and regions.

7) [Rule of Law] The Supreme People's Procuratorate: In the first half of the year, procuratorial organs nationwide prosecuted 668 cases and 1,597 people for environmental pollution crimes. The Cyberspace Administration of China: In July 2024, 19,041,000 cases of illegal and harmful online information were reported nationwide. The procuratorial organs legally filed a public prosecution against Liu Handong, former vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, on suspicion of bribery, abuse of power, and illegal reselling of land use rights.

8) [Military] Philippine vessels have recently gathered in the waters near the Xianbin Reef. The Chinese Coast Guard responded: We have been monitoring and effectively controlling the situation in accordance with the law.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] Hong Kong held a "National Sports Day" event, encouraging citizens to exercise and promoting the benefits of regular exercise.

10) [Taiwan] Ma Ying-jeou warned the DPP: If a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the United States is unlikely to sacrifice its own people; the issue of cross-strait relations should be discussed by both sides, and it is impossible and should not be left to others. Taiwan media: Some DPP supporters complained about the free Olympic broadcast from mainland China, and the KMT legislators criticized these people for being full of contradictions.

1) Renowned physicist and the first Chinese Nobel laureate, Professor Tsung-Dao Lee, passed away in San Francisco on August 4 (US time) at the age of 98 due to ineffective medical treatment.

3) Trump requested a change of time and location for the debate, and Harris refused. US media reported that it was former House Speaker Pelosi's continuous push that forced Biden to withdraw from the election. When asked, "Is Biden angry with you?", Pelosi said: Biden knows I love him very much, and I think he can be added to Mount Rushmore.

6) Australia announced an increase in its terror threat level. Following the murder of three young girls in northwest England, the UK experienced its worst nationwide riots in 13 years, with some hotels, mosques and police stations looted. Musk: Civil war is inevitable.

8) The South Korean stock market plummeted, and both major stock indexes triggered circuit breakers. North Korea held a handover ceremony for a new type of tactical ballistic missile weapons system.

9) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country. Bangladesh Army Chief of Staff: A temporary government will be established to manage Bangladesh.

5) Yesterday's closing prices:

Shanghai Composite Index 2860.70/-1.54%

Shenzhen Component Index 8395.05/-1.85%

ChiNext: 1607.29/-1.89%

Hang Seng Index: 16698.36/-1.46%

1) Paris Olympics Brief: The Chinese delegation topped the gold medal table with a total of 52 medals (21 gold, 17 silver, and 14 bronze). The Chinese team won the gold medal in the men's 4x100m medley relay, breaking the 40-year American monopoly!

The Chinese swimming team finished with 2 gold, 3 silver, and 7 bronze medals! The medal count doubled compared to the previous Games. 10 medals! Zhang Yufei became the athlete with the most Olympic medals in the history of the Chinese team. Her response: She will temporarily leave swimming to experience a different life, but will return to prepare for the Los Angeles Olympics.

2) Zou Jingyuan won the gold medal in the men's parallel bars at the Paris Olympics.

Li Yuehong won the gold medal in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol, and Wang Xinjie won the bronze medal.

In the women's balance beam competition, Zhou Yaqin won the silver medal.

5) More than 300 pieces (sets) of underwater archaeological relics from the Sino-Japanese War shipwreck are on display at the Shandong Museum.

6) There will be heavy rain in the Huang-Huai and Northeast regions, and high temperatures will continue in most areas south of the Huaihe River. From 8 pm on August 5th to 8 pm on August 6th, parts of eastern Heilongjiang, eastern Jilin, northeastern Liaoning, eastern and southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu and Anhui, central and southern Henan, central and western Hubei, southern Sichuan, central and western Yunnan, southeastern Tibet, Hexi Gansu, Ningxia, and Taiwan Island will experience moderate to heavy rain, with local areas experiencing heavy rain or torrential rain.

1) Research results published by researchers at the University of Sydney in the British Journal of Sports Medicine show that more than 2200 steps a day can reduce the risk of death and cardiovascular disease; 9000-10500 steps a day, regardless of how long you sit, has the lowest risk of death.

2) People sweat a lot in summer, easily losing body fluids. Eating more sour foods can promote body fluid production, quench thirst, and protect the body's yin, preventing excessive sweating from harming the yin. Moreover, sourness can stimulate saliva and gastric acid secretion, relieving loss of appetite caused by the heat, such as plum juice.