Three-minute news breakfast on Monday, December 23, 2024

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2024-12-23

Three-minute news breakfast on Monday, December 23, 2024

1) On the morning of December 22, the 13th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress held its second plenary session to deliberate on law enforcement inspection reports, special work reports, etc. Zhao Leji attended the meeting. The law enforcement inspection report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress put forward seven suggestions on the protection of the Yellow River.

2) The National Audit Office released the 2023 annual audit rectification report, with a total of more than 538 billion yuan in rectified problems.

3) Over 3 trillion yuan in 5 years! Fiscal support for disaster prevention, mitigation, and emergency management has increased by an average of 8.85% per year.

4) Currently, the five provinces and regions of Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Jilin, and Xinjiang together account for nearly 40% of the country's total cultivated land area.

5) The 2025 Employment Assistance Month activity was launched nationwide. The "Trade Union Helps Employment" special campaign has provided employment services to 16.18 million people.

6) The new train operation schedule for the national railway will be implemented from January 5, 2025.

7) [Rule of Law] Databases of normative documents of laws and regulations at the provincial level have been fully established and put into use across the country. Xiangtan, Hunan: Serious exceeding of veterinary drug residues in loach, 9 people were subject to criminal coercive measures.

8) [Military] A certain regiment of the Rocket Force broke away from conventional procedures and focused on practical combat to hone the emergency response capabilities of officers and soldiers. The end-of-year military training assessment of the Armed Police Corps in Jiangxi Province was conducted with difficulty, and strict organization and evaluation were implemented.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The Foreign Ministry's Commissioner's Office in Hong Kong: We firmly oppose the US's interference in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs under the pretext of relevant reports.

10) [Taiwan] Foreign Ministry spokesperson's response to reporters' questions on the US announcement of a new round of military aid and arms sales to Taiwan: China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition, and has made solemn representations to the US side in the first instance. The Taiwan Affairs Office responded to the US arms sales to Taiwan: "Relying on the US to seek independence" and "seeking independence by force" are suicidal.

1) Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China has decided to take countermeasures against two Canadian institutions and 20 institutional personnel.

2) Trump calls on NATO member states to significantly increase defense spending: 2% of GDP is not enough, it needs to be doubled! Trump threatens to "take back" the Panama Canal, and Panamanian scholars criticize it as "extremely absurd".

3) US media reports that the Biden administration is considering reducing tariffs on Mexican solar energy equipment. A US fighter jet was mistakenly shot down by a US cruiser in the Red Sea, and the two people on board ejected to escape. A man in Texas, USA, drove into a shopping mall, injuring 5 people, and the man was shot and killed by law enforcement officers on the spot.

4) Israeli bombing of multiple locations in Gaza has killed at least 18 people. Hamas: If Israel does not set new conditions, the possibility of reaching a ceasefire agreement is high. Houthi armed forces in Yemen claim that the US and UK air-struck Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.

5) "Historic rupture"! Ukraine suddenly announced: Stop transporting Russian natural gas.

6) The new Syrian authorities appointed foreign and defense ministers. The new Icelandic government officially took office.

7) South Korea's opposition party urged Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, who is acting as president, to announce the special investigation law.

8) The identity of the suspect in the Magdeburg attack in Germany has been confirmed.

9) The death toll from a serious traffic accident in southeastern Brazil has risen to 38. A Turkish Ministry of Health rescue helicopter crashed, killing 4 people. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in waters near Vanuatu.

1) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: China's pig farming has returned to profitability, with an estimated average profit of about 200 yuan per head this year.

2) From January to November, the national online retail sales reached 14 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.4%.

3) The number of software developers in China has exceeded 9.4 million, and the growth rate of open-source contributors is the fastest in the world.

4) The 5-year personal pension deposit interest rate of some banks can reach 4%.

1) Volume 3, Part 1 of A History of the Communist Party of China was published and issued.

2) Voting channel for the logo of the 2025 manned spaceflight mission is open.

3) To help the low-altitude industry, the National Light Aircraft Championship opened, with 89 athletes from 31 teams across the country participating.

4) Academician Zhu Yongguan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was elected vice president of the International Science Council with a high vote.

5) The box office (including pre-sales) of films during the 2024 Lunar New Year period (November 22-December 31) exceeded 2 billion yuan.

6) A Chinese volleyball club reached the final of the World Club Championship for the first time. Ren Ziwei won the gold medal in the men's 500m at the National Short Track Speed Skating Championships.

1) Global first! Shanghai Port's annual container throughput exceeded 50 million TEUs. Shanghai Metro Line 11 was intruded by a tower crane, damaging the line facilities and trains. There were no casualties at the scene, and the Ministry of Emergency Management sent a working group to the scene.

2) The 11th National Mass Ice and Snow Season was launched in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia. It is expected that various places will carry out 1853 mass ice and snow sports events.

3) The water area of Qinghai Lake increased by 28.1 square kilometers compared with the same period last year.

4) Four people in Ruili, Yunnan, were suffocated by carbon monoxide poisoning, one died, and three are still being treated.

5) There will be northerly winds in the eastern and southern sea areas, and there will be significant snowfall in northern Xinjiang, western and northern Tibet, etc. From 8 pm on December 22 to 8 pm on December 23, there will be light snow or snow mixed with rain in parts of northern Xinjiang, western Tibet, southern Qinghai, eastern Jilin, southern Heilongjiang, and western Hubei, with moderate to heavy snow in parts of western Tibet. There will be light rain in parts of western and southeastern Sichuan Basin, central and western and northern Guizhou, northeastern and southern Yunnan, central Jiangxi, central Zhejiang, Hainan Island, and Taiwan Island.

1) It is also recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica and Zhennan Materia Medica that pumpkin is "warm in nature, sweet in taste, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, and mainly treats invigorating the middle energizer and benefiting Qi", which can alleviate symptoms such as spleen deficiency, Qi weakness, and malnutrition. The spleen is the source of Qi and blood biogenesis in the human body, so eating pumpkin regularly not only replenishes Qi but also benefits blood replenishment.

2) Prescription for preventing colds: 30g mugwort, 30g ginger, 20g scallion white, 30g perilla, 20g saposhnikovia divaricata. Efficacy: Warming the meridians and dispelling cold, dispelling wind and relieving the exterior, suitable for people with Yang deficiency (cold sensitivity) who are prone to colds.

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