May 5, 2025 (Monday) Three-Minute News Breakfast

2) The transportation department has taken multiple measures to cope with the return flow of passengers. It is expected that the total number of cross-regional personnel flows across the country on May 4 will exceed 270 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%.

3) Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security: 8.07 billion yuan of wage arrears were resolved nationwide in the first quarter.

4) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will implement a grain-saving action plan for the animal husbandry industry. China has launched a special law enforcement action for the summer fishing moratorium.

5) The amount of electricity charged for new energy vehicles at national expressway service areas during the May Day holiday hit a record high.

6) The Ministry of Natural Resources has deployed the prevention and control of geological disasters during the flood season.

7) [Rule of Law] The Supreme People’s Procuratorate: Strengthen the criminal protection of key core technologies in accordance with the law. The intelligent construction and pilot work of procuratorial organs has been launched.

8) [Military] Spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense answered reporters’ questions on Japanese civilian aircraft intruding into China’s Diaoyu Island airspace: China Coast Guard took necessary control measures to warn and expel them, which is completely justified and legitimate. The China-Egypt "Civilization Eagle-2025" joint air force exercise concluded successfully.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] Hong Kong held a May 4th flag-raising ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

The number of inbound tourists to Macao during the May Day holiday hit a record high.

10) [Taiwan] Xu Li-nung, leader of Taiwan’s pro-unification groups, passed away at the age of 106.

1) Liu Jinsong, director-general of the Asian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, lodged a strong protest with Japan over Japanese civilian aircraft intruding into China’s Diaoyu Island airspace. A Chinese medical team completed Tonga’s first laparoscopic gynecological surgery.

2) The second round of US-Japan tariff negotiations has not yet reached a consensus. Experts say that the US is using negotiations as a pretext for coercion. Warren Buffett, a famous American investor: Trade should not be a weapon. Plans to retire at the end of the year. California Governor: California continues to "open its trade doors" to China. Is an oil price war imminent? Saudi Arabia doesn’t want to endure it any longer, leading several oil-producing countries to accelerate production increases.

3) Trump proposed sending US troops into Mexico to "assist in combating drug trafficking," which was strongly rejected by the Mexican president.

4) Houthi armed forces in Yemen: Launched a missile that hit Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport.

Israeli media reported that the Israeli army failed to intercept the missile.

5) Serbian President Vucic has been discharged from hospital and suspended his official duties until his recovery.

6) Romania held a re-election for president. Togo’s parliament elected Dentof as president.

7) The Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen appointed a new prime minister.

8) The Pakistani ambassador to Russia issued a strong warning: From conventional to nuclear weapons, Pakistan will be prepared to use all its strength against any Indian "invasion".

9) A car crash outside the capital airport in the Philippines resulted in 2 deaths and multiple injuries.

2) China’s hydrogen energy industry is gradually entering a new stage of orderly breakthroughs. The annual production and consumption scale of hydrogen energy exceeds 36.5 million tons, ranking first in the world.

3) The market size of sports equipment in China will reach 602.1 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%.

4) The 8th Digital China Construction Summit released the Digital China Development Index System.

5) The China Development Bank issued 52.3 billion yuan in loans for the revitalization of Northeast China in the first quarter, with a significant year-on-year increase.

1) Various places have carried out May 4th themed group activities with the theme of "Youth shouldering the responsibility for China’s modernization".

2) The box office revenue of May Day films in 2025 exceeded 600 million yuan.

3) During the May Day holiday, the top 20 matches of the Rongjiang Village Super League in Guizhou were in full swing, with food friendship competitions and surrounding series of activities taking place simultaneously, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.

4) During the May Day holiday, the Chinese Men’s Basketball Professional League (CBA) playoffs ignited the capital, and the Beijing team returned to the CBA finals after 10 years.

5) Four consecutive championships! The Chinese badminton team defeated the South Korean team to win the Sudirman Cup.

6) The International Shooting Sport Federation updated the world rankings, with Sheng Lihao and Huang Yuting topping the world’s number one.

1) Capital Airlines: A flight from Taiyuan to Sanya experienced a mechanical failure during the cruise phase and made a safe emergency landing.

2) Thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes… Guangzhou launched a level IV meteorological disaster emergency response at 5:23 pm on May 4.

3) A passenger boat capsized in Qianxi City, Guizhou Province, with about 70 people falling into the water. As of 7 pm on the 4th, more than 50 people have been salvaged and rescued. A rafting boat capsized in Zhashui, Shaanxi Province, injuring several people. The "Flying Carpet" project at the Tanyi Valley Scenic Area in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, had an accident, injuring some tourists.

4) The Fuxinghao intelligent EMU train was put into operation in Yunnan for the first time.

Fujian opened its first freight train to Hubei.

5) During the May Day holiday, Guangxi police found 25 lost children in Jintan Scenic Area in 3 days.

6) Strong winds and sandstorms continued in Gansu Province, with snow and ice appearing on highway sections. The Mingsha Mountain Crescent Moon Spring Scenic Area in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, activated its emergency plan due to sandstorms.

7) There will be heavy rainfall in southern Jiangnan, southern China, and other areas, and strong winds and sandstorms in northern areas. From 8 pm on May 4 to 8 pm on May 5, parts of southern Jiangnan, northern South China, eastern Southwest China, eastern Jianghan, western Jianghuai, southeastern Huanghuai, southeastern Inner Mongolia, and northeastern North China will experience moderate to heavy rain. Among them, southwestern Anhui, eastern Hubei, southeastern Guizhou, northeastern Guangxi, northern Guangdong, southern Hunan, southwestern and eastern Jiangxi, northwestern Fujian, and southwestern Sichuan Basin will experience heavy rain or torrential rain.

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