August 21, 2024 (Wednesday) Three-Minute News Breakfast
Release time:
2024-08-21

1) Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of remaining humble and striving for greater achievements in building a strong sports nation when meeting with the Chinese sports delegation of the 33rd Olympic Games.

Xi Jinping met with foreign parliamentary leaders attending the 40th anniversary commemorative event of the National People's Congress joining the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the 6th seminar for developing country parliamentarians. Xi Jinping met with Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during his official visit to China.
2) On the afternoon of August 20, local time, Premier Li Qiang arrived at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow by chartered plane. A grand welcoming ceremony was held for Li Qiang at the airport. Accompanied by senior Russian government officials, Li Qiang inspected the honor guard.
3) A special working mechanism meeting on rectifying formalism at the central level to reduce burdens on the grassroots was held in Beijing, presided over and addressed by Cai Qi.
4) Ministry of Natural Resources: Orderly promotion of the reform of rural collective operating construction land into the market; Accelerate the construction of a three-dimensional real-scene China to support the development of industries such as the digital economy, low-altitude economy, and autonomous driving.
5) Ministry of Emergency Management: For accident hazards reported by employees, those verified as true should be rectified immediately.
6) China's first independently developed pile-type offshore crude oil single-point mooring system was successfully put into use. The Pengshui Tunnel has achieved a cumulative advancement of over 20,000 meters! The construction of the Yuxian Expressway has made new progress.

7) [Rule of Law] The Supreme People's Procuratorate decided to arrest Dai Daojin, former vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Huang Song, former director of the Chinese Football Association's competition department, was sentenced to seven years in the first instance for bribery. Gu Jianming, former chairman and secretary-general of the Chengdu Football Association, was sentenced to six years.
8) [Military] Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu met with Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang in Beijing on August 20. The Jinzhou Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation warning: From 8:00 on August 20 to 16:00 on August 24, military exercises will be conducted in parts of the northern Bohai Sea, and entry is prohibited. China's disarmament ambassador: China has always been a firm supporter, faithful practitioner, and active contributor to the Arms Trade Treaty.
9) [Hong Kong and Macau] The new Hengqin Port has been in use for four years, with a cumulative clearance of over 48 million people. The 12th Yao Foundation Charity Match was held in Hong Kong on August 20, attended by Yao Ming. Macau recorded over 19.74 million inbound tourists in the first seven months of this year.
10) [Taiwan] Taiwan media: A military vehicle of the Taiwan Army lost control and crashed into a roadside tree in Fenggang, Pingtung, injuring 7 people who were rushed to the hospital.

1) Vice Premier He Lifeng and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshenko co-chaired the 28th meeting of the China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting Committee. China participated in the Leva Kite Festival in Colombia as the guest of honor for the first time.

2) UN Secretary-General Guterres demanded the immediate release of UN staff by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Unilateral taxation! The EU disclosed the draft final results of its anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles.
3) US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared at the Democratic Convention and delivered a speech: Thank you President Biden for your history-making leadership, we will always be grateful to you.

The Harris team admitted: Polling is far less optimistic than publicly available data. Biden's daughter Ashley spoke at the convention: My father has been underestimated his whole life. US COVID-19 cases are surging, accelerating vaccine approvals. AI is driving a surge in electricity demand! US electricity generation increased by the largest margin in 21 years in the first half of the year. Former US Congressman Santos pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and identity theft. A part was damaged during the first test flight of the Boeing 777X.
4) Putin's visit to Azerbaijan: Russia is committed to promoting the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev drove Putin around the capital, gesturing for Putin to sit in the passenger seat. Russia claims to have taken control of a settlement and railway station in Donetsk, shooting down 49 drones and destroying 27 Ukrainian armored vehicles. Russia: No dialogue with Ukraine at this stage, Ukrainian President: Achieving predetermined goals in Kursk. A leader of a US mercenary group appeared in Kursk, and Russia confirmed his participation in the attack. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: The perpetrators could not have blown up the Nord Stream gas pipeline without US help.
5) West Nile virus outbreak in Israel, with 858 confirmed cases. Hamas and the Islamic Jihad's affiliated organization "claimed responsibility" for the explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel on the night of August 18.
6) The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election will be held on September 27. The showdown in the Japanese prime ministerial election: Koizumi Shinjiro VS Ishiba Shigeru. Japanese media: Helping young people balance work and family, many parts of Japan allow "bringing children to work". A Chinese-籍 announcer of NHK's Chinese program was dismissed after saying "Diaoyu Islands are Chinese territory" off-script during a Chinese broadcast, causing a stir online in Japan. It is understood that the Chinese-籍 announcer had worked at NHK for 22 years.
7) A British rocket launch test exploded, engulfing the site in flames. A storm at sea caused a yacht to capsize, and 6 people, including a well-known British entrepreneur, are missing. Seismic activity has intensified on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, increasing the risk of volcanic eruption.
8) A large number of Western professional cameramen and reporters appeared at the scene of the Philippines deliberately colliding with a Chinese coast guard ship, portraying the Philippines as a "victim".
9) The Democratic Republic of Congo will launch a monkeypox vaccination campaign.

1) Ministry of Commerce: African specialty agricultural products are popular in the Chinese market, and China has maintained its position as Africa's largest trading partner for 15 consecutive years.
2) On August 20, the new loan market quotation rate (LPR) was released, and the 1-year and 5-year-plus LPR remained unchanged.
3) The central bank will issue a set of gold and silver commemorative coins of the Foguang Temple Sakyamuni Pagoda in Yingxian County on August 27.
4) China Telecom: Net profit in the first half of the year reached 21.812 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2% year-on-year.
5) On August 20, the domestic 3A masterpiece "Black Myth: Wukong" was unlocked globally, topping the Steam most played game list, and many concept stocks surged; total sales have exceeded 4.5 million copies, with sales exceeding 1.5 billion yuan.

6) Yesterday's closing price:
Shanghai Composite Index 2866.66/-0.93%
Shenzhen Component Index 8252.87/-1.24%
ChiNext 1567.97/-1.34%
Hang Seng Index 17511.08/-0.33%

1) The Ministry of Education announced the second batch of pilot universities for the "National Excellent Plan," focusing on cultivating high-quality science teachers for primary and secondary schools.
2) Chinese scientists have discovered that the core driving force behind the continuous growth of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comes from the "mantle wind" flowing from south to north.
3) On the evening of August 20, the closing ceremony of the Chinese delegation to the Paris Olympics was held. The Olympic athletes took a group photo in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, with the diving dream team in the front row, and Quan Hongchan wearing a cheongsam in the center.
4) The Chinese Paralympic team's departure mobilization meeting for the Paris Paralympic Games was held in Beijing on August 20, and the team will depart for Paris in two batches on the 21st.


1) Beijing: Visits to elderly people with special difficulties should be conducted at least once a week. Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei police have unified 307 administrative penalty discretionary standards.
2) Shanghai launched a comprehensive investigation and rectification of rainwater and sewage mixing, planning to complete it by the end of 2026.
3) With 13 new stations added, the under-construction section of Foshan Metro Line 3 will open this Friday. Five people in Guangzhou were almost swept away by a sudden surge of water at a popular internet celebrity check-in point; the management said they would strengthen protection.
4) Wuhan is about to issue 100 million yuan in consumer coupons, and subsidies for scrapping old cars and buying new ones have been increased. Xiamen: From October 1st, eligible homebuyers can apply for household registration, valid for 5 years.
5) The State Flood Control Headquarters sent a working group to Liaoning to assist in flood control. Heavy rains in Jianchang County, Liaoning Province, trapped more than 300 disaster-stricken people. Communication was interrupted in four villages due to heavy rains; Jianchang, Huludao, Liaoning issued a notice: the entire county will suspend work and production, and non-essential outings are prohibited. Zhangzhou, Fujian raised the emergency response for rainstorms to Level III; the Tulou scenic area in Nanjing, Fujian was temporarily closed. A lightning strike occurred at a tidal flat in Beihai, Guangxi; the local funeral home said one person was killed.
6) There will be heavy rainfall in southern China, the eastern part of the Yangtze River, and the northeast region, and high temperatures in the Sichuan Basin and the Jianghan Plain. From 8 pm on August 20 to 8 pm on August 21, parts of eastern and southern Inner Mongolia, central and eastern Liaoning, western Jilin, central Hebei, southern Shandong Peninsula, eastern and southern Jiangsu, southeastern Anhui, western Zhejiang, eastern and southern Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, eastern and southern Guangxi, and southern Yunnan will experience moderate to heavy rain.


1) Long-term lack of vitamin C can cause gum bleeding, subcutaneous purpura, oral ulcers, slow wound healing, and may also lead to various chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The main sources of vitamin C are fresh vegetables and fruits, such as fresh chili peppers, rapeseed, amaranth, broccoli, fresh dates, hawthorn, and kiwi fruit.
2) Diabetics should ideally have dinner between 6 pm and 8 pm, ensuring that the food in the stomach is basically digested before going to bed, so as not to affect sleep due to overeating. The eating order of vegetables first, then meat, and finally staple foods is more friendly to postprandial blood sugar; at the same time, chew slowly, and each meal should last no less than 20 minutes.
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