Thursday, April 11 The third day of the third lunar month
The United States said it was considering relaxing the warning for its citizens to travel to China. On April 10, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning held a regular press conference. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Campbell said on April 9 that the U.S. is considering easing warnings for its citizens traveling to China, saying that these warnings may limit exchanges between the Chinese and American peoples. Mao Ning pointed out that the US State Department's rating of travel alerts to China is completely unreasonable, and many Americans who wish to come to China are discouraged. We hope that the US side will revoke the false travel alert and adjust the erroneous rating as soon as possible, so as to remove this stumbling block to China-US people-to-people exchanges.
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domestic
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, met with Ma Ying-jeou and his party in Beijing on the afternoon of the 10th.
On the 8th, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenyang, and Suzhou simultaneously introduced adjustment and optimization measures for the housing provident fund to further support residents' demand for rigid and improved housing.
Recently, Qingdao, Fuzhou, Nanchang and other cities announced that from April, the lower limit of the interest rate of commercial personal housing loans for the first housing will be cancelled in stages.
According to the big data of air travel, as of the 7th, during the "May Day" holiday, the number of domestic air ticket bookings was nearly 1.2 million, an increase of nearly 40% from a week ago, and the demand for outbound travel was strong.
Recently, the People's Bank of China, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and other four departments require national 5A and 4A scenic spots to achieve full coverage of domestic and foreign bank card acceptance.
According to information released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on the 10th, in the first quarter of this year, the production and sales of automobiles were 6.606 million and 6.72 million respectively.
According to the National Health Insurance Administration, in 2023, there will be a significant increase in the number of cross-provincial direct settlement of expenses for five types of outpatient chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, reducing personal advances by more than 3.3 billion yuan.
The State Administration for Market Regulation and other departments have taken action to rectify the chaos of pre-consumption and give consumers the right to terminate contracts.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will launch a series of activities on the 2024 "5.19 China Tourism Day" from May 13 to 18.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) recently issued the "Pilot Plan for Expanding the Opening-up of Value-added Telecommunications Services", and the approved pilot areas will further expand the access of foreign investment in the field of value-added telecommunications services.
The National Nuclear Safety Administration reported on the 10th that the source of radioactive contamination was found in Kravchuk, Khabarovsk, Russia, on April 5. The Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment has paid close attention, and in the past few days, the Heilongjiang Provincial Atmospheric Radiation Environment Automatic Monitoring Station has monitored the radiation dose rate of γ and collected aerosol samples in real time 24 hours a day, and the monitoring results are at a normal level and there is no abnormality.
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international
Bloomberg published a commentary article on the 9th, saying that the United States is trying to take protectionist measures to block China's export of new energy products, which violates economic principles and will affect the global response to climate change and green transformation.
On the 9th local time, the U.S. Central Command said that the U.S. government provided Ukraine with a batch of weapons "captured" from the Iranian army on the 4th.
On the 9th local time, according to Reuters, citing a U.S. State Department official, the United States will sell $138 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian said in Damascus, the capital of Syria, on the 8th that the United States is responsible for Israel's attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria and must bear responsibility.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on the 9th that the Israeli army will continue to launch military operations in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip.
On the 9th local time, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced that after receiving an appeal from members of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) on the investigation of high-ranking officials of the United States and NATO countries suspected of financing terrorist activities, the Investigative Committee decided to file a criminal case in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League will start on the 9th local time. Due to the threat of terrorist attacks by the extremist group "Islamic State", France, Spain and the United Kingdom, where the event will be held, have announced that they have stepped up their alerts.
One of the venues for the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Emirates Stadium in London, England
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan in fiscal 2023 exceeded 9,000.
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Looking at China from overseas
Korean travel agencies are vying to promote panda tour packages to China. The Korea Times reported on the 9th that with the return of the giant panda "Fu Bao" to China last week, "South Korean travel agencies are scrambling to launch 'panda tourism' products to China." Hannadora Travel has launched three panda-themed tour packages, allowing visitors to visit two to three panda conservation bases, including the Wolong Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, which is currently under quarantine at Fubao, the Dujiangyan Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, and the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. The prices of the three packages are 799,000 won (about 4,267 yuan), 1,149,000 won and 1,199,000 won respectively. The package "Follow Princess Fu to Sichuan" launched by South Korea's Model Tourism Company includes a visit to the Wolong Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. The "Visit to the Hometown of 'Fubao'" tour package launched by Interpark Travel Company in South Korea includes a visit to the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base.
The suspect pretended to be a relative and went to the court to observe the hearing and was arrested on the spot. Recently, when the Ezhou Intermediate People's Court held an open trial of the drug trafficking case of Cheng and four others, the defendant Cheng suddenly reported, saying: "My upline is in the auditorium, and I know him wearing a mask." "After confirming that he was indeed the whistleblower, the bailiff immediately took him into custody. At the same time, it was discovered that another person in the auditorium deliberately dodged, suspecting that he was an accomplice, and after controlling him, he searched his mobile phone, car keys and other items transferred by Zhang from his body. Subsequently, the public security police took Zhang and the others to the public security organs to deal with them in accordance with the law. After investigation, Zhang wanted to learn about the progress of the case related to him by observing the trial, and after learning the time and place of the open trial through Cheng's family in advance, he entered the court as a "relative" of the defendant on the same day.
Japan released an investigation report on 95 victims of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical health products. According to a report by Japan's TBS TV news network on the 10th, at a press conference held by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 9th, the Japanese Nephrology Society announced a summary report on the investigation of 95 cases of health damage caused by taking Kobayashi pharmaceutical health products. According to the report, 29 of the 95 were men and 66 were women. Most of the 95 people had Fanconi syndrome. According to the Japanese Society of Nephrology, Fanconi syndrome is a condition caused by abnormal tubular function, and people with this syndrome are unable to recover essential substances from the renal tubules, but instead excrete these essential substances.
Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots in a traffic stop. According to a video released by the U.S. police oversight agency on the 9th local time, last month, Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots in 41 seconds during a traffic stop. As a result of the enforcement operation, a man was killed and another police officer was injured. It is reported that the deceased was the driver Dexter Reid, who was stopped by the police, and Reed was stopped by the police because he was not wearing a seatbelt while driving. The video shows the 26-year-old refusing to get out of the car when more police arrived, with officers shouting orders to get out of the car and draw his weapon. In the final operation, the police fired 96 shots at Reid, and the officers involved are currently under investigation. Police said a preliminary investigation revealed that Reed fired the shot from the car first, resulting in injuries to a police officer.
Weather in the capital: Beijing, sunny, 12°C/23°C, south wind, air quality: light pollution.
National weather: light to moderate snow or sleet in some areas of Xinjiang along the Tianshan Mountains and in the western mountainous areas, among them, there are heavy to heavy snowfall in parts of northern Xinjiang and eastern northern Xinjiang, and local heavy snowfall (20~24 mm). There is light to moderate rain in parts of northeast Inner Mongolia, northern Heilongjiang, eastern Jilin, central and eastern Liaoning, northern Xinjiang, eastern Tibet, northeast Beijing, most of Jianghuai, most of Jianghan, most of Jiangnan, eastern and northern parts of southwest China, northwest Yunnan, Guangxi, western Guangdong and other places, among them, there is heavy rain (25~40 mm) in parts of southeastern Hunan and central Jiangxi. Some areas in central and western Inner Mongolia, Liaodong Peninsula, western Xinjiang, southern Tibet, Hexi in Gansu and other places have 4~6 winds.