Three-minute news breakfast on Tuesday, October 22, 2024

2) The third batch of the third round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections have all moved in.

3) Autumn harvesting and sowing across the country is progressing steadily, with progress 1.2 percentage points faster than the same period last year.

4) Ministry of Civil Affairs: The number of various types of elderly care service institutions and facilities in China has doubled compared to 2019. As of the end of the second quarter of 2024, a total of 141,000 orphans nationwide were included in the basic living security program, and a total of 414,000 children who were actually without parental care were included in the security program.

6) From January to September, 14,689 China-Europe freight trains were operated, a year-on-year increase of 13%.

7) [Rule of Law] The Supreme People’s Procuratorate and two other departments issued "Guidelines," putting forward clear requirements for evidence collection and use in handling cases of environmental pollution crimes. Chen Yan, former vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was arrested on suspicion of bribery and abuse of power. Wang Yongsheng, former vice president of the State Development Bank, was sentenced to 12 years in the first instance for accepting bribes of more than 23.51 million yuan. Zhang Xiaolian, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, is under investigation. The man who threw bricks from a high altitude in Changchun, resulting in death, was approved by the Supreme People’s Court for the death penalty and was immediately executed.

8) [Military] US and Canadian warships transited the Taiwan Strait. The Eastern Theater Command responded: The People’s Liberation Army has been closely monitoring and warning the US and Canadian warships throughout their transit, and will deal with them in accordance with the law and regulations. Qinhuangdao Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation warning: From October 21 to 25, from 8:00 to 18:00 each day, military tasks will be carried out in parts of the Bohai Sea, and entry is prohibited.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The Gazette of the Macao Special Administrative Region published the announcement of the Court of Final Appeal regarding the results of the Chief Executive election. Hong Kong’s private equity fund management capital ranks second in Asia.

10) [Taiwan] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the transit of US and Canadian warships through the Taiwan Strait: The Taiwan issue is not a matter of freedom of navigation, but a matter concerning China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

1) On October 20, Han Zheng, Special Representative of President Xi Jinping and Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, attended the inauguration ceremony of Indonesia’s new President Prabowo in Jakarta and met with him. On October 21, Wang Yi met with Fabius, President of the French Constitutional Council and former Prime Minister, in Beijing. Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with Akiyama Goman, the Japanese head of the China-Japan High-Level Political Dialogue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the attack on the Chinese Consulate General in Mandalay, Myanmar: There were no casualties, and it urged Myanmar to thoroughly investigate the incident, arrest and severely punish the perpetrators according to law. China once again called on the US to lift its blockade and sanctions against Cuba: The US blockade of Cuba has caused great harm to Cuba’s economic and social development and people’s lives.

2) Due to a head injury sustained in a domestic accident, Brazilian President Lula will attend the BRICS Kazan Summit via video. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China expresses its condolences to President Lula on his accidental injury and wishes him a speedy recovery. 58 tons of emergency aid supplies from China arrived in Lebanon on October 21, local time.

8) Black Myth: Wukong won several major awards at the Thailand Game Awards 2024 (TGA 2024).

4) Yesterday’s closing prices:

Shanghai Composite Index 3268.11/+0.20%

Shenzhen Component Index 10470.91/+1.09%

ChiNext Index 2210.34/+0.69%

Hang Seng Index 20478.46/-1.57%

1) The Ministry of Education announced the list of universities for the third batch of national outstanding engineer colleges. Several provinces announced the arrangements for the 2025 college entrance examination registration.

2) A handicraft workshop was discovered at the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan, with abundant raw materials for jade artifacts, and 19 types have been identified.

5) Wang Hongliang was appointed head coach of the Chinese U17 women’s football team.

Li Jiaman won the Archery World Cup Final for the first time.

Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang win the men's doubles championship at the Denmark Open Badminton Championships.

6) The League of Legends World Championship semi-finalists have been determined, and the final will once again feature a showdown between the Chinese and Korean regions.

1) Beijing Subway Line 17 is fully operational, connecting four districts with a total length of 49.7 kilometers. Beijing Daxing International Airport's passenger throughput exceeded 40 million in 2024, setting a new annual record. A cooperation framework agreement was signed by the customs anti-smuggling departments of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei.

2) Guangdong: Strives to achieve more than 10 breakthroughs in key core technologies in the field of optical chips by 2030. Shandong plans to build a provincial "low-altitude air network" requiring 22,000 aircraft. A robot dog on the Taishan mountain path attracts netizens' attention with its high speed! Can it carry people?

3) On October 21, an exceptionally large tide occurred at the Zuidong Wharf in Luannan County, Tangshan, Hebei. Local authorities responded that it was the largest in decades. Seawater backflow occurred in Panjin, Liaoning, causing flooding in many areas. Meteorological experts attribute this phenomenon to astronomical high tides.

5) The longest tunnel on the Guizhou Wu-Chang Expressway has been successfully completed. The main body of the bridge renovation project on the Ping Shan to Maoer Shan section of the Bin-Sui Railway, part of the "Eastern Channel" of the China-Europe freight train, has been completed.

7) A new wave of cold air will affect the central and eastern regions, with significant rain and snow expected in the eastern part of Northeast China. From 8 pm on October 21 to 8 pm on October 22, light snow or rain and snow is expected in parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, northwestern Heilongjiang, northern Shanxi, and northern Hebei. Light to moderate rain is expected in parts of eastern and southern Northeast China, central and northern North China, eastern Huanghuai, Jianghuai, eastern Jianghan, northern and western Jiangnan, eastern and southern Southwest China, western Guangxi, and Hainan Island.