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Friday, August 9, 2024: Three-Minute News Briefing


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2024-08-09

Friday, August 9, 2024: Three-Minute News Briefing

 

 

1) Supports technological innovation and manufacturing development; tax cuts, fee reductions, and tax rebates exceeded 1.6 trillion yuan in the first half of the year.

2) China released a domestically produced desktop operating system integrated with artificial intelligence. Chinese scientists have developed an insulating material for new types of chips—artificial sapphire.

 

 

3) There are 73 national intellectual property protection centers under construction and completed nationwide.

4) China's first fixed-wing professional maritime search and rescue aircraft—the King Air 350ER fixed-wing aircraft—was officially commissioned.

 

 

5) From 24:00 on August 8, the price of domestic gasoline and diesel will be reduced by 305 yuan and 290 yuan per ton, respectively.

6) Qitai Jiangbulake Airport opened, bringing the number of Xinjiang civil airports to 26.

7) [Rule of Law] Zhou Zheng, former deputy general manager of COFCO Group, was indicted on suspicion of bribery, embezzlement, and abuse of power by a state-owned company employee. A man in Tianjin injured people with a sledgehammer and was taken into custody. 75 people suspected of stealing and reselling thousands of corpses to make implant materials; Taiyuan Procuratorate responded: The case involves a wide range and has not yet been concluded.

8) [Military] The Gannan Military Sub-district of Gansu Province guided officers and soldiers to actively participate in the "New Era Striving View" discussion.

9) [Hong Kong and Macau] Hong Kong Mirror and aerospace technology companies signed an agreement to promote the sustainable development of Hong Kong's commercial aerospace.

10) [Taiwan] The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: The DPP authorities deliberately conflated the vast majority of Taiwanese people with a small number of die-hard "Taiwan independence" elements. 10 "Taiwan independence" elements were blacklisted by the Ministry of Public Security.

 

 

1) President Xi Jinping's special representative, Chen Yiqin, will attend the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics and visit Serbia. The Saudi Ministry of Education recently officially announced that it will include Chinese language courses in the country's primary and secondary school curriculum, strengthening Chinese language learning and introducing 175 Chinese teachers.

2) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA): While the US Anti-Doping Agency uses the anti-doping rules to "nitpick" and criticize other national anti-doping agencies, it covers up and condones doping violations, and even one seriously violating athlete has never been banned. China Anti-Doping Center: Strongly urges the Paris Olympics to increase the frequency of doping tests for US track and field athletes. Israeli Finance Minister says starving 2 million people in Gaza is "possibly reasonable"; EU: Utterly shameless. EU climate agency: 2024 could be the hottest year on record; extreme heat in July affected hundreds of millions of people globally.

3) Biden: If Trump loses the November election, the US may not be able to achieve a peaceful transfer of power. Legendary American Olympic swimmer Phelps said frankly: "Very disappointed" with the performance of the US men's swimming team; other countries are catching up. The US supports the UK in using "all legal tools" against riots. A US helicopter crashed during flight training at a military base, killing one and injuring one. California declared August 8 as "Panda Day" to celebrate the meeting of "Yun Chuan" and "Xin Bao" with tourists. Starliner astronauts may return to Earth in February 2025 aboard a Dragon spacecraft. The US held a hearing to investigate the Boeing aircraft "door falling off" incident.

4) Ukrainian forces cross-border counteroffensive; Putin holds a meeting to discuss the situation in Kursk Oblast: "Kyiv has launched another large-scale provocation." Kursk Oblast said it shot down 7 Ukrainian missiles. The attack on Kursk Oblast has resulted in 4 deaths. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova: Unable to defeat Russia on the battlefield, Ukraine is opening a "second battlefield" in Africa.

5) Houthi armed forces in Yemen claimed to have attacked two US warships in the Gulf of Aden and a merchant ship in the Red Sea, and "accurately hit the targets".

 

 

Israeli bombing of Gaza City killed at least 15 people. French President Macron called on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to avoid a "cycle of retaliation." Turkey officially joined the ranks of countries prosecuting Israel for "genocide".

6) A magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred in waters near Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, and a tsunami warning was issued again.

7) Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was 100 grams overweight and was disqualified from the Olympic final hours before the competition, originally to compete with the US athlete for the gold medal.

 

 

8) An oil tanker carrying 21 people caught fire and exploded in waters off Bali, killing 5 and injuring 15. A traffic accident in Spain triggered a wildfire, burning an area of about 2,500 hectares.

 

 

1) In July 2024, the monthly retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles in China exceeded those of fuel-powered passenger vehicles for the first time.

2) The merger and integration of "Guolian + Minsheng" securities firms has made new progress.

3) China Mobile's net profit in the first half of 2024 was 80.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%.

4) HP denies moving half of its PC production capacity out of China: China is an indispensable key link in the global supply chain.

5) Yesterday's closing prices:

Shanghai Composite Index 2869.90/+0.00%

Shenzhen Component Index 8446.21/-0.04%

ChiNext 1611.51/-0.54%

Hang Seng Index 16891.83/+0.08%

 

 

1) The Ministry of Education launched the 2024 National Exemplary Teachers Selection Activity.

2) The China Association for Science and Technology and 21 other departments will jointly organize the 2024 National Science Popularization Day from September 15 to 25.

3) In 2023, the total amount of data produced nationwide reached 32.85 zettabytes (ZB), equivalent to the total amount of digital resources of more than 10 million National Libraries of China.

4) Paris Olympics Brief: In the synchronized swimming team free routine, the Chinese team created history and won the gold medal.

 

 

Men's 61kg weightlifting, Li Fabin won the championship.

 

 

Women's 49kg weightlifting, Hou Zhihui successfully lifted 117kg in her final attempt, surpassing her opponent to win the gold medal.

 

 

Liu Hao and Ji Bowen won the gold medal in the men's double kayak 500m event in the canoeing sprint.

 

 

5) Guo Qing won the silver medal in the women's 49kg taekwondo final. Feng Ziqi won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 50kg wrestling bronze medal match. The Chinese team qualified for the 4X100m relay final as the top team in their group. The Chinese men's table tennis team swept past the French team 3-0 to advance to the final.

 

 

1) Beijing issued a yellow alert for heavy rain. The Capital Museum launched special activities to celebrate Qixi Festival. The Beijing Municipal Transportation Comprehensive Law Enforcement Detachment severely cracked down on taxi refusal and addressed the issue of "seat hogs" on the subway.

2) Shanghai: Plans to fully achieve the new energy transformation of buses and taxis by the end of 2027.

3) Zhejiang Education Department responds to the guarantee of 10 minutes of break time: Serious accountability for dragging classes and prohibiting leaving the classroom during breaks. Pan Zhanle's hometown, Qiaxia Town, Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is filled with celebratory banners, and citizens continue to visit the village.

 

 

4) Guangdong plans to achieve "village-to-village connectivity" with dual-lane roads in administrative villages by 2027. Shenzhen officially announced the "reserve of commercial housing," and first-tier cities are stepping up efforts to stabilize the real estate market. The export volume of fruit deep-processing products in Maoming, Guangdong increased nearly fivefold in the first seven months of this year.

5) Hunan Province arranged for 46 provincial-level units to provide support to severely affected villages in Zixing. The daily power generation of Yunnan's unified dispatching hydropower during the flood season has hit a record high three times.

6) A plane crashed in Hainan? Local response: People have been sent to the scene, casualties are unknown. Nanjing and Chongqing issued red alerts for high temperatures, with temperatures in many districts and counties in Chongqing expected to exceed 40℃. Many areas in Ningxia issued red alerts for heavy rain.

7) Heavy rainfall is expected in eastern Northwest China and North China, while high temperatures will continue in most parts of southern China. From 8 pm on August 8 to 8 pm on August 9, moderate to heavy rain is expected in parts of central Inner Mongolia, southern Tibet, eastern Northwest China, most of North China, central and western Sichuan Basin, and Taiwan Island. Among them, parts of Hetao area of Inner Mongolia, northern Shaanxi, central Shanxi, southwestern Beijing, western Sichuan Basin, and southwestern Taiwan Island will experience heavy rain or torrential rain.

 

 

 

 

1) High-fat foods: Foods containing a lot of trans fatty acids, such as egg yolk pies, pearl milk tea, French fries, potato chips, pastries, ice cream, and cookies, can also promote the occurrence and development of inflammation in the body.

2) In an anti-inflammatory diet, the best sources of protein are fish, poultry, eggs, lean red meat, soy products, and nuts. Avoid eating excessive amounts of red meat and processed meat products.