Three-minute news breakfast on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Release time:
2024-10-30

1) Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of a special seminar for provincial and ministerial-level leading cadres on studying and implementing the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC, emphasizing the need to deeply study and implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC and work together to promote steady and far-reaching reform. On the afternoon of October 29, Xi Jinping held talks with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during his state visit to China. On October 29, Xi Jinping sent a message congratulating King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia on the 20th anniversary of his ascension to the throne. Xi Jinping and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema exchanged congratulatory messages on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Zambia.
2) China aims to launch the Shenzhou 19 manned spacecraft at 4:27 am on October 30. The astronaut crew for the Shenzhou 19 manned flight mission consists of three astronauts: Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, and Wang Haoze. Cai Xuzhe serves as the commander, and the two 'post-90s' astronauts will realize their dream of space travel.

Shenzhou 19 will carry out 86 space science research and technological experiments. After completing the in-orbit crew rotation with the Shenzhou 19 astronaut crew, the Shenzhou 18 astronaut crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site on November 4.
3) China's fourth batch of reserve astronauts will undertake the manned lunar landing mission. Two Hong Kong and Macao payload specialists are among the fourth batch of reserve astronauts. The Wenchang Space Launch Center will undertake the launch missions of the manned lunar spacecraft and lander. Tianzhou 8 will be launched in mid-November. Three flight missions, Shenzhou 20, Shenzhou 21, and Tianzhou 9, will be implemented in 2025.
4) 324 meters! Chinese scientists successfully drilled the longest ice core in the mid- and low-latitude glaciers globally at the Puruogangri ice field.

5) The total amount of funds pooled from employee medical insurance personal accounts in the first three quarters of 2024 exceeded 30 billion yuan. With online supervision, the country has already collected over 3.1 billion pieces of traceability code data for drugs and medical consumables.
6) The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters launched a level-four emergency response for Hainan and Fujian. The Ministry of Water Resources deployed work to prevent typhoons "Taimi" and "Connie" and their associated heavy rains and floods.
7) [Rule of Law] Sun Zhigang, former vice chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the 13th National People's Congress and former secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Committee, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in the first instance for accepting bribes exceeding 800 million yuan.

Seven public officials in Henan were expelled and removed from office for gambling, with four of them participating in gambling during work hours. Guangxi police offered a reward of 30,000 yuan for the capture of a suspect: The body of a 61-year-old woman was found in a haystack, and the suspect had changed their online name to "Hatred".
8) [Military] In the golden autumn season, a live-fire shooting exercise was launched by a certain army unit in the Gobi Desert.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government strongly opposes the US restrictions on investment in China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
10) [Taiwan] The US government allowed Taiwan to purchase US-made attack drones. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it has sanctioned the US companies and their executives involved. Fujian Province introduced a third batch of 17 preferential policies for Taiwan compatriots, deepening the integration and development in various fields between Fujian and Taiwan. Writers and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait discussed children's literature and traditional culture in Fuzhou. A cross-strait exchange activity on Chinese culture (woodcut prints) was launched in Changsha.


1) Han Zheng attended the opening ceremony of the fifth meeting of the China-Finland Innovation Enterprise Cooperation Committee. China decided to include Finland in the scope of its unilateral visa-free policy. NATO stated that it has confirmed the deployment of North Korean soldiers in Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded: Maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula is in the common interests of all parties, and we hope that all parties will make constructive efforts to this end. The Ministry of Commerce: Anti-dumping duties will continue to be levied on imported ethanolamines originating from the United States, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
2) Chinese representative: Opposes undermining peace and security in the Middle East and calls on all parties to exercise restraint. The Israeli Knesset passed two bills concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). UN Secretary-General Guterres: UN relief agencies are "indispensable," and the Israeli bills are "unacceptable." Multiple countries condemned Israel's ban on UN relief agencies from operating. South Africa submitted evidence of Israeli genocide in Gaza to the International Court of Justice. World Meteorological Organization: Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached a new high in 2023. International Union for Conservation of Nature: More than 1/3 of the world's tree species are threatened with extinction.
3) Ballot boxes were set on fire in two US states during the presidential election, and at least hundreds of ballots were burned.

Trump revealed that he has a "little secret" with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives: He will reveal it after the election. Musk said that brain-computer interfaces will solve most brain diseases, and the cost is expected to drop to $5,000. A US military aircraft caught fire at Misawa Air Base in Japan on October 29, local time.
4) Israel bombed a building in northern Gaza, and the death toll rose to 93. Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon killed 60 people. Hezbollah appointed Naim Kassem as its new leader. Iran said it would not give up its right to respond to Israel's "aggression".
5) Ukrainian President Zelenskyy proposed to the parliament to extend the state of war for another 90 days. Houthi armed forces in Yemen claimed to have attacked three merchant ships.
6) After losing the House of Representatives election, Komeito Party leader Keiichi Ishii will resign. A village in southern Japan has too few people, so they use dolls to alleviate loneliness: There are more dolls than people!
7) Indian media: India has started producing Airbus C295 transport aircraft, with the first aircraft expected to be delivered in 2026. A fireworks explosion occurred at a temple in India, injuring at least 150 people.
8) One person died in an attack on a vaccination team in Pakistan. A bus plunged off a cliff in Myanmar, resulting in 24 casualties. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

1) State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council: Focusing on the urgent needs in fields such as aerospace, integrated circuits, and industrial mother machines, we will solidly advance major technological equipment research and development projects.
2) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: China will carry out the cultivation of intelligent factories in four levels.
3) The rules for the allocation of shares of new stocks on the STAR Market have been implemented, and Laplace completed its first issuance.
4) 2024 Hurun Rich List: In 2024, a total of 1,094 individuals with assets exceeding 5 billion yuan were on the list, a 12% decrease compared to 2023; Zhang Yiming, with a net worth of 350 billion yuan, became China's richest person, and Zong Fuli, with a net worth of 81 billion yuan, became China's richest woman.


5) The longest commercial flight operated by the domestically produced ARJ21 commercial aircraft successfully completed its maiden voyage.
6) Xiaomi 15 series phone pricing announced: Starting at 4,499 yuan. China National Petroleum Corporation: Net profit in the third quarter was 43.911 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 5.3%.
7) Yesterday's closing price:
Shanghai Composite Index: 3286.41/-1.08%
Shenzhen Component Index: 10543.33/-1.33%
ChiNext Index: 2177.31/-2.32%
Hang Seng Index: 20701.14/+0.49%

1) China will adjust the national scholarship and grant policy for higher and senior secondary education, comprehensively considering raising the standard and expanding coverage, so that more students can enjoy the benefits of the policy adjustment.
2) Nationwide, the "Strong Nation Revival Has Me" mass publicity and education campaign is being carried out in depth.
3) The 9th Asian Winter Games will be held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province from February 7th to 14th, 2025. 31% of the events are making their debut at the Asian Winter Games, and the number of athletes is expected to be the highest ever. 100 days before the opening ceremony, Harbin announced that the Games will adhere to the principles of green and frugality, and that large-scale demolition and reconstruction will not be undertaken for venue construction.
4) The 31st China Yangling Agricultural High-tech Fair released its achievements, with the exhibition scale reaching a new high in the past five years.
5) Yongchuan International Women's Football Invitational Tournament: Zhang Xin scored, and the opponent gifted an own goal, resulting in a 2-0 victory for the Chinese women's football team over Vietnam.

6) The Chinese national table tennis team responded to the recent fluctuations in competition results: taking the issues seriously and conducting timely and thorough reviews.
7) Former CCTV host Gu Guoning passed away due to a sudden illness at the age of 46.

1) The 2024 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Power Battery Comprehensive Utilization Industry Matching Event was held in Xingtai, Hebei Province on October 28th. Tianjin introduced 27 measures to comprehensively deepen reforms in the field of drug supervision.
2) The 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) will hold Shanghai-based events for the first time. The 2024 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Law University Alliance Forum was held in Shanghai.
3) Nanjing Railway Station reported the death of a train mechanic who was struck: A wild boar hit the train, and the mechanic was hit by a train on an adjacent track while handling the situation, at the young age of 20s. In Chongqing, a motorcycle driver was killed while waiting for a traffic light, and the perpetrator was criminally detained.
4) Guangdong's electricity market has taken the lead nationwide in conducting multi-month centralized competitive trading.
5) With the highest premium exceeding 51%, three residential land plots in Hangzhou were sold for over 3.6 billion yuan. Yinchuan: 10,000 units of affordable housing will be acquired within two years, providing housing for nearly 30,000 people.
6) Heavy rainfall in Qionghai, Hainan Province, resulted in the drowning deaths of a mother and son. The official report on the death of a boy who fell into a drainage well in Sanya: A joint investigation team has been established to investigate the cause of the accident.
7) Hainan Island is still experiencing heavy rainfall, and Typhoon "Connie" will affect the southeastern coast. From 8 PM on October 29th to 8 PM on October 30th, light snow or sleet is expected in parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, northwestern Heilongjiang, northern and southern Xinjiang, northern Tibet, central and southeastern Qinghai, southern Gansu, and northern Sichuan-Tibet Plateau. Moderate to heavy snow is expected in parts of western Xinjiang, northern Sichuan-Tibet Plateau, etc.


1) It is recommended to use less soy sauce, sauce, MSG, and chicken essence (which are high in salt) when cooking. Instead, use the rich flavors of natural foods to enhance the taste and aroma. It is recommended to use spices such as scallions, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, and shiitake mushrooms, as well as foods with strong inherent aromas.
2) When buying processed foods, learn to check the "sodium content" in the ingredient list. Many foods are "hidden salt" foods. For example, ham, melon seeds, salted duck eggs, pickled mustard greens, noodles, sweet mooncakes, and white sliced bread.
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