Three-minute news breakfast on Saturday, October 19, 2024
Release time:
2024-10-19

1) During his inspection tour in Anhui, Xi Jinping emphasized leveraging the combined advantages of multiple national development strategies to strive to create an Anhui chapter of Chinese-style modernization. Xi Jinping made important instructions on the establishment of China Resources Recycling Group Co., Ltd., emphasizing the creation of a national functional platform for resource recovery and reuse to continuously improve the quality and level of the national economic cycle. Li Qiang made a directive. Xi Jinping will attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia from October 22 to 24.
2) Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council to study and deploy measures to further promote the construction of a national unified market and discuss the "Draft Amendment to the Fisheries Law of the People's Republic of China".
3) The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Solving the Problem of Arrearages Owed to Enterprises". The third batch of the third round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections was fully launched.
4) National Bureau of Statistics: GDP growth in the first three quarters of this year was 4.8% year-on-year, and 4.6% in the third quarter. 160 million people entered and exited the country in the third quarter, a year-on-year increase of 30.1%.
5) The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance issued a document introducing a new sickness and disability allowance for enterprise employees' old-age insurance in China. Cervical cancer free screening has covered 280 million people, and China's cervical cancer prevention and control capabilities and levels have continuously improved.
6) The Ministry of Commerce and four other departments regulate the trade-in of old electric bicycles for new ones. No need to print train tickets for reimbursement! China's railway passenger transport will fully promote the use of electronic invoices.
7) [Rule of Law] The Supreme People's Procuratorate decided to arrest Tang Yijun, former chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, on suspicion of bribery. "More than 20 children have been sold this year!" A brokerage firm in Linyi, Shandong, claimed to have "inside contacts" in hospitals to provide full services. The reporter reported to the police, and Linyi has set up a joint investigation team. A man in Shandong was sentenced to death for killing two female kindergarten teachers. The victims' families said he wanted revenge because he was scolded in junior high school.
8) [Military] The conflict between Lebanon and Israel intensifies, and the Chinese peacekeeping medical team in Lebanon participates in the UNIFIL defense exercise.
9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launched five measures to support the sustainable development of SMEs. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced that they will optimize the timetable for the approval process of new listing applications.
10) [Taiwan] South Africa strongly demands that the Taiwan authorities move their "representative office" out of the capital, Pretoria, by the end of the month, or it will be shut down.

1) Ding Xuexiang met separately with Costa, Chief of Staff of the Brazilian Presidential Office, and Rami, British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Development.

Wang Yi met separately with the president of the Eurasia Group of the United States and a joint inspection team of Pacific island politicians. Xi Jinping's special representative and Vice President Han Zheng will attend the Indonesian presidential inauguration ceremony and visit Indonesia from October 19 to 21. The United States recently imposed sanctions on Chinese companies on the pretext of the Ukraine issue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that China has never provided lethal weapons to either side of Russia and Ukraine and urged the United States to immediately stop smearing and pressuring China on the issue of Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed condolences on the death of Japanese artist Toshio Kida.
2) China provides food aid to the Afghan people through the World Food Programme. UNICEF Executive Director: China has made tremendous progress in children's affairs. UN report: Global extreme poverty rate rises for the first time in 20 years. UNIFIL: The peacekeeping mission is more important than ever before.
3) The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that Hamas leader Sinwar died in the Israeli military's operation in the Gaza Strip.

Biden issued a statement: DNA testing proves that Sinwar is dead, and Hamas no longer has the ability to launch another "October 7-style attack".
4) Foreign media: Former Hamas leader Mashal became the acting leader of the organization. Only 3 of the 7 core leaders of Hamas survived. After Sinwar's death, Hezbollah in Lebanon said that the confrontation with Israel has entered a "new stage".
5) Ukrainian President Zelensky: I told Trump that either Ukraine should have nuclear weapons or we should join NATO.
6) Recently, Kim Jong-un inspected the command of the second army of the Korean People's Army and said that the Korean army "must recognize the fact that South Korea is a foreign country and an enemy country" and dispel the sense of being of the same race as South Korea. The South Korean side claimed that North Korea sent troops to aid Russia, with a scale of 12,000 people, and the first batch of 1,500 soldiers had arrived in Russia. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.
7) Venezuela: Several foreigners suspected of engaging in terrorist activities were arrested, including three Americans.

1) Central Bank: Securities, fund, and insurance company swap facilities will start operating on October 18. Governor of the Central Bank Pan Gongsheng: It is expected that the reserve requirement ratio will be further lowered by 0.25-0.5 percentage points before the end of the year; it is a red line that credit funds cannot illegally enter the stock market. The detailed rules for the 5000 billion swap facility have been released, and the pledge rate shall not exceed 90%.
2) Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission Wu Qing: 20 institutions have been approved to apply for the central bank's swap facility; resolutely crack down on illegal and roundabout reductions.
3) National Bureau of Statistics: The average price of new homes in first-tier cities fell by 0.5% month-on-month in September.
4) Many banks lowered the RMB deposit interest rate today, and the interest rate of time deposits was lowered by 25 basis points. After the adjustment, the one-year time deposit interest rate is 1.1%.
5) State Administration for Market Regulation: It is proposed to encourage the direct processing of raw milk for infant formula milk powder.
6) Yesterday's closing prices:
Shanghai Composite Index 3261.56/+2.91%
Shenzhen Component Index 10357.68/+4.71%
ChiNext 2195.10/+7.95%
Hang Seng Index 20804.11/+3.61%

1) The 2024 Jingdezhen International Ceramics Expo opened on October 18, attracting more than 1,000 ceramic companies from home and abroad.
2) Chinese researchers have discovered a new method for determining the boundaries of cancer in breast-conserving surgery.
3) The Chinese team won five gold medals in the Shooting World Cup Finals.
4) Qin Haiyang won the men's 100m breaststroke championship at the Shanghai leg of the Swimming World Cup.

Zhang Yufei won the silver medal in the women's 50m freestyle.
5) Chen Zirong, a player in the China League Two, was penalized for violent behavior.

1) Beijing continues to deepen its efforts to fight pollution, with 16 more days of good air quality year-on-year in the first three quarters.
2) Since August, rainfall has been significantly less, and the Yangtze River Basin has fully entered the dry season.
3) Shenzhen establishes offices for the pharmaceutical and medical device, new energy vehicle, and artificial intelligence industries.
4) The Nanshan Tunnel of the Sha Nan Expressway is successfully completed.

China completes its first large-scale satellite inspection of the main power grid transmission channel in Jiangsu Province.
5) Shaanxi: Patrol personnel discover the rare species Qinling wingless mantis.
6) Strong cold air continues to affect central and eastern regions. A large-scale rain and snow weather process will again affect central and eastern regions from the 19th. From 8 PM on October 18th to 8 PM on the 19th, light snow or rain and snow is expected in parts of northern and eastern Xinjiang, central and eastern Tibet, and central Northwest China.


1) Daily staple foods: Eat more whole grains. Whole grains such as brown rice, oats, buckwheat, black rice, corn, barley, and coix seed have anti-inflammatory effects and help maintain stable blood sugar levels.
2) Oils and fats: Choose more unsaturated fat foods. For example, fish such as salmon and tuna, nuts such as walnuts and almonds, and oils such as camellia oil and rapeseed oil are rich in unsaturated fats, which help the body form an anti-inflammatory internal environment.
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