Three-minute news breakfast on Wednesday, December 25, 2024

1) Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council: The meeting reviewed and adopted "Opinions on Strictly Regulating Administrative Inspections Involving Enterprises", deployed measures to deepen the reform of drug and medical device supervision and promote the high-quality development of the pharmaceutical industry, studied relevant work on strengthening the full-chain supervision of food safety, listened to a report on the establishment of a transfer payment incentive and constraint mechanism to promote high-quality development, and reviewed and adopted "Regulations of the State Council on Regulating the Services Provided by Intermediaries for the Public Offering of Stocks by Companies (Draft)".

2) The 13th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress held a joint meeting to deliberate on the enforcement inspection report of the Yellow River Protection Law and conduct a special inquiry. Zhao Leji attended.

3) Ministry of Finance: Basic pensions for retirees will be appropriately increased in 2025.

4) State Administration for Market Regulation: In 2025, the three-year action plan to optimize the consumption environment will be implemented in depth. 132,000 bottles! The State Administration for Market Regulation destroyed "special supply liquor" nationwide.

6) Four emission standards for water pollutants were released.

7) [Rule of Law] Supreme People's Court: Strictly try cases involving the falsification of safety production qualification certificates in accordance with the law. Safeguarding the Yangtze River, the Ministry of Public Security has cracked down on more than 710 criminal gangs. The risk of drunk driving is prominent at the end of the year, and the Ministry of Public Security will continue to strictly investigate. Liu Lixian, former secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Co., Ltd., was sentenced to eight years in the first instance for bribery. The Supreme People's Procuratorate's appeal in the Ganxi Ma Moulin robbery case was retried, with the crime changed from theft to robbery, and the sentence changed from ten years' imprisonment to suspended death sentence.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government gazetted measures against seven fugitive anti-China and disruptive elements, including Xu Zhifeng, and added six more wanted persons. The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council stated: We firmly support the Hong Kong police in taking law enforcement actions against 13 fugitive anti-China and disruptive elements, including Liu Jiawen.

10) [Taiwan] Taipei 101 building to be renamed "Taiwan 101"? The DPP's proposal was criticized as "having too much free time", and netizens said: Should Taipei City also be renamed Taiwan City?

1) Wang Yi had a phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa visited China on December 25 at the invitation. The 53rd anniversary of the China-US "ping-pong diplomacy" was recently held in Los Angeles.

1) CCTV's "2025 Spring Festival Gala" sub-venues were announced: Chongqing, Wuhan, Hubei, Lhasa, Tibet, and Wuxi, Jiangsu.

2) "New variant" with dizziness as a symptom? Li Dongzeng, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at You'an Hospital in Beijing: No new respiratory infectious disease variant has been found.

3) The Ministry of Education announced a new batch of national online boutique courses for vocational education. The "Guidelines for the Grading of National Collection Level 1 Cultural Relics" were issued.

4) Domestic and imported game versions were issued in December, with 1416 versions issued this year, the highest in the past five years.

5) Zhang Songwen responded to the criticism that his "new drama acting is not good": "If the portrayal of Zhao Buyong in "The Qingming Shanghe Tu Code" is still Gao Qishang, I feel that I don't need to engage in this profession anymore."

6) Five new bird species discovered! The number of wild bird species in Baiyangdian has increased to 292.

2) Shanghai: Supporting innovative exploration in cutting-edge medical fields such as brain science and brain-computer interfaces, and computational biology. Shanghai has completed an inventory of all 68,000 existing patents, with a cumulative conversion of more than 7,800.

3) With a total length of 1200 kilometers, Guangzhou International Port recently launched its first China-Vietnam international railway freight train. With 97 measures, Yiwu has launched a new round of comprehensive reform of international trade.

4) Hainan: Personal charging subsidies for new energy vehicles will be implemented with a "no-application, quick-enjoyment" approach. The 500 kV power transmission and transformation project in Lhasa, Tibet has been completed and put into operation.

1) The lungs govern the skin and hair. In winter, appropriately patting, pinching, and massaging the skin all over the body and acupoints that benefit the lungs can help stimulate the vitality of the lungs. Key acupoints to massage include Taiyuan, Yuji, and Lieque on the hands; Yingxiang and Feishu acupoints can also be massaged and patted.

2) There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "constant laughter promotes the lungs." Modern medical research also proves that laughter is the best form of body exercise. Laughter can expand the lungs, causing unconscious deep breathing, clearing the respiratory tract, making breathing smoother, and obtaining sufficient oxygen.