Cover News
The funeral home was exposed to selling urns at a high price, and the preliminary investigation was announced On the 5th, the media exposed that the funeral home in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, sold urns at a high price and could not bring their own. On the 6th, the local Market Supervision and Administration Bureau and the Civil Affairs Bureau reported the preliminary investigation that the funeral home involved had the behavior of guiding consumers to buy the urn of the funeral home, and the illegal behavior of the funeral home will be dealt with in accordance with laws and regulations. At the same time, the funeral home urn has the problem that the price is higher than the market price, and the price of the urn will be strictly supervised with reference to the common practice in other parts of the country, and the pricing will be controlled within a reasonable range. (Voice of China)
Political and legal news
Wang Xiaohong: Tajik President Rahmon, President of Tajikistan, met with State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong in Dushanbe on May 5. Wang Xiaohong stressed that China is ready to work with Tajikistan to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, actively implement the Global Security Initiative, take more practical and effective measures, deepen law enforcement and security cooperation, push the China-Tajikistan comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level, and create a safer environment for the two countries to jointly build a community with a shared future. (Xinhua News Agency)
Hard news
1. The National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Recently, the "Thousands of Towns and Villages Wind Control Action" was organized, and it was proposed that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a number of wind power projects will be built in rural areas of qualified counties (cities, districts, banners) with villages as units. (CCTV News)
2. Ministry of Civil Affairs: During the 3-day Qingming Festival holiday, a total of 47,558,600 people were received across the country, of which 71% of the total number of people who chose low-carbon sacrifices and sweeps accounted for 71% of the total number of people on site. During the three-day holiday, more than 1,300 online festival sweeping platforms across the country served a total of 4,165,900 online worship and sweeping people. (Xinhua News Agency)
3. Ministry of Transport: Before the end of October this year, real-name certificates such as resident ID cards, passports, permanent residence ID cards for foreigners, residence permits for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, mainland travel permits for Hong Kong and Macao residents, and mainland travel permits for Taiwan residents will be fully realized to support online purchase of e-tickets. (Ministry of Transport website)
4. Ministry of Commerce: From January to February 2024, the total import and export volume of services in mainland China was 1,191.07 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.8%. Among them, travel services are growing rapidly. From January to February, the import and export of travel services reached 317.93 billion yuan, an increase of 51.8 percent, making it the largest area of service trade. (Ministry of Commerce website)
5. Ministry of Culture and Tourism: During the 2024 Qingming Festival holiday, the national cultural and tourism market will be safe, stable and orderly. During the three-day holiday, 119 million domestic tourists traveled across the country, an increase of 11.5% over the same period in 2019 on a comparable basis, and domestic tourists spent 53.95 billion yuan on travel, an increase of 12.7% over the same period in 2019. (Voice of Cultural Tourism WeChat public account)
6. China Coast Guard: The Philippines issued a statement on the 6th that the Philippine side organized a number of vessels to illegally locate in the waters adjacent to the horseshoe crab reef in China's Nansha Islands on the 4th. We are telling the Philippine side that any infringement tactics are futile. The China Coast Guard will defend and enforce its rights in the waters under China's jurisdiction in accordance with the law, and resolutely safeguard territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. (China Coast Guard WeChat public account)
7. China Futures Association: The cumulative turnover of the national futures market in the first quarter was 124.16 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.70%. Energy futures and new energy metal futures performed well, and the cumulative trading scale of liquefied petroleum gas, crude oil, and industrial silicon futures increased. (CCTV News)
Hot news
1. A principal in Sichuan was investigated, and he won or lost 7 or 80,000 yuan in one night according to the news on the 4th of the WeChat public account of Honest Sichuan, Chongren, the principal of a school in Litang, Sichuan, took advantage of his position to embezzle more than 210 yuan for gambling and family consumption, and sometimes the win or loss of playing mahjong in one night can reach 7 or 80,000 yuan. In July 2023, Chong Ren was dismissed from public office. In December 2023, the court sentenced Chong Ren to six years and four months in prison for embezzlement. (Honest Sichuan WeChat public account)
2. A boat collision accident occurred in Xiapu, Fujian In the early morning of the 6th, in the waters of Xiapu County, Fujian, a speedboat collided with a docked boat, causing 6 people on the speedboat to fall into the water. So far, 5 people have been rescued. Among them, 2 died and 2 were injured after rescue efforts failed. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing. (CCTV News)
3. The woman said that 17,000 yuan was stolen, and the police recovered 27,000 A few days ago, the Baokang police in Hubei Province received a report from Ms. Zhang that gold jewelry worth 16,000 yuan and 1,000 yuan in cash were stolen from her home. After careful investigation by the police, 1,000 yuan in cash was found in the wardrobe of his bedroom, and gold jewelry worth 16,000 yuan was found on the top of the wardrobe. In addition, the police also found another 10,000 yuan in cash that Ms. Zhang had long forgotten in a women's bag in a wardrobe drawer. (Baokang Public Security)
4, Tianshui Malatang Emoji Uncle refutes rumors about online sales of formula seasoning packs On the 5th, Uncle Haiying Malatang Shop, which has attracted wide attention because of the explosion of Gansu Tianshui Malatang, posted a video saying that the Tianshui Malatang formula and seasoning package have nothing to do with our store, please carefully distinguish when netizens buy. It is reported that some merchants have stolen the name of Haiying Malatang Shop and sold Malatang recipes and seasoning packets online. (@白鹿视频)
5. Mexico and Ecuador sever diplomatic relations On the 5th, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Mexico had suspended diplomatic relations with the Ecuadorian government because the Ecuadorian police forcibly entered the Mexican embassy in Ecuador and took away former Ecuadorian Vice President Graz, who had sought refuge in the embassy. (CCTV News)
Embarrassing news
1. The woman pretended to be a neighbor and disappeared after borrowing 500 yuan "Don't you think who I am? Recently, in Dalian, Liaoning Province, a woman walked into a fruit shop and familiarly approached the shopkeeper, saying that she forgot to bring her mobile phone and needed to borrow some cash. Mr. Wu, an enthusiastic shopkeeper, gave her 500 yuan in cash, but he didn't see the woman come back to pay back until the store was closed, and Mr. Wu immediately called the police after realizing that something was wrong. At present, the woman involved has been arrested by the police. (Peninsula Morning Post)
2. The drunk man drove away the substitute driver and drove home and hit a tree: I felt drunk Recently, in Haining, Zhejiang, a car crashed into a roadside tree, and the car was seriously damaged. The traffic police arrived at the scene and found that the driver involved, Chen Moumou, was full of alcohol. After investigation, it was found that Chen Moumou called a substitute driver after drinking that night. During the driving of the vehicle, Chen Moumou felt that he was drunk, so he asked the substitute driver to go back, and then sat in the cab by himself, and crashed into a tree not far away. In the end, Chen Moumou was taken criminal coercive measures by the police. (@星视频)
Warm news
1. 70,000 yuan of life-saving money was lost and the police found it across provinces overnight Recently, a woman in Yulin, Shaanxi Province was in a hurry to treat her husband, and accidentally lost the 70,000 yuan she had just taken out, and immediately called the police for help. The police checked the surveillance and found that the money was picked up by a man on a motorcycle. The police immediately contacted the man's family and recovered the lost money across the province that night. Afterwards, the woman presented a pennant to the police to express her gratitude. (@星视频)
2. The police and the people relay the lost grandmother home in the early morning A few days ago, Mr. Jiang, a citizen of Suzhou, Jiangsu, met a lost old man in the early morning. After he put his coat on the old man, he called the police for help. Because the old man was old, his legs and feet were inconvenient, and he couldn't remember the way home, Mr. Jiang and the people's auxiliary police who rushed to take turns carrying the old man on their backs, looking for them according to the sporadic clues provided by the old man, and finally, they sent the old man home safely. (@SBS warm video)
3. The old man used bricks to pave the way for students in the rain Recently, the low-lying road section at the entrance of a college canteen in Jiangxi Province was flooded due to heavy rain. (@人民网)
International News
1. Worried about Iran's attack, the United States is on "high alert" According to foreign media reports on the 6th, the United States is on high alert and is prepared for a possible attack by Iran against Israel or US assets in the Middle East. Earlier, the building of the consular department of the Iranian embassy in Syria was attacked. The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Salami, warned that no hegemonic power can inflict a blow on Iran, and any hostile actions against Iran will be reciprocated. (Reference message)
2. Ukraine said it blew up the Russian oil pipeline On the 6th, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine released a message on its official social platform saying that an oil pipeline in Russia's Rostov Oblast was blown up on the same day, and the facility was used for military purposes. The Russian side has not responded to this for the time being. (CCTV News)
3. 7 children were killed in an explosion attack in Syria According to Syrian media reports on the 6th, an explosion attack in Daraa province in southern Syria killed 7 children. (Xinhua News Agency)
Source: An Jian, head of the Central Political and Legal Commission