Three-minute news breakfast on Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Release time:
2025-01-21

1) On January 20, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting to review "The Comprehensive Report on the Situation of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee Listening to and Studying the Work Reports of the Standing Committees of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Work Report of the Central Secretariat" and "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of the Yellow River Basin." Xi Jinping presided over the meeting. Xi Jinping met with leaders of the central committees of various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of non-party persons at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of the 20th to celebrate the festival together.

2) Premier Li Qiang chaired an expert, entrepreneur, and representative from the fields of education, science, technology, culture, health, sports, etc., to listen to opinions and suggestions on the government work report, emphasizing the implementation of a more proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy to cultivate more new economic growth points. Vice Premier He Lifeng: Vigorously implement urban renewal and effectively and orderly promote key urban renewal tasks.
3) China will launch two manned spacecraft and one cargo spacecraft in 2025, and the logos of the three missions have been publicly announced.



4) National Health Commission: Public medical institutions will abolish outpatient prepayment from March. The medical insurance bureau is leading the investigation into quality risks of certain volume-based procurement drugs.
5) The National Development and Reform Commission and other departments have issued the "Green Technology Promotion Catalog (2024 Edition)". Ministry of Ecology and Environment: Fully implement the "one-certificate" management of pollutant discharge permits. National Development and Reform Commission, National Data Bureau: Establish a pricing mechanism for the authorized operation of public data resources to promote the compliant and efficient circulation and use of public data resources.
6) Ministry of Water Resources: The new round of national groundwater over-exploitation delineation work has been completed. In 2024, the Yellow River discharged a cumulative 577 million tons of sediment, achieving a new breakthrough in water and sediment regulation. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Grain production in 2024 reached a new level of 1.4 trillion jin (approximately 700 million tons).
7) [Rule of Law] The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued typical cases of refusing to execute judgments and rulings. Fan Weiqiu, the murderer in the Zhuhai car crash case that killed 35 and injured 43, was executed. Xu Jiajin, the murderer in the Wuxi college stabbing case that killed 8 and injured 17, was executed.
8) [Military] Currently, there are more than 200,000 retired military personnel serving as teachers in schools nationwide.
9) [Hong Kong and Macao] Officially bidding farewell to the public in March, the New Light Cinema in Hong Kong held an open day.

10) [Taiwan] The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the resumption of group tours for residents of Fujian and Shanghai to Taiwan. People from all walks of life in Taiwan: Long awaited, warmly welcome.

1) On January 19, local time, Vice President Han Zheng, Special Representative of President Xi Jinping, met with US President-elect Vance in Washington. Han Zheng met with representatives of US business circles and Tesla CEO Musk separately. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Trump's upcoming inauguration, saying that China is willing to strengthen dialogue and communication with the new US government, properly manage differences, and expand mutually beneficial cooperation.
2) Ministry of Foreign Affairs: With China's mediation and promotion, the Myanmar government and the Kokang Allied Army have achieved a ceasefire on the spot.
3) The short video social media platform TikTok resumed service in the United States on January 19, local time. Trump: I like TikTok, starting today, TikTok is back, but the US wants 50% ownership.

Trump: Will repeal every executive order announced by Biden "within hours" of taking office. Trump said he will release classified documents related to the assassination of former President Kennedy and others. Talking about the South Korean political turmoil, Trump jokingly said, "They say I'm chaotic, but look at South Korea." US media: Biden will host a tea party for Trump on the last day of his term, then go to the Capitol together to attend the inauguration ceremony. Biden "preventively" pardoned former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Fauci and others to prevent Trump's revenge.
4) Ukraine attacked a Russian strategic bomber factory, and Russia shot down 86 Ukrainian drones. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council: Under current conditions, it is impossible for Russian-US relations to normalize. Russia announced that it would close the Japan Center in Russia—a "symbol of Japan-Russia friendship." Japan: Unacceptable.
5) Three people released by Hamas arrived in Israel, and Israel released 90 detained Palestinians.
6) South Korean police conducted a search and seizure of the presidential office and the presidential security house. South Korea's Public Prosecutors' Office: Yoon Suk-yeol twice refused to be detained for investigation and is considering compulsory summons for questioning.
7) The Sudanese armed forces claimed to have killed more than 40 members of the Rapid Support Forces. The armed conflict in the Catatumbo region of Colombia has resulted in 80 deaths.

1) The Loan Prime Rate (LPR) for the first quarter of 2025 was released on January 20, with no adjustments to the 1-year and 5-year-plus LPRs.
2) National Energy Administration: Total social electricity consumption in 2024 increased by 6.8% year-on-year.
3) Listed companies disclosed repurchase and increase plans totaling nearly 300 billion yuan in 2024. As of the end of 2024, the green credit balance of the Export-Import Bank of China exceeded 630 billion yuan.
4) Details of the "two new" subsidies have been released, and the car market will see an increase of 23 million vehicles in 2025.
5) On January 20, various parts of the country began to implement subsidies for the purchase of new digital products. The passenger traffic of offline stores doubled, and due to the large number of people, the system crashed and payments could not be made.
6) Yesterday's closing prices:
Shanghai Composite Index 3244.38/+0.08%
Shenzhen Component Index 10256.40/+0.94%
ChiNext 2104.73/+1.81%
Hang Seng Index 19925.81/+1.75%

1) On January 20, the flame for the 9th Asian Winter Games was successfully collected in the Sun Island Scenic Area in Harbin. The Asian Winter Games railway special line was fully launched.

2) The "Xuelong 2" oceanographic team successfully recovered China's first set of polar ecological moorings.
3) Copper coins were unearthed during land leveling in Yiyang, Hunan Province. Cultural relics protection department: The site has been protected, and the copper coins have been sent for identification.
4) The Chinese team won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Lake Placid station of the Freestyle Skiing World Cup.

5) Starob, a child of a post-00s herdsman, took to the highest stage, becoming the youngest host of the Spring Festival Gala! He graduated only a year and a half ago and said he would accept this "unexpected wealth".


1) Beijing released its 2025 land supply plan, implementing flexible supply of commercial residential land for the first time. Beijing's housing provident fund can be directly used to pay rent, and depositors can apply "without any materials." Beijing launched the "New Year's Film Viewing Subsidy Activity," with 33 million yuan in film viewing subsidies about to be distributed.
2) The Zhoushan side of China's longest undersea high-speed rail tunnel has advanced more than 2000 meters.

The first cross-river tunnel through the Fuchun River has been completed and opened to traffic.
3) Shenzhen is expected to exceed 5 trillion yuan in total industrial output value above designated size in 2024. Chongqing's per capita regional GDP will exceed 100,000 yuan.
4) Low-altitude sports equipment accident? Hainan Lingshui: Non-tourism activity, the person involved is unharmed.
5) At 5:07 am on January 20, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred in Hongyuan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with a focal depth of 8 kilometers. At 0:04 am and 0:48 am on January 20, two earthquakes of magnitude 3.8 and 3.1 occurred in Zhiduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, within one hour.
6) Most parts of the country have little rainfall and high temperatures. From 8 pm on January 20 to 8 pm on January 21, light to moderate snow is expected in parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, western Heilongjiang, northern and western mountainous areas of Xinjiang, western Tibet, and central Qinghai. Heavy snow is expected in parts of western mountainous areas of southern Xinjiang and western Tibet.


1) Eating sour protects blood vessels. During the Greater Cold solar term, the incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke reaches a high level for the year. At this time, eating acidic foods is beneficial to blood vessels, such as vinegar, apples and oranges rich in vitamin C.
2) Sugarcane is a blood-tonifying fruit that can nourish blood and moisten dryness. It not only refreshes the mind, but also clears heat, descends Qi, and nourishes the lungs and stomach. After entering winter, many office workers often feel dizzy and sleepy, and their reaction ability decreases. At this time, eating some sugarcane is very beneficial.
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