【View of China】
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry arrives in Beijing
On the afternoon of July 16, 2023, John Kerry, the US Special Envoy for Climate Issues, arrived in Beijing. Starting today, China and the United States will have an in-depth exchange of views on cooperation to address climate change. (CCTV News)
The National Health Commission launched the third batch of palliative care pilot work nationwide
The National Health Commission issued a notice on the 16th to carry out the third batch of palliative care pilot work nationwide. It is required that by 2025, at least one palliative care ward will be set up in each national palliative care pilot city (district) and each county (city, district), and palliative care beds will be set up in community health service centers and township health centers where conditions permit, and a palliative care service system covering the entire area of the pilot area and taking into account both urban and rural areas will be established. (CCTV News)
The second domestic C919 was delivered
On the morning of July 16, China Eastern officially took delivery of the second domestically produced C919 large passenger aircraft in Shanghai. At 10:06 a.m., the aircraft executed flight MU2999, took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport, landed at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 10:20, and officially "listed" the China Eastern Airlines fleet.
The first domestic commercial passenger flight of sustainable aviation fuel was completed
Recently, a "low-carbon themed flight" of Air China successfully arrived in Beijing from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, which is the first commercial passenger flight of a wide-body aircraft with domestic sustainable aviation fuel in China. The sustainable aviation fuel used in this mission adopts Sinopec's bio-aviation fuel production technology with independent intellectual property rights, using catering waste oil as raw material, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 85% in the whole life cycle compared with traditional aviation kerosene. (CCTV News)
The second anniversary of the operation of the national carbon emission trading market: the total transaction volume exceeded 11 billion yuan
On July 16, 2021, the national carbon emission trading market was officially launched. On the last trading day before the national carbon emissions trading market will turn two years before its operation, the carbon price is fixed at the closing price of 60 yuan / ton, up 3.15% from the closing price of the previous trading week. The cumulative trading volume of carbon emission allowances exceeded 239 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, and the cumulative transaction volume reached more than 11 billion yuan. (CNBC)
Typhoon "Teli" will make landfall in South China on the 17th, and the National Defense Department has upgraded its flood prevention and typhoon emergency response to level 3
According to the forecast of the meteorological department, this year's No. 4 typhoon "Teli" will make landfall on the night of July 17 along the coast from Taishan in Guangdong to Wenchang, Hainan. Affected by it, from July 16 to 19, there was a process of heavy precipitation in some areas of Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and other places, among which there were exceptionally heavy rainstorms along the southwestern coast of Guangxi, the southern coast of Guangxi, and the central and northern parts of Hainan Island. The National Defense General upgraded the emergency response to flood prevention and typhoon prevention to level 3 at 17:00 on the 16th. (CCTV News)
Affected by Typhoon "Teli", all flights at Hainan Qionghai Boao Airport were cancelled on July 17
The reporter learned from Hainan Qionghai Boao Airport that affected by Typhoon "Teli", in order to ensure the safe travel of the majority of passengers, on July 17, all inbound and outbound flights of Qionghai Boao Airport were canceled. (CCTV News)
The box office in the first half of the 2023 summer file broke records
According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 21 o'clock on July 16, the total box office in the first half of the summer file in 2023 (June 1-July 16) reached 8.787 billion, exceeding the 7.316 billion in the same period of 2018, greatly refreshing the box office record in the first half of the summer file, and the box office of the film "Disappearing Her" reached 3.363 billion, surpassing the 2.543 billion in the same period of "I Am Not the God of Medicine", becoming the box office champion in the first half of the summer file in Chinese film history. (Sina Finance)
A high-speed railway station in Hainan was built without use official: the opening loss was serious
With an investment of more than 40 million, Danzhou Haitou Station on the Hainan Ring Island high-speed railway has been built for many years but has not been used, and some netizens inquired about the opening progress of Haitou Station through the "leadership message board" of People's Network. The Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission replied on July 14 that the railway department believes that the main reasons for the current restrictions on the opening of Haitou Station are: the daily passenger flow of Haitou Station is less than 100, and the railway department has suffered serious losses after opening operation. (The Paper)
Shangqiu responded to the "Enterprise Tranquility Day": There is no limit to the immediate inspection of complaints and reports
The "Enterprise Quiet Day" system introduced by Henan Shangqiu has attracted attention. According to the news of the "Netinfo Shangqiu" public account on July 16, the office of the leading group for optimizing the business environment in Shangqiu City introduced that the system is to further optimize the business environment, avoid multiple heads and multi-level repeated inspections affecting the normal production and operation order of enterprises, involving safe production, ecological environment, food and drug and other fields, as well as emergencies, complaints and reports, media exposure and other special situations that require immediate inspections are not restricted by the "Enterprise Quiet Day". (The Paper)
【View Overseas】
World Meteorological Organization: Hot weather may continue until August
According to EFE local time on the 14th, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization said on the same day that the extreme hot weather that broke the highest monthly average temperature record in June and broke the two highest daily average temperature records in the first half of July will last for another two weeks and may last until August. (Informational message)
The northeastern United States was hit by a strong storm, and more than 1,000 flights were canceled
On July 16, local time, according to the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), the Federal Aviation Administration said that due to the continuous impact of strong storms in the northeast of the United States, New York JFK International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Newark Airport in New Jersey were grounded, and more than 1,000 flights were canceled. (CCTV News)
Yellen talks about the results of her visit to China in India: the establishment of flexible and productive communication channels
On the 16th, US Treasury Secretary Yellen spoke again on the results of her visit to China after arriving in India. "The visit is a step forward that gives our relationship a stronger foundation and builds resilient and productive lines of communication." Yellen said.
Putin signed an order to transfer the shares of the two companies, which originally belonged to foreign companies, to Russian management
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on the 16th to transfer the shares of "Danone Russia" and "Baltic" beer companies that originally belonged to foreign companies to Russia for temporary management. (CCTV News)
Putin: It is a crime to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine and use them
In a program broadcast on July 16 local time on the "Russia-1" channel, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the supply and use of cluster munitions to Ukraine should be considered a crime. The United States supplied Ukraine with cluster munitions because of the overall shortage of ammunition. Russia has sufficient stockpiles of cluster munitions and reserves the right to use them as a response. (CCTV News)
The UK was officially approved to join the CPTPP, Japanese media: the framework was expanded for the first time
According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) on the 16th, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) held a ministerial meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, and officially approved the UK's accession to the framework. This is the first expansion of the framework, with the addition of the United Kingdom bringing membership to 12 countries and the economic zone extending to Europe. (Global Network)
Tunisia signed a memorandum of understanding with the EU on a comprehensive strategic partnership
On July 16, local time, Tunisian President Said and European Commission President von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and Dutch Prime Minister Rutte jointly attended the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between Tunisia and the EU comprehensive strategic partnership. (CCTV News)
The death toll from continued heavy rainfall in South Korea rose to 37
On the afternoon of the 16th local time, according to the latest data released by the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters of South Korea, as of 18 o'clock that day, continuous heavy rain had caused 37 deaths and 9 missing people across South Korea. (CCTV News)
Several media reported that Sudanese military representatives arrived in Saudi Arabia to resume peace talks
On the 15th local time, a number of media quoted Sudanese government sources as saying that a delegation of the Sudanese Armed Forces has arrived in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to prepare to restart negotiations with the rapid support force. (CCTV News)
【Large Company】
The second-hand price of Tesla toy cars plunged and was once raised to 100,000
At 10 a.m. on July 14, Tesla China's official website officially started selling the Cyberquad toy car, which is priced at 11,990 yuan. The reporter found that Tesla China's official website shows that the Cyberquad toy car is still in a "out of stock" state. But on the second-hand platform, the price of Cyberquad toy cars has been greatly reduced. Of course, this wave of domestic hype is not the most exaggerated, when Cyberquad was listed overseas, it was once hyped to 100,000 yuan, which is about 10 times the original price. (Securities Times)
Zhihu CEO Zhou Yuan responded to the offline of the anonymous function: not in love, indulge in the future
From July 14th to July 16th, Zhihu 2023 Xinzhi Youth Conference was held in Beijing 751 Park. On July 15, Zhou Yuan, founder, chairman and CEO of Zhihu, delivered a keynote speech, mentioning that the anonymous function was offline. Zhou Yuan said, "We took the anonymous function entrance offline and said goodbye to this twelve-year-old function - the past is not in love; Use your professional and authentic identity to discuss, share, and discover – and move forward. (Interface News)
FAW signed another cooperation framework agreement with Volkswagen, Toyota and Audi
Recently, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of FAW, Volkswagen, Audi, Toyota and FAW have signed a framework agreement on deepening strategic cooperation to further deepen long-term cooperation. The deepening cooperation between the above three companies and FAW basically mentions information such as new energy and new platforms.
【Nugget Circle】
Over $92 billion of restricted shares with market capitalization lifted
Wind data statistics show that this week (July 17-July 23), a total of more than 70 companies have lifted the ban on restricted shares, and the total market value of the lifting ban is 92.034 billion yuan based on the closing price on July 14.
7 new shares will be issued this week
There will be 7 new shares issued online this week, including Shunyu Shares, Junyi Digital, Shengbang Security, and Wemax on July 17; The July 19 issue is Yifei Laser, Zhejiang Rongtai; The July 20th release was Silga.
【Yicai Selection】
It will take time for the interest rate of existing housing loans to be reduced, will the interbank "mortgage transfer" reappear?
Although regulators have spoken out in support of the reduction of interest rates on existing mortgages, it will take time for specific rules and plans to be introduced. In view of the interbank "mortgage transfer" business when the interest rate of existing housing loans was lowered in 2008, the market has once again called for liberalization in the past two days.
Extreme heat "bakes" the global economy, how big will the spillover effect be?
Hot weather is testing factories, power grids, and people's electricity bills around the world. Agriculture has also been directly affected, with coffee, sugar and cocoa prices already rising significantly.
Tens of millions of mansions cannot accommodate fire escapes, and the fire rescue dilemma has reappeared
"The residential area (fire escape) has been changed to a green belt, and all fire trucks cannot enter." Hangzhou Binjiang's mansion caught fire, but the fire truck could not reach the scene and put it out in time. It is not uncommon for luxury residential projects to encroach on fire exits in pursuit of landscape.
(Editors: Gao Lishan, Guo Ziang)