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Is your newspaper collection worth anything？ These five points can tell you!

If you like collecting newspapers, you may wonder whether your newspaper collection is worth anything. This involves many factors. Here we will discuss this topic and introduce five points you need to know.

The first point is the publication date of the newspaper.Generally speaking, the earlier the newspaper, the higher its value. For example, a newspaper in The New York Times on September 3rd, 1939 can be worth several hundred dollars, while a newspaper in The New York Times on September 3rd, 2009 is only worth several dollars. Therefore, if you collect early newspapers, they are likely to be valuable.

The second point is the content of the newspaper.Some special events, people or articles in the newspaper may affect the value of the newspaper. For example, if you have a The New York Times that reported Lincoln’s assassination, it is likely to be valuable. Similarly, if you have a St. Louis Post that reports the death of Mark Twain, its value will be higher.

The third point is the layout of the newspaper.The layout of some newspapers is very unique or has an important position in history. Such newspapers are often more valuable than ordinary newspapers in the collection market. For example, some newspapers use unique colors and typesetting designs, and these newspapers are likely to sell at high prices in the market.

The fourth point is the rarity of newspapers.If a newspaper is hard to find, its value will be high. For example, if you have a newspaper about President Roosevelt’s announcement that the United States entered World War II, its value will be higher because it is hard to find.

The last point is the preservation state of the newspaper.If a newspaper is well preserved without any damage, its value will be higher. If a newspaper is creased, torn or stained, its value will be reduced accordingly.

After summing up these points, we can draw a conclusion that your newspaper collection may be very valuable, but it may also be worth only a few cents. If you want to know whether your newspaper is valuable or not, you need to consider the above five factors.

In the first quarter, the total import and export value of goods trade was 9.89 trillion yuan, up 4.8% year-on-year-China’s foreign trade import and export improved month by month.

On April 13th, the State Council Press Office held a press conference to introduce the foreign trade import and export in the first quarter. According to customs statistics, the total import and export value of China’s goods trade in the first quarter was 9.89 trillion yuan, up 4.8% year-on-year. Among them, exports were 5.65 trillion yuan, up 8.4% year-on-year; Imports were 4.24 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.2%. "In the first quarter, China’s foreign trade import and export showed strong resilience, and the start was stable and good, laying the foundation for achieving stable and improved foreign trade throughout the year." Lu Daliang, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Statistical Analysis Department, said at the press conference.

The number of foreign trade business entities has increased steadily.

Since the beginning of this year, the domestic epidemic situation has turned steadily, and the resumption of work and production has been accelerated. China’s economic operation has stabilized and rebounded, and production and demand have gradually improved, which has promoted the obvious stabilization of foreign trade import and export.

The growth rate of foreign trade import and export has increased month by month. In January this year, affected by the Spring Festival holiday, imports and exports fell by 7%; "From negative to positive" in February, with an increase of 8% in that month; In March, the year-on-year growth rate increased to 15.5%, showing a good trend month by month. In the first quarter, the overall import and export increased by 4.8%, 2.6 percentage points higher than that in the fourth quarter of last year. "The import and export of foreign trade is improving month by month, which is the embodiment of the majority of foreign trade enterprises giving full play to their vitality, taking the initiative and actively grasping orders and expanding the market." Lu Daliang said.

The number of foreign trade business entities has increased steadily. In the first quarter, there were 457,000 foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance, up 5.9% year-on-year. Among them, a large number of flexible private enterprises have played an active role in stabilizing the scale and optimizing the structure of foreign trade. In the first quarter, there were 384,000 private enterprises, up by 7.5%, and the import and export was 5.18 trillion yuan, up by 14.4%, accounting for 52.4% of the total import and export value. In the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 3.04 trillion yuan, and the import and export of state-owned enterprises was 1.65 trillion yuan, accounting for 30.7% and 16.7% of the total import and export value respectively.

The proportion of import and export of general trade increased. In the first quarter, the import and export of general trade was 6.46 trillion yuan, up 7.9% year-on-year, accounting for 65.3% of the total import and export value, up 1.9 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, exports were 3.68 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.7%; Imports reached 2.78 trillion yuan, up 2.2%.

The "new three" performance is eye-catching

Faced with the challenge of weakening external demand, China’s foreign trade is facing difficulties, and its new competitive advantages and new growth momentum are constantly cultivated and strengthened, which has played a more positive role in the overall stability of foreign trade. In the first quarter, China’s electric manned vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells were the "new three kinds", with a total export of 264.69 billion yuan, up 66.9% year-on-year, accounting for 1.7 percentage points higher than the national export, reaching 4.7%.

The driving force for overall export growth continued to increase. Last year, the "new three samples" boosted the overall export growth of China by 1.7 percentage points, and in the first quarter of this year, it boosted the overall export growth by 2 percentage points, further increasing the pulling effect.

Exports to major trading partners grew rapidly. In the first quarter of this year, China’s exports to the five major markets of the European Union, the United States, ASEAN, South Korea and the United Kingdom increased by 88.7%, 88.1%, 103.5%, 121.7% and 118.2%, respectively, accounting for 71.6% of the total export value of the new three products.

All kinds of foreign trade main body exports compete to exert strength. In the first quarter, private enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, state-owned enterprises and other business entities all achieved rapid growth in their exports, with the growth rates reaching 79.3%, 40.9% and 121.9% respectively. Among them, private enterprises accounted for 65.4% of the total export value of the "new three samples", the proportion increased by 4.5 percentage points compared with the same period of last year, and the proportion of private enterprises in the total export was higher than that of private enterprises.

Electric manned vehicles lead the "new three". In the first quarter, the export of electric manned vehicles was 64.75 billion yuan, an increase of 122.3%, and the growth rate was the fastest among the "new three"; The proportion of China’s automobile exports increased by 5.1 percentage points to 43.9%.

The RCEP policy dividend continues to be released.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the "One Belt, One Road" initiative and the 10th anniversary of the major initiative to build a closer China-ASEAN community of destiny. In the past 10 years, the proportion of China’s imports and exports to countries along the Belt and Road has increased from 25% in 2013 to 32.9% in 2022; China’s trade with ASEAN grew at an average annual rate of 9.9%, which was 4.3 percentage points faster than that of China’s foreign trade as a whole, and ASEAN jumped from the third largest trading partner of China to the largest trading partner.

From the first quarter of this year, China’s import and export to ASEAN was 1.56 trillion yuan, up 16.1% year-on-year, 11.3 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate, accounting for 15.8% of the total import and export value. In the same period, China’s import and export to countries along the Belt and Road increased by 16.8%, accounting for 34.6% of the total import and export value, an increase of 3.5 percentage points; Imports and exports to other member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) increased by 7.3%.

"Benefiting from the policy dividend brought about by the implementation of RCEP, the trade between China and ASEAN continues to heat up. In the first quarter, the import and export scale between China and ASEAN accounted for 50.8% of the foreign trade scale with RCEP trading partners, accounting for more than half. " Lv Daliang introduced that in the first quarter, China enterprises benefited from the import value of 18.25 billion yuan under RCEP, and the tax concession was 480 million yuan. The main goods that benefited from the import were plastics and their products, machinery and appliances and their parts, inorganic chemicals, etc. The export amount is 62.29 billion yuan, and the tariff reduction of member countries is 930 million yuan. The main export commodities are clothing and clothing accessories, inorganic chemicals, plastics and their products. There are 578 approved exporters in China who independently issued 2181 RCEP declaration of origin, with a value of 2.05 billion yuan.

Lv Daliang said that China and ASEAN are important trading partners of each other. With the continuous release of dividends after the entry into force of RCEP and the acceleration of the negotiation process of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Version 3.0, the economic and trade cooperation between the two sides is expected to continue to maintain a good momentum. (Reporter Xu Peiyu)

Hua yi Zhai Diao ban shua yin

　　Block printing is one of the main printing methods of books in the history of China, and it is called "living fossil" in the history of printing. In Hanying Village, Caiyu Town, Daxing District, the ancient skills of block printing and thread-bound book binding have come from history and have been passed down to this day.

Hua yi Zhai Diao ban shua yin

　　Hanying Village is located at the southernmost tip of Daxing. The factory of Beijing Huayizhai Ancient Books Printing Co., Ltd. is a large compound with simple and spacious workshops. There are no large printing machines and binding machines in modern printing factories. What you see are pieces of wooden woodcuts engraved with historical marks, piles of plain white and fine rice paper, and book-bound books on the shelves. Here, it’s like riding a time machine back to the ancient book printing workshop in history. All the ancient books that "walk" out from here are printed by hand and bound by thread. This printing factory in the suburbs of Beijing seems ordinary, but it is scattered with the ink of ancient books, recreating the glory of this ancient skill. Ren Baoquan, the general manager of Beijing Huayizhai Ancient Books Printing Co., Ltd. and the fourth generation non-genetic inheritor, enthusiastically introduced their main business. After listening to him, people felt more and more that this ancient skill won glory for our country and glory in international exchanges.

The first generation inheritor Dong Jinbang and his family photos.

Hua yi Zhai Diao ban shua yin

　　On September 18th, 2021, five batches of representative lists of municipal intangible cultural heritage were approved.

　　Up to now, it also undertakes the printing and binding business of thread-bound ancient books in many large libraries and museums across the country. Yongle Dadian, Qianlong tripitaka, Dunhuang suicide note, catalogue of Si Ku Quan Shu, Ten Bamboo Grottoes Notes, Rare Books of Chinese Reproduction, Legend of Hongxue karma … All the famous names in ancient books have been "reborn" here. In Ren Baoquan’s words, "60% to 70% of the country’s ancient book engravings have been here."

　　Engraving and printing technology was invented in the 7th century AD, and it once had a glorious stage in history. The book of Song Dynasty was once called "a page of gold" by historians. Darani Jing, which was printed by block printing in China, was engraved between 704 and 751, and it is the earliest block printing known at present. The Diamond Sutra, which is now collected in the British Museum in the 9th year of Tang Xiantong (868), was created by Wang Jun for his second parents. It is the most complete printed engraving with a date in China. This printed engraving is exquisite, skillful in knife cutting, thick and well-balanced in ink color, simple and dignified in graphics and text, and clear and distinct, which shows that the printing technology of engraving in China has reached a high level.

　　After entering the 9th century, engraving and printing technology has been widely used in China. During the Five Dynasties, not only did the folk engrave books, but the government also engraved Confucian books on a large scale. According to records, from the third year of Changxing in Tang Mingzong (932) to the third year of Guangshun in the later Zhou Dynasty (953), 130 volumes of Nine Classics, Five Classics and Nine Classics were engraved. In the Song Dynasty, the development of block printing technology reached a new height, and the technology was perfected, and movable type printing was invented. However, block printing was not completely replaced by movable type printing, and it still occupied an important position in the printing industry in ancient China, especially in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Jianyang, Fujian Province and Chengdu, Sichuan Province. In the fourth year of Song Taizu Kaibao (971), Zhang Tu-xin carved and published all the Tripitaka in Chengdu, which took 22 years, including 1,076 books and 5,048 volumes, and there were as many as 130,000 engravings, which was the largest book in the early printing history. The Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties basically inherited the engraving and printing technology of the Song Dynasty. There are not only officials at all levels, but also academies, bookstores and individuals engaged in engraving books, which are distributed in the classics, history, books and collections.

　　Beijing Huayizhai Ancient Books Printing Co., Ltd. Ren Baoquan inherited the engraving, printing and thread-bound book binding skills, and its historical origin can be traced back to Furuntang. Furuntang was established in the 29th year of Guangxu (1903). The shopkeeper Wang Futian was from Shulu, Hebei Province. At the beginning of its opening, most of its business was related to books in the Qing Palace. In 1907, Dong Jinbang became an apprentice in the second-hand bookstore of Furuntang in Beijing, and was recognized as the first generation main inheritor of this skill.

Ren Zhi, the third-generation inheritor, introduced the Tripitaka to national journalists (shooting time: 1988 Location: Beijing Huayizhai Ancient Books Printing Co., Ltd. Photographer: Ren Baoquan Content: Ren Zhi, the third-generation inheritor, introduced the Tripitaka to national journalists.

Three-generation successor Ren Zhi introduced the brush version of the Long Zang Jing to national reporters (shooting time: 1989 Location: Beijing Huayizhai Ancient Books Printing Co., Ltd. Photographer: Ren Baoquan Content: Three-generation successor Ren Zhi introduced the brush version of the Long Zang Jing to national reporters.

　　Ancient books are not only books for people to read, but also works of art that can be collected and gifts for friends, so the craftsmanship is very particular. Engraving, printing and thread-bound book binding skills are the condensation of several excellent traditional crafts of China, such as papermaking, inking, engraving and copying in China, which finally formed this unique cultural craft of China. At least 20 processes including writing, engraving, printing, folding, page matching, column alignment, cutting, corner wrapping, stitching, gluing, labeling, etc. The tools needed for engraving and printing and binding of newly printed ancient books with thread are writing brush, bristle brush, inkstone, ink, felt board, engraving, paper twisting, scissors, folding plate, etc. The styles of engraving and printing are mainly paper, fine folding, butterfly, gold inlaid jade and square book.

　　Nowadays, except for the first writing process, which can be replaced by modern technology such as computer printing, the other processes need to be carried out manually. This manual work looks simple, but in fact it is very complicated in technology. Writing and publishing sample jargon on paper is called edition writing. After edition writing, it is necessary to correct it, check whether there are any mistakes in writing, and then carry out reverse extension after confirming that there are no problems.

　　There are more than 20 kinds of books printed by Huayizhai engraving, such as Yongle Dadian, Tripitaka, Dunhuang suicide note and sample Lei Tudang. More than 10 kinds of printing plates are created by traditional methods every year. In addition to its own 500-square-meter exhibition hall for the intangible cultural heritage of Huayizhai, in recent years, it has participated in more than 100 exhibition activities such as the Beijing Cultural Fair and entering the community.

2019 Beijing Cultural Fair

The 70th Anniversary Achievement Exhibition of Daxing is a non-legacy experience activity.

　　Ren Baoquan said, in fact, there are very few craftsmen among them who can carve woodcuts alone, and those who have this craft can only tinker with ancient woodcuts because there is no "work". Now, engraving and printing have entered the school classroom. After being rated as a district-level intangible cultural heritage in 2014, Ren Baoquan and old craftsmen began to walk into the characteristic school attached to Beiyin Primary School to explain this ancient skill to students and experience the unique charm of intangible culture.

　　Ren Baoquan is planning to build his own engraving and printing museum-Huayizhai China Aiyin Academy. "I have more than 20,000 woodcuts, and the value of woodcuts lies in its cultural communication function. If it can’t spread culture, it’s just a pile of carved boards. Although it is carefully protected, it will eventually corrupt and disappear. Only by using them and printing books can their value be reflected. " Ren Baoquan said that his planned woodblock printing museum will show the whole process of woodblock printing and allow visitors to participate in the printing process. "I’m collecting pear boards used in block printing, inviting old craftsmen back, turning block printing into a cultural and creative industry, allowing people to truly experience the block printing technology and spread this cultural treasure of China." It is Ren Baoquan’s wish to pass on the skills of block printing and thread-bound book binding from generation to generation, and it is also widely expected.

Hollywood Bollywood joins hands to sing the leading role, and the domestic lineup is large and absent.

　　After the May Day holiday, the film market data was released in April. In April, the national box office broke the downturn in March, with a total of nearly 4.9 billion, up 57% year-on-year, but more than 60% of the box office was contributed by Hollywood blockbusters such as Fast and Furious 8. According to the movie schedule of the cinema, the movie market will usher in more imported blockbusters in May, including not only Hollywood special effects productions such as Galaxy Guard 2, but also Wrestling! A Bollywood masterpiece like Dad. In contrast, the domestic film camp is mostly genre films, which may produce dark horses, but it is difficult to match the audio-visual effects under the Hollywood industrial system. With this arrangement, it is conceivable that imported films must be the big box office winners in the film market in May, but if domestic films can have many quality works like the May 1st file, we will not lose this battle, and we can still "believe in the future".

　　Imported films have a strong lineup.

　　The box office performance of imported films was amazing enough last month, but it will continue to be amazing in May. Because the number of imported films in the film market in May is particularly large, there are not only Hollywood special effects productions, but also Bollywood’s word-of-mouth masterpieces. No wonder some fans call May this year a "blockbuster month".

　　In Hollywood, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Alien Awakening, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Super Team, etc. will come one after another, and Alien: Contract starring Shark of Law is also expected to be introduced simultaneously in mid-May, with a more luxurious lineup compared with last month.

　　Marvel universe "classic golden melody" blockbuster "Galaxy Guard 2" will kick off this audio-visual feast on May 5, and Star-Lord will lead his "Galaxy Sky Group" to overturn the universe again. The film is directed by james gunn, starring Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, bradley cooper, zoe saldana, Dave Batista and Lee Pace. The film tells the story that peter quill, the "Star-Lord" who was madly hunted for stealing the mysterious sphere, was forced to work with four misfits — — The rocket raccoon, Grut the Tree Man, Carmela and drax the Destroyer are allied, and they must cross the rubicon to fight to the death before they can save the whole galaxy. According to director james gunn, there will be as many as five eggs at the end of "Galaxy Guard 2"! This is definitely a gesture that keeps Marvel Comics fans from dominating the hall.

　　What is even more frightening than the Ba Hall is the powerful combination of two Disney blockbusters, Guarding the Galaxy 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean 5. According to the news from IMAX cinemas, more than 350 IMAX cinemas across the country will hold the theme activity of "Guarding the Galaxy 2+Pirates of the Caribbean 5", that is, the audience watching the zero-point scene of Guarding the Galaxy 2 in the participating cinemas will enjoy an unexposed 5 in Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Men, which was released on May 26th. It is worth mentioning that Pirates of the Caribbean 5, scheduled to be released on May 26th, is the finale of the May blockbuster and the return of Captain Jack Johnny Depp after six years. Earlier, it was reported that this might be Johnny Depp’s last return to this series. In "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", in order to escape the pursuit of the dead captain salazar, Captain Jack will take the astronomer karina and drive his recovered Black Pearl to find the legendary Poseidon’s trident & HELIP; …

　　The legend of King Arthur’s Shengjian has been adapted into film and television works for countless times in the past, but this time King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (May 12) was adapted by director guy ritchie — — The talented British director who filmed Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels still makes fans look forward to it. Guy ritchie, who is good at shooting dark themes, let the new King Arthur played by Charles Hunnam perform an inspirational drama, in which a lot of hand-to-hand combat action scenes are quite visually impactful. Jude Law, the "Doctor Watson", plays the villain in King Arthur Fighting for hegemony, and he will use the power of dark magic to prevent King Arthur from becoming king.

　　Also released on May 12th, The Extraordinary Team was directed by Dean Israelite and starred by Dacre Montgomery, naomi scott, Lin Rudi, RJ Sailor, Becky G, elizabeth banks and Bryan Cranston. As a sci-fi masterpiece adapted from the classic IP "power rangers", "The Extraordinary Team" not only pays tribute to the old drama series, but also incorporates the brand-new characteristics of the new era: the funny young hero, the comprehensive upgrade of the five mecha zod, and the cool fighting, but also has profound and moving emotional support — — It tells the story of how teenagers grow up to be heroes after suffering.

　　Compared with Ma Zhuang, the soldier of Hollywood Legion, Bollywood’s Wrestle! Dad seems to be a little weak. However, this film starring Aamir Hussain Khan, who is known as the "Andy Lau of India", has won the praise of "masterpiece" in previous screenings around the world. At one time, the score of this film was as high as 9.2 on IMDB, and now it is as high as 8.8 on Douban. The film is based on the true story of Mahavia Singh Perga, a famous Indian wrestler. He was forced to give up wrestling because of his life, and later he had four daughters. By chance, he began to teach his daughters wrestling, which challenged the discrimination against women in the traditional Indian world and triggered a series of topics and events. Especially worth mentioning is the courage of Aamir Hussain Khan, 51, to gain weight and lose weight for her role. Aamir Hussain Khan plays the leading role of 19-year-old, 29-year-old and 55-year-old. After he finished his 19-year-old scene, he gained 28kg in a short time and played the role of 55 years old with a weight of 100kg. Finally, in order to fit the figure of the 29-year-old wrestler in the golden age of his career, it took Aamir Hussain Khan another five months, not only to lose 25kg of fat, but also to learn wrestling skills and practice the devil figure with eight abs.

　　Domestic films are rich in types.

　　Compared with the imported film corps, the domestic films released in May are relatively weak, and none of them have produced blockbusters comparable to Guards of the Galaxy 2 or Pirates of the Caribbean 5. Because they have not been screened in advance, there is no word-of-mouth masterpiece at present, but the domestic films are rich in variety and have developed more deeply in different types of films than before.

　　Poison, scheduled to be released on May 12th. The Commandment is a gangster action film based on the true story of Chen Shenzhi, the leader of the Thirteen Pacific Pacifics in Ciyun Mountain. The film tells the story of Jianghu bosses’ turning over a new leaf, and tells the story of two major problems in life: depravity and awakening. This is also the latest big-screen work of Lin Jiadong, the new winner of the Academy Awards who has been in the early stage for many years. This time, he will compete with Liu Qingyun, Louis Koo and Max Zhang.

　　The Troubled Family (May 11th), which tells about the warmth of family, is the director’s debut by actor Huang Lei, and it is a remake of the Japanese masterpiece The Suffering of the Family. The original director Yoji Yamada also co-wrote the Troubled Family with Huang Lei this time. According to reports, there is little difference between the main plot of Troubled Family and Family Suffering, and the story will still start with the divorce crisis of an old couple. But what makes the audience curious is, what localization transformation will Huang Lei carry out in it to connect it with the local atmosphere of China?

　　The other is the first film "Grab the Red" directed by Dawn (May 19th). Although the title of "Grab the Red" is literary, it is actually a summary of the plot — — The driver played by Zhang Hanyu was instructed by his boss to go to France to bid for famous wine with sky-high price, but he fell into the trap set by the villain behind the scenes. "Grab the Red" is a criminal action type film. Although Zhang Hanyu plays a driver in the film, he still shows a very neat fist and fist.

　　The Love of Eating, scheduled to be released on May 27th, is also a directorial debut — — Cai Kangyong, who studied electric cinema in new york, plunged into the variety industry. The heroine is Dee Hsu, the old partner of Kangxi coming, and the other is Lin Chi-ling, the goddess of otaku. According to Cai Kangyong, The Love of Eating tells several stories in parallel time and space. From ancient times to modern times, and then to the future, I don’t know what kind of sparks will be sparked by the combination of Kangxi coming and Lin Chi-ling.

　　On May 12th, "On tenterhooks and on tenterhooks" is another masterpiece of new people after "Water from the Donkey". Ren Suxi, the heroine of Donkey’s Water, played a sexy and provocative woman "Ma Lilian" in On tenterhooks. Although Ma Lilian is a supporting role, Ren Suxi’s performance skill is still worth looking forward to. According to reports, the film was launched by a revenge plan against Ma Lilian, and everyone who came to the hotel was involved in the complicated events. Because everyone has an unknown purpose, which leads to a series of absurd strange things. The film has quite a western style in setting style, and the plot is full of criticism of reality in comedy.

　　Beijing Morning Post reporter Yang Lianjie

Going to the Grass-roots in the Spring Festival to Ensure Spring Festival travel rush’s ＂Warmth＂ with meticulous ＂heart＂ —— A glimpse of Spring Festival travel rush Railway in 2023

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 14th Title: Ensuring Spring Festival travel rush’s "warmth" with meticulous "heart" — — The first-line experience of Spring Festival travel rush railway in 2023

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Xu and Ding Jing

　　With the opening of the first Spring Festival travel rush after the epidemic prevention and control entered a new stage, the railway passenger flow rose rapidly. How does the railway department ensure a safe Spring Festival travel rush, an orderly Spring Festival travel rush and a warm Spring Festival travel rush? With questions, the reporter visited important railway stations and railway services in Beijing.

　　Emergency passenger access and medical services, Spring Festival travel rush’s "homecoming" is very warm-hearted

　　Full of anxious to return wanderers, heading for the hometown looking forward to reunion. Since entering Spring Festival travel rush on January 7th, the passenger flow of major railway stations in Beijing has been rising continuously. According to the data of the Ministry of Transport, it is estimated that the total number of passengers in Spring Festival travel rush this year will be about 2.095 billion, returning to 70.3% in the same period in 2019.

　　During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, passengers lined up in the waiting hall of Beijing South Railway Station to check in, which was orderly. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xu)

　　"Thanks to the adequate preparation in the early stage, the operation of Beijing South Railway Station is generally stable and orderly." Dong Fang, secretary of the Party branch of Beijing South Railway Station Passenger Transport Workshop of China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said that the station analyzes the passenger flow demand in real time, grasps the pre-sale and standby situation of tickets for key hot directions in time, and puts in capacity step by step.

　　At the entrance of Beijing South Railway Station, a passenger found the station staff: "There are still 15 minutes to drive, please help me." Under the guidance of the staff, the passenger got on the bus smoothly through the "urgent passenger" channel.

　　On the platform, Han Chang, a staff member of Runqiu Service Group, is pushing disabled passengers onto the bus. "To serve passengers, we have no destination." Han Chang said that every "Spring Festival traveler" has devoted himself to his work and used more meticulous work to ensure the warmth and peace of mind of passengers during their journey.

　　On the platform of Beijing South Railway Station, Han Chang (first from the right), a staff member of Runqiu Service Group, is helping key passengers. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xu)

　　It is reported that during the Spring Festival travel rush this year, Beijing South Railway Station was not completely closed at night, and a rest area was designated for passengers who needed to wait for a rest; Open a medical service point in the waiting room in conjunction with Beijing You ‘an Hospital to provide help to passengers in need; Set up a "small color bar" for the navigation of bus routes to major railway stations in Beijing, and provide portable call bells for key passengers … …

　　"Warm service is reassuring." Mr. Song, who brought his children to see a doctor in Beijing from Weifang, Shandong Province, said that the high-speed rail lines are getting denser and denser, and he can travel to and from Beijing on the same day, hoping that the children in the Year of the Rabbit will recover and have a better life.

　　First "physical examination" and then online, high-speed rail "doctor" to protect train safety

　　After three years of epidemic, the railway passenger flow plummeted. Many vehicles "lie prone" on the road in the depot. How are their maintenance work done? Can you successfully pass the "big exam" in Spring Festival travel rush? The reporter went to the largest EMU maintenance base in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei — — Beijing EMU of China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

　　As the only EMU in Beijing, Beijing EMU is equipped with 228 EMUs, which are responsible for the maintenance and debugging of EMUs on Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Zhangjia and Beijing-Harbin lines.

　　During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, two Harmony cars were being overhauled in the maintenance workshop of Beijing South motor vehicle application of Beijing EMU. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xu)

　　"Others have holidays, and the busier we get, the colder and busier the weather." Wei Wei, deputy section chief of Beijing EMU Depot, led the reporter to the maintenance workshop. In order to ensure the EMU to go online in Spring Festival travel rush in the best condition, the Depot began preparations early.

　　At eight o’clock in the morning, technician Wan Qixin packed his equipment and began to carry out maintenance. In the eyes of high-speed rail "doctors", "seeing a doctor" for the train is a "conscience work", and every link is indispensable. To be foolproof, we must be in awe.

　　Wan Qixin’s team is going to inspect the hollow shaft of the train today, which has a great influence on the safe operation of the EMU. In the past, when overhauling, the old master used to beat with a small hammer and listen to the sound to judge the injury. Now it is more reliable and efficient to use ultrasonic flaw detectors.

　　Technician Wan Qixin (first from left) put the flaw detector weighing more than 40 kilograms into the hollow shaft. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xu)

　　"After the start of Spring Festival travel rush, the 12 maintenance lanes of the whole station kept ‘ Overturn ’ 。” Wan Qixin said that with the launch of various models such as Harmony, Fuxing and Fuxing intelligent EMUs, the challenge of maintenance work is even greater. Technicians should constantly learn and enhance their skills to ensure the health of vehicles and the safety of Spring Festival travel rush.

　　Healthy New Year’s Day Reliving Winter Olympics "Ice and Snow Tour" of Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway is very popular.

　　With the opening of Spring Festival travel rush, the Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway ushered in the first skiing craze after the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　At Qinghe station, many passengers are waiting to take the D6715 train of Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway and go to Chongli to experience the fun of ice and snow. Wang Xiaoyong, the stationmaster of Qinghe Station of China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said that it is estimated that the number of passengers sent in a single day during Spring Festival travel rush will be between 20,000 and 25,000, which will reach the highest level since the station was opened.

　　Driven by the Beijing Winter Olympics, more and more people in Chinese understand and like ice and snow sports.

　　On the Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed train D6715, the conductor is checking the fixation of ski equipment. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

　　"Since the opening of Chongli Station for one year, the passenger flow has gradually increased. During the New Year’s Day holiday this year, the number of snowboards transported in a single trip has reached nearly 100. In time for Saturday and Sunday, the trains will be reconnected." Wang Yali, conductor of Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway in Beijing Passenger Transport Section, said that in order to facilitate passengers carrying skis, Qinghe Station added a ski consignment point in the waiting hall to facilitate passengers to check in.

　　Mr. Pang, a 25-year-old working in Shanghai, flew to Beijing on weekends. After changing from Daxing Airport to Qinghe Station, he transferred to Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed train to Chongli. "The whole process is smooth and the traffic is very efficient. We can go back to work on Monday after skating on the weekend." Mr. Pang said.

　　In the rising passenger flow, it is the warmth of quietly returning. In 2023, Spring Festival travel rush brought back people’s long-lost fireworks and revived vitality and hope. The new year will be even better.　

Folk custom ｜ traditional custom of the 29th lunar month

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Know the custom and taste the year.

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Traditional customs of the 29 th lunar month

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Happy the Year of the Loong.

Today is the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the folk customs in different places are different. As the old saying goes, "One steaming, two cooking and three sweeping". So what are these customs on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month? What are the historical origins?

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Twenty-nine, steamed buns

The folk song "Twenty-nine, Steamed Steamed Steamed Bread", people give full play to their imagination and make steamed bread into various shapes such as peach and small animals. In the past, steamed buns were not made casually, but carefully prepared and carefully, because the steamed buns had to be exchanged with neighbors on blind dates, so they must be made to look good and delicious, which was auspicious and very particular.

In Jiaodong, Shandong Province, steamed buns are to be steamed on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, which is as important as wrapping jiaozi in the Lunar New Year’s Eve. No matter how busy you are, every household should steam a few pots. "I made a festive steamed bread last year and made a bigger harvest next year." This is Jiaodong people’s blessing for the New Year. In other areas, steamed flower rolls, bean bags and steamed buns are needed on this day, and several pots of good wine are needed in ancient times.

People in the north steam steamed buns and bean bags on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, while some areas in the south will make rice cakes on this day. "The whole family, old and young, worshiped and enjoyed eating the rice cake". The rice cake was fragrant, but it was hard to make. First, we selected the best hybrid rice and glutinous rice as the main ingredients, added various ingredients, steamed it, put it in a mortar, and several people took turns pounding it for 15 minutes. When the rice cake became soft and glutinous, it was considered as a success.

Twenty-nine, go get some wine

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Wine is a symbol of culture in China. In The Book of Rites, it is said that "drinkers support the elderly, so they support the sick." This kind of thing, wine, is the essence of grain. Of course, ancient wine is very different from modern wine, basically like rice wine or fermented grains now; "Yin Ruins Text Category Compilation" said that "the word wine contained in Oracle inscriptions is the name of sacrifice. The archaeologist recommended the ancestral temple when the wine was ripe, and then the son of heaven and his ministers drank it in the DPRK. " The ancients had already started offering sacrifices to their ancestors with wine, which shows that the custom of drinking alcohol in this festival has been circulating for a long time.

On this day, the family went to host a banquet. First, they thanked their neighbors for their usual care, and they were going to keep their old age during the Chinese New Year, one day in advance, and they were respectful. Secondly, on this day, people in the pre-Qin period are already doing this by going to the ancestral graves to welcome their ancestors and offering offerings, imitating the culture of ancient times and inheriting that spiritual sustenance.

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Go to the grave and ask your ancestors to make a big confession.

The twelfth lunar month is a month for offering sacrifices to ancestors. The Book of Rites says that "the month of Meng Dong, the ancestors of Menlu La were worshipped for five times", and Zuo Zhuan says that "the great event of the country is to worship and conquer". In ancient times, the ancestors of the Central Plains were all agricultural peoples, living and working in peace and contentment, and they were often harassed by nomads. Everyone was trying to survive. This is what Rong said about the north.

In the Han Dynasty, resisting the Huns was a matter of vital importance to the country. Like Rong in Zuo Zhuan, it was to fight to defend one’s homeland. Defending our country and offering sacrifices to our ancestors are equally important in the eyes of our ancestors, which is why China paid so much attention to filial piety culture in ancient times, and now everyone’s inheritance is also such a cultural continuation.

One of the most important aspects of filial piety culture is offering sacrifices to ancestors. Where did it come from without inheritance? The reasons why people worship their ancestors are, firstly, the inheritance of filial piety culture, secondly, not forgetting where they come from, and thirdly, educating future generations and not forgetting the glory and suffering of their ancestors. In future life, we should remember the teachings of our ancestors and avoid many crooked roads.

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The lunar calendar in China is divided into big and small months. The big month is 30 days, and the abortion is only 29 days. If the twelfth month is a miscarriage, the 29th is the last day, that is, New Year’s Eve. Everything to welcome the Spring Festival must be ready before this day. In the whole festival, the 29th is the busiest day. In addition, if the twelfth lunar month is a big month, the 29th of the twelfth lunar month is called a small division, that is, the New Year’s Eve is called a big division, that is, the New Year’s Eve.

Original title: "Folk custom over the New Year | Traditional custom of the 29th twelfth lunar month"

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Eight changes in Spring Festival travel rush in the past 40 years of reform and opening up： from 100 million to nearly 3 billion.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 6th Title: Eight major changes in Spring Festival travel rush in the past 40 years of reform and opening up.

　　Xinhua News Agency "Xinhua Viewpoint" reporters Qi Zhongxi, Fan Xi and Zhao Wenjun

　　As the Spring Festival approaches, Spring Festival travel rush is getting busy. Looking back at Spring Festival travel rush since the reform and opening up 40 years ago, what great changes can we find?

　　— — Change 1: from 100 million to nearly 3 billion, the scale has expanded 30 times.

　　Looking through the history of Spring Festival travel rush in New China can be traced back to 1954 at the earliest. At that time, the word "Spring Festival travel rush" appeared in the media for the first time, and the relevant parties also determined the principle of "unified command and coordination by the Ministry of Railways, and when necessary, please ask the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to ask the provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions and the People’s Liberation Army for assistance" to do related work well.

　　Spring Festival travel rush really became a social focus, but also from the beginning of reform and opening up. The spring tide of reform has enabled China’s population to move on a large scale, and the increase in income has given people spare money to travel. Migrant workers, students, visiting relatives and tourists have begun to converge in Spring Festival travel rush. In 1979, China’s Spring Festival travel rush made a historic breakthrough of 100 million person-times. "One vote is hard to find" has become the focus of Spring Festival travel rush every year since then.

　　In 2018, Spring Festival travel rush is expected to send 2.98 billion passengers nationwide, which is basically the same as last year. In forty years, the size of Spring Festival travel rush has expanded 30 times.

　　— — Change 2: the speed is 40 kilometers to 350 kilometers per hour, and the high-speed rail compresses the time and space distance.

　　People who have experienced Spring Festival travel rush more than ten years ago or even earlier will never forget the green leather car. The carriages are full of yearning for their hometown, and also bear the hardships of the journey home, not only the crowded carriages, but also the slow speed of stop-and-go. At that time, the average speed of national railways was less than 40 kilometers per hour.

　　On April 18, 2007, the first EMU train with a speed of 200 kilometers per hour started at Shanghai Station, and China entered the era of motor trains. At present, the national railway operating mileage reaches 127,000 kilometers, of which the high-speed railway with a speed of more than 250 kilometers per hour exceeds 25,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world.

　　Nowadays, there are more and more "Fuxing" high-speed emus with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour. The distance from Beijing to Shanghai is about 1300 kilometers. It took almost one day and one night decades ago, but now it takes more than four hours at the earliest. High-speed rail greatly compresses the distance between time and space.

　　In 2018, with the addition of 3,038 kilometers of new high-speed rail to Spring Festival travel rush, the total number of railway passengers will increase by at least 30 million, of which about 60% will travel by high-speed rail.

　　— — Change 3: From "small window" to "big data", subverting the way of purchasing tickets.

　　"Buying tickets" has been an eternal theme in Spring Festival travel rush for decades. But how to buy a ticket has been very different these years.

　　Huang Xin, deputy director of the Passenger Transport Department of China Railway Corporation, used to work in Guangzhou Railway Group, and began to engage in passenger transport services in Spring Festival travel rush more than 20 years ago. According to his memory, at that time, the dense queues in front of Guangzhou station could throw out a few kilometers away. At night, people lay on the floor in front of the ticket window with bedrolls and lined up all night.

　　Nowadays, with the popularity of the Internet and the development and use of the new generation railway ticket system, people can buy tickets by "moving their fingertips" through the Internet.

　　"In 12306, the daily average page views reached 55.67 billion times, the page views reached 81.34 billion times at the peak, and the maximum number of hits in one hour was nearly 6 billion times, with an average of about 1.65 million times per second. The processing capacity reaches 15 million sheets per day. " Zhu Jiansheng, deputy director of Institute of Electronics, Academy of Iron Sciences, said.

　　At present, the Internet, including mobile APP, accounts for more than 60% of the total ticket sales, and more than 80% in big cities.

　　— — Change 4: From "battlefield" to "airport", the waiting environment is very different.

　　"Just like fighting, I can’t go home at the station for dozens of days. I divert people in the station square and waiting room every day for fear of an accident." Whenever Spring Festival travel rush was mentioned, Yao Hongren, the retired former deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing West Railway Station, still has a lingering fear.

　　Huang Xin recalled the "thrilling scene" of that year and said that at that time, the station and waiting room were all full of people, and the dense heads looked scary. People are like the tide. After the tide recedes, the waiting square is full of squeezed shoes.

　　"When I arrive in Spring Festival travel rush, I am most afraid that the people gathered in the station can’t walk every day, and there is an accident like trampling, and I am scared every day." Huang Xin said.

　　In those days, the railway station in Spring Festival travel rush was like a "battlefield", which makes it hard for people who are used to high-speed trains to imagine. Today’s high-speed rail station is not much different from the airport. More people like to calculate the time to arrive at the station, print their tickets by electronic equipment, and then visit the shopping malls inside to buy some special products, or sit down for a cup of coffee.

　　— — Change 5: From "starvation" to "online ordering", "internet plus" got on the train.

　　"You can still eat hot and authentic braised pork on the train. I really didn’t dare to think about it before!" During his stay in Spring Festival travel rush, Mr. Chang, who lives in Baotou, said cheerfully in the dining car of the Z315 train from Beijing to Hohhot.

　　This year in Spring Festival travel rush, Hohhot Railway Bureau Group took the lead in offering "Chinese fast food" reservation and delivery service on Z315/6 and Z317/8 trains for different levels of demand, so that passengers can enjoy the Spring Festival travel rush on the tip of their tongue.

　　Eating by train is a big problem. In the past, it was not easy to get on the green leather car, so it was a luxury to eat hot meals and dishes on the car. With the gradual improvement of the ride environment, people can eat the box lunch provided by the train, and more people choose to bring their own dry food.

　　According to the memories of some retired railway conductors, everything was brought at that time, including pancakes, green onions and lunch boxes. Later, more and more people brought bread, sausages and instant noodles, and even roast chicken beer was brought when conditions were better. There is a dining car on the train, and there is a box lunch delivered by a trolley. The cheapest box lunch on each train always sells the fastest.

　　Now, there are more and more bento boxes on the train, ranging from 15 yuan to seventy or eighty yuan. Since last summer, the railway has launched the Internet ordering service for EMU trains, which has enriched people’s dining on high-speed trains: not only fast food such as KFC and Kung Fu, but also local specialties such as beef noodles, lion’s head and salted duck.

　　— — Change 6: From "going around" to "extending in all directions", the road home is easier.

　　In people’s memory, Spring Festival travel rush is always closely linked with railway trains. In fact, Spring Festival travel rush’s road trip is the "big head". Of the nearly 3 billion passengers this year, less than 400 million were transported by rail, and more than 80% went home by road.

　　Because of the highway, we don’t have to take a tractor or even a carriage, but drive a car and get on a bus; Because of the bridge, we don’t have to take a small ferry anymore; Because of the tunnel, we don’t have to go around in the mountains anymore … … Nowadays, the road network extending in all directions makes the road home easier, faster and safer.

　　In the early days of reform and opening up, the highway density per 100 square kilometers in China was only 9.1 kilometers. Now, this figure has expanded more than five times, reaching 48.92 kilometers per 100 square kilometers.

　　China’s expressways didn’t start construction until the 1980s. In 1988, the Shanghai-Jiading Expressway was opened to traffic, marking a zero breakthrough in China’s expressways. In 1999, China’s expressway mileage exceeded 10,000 kilometers, and last year it reached 136,000 kilometers. The expressway has covered 97% of the cities and prefecture-level administrative centers with a population of more than 200,000.

　　— — Change 7: From "pots and pans" to "express delivery", the less luggage, the easier it is.

　　No matter how you go home, always take your luggage. Over the years, people’s luggage has also changed a lot.

　　Ten years back, in railway stations and long-distance bus stations, the kind of "you carry the burden, I hold the child, bring all the pots and pans and bedrolls, and there is a small home in the luggage" is everywhere. People who go home from work bring as many new year’s goods as possible, as well as daily necessities that they can’t bear to throw away.

　　Nowadays, in Spring Festival travel rush, the burden on people’s shoulders is getting lighter and lighter, and the steps are not as heavy as before. Less luggage, on the one hand, shows that life is better, and the gap between urban and rural areas has narrowed. What used to be only available in the city is now available in the countryside. On the other hand, the booming e-commerce has acted as a "porter" for new year’s goods.

　　According to the person in charge of the Market Supervision and Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Post Bureau, more and more people are shopping online for the Spring Festival in advance, and people have not arrived yet. During my stay in Spring Festival travel rush last year, more than 100 million parcels were on the road every day, of which more than 60% were new year’s goods.

　　— — Change 8: From "going home" to "traveling", Spring Festival travel rush is all over the world.

　　As the old saying goes, "If you have money, go home for the New Year". No matter how hard the journey is, you must go back to your hometown and parents for the New Year. In recent years, it has become fashionable to take family members out to travel for the New Year. Northerners go south to "warm up", southerners go north to "cat winter", and even more and more families travel abroad.

　　During the Spring Festival of 2017, the country received a total of 344 million tourists, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%. This year, this figure is only a lot more.

　　According to Ctrip’s travel forecast, the Spring Festival in 2018 will be the "hottest" Spring Festival in history, with more than 6 million outbound tourists, more than 100 departure cities, more than 60 countries and 280 destinations around the world, and the farthest to the South Pole.

Congressman Han boarded the disputed island of Korea and Japan, and South Korea and Japan ＂pinched each other＂ to upgrade.

Cctv newsThe dispute between Japan and South Korea has been escalating recently. On August 31st, South Korean parliamentarians "organized a group" to board Dokdo, a just island of Japan and South Korea, which triggered a strong protest from Japan, and Japanese parliamentarians even threatened to "seize the island through war".

Korean media: Senator Han "organized a group" to go to the island to protest Japan’s export control to South Korea.

According to Yonhap News Agency’s report, on August 31st, six members of parliament from the ruling and opposition parties of South Korea boarded the disputed island "Dokdo" between Japan and South Korea (called Zhudao in Japan) to inspect the South Korean garrison stationed on the island and the facilities on the island. Regarding the purpose of landing on the island, some members said that the move was a protest against Japan’s strengthening of export control to South Korea and asked the Japanese government to solve the labor problem in World War II.

Japanese Rep. Maruyama Suigao posted a message on Twitter.

Han Jun held the largest defense exercise in history on disputed islands in Japan and South Korea.

Dokdo, also known as "Bamboo Island" in Japan, is located in the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula. All along, Japan and South Korea have claimed sovereignty over the island, which is actually controlled by South Korea. Japan’s Kyodo News reported that in the context of the trade dispute between Japan and South Korea, the confrontation between the two sides around the disputed islands is intensifying.

On August 25-26, the Korean army held the largest "Dokdo Defense Exercise" in its eastern waters. Yonhap News Agency quoted military sources as saying that this year’s participation in the military not only nearly doubled compared with previous years, but also dispatched the 7,600-ton Aegis destroyer "King Sejong" for the first time, demonstrating South Korea’s determination to defend the island in three dimensions by land, sea and air. In this regard, the Japanese side expressed great dissatisfaction.

Korean media: Han Jun’s rare exposure exercise screen "maximum pressure on Japan"

According to the report, since 1986, South Korea has held two defense exercises in Dokdo every year. Different from the low-key practice of Dokdo exercises in the past, this year, the Korean army rarely disclosed photos and video materials of the exercises, with the aim of "maximizing the pressure on Japan."

Japan marks disputed territory on Tokyo Olympic map, South Korea protests

In fact, it is not just the South Korean side that exacerbates contradictions. It is reported that in the torch relay road map published on the website of Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan marked Dokdo, a disputed island between Korea and Japan, as Japanese territory, which caused strong dissatisfaction between South Korea and North Korea.

At the same time, the civil confrontation between Japan and South Korea has also intensified.

According to South Korea’s MBC TV station reported on September 1st, Japan’s CBC radio station broadcasted a talk by a Japanese scholar in a recent program: This happened in an "anti-Japanese" atmosphere created by the (Korean) president and politicians. When a Korean woman comes to Japan, Japanese men should also beat her up.

Korean media said that this was a retaliatory remark against a Japanese woman who was attacked in South Korea. Previously, a video of Japanese women being subjected to violence in Korea was widely spread on the Internet in Japan and South Korea.

In the video, a Korean man accosted a Japanese woman. After being rejected, the man first insulted the woman, then grabbed the woman’s hair and pushed it to the ground. The Japanese people are worried that the violence may be related to the strong "anti-Japanese" sentiment in South Korea.

So how did Japan-ROK relations deteriorate step by step?

On July 4th, the Japanese government announced that it would strengthen control over three kinds of raw materials for semiconductor industry exported to South Korea. At that time, Japan said that the reason for taking control measures was that South Korea had problems in export management. The South Korean side accused that Japan’s move was "economic retaliation" for the South Korean Supreme Court’s decision to award Japanese companies compensation for forced labor.

On August 2, the Japanese government passed an amendment to the Regulations on Export Trade Management at the cabinet meeting, excluding South Korea from the "white list countries" enjoying preferential export management. The so-called "white list countries" are friendly countries recognized by Japan in terms of national security, and these countries are given preferential measures to simplify export procedures in exporting important strategic technologies and materials. In the afternoon, South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Finance Hong Nanji responded, "We also took Japan from ‘ White list country ’ Eliminate it. "

On August 23, the South Korean government announced the abolition of the South Korea-Japan Military Intelligence Protection Agreement, and the dispute between Japan and South Korea escalated.

According to Yonhap News Agency, with the escalating dispute between Japan and South Korea, Lee Tae-ho, the second official of South Korea’s Foreign Ministry, met with Kenhe Suzuki, the Administrative Officer of Japan’s Foreign Minister, in Seoul on September 1st. Both sides still held their own positions on the current issues, but they believed that communication and coordination between diplomatic departments should be maintained in order to resolve the current dispute between South Korea and Japan and develop the relations between South Korea and Japan steadily.

China Economic Semi-annual Report ｜ Short-term export credit insurance supports 140,000 small and medium-sized enterprises.

　　CCTV News:China Export Credit Insurance Corporation is a policy insurance company aiming at encouraging exports in China. Since the beginning of this year, in the face of the extremely complicated international environment and unexpected domestic epidemic, China Xinbao has fully played a policy role in export protection, service and joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and risk prevention and control. In the first half of the year, the underwriting amount exceeded US$ 445 billion.

　　According to reports, in the first half of this year, China Xinbao realized an underwriting amount of 445.13 billion US dollars, an increase of 11.8% year-on-year; Paid compensation of 730 million US dollars, up 17.0% year-on-year; Support exports and investments to countries along the "Belt and Road" of 95.12 billion US dollars, up 13% year-on-year; The amount covered by export credit insurance accounts for 21.8% of China’s total exports.

　　In terms of supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, in the first half of the year, short-term export credit insurance supported 140,000 small and medium-sized enterprises, with an underwriting amount of US$ 104 billion, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year.

　　In terms of ensuring the stable and smooth supply chain of industrial chain, in the first six months of this year, China Xinbao supported the export of seven key industrial chains, including electronic information, household appliances, vehicle construction machinery, biomedicine, new energy, textiles and clothing and modern agriculture, with a year-on-year increase of 12.7%.

Beijing strengthens the heating guarantee during the Spring Festival. In case of snowfall, it will heat up in time.

　　Near the Spring Festival, in order to do a good job in the heating guarantee during the Spring Festival, the Beijing Municipal Urban Management Committee requires all districts to urge the heating units within their jurisdiction to implement various measures in advance, and in case of snowfall, they should warm up in time, strengthen the care and protection for the groups with special difficulties, and ensure that the people are warm for the winter and the holidays.

　　In terms of heating operation guarantee, the Municipal Urban Management Committee requires that in case of snowfall, it should be heated up in time, and continue to pay attention to online room temperature data, rationally adjust the operation plan, and strictly observe the red line of safety restrictions; Strengthen the inspection of heating pipeline facilities, strengthen the protection measures for weak links, and arrange special personnel to keep an eye on key areas to ensure the safe and stable operation of heating. At the same time, strictly implement the 24-hour duty system to ensure smooth communication and information channels; Strengthen the emergency support pre-standby, complete the support materials and equipment in advance, and the emergency rescue team will always be in an emergency state to ensure the first response to emergencies.

　　In terms of safety production, the city will strictly guard against all kinds of potential risks during the Spring Festival and implement various safety control measures in detail; Do a good job in various special rectifications such as operational safety and fire hazards, implement cold, freezing and windproof measures, and strengthen safety supervision in all links; Further strengthen employee safety education and training, and improve risk prevention awareness and ability.

　　In order to improve the quality of heating service, during the Spring Festival, Beijing will continue to do a good job of receiving complaints and solving people’s heating demands in a timely manner; Adhere to the problem-oriented, take timely targeted measures, and strive to achieve non-litigation first; Strengthen territorial docking, actively carry out the activities of "visiting people to ask for warmth", strengthen care and protection for groups with special difficulties, and fully protect the temperature of people’s livelihood.

　　In addition, if there are problems such as leakage of heating facilities and equipment, the public can call the heating unit for maintenance service at the first time, and the heating unit will contact the public for home maintenance as soon as it receives the repair report. The public can also call the 96069 city-wide heating service supervision telephone or report the heating problem through the 96069 WeChat terminal-"Beijing Thermal Customer Service" WeChat WeChat official account.