Three-minute news breakfast on Thursday, October 24, 2024
Release time:
2024-10-24

1) Xi Jinping attended the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, and delivered an important speech. On the evening of October 22, local time, Xi Jinping met with Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos, in Kazan. On the afternoon of October 23, Xi Jinping met with Indian Prime Minister Modi during the BRICS Summit in Kazan.
2) Li Qiang signed a State Council order to promulgate the "Regulations on Urban Public Transportation".
3) On October 23, China successfully launched the Yaogan-43 03 group satellite, which will be mainly used for conducting new technology experiments for low-orbit constellation systems.

4) Ministry of Civil Affairs: 416,000 couples have completed cross-province marriage registration nationwide; more than 1,800 marriage customs reform experimental units have been established nationwide; encouraging the establishment of marriage registration offices in parks to create the most beautiful marriage registration points.
5) Ministry of State Security: Prevent the risk of foreign espionage and intelligence agencies stealing key technologies and data in China's space field.
6) Starting at 24:00 on October 23, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will increase by 90 yuan and 85 yuan per ton, respectively.
7) [Rule of Law] Jiang Zhigang, former deputy secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Party Committee and former secretary of the Yinchuan Municipal Committee, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for accepting nearly 80 million yuan in bribes. Huang Yong, deputy director of the State Information Center, is under investigation. Wan Ke, former secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin Radio and Television Station, was expelled from the Party for serious disciplinary violations and law violations. Yao Haijun, deputy editor-in-chief of Sichuan Science Fiction World Magazine Co., Ltd., is under investigation for suspected serious disciplinary violations and law violations. He is also the discoverer, editor, and promoter of the novel "The Three-Body Problem".
8) [Military] Recently, a combined training base of the army invited several veterans of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea to the military camp to share their combat stories with new recruits.

A man in Jiangxi Province was subjected to seven joint punishments for refusing to perform military service.
9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The central government will issue 5 billion yuan of national debt in Macao on October 30. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing: Revenue and profit for the first three quarters of 2024 both hit a record second high. The number of visitors from newly added "individual travel" cities to Hong Kong in the third quarter increased by about 16.3% year-on-year. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has seen more than 62.35 million entries and exits in the six years since its opening.
10) [Taiwan] Taiwan military: The Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed north through the Taiwan Strait on the evening of October 22.

1) Ding Xuexiang met with foreign scientists attending the 2024 World Science and Development Forum. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: A senior executive of Volkswagen was deported from China by Chinese public security organs for cocaine use. China's aid project for the upgrading of the Nauru ring road was successfully handed over.

2) The "2024 Sino-European Human Rights Seminar" was held in Berlin, Germany on October 22, local time. The AIPPI World Intellectual Property Conference adopted the "2024 AIPPI Hangzhou Resolution." Chinese representatives called on relevant countries to immediately and completely lift unilateral coercive measures. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that global financial vulnerabilities are still intensifying. United Nations: Since the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, Ukraine's population has decreased by about 8 million due to population outflow and a sharp drop in birth rate.
3) Biden called for the political imprisonment of Trump; Trump's team: This is "persecution." Trump accused the British Labour Party of interfering in the election. US media: Bill Gates donated $50 million to help Harris's campaign. Foreign media: Voting machines in the United States suspected of anomalies, some voters said they voted for Trump, but the printed ballots showed Harris. The US Department of Commerce is considering withdrawing some anti-dumping duties on Chinese photovoltaic products. 1 death and 49 illnesses! McDonald's in the United States responded to the E. coli infection incident: It may be related to onions. An American man was arrested in Japan on suspicion of arson.
4) Foreign media: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Blinken discussed the "post-war Gaza governance model." The Israeli army claimed to have killed the head of Hezbollah's executive committee and the commander of the intelligence headquarters. Hezbollah launched anti-tank missiles, directly hitting 8 Israeli soldiers. Hezbollah: Will continue to attack the Israeli Prime Minister.
5) British Ministry of Defence officials: 200 Ukrainian pilots have received training in the UK. A sheeppox outbreak broke out in Greece, and the transportation of sheep within Greece was banned for 10 days.
6) To deal with knife attacks, Japan will equip trains with "anti-knife umbrellas".

Highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak confirmed in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
7) Iraqi Prime Minister: The leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed. A factory of the Turkish Aerospace Industries was attacked, resulting in casualties. An oil tanker overturned and exploded in central Uganda, killing 11 people.
8) Tropical Storm Taimi caused more than 380,000 people to be affected in the Philippines. More than 250 people died of dengue fever in Bangladesh in 2024.

1) Financial Regulatory Bureau: Further expand the pilot program for commercial pension business.
2) China's pilot program to expand the opening up of value-added telecommunications services officially launched.
3) SASAC: Proactively plan and cultivate future industries such as quantum technology, nuclear fusion, biomanufacturing, and 6G.
4) The 7th CIIE will be held in Shanghai from November 5th to 10th. Ministry of Commerce: More than 400 representative new products, new technologies, and new services will be showcased at the 7th CIIE; this year, the "World Openness Report 2024" will continue to be released. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: As of the end of September, China has built a total of 4.089 million 5G base stations.
5) The central bank will issue a set of 2025 Panda precious metal commemorative coins on October 30.
6) Yesterday's closing prices:
Shanghai Composite Index 3302.80/+0.52%
Shenzhen Component Index 10576.41/+0.16%
ChiNext 2205.30/-0.53%
Hang Seng Index 20760.15/+1.27%

1) The online themed publicity campaign "Carrying Forward the Yan'an Spirit and Forging Ahead in the Great Era" was recently launched.
2) The domestically produced deep-sea microbial in-situ sampling autonomous underwater vehicle was successfully developed.

3) WeChat responded to the internal testing of the function to check deleted friends: Users who have reached the 10,000-friend limit will see a pop-up window showing single-deleted friends when they continue to add friends.

1) Official debunks rumor that "Dream of the Red Chamber" will be removed from Beijing's college entrance examination in Chinese: False information, the scope of the Chinese examination in 2025/2026 remains unchanged.
2) Shanghai's GDP grew by 4.7% year-on-year in the first three quarters, with industrial investment up 10.9% and real estate development investment up 7.8%. Zhejiang Province has ranked first in the number of companies entering the "Top 500 Private Enterprises in China" for 26 consecutive years. The Yangtze River Delta germplasm resources information sharing alliance for agricultural crops was established.
3) A roof collapse occurred in a coal mine of Kailuan Group, trapping 6 people. Rescue efforts are underway.
4) Hefei's new provident fund policy: Self-employed individuals can contribute, and parents and children of homebuyers can withdraw funds. Shenyang encourages food delivery riders to report food safety issues.
5) Hainan Free Trade Port completed its first cross-border e-commerce export "air-to-air transfer" customs clearance business. Ulanqab's passenger transport hub in Inner Mongolia, built at a cost of 200 million yuan, has not sold a single ticket in three years and faces transformation before commencing operations.
6) Official response to "Village director in Shanxi uses excavator to knock down villager": The driver was not the village director, and an investigation team has been established. 37-week-old twins in Taiyuan, Shanxi, died during labor; the father claims that previous checkups were normal, and the nurse performed several rounds of checks and procedures. The hospital responded that there will be an investigation result.
7) Typhoon "Taimi" is approaching the South China Sea. Strong winds are expected in the eastern and southern waters. Weak cold air will affect most parts of China from the 25th. From 8 PM on October 23 to 8 PM on October 24, light snow or sleet is expected in parts of western and northern mountainous areas of Xinjiang, northern Tibet, southern and western Qinghai, western Sichuan Plateau, northeastern Inner Mongolia, and northwestern Heilongjiang. Moderate to heavy snow is expected in parts of Altay Mountain area in Xinjiang and western mountainous areas of southern Xinjiang.


1) Recently, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, published a study in the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences stating that women who maintain a stable weight after age 60 live longer.
2) Due to changes in dietary structure and reduced physical activity, arteriosclerosis is becoming increasingly common in modern people and appearing at younger ages. Calorie intake should be controlled, more fruits and vegetables should be eaten, and exercise should be increased.
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