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Ticket purchase reminders

Don't forget to buy your return train ticket in advance

Train tickets for the Spring Festival holiday are on sale. While buying pre-holiday train tickets, don't forget to buy return train tickets in advance. According to the arrangement of train tickets to be sold 15 days in advance, for the return trip, passengers can buy train tickets for the seventh day of the first lunar month (February 16) on February 2, and on February 3, passengers can buy train tickets for the eighth day of the first lunar month (February 17).

Contest Alerts

Ministry of Education: Revoke the qualification for this competition

The Ministry of Education recently reported that according to the clues reported by the masses, the Ministry of Education conducted an investigation and verification of the relevant issues of the "Salute to Heroes" National Youth Culture and Art Creation Theme Education Competition sponsored by the China Children's Culture and Art Foundation. After investigation, the public's report is basically true, and the competition has outstanding problems such as private sub-competitions, layers of subcontracting, illegal fees, and chaotic management, which has caused a bad impact on the society. According to the report, after many interviews and reminders, the organizer has not properly rectified. After performing the relevant procedures, it was decided to revoke the qualifications for the "Salute to Heroes" National Youth Cultural and Artistic Creation Theme Education Competition. From now on, the China Children's Culture and Art Foundation and related entities shall no longer hold the "Salute to Heroes" National Youth Culture and Art Creation Theme Education Competition.

Employment alerts

There are posts and posts, and the Ministry of Education has issued a notice

Recently, the Ministry of Education issued a notice on the employment of publicly-funded normal graduates of the 2024 class of normal universities under the ministry, requiring all provincial-level education administrative departments to ensure that publicly-funded normal students who meet the employment conditions have posts and posts, and all schools are implemented to teach. All provincial-level education administrative departments should continue to organize special recruitment activities for publicly-funded normal students, and ensure that publicly-funded normal students who meet the employment requirements have posts through methods such as giving priority to the use of vacant staff, and all schools are fully implemented, and it is strictly forbidden to "make up for those who have staff". By the end of May 2024, ensure that 90% of publicly-funded normal students will be selected to teach in schools through two-way selection. Publicly-funded normal students who have not signed a contract by the end of June 2024 shall have their files and household registration transferred to the provincial-level education administrative department where the student is from, and the provincial-level education administrative department will make overall arrangements with relevant departments to teach in primary and secondary schools in areas with a shortage of teachers.

Nine departments will carry out the 2024 Spring Breeze Action

A few days ago, nine departments including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security deployed the 2024 Spring Breeze Action nationwide. The operation continued from late January to early April. During the event, all localities will focus on "employment petitions" and "visits to enterprises to ask for needs", widely publicize service measures, release activity arrangements on a rolling basis, and publicize employment and entrepreneurship policies by groups. Intensively hold recruitment activities, and launch various forms of recruitment activities such as "big and complete", "specialized and refined" and "small and beautiful", so as to realize recruitment and sending jobs to your side every week. Actively organize labor service docking, carry out on-site recruitment, group recruitment, labor brand docking, and provide services such as chartered buses, special trains (chartered carriages), and chartered flights. Vigorously support returning to their hometowns to start businesses, select a number of entrepreneurial projects, tap a number of spare site resources such as returning hometown entrepreneurship parks, sort out a set of policies, services, and financial support measures, and accurately push them to entrepreneurs. The entire campaign is expected to provide 30 million jobs.

Courier service alerts

Inter-provincial express, no more than 72 hours!

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standards Committee) issued five national standards, including "Limit of Heavy Metals and Specific Substances in Express Packaging", "Express Service" and "Express Recycling Packaging". The new version of the "Express Service" three series of national standards refine the domestic express service time limit requirements, the maximum time limit for intra-city express delivery is not more than 48 hours, and the time limit for inter-provincial express delivery does not exceed 72 hours; standardize the billing of express weight in kilograms, and retain at least 1 decimal place; strengthen the requirements for the protection of the rights and interests of employees such as education and training, labor security; increase the data security requirements for the collection, storage and use of personal information of express users; Delivery requirements, leading the improvement of express service quality and efficiency.

Cultural tourism reminder

The list of the third batch of national-level nighttime cultural and tourism consumption clusters was announced

According to the requirements of the "Notice on Carrying out the Construction of the Third Batch of National Night Culture and Tourism Consumption Clusters", the list of the third batch of national night culture and tourism consumption clusters was announced.

The list of the third batch of national ski tourism resorts was announced

According to the tourism industry standard of the People's Republic of China "Classification of Ski Tourism Resorts" (LB/T 083-2021), and in accordance with the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the General Office of the General Administration of Sports on Carrying out the Identification of National Ski Tourism Resorts" (Ban Zi Fa [2023] No. 166), the list of the third batch of national ski tourism resorts will be publicized.

The list of national first-class and second-class tourist homestays was released

According to the "Guidelines for the Implementation of the Basic Requirements and Classification of Tourist B&Bs (GB/T 41648-2022)", 59 tourist B&Bs meet the national Grade A tourist B&B standards, and 52 tourist B&Bs meet the national B-class tourist B&B standards.

Ministry of Culture and Tourism: It is planned to identify 21 scenic spots as national 5A-level tourist attractions

According to the national standards of the People's Republic of China "Classification and Evaluation of Quality Grades of Tourist Attractions" and "Measures for the Management of Quality Grades of Tourist Attractions", the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has publicized 21 tourist attractions as national 5A-level tourist attractions.

Financial alerts

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has further strengthened the supervision of securities lending business and completely suspended the lending of restricted shares

In order to implement the investor-oriented regulatory concept and strengthen the supervision of the lending of restricted shares, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has further optimized the securities lending mechanism after full demonstration and evaluation. Specifically, the following includes: first, the lending of restricted shares will be completely suspended, and second, the market-based declaration of refinancing securities will be adjusted from real-time availability to next-day availability, so as to limit the efficiency of securities lending and lending. Due to factors such as system adjustments, the first measure will be implemented from January 29, and the second measure will be implemented from March 18.

Visa waiver reminder

From 9 February, China and Singapore will be exempt from visas

Recently, representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Singapore signed the Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on Reciprocal Visa Exemption for Holders of Ordinary Passports in Beijing. The agreement will officially enter into force on February 9, 2024 (Chinese New Year's Eve). At that time, holders of ordinary passports of both sides can enter each other's countries without a visa to engage in private affairs such as tourism, family visits, and business, and stay for no more than 30 days. If you intend to stay in the other country for more than 30 days, you must obtain a visa before entering the other country.

From March 1, China and Thailand will be exempted from visas

On January 28, local time, China and Thailand signed a mutual visa exemption agreement in Bangkok, Thailand. The agreement will enter into force on March 1, 2024.

Reminder of non-conforming products

Circular on the national supervision and random inspection of the quality of 8 kinds of products such as mobile power supply

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation organized national supervision and spot checks on the quality of 8 kinds of products such as mobile power supplies. The random inspection situation is now notified as follows: a total of 284 batches of products from 277 production units and 193 sales units were randomly inspected, and 69 batches of unqualified products were found. Among the unqualified products, 8 batches of mobile power banks, 2 batches of power adapters, 1 batch of fixed general lamps, 2 batches of embedded lamps, 7 batches of instant hot water dispensers, 10 batches of electric ovens and baking appliances, 15 batches of skin and hair care appliances, and 24 batches of air purifiers. Follow-up spot check to the last spot check of 8 unqualified production units, of which 4 production units are still unqualified.

Fire safety reminders

The Office of the State Council Safety Committee has deployed and carried out a large-scale rectification action to eliminate fire safety problems in a centralized manner

The Office of the Safety Committee of the State Council issued a notice on January 26 to deploy and carry out a large-scale rectification action for fire safety in a centralized manner. The action focused on three types of places, including "nine small places", multi-format mixed production and operation sites, and crowded places, focusing on rectifying problems such as illegal construction operations and production and operation, insufficient safety evacuation conditions, and illegal installation of anti-theft nets and billboards.

Among them, the "nine small places" include small schools and kindergartens, small medical institutions, small shops, small restaurants, small hotels, small singing and dancing entertainment, small Internet cafes, small beauty baths, small production and processing enterprises and other places; multi-format mixed production and operation sites include multi-format multi-functional business places integrating catering, accommodation, entertainment, commerce, warehousing, culture, sports, training, etc., sublease and sublease labor-intensive enterprises that form production and storage functions; Large-scale commercial complexes, hospitals, boarding primary and secondary schools, nursing homes, children's welfare homes, tourist places and other places. The operation began from now on and ended at the end of March, and was divided into three stages: mobilization and deployment, elimination of trouble, and acceptance and evaluation.

Source: Chinese government website