▎Ministry of Culture and Tourism: 119 million domestic trips during the Qingming holiday, and domestic tourists spent 53.95 billion yuan
According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during the 2024 Qingming Festival holiday, the national cultural and tourism market will be safe, stable and orderly. According to the data center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, there were 119 million domestic tourists traveling during the three-day holiday, 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.
▎ Beijing business district smart upgrade can get a million yuan reward
In recent years, Beijing has encouraged the upgrading and transformation of commercial enterprises, the creation of smart business districts and smart stores, and the creation of demonstration business districts for the integrated development of business, tourism, culture and sports. A few days ago, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce issued the "Notice on Soliciting Projects to Support the Quality Improvement of Business Districts in 2024", with a maximum subsidy of 5 million yuan for commercial projects that meet the requirements for upgrading, a maximum of 1 million yuan for a single project in a qualified smart business district, and a maximum of 500,000 yuan for a single smart store project.
▎Shanghai scientific research team research and development of "unplugged" luminous power generation fiber
On April 5, the advanced functional materials research group of the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Donghua University developed a new type of smart fiber integrating wireless energy harvesting, information perception and transmission. This breakthrough achievement opens up new possibilities for intelligent interaction between people and the environment, and has a wide range of application prospects.
▎China National Heavy Duty Truck and Shaanxi Automobile Heavy Truck in the Philippines synergistic linkage
From April 4th to 5th, Tan Xuguang presided over a symposium of China National Heavy Duty Truck and Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck Philippine Dealers in Hong Kong, and conducted in-depth exchanges with 11 strategic core dealers, truly understanding the first-line market, products, services, policies and other related situations, and solving product quality pain points for customers on the spot.
The Philippines is an important strategic market for the group's heavy trucks in the world, with a market share of 90%, building a leading competitive advantage! China National Heavy Duty Truck and Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck should deepen all-round cooperation with dealers, system linkage, efficient collaboration, highlight high-end product leadership, service system opening, brand integration and promotion, focus on improving the competitiveness of the whole chain, and continue to expand cooperation in light trucks, pickup trucks, aftermarket and other fields.
▎State Grid signed the largest transmission concession project in Brazil's history
On April 3, State Grid Brazil Holding Co., Ltd. and the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Authority signed a concession agreement in Brasilia for the "Northeast Brazil UHV Project", which is the largest transmission concession project in Brazil's history. The project includes the construction of 1,468 kilometers ± 800 kV UHVDC transmission lines, converter stations and condensers at both ends, as well as related AC supporting projects, with a rated transmission capacity of 5 million kilowatts. The project will bring together clean energy such as wind power, solar and hydropower in the northeast and north of Brazil, passing through the states of Maranhão, Tocantins and Goiás, which can meet the electricity needs of about 12 million people in core areas such as the Federal District of the Brazilian capital, and is scheduled to be put into operation in 2029 with a concession period of 30 years.
▎Jiangmen Municipal Transportation Bureau: The commission for cargo pulling is lower than the promised upper limit
Recently, in response to the problem of how to deal with the transportation department's excessively high commission on the cargo pulling platform, the Jiangmen Municipal Transportation Bureau gave a reply. The Jiangmen Municipal Transportation Bureau replied: Combined with the work requirements of the Ministry of Transport in recent years to promote "sunshine commission" and "reduce excessively high commission". The transportation department conducts on-site supervision on the implementation of the reduction of excessively high commissions on the cargo pulling platform, investigates the recruitment points of freight pulling drivers, grasps the development of driver access, qualification review, training and education, etc., and talks with the truck drivers on the spot to understand the actual situation such as income, commission, and working hours.
According to the self-inspection of the cargo pulling platform, the cargo pulling platform can basically implement the relevant requirements of "reducing excessive commissions", among them, the maximum 30-day membership fee for small and medium-sized trucks is 869 yuan, which is lower than the promised 1019 yuan, the highest commission ratio is 14%, which is lower than the promised 16% maximum limit, and non-members do not charge membership fees, and the implementation of the commission ratio is 18%, which is consistent with the promised 18% upper limit. The maximum 30-day membership fee for large trucks is 1,179 yuan, which is lower than the promised 1,400 yuan, and the maximum commission ratio is 4%, which is lower than the maximum limit of 10% of the commitment, and the non-members are not charged membership fees, and the commission rate is 12%, which is lower than the maximum limit of 14% of the commitment.
▎Wanfeng Diamond mass delivery models do not include flying cars that can switch between air and ground
Wanfeng Aowei said on April 5 that Wanfeng Diamond owns all the property rights of 18 models, and vigorously develops pure electric aircraft, and has a clear commercial layout in the field of eVTOL. At present, among the many models delivered in batches, there is no flying car that can switch between air and ground.
▎ Tesla plans to launch a driverless taxi on August 8
Musk posted on the social media platform X that Tesla plans to launch a driverless taxi (robotaxi) on August 8. The commitment to fully self-driving cars has long been key to Tesla's high valuation. In recent weeks, Tesla has released the latest version of its driver assistance software called Full Self-Driving (FSD) to consumers. Tesla previously said that the next-generation vehicle platform will include lower-priced cars and fully self-driving taxis. Reuters reported earlier on Friday that the company abandoned plans to exit low-cost cars and instead focused more resources on bringing driverless taxis to market as quickly as possible. Musk responded that "Reuters is lying" and that he did not provide details.
▎India expects the country's first high-speed rail to open around 2026 at the earliest
Indian Ambassador to Japan George said in an interview a few days ago that India's first high-speed railway using the Japanese Shinkansen model is expected to open around 2026 at the earliest, "the exact schedule is being negotiated, but real progress has been made." India's high-speed rail project, which plans to connect Ahmedabad and Mumbai, will reduce the travel time to about two hours, a third of the speed of the express train. The project was groundbreaking in 2017 and was initially scheduled to open to traffic in 2023, but progress has been slow due to opposition from residents. India's Ministry of Railways announced in January this year that the land acquisition for a total of about 500 kilometres had been completed. George also said he hopes to increase the number of Japanese companies in India from about 1,500 today to 15,000 in a few years.