Three-minute news breakfast on Monday, April 28, 2025

 

1) Premier Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on April 27, deploying actions for the protection and construction of beautiful rivers and lakes, studying further measures to strengthen welfare protection for children in difficult circumstances, discussing the "Draft of the People's Republic of China Medical Security Law", and deciding to approve nuclear power projects such as the Zhejiang Sanmen Phase III project.

2) The Ministry of Commerce and five other departments further optimized the departure tax refund policy: the starting point for refunds was lowered from 500 yuan to 200 yuan; time-honored brands' cultural and creative products were included in the list of tax-refundable goods.

3) Ministry of Finance: China's departure tax refund policy has a large tax refund intensity and a wide range of tax-refundable goods. The Ministry of Finance allocated 376 million yuan to support drought relief and spring sowing in the Yellow-Huai-Hai region and other areas. In 2024, the scale of "immediate purchase and immediate refund" tax refunds in 10 pilot regions in China increased by 22 times year-on-year.

4) The Chinese astronaut crew completed the in-orbit handover on April 27, and the Shenzhou 19 astronauts are about to return to Earth.

 

 

5) The blue book "China Nuclear Energy Development Report 2025" was released, and China's overall nuclear power scale has risen to the world's first place. The country's largest supercritical carbon dioxide pipeline project was launched on April 27 in Songyuan, Jilin Province.

6) First-quarter civil aviation report card: 190 million passenger trips were completed, with multiple data showing growth. The Civil Aviation Administration of China: Continuously promoting the increase of international passenger flights and encouraging airlines to develop emerging markets.

7) [Rule of Law] China has enacted special legislation for national development planning. The second law named "Code"! The draft of the Ecological Environment Code was submitted for deliberation. The revised draft of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law underwent its third review: Timely clarification of false or incomplete information about infectious disease outbreaks. Supreme People's Court: Resolutely prevent economic disputes from being treated as crimes. In March, 16,994 cases of violations of the spirit of the eight central regulations were investigated and dealt with nationwide. Three typical problems of rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots level were publicly reported: Sanhe City, Langfang City, Hebei Province, made blind decisions and mechanical implementation in urban management, harming the interests of the masses and increasing the burden on the grassroots level; the Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region engaged in "face-saving projects" in government services; some places in Shandong Province blindly competed in the concentrated start and signing of projects, with inaccurate data.

8) [Military] PLA General Hospital: Exploring the construction of a new hospital logistics support system.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] A record high! The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will have over 10 million passenger crossings in 2025.

10) [Taiwan] More than 200,000 people in Taiwan gathered to angrily denounce Lai Ching-te, and Ma Ying-jeou urged him to be "sober and virtuous." Taiwan media: Taiwan's administrative institutions may not be able to pay electricity bills after next month, and KMT legislators satirized "suffer the consequences of their own actions".

 

 

1) On April 26, local time, Wang Yi met with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kurubayev in Almaty. The ninth batch of emergency humanitarian earthquake relief supplies from the Chinese government to Myanmar arrived and was delivered. The Greater Mekong Subregion China-Laos-Cambodia cross-border direct transport was launched on April 27.

2) United Nations: All reserve supplies in the Gaza Strip have been exhausted. An explosion at an Iranian port caused multiple casualties, and the Chinese Embassy in Iran issued a safety reminder.

3) Trump posted: Putin "should not" bomb civilian areas in Ukraine, he is just using me, and may impose sanctions on Russia. Continuing the "handshake war"? US media: Macron and Trump met at the Vatican, "one time without a handshake, and one time with a long and firm handshake." Trump demanded that US ships pass through the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal "for free" and instructed Secretary of State Rubio to "immediately" address the issue. The third round of indirect talks between the US and Iran ended, and differences still exist between the two sides. Foreign media: The son of the deputy director of the US Central Intelligence Agency died in the Ukraine crisis. On April 26, local time, a small plane crashed in the United States, killing all three people on board.

4) Russian Presidential Press Secretary: Putin confirmed that he will negotiate with Ukraine without any preconditions. Russia arrested the suspect in the car bombing that killed a senior Russian officer. The Israeli army said it has struck more than 1800 targets in Gaza since March 18. Hamas: Willing to negotiate a "one-time exchange of prisoners and a five-year ceasefire".

5) India said that there was an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir from the night of April 26 to the early morning of April 27, local time. India suddenly opened the floodgates without prior notice, causing water levels to rise sharply in many parts of Pakistan. Pakistani Prime Minister: Resolutely counter the actions that harm Pakistan's water resources. On April 26, local time, the Pakistani military killed 15 terrorists.

6) Lee Jae-myung was elected as the presidential candidate of the South Korean Democratic Party and will represent the Democratic Party in the South Korean presidential election on June 3.

 

 

More than 70% of Japanese respondents do not believe that the United States will truly protect Japan. Foreign media: The King of Thailand personally piloted a plane to visit Bhutan.

 

 

7) The explosion at the Iranian port has resulted in 25 deaths and over 1,000 injuries, and most of the fires have been extinguished. On April 27, some containers at the port exploded again. The Iranian Ministry of Health declared Abbas Port in a state of emergency.

8) On the evening of April 26, local time, a car drove into a crowd in Vancouver, Canada. Police confirmed that 9 people were killed, and the driver has been apprehended. Police said it was not an act of terrorism. Canadian Prime Minister Carney said he was "very shocked".

9) Tanzania lifted the import ban on agricultural products from South Africa and Malawi.

 

 

1) National Bureau of Statistics: Profits of large-scale industrial enterprises above designated size turned from decline to increase in the first quarter.

2) State Taxation Administration: Second-home to first-home transfers can enjoy special additional deduction for housing loan interest.

3) State Administration for Market Regulation: All parties involved in the Changhe port transaction must not use any means to circumvent anti-monopoly review.

4) Beijing, Chongqing and many other places have clarified that the upper age limit for loan maturity will be generally extended to 68 years old for men and 63 years old for women.

5) BMW China announced that DeepSeek will be installed in vehicles: Starting in the third quarter of 2025, the 5 Series, the new X3 and other models will be the first to be equipped.

 

 

1) The Cyberspace Administration of China and three other departments issued the "Key Points of Work to Improve the Digital Literacy and Skills of the Whole People by 2025".

2) The Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and two other departments deployed the fifth "Civil Code Publicity Month" activity.

3) 13 films were released during the May Day period.

4) 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup Speed ​​Opening Match: The Chinese team won both the men's and women's championships.

 

 

 

 

1) During the "May Day" period, Beijing will continue to carry out night traffic inspections.

2) The cause of the Shanghai subway incident, where a crane intrusion resulted in approximately 18.31 million yuan in direct economic losses, has been announced: it was a production safety accident caused by violating the construction plan and operating procedures during operations.

 

 

3) Chengdu's first all-cargo air freight route directly to the Middle East officially opened on April 26. Chengdu: Rectifying chaotic property management, putting "power" into the hands of owners.

4) Reporting issues with the "Poetry Conference," the reply was about "project arrears." Was the Yinchuan Mayor's mailbox randomly replying? Local authorities say it was due to staff error and the staff member has been internally disciplined.

5) A Gen Z young man, applying to change his name from "Zhu Que Xuan Wu Chi Ling" to "Zhou Tian Zi Wei Da Di," was not accepted.

6) There will be heavier rainfall in eastern Southwest China and South China, and rain and snow in eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. From 8 PM on April 27 to 8 PM on April 28, light to moderate snow or rain and snow is expected in parts of western and southern Qinghai, Hexi in Gansu, eastern Jilin, eastern and southern Tibet, and the central and northern parts of the western Sichuan Plateau. Light to moderate rain is expected in parts of northern Heilongjiang, central Jilin, central and southern Jiangnan, most of South China, western and southern Sichuan, western Guizhou, most of Yunnan, and southeastern Tibet.

 

 

 

 

1) Daily cooking oil recommendations: Prioritize oils rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, including olive oil, tea oil, walnut oil, flaxseed oil, and perilla oil. These vegetable oils are more beneficial to cardiovascular health.

2) A study published in Science found that occasional fasting can help extend lifespan. Researchers say this may be related to adaptive responses during evolution.