207 rare diseases! Why should we pay so much attention to being "rare"?

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Not long ago, the National Health and Wellness Commission and other six departments jointly formulated the "Second Batch of Rare Diseases Catalogue", which newly included 86 rare diseases. Together with the first batch of 121 rare diseases included in 2018, at present, there are 207 rare diseases included in the catalogue in China.

In recent years, the word "rare disease" has appeared more and more frequently in everyone’s field of vision. For example, in the news, the father developed "self-made medicine" for his son’s complex disease, and then in the past two years, the price negotiation of medical insurance was hot, and most of them were related to rare disease drugs.

The "drug god father", who was known on the Internet in 2021, took his son to be injected with gene therapy drugs in June 2022, and was also the first patient with Menkes disease who underwent gene therapy in China | See the watermark for the source.

In the past two years, the medical insurance price negotiations have always been hot headlines, and drugs related to rare diseases are included in the national medical insurance drug list every year | Source: CCTV News

Therefore, many people have the impression that the concept of rare diseases is both familiar and unfamiliar: rare diseases don’t seem so "rare", it seems difficult to treat them, and there don’t seem to be so many experts studying rare diseases …

But these superficial impressions are not enough to describe the whole picture of rare diseases.

What is a rare disease? Really "rare"?

In fact, different countries have different definitions of rare diseases. For example, the United States generally defines it as a disease with fewer than 200,000 people in China (that is, about 1 in 1,500), while the prevalence rate in Europe is less than 1 in 2,000.

According to China’s "Research Report on the Definition of Rare Diseases in China 2021", the definition of rare diseases in China is: "Diseases with neonatal morbidity less than 1/ 10,000, morbidity less than 1/ 10,000, and patients less than 140,000 are classified as rare diseases". The main reason is that China has a large population base. If the definition is too loose, the pressure on drug research and development and medical insurance will be too great.

Taking Europe as an example, different countries have different definitions of rare diseases, which often need to be considered according to factors such as population, drug research and development (the unit is every 100,000 people) | Source: Chung C C Y, et al. 2022.

You may be curious: since the prevalence rate is one thousandth or one thousandth, why do you say that it may be too loose to put pressure on the medical system? That’s because the concept of rare diseases is actually a collection of thousands of diseases, or collectively.

According to incomplete statistics, the number of known rare diseases is about 6000-8000. Although the prevalence rate is not all 1/2000, this figure is still very scary-according to the statistical estimation of the incidence rate of 3585 rare diseases, there are about 263-446 million people suffering from various rare diseases all over the world.

This is why, although it is called a rare disease, this group is not "rare" at all.

What does it mean to have a rare disease?

What does it mean to get this rare disease with a probability of one thousandth? Will it become a rare object that is taken care of by everyone like the stars holding the moon?

At least at present, most patients with rare diseases are not so lucky.

First of all, you have to diagnose what disease you are.

But in fact, the diagnosis of rare diseases is very difficult because of limited medical resources and imperfect medical knowledge. About half of the patients with rare diseases in the world still don’t know what disease they have, and the remaining half still face problems such as delayed diagnosis, wrong diagnosis, no treatment plan and unattended care.

What does this mean? If there is a rare patient in Europe, Xiao A, who suddenly has an attack, there is a 25% possibility that Xiao A will not know what disease he has until five years later. In 40% cases, different doctors will give Xiao A different diagnosis and different treatment schemes, and most of these treatment schemes are not helpful to Xiao A because of misdiagnosis.

However, under this wave of operation, Xiao A may have spent a lot of money to cure the disease.

"Layer-by-layer Screening" of Rare Diseases in Europe from Diagnosis to Treatment

In China, however, the shortage of medical resources will only make these ratios higher.

Suppose Xiao A was lucky enough to get an accurate diagnosis in just one year. At this time, the doctor turned over a long list of rare diseases and told Xiao A with regret that there was no medicine for your disease. Because now more than 90% of rare diseases have no good treatment.

This is also the reason why it was mentioned at the beginning that two years ago, the father could only develop drugs to treat his son himself.

As a result, Xiao A will fall into long-term hospitalization or drug treatment, not only can barely maintain his life, but also bear the sky-high medical expenses for life-for example, patients with cystic fibrosis need about 280-1.9 million euros in medical expenses for a lifetime.

Let’s assume that Xiao A is super lucky. Not only is he diagnosed quickly, but he also finds that this rare disease has a very effective orphan drug (rare disease is also called "orphan disease" because the patient is rare, just like "orphan"). As a result, ta may be shocked when he looks at the drug price: it is reported that the average price of rare disease drugs used by each patient is 4.8 times that of other diseases.

You can do a "simple math problem": in 2014, the development of a new drug in China will cost about $1.2 billion, and to maintain the research and development of the whole pharmaceutical industry, it is required that the sales volume should be at least $15 billion. According to the maximum subsidy of 300,000 RMB (about 50,000 US dollars) provided by medical insurance, at least 300,000 patients are needed-and a rare disease is defined as a disease with less than 140,000 patients. Then it requires higher pricing, so that drug researchers and the whole industry can "return to the original".

In other words, patients with rare diseases have to pay more for treatment than other patients.

What does it mean to study rare diseases?

But why are drugs for rare diseases so expensive? Are biomedical companies all black-hearted enterprises? In fact, it is not only patients, but also researchers of rare diseases.

However, the research on rare diseases in China is on the rise, even catching up with common diseases. The above figure shows the number of published research articles, and the following figure shows the number of clinical trials | Source: Yang L, et al.2015.

Suppose researcher Xiao B wants to study a rare disease. The first question Xiao B faces is: Where is my research object?

Although the definition of rare diseases is less than 140,000 people, it sounds like a large number, but in fact only a small number of patients will go to the hospital, and they are scattered in hospitals all over the country.

Not to mention finding a needle in a haystack, it should be as difficult as finding a needle in a swimming pool.

Let’s continue to assume that Xiao B is lucky enough to collect information about dozens of patients with rare diseases in several hospitals and prepare for research. At this time, the question comes again-where does the research funding come from? Rare diseases are mostly genetic diseases, and the study of rare diseases requires gene sequencing, data analysis, animal experiments and so on, which require no less funds than ordinary diseases.

However, from the simple relationship between supply and demand, patients with more common diseases often get more financial support; However, there are more than 5,000 rare diseases with different pathogenesis, so much research funds are available, and what researchers can get is often a drop in the bucket.

From diagnosis to research and development of rare diseases, every step is money, especially when ordinary sequencing (exon sequencing, ES) is ineffective, it is more complicated for researchers to judge the difficulty and exploration direction of rare diseases | Source: Marwaha S, et al. 2022.

However, assuming that Xiao B is lucky, he just applied to the National Natural Science Foundation of China, which has started to increase funding for research on rare diseases in recent years, and got a lot of research funds. Xiao B intends to do a big job to develop an effective drug for this rare disease and solve this rare disease once and for all!

So Xiao B collected patient information, sequenced to find rare disease targets, and began to screen different drugs;

After discovering hundreds of drugs that may be useful, carry out cell experiments and animal experiments;

Finally, five drugs may be effective, so they went to clinical trials;

After the first phase, the second phase and the third phase of the clinic, I was particularly lucky that a drug was proved to be effective;

Start the long drug approval and enter the fourth phase of clinical practice;

Finally, the drug was put into use.

So more than ten years have passed.

Process of new drug research and development | Source: Shanghai Institute of Pharmacology, China Academy of Sciences

In addition, the results brought by the small sample size of patients are unreliable, the experimental design is difficult, and the treatment is not necessarily extensive and effective, which are puzzling the researchers of rare diseases.

It can be seen that it is a thankless thing for researchers to study rare diseases and develop related new drugs.

We can’t ignore it just because it’s "rare"

However, we can’t ignore hundreds of millions of patients with rare diseases because rare diseases are rare, or because research is "thankless".

For patients, governments all over the world have gradually realized the importance of rare diseases, and have increased investment in relevant medical insurance policies, so that more and more patients can get the best treatment at acceptable prices. There was also a hot search for high-priced drug negotiations in the previous two years.

By the end of this year, more than 50 kinds of 75 kinds of drugs for rare diseases that have been approved for listing in China have been included in the medical insurance drug list.

The status quo of rare disease drugs included in medical insurance | Source: Comprehensive report on rare diseases

For the drug research of rare diseases, different countries often support the development of rare diseases drugs from the aspects of research and development funds, drug approval cycle, drug tax relief and so on. In recent years, China has also improved the laws and regulations in this area to better support the research of rare diseases in China.

From the end of last century, governments and research institutions in various countries gradually realized that rare diseases are not rare, and they also deserve public attention. From diagnosis to treatment, from research to drugs, there are more and more different supports, but in the face of 300 million patients and thousands of diseases, the progress now is far from enough.

As a trivial biological science popularization person, we also hope to make a contribution in this respect. Now that China has listed 207 rare diseases, we will try to introduce these "orphan diseases" in simple and easy-to-understand language, which you may have never heard of.

I believe that as long as everyone knows something, orphan disease will no longer be lonely.

References:

? Chung C C Y, Hong Kong Genome Project, Chu A T W, et al. Rare disease emerging as a global public health priority[J]. Frontiers in public health, 2022, 10: 1028545.

The Third Multidisciplinary Expert Seminar on the Definition of Rare Diseases/Orphans in China, Research Report on the Definition of Rare Diseases in China 2021.

Comprehensive report on lilac orchard and rare diseases

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12 Nuts Nutrition Ranking, Are You Really Eating Right?

Twelve nuts

1. Walnut-the fruit of the brain, a model for protecting the brain.

Walnut, also known as walnut and peach. Rich in nutritional value, it has the reputation of "long live the child" and "treasure of health preservation".

The American Dietetic Association suggests that eating walnuts two or three times a week can improve memory and prevent diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, walnuts also have the effect of eliminating age spots and blackening hair.

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Studies have found that walnuts contain more melatonin, which is helpful to improve sleep quality, especially suitable for the elderly with insufficient melatonin secretion.

Walnuts can also be used for fitness. Also called "wenwan walnut", "hand therapy walnut", "fitness walnut" or "palm bead"

Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty was not only a great connoisseur of walnuts, but also reportedly wrote poems to praise walnuts:

Palm spinning sun and moon

Time wants to turn back.

Qi and blood surge throughout the body

When is the white head?

2. Pecan nut-longevity fruit, American hickory

Pecan, also known as "American Carya cathayensis", is a close relative of Carya cathayensis in China and belongs to Carya cathayensis of Juglandaceae. Walnut, on the other hand, belongs to Juglans of Juglandaceae, with a slightly distant genetic relationship.

Each kilogram of betel nut is equivalent to 5 kilograms of eggs or 9 kilograms of fresh milk. Eating 5 or 6 pecans a day will have unexpected effects if you persist for a long time. Especially for brainworkers, eating pecans often can enhance memory, reduce blood fat and prevent neurasthenia and insomnia.

3. pine nuts-a master of weight loss, a fairy in nuts

Pine nuts are the seeds of pine trees. The weight-reducing effect of pine nuts is highly praised abroad.

Pine nuts can promote the secretion of cholecystokinin, thus suppressing appetite and achieving the purpose of losing weight. Overweight women who eat a handful of pine nuts before breakfast every day can reduce their daily appetite by 37%.

In addition, pine nuts can effectively prevent hypertension, senile chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, constipation, rheumatoid arthritis, neurasthenia and dizziness.

Pine nuts stored for a long time will produce "oily" taste and should not be eaten. Loose pine nuts are best placed in a sealed container to prevent oil from oxidation and deterioration.

4. Almond-the fruit of anti-cancer, the all-around champion.

Almonds are rich in "amygdalin", which can relieve cough and asthma and also resist tumors. It has the function of regulating insulin and blood sugar, and is also one of the dietotherapy products for impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes.

The incidence of angina pectoris in patients with coronary heart disease who often eat almonds is lower than that in those who don’t eat almonds. Almond is rich in boron and calcium, which is also beneficial to prevent osteoporosis in menopausal women.

5. Almond-"American Almond"

Almonds and almonds-are they related or not?

Almond is the kernel of apricot, and almond is the kernel of almond.

Apricot and almond are two different plants in botany.

The nutritional value of Almond is six times that of beef with the same weight, and it can treat diseases such as hypertension, neurasthenia, skin allergy, tracheitis and rickets in children.

Chewing more than ten capsules before going to bed every day can improve sleep and enhance resistance.

Some hospitals in the United States often treat diabetes, childhood epilepsy and stomach problems with almond powder. It is also made into a new drug of picrotodan hydrochloride, which is specially used for treating influenza virus.

6. Pistachio nuts-friends of the heart, smiling nuts

When the pistachio is ripe, the shell will naturally crack, hence the name. Central Asian countries call it "smiling nut" (smiling nut).

For a long time, pistachios have been called "friends of the heart". Pistachio nuts are rich in phytosterols, which can prevent dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis, thus reducing the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In addition, moderate consumption of pistachios can promote metabolism, improve blood sugar levels, and help control weight.

There are many people who are allergic to pistachios in life, so people with allergies should eat carefully.

7. Peanut-civilian aristocrat, the most casual and bold nut.

Also known as "groundnut", Tang bean. Like soybeans, it is known as "vegetable meat" and "meat in vegetarian food".

Peanut is flat and sweet, which can strengthen spleen and stomach, nourish blood and stop bleeding, moisten lung and relieve cough, and induce diuresis and lactation.

Peanut red coat (i.e. peanut skin) has the functions of invigorating qi and stopping bleeding. People who need blood can choose small peanuts with more red clothes, while people who are at risk of thrombosis had better remove the red clothes.

Peanut contains a lot of arginine and resveratrol, the former has potential anti-tuberculosis effect, and the latter can inhibit the infiltration and spread of cancer cells, so it is a good diet for tuberculosis patients and tumor patients.

Moldy peanuts are rich in aflatoxin, which easily leads to liver cancer and is inedible.

8. Chestnut-the fruit of kidney

Chestnut can tonify spleen, stomach, kidney and tendons, so it is also called "the fruit of kidney".

Chestnut is rich in nutrition, and its vitamin C content is higher than that of tomatoes and more than ten times that of apples.

Chestnut is difficult to digest when eaten raw, and cooked food is easy to stagnate. It is best to treat chestnuts as snacks between meals, and only eat 6 ~ 7 capsules a day, or eat them in meals.

Chestnut contains a lot of starch, so eating more is easy to exceed the calorie limit, which is not conducive to weight control.

9. Hazelnut-the embodiment of wisdom and knowledge

Hazelnut is rich in nutrition, and there are eight kinds of amino acids necessary for human body, and its content is far higher than that of walnut. It has the reputation of "king of nuts".

The phosphorus content of hazelnut is the first of all nuts, and phosphorus is the main component of human bones and teeth.

If you eat more hazelnuts in childhood, it will help your child’s growth and development, and promote your height to some extent.

10. Cashews-Cooking Stars

Cashew nuts are especially suitable for cooking, and cashew nuts and celery are all popular dishes.

Cashews are rich in iron, twice as much as beef, especially suitable for pregnant women. Regular consumption of cashew nuts can promote sexual desire and so on.

Cashew nuts contain a large number of protease inhibitors, which help to control cancer.

Cashew nuts contain a variety of allergens, so people with allergies should eat them carefully.

11. Hawaiian fruit-a "crooked nut" crossing the ocean

Also known as "macadamia nuts", Hong Kong calls them "macadamia nuts". It is considered to be one of the best table nuts in the world.

Macadamia nut can regulate blood lipid biphasic, prevent thrombosis and control blood pressure.

Regular consumption of macadamia nuts can reduce the incidence of cancer, especially breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancer.

Long-term consumption of macadamia nuts can also prevent rheumatoid arthritis.

12. Sunflower seeds-anti-melancholy fruit

Sunflower seeds are rich in amino acids, especially arginine, which is necessary for semen production. It is very beneficial for men in reproductive period to eat sunflower seeds every day.

Medical scientists believe that sunflower seeds can cure insomnia, enhance memory and prevent cancer, hypertension and neurasthenia.

Twelve nuts

Nutrient element big PK

Calories (Kcal)

Top three high calorie: macadamia, pecan and pine nuts.

Champions of low-calorie group: chestnut, pistachio and cashew.

Dietary fiber (g)

Dietary fiber is called "the seventh largest nutrient". In addition to "expelling intestinal toxicity and moistening intestines", it can also lower cholesterol and enhance satiety.

Dietary fiber supplement can be selected from almond, almond and pistachio.

Unsaturated fat content

Fatty acids are divided into saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids.

Choosing foods with low saturated fat and high unsaturated fatty acids can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Unsaturated fatty acids can be divided into monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

ω-3 and ω-6 are essential polyunsaturated fatty acids for human body. Modern people’s diet structure is easy to ingest ω-6, but lacks ω-3 (such as DHA and EPA). In addition to deep-sea fish oil, omega-3 can also be ingested by eating nuts, such as walnuts and pine nuts (rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids).

Vitamin E(mg)

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin and one of the most important antioxidants.

Vitamin e can effectively fight free radicals, inhibit the generation of lipid peroxide and eliminate chloasma; Inhibition of tyrosinase activity, thereby reducing melanin production.

It has the effects of delaying aging, reducing wrinkles and preventing sunburn.

Almonds, sunflower seeds, almonds, peanuts and hazelnuts are all high-quality sources of vitamin E.

Find the nut that suits you best.

What kind of food should I choose?

Want to lose weight?

Pistachio nuts and pine nuts are preferred.

Delicious, not afraid of fat?

Pecan fruit, almond, chestnut, macadamia fruit.

Lack of dietary fiber?

Eat almonds, almonds and pistachios.

Want good skin?

Please choose almonds, sunflower seeds, almonds, peanuts and hazelnuts.

Allergic

Eat cashews, peanuts and pistachios carefully.

How should I eat nuts?

Of course, everyone eats together!

1. Enough is enough

In the new version of the China Residents’ Dietary Pagoda in 2016, it is suggested that about 25-35g of soybeans and nuts should be taken together every day.

2. Try to buy nuts with less processing and less seasoning.

Charcoal-roasted cashews, honey walnuts, peanuts, chocolate almonds, please go away!

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Article Source/China Traditional Culture

Original title: "12 Nut Nutrition Rankings, Are You Really Eating Right?"

Speaking with data, who is the most anticipated film for the 2024 Spring Festival?


Special feature of 1905 film network Chinese New Year movies are booming. At present, six films have been scheduled for the New Year’s Day, and the pattern of the Spring Festival in 2024 has basically taken shape. There is no doubt that this will be another "multi-power competition". Among many excellent films, which one do you look forward to most?



Regarding "What movie are you most looking forward to in the Spring Festival of 2024", Film Critics Today released a questionnaire poll, and counted the voting data of 50 film critics and more than 500 netizens. Let’s take a look at the voting results!



Film critics’ voting: more expected by professionals


Among the voting results of 50 professional film critics, the top three films that most want to see are YOLO’s The Movie Emperor and Article 20, both of which have gained more than 50% support rate.



The reasons why professional film critics want to see it mainly focus on the creative characteristics of the film and the trust and expectation of senior filmmakers.



Undoubtedly, the voting results of film critics also reflect the expectations in the market to some extent. After YOLO booked the file, he boarded the hot search list of Weibo for 17 times, and the long-lost civil servant announced his return with a new film, which instantly ignited the audience’s discussion.



"Article 20" also appeared on the hot search list of Weibo for 12 times after it was finalized. The hearing-impaired people played in the trailer brought great surprises and expectations to the audience. From the platform data, the film "The Movie Emperor" is also very popular and expected by a city line audience.



Audience voting: the announcement was the first and impressive.


In the Weibo poll of #2024 Spring Festival, which movie do you most expect to see #, "Pegasus 2" is far ahead of other films with more than 430 votes.



Pegasus 2 was the first official Spring Festival movie released last week, and the popular variety "Ace to Ace" also aired a special program of Pegasus 2 last week, so this film will have some first-Mover advantage in publicity and play a certain preconceived impression.



Judging from the audience of the film, Pegasus 2 is the only film that men want to see, and the theme of racing is more favored by male audiences. In addition, there are two generations of "conspicuous packages" with national characteristics — — And also attracted a lot of audience, I believe that the two of them will also give the audience a lot of burdens and jokes in the film.



In addition, it is worth mentioning that among the six films currently scheduled, the film that young viewers under the age of 25 want to see most is Article 20. Among the portraits they want to see in this film, young viewers under the age of 25 account for the highest proportion, reaching 42.5%.



Data analyst analysis: the steady "Bear Haunted" became the "judge" of the Spring Festival file


Chen Jin, a professional data analyst, also gave his opinion on this "multi-strong competition" of the Spring Festival file. "I believe the final box office ranking of this year’s Spring Festival file is no small suspense, but no matter how others fight, the most stable one should be the tenth film in the series" Bears haunt ".



The ten years’ hard work in the Spring Festival has brought it a steady box office performance. The so-called "Flowing Spring Festival file, the iron-clad" Bear Haunted "and" Bear Haunted "have also become the judges of whether the box office of other films in the Spring Festival file is" big bang ".If the box office of the film can be higher than" Bear Haunted ",then this film is likely to reap the schedule bonus of the Spring Festival file.



According to the data of the platform, there are three films that want to see more people than Boonie Bears: Time Twist, namely YOLO and Article 20. Relatively speaking, these three films are more likely to get good box office results. In addition, The Movie Emperor also hopes to achieve a box office counterattack through word-of-mouth spread in the later period.



This year’s Spring Festival has an eight-day long holiday, which has surpassed any previous Spring Festival stalls in terms of time. At present, six films have been booked. I hope they can enhance the popularity of the films through some ceremonial, innovative and effective announcement actions and some efficient communication strategies, so as to achieve a good result. We also expect that the Spring Festival file of this year’s eight-day holiday will bring a surprise box office result.



The Spring Festival is a miracle-filled schedule. I hope that this year’s Spring Festival will also continue the steady performance of the previous Spring Festival, create a new schedule record, and inject a shot in the arm into the China film market in 2024!


▽ The egg at the end of the text! The film most anticipated by film critics in 2024 Spring Festival and its reasons



Revealing the fact that the honor guard of the People’s Liberation Army wears out 7 pairs of boots every year and does not shed tears for 30 seconds in the wind.

  CCTV News:The honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), as the only unit in China that undertakes the task of ceremonial ceremonies at the national level, has long been a shining national business card for its vigorous pace and upright posture. And behind every appearance, how are the honor guards selected and trained? Let’s get to know each other.

  The honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is a ceremonial unit that mainly carries out the task of ceremonial ceremonies, and is mainly responsible for the welcoming ceremony held by the leaders of the party, the state and the military for foreign heads of state, heads of government and senior military generals when they visit China.

  Han Jie, the captain of the honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, said that to be an honor guard, we must first meet the requirements of People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s military service law. On this basis, there are some special conditions for the selection of our honor guards. For example, the height of male players should reach more than 1.80 meters, and the height of female players should reach more than 1.73 meters. Their daily performance should be good, their bodies should be symmetrical and their facial features should be correct.

  Reporter Zhou Su said, I am now in the training ground of the honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Behind me, the officers and men are training step by step and step by step. This kind of training is done day after day and year after year, just to show the honor guard the best in all major tasks.

  One minute in front of the stage and ten years behind the scenes, all the accurate queue movements of the honor guards come from thousands of repetitions and polishing.

  Members of the honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army said that I had participated in the military parade for 15 years. At that time, the longest standing posture was five hours. From 9: 00 am to 2: 00 pm, I stood dizzy and uncomfortable. Finally, I persisted.

  Players wear out 7 pairs of boots per year.

  March forward with the military career of every honor guard. The soldiers told reporters that each of them wears out an average of seven pairs of boots every year, and all of them have worn-out scars on their feet. The cumulative distance of marching in the three years is equivalent to one or several miles of the 25,000-mile long March, and the annual sweat is nearly one ton.

  The members of the honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army said that because they wear riding boots, which are relatively long, with wood under them, they walk for a long time, and their heels are easy to wear out and bleed, so there is no way. I will continue to insist (when performing tasks), and soldiers must insist.

  The players face the wind for 30 seconds without blinking or crying.

  As a symbol of the country, the honor guard is the glory of the army. When facing foreign guests, every guard of honor needs to be radiant and natural. During the training, the soldiers should not blink or shed tears for 30 seconds under the condition of facing the wind and the light. In order to keep the best state in all tasks, the guard of honor also needs to carry out targeted expression and eye training.

  Members of the honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army said that the requirement of our honor guard for the honor guard is that we don’t blink for 45 seconds. In summer, we practice in front of the sun, and in winter, we practice against the cold wind, so every soldier can keep the wind blowing and the sand playing.

  It is understood that the honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has successfully completed more than 4,000 ceremonial ceremonies since its establishment more than 60 years ago. At all times, it has completed various major tasks with high quality with the standard that appearance is wonderful and appearance is shocking, fully demonstrating the era style of the whole party, the whole army and the people of the whole country to forge ahead in a new era and start a new journey.

Real version of Sewing Machine Band? Yao Chen feels the charm of "hometown of guitar"


Special feature of 1905 film network Last year, on the National Day, Dapeng filmed the feelings and charm of guitar music with a "Sewing Machine Band". In the film, the passionate performance of the band members in the "Big Guitar Square" has infected countless audiences.

The movie ended, and the big guitar square in Sewing Machine Band no longer exists. However, in Guizhou, thousands of kilometers away from the northeast, a county named Zheng ‘an is staging its own inspirational story of poverty alleviation with the help of handfuls of small guitars. 

 

Zheng ‘an, located in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain in northern Guizhou, is a national key poverty alleviation and development county under the jurisdiction of Zunyi City, Guizhou Province.

 

Walking in this small town surrounded by mountains, you will find that street lamps on both sides of the road, fountains in convenience parks and humanistic sculptures everywhere are full of exquisite "guitar" elements, which have been closely linked with the cultural life of Zhengan people.

 

What kind of "fate" is this? On September 27th, we just arrived in Zheng ‘an to participate in the "Fight Against Poverty — — Team Yao Chen, an actor in the fourth stop of the "Starlight Action" charity event, listened to the introduction of the relevant person in charge of the local county government at the poverty alleviation research and planning meeting.

 

Everything starts with a decision made by the county five years ago. In 2013, Zheng ‘an County seized the opportunity of industrial transfer in coastal areas and introduced the guitar manufacturing enterprises originally located in Guangzhou into its own home, making the guitar manufacturing industry gradually become an important starting point for local industries to help the poor.

 

Now, after several years of development, Zhengan has built the world’s largest guitar production base, and 26 enterprises have successively entered the guitar industrial park, with an annual output value of over 1.5 billion. In addition to the advanced cloud data center and modern production workshop covering an area of more than 600,000 square meters, the guitar culture theme park here will also help Zhengan to truly realize the industrial upgrading from industrial production to manufacturing, culture and tourism.

 

Talking about the local cultural development, Cheng Xiaoqiu, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of Guizhou Zheng ‘an Economic Development Zone, specially introduced the guitar cultural square which is popular in the local area.

The design of the square coincides with the big guitar square in Sewing Machine Band, which is also dominated by several giant guitar symbols. Every evening, the local people like to relax there, overlooking the night scene of the square, and the lights also outline the shape of the guitar on the ground, which is full of design.

 

Hearing this, Yao Chen, who usually likes music, showed great interest. As soon as they left, the group set off directly from the planning meeting site and went to this guitar culture square, which can be called the absolute "bright spot" in Zheng ‘an County.

Although it rained in the sky, there were still many people gathered in the square. Everyone was scattered around the guitar playing groups, feeling the music and enjoying the comfort of the night in the small town.

 

The first group of performers Yao Chen met was the local children’s guitar band "Orange Band", the oldest of whom was only 18 years old. Taking the opportunity of learning guitar playing, several teenagers got together and formed this band "The sparrow is small but complete".

Usually, they often perform for their classmates at school. Chen Qin, a guitarist, told us that every time she heard her classmates sing along with her piano, she would feel very happy.

 

Further on, Yao Chen was suddenly attracted by an absolute "budding guitarist". On the bench, a little girl with a double ponytail is seriously playing a "little guitar" that is very commensurate with her. The immature children’s voice hit everyone present at once.

 

The little girl is 5 years old and has been studying guitar playing for more than a month with her parents who love music. Seeing Yao Chen, she shyly took out a gift for "Little Potato", and Yao Chen happily took it and opened it on the spot. It turned out to be the "Little Guitar" played by the little girl — — Ukulele Yao Chen not only gladly satisfied the little girl’s wish to take a group photo, but also sent her an invitation: "Welcome to Beijing, ok?"

 

In addition to children who like guitar and love music, there are more players from all walks of life in this guitar culture square, expressing their feelings for Zheng ‘an through their guitars. Li Xu and Zheng Song, poverty alleviation cadres, and two local teachers have formed a special "poverty alleviation cadre band".

 

Li Xu has a personal experience in his own poverty alleviation work for Zheng ‘an’s efforts to develop through guitar manufacturing, a pillar industry in the past five years. The continuous construction and growth of guitar production bases has helped more young laborers in counties to find jobs at home, which has greatly promoted the progress of local poverty alleviation.

 

Along with it, there are also local cultural industries. Li Xu saw that more and more people began to learn and play the guitar with the continuous integration of guitar into local people’s lives. There are more and more guitar playing educational institutions in the county. "Many children go to school, which can not only cultivate interest, but also make a group of talents in the future."

 

Due to the busy daily work, the band of poverty alleviation cadres seldom get together to perform, but Zheng Song always puts a guitar in his dormitory and plays a song when he is free, which is the best way to relax.

 

I felt a round of Zheng ‘an people’s enthusiasm for guitar at close range in the square, which made Yao Chen more curious about this instrument. At the planning meeting, Yao Chen and the research team decided on tomorrow’s itinerary. At that time, she will go to the guitar production base to experience the whole process of a piano from material processing to product delivery.

Oscar winner alan arkin confirmed to join the live-action version of Dumbo.

1905 movie network news According to foreign media reports, Disney’s live-action version of Dumbo has identified a new Casper, who was confirmed to join by alan arkin who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Currently, the film is being filmed in London.

The live-action version of Dumbo is based on the 1941 animation remake and adapted from children’s novels. The main story is that Danbo, a circus elephant, was teased and bullied because of his unusual appearance. His mother was put in a cage because she taught the other party a lesson. The elephant tried his best to save her mother and accidentally discovered one of his unique skills. Although the 1941 version of Dumbo is only 64 minutes long, many paragraphs have become classics.

Alan arkin will play wall street tycoon Remington Griffin and Colin Farrell will play former circus star Holt Farrell. Danny devito’s circus owner hired Holt to take care of the newborn elephant, but Holt’s children found that the elephant could fly, and michael keaton’s slick entrepreneur and Eva Green’s acrobat tried to steal the elephant. The details of alan arkin’s role are unknown. However, the whole story of the live-action version has changed greatly.

Alan arkin had previously appeared in "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! "and many other works.

The live-action Dumbo is directed by tim burton, who has directed many films and is good at Gothic style. Ehren Kruger, a series of screenwriters, plays the script of this film.

It is reported that the live-action version of Dumbo will be released in the United States on March 29, 2019. In addition to this film, Disney also adapted The Lion King into a live-action version.

Indian media: Tesla still has uncertainty in building a factory in India. Musk’s visit to China focuses on FSD landing.

Tesla CEO Musk started his unannounced trip to China on 28th. His private business jet was recorded by the flight tracking website until it arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport that afternoon. During this visit, Li Qiang, Prime Minister of the State Council, China, met Musk at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, praising Tesla’s success in the China market as a model of Sino-US economic and trade cooperation, and reiterating that China will continue to welcome the participation and contribution of foreign-funded enterprises, and its huge market will remain open to the outside world. Musk’s visit was at the invitation of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, during which he also met with Ren Hongbin, president of the Council for the Promotion of International Trade. According to Reuters, Musk’s visit to China aims at promoting the application of Tesla’s fully automatic driving (FSD) system in China, and hopes to get approval to transmit the vehicle driving data in China to foreign countries for the training of autonomous driving algorithms. At present, according to regulatory requirements, all driving data collected by Tesla in China since 2021 are stored in Shanghai and not transferred to the United States. Musk predicted earlier that FSD technology would be provided to users in China. Experts pointed out that the complex traffic environment and high density of pedestrians and bicycles in China provided valuable data for optimizing intelligent driving algorithm.

Musk’s trip to China was immediately followed by his announcement that he would postpone his visit to India. He originally said that he could not make it because of his company’s busy business. Indian media widely reported this contrast, stressing that Musk chose to visit China when Tesla’s plan to build a factory in India was unclear.

It is worth noting that Musk’s visit to China coincided with his stay in auto china. Although Tesla didn’t participate in the exhibition, Musk conveyed his delight in the progress of electric vehicles in China through video interview after his arrival, and predicted the trend of full electrification of vehicles in the future. At the same time, Mary Bola, CEO of American General Motors, also made a low-key appearance at the Beijing Auto Show, showing that the international auto industry is highly concerned about the China market.

How to buy and use student tickets? The detailed answer is coming!

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It’s the school season again, and many students are about to enter school or start their study life in the new school year. Xiaobian specially sorted out the common problems in the use of student tickets to facilitate everyone to purchase tickets quickly.

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How to use student tickets

Method 1: bind the preferential qualifications of students before purchasing tickets (preferred recommendation)

1. Bring the original ID card and student ID card to the station self-service ticket vending machine for "preferential qualification binding";

2. use the railway 12306APP to purchase tickets;

3. You don’t need to pick up the ticket when you take the bus, just swipe your ID card and get into the station.

Highlight: No need to collect tickets.

Method 2: Buy the ticket first and then discount the qualification binding.

1. use the railway 12306APP to purchase tickets;

2. Bring the original ID card and student ID card to the self-service ticket vending machine for "preferential qualification binding";

3. When you take the bus for the first time every academic year, you must exchange the "reimbursement voucher" before you can swipe your ID card.

Disadvantages: Need to get reimbursement vouchers; When the preferential qualification binding is unsuccessful, you must go to the artificial window with the original student ID card to handle the "full price".

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You must go to the station for a "preferential qualification binding" every academic year.

You must bring the original ID card and student ID card when you take the bus, so that the railway department can check it.

There are four preferential times per academic year, which are not cumulative and not postponed.

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Student ticket preferential qualification binding

Steps of qualification examination for self-service machines: three clicks and two placements.

Click on the preferential qualification binding module on the screen;

Click the student preferential qualification binding module;

Click "Got it" for the pop-up "Binding Instructions";

Place a student discount card for train tickets;

Place the second-generation ID card.

The verification function of students’ preferential qualification has been added to the manual real-name registration system verification entrance of the station and the train.

The secret of the success of "preferential qualification binding"

1. Fill in the bus section correctly, which is "school-home" or "home-school", and you can’t fill in other places.

2. The train ticket discount card of the student ID card can be read and is consistent with the information recorded on the student ID card.

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Student ticket discount

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favourable

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hard seat

5 fold

Ordinary speed (T, K prefix and train number are pure numbers)

hard berth

15% discount

When buying a hard berth ticket, you can enjoy a discount of half the hard seat.

sleeper with cushioned berths

No discount

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business block

No discount

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First-class seats

No discount

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Second-class seat

15% discount

When purchasing train tickets for EMU (G, D prefix), you can enjoy a 25% discount on the published fare of second-class seats, that is, a 7.5% discount.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why is the discount card invalid?

The discount card must be properly kept. Once attached, it must not be torn off, bent or folded at a large angle, pressed by external force, soaked or stored in a damp place for a long time, and other contactless IC cards (such as second-generation ID cards) or metal cards should not be placed close to the discount card.

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What conditions can I buy a student ticket?

Students and graduate students who study in ordinary universities, colleges (including private universities with academic qualifications approved by the national education authorities), military colleges, primary and secondary specialized schools, and technical schools, who have no wage income, and whose family residence and school are not in the same city, can enjoy half-price hard seat tickets, accelerated tickets and air-conditioning tickets between their families and colleges four times a year with the student ID card (primary school students can prove it in writing) affixed with the official seal of the college. Freshmen can buy a student ticket with the admission notice and graduates with the written certificate from the school. Overseas Chinese students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan shall be handled in accordance with the above provisions.

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I have bought a train ticket and forgot to bring my student ID card when I took the bus. What should I do?

Refund the ticket before driving and re-purchase the full-price ticket.

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What should I do if I have bought the ticket, the qualification binding of the discount is unsuccessful or I can’t get the ticket after the number of discounts is used up?

Go to the artificial window of the station to handle the "full price", which can be handled before driving.

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What should I do if the student ticket misses the train?

Tickets that have never been changed can be changed once; Tickets that have been changed once will be invalid after driving, so you can buy them again.

For any questions about the purchase of student tickets and taking a bus, the majority of student travelers can consult at the station service desk, and the staff will serve you wholeheartedly.

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Good policies are intensively released, and the power exchange mode will take off in 2024.

  The favorable policies are intensively released, and the power exchange mode will take off in 2024.

  With the popularization and promotion of new energy vehicles, as one of the ways to supplement energy, the power exchange mode has also been supported by the policy.

  At the National Conference on Industry and Informatization held at the end of 2023 (December 21st), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology clearly pointed out that in 2024, it is necessary to support the development of new energy vehicles’ electricity exchange mode and do a good job in the pilot area of full electrification of vehicles in the public domain.

  In fact, looking back on 2023, it is not difficult to find that both the national level and local governments have issued a series of support policies to promote the construction of power exchange stations and the promotion of power exchange vehicles, which undoubtedly added new kinetic energy to the accelerated development of power exchange mode in 2024. This paper sorts out and summarizes the electricity exchange policy introduced in 2023 for the reference of the industry.

Good policies are intensively released, and the power exchange mode will take off in 2024.

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  Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Support the development of new energy vehicle power exchange mode in 2024.

  On December 21st, the National Conference on Industry and Informatization was held in Beijing. The meeting stressed that in 2024, we should focus on high-quality development, highlight key points, grasp the key points, and do a good job in 12 key tasks. These include boosting large-scale consumption of new energy vehicles and electronic products. Deepen the integration of production and operation, and do a good job in ensuring the service of key foreign-funded projects in manufacturing.Support the development of new energy vehicle power exchange mode, and do a good job in the pilot area of comprehensive electrification of vehicles in the public sector.We will launch a pilot program of intelligent networked vehicle access and road traffic, and promote the scale application of Beidou and the development of satellite Internet.

  Seven departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, encourage the application of new energy vehicle power exchange mode.

  On September 1st, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other seven departments issued the Work Plan for Steady Growth of Automobile Industry (2023-2024), which pointed out that new energy vehicles should be organized to go to the countryside, enterprises should be encouraged to develop more advanced and applicable models, and the consumption potential in rural areas should be fully tapped. Encourage the application of new energy vehicle power exchange mode, and promote the deep integration and development of new energy vehicles and energy.

  National Development and Reform Commission: Continue to promote the formulation of relevant standards for power exchange infrastructure.

  On July 20th, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments jointly issued "Several Measures on Promoting Automobile Consumption". Measures require strengthening the construction of supporting facilities for new energy vehicles. Continue to promote the formulation of relevant standards for power exchange infrastructure to enhance compatibility and versatility. Accelerate the popularization and application of power exchange mode, actively carry out the pilot of vehicle power exchange mode in the public domain, and support the construction of charging and replacing infrastructure in urban bus stations. Encourage qualified cities and highways and other traffic trunk lines to accelerate the construction of power exchange stations.

  Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Support business model innovations such as power exchange, financial leasing and "separation of vehicles and electricity"

  On February 3, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other eight departments jointly issued the Notice on Organizing the Pilot Work of Fully Electrified Vehicles in the Public Sector. The notice is clear, scientifically and reasonably formulate the promotion target of new energy vehicles, carry out diversified scene applications according to local conditions, encourage the promotion and application of new energy heavy trucks in specific scenes such as short-distance transportation, urban construction logistics and mines, accelerate the scrapping and updating of old vehicles into new energy vehicles, and accelerate the promotion of vehicles in the public domain. Fully electrified. Support business model innovations such as power exchange, financial leasing, and "separation of vehicles and electricity".

Good policies are intensively released, and the power exchange mode will take off in 2024.

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  Guangzhou: Layout a batch of power exchange infrastructure ahead of schedule, and actively declare the national pilot city for power exchange.

  On December 22nd, Guangzhou Development and Reform Commission issued the Medium and Long-term Development Plan of Guangzhou Automobile Industry (2023-2035). The document proposes to encourage enterprises to study and formulate highly compatible power exchange standards, speed up the popularization and application of power exchange modes, lay out a number of power exchange infrastructures in advance, and actively declare national pilot cities for power exchange.

  Xinyang, Henan Province: Carry out the special construction action of electric vehicle power exchange facilities

  On November 8, the Xinyang Municipal Government of Henan Province issued a notice on the "Three-year Action Plan for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Construction in Xinyang City (2023-2025)".

  The notice pointed out that special construction actions for electric vehicle power exchange facilities should be carried out. Support new energy vehicle manufacturers to carry out group-type and large-scale power exchange station construction, implement the sales mode of "separation of vehicles and electricity", and promote the standardized construction and operation of power exchange stations; Support all localities to explore the construction of demonstration cities for power exchange in the fields of public transportation, mines, muck and sanitation, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of vehicles and power batteries in power exchange mode, and improve the level of safe operation. By 2025, the city has built a total of 5 power stations.

  Yancheng, Jiangsu Province: Support the construction and layout of special power exchange stations around the application of ports, public transportation and urban transshipment.

  On October 26th, Yancheng Municipal Government issued the "Implementation Opinions on Further Promoting the Healthy Development of Electric Vehicle Charging (Replacement) Infrastructure in the City". The document pointed out that the application of power exchange mode should be promoted, focusing on the application of ports, public transportation, urban transshipment and other scenarios, supporting the construction and layout of special power exchange stations, and accelerating the exploration and promotion of vehicle-electricity separation mode.

  Shenzhen: Support the pilot of power exchange mode.

  On September 15th, the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued "Several Measures for Promoting Consumption in Shenzhen", which proposed to support the pilot project of new energy vehicle power exchange mode. Take the lead in piloting new energy replacement vehicles in heavy trucks and other fields, and subsidize heavy trucks that meet the pilot conditions. Encourage social capital to invest in the operation of the new energy vehicle general demonstration station, and support it in terms of land use, approval and operation.

  Henan: By 2025, 100 power exchange stations will be built in the province.

  On August 15th, the General Office of the People’s Government of Henan Province issued the "Three-year Action Plan for the Construction of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in Henan Province (2023-2025)", which proposed to carry out special construction actions for electric vehicle power exchange facilities. Support new energy vehicle manufacturers to carry out group-type and large-scale power exchange station construction, implement the sales mode of "separation of vehicles and electricity", and promote the standardized construction and operation of power exchange stations; Support all localities to explore the construction of provincial-level demonstration cities for power exchange in the fields of public transportation, mines, muck, sanitation, etc. Relying on the monitoring and management platform of new energy vehicles, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of vehicles and power batteries in power exchange mode, and improve the level of safe operation. By 2025, 100 power stations will be built in the province.

  Tianjin: Actively build various facilities such as charging and replacing electricity, filling gas and hydrogenation.

  On August 7th, Tianjin Housing and Urban-Rural Development Committee and Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued the Implementation Plan of Tianjin’s Urban Infrastructure Construction in the 14th Five-Year Plan. The plan pointed out that the construction of energy stations for new energy vehicles should be vigorously promoted. Comply with the requirements of the development of new energy vehicles, actively build various facilities such as charging and replacing electricity, refueling and hydrogenation, and strengthen the operation supervision of refueling and hydrogenation substations.

  Jiangxi: Explore new modes such as separation of vehicles and electricity.

  On July 12th, the People’s Government of Jiangxi Province issued the Action Plan for the Modernization of New Energy Industry Chain in Jiangxi Province (2023-2026). The plan mentioned that the infrastructure construction of charging and replacing new energy vehicles with charging as the main and replacing electricity as the auxiliary should be promoted, and new modes such as separation of vehicles and electricity should be explored.

  Sichuan: further promote the pilot application of new energy vehicle power exchange mode (heavy truck characteristic category)

  On July 7, the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government issued the Opinions on Supporting Yibin to Build a Pioneer Zone of Ecological Priority, Green and Low-carbon Development, proposing to implement the "Electric Yibin" action, support the construction of a comprehensive electric pioneer zone for vehicles in the public domain, and further promote the pilot application of new energy vehicles (heavy truck characteristics).

  Chengdu: By 2025, 3,000 power exchange stations will be built.

  On June 25th, the Office of the Leading Group for Building a Powerful Manufacturing City in Chengdu issued the notice of Chengdu New Energy and Intelligent Networked Automobile Industry Development Plan (2023-2030), proposing that by 2025, the deployment of new infrastructure will be accelerated, and 3,000 power exchange stations and 160,000 charging piles will be built.

  Fujian: Building a Benign Business Model of Power Exchange

  On June 5, the Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and other ten departments jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of" Electric Fujian "(2023-2025)", which pointed out the development of battery leasing. Support power battery leasing enterprises to become bigger and stronger, and radiate to the whole country. For power battery leasing and other businesses in the purchase and use, the rated capacity of power batteries will be subsidized according to 30 yuan/kWh, and the maximum subsidy fund for three years will be 100 million yuan. Encourage power battery manufacturers to take the lead in setting up various types of consortia to jointly create a benign business model of power exchange, and promote its application in the fields of new energy vehicles, electric ships, new energy construction machinery and agricultural machinery. 

  Hohhot: By 2025, 60 power stations will be built.

  On May 10th, Hohhot Bureau of Industry and Information Technology issued the Implementation Plan for the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles and High-quality Industrial Development in Hohhot (2023-2025). It is mentioned that by 2025, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles will reach more than 20%, the number of new energy vehicles registered in the city will reach about 60,000, and a total of 20,000 charging piles and 60 power station replacement piles will be built. The integrated intelligent multi-function station of "light storage, charging and discharging" and "charging and replacing electricity" will be built according to local conditions, and the ratio of vehicles to piles will reach 3: 1, which basically meets the service demand of charging and replacing electricity for new energy vehicles.

  Chengdu: carry out business model innovations such as separation of vehicles and electricity and exchange of electricity.

  On March 10th, the General Office of Chengdu Municipal People’s Government issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Development of New Energy Vehicle Industry in Chengdu", which proposed to encourage state-owned platform companies to take the lead in cooperating with upstream and downstream enterprises in industrial chains such as complete vehicles, power batteries, new power systems and charging and replacing equipment, purchase new energy vehicles in bulk, and carry out business model innovations such as leasing, vehicle-electricity separation, power exchange and BOT (build-operate-transfer) to help promote new energy vehicles in various fields. By 2025, 3,000 charging and replacing power stations will be built. For the power exchange facilities included in the pilot scope, the construction subsidy will be given according to 300 yuan/kW, and the maximum operating subsidy of 200,000 yuan will be given to a single station according to 0.2 yuan/kWh every year.

  At the same time, encourage and support industrial alliances to organize units such as complete vehicles, power batteries, intelligent systems, charging and replacing equipment, operations, finance, etc. to formulate group standards such as vehicle selection and application of replacement modes in sub-sectors.

  Harbin: 100,000 yuan will be added to each power station.

  On March 6th, Harbin officially promulgated the Detailed Rules for Supporting the Construction and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, which clearly stated that the maximum amount of temporary subsidy for charging facilities construction projects applying for central funds should not be higher than 60% of the purchase price of charging equipment, and the specific subsidy standard should be determined after comprehensive balance between the total amount of subsidy funds and the total amount of qualified charging facilities. 100,000 yuan will be added to each replacement station in the power station.

  Shanghai: We will explore the sharing mode of power exchange service in advantageous areas.

  On February 24th, the General Office of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government issued a notice on "Implementation Opinions on Further Promoting the Construction of Charging and Replacing Infrastructure in this Municipality", which clearly stated that it would explore the sharing mode of power exchange services in advantageous areas. Accelerate the formulation of local standards such as the construction of power-changing vehicles, power-changing equipment and power-changing stations, break down the barriers to the application of power-changing technology across brands and vehicles, and promote the formation of unified power-changing standards in major application areas such as special vehicles and passenger cars. Strengthen technical research, and study and lay out special-purpose vehicle sharing power exchange stations around short-distance and high-utilization scenarios such as ports, logistics and sanitation. Explore the sharing mode of electricity exchange between taxis, network cars and private cars in cities, and encourage the construction of integrated sharing stations for charging and exchanging electricity.

  (This article is from Gasgoo, Gasgoo)

Dai Xianglong: The income of the social security fund in the first half of the year is not equal to the shrinking of stock assets.



  As one of the largest institutional investors in China, the national social security fund has attracted much attention from the market. Recently, the Social Security Fund has many new ideas and actions on investment. Focusing on related hot issues, our reporter recently interviewed Dai Xianglong, chairman of the National Social Security Fund Council.


  China is a developing country, and there is no surplus of funds. However, the channels for converting social funds into capital are too narrow, and the proportion of direct financing should be increased through multiple channels.


  Reporter: You have served as the leader of commercial banks, central banks and local governments, and now you are in charge of the work of the Social Security Fund Council. It should be said that you have been exposed to the capital market from all angles. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to optimize the capital market structure and increase the proportion of direct financing through multiple channels. What do you think is the significance of capital market to China’s economic and financial development? What aspects should we focus on to develop and improve the capital market at present?


  Dai Xianglong: The capital market, also known as the long-term capital market, refers to places where various funds are borrowed and traded for more than one year. In China, the capital market mainly includes national debt market, stock market, medium and long-term corporate bond market and medium and long-term loan market. Developing capital market is of great significance for deepening the reform of financial system and promoting economic and social development. In terms of financing, enterprises can obtain long-term funds for production and construction, and most of these funds become enterprise capital, which improves their own development ability and corporate governance level; In terms of investment, it can preserve and increase the value of funds, generally speaking, it can get a higher return than the interest on bank deposits, which is beneficial for urban and rural residents to convert some deposits into equity and increase property income; In terms of market function, it can guide social funds to invest in regions, industries and enterprises with high efficiency in the use of funds; From the perspective of strengthening the national macro-control ability, it can promote the adaptation of capital supply and credit supply, reduce excess liquidity, reduce dependence on foreign capital, and better promote the balance of payments.


  After long-term efforts, the reform and development of China’s financial industry has achieved remarkable results, but there are still many outstanding problems to be studied and solved, including the low proportion of direct financing. It has been 15 years since the Third Plenary Session of the 14th CPC Central Committee proposed to increase the proportion of direct financing, but the progress is not obvious enough. From 2001 to 2006, the ratio of stock financing to loan increase in that year was the lowest 2.1% and the highest 9.5%. In 2007, the stock market rose sharply by more than 20%, and this year it will definitely drop sharply. China is a developing country, and there is no capital surplus. Excess liquidity refers to the short-term capital supply exceeding the macro-control capital demand, which leads to the excessive growth of asset prices. At present, there is "excess liquidity" in China. First, because of the imbalance of international payments, foreign exchange reserves occupy too much RMB funds; Second, because of the insufficient capital formation and the rapid growth of credit capacity, the channels for converting social funds into capital are too narrow, and a large amount of funds are converted into credit funds. The unreasonable structure of social funds reduces the utilization rate of social funds. In recent years, to create 100 yuan’s GDP in China, it needs 160 yuan’s money supply, which is more than double that of the United States, and also exceeds that of Japan, which mainly relies on indirect financing.


  The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to "optimize the capital market structure and increase the proportion of direct financing through multiple channels". In this regard, we should conscientiously implement:


  First, we should continue to expand stock financing. China’s economy and society have developed steadily, national strength has been continuously improved, market management has been gradually improved, and the stability and development of the stock market have a good foundation. By adjusting the financing rhythm, increasing institutional investment, strengthening system construction and innovating the stability mechanism, China’s stock market will surely develop steadily. At present, we should implement a tight monetary policy, focus on controlling inflation, and at the same time pay attention to the healthy development of the capital market and maintain the stability of the real estate market.


  The second is to develop bond financing. By the end of June 2008, the total amount of bonds in China had reached 13.74 trillion yuan, but 91.5% were government bonds, policy financial bonds and central bank bills, and corporate and corporate bonds only accounted for 8.5%. It is necessary to speed up the development of enterprise credit rating agencies, improve the bankruptcy settlement mechanism, strengthen the coordination of financial regulatory agencies, and solve the guarantee problem of corporate bond issuance, so that the issuance and transfer of corporate bonds can be greatly developed.


  The third is to create fund financing. Fund financing includes securities investment funds, venture capital funds and equity investment funds. At present, securities investment funds have been stipulated by law and have developed rapidly; Venture capital fund, which has administrative regulations, is small in scale; Equity investment funds or industrial investment funds are still in the experimental stage of reform and should be boldly and comprehensively promoted.


  Reporter: In 2006, Tianjin applied to the State Council to set up the OTC market of unlisted public companies. What is the purpose of setting up this market? What role can it play in the whole capital market system?


  Dai Xianglong: The securities trading market includes the on-site market and the off-site market. OTC market mainly refers to the over-the-counter market (OTC), which provides stock quotation and transfer services for public companies that fail to meet the listing conditions. The establishment of over-the-counter market is conducive to increasing the proportion of direct financing through multiple channels, providing capital for more and wider public companies than listed companies and promoting capital flow; It is conducive to providing capital for small and medium-sized enterprises that do not have listing conditions for the time being and are in the initial stage of development, but have strong growth, and promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises and scientific and technological small and medium-sized enterprises; It is beneficial for unlisted public companies to improve the corporate governance structure and provide more high-quality listed companies for the stock market.


  It has become an established policy in the State Council to create conditions to build an OTC market and form a mechanism for quotation and transfer of shares of unlisted companies under unified supervision. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council have incorporated the development and opening-up of Tianjin Binhai New Area into the national development strategy layout, and the State Council has approved Tianjin Binhai New Area as a national comprehensive reform pilot zone, and made financial reform the focus of reform. On March 13th, 2008, the State Council officially approved the "Overall Plan for the Comprehensive Reform of Tianjin Binhai New Area", proposing that "it is necessary to create conditions for the establishment of a national unlisted public company equity trading market in Tianjin Binhai New Area". It is understood that this reform is being carried out quickly. Shanghai will gradually become an international financial center. Beijing, as the capital of China, is actually the financial decision-making management center of China. Tianjin will build an over-the-counter trading market, and other big cities will play an important role in the regional financial market. China has a vast territory and a growing economic aggregate. Under the unified planning of the state, we should give full play to the role of relevant cities and jointly promote the reform and development of China’s modern financial industry.


  ● The Social Security Fund does not directly invest in a single stock, and there is no so-called insider information source. It independently conducts investment business in accordance with relevant regulations.


  Reporter: You have always stressed that social security funds should pursue the concepts of long-term investment, value investment and responsible investment. Recently, you also said that the Social Security Fund will do what we should do in the stable development of the stock market. Can you elaborate on the role played by social security funds in the stock market in recent years? Will the social security fund change in the way or proportion of stock investment in the future?


  Dai Xianglong: On September 25th, 2000, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council announced their decision to establish the National Social Security Fund and set up the National Social Security Fund Council to manage and operate this fund. The National Social Security Fund is a central strategic reserve, which is mainly used to cope with the pressure that pensions can’t cover their expenses during the peak period of China’s aging. The fund comes from the central financial allocation, the income from the reduction of state-owned shares and the transfer of shares, part of the lottery public welfare fund, investment income, etc., and invests in fixed-income products, stocks and industrial investment. The national social security fund has formed a unique investment concept and style: First, it insists on long-term investment. In a long period of time, the state has no major expenditure arrangements for social security funds, and social security funds have always insisted on obtaining stable and high returns through long-term investment. The second is to insist on value investment. Social security fund investment has no so-called inside information, based on the analysis of financial market trends, investing in diversified financial products with high current and potential returns. The third is to insist on responsible investment. The investment decision of social security fund should not only ensure the preservation and appreciation of the fund, but also maintain the stability of financial market and promote the economic development of enterprises and regions. By the end of 2007, the total assets of the national social security fund were more than 500 billion yuan, and the average annual rate of return in the past five years was 10.7%. It is predicted that the total assets will exceed 1 trillion yuan by 2010.


  Pensions in all countries are an important source of investment in the capital market and an important pillar to stabilize the stock market. There are more than $20 trillion in global pensions, accounting for a quarter of the global capital market. At the end of 2007, the national social insurance assets were 1.5 trillion yuan, the total assets of commercial insurance companies were close to 3 trillion yuan, and the urban and rural savings were 17.6 trillion yuan, and the ability to invest in the capital market was continuously enhanced. The national social security fund has played an important role in the development and stability of the capital market: first, the total investment has been increasing. At the end of 2007, the social security fund invested 485.4 billion yuan in stocks and various financial products with a term of more than one year, accounting for 95% of all assets, including 181.6 billion yuan in domestic and foreign stocks. The second is to insist on long-term investment. Especially when the stock market is depressed, it can show the stabilizing effect of social security fund on the stock market. The third is to promote the standardized operation of the fund industry. So far, we have selected 10 fund management companies as investment managers of the national social security fund to promote the fund management companies to continuously improve their management level. Fourth, the social security fund directly invested in enterprises and invested more than 40 billion yuan in equity investment funds to participate in the management of companies, which promoted the improvement of the governance structure of listed companies. With the strengthening of the national social security fund, we will play a greater role in promoting the development of the capital market.


  Social security fund has gained some experience in improving investment management. The social security fund will invest in domestic and foreign stocks and some bonds, and implement entrusted management through open market competition for asset management companies. At the same time, the total amount of investment in various financial products shall be controlled in proportion, the proportion of investment in five years and each year shall be defined, the rolling operation shall be carried out, and fine-tuning shall be carried out quarterly within the allowable range. Practice has proved that the above investment management methods are effective. The Social Security Fund does not directly invest in a single stock, and there is no so-called insider information source. It independently conducts investment business in accordance with national laws and regulations and market supervision regulations, and in accordance with the National Social Security Fund Investment Management Regulations formulated by relevant departments in the State Council. Now, due to the stock market downturn, stock investment has been within the internal control ratio. I believe that our investment managers will definitely adhere to the concepts of long-term investment, value investment and responsible investment, and correctly handle the relationship between investment and risk. Doing so can not only maintain the stability of the stock market, but also meet the interests of the social security fund.


  ● The development of equity investment funds is conducive to converting some corporate and individual deposits into capital, reducing international capital inflows and alleviating the pressure of RMB appreciation.


  Reporter: Under your impetus, China’s first industrial investment fund-Bohai Industrial Fund was established in Tianjin in 2006. In April this year, the State Council approved the National Social Security Fund to invest in industrial funds and equity investment funds; Recently, the Social Security Fund has invested 4 billion yuan in Xiang Ding Hui and Hongyi Funds. So, what role do you think equity investment funds can play in the development of capital market? What problems need to be solved in the current development of equity funds? Next, what are the plans of the social security fund in the investment of equity funds? Are you considering launching new funds and fund management companies with social security funds as the leading factor?


  Dai Xianglong: Equity investment fund is a combination of capital and wisdom, which has a special function in promoting the development of capital market. The development of equity investment funds is an urgent need for enterprises to expand their capital, for investors to maintain and increase their value, for improving the capital market and for improving macro-financial regulation. As a developing country, China is not well-off in social funds. The current excess liquidity is due to insufficient capital formation, excessive credit capacity and unreasonable social capital structure. The development of equity investment funds is conducive to converting some corporate and individual deposits into capital, reducing international capital inflows and alleviating the pressure of RMB appreciation. At present, the development of equity funds should focus on studying and solving the following problems:


  First, speed up the pilot reform. As early as 1997, the central government requested the formulation of industrial investment funds. Over the years, relevant departments have done a lot of work, but overall, the progress is slow. The industrial investment fund pilot working group led by the National Development and Reform Commission has been established for more than eight months, and the relevant work is progressing smoothly. We hope that the pilot working group will report the "Overall Plan for Industrial Investment Fund Pilot" as soon as possible, strengthen the guidance for the pilot work, and speed up the approval of relevant funds.


  Second, measures for the management of equity investment funds should be introduced as soon as possible. The registration, management, transaction and taxation of equity funds shall be stipulated according to law, the supervision system shall be improved, and favorable conditions shall be provided for the development of equity funds in terms of investment and withdrawal. There are many administrative departments in China. Due to historical reasons and different angles, the same noun with the same basic attribute has different expressions in different departments, which often affects the promotion of related work. The operating principles of industrial investment funds and equity investment funds are basically the same, and equity investment funds are often referred to as private equity investment funds. Therefore, I suggest that industrial investment funds and private equity investment funds can be collectively referred to as "equity investment funds" in China at present, and corresponding management regulations or measures should be formulated as soon as possible. In terms of the establishment method of equity investment funds, the requirements for the establishment of corporate system, trust system and partnership system and the tax system are stipulated according to law, which are independently selected by investors.


  Third, actively cultivate fund management professionals. At present, the development of equity investment funds is not a lack of money, but a lack of excellent management talents. It is necessary to speed up the training of senior talents in fund management, and appropriately set up Sino-foreign joint ventures or wholly foreign-owned equity investment fund management companies.


  The National Social Security Fund will sum up the past experience of participating in launching a number of industrial investment funds, apply the policy that the State Council has given us that the total investment in equity investment funds can reach 10% of the total capital, and give full play to the role of social security funds in promoting equity investment funds. We will formulate measures for the management of social security funds investing in equity funds, select and hire fund management teams in an open, fair and equitable manner, and focus on investing in growing small and medium-sized enterprises. If the market needs it, we will consider setting up a new equity investment fund and its management company led by the National Social Security Fund, and compete reasonably with its peers in business development according to law.


  ● In the face of large fluctuations in the stock market, the social security fund will continue to adhere to the original investment philosophy and investment management methods, and stabilize the proportion of investment in stocks.


  Reporter: In the past five years, the rate of return of the national social security fund was much higher than the inflation rate in the same period, achieving the goal of maintaining and increasing value. Especially in 2007, due to the proper investment strategy and the sharp rise of the stock market, the social security fund has realized income of 108.4 billion yuan. Judging from the situation this year, the performance of the stock market is not satisfactory. Can the social security fund continue to achieve better returns and what adjustments will be made in its investment strategy?


  Dai Xianglong: Due to the changes in the financial market and investment structure, the investment returns of pension funds around the world fluctuate every year. Since last year, due to the global stock market decline, the return on pension investment in various countries has generally declined, and many funds have also suffered large losses. In 2007, the social security fund achieved a high income, but it can not be simply regarded as a one-year income, but the result of the long-term asset allocation of the social security fund during 2003-2006, and the result of the long-term investment goal of the social security fund. According to the minimum risk control requirement that the social security fund will not lose money on average for five years, the high income in 2007 will also bear the market risks and investment losses this year and in the future.


  On June 30th, 2008, the stock markets of Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange dropped by 48% and 45% respectively compared with the end of last year. This year is the first year that the Social Security Fund will implement the new Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises. Changes in the market value of trading products should be included in profit and loss accounting. The social security fund invests in stocks according to the prescribed proportion, and the decline in the market value of the stocks it holds is much lower than that of the Shanghai Composite Index in the same period. Nevertheless, the realized income of the social security fund in the first half of the year can’t offset the shrinkage of stock assets in the first half of the year, and the annual operating income of the social security fund is facing serious challenges.


  To analyze and evaluate the investment performance of social security funds depends on the long-term results, and the fluctuation of short-term performance cannot and should not be used as the basis for evaluating the investment performance of social security funds. In the face of large fluctuations in the stock market, the social security fund will continue to adhere to the original investment philosophy and investment management methods, continue to adhere to the requirements of the established strategic asset allocation and annual tactical asset allocation, and the proportion of large-scale asset allocation will not change much. We will stabilize the proportion of investment in stocks, increase investment in fixed-income products, increase investment in direct investment in enterprises and equity investment funds, enhance the resilience of trading products, withstand the pressure of market fluctuations, and lay a good foundation for better investment returns in the next year. (Reporter Shi Mingshen Tian Junrong Xu Zhifeng)

Editor: Zhang Renhe