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Three-Minute News Breakfast, August 31, 2024 (Saturday)

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2024-08-31

Three-Minute News Breakfast, August 31, 2024 (Saturday)

1) Xi Jinping issued important instructions, emphasizing the importance of integrating party discipline education into daily work and transforming the achievements of party discipline learning and education into a powerful driving force for promoting high-quality development. Xi Jinping replied to a letter from scholars from 50 African countries, encouraging them to continue providing intellectual support for building a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future and safeguarding the common interests of the "Global South."

2) Premier Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council to study and formulate opinions on promoting the high-quality development of the insurance industry, deploy the implementation of relevant work on the "big food" concept, review and approve the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Improvement of the Flood Control System in the Haihe River Basin" and the "Draft Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security," and discuss the "Draft Amendment to the Maritime Law of the People's Republic of China."

3) The list of candidates for national model collectives and individuals for national unity and progress is publicly announced. National Health Commission: Some experiences of the Sanming medical reform have been elevated to national strategies and policies.

4) The Ministry of Water Resources and five other departments jointly issued a notice to deploy the safe management of reservoirs and dams.

5) Ministry of Ecology and Environment: The water quality of the main stream of the Yangtze River has been Class II for four consecutive years, and the water quality of the main stream of the Yellow River has been Class II for two consecutive years. The proportion of black and odorous water bodies in cities at and above the prefecture level nationwide has reached 98.4%. The first comprehensive "physical examination" shows that China's Xisha Reef coral reef ecosystem is generally healthy.

6) Independently built! The largest natural gas storage and transportation base in South China has been completed. The external power supply project for the Tieli-Yichun section of the "northernmost high-speed railway" has been completed and put into operation.

The longest cross-sea cable project in Jiangsu has been completed, with a single-circuit distance of about 16 kilometers.

7) [Rule of Law] Li Weiwei, a fallen ministerial-level official, was stripped of his qualification as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Tan Ruishong, former chairman of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, is under investigation. A female driver drove against traffic and assaulted others. Qingdao Laoshan police: Administrative detention for 10 days, fine of 1,000 yuan.

8) [Military] On August 29, China and India held the 31st meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on Border Affairs. The "Great Wall-2024" International Counter-Terrorism Forum of the People's Armed Police Force concluded in Beijing on August 30.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge saw record-high passenger and vehicle traffic during the summer vacation, with year-on-year increases exceeding 57.85% and 70.6% respectively. Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Hong Kong dollar deposits increased by 0.2% in July. The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council welcomed the visit of the mainland Olympic athletes delegation.

10) [Taiwan] The mainland will resume tourism for Fujian residents to Kinmen in the near future. Taiwan media: After his residence was searched for about 4.5 hours, Ko Wen-je, chairman of the Taiwan People's Party, was taken away by the investigation and prosecution unit for questioning.

1) Han Zheng met with representatives from various countries attending the 2024 International Parliamentarians' Friendship Exchange Forum. After six rounds of strategic communication with China totaling more than 11 hours, Jake Sullivan, the US President's National Security Advisor, concluded his visit to China. Starting September 1, China will implement the preferential tariff rates under the early harvest arrangement of the Free Trade Agreement with Honduras. The giant pandas "Billi" and "Xiannu" in Japan have shown symptoms of hypertension and other age-related diseases and will return to China ahead of schedule.

2) UN Secretary-General Guterres called on Israel to immediately cease military operations in the West Bank. China strongly condemned Israel's large-scale attacks in the West Bank. The EU called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to vaccinate children in the Gaza Strip against polio.

3) US Vice President Kamala Harris was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters during a campaign speech. Harris: Everyone has this right, and their voices should be heard.

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai claimed to "applaud" Canada's decision on tariffs against China and was involved in the US decision on tariffs against China.

4) Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet shot down by its own Patriot system? Russian official: Don't let our people get the bonus.

5) The Israeli army claims that 80% of Hamas's border tunnels have been destroyed, and the Rafah Brigade has collapsed.

6) Germany introduces measures to improve security following a stabbing attack. A chemical leak at a swimming pool in London, UK, sends 11 people to hospital, including 9 children.

7) A Japanese fishing boat caught fire and sank, carrying 8 people. A two-vehicle collision in central Mali killed at least 14 people. A landslide in northwestern Pakistan killed 12 people.

8) The Democratic Republic of Congo will allocate $10 million to respond to the monkeypox outbreak.

1) Central Bank: In August, open market transactions of government bonds were conducted, with a net purchase of 100 billion yuan in bond face value; at the end of the second quarter of 2024, the outstanding balance of personal housing loans was 37.79 trillion yuan, down 2.1% year-on-year.

2) The Ministry of Commerce and four other departments jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Promoting the Trade-in of Old for New Electric Bicycles."

3) The pilot program for equity investment by financial asset investment companies was launched in Beijing on August 29. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: Net profit in the first half of the year was 170.5 billion yuan, down 1.9% year-on-year. Bank of China's new RMB loans within the country in the first half of the year totaled 1.21 trillion yuan.

4) The State Administration for Market Regulation supervised Alibaba Group Holding Limited to complete three years of rectification, and Alibaba completely stopped its "two-choose-one" monopoly.

5) More than 40% of hotel bookings on platforms are non-cancellable, and six platforms including Ctrip, Meituan, Qunar, and Fliggy were summoned for talks.

6) The 2024 Digital China Summit attracted more than 3,000 exhibitors and attendees, setting a new record.

7) Yesterday's closing prices:

Shanghai Composite Index 2842.21/+0.68%

Shenzhen Component Index 8348.48/+2.38%

ChiNext 1580.46/+2.53%

Hang Seng Index 17989.07/+1.14%

1) Ministry of Education: A total of 45.883 million teacher qualifications have been certified nationwide, making teacher entry more standardized.

2) August approval information for domestic online games was released, with a total of 117 games approved.

3) The 6th World Buddhist Forum will be held in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China in October. A Buddha head "fished" near the Longmen Grottoes was preliminarily identified as a Tang Dynasty Buddha head. The Malangxia site was discovered in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, dating from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

4) An exhibition themed on the "Xinhua Dictionary" is on display at the Ningbo Library, interpreting the value behind the "small dictionary."

5) The Chinese Football Association announced that the national football team will face Japan in Xiamen in November for the World Cup qualifiers.

6) In the men's C1 class 3000m individual pursuit track cycling event at the Paris Paralympics, Chinese athlete Li Zhangyu won the gold medal, and Liang Weicong won the silver medal.

Wang Xiaomei won the championship in the women's C1-3 class 3000m individual pursuit track cycling event.

1) Beijing Municipal Education Commission: Starting from the new semester, the break time for elementary and middle school students will be extended by 5 minutes, and the duration of students' break time activities shall not be shortened arbitrarily.

2) Shanghai Cyberspace Administration Office: 10 newly added generative artificial intelligence services have completed registration.

3) Anhui: 1.859 million households have completed the extension of their second round of land contracting.

4) The body of He Xiaoqing, the first secretary stationed in the village who went missing after falling into a river in Sichuan's Jinchuan, has been found.

5) The Chuanqing Railway officially reaches Huanglong and Jiuzhaigou. Qinghai will include 8 types of medical consumables, such as defibrillators and amnion, into the medical insurance payment scope.

6) A large batch of desert crabs are on sale in Xinjiang! Large crabs have been raised in the Taklamakan Desert.

7) Sailor Yang Jianxin single-handedly sailed across the 110-nautical-mile route from Dalian to Yue Island.

8) There will be precipitation and cold air weather processes in northern regions, and high temperatures will develop again in southern regions. From 8 pm on August 30 to 8 pm on August 31, there will be moderate to heavy rain in parts of northeastern and central-western Inner Mongolia, northeastern Heilongjiang, central and northwestern Hebei, the Qilian Mountains area of Gansu, northern and eastern Qinghai, the southern Xinjiang mountainous area, southeastern Tibet, western Sichuan Basin, southern and western Yunnan, southern Guangxi, southwestern Guangdong, southern and eastern Hainan Island, etc.

1) Experts suggest increasing the intake of foods rich in anti-inflammatory components, such as quinoa, brown rice, buckwheat and other whole grains, deep-sea fish and shellfish, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and kale, and berry fruits such as strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries, which can help combat inflammation in the body.

2) Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by the University of Surrey found that less than 6 hours of sleep per night for a week will cause changes in the function of 711 genes in the human body, involving metabolism, inflammation, immunity, and stress resistance.

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