Tickets for 1000 scenic spots nationwide are free and discounted! The most cost-effective golden week is coming!

  There is still more than a week before the National Day holiday. This year’s National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival will be superimposed for 8 days, which will become the first super-long golden week since the epidemic. At present, the tourism market is welcoming the first booking peak this year.

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  National Day travel booking is hot.

  The most cost-effective golden week is coming.

  A hotel in Nanshan District, Shenzhen just opened in May last year. This year’s epidemic once affected its business. However, driven by summer tourism, the hotel occupancy rate has gradually recovered, even increasing by more than 20% compared with last year. During the 11th period, more than half of their rooms have been booked, and at the same time, the first wedding reception peak will also appear this year.

  Qi Jingshu, Marketing Director of Raffles Shenzhen Pengrui Hotel: From September 30th to October 5th, more than 50% of these days have been booked. It is estimated that the occupancy rate will reach more than 90% in the whole eight days, and the overall passenger flow and revenue will increase by more than 15%-20% compared with last year. During the Golden Week, we have booked 9 weddings, which will be the peak of our first wedding reception this year.

  According to the data of Flying Pig Platform, up to now, the number of air ticket hotel reservations in China during the National Day has exceeded last year, and the number of hotel reservations has increased by more than 50% year-on-year. In addition to hotels, in terms of scenic spots, the summer passenger flow has continued to recover, and the National Day reservation will also enter a peak.

  Nan Guangming, Deputy General Manager of shenzhen happy valley: Last summer, the passenger flow increased by about 300% compared with that before the summer, and it recovered to 80% compared with last year. The passenger flow during the National Day Golden Week should be able to fully recover to the same level as last year.

  The person in charge of shenzhen happy valley told the reporter that at present, the scenic spot still takes measures such as making an appointment, limiting the flow and shifting the peak to ensure the prevention and control of the epidemic, and at the same time, through monitoring the temperature of tourists, regularly disinfecting amusement equipment and public environment, etc., all preparations are made for the arrival of the Eleventh Golden Week.

  Against the background of frustrated outbound travel and sluggish inbound travel, the upcoming Eleventh Golden Week has become the key to the recovery of the domestic tourism market. At present, all major travel platforms have launched subsidy plans for the Eleventh, hoping to stimulate consumption and drive the industry to recover. At the same time, the reporter learned from the tourism market that nearly 1,000 scenic spots across the country have implemented different policies of free tickets and discounts. According to industry insiders, this may be the Eleventh Golden Week with the highest cost performance in recent years.

  Zhuang Zhuoran, President of Flying Pig Travel: Hanting Hotel in 99 yuan, five-star hotels with 499 yuan and 699 yuan, and Disney tickets with 199 yuan are snapped up every day. There are many basic models that will be cheaper than usual. We have reason to believe that this year’s National Day will definitely be a blowout for the rapid recovery of the tourism industry.

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  Post-epidemic era of tourism

  Zhou Bianyou small group tour is sought after.

  For the tourism industry, which suffered huge losses in the first half of this year, this golden week will be their first peak season this year. So what is the current working situation of tourism practitioners and which tourism products are more popular?

  Since the beginning of this year, due to the impact of the epidemic on the tourism industry, many practitioners have to consider changing careers, but Huang Lingtao, as one of them, chose to stick to it. At the end of June, her travel agency store began to resume work. Recently, many old customers came to book National Day travel products, and she also resumed her old busyness. She told reporters that according to the reception of tourists in the store, the Golden Week in November last year was dominated by individual customers, but this year it was dominated by package tours.

  Huang Lingtao, manager of the sales department of Shenzhen Union Square of Ctrip Travel: Small groups and package tours are the mainstay. Basically, 80% of our stores are small groups, or free orders. Before the epidemic, 80% of them were group tours, and 20% and 30% were package tours, such as Guilin, Xiamen, Chenzhou, Hunan, etc., and there are more free packages for three or four days. The routes on the platform are mainly small groups.

  Many platforms interviewed by the reporter said that compared with before the epidemic, consumers paid more attention to privacy and safety during this Golden Week. Therefore, tourism products of small group tours and private tours were more popular.

  Yu Yingyi, Senior Manager of Public Affairs Department of Ctrip Group: The data of private groups and small groups have been significantly improved. So far, private groups on the entire Ctrip platform account for about 20% of all group tours, and small groups account for about 40% of all group tours, which is a relatively obvious feature.

  Not only travel agencies and platforms, but also hotel operators feel this trend. Zhou Lilai started to run a homestay in dapeng ancient city four years ago. Due to the epidemic situation, the homestay she operated has been losing money for the first five months of this year. In the past two months, with the improvement of the epidemic situation and the increase of tourists, she began to break even and even made a slight profit. More than 80% of her orders come from companies or family groups.

  Zhou Lilai, operator of B&B: The B&B is basically full in July and August, and the weekend is a party organized by the company. The weekend should be booked one month in advance. The family’s willingness to travel is also very strong. Everyone wants to take their children out to play. In early September, some guests placed an online National Day order. Once they booked it, they booked it for a few days without consulting at all. Now they almost booked 50% to 60% during the National Day.

  According to the data of Tujia platform, as of September 10th, the B&B orders in Shenzhen during the National Day period have recovered to 85% of the same period of last year, and it is expected to reach the booking peak around September 20th. Judging from the booking situation, Zhou Bianyou-type hotel bookings grew the fastest, with the hotel bookings in Dapeng New District increasing by 180% and Yantian District by 88% year-on-year.

  Wen Xuan, Shenzhen City Manager of Tujia.com: Independent single rooms and holiday-style homestays in Zhou Bianyou are relatively more popular. Everyone has changed from a cross-border tour to a domestic tour, and a cross-provincial tour has changed to a tour in Zhou Bianyou or the province. Therefore, according to the data observed from the National Day, go on road trip, which is a family unit, will be more popular with radiation around the city, and leisure tourism such as villagers’ lodging and some villas will be better.

Farmer Wang Lijun’s bumpy road to grain collection: the crime of collecting grain without a license becomes innocence

  Two years ago, Wang Lijun, a farmer from Inner Mongolia, never thought that he would be convicted of "illegal business operation" because he bought corn and sold it to the grain depot during the slack season. Ten months ago, Wang Lijun, who received the court verdict, did not even think that he would be retried and acquitted in the future. On February 17th, when Wang Lijun heard that the presiding judge had acquitted him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his dark face was expressionless. All these changes came so fast that he had not fully digested them. While this series of changes are taking place, a bigger change is also unfolding — — Individual grain collectors in China no longer need to apply for a license.

  The farmer wondered, "How can I break the law when I collect corn?"

  Bayannaoer City, Inner Mongolia, located in the Yellow River Irrigation District, is a rice granary watered by the mother river. Every harvest season, the countryside of Bayannaoer City is always full of golden corn cobs, waiting for the grain collectors to buy them. Wang Lijun, a local farmer, was once a member of the "grain harvest army", but two years ago, his family was in trouble because of this "supplementary household" business.

  Wang Lijun lives in Yongsheng Village, Bainaobao Town, Linhe District, Bayannaoer City. He has 12 mu of land at home and contracted 30 mu of land from others. No matter how hard Mr. and Mrs. Wang Lijun manage these 42 acres of land, life is always miserable. Wang Lijun always worries about his family’s life. "In the past years, when he was good, he could earn 40,000 yuan or 50,000 yuan a year. In the past two years, the harvest was not good. One acre of land could only earn 1,000 yuan. Apart from the land rent and seed pesticide fees in 350 yuan, there was no money left."

  In order to improve the life at home, Wang Lijun began to buy corn from neighboring farmers in 2008, and then sold it to grain depots or deep processing plants. He first rode a tricycle to his neighbor’s house to buy it. In 2013, he bought second-hand agricultural vehicles and corn threshers. "There are more and more people doing this business, and people have bought advanced machines. If I always use backward machines, I will not receive food."

  Just as Wang Lijun was plotting to borrow money to buy a new corn processor and expand the scale of corn purchase, the change happened. At the end of 2015, Wang Lijun was seized by the industrial and commercial bureau and other relevant departments for purchasing corn without a license, and then he surrendered himself to the public security organs. On April 15, 2016, Wang Lijun was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, suspended for two years, and fined RMB20,000 by the Linhe District People’s Court for illegal business operation; The illegal profits of RMB 6,000 returned by Wang Lijun shall be turned over to the state treasury by the investigation organ.

  After hearing the trial results, Wang Lijun was stupid. "No one ever told me that I had to apply for a certificate to collect corn. I collected corn in the slack season to supplement my family, and it was convenient for the surrounding farmers. How could it be illegal?"

  Social Controversy: "Why do you judge the crime of illegal business operation by collecting grain without a license?"

  Wang Lijun’s doubts are also the doubts of the general public. "Can buying corn without a license constitute a crime of illegal business?" Public opinion is controversial about this.

  There is a view that wheat, corn and other grains are important resources related to people’s livelihood and social stability. The state has a strict franchise system in purchasing, trading and other links, and Wang Lijun’s sentence for purchasing corn conforms to laws and regulations.

  Some netizens think that the increase of small second-hand vendors and small third-hand vendors who buy agricultural products like Wang Lijun will push up the prices of agricultural products step by step, and this behavior should be stopped. Some netizens also said: "The scale of individual grain collectors is large, and hoarding may occur, which is not conducive to the circulation of grain."

  There is another voice that under the condition of market economy, farmers buy grain and resell it to grain depots or processing plants in order to pursue the "price difference". As long as they do not violate the contract, it is a normal market behavior, and the penalty for investigating criminal responsibility for "illegal business operation" is too heavy.

  Netizen "Huan Jiujiu" thinks that collecting agricultural products on a small scale can save the manpower and material costs of grain farmers. After all, not every farmer has a truck. With grain processing machines, people who have time to process the grain and send it to the grain depot are also selfish and altruistic.

  Wang Lijun’s defense lawyer, Wang Dianxue, believes that Wang Lijun’s behavior of buying corn without a license from 2014 to 2015 violated the provisions of the State Regulations on the Administration of Grain Circulation at that time, but it did not disturb the order of grain purchase, but facilitated the farmers, so it should not be convicted of illegal business.

  Retrial verdict: "Cancel the first-instance judgment and change the verdict to innocence"

  Eight months after Wang Lijun was convicted of illegal business operation, things took a turn for the better. On December 16, 2016, the Supreme People’s Court made a retrial decision (2016) No.6 of Supreme Law and Criminal Supervision Bureau, instructing Bayannaoer Intermediate People’s Court to retry the case of defendant Wang Lijun’s illegal business operation, which came into effect in the first instance judgment of Linhe District People’s Court of this city.

  Article 225 of China’s criminal law clearly stipulates illegal business operations: (1) operating franchise, monopoly goods or other restricted goods stipulated by laws and administrative regulations without permission; (2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and business licenses or approval documents as stipulated by other laws and administrative regulations; (3) illegally engaging in securities, futures and insurance business without the approval of the relevant competent department of the state, or illegally engaging in fund payment and settlement business; (four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.

  The Supreme People’s Court believes that the fourth item of Article 225 of the Criminal Law is a general provision based on the specific circumstances of three types of illegal business operations explicitly listed in the first three provisions, and it should be applied with special care in judicial practice. The relevant acts should be clearly defined by laws and judicial interpretations, and they should have the same social harm and the necessity of criminal punishment as the first three provisions, and the general administrative violations should be strictly avoided as criminal offences. As far as this case is concerned, Wang Lijun bought corn from the Food and Agriculture Department and sold it to the grain depot, which played a role as a bridge between the food and agriculture and the grain depot, did not destroy the main channel of grain circulation, did not seriously disrupt the market order, and did not have the social harm equivalent to the first three acts of the crime of illegal business operation stipulated in Article 225 of the Criminal Law, and did not have the necessity of criminal punishment.

  On February 17th, Bayannaoer Intermediate People’s Court publicly pronounced a verdict on the retrial of Wang Lijun’s illegal business operation. The court held that the fact that Wang Lijun, the defendant in the original trial, did not apply for a grain purchase license and an industrial and commercial business license to buy and sell corn from November 2014 to January 2015 was clear, and his behavior violated the relevant provisions of the national grain circulation management at that time, but it did not reach the level of serious disruption of market order, and did not have the social harm and the necessity of criminal punishment equivalent to the crime of illegal business as stipulated in Article 225 of the Criminal Law, which did not constitute the crime of illegal business. Therefore, the original judgment was revoked according to law and Wang Lijun was acquitted.

  After hearing the presiding judge declare that "Wang Lijun, the defendant in the original trial, was not guilty", Captain Wang Li breathed a sigh of relief. "A big stone in my heart finally landed." Wang Lijun said, "I finally recovered my status as an innocent farmer. In the future, I will live a better life for my family and sell food for the convenience of the surrounding farmers. I am going to set up a new machine to start collecting food."

  When Wang Lijun began to buy food again, he no longer had to worry about being investigated for collecting food without a license. In September 2016, the State Grain Administration revised the Administrative Measures for the Examination and Approval of Grain Purchase Qualification. The new measures stipulate that "farmers, grain brokers and grain traders in farmers’ markets are engaged in grain purchase activities and do not need to apply for grain purchase qualifications".

  "Grain brokers should not be restricted. They are also conducive to ensuring smooth grain circulation. The more they live, the more alive the whole grain market can be." A staff member of the procurement department of Inner Mongolia Grain Bureau said.

Cross-border entry of new energy car companies and big health industries Insurance industry reappears the tide of equity change

Recently, many forces have deployed the insurance industry, and the frequent influx of cross-border capital has attracted much attention. The reporter of Economic Information Daily combed the information of changes in equity, an insurance company and an insurance intermediary, and found that since 2022, the insurance industry has reappeared the tide of equity change. Among them, in addition to the overweight of state-owned assets, the entry of cross-border "new forces" such as new energy car companies and big health industries has also become a new round of "capital leaps" in the insurance industry.
Different from the last round of queuing for licenses, this time, cross-border capital is more "aimed" at insurance intermediary licenses and obtains "admission tickets" through equity acquisition. Experts pointed out that for insurance companies, the entry of cross-border "new forces" may have a certain impact. From the product characteristics of insurance companies, it is also necessary to match and polish the incoming capital.
Frequent local state-owned assetsraise the price of goods
Caixin Auspicious Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Caixin Auspicious Life Insurance") recently disclosed a new round of capital increase and share expansion plan, which shows that it will introduce an external investor Mango Media Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Mango Media"). After the capital increase, Mango Media’s shareholding ratio is 8.01%, which is expected to become the fifth largest shareholder of the company. According to tianyan investigation, Mango Media’s equity penetration is backed by Hunan Provincial State-owned Cultural Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Previously, in the first round of capital increase approved at the end of 2022, Caixin Jixiang Life Insurance has introduced two other new shareholders under Hunan State-owned Assets-Hunan Financing Guarantee Group Co., Ltd. and Hunan Xiangjiang New District Development Group Co., Ltd.
The "Economic Information Daily" reporter found that since 2022, local state-owned assets have increased their holdings of local insurance companies frequently. Specifically, Dinghe Property Insurance increased its capital by 1.625 billion yuan, and introduced three new investors, namely China Changjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Development Zone Investment Group Co., Ltd. and China Huadian Group Capital Holdings Co., Ltd., through public listing. After the capital increase, the shareholding ratio was 15%, 15% and 5% respectively, and the former two became the largest shareholders of Dinghe Property Insurance. Taiping Technology Insurance Co., Ltd. was approved to increase its capital by 355 million yuan, of which Taiping Property Insurance Co., Ltd. subscribed for 135 million yuan, Zhejiang Financial Holdings Co., Ltd. subscribed for 200 million yuan and Zhejiang Xingke Technology Development Investment Co., Ltd. subscribed for 20 million yuan; The approved registered capital of Hengqin Life Insurance increased from 2 billion yuan to about 2.385 billion yuan. Zhuhai Huachuang Investment Management Co., Ltd., which is actually controlled by Zhuhai SASAC, subscribed all the newly-increased registered capital, and held 32.90% of the shares after increasing the registered capital, becoming the largest shareholder of Hengqin Life Insurance. The approved registered capital of China-Korea Life Insurance increased from 1.5 billion yuan to 3.001 billion yuan, and the newly-increased registered capital was subscribed by Zhejiang Dongfang Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Changxing Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd., Wenzhou State-owned Financial Capital Management Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Electric Power Investment Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Traffic Development Group Co., Ltd. and Guotai Junan Zhengyu Investment Co., Ltd. respectively.
In addition, official website, the General Administration of Market Supervision, recently disclosed and approved the registration declaration of "Shenneng Property Insurance Co., Ltd.", which means that Shenneng (Group) Co., Ltd., which is actually controlled by the Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, has further stepped up its insurance industry.
In this regard, relevant sources of insurance companies revealed that the overweight of state-owned assets is conducive to insurance companies to obtain local resources in strengthening the integration of industry and finance, expanding business scale and developing related industrial ecosystems, which has a far-reaching impact on the industry market structure.
Xie Yuantao, vice president (presiding) of university of international business and economics Institute of Insurance, told reporters that insurance is a ballast stone, and solvency and supervision require the stability of equity capital of insurance companies and a strategic vision for investment income evaluation. More state-owned assets (including local state-owned assets) are more conducive to stability.
Cross-border layout of "new forces"
Recently, BYD acquired Yi ‘an Property Insurance Co., Ltd. for 3.6 billion yuan, and the topic of intensive distribution of insurance industry by new energy vehicle enterprises once again sparked heated discussion.
Previously, Weilai acquired Huiding Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd. through Anhui Weilai Data Technology Co., Ltd.; The equity of Yinjian Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd. changed. After the equity penetration, the actual controller was LI Company. Now the company has been renamed as Beijing Ideal Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd. In addition, Tucki, Tesla and BYD have set up insurance brokerage companies.
In this regard, Xie Yuantao believes that the entry of new energy vehicle companies is mainly due to the development of their own industry. He said: "Smart connected cars are gradually commercialized to L3 (Conditional Autopilot). Many insurance companies often need to determine the risk management plan and actuarial rate system based on commercial operation data, so the premium of smart cars is high; On the other hand, if it really develops to L5 (fully autonomous driving), traditional automobile insurance may be completely replaced by liability insurance, and car companies have big data advantages in risk point management and control, making it easier to control costs. "
At the same time, the pace of cross-border entry of large health industry capital into the insurance industry has accelerated. According to the reporter’s incomplete statistics, since 2022, more than a dozen enterprises in the big health field have started their business by acquiring insurance intermediary licenses, or in the form of health management companies and consulting companies. Among them, Lianren Health Medical Big Data Technology Co., Ltd., which just acquired Shanghai Xusheng Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd., and Meinian Health, which previously acquired Guangdong Desheng Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd., actually controlled Beijing Ronghai Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd. through its wholly-owned subsidiary Hangzhou Weimai Investment Management Co., Ltd., acquired Dashenlin, a listed company of Shankang Henuo Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd., and acquired Gaoji Medicine of Jiaxin Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd.
Different from the purpose of new energy car companies, health and old-age care are national strategies. Xie Yuantao said: "The insurance industry has also considered the model of healthy pension with heavy assets, which is not very successful in general. To take the road of light capitalization, if there is a joint layout of big health industries, the effect may be better. "
There is a deep meaning behind snapping up "admission tickets"
Looking back on the last cross-border capital-intensive insurance industry, it was from 2014 to 2016. At that time, the growth rate of the insurance industry reached a new high, attracting the influx of capital from many parties. Among them, in addition to the state-owned giants, the most eye-catching ones are housing enterprises such as Fosun, Pearl River Investment, Wanda and Greenland, and Internet giants such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and JD.COM.
Different from the time when the capitals of all parties queued up to apply for licenses, in the process of "clearing up the deficiency and improving the quality" in the industry in the past two years, accelerating the clearing of insurance intermediary licenses has become the goal of a new round of cross-border capital "aiming". Behind the new forces buying "admission tickets" is a hidden meaning.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2022, the sales volume of new energy vehicles in China reached 6.887 million, ranking first in the world for eight consecutive years. At present, head property insurance companies have cooperated with car companies and car networking companies to explore related insurance service models, especially the UBI (driving behavior-based insurance) model. From a policy perspective, the first local regulation on the Internet of Vehicles, Wuxi City’s Regulations on the Promotion of the Development of the Internet of Vehicles, was recently promulgated, which clarified the contents of relevant insurance in the safety guarantee and promotion measures. Yang Fengyu, managing partner and certified public accountant of PwC China’s financial industry risk control and compliance services, said that in addition to the policies and standards such as the Specification for Data Collection of Motor Vehicle Insurance Networking and the Basic Data Metadata Catalogue of Insurance Vehicle Networking, the regulatory authorities also considered the new data, new risks and new opportunities brought by the Internet of Vehicles in the Guiding Opinions on Implementing the Comprehensive Reform of Auto Insurance and the Opinions on Actively Carrying out Risk Reduction Services in the Property Insurance Industry.
"Although the proportion of auto insurance in property insurance has declined in recent years, it is still one of the most important components of property insurance. The impact of the Internet of Vehicles on the insurance industry actually runs through the insurance products themselves, insurance operations and after-sales services. At present, the proportion of new energy vehicles in the new car sales market is getting higher and higher, which means that there are more and more vehicles with the characteristics of car networking to some extent. The car networking business has become something that the industry has to do. " Yang Fengyu said.
Xie Yuantao believes that for insurance companies, the entry of cross-border "new forces" may have a certain impact. He said: "The product characteristics of insurance companies are not the same, for example, the debt duration is too long, and the product life cycle is also very long, which requires matching and polishing of incoming capital." (Reporter Hu Enyan reports from Beijing)
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Officially announced the investigation and handling of the "6.4" Lanxin Line accident: 21 people were punished.

  BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua)-Recently, the website of the State Railway Administration released an announcement on the investigation and handling of the K596 passenger train collision with the operator on the "6.4" Lanzhou-Xinjiang line, which pointed out the suggestions for handling the units and personnel responsible for the accident: 21 people were given disciplinary sanctions, and the judicial organs have taken compulsory measures against 3 people.

  The details are announced as follows:

  I. Basic information of the accident

  1. Overview of the accident

  At 5: 18 on June 4th, 2021, Jinchang Workshop of Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. carried out line mechanical maintenance work on the down line between Yushi and Jinchang Station of Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway. Due to the temporary failure of tamping the stabilizing car, when the person in charge of the operation organized the workers to transfer to cross the railway line, the cross-line personnel collided with K596 passenger train, resulting in 9 deaths.

  2. Overview of the accident unit

  China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has 16 trunk lines including Baolan High-speed Railway, Lanxin Passenger Dedicated Line, Yinxi High-speed Railway, Longhai High-speed Railway and Lanxin High-speed Railway, and 4 other branch lines, with a business mileage of 6,052 kilometers and 41 transport stations. Wuwei Works Section is its subordinate transportation station, and the line in the accident zone is maintained by Jinchang Line Workshop, a workshop under Wuwei Works Section.

  3. The accident happened

  According to the maintenance plan, there are two tamping stabilization vehicles working together in this maintenance operation, and the mechanical maintenance operation is carried out from east to west from K361+850 and K364+500 respectively.

  At 2: 54 on June 4th, Zhang, deputy director of Jinchang Line Workshop in Wuwei Works Section, as the operation leader, organized the workshop participants to hold a preparatory meeting for maintenance operation, and deployed the maintenance operation organization plan and division of labor. A total of 5 employees and 18 laborers from Wuwei Works Section participated in the mechanical maintenance operation at K361+850, and Zhou was appointed as the shift leader. Because the operation area is in the curve and poor communication area, the protector responsible for the protection of the operators is adjusted to the middle protector, and the protector responsible for the emergency group is adjusted to the protector responsible for the protection of the operators.

  At 4: 20 on June 4, according to the registration request of the station liaison officer of Wuwei Works Section, station attendant of Jade Station applied to the train dispatcher, who issued a dispatching order, blocked the downlink between Jinchang Station and Jade Station from the time of receiving the order, and allowed Wuwei Works Section to carry out line mechanical maintenance at K360+000 to K368+000, and the maintenance was completed at 7: 22.

  At 4: 38 on June 4th, Zhang, the person in charge of the operation, led the workers to enter the protective net from the operation door on the side of K361+900 uplink, crossed the uplink and downlink, and walked along the shoulder to the K361+850 operation site.

  At 4: 48 on June 4th, the tamping stabilizing car was moved from Jade Station to K361+850 according to the operation plan.

  At 5: 04 on June 4, the tamping stabilized vehicle failed to continue its operation due to the oil leakage of the accumulator.

  At 05: 09 on June 4th, the resident liaison officer informed the on-site guard that the passenger train K596 was predicted to pass the Jade Station at 05: 10.

  At 5: 15 on June 4th, Wang, the site protector of tamping stabilizing vehicle, confirmed that he had received the approaching information of passenger train K596 twice.

  At 5: 16 on June 4th, it was confirmed that the fault of the tamping stabilization vehicle could not be repaired and the operation could not be continued. The person in charge of the operation, Zhang, issued an instruction for the operators to transfer to the operation site K364+500, arranged for the shift leader, Zhou, to lead 15 operators to cross the uplink and downlink lines, and went out of the protective net from the operation gate K361+900 to take a bus to K364+500 to participate in the operation. Wang, the protector who originally followed the tamping stabilization vehicle for mobile protection, was appointed to be responsible for the transfer and crossover After that, the protector Wang and the shift leader Zhou led 15 workers to the shoulder of the road at the 5-meter position (K361+820) on the east side of the faulty tamping stabilization vehicle. During the preparation for crossing the line, the person in charge of the operation, Zhang, urged the crossing line three times.

  At 5: 18 on June 4, Wang, who was in charge of the protection of the operators, was still jointly controlling the position of the K596 passenger train with the middle protector. In the case that the middle protector did not answer, he did not issue an order prohibiting crossing the line and did not stop the personnel from crossing the line. Zhou, the shift leader, blindly organized the cross-line personnel to cross the line without confirming whether the train passed. Because the lookout line was blocked by the faulty tamping and stabilizing vehicle, the crossing personnel did not see the approaching K596 passenger train before crossing the line. During crossing the uplink, they collided with the passing K596 passenger train, and nine workers died on the spot. Three workers have crossed the uplink, and the other three workers were blocked by the shift leader Zhou.

  Second, the emergency response

  After the accident, the co-driver of K596 passenger train, the vehicle attendant and the police immediately got off the train to check the scene of the accident. The driver immediately reported to Jinchang Station and called 120 and 110 for rescue and alarm. After receiving the report, the station immediately organized the police officers of Jinchang station police station and other relevant personnel to rush to the scene of the accident to carry out rescue work for the collision personnel. Confirmed by 120 medical staff, 9 people were killed and others were not injured. After on-site disposal, K596 passenger train started at 6: 43.

  After receiving the accident report, China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the main person in charge led the relevant personnel to the scene of the accident for emergency and after-treatment work.

  After receiving the accident report, China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. immediately rushed to the emergency command center to direct emergency rescue, and assigned a deputy general manager to lead a team to rush to the scene of the accident to guide Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. to carry out emergency rescue, after-care treatment, safety and stability, and cooperate with accident investigation.

  The main person in charge of Lanzhou Railway Public Security Bureau rushed to the scene of the accident, organized and dispatched 120 police officers, set up 8 working groups, and devoted themselves to on-site maintenance, exploration and after-treatment work.

  After receiving the accident report, Lanzhou Railway Supervision and Administration Bureau immediately launched the emergency plan, and the main person in charge led the relevant personnel to the scene of the accident to guide the accident rescue, and set up an accident investigation team to carry out the accident investigation.

  The Gansu Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government attached great importance to it, and assigned provincial government leaders to rush to the scene to guide Jinchang Municipal Party Committee and Wuwei Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to fully cooperate with the railway department to carry out the aftermath and family comfort and condolences.

  The emergency management department sent personnel to the scene of the accident to guide the emergency treatment and accident investigation.

  Iii. Casualties caused by the accident

  Nine workers were killed and no one was injured in the accident.

  Four, the cause and nature of the accident, responsibility identification

  1. The direct cause of the accident

  During the maintenance operation, the tamping stabilizing car broke down, and the direct causes of the accident were blind command, incomplete joint control, field protection failure and illegal crossing of the line during the transition and crossing of the line.

  (1) The foremen violate Article 54 of the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Work Safety, Article 5 of the Regulations on Railway Safety Management and Article 3.2.2 of the Rules for the Safety Management of Railway Works (TZY [2014] No.272) "When crossing a bridge, crossing or crossing a line, they should ‘ Hand-to-hand, eye-to-eye, mouth-to-mouth ’ , do ‘ One stop, two looks, three passes ’ , it is forbidden to cross the line ",Article 6 of Labor Safety Card Control Measures for General Speed Railway of Public Works Department of Lanzhou Bureau Group Company (Gong ‘an Letter [2020] No.66):" It is forbidden to cross the line blindly without confirming the arrival of cars on this line or adjacent lines ",and Article 68:" Before the operators get on the road and cross the line, they should choose a place with good lookout conditions to cross the line ".When leading the operators to cross the line, there are no regulations.

  (2) On-site guards violated Article 54 of the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Work Safety, Article 5 of the Regulations on Railway Safety Management and Article 24 of the Labor Safety Card Control Measures for General-speed Railways in the Public Works Department of Lanzhou Bureau Group Corporation (Gong ‘an Letter [2020] No.66): "The guards should concentrate on their work, look carefully, correctly display and use signal spare parts, and accurately grasp the train operation. Timely and clearly inform all the operation leaders and foremen of the advance notice of each train heading for the operation site, supervise the operators (machines and tools) to get off the train in time when starting, and so on. When knowing that the K596 train is approaching and the joint control has not been answered and confirmed to be safe, it has not issued an instruction to prohibit crossing the line and has not prevented the crossing personnel from crossing the line.

  (3) The person in charge of the operation violates Article 54 of the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Safety in Production, Article 5 of the Regulations on Railway Safety Management and Article 19 of the Measures for the Safety Management of Railway Business Lines (Tieyun [2012] No.280): "The main duties of the person in charge of the construction are: to be responsible for organizing and directing the construction site, directing the on-site construction, arranging construction protection and confirming the conditions for releasing the train; Responsible for summarizing and analyzing the construction organization, progress and safety, and being responsible for the safety of the construction site ",etc., did not arrange safety precautions for crossing the line, did not comply with the on-site protection regulations, and blindly urged the transition personnel to cross the line.

  2. Identification of the nature and responsibility of the accident

  According to Article 11 of the Regulations on Emergency Rescue and Investigation and Handling of Railway Traffic Accidents (Order No.501 of the State Council) and Articles 10 and 49 of the Rules on Investigation and Handling of Railway Traffic Accidents (Order No.30 of the Ministry of Railways), this accident is a serious accident of railway traffic, and China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. takes full responsibility.

  V. Suggestions on handling the units and personnel responsible for the accident

  1. Persons whose judicial organs have taken compulsory measures (3 persons)

  Three people, including Zhou, the operator, Wang, the site protector, and Zhang, the person in charge of the operation, have been arrested according to law.

  2. Give disciplinary action personnel (21 people)

  (1) The secretary of the Party Committee and the chairman of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. were given administrative demerits.

  (2) The deputy secretary of the Party Committee and the general manager of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. were given administrative demerits.

  (3) The deputy general manager in charge of public works of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was severely warned by the party.

  (4) The deputy director in charge of overall work of the Public Works Department of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was ordered to resign, and the administrative record was severely punished.

  (5) The director of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd., who is in charge of this maintenance operation, was removed from office and the administrative record was severely punished.

  (6) The chief of the Safety and Quality Section of the Ministry of Works of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was dismissed and the administrative record was greater than the punishment.

  (7) The deputy chief of the Safety and Quality Section of the Ministry of Works of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd., who is in charge of labor safety and protection, was dismissed and the administrative record was given greater punishment.

  (8) The chief of the line section of the Ministry of Works of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was dismissed, the probation period was terminated, and the administrative record was severely punished.

  (9) The deputy secretary and section chief of the Party Committee of Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. were removed from office, and the administrative record was severely punished.

  (10) The party secretary and deputy section chief of Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. were removed from office, and the administrative record was severely punished.

  (11) The deputy section chief in charge of line maintenance in Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. terminated the probation period and was severely warned by the party.

  (12) The administrative record of the deputy section chief in charge of labor safety and protection in Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was severely punished.

  (13) The chief of the security section of Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was dismissed from his post.

  (14) The administrative record of the assistant engineer in charge of the safety section of Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was severely punished.

  (15) The head of the line section of Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was dismissed.

  (16) The administrative record of the deputy section chief of the line section of Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was severely punished.

  (17) The line section of Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. is responsible for the administrative demerit of the line maintenance engineer.

  (18) The director of Jinchang Line Workshop in Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was dismissed.

  (19) The General Party Branch Secretary of Jinchang Line Workshop in Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was dismissed.

  (20) The deputy director in charge of Jinchang Line Workshop in Wuwei Works Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was dismissed.

  (21) The deputy section chief in charge of equipment of Lanzhou Works Machinery Section of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was given an administrative demerit.

  3. Suggestions on the handling of the unit

  Instructed China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. to make an in-depth inspection to China National Railway Group Co., Ltd.

  Six, the problems exposed by the accident

  1. The field operation standards are not implemented in place.The basic operation system of Wuwei Works Section is not implemented. First, the on-site protection personnel and foremen have a weak sense of safety, fail to implement the operating standards thoroughly, and fail to perform their duties as required. Second, the person in charge of the operation did not direct the operation according to the existing plan, and illegally changed the plan temporarily and changed the protection and shift personnel. Third, the abnormal emergency response was not in place. When the tamping stabilizing vehicle broke down and organized the transition and cross-line operation, the emergency response plan and safety precautions were not formulated.

  2. On-site operation safety risk control is not in place.Wuwei Works Section did not carry out safety risk prediction in combination with the actual situation of the job site. First, no targeted measures have been formulated for the need to cross the uplink without working doors in the downlink. Second, the card control measures are not formulated in combination with the problem that the construction site is in a continuous curve section and the line of sight of safety protection is limited. Third, there are loopholes in the construction protection scheme, the joint control link is too complicated, the information transmission is lengthy, the intercom channel is busy, there are key traffic information missing, and the transmission chain is unstable.

  3. Maintenance operation management is not in place.The relevant departments of China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and Wuwei Works Section failed to implement the maintenance operation standards of the business line organized by the workshop, and the on-site control was not in place, and the business guidance, supervision and inspection were not in place. Wuwei Works Section failed to organize safety education and training for laborers involved in the operation as required.

  Seven, accident prevention and rectification measures.

  In order to draw a profound lesson from the accident, draw inferences from others, effectively prevent and resolutely curb similar accidents, the following rectification measures and suggestions are put forward for China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd.:

  1. Firmly establish the safety concept of safety first and life first.

  We must conscientiously implement the spirit of the important exposition and instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on safety production, adhere to the people first and life first, adhere to the red line consciousness and bottom line thinking, firmly establish the concept of safe development, effectively improve the political position, deeply understand the grim situation facing the current railway safety work, implement the main responsibility of safety production, strengthen risk judgment and hidden danger investigation and management, quickly reverse the passive situation of safety production, and resolutely curb the occurrence of similar accidents.

  2. Deeply draw lessons from the accident and immediately carry out special rectification of business line construction.

  It is necessary to draw a profound lesson from the accident, immediately organize the special rectification of the construction safety of business lines, benchmark the regulations in the whole process from the aspects of construction organization and leadership, construction scheme review, construction plan preparation and approval, safety agreement signing, personnel training, etc., comprehensively investigate the problems such as non-implementation of on-site operation standards, irregular organization, non-implementation of protective measures, illegal entry and exit during operation, strengthen the on-site supervision and control of cadres, give play to the role of scientific and technological means such as remote monitoring, increase supervision and assessment, and compact safety responsibilities.

  3. Strengthen the construction safety infrastructure and improve the construction safety prevention ability.

  In view of the problems exposed by the accident, scientifically analyze and judge the weak links in railway safety management, and make up for the shortcomings of on-site safety management by strengthening the means of "civil air defense, physical defense and technical defense" to improve the ability of on-site safety management and control. It is necessary to strictly carry out training for construction workers and management personnel in business lines in different levels and grades, strengthen the management and training of labor and employment, establish and improve the responsibility system of "self-control, mutual control and other control" for operation safety, and strengthen the safety monitoring and control of construction operations in key time periods, key lots and key links to ensure traffic, personal and construction safety.

  4. Strengthen the daily management of business line construction and improve the rules and regulations.

  It is necessary to improve the construction safety management system of business lines, implement the professional management responsibility of business line construction, improve the construction safety risk prevention and pre-judgment mechanism and abnormal emergency response mechanism, analyze and judge potential risks according to different construction characteristics, formulate emergency response plans, improve emergency response and risk prevention capabilities, and ensure safety.

Australian expert: The G7 Hiroshima Summit talks about "order" and thinks about "hegemony".

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  This year’s G7 Summit was held in Hiroshima, Japan from May 19th to 21st. Although the G7 claimed that this summit was dedicated to maintaining the international order based on international law and strengthening its ties with the global south, the G7 countries led by the United States ignored China’s right to speak internationally and imposed sanctions on Russian and other countries by launching economic wars. This runs counter to the proposal put forward by G7 in the agenda of the summit, and cannot conceal its real purpose of maintaining hegemonic order.

  Author: Daryl Guppy

  (Daryl Guppy)

  Australian representative of the silk road international chamber of commerce

  Expert in technical analysis of international financial markets

  This year’s Group of Seven (G7) Summit was held in Hiroshima, Japan, and the top agenda was still to maintain hegemonic order. Hiroshima was the first city to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon attack, and this meeting place was ironically combined with the changing focus of G7. The G7 was established mainly to promote common macroeconomic initiatives to deal with contemporary economic problems, but now it is poised to launch an economic war.

  According to the official agenda, the purpose of the G7 Summit is to show the firm determination of the G7 to maintain the international order based on international law and resolutely oppose any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. However, the G7 member countries neither accept the fact that the current economic situation has changed, nor admit that it can no longer prevent China, as the second largest economy, from having more say in the future evolution of the global order. How to adapt to this change and develop a multipolar system peacefully is a problem worthy of G7′ s attention.

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  The agenda of the meeting includes showing G7′ s contribution to issues of concern to countries in the south of the world and strengthening ties with the latter. G7 claims to discuss the current development issues with the concepts of "human security" and "people-oriented". However, when the Chairman of the Supreme Leader put forward the global development initiative at the United Nations in 2021, it did not get the support of G7. In contrast, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization took the lead in expressing its support for this initiative, without imposing any ideological hegemony, and the agenda of this G7 summit is only a mockery of the SCO.

  The agenda of the G7 Summit also reiterated the need to strengthen "free and open cooperation between China and Taiwan". However, the strong reaction of G7 member countries to the recent naval exercise in fully exposed their true purpose and double-standard nature: it seems unnatural for China to use international waters freely and openly, but the aggressive "freedom of navigation" exercise of G7 member countries is reasonable.

  China is the second largest economy in the world, contributing more than 18% to the world economic growth, while the G7 summit excluded China. The seriousness and importance of such a meeting are hardly convincing. This isolation policy makes people wonder whether the G7 really reflects the global consensus based on the rule order.

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  But in any case, this year’s G7 summit is still of great significance. The reason is that Japan, as the host of the summit, is trying to follow its example in World War I and transform the G7 into a military bloc similar to NATO by forming an alliance with the (former) European powers. This ambition of Japan is obvious, not only in its key agenda, but also in its invitation to eight non-G7 member countries, many of which want to restrict the development of China.

  G7 has become an anti-China alliance, which weakens its legitimacy, but this does not mean that the voice of G7 can be ignored. If we want to correctly evaluate the series of decisions announced by the G7 Summit, we must treat it as a hegemonic tool, not as a partner.

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  The United States proposes to expand sanctions against Russia and adopt a radical strategy to maintain the so-called "rules-based international order." Sanctions are a common weapon of the United States, which can cause large-scale economic damage and bring profound disasters to the people. Countries in the southern part of the world are very worried that the United States may continue to hold high the stick of sanctions, which will inevitably hinder the economic prosperity and development of the southern part of the world. This proposal is also quite different from the policy of "strengthening ties with the global south" advocated by G7.

  Although the influence of the G7 summit is not as good as that of more representative international organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, it cannot be ignored. The afterglow of G7 may continue to exist for a long time, but the real global decision-making center has begun to shift to trade mechanisms such as RCEP and multilateral political organizations such as ASEAN, which all recognize China’s status and are supported by China.

  The United States weaponized the dollar-denominated trade settlement system, which just promoted the "de-dollarization" of international trade.

  As can be seen from the invitation list of G7 observer countries, G7 also recognizes the importance of inclusiveness — — This was a good thing, but when the G7 summit excluded China, it became a desperate gamble. The rules that most countries in the world want are formulated in a multipolar or multilateral context, not by the United States and its G7 allies. China has always advocated tolerance and cooperation, while the G7 has just done the opposite.

  Image source: China Daily

  The original title of this article is "Group of Seven Conducting Economic Warfare".

  Editor | Song Ping Luan Ruiying

  Edit | Zhao Zhang

  Interns Alleycat, Li Jingwei, Qin Ke and Qiao Jingwen also contributed.

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How to set the input method

  For the convenience of our daily use, Chinese is used to Chinese character input method as the first choice. What kind of input method should we choose and how to set the input method after downloading and installing it. How to set the input method to meet your requirements and improve the speed of typing?

  Mainly about the following three points:

  1, the default input method settings (key)

  2, the deletion of input method. (briefly)

  3, how to quickly switch input methods (particularly important, it is essential to improve the efficiency of using computers in the future)

Settings of default input method

  1 open the windows start menu and select control panel.

  2 Select the clock, language and regional options.

  3 Select regional and language options

  4 At the top of the pop-up regional and language dialog box, select the keyboard and language options.

  5 Click to change the keyboard.

How to set the input method

  6 Select the drop-down menu of default input language, and choose the default input method you want to set. My personal choice of Baidu input method is the first option. This successfully sets the default input method.

How to set the input method

How to delete input method

  1 Following the above operation, select the input method you want to delete in the installed service, and click Delete.

How to set the input method

How to switch input methods quickly

  Immediately after the previous operation, select advanced key settings in the above dialogue, and we can see the default shortcut key operation method of windows system. Here you can make your own settings according to your own habits.

How to set the input method

  1. When you are in other input methods, press Ctrl+space to quickly switch to the default input method.

  2. Press ctrl+shift on the left to switch the input method in advance, but what should you do if you switch? You can try to press this key combination on the right, and it will switch the input method backwards.

  3. Press Caps Lock to switch case quickly. Moreover, there will be the instructions of caps lock light, which is very useful in the process of use, especially when switching between Chinese and English, and when uppercase and lowercase pinyin letters are used.

  Some personal use tips. I hope it helps you.

matters need attention

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Expert Interpretation: How long will the comprehensive intensity of high temperature this year be the strongest since 1961?

  China Weather Network News Since the end of July this year, there have been large-scale and strong high-temperature weather in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China. The highest temperature value and high-temperature days in many places have broken records, and netizens spit out "the hot-formed ripening zone in the postal area" and "Chongqing hot-formed blast furnace" … … So how hot is it in the south this year? Why is it so hot? How much longer will it be hot?

  How hot is it in the south?

  Since the summer of this year, the number of high temperature days in China has been large, covering a wide range, and the highest temperatures in many places have broken historical extremes. As of today (August 13th), the Central Meteorological Observatory has issued a high-temperature warning for 24 consecutive days, of which the highest-level red warning was issued for two consecutive days on the 12th and 13th.

  Chen Lijuan, chief forecaster of the National Climate Center, said that the hot weather in the south will continue in the next two weeks. It is estimated that the comprehensive intensity of high temperature weather this year will be the strongest since the complete record was made in 1961, but the regional high temperature process has not exceeded 2013.

  Judging from the regional situation, temperatures in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Chongqing and other places have also broken many records. Wang Zhi, chief forecaster of Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory, said that as of this morning (August 13th), there were 40 days of high temperature above 35℃, 6 days of high temperature above 40℃, and the extreme maximum temperature was 40.9℃, which appeared on July 13th.

  Lou Xiaofen, chief forecaster of Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, said that since July this year, the high-temperature heat wave weather in Zhejiang Province has been extremely significant, with the characteristics of early high temperature and rapid development, record-breaking high temperature days and record-breaking temperature values. After plum blossom in Zhejiang, a large range of high temperature appeared, and the intensity increased rapidly. Up to now, the average number of high temperature days above 35℃ in Zhejiang Province is 31 days, and the average number of days above 38℃ is 16 days, both of which are the highest in the same period in history. In addition, since July, the average temperature in Zhejiang Province is 30.7℃, and the average maximum temperature is 36.5℃, both of which are the highest in the same period in history.

  Luo Juan, chief forecaster of Chongqing Meteorological Observatory, said that since July this year, the temperature in Chongqing has been significantly higher, the precipitation has been significantly less, and the number of high-temperature days is more and stronger. At present, there have been two rounds of high-temperature weather processes (July 4 -17 and July 24), and the average high-temperature days in Chongqing have reached 29.3 days, the second highest in the same period since 1951, second only to 30.2 days in 2006. The city’s extreme highest temperature appeared in Beibei, and the highest temperature reached 43.7℃ on August 11th. The daily highest temperatures in fengjie county, Tongnan District, Liangping District and Chengkou County also exceeded the local historical extremes.

  Why is it so hot in the south?

  Why is it so hot in the south this year? Chen Tao, chief forecaster of the Central Meteorological Observatory, said that the main cause of high temperature weather has something to do with the abnormal atmospheric circulation. Judging from the current monitoring, the western Pacific subtropical high has a large range and strong intensity. Under its control, the southern part of China is controlled by downward flow as a whole, with clear skies and partly cloudy, and the near-surface heating is relatively strong under the influence of sunshine radiation during the day, so a wide range of high temperature weather has appeared.

  How long will it be hot in the south?

  Chen Tao said that in the future, there will be no obvious tropical system in the southern tropical ocean, and the subtropical high will still control the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the high temperature weather will continue to develop or maintain.

  The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that the hot weather in Jianghan, Jianghuai, Jiangnan and Sichuan Basin will continue in the coming week (August 13-19), and the highest temperature in some areas of eastern Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang and northern Hunan can reach above 40℃.

What do Zhejiang practitioners think of AI’s "epic upgrade" and the big model "a hundred battles"?

Chao journalist Jin Chunhua
Source: vision china
These two days are probably the moment when we witness the great development of AI.
On March 17th, local time, in the early morning of 18th Beijing time, xAI Company, a subsidiary of Musk, announced the official open source of its large model Grok-1. There are two points that attract people’s attention: first, the parameters reach 314 billion, far exceeding the 175 billion of OpenAI GPT-3.5, and it is the largest open source large language model so far; Second, it is a mixed expert model. Simply put, it is like bringing together "experts" from various fields, distributing tasks to experts from different fields, and finally summarizing conclusions to improve efficiency.
Just as the "smoke" generated by this news has not dispersed, some media broke the news. OpenAI CEO Altman publicly stated for the first time that GPT-5 will achieve an epic performance jump. In terms of hardware, NVIDIA once again launched "super chips"-Blackwell B200 GPU and GB 200; B200 can support five H100, 30 times the reasoning speed, and can train a large model with trillions of parameters.
This year, we may witness another historic upgrade of AI.
The picture comes from the Internet.
The big model of "love irony"&the big model of "crushing"
Let’s start with Musk’s Grok-1.
In all kinds of large models at home and abroad, Grok, like Musk himself, has its own traffic. In March last year, Musk registered xAI. The team’s 12 start-ups are from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research, Tesla, University of Toronto, etc. It is reported that they have participated in DeepMind’s Alpha Code and OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 projects. So, at first, everyone believed that it was for GPT.
XAI released Grok more than half a year after the establishment of the company. The industry evaluation focuses on two points: after only two months of training, some abilities surpass GPT3.5;; And, intentionally or unintentionally, this is an ironic chat robot.
The characteristics of irony are very consistent with Musk’s manner. One of the founders of OpenAI has repeatedly publicly satirized OpenAI that it is not "open" at all, and there is no open source model. Not long ago, OpenAI was brought to court for a complaint. Then, after the appetite of all parties, I opened up my own big model-but it was Grok-1, not the latest version of Grok-1.5. Readers familiar with the industry know that the big model is half a generation behind, and it will be far behind.
When OpenAI CEO Altman attended an event in Silicon Valley, he revealed the details about GPT-5. The picture comes from the Internet.
I don’t know if it’s really because Musk released the "Challenge Book" that OpenAI "met": According to media reports, Altman said at an event in Silicon Valley that the performance of GPT-5 will be improved beyond expectations, and even said that startups that underestimate the capabilities of GPT-5 will be crushed by the next generation model.
For the open source of Grok-1, domestic industry insiders are "bearish". The reporter interviewed several big model experts from big factories, and some said that they should test them first. Some say that trying other big models is not their main business; Some also expressed their affirmation, feeling that it will promote the overall ecological construction and ecological diversification of the large model, and "multiple directions are always good".
In contrast, the attention of GPT-5 is obviously higher.
"GPT-5 may bring innovation and improvement in many aspects, such as better ability to understand and generate languages, wider knowledge coverage, more efficient learning algorithms, stronger logical reasoning ability and lower misunderstanding rate." Dr. Wu Di from School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Tongji University said that every time the GPT series model is upgraded, OpenAI strives to break through the existing limitations, including improving the generalization ability of the model, reducing the generation of deviation and misleading information, and enhancing the naturalness of interaction and user experience. The epic performance jump may also include improved security and reliability to ensure the responsible use of AI technology and reduce potential negative impacts.
NVIDIA released Blackwell architecture GPU, which greatly improved the performance of AI computing. The picture comes from the Internet.
Open source or closed source is not simple.
"It is not as simple as everyone thinks that enterprises choose open source or closed source." Kong Jun, general manager of Zhejiang Big Data Trading Center, told the reporter. Generally speaking, enterprises should have enough technical confidence in open source, and the threshold is still quite high. For example, ali tong Yiqianwen Big Model won six full marks in IDC’s "AI Big Model Technical Capability Assessment Test".
Choosing open source has many considerations such as creating ecology and obtaining data. Some experts said that open source does not necessarily mean doing public welfare, but also commercial considerations. Perhaps its commercial interests are relatively long-term, and at this stage, it is necessary to expand ecology and expand influence.
According to the observation of research institutions, the relevant large model manufacturers are very flexible in the choice of open source or closed source: at present, there are GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 of OpenAI in foreign countries with completely closed source, and there are large models of Wenxin of Baidu in China; First close the source and then open the source, there is Alibaba Cloud’s general question; There are also open source first and then closed source, such as Baichuan-7B and Baichuan-13B of Baichuan Intelligent.
"Three elements of the big model, data, computing power and algorithm. Open source may invite all parties with data to try in an open and cooperative mode because of insufficient data. " Kong Jun said that this is also a way to use data, or it has certain reference value for promoting the marketization of data elements in China.
On Monday, local time, NVIDIA held its annual developer conference, and Huang Renxun announced a new generation of GPU architecture Blackwell, which supports the construction of real-time generative AI. According to industry analysts, NVIDIA’s new structure cannot be separated from the support of open source. In May, 2022, after being scolded by the developers for ten years, NVIDIA finally promoted the open source of GPU computing, attracting a large number of R&D personnel to participate in innovation. The widely used deep learning frames such as PyTorch and TensorFlow were deeply bound with the NVIDIA GPU, which also accumulated a lot of optimization experience for NVIDIA’s own GPU products.
More importantly, after this benign ecological interaction is established, the market will also open. It is reported that at present, NVIDIA’s high-end GPU has occupied 88% of the global market share, with a market value of about 2.2 trillion US dollars, second only to Microsoft and Apple.
"Open source of large models will become a trend, and a pattern of open source of basic versions and closed source of high-level versions will be formed." Zhang Wei, a professor at the School of Software of Zhejiang University and deputy director of the Institute of Complex Systems and Data Engineering, told reporters that open source can be understood as a high school student with certain basic knowledge and strong room for expansion, and then he enters the closed-source university study stage and chooses specific directions such as literature, science and medicine, that is, scene segmentation and specialization.
Based on the development trends at home and abroad at this stage, Zhang Wei suggested that on the one hand, the infrastructure such as computing power, algorithms and data is really important, on the other hand, China’s industrial categories and industrial chains are relatively complete, and the manufacturing industry is relatively developed, which is also a big advantage; Domestic large model manufacturers and start-up companies can focus on segmentation and strive to be ahead in the industry.
The European Parliament formally voted to pass and approve the European Union’s "Artificial Intelligence Act", which indicates that the European Union has cleared the last obstacle of legislative supervision of artificial intelligence. The picture comes from the Internet.
Foundation, foundation or foundation?
In the face of this "epic upgrade" of AI software and hardware, relevant people have once again emphasized the importance of the foundation.
In Zhang Wei’s view, although there are hundreds of big models, with the development of the industry, there won’t be too many truly basic general big models, just like the market competition process in bike-sharing in those years. This also puts forward higher requirements for large companies, especially large companies, to build universal models.
"From the perspective of the development of the whole industry, we still have to start from the foundation." Wu Di said, on the one hand, the big model of open source is not simply to use it, but also to learn its logical structure, otherwise it can only follow others all the time; On the other hand, even the open source big model, its core part is not necessarily 100% open source, especially the latest version of the big model, such as xAI of Musk and OpenAI; Just like netizens in China commented that Tesla’s open source was "backward".
In contrast, Wu Di feels that the strength of domestic large-scale models in Industry-University-Research can be further increased. "Colleges and universities have technology, but the hardware conditions are relatively insufficient. Large models require high hardware configuration and often need hardware clusters, which may be the advantage of enterprises. To put it further, at present, the big models all over the world are essentially statistical probability models. This is inseparable from the emphasis on the foundation of mathematics. "
Kong Jun also emphasized the importance attached to the cooperation between the government, universities and enterprises. "Data, computing power and algorithms are indispensable. At present, government departments are working hard to increase the supply of high-quality data, cultivate domestic computing power, and encourage university enterprises to speed up algorithm research. "
At present, despite the relative lack of top chips in computing power in China, the total amount and increment have developed rapidly. Last November, a set of data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that in recent years, the annual growth rate of China’s computing power industry was nearly 30%, and the total scale of computing power ranked second in the world. By the end of last year, the scale of China’s computing core industry reached 1.8 trillion yuan.
Of course, the computing power has to be used, which involves the question of whether the domestic computing power is good or not. Earlier, some people in the industry pointed out that our computing power has a "strange circle" where we spend a lot of money but it is not easy to use, and on the other hand, our computing power is in short supply. The pressure is given to the domestic self-developed computing chip.
In addition to the above industrial foundation, many people in the industry also mentioned some institutional foundations, such as law.
On the 13th local time, the European Parliament formally voted and approved the Artificial Intelligence Act to strictly regulate the use of artificial intelligence.
On the morning of March 16th, the first "AI Good Governance Forum" held in Beijing released the "Artificial Intelligence Law (Scholars’ Proposal Draft)". The drafting expert group consists of experts from China University of Political Science and Law, Institute of Data Rule of Law, northwest university of politics and law Institute of Rule of Law and China Institute of Information and Communication.
"With the advancement of technology, it is very important to continuously pay attention to and evaluate the social, ethical and security impacts of AI technology. The rapid development of the AI field needs to be accompanied by corresponding policies, guiding principles and regulatory measures to ensure that these advanced technologies can have a positive impact on society and effectively manage potential risks. " Wu Di said that in this respect, China has paid more attention to the privacy protection of personal data because of the early start of big data and artificial intelligence; The improvement of the legal system will further promote the development of the artificial intelligence industry.
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@ 京京京京京京京京京京, please keep this return guide →

Autumn is crisp and cold.

October 8 is one of the 24 solar terms.

Cold dew in the 17th solar term

It is also the last day of the National Day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

Many people are about to embark on the return journey.

Please keep this intimate guide.

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The return trip just happened to meet the cold dew solar terms.

What should I pay attention to in dressing?

According to experts from Qingdao Public Health Clinical Center, "cold dew is cold dew, and dew is everywhere". By this solar term, dew condensation will be thicker, and early frost will appear in some areas, and the chill will be more intense. Before and after the cold dew, "cool and dry" evil spirits are in season, the temperature changes greatly, the human immune system is easy to fall, and respiratory diseases will occur frequently in this solar term, so we should pay attention to keeping warm, so we can have both grace and temperature. In addition, the elderly and children are relatively weak in yang, and they are more sensitive to temperature changes. Cold protection is the most important thing, and the core is "adding or subtracting at any time and focusing on protection".

"White dew is not exposed, cold dew feet are not exposed", and the invasion of cold evil mostly starts from weak parts, so special attention should be paid to keeping feet warm during the cold dew season.

Qingdao public security traffic control department

Issue a return reminder

The National Day Mid-Autumn Festival "Double Festival" holiday is coming to an end, and the peak of return traffic is coming. The Qingdao public security traffic control department reminds the general public to choose the travel time and route reasonably, try to avoid the peak of travel and the roads that are easy to block, and drive in a civilized and safe way.

It is predicted that on the last day of the holiday on October 8, 15: 00 -20: 00 will be the peak return period, and the number of traveling vehicles will remain high. It is suggested to plan the route in advance to avoid congested road sections. Qingyin Expressway, Chongqing Elevated Road, Heilongjiang Middle Road and other trunk roads have a large traffic volume; The main roads around Qingdao Railway Station and Qingdao North Railway Station, such as Guangzhou Road, Feixian Road, Tai ‘an Road and Huanwan Road, have heavy traffic pressure, so it is recommended to travel at the wrong peak.

The public security traffic control department reminded:

At the peak of return traffic, drivers should plan the driving route and time in advance, and keep the safe distance and speed during driving.

Fasten your seat belts for all drivers and passengers. When the vehicle ahead slows down or there is a traffic accident, you should obey the on-site command of the police and pass in turn, without congestion or rushing.

When passing through mountain roads, when encountering sharp bends, steep slopes, long downhill roads and roads facing water and cliffs, slow down and do not be too strong.

If you miss the exit on the expressway, you should continue to drive forward, choose the nearest exit to drive away from the expressway, and do not slow down, stop or reverse in an emergency to avoid causing traffic accidents.

When encountering a traffic accident or vehicle failure, it is necessary to pull over and evacuate people, that is, call the police to prevent the occurrence of secondary accidents. Please obey the traffic regulations and travel safely and civilized.

The first and last trains of Qingdao subway

Traffic interval adjustment

From October 9th.

Delayed operation of Qingdao subway in tourist season ends.

Time adjustment of the first and last trains at each station of the network.

At the same time, in order to meet the travel needs of citizens, Qingdao Metro has optimized its capacity allocation, and the running intervals of each line on weekdays and weekends have been adjusted. Among them, after 20:20 on weekdays, the original Blue Valley Express will start from Miao Ling Road Station and end at Expo Center Station, and the terminal will be adjusted to Puli Station.

Source: Qingdao release

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Double suspension" can pull the situation on the peninsula out of "fighting against black holes"

  Cctv newsAccording to a recent report by Kyodo News Agency, Gallucci, a former American negotiator on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, suggested that the United States and North Korea consider the "double suspension" initiative proposed by China. He believed that if the United States and North Korea build mutual trust through dialogue, North Korea might abandon its nuclear program. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at today’s regular press conference that he agreed with Gallucci’s point of view.

  Lu Kang introduced that, in fact, the "double suspension" initiative proposed by China is being understood and supported by more and more countries and people of insight.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang

  Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang:At present, the situation on the Korean peninsula is still mired in a vicious circle of showing strength and confrontation, and the prospects are not optimistic. But at the same time, we should also see that the hope of peace has not been annihilated, the prospect of negotiations still exists, and the choice of using force is absolutely unacceptable.

  Lu Kang said that China agreed to take practical actions to stop North Korea’s nuclear-guided development process and put forward the "double suspension" initiative, aiming at creating conditions for resuming dialogue and negotiations.

  Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu KangAs Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, in the next step, all parties should seriously consider the "double suspension" initiative, take the first step to ease the situation, at least pull the situation on the peninsula out of the current "black hole" and create the necessary conditions and atmosphere for resuming dialogue and negotiations.

  Lu Kang said that the DPRK and the United States are the direct parties to the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and hold the key to solving the problem. China supports and hopes to see the DPRK and the United States accumulate mutual trust and improve relations through direct dialogue and contact, so as to create the necessary conditions for the final settlement of the nuclear issue on the peninsula.