November 2, 2024 (Saturday) Three-Minute News Breakfast

On the afternoon of November 1, Xi Jinping met with Slovak Prime Minister Ľudovít Ódor in Beijing during his official visit to China. Xi Jinping and UAE President Mohammed exchanged congratulatory messages on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the UAE. Li Qiang and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Mohammed exchanged congratulatory messages.

2) Ministry of Commerce: Jointly with five cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Chongqing, a consumption month will be held in November; these five cities will add more than 70 new global, Asian, and national flagship stores.

3) The Ministry of Civil Affairs clarifies the criteria for identifying families with rigid expenditure difficulties. In the first three quarters, medical insurance settlements reached 6.916 billion person-times, with pooled fund expenditures reaching 1.76 trillion yuan, ensuring the bottom line of medical insurance for the people. The monitoring indicator system for close-knit county-level medical and health consortia has been announced.

6) Heading south, cutting through the waves! On November 1, the 41st Chinese Antarctic expedition set off. Major breakthrough! A manganese mine with reserves of hundreds of millions of tons was discovered in southern Hunan.

7) [Rule of Law] Luo Yulin, former vice-ministerial cadre of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, was indicted for accepting bribes of more than 220 million yuan, and the first trial of his bribery and insider trading case opened. Bao Donghong, former Party secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Taxation Bureau of the State Taxation Administration, was investigated. Heilongjiang cracked a case of organizing others to illegally cross the border. Ningling, Henan reported that a 120 driver and an obstetrician were suspected of trafficking infants: four people were subjected to criminal coercive measures. The first trial of the case in which a sister in Guangdong pursued justice for her deceased brother for 26 years opened, with the prosecution recommending the death penalty, and the court will announce its verdict at a later date.

8) [Military] The Chinese Navy ships Qi Jiguang and Jinggangshan completed their offshore internship and visit missions and returned to Zhanjiang. The first batch of personnel and materials for the air show arrived in Zhuhai, and the aerobatic team will also arrive.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] Hong Kong's largest coastal park was established to strengthen the conservation of Chinese white dolphins. On the morning of November 1, a passenger ship collided with a pier at the Central Pier in Hong Kong. The injured said the ship was speeding at the time of the incident. The Marine Department is investigating.

10) [Taiwan] Taiwan media: The Taiwanese military secretly sent personnel to the US for training on the "HIMARS" rocket launcher, and the training photos were exposed by the US side, "Taiwan was very surprised." Taiwan media: Former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je was ruled to extend his detention and ban on visits in the Jinghua City case.

1) The China-US Financial Working Group recently held its sixth meeting. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China decided to implement a visa-free policy for nine countries including South Korea, Slovakia, Norway, Finland, and Denmark starting November 8, 2024. Ministry of Commerce: The EU will send personnel to China for price commitment consultations on the anti-subsidy case for electric vehicles. China urged Vietnam to strengthen education and management of its fishermen and not to engage in illegal activities in waters under China's jurisdiction.

3) On the eve of the US election, Washington, D.C. businesses once again took measures to reinforce their storefronts to cope with potential social unrest.