January 4, 2024
Quick facts
■ Li Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Hubei from January 2 to 3. He stressed that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, fully implement the arrangements of the Central Economic Work Conference, and with the spirit of seizing the day and working hard, we should pay close attention to it from the beginning, do it in a down-to-earth manner, accelerate the development of new quality productive forces, take new steps in high-quality development, and promote a good start in economic work this year.
■ According to the data released by the Ministry of Finance on the 3rd, the national financial and cultural fund budget for 2023 will be 393.37 billion yuan, which will effectively guarantee the expenditure of key projects.
■ According to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, from 24 o'clock on January 3, 2024, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will increase by 200 yuan and 190 yuan per ton respectively. According to the agency's calculations, this price adjustment is equivalent to an increase of 0.16 yuan per liter for No. 92 gasoline, 0.17 yuan per liter for No. 95 gasoline, and 0.17 yuan per liter for No. 0 diesel. For an ordinary private car with a fuel tank capacity of 50L, the owner will spend about 8 yuan more to fill up a tank of fuel.
■ The China Earthquake Network officially determined that at 18:08 on January 3, a 3.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Hua'an County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province (24.76 degrees north latitude, 117.49 degrees east longitude), with an epicenter depth of 13 kilometers.
Economics and Finance
■ The People's Bank of China announced on January 3 that in order to maintain reasonable and sufficient liquidity in the banking system, the People's Bank of China launched a 7-day reverse repurchase operation of 14 billion yuan in the form of interest rate bidding on the same day, and the winning interest rate was 1.80%. As 421 billion yuan of 7-day and 151 billion yuan of 14-day reverse repurchase expired on the same day, the open market achieved a net withdrawal of 558 billion yuan.
■ According to the latest data from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, 81 institutions were approved for qualified foreign institutional investor business in 2023, covering 15 countries, regions and international organizations around the world. As of the end of 2023, a total of 802 foreign institutional investors have been approved, including the world's major sovereign wealth funds, commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, etc.
■ Recently, the reply issued by the Sichuan Supervision Bureau of the State Administration of Financial Supervision shows that it is agreed that Ya'an Rural Commercial Bank will absorb and merge Sichuan Hanyuan Rural Commercial Bank, Sichuan Asbestos Rural Commercial Bank, Sichuan Tianquan Rural Commercial Bank, Sichuan Lushan Rural Commercial Bank, Yingjing County Rural Credit Cooperative, and Baoxing County Rural Credit Cooperative, and inherit the creditor's rights and debts of the above six institutions. On December 29, 2023, the unveiling ceremony of the municipal unified legal person of Ya'an Rural Commercial Bank and the signing ceremony of credit extension were held.
■ A few days ago, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission in the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration and the Jilin Provincial Supervision Commission conducted a disciplinary review and supervision investigation on Gao Fei, former Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Jilin Supervision Bureau of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law. Gao Fei seriously violated the party's political discipline, organizational discipline, and integrity discipline, constituted a serious violation of public office and was suspected of taking bribes, and did not restrain or stop after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which was serious in nature and had a bad impact, and should be seriously dealt with. After a meeting of the party committee of the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration, Gao Fei was expelled from the party, his benefits were revoked in accordance with regulations, and his disciplinary and illegal gains were confiscated.
■ The 2024 Lunar New Year Commemorative Coins and 2024 Lunar New Year Commemorative Notes will be issued on January 9, and the reservation period for the 2024 Chinese New Year Coins is from 22:00 on the 3rd to 24:00 on the 4th, and the reservation period for the 2024 Chinese New Year Banknotes is from 22:30 on the 3rd to 24:00 on the 4th. (Details)
Social hotspots
■ At 8:38 on January 3, the Earth will orbit to perihelion, which is the closest moment for the Earth to the Sun this year, ushering in the "largest sun" in 2024.
■ From 0:00 on January 3, the railway 12306 mobile client has launched two new functions: pre-filling of ticket purchase requirements and reminder subscription of train ticket sales, and passengers will be more convenient and faster to purchase tickets through the official platform of railway 12306.
■ Recently, there are several pricing posters of Xiaomi cars circulating on the Internet, showing that the initial pre-sale prices of different versions of the 2023 Xiaomi SU7 are priced at 99,000, 369,000, and 599,000 respectively. On January 3, Wang Hua, general manager of the public relations department of Xiaomi Group, refuted the rumors on Weibo.
■ According to the WeChat official account of Douyin Group, on January 3, the new version of the "health score" penalty for Douyin Live officially came into effect. On the first day of the punishment taking effect, nearly 5,000 anchors were reduced live broadcast recommendations, restricted functions and even permanently retracted live broadcast permissions, according to reports, the "health score" system will start trial operation in September 2023, and the platform will increase or decrease the account "health score" according to the anchor's daily live broadcast behavior, and grade the account according to the score, corresponding to different long-term management measures.
International dynamics
■ On January 3, based on the latest information from the Wajima City Government of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, the earthquake that occurred in the Noto area on the 1st has killed 73 people in Ishikawa Prefecture.
■ South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, announced on January 3 that according to the plan of the medical team of Seoul National University Hospital, party leader Lee Jae-myung was transferred from the intensive care unit to a general ward for treatment at 17:00 local time on the 3rd. Lee Jae-ming was attacked by a man armed with a murder weapon while visiting Gadeokdo Island in Busan on the morning of the 2nd, and he was injured in the neck and fell to the ground, and was rushed to a local hospital for treatment, and then transferred to Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, for surgery.
■ On January 3, local time, a series of explosions occurred in Kerman City, Iran, both of which occurred on the road to the mausoleum of Soleimani, a senior general of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with an interval of less than 10 minutes. At least 73 people have been killed and 170 injured so far, according to a spokesman for Iran's National Medical Emergency Center.
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