Ministry of Commerce: Establish a "white list" of foreign trade enterprises to solve the practical difficulties of foreign trade enterprises

CCTV News:On September 27th, at the routine briefing of the State Council policy on supporting the stable development of foreign trade held by the State Council Information Office, some media asked: There are still three months before the end of the year, and there are still some uncertainties in the performance of some enterprises. How can we help these foreign trade enterprises ensure the performance and timely delivery of foreign trade orders?

  In this regard, Wang Shouwen, the international trade negotiator and vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said that the external demand is slowing down now, and it is very important for enterprises to ensure that the orders can be produced and delivered and the products produced can be transported. In this regard, the Ministry of Commerce attaches great importance to it and has taken a series of measures.

  First, in terms of ensuring production, one of the six policies clearly stated that all localities should strengthen the protection of foreign trade enterprises in epidemic prevention, energy consumption, employment and logistics, ensure that these key foreign trade enterprises do not have problems in epidemic prevention, ensure the protection of electricity consumption, employment and logistics, and give full support when necessary to ensure the timely delivery of foreign trade orders. In practice, although affected by the epidemic in recent years, many experiences and practices have been accumulated in various places. For example, Sichuan recently adopted the "epidemic prevention bubble" model, which regards enterprises as the smallest epidemic prevention unit, and provides employees with food, clothing, shelter, transportation, medical care and other needs in advance. Even if an epidemic occurs, employees of enterprises move from their residences to factories in a closed loop, and production and living materials are circulated in a bubble, so that production is not affected by the epidemic. During the epidemic period, all major foreign trade and foreign-funded enterprises in Sichuan maintained full production level, order delivery was guaranteed, and industrial chain stability was consolidated. These practices are not only in Sichuan, but also in other provinces, and the Ministry of Commerce is constantly summing up, communicating with each other, and replicating and promoting them throughout the country.

  Second, in the event of an epidemic, production enterprises should ensure that their products can be shipped out. the State Council has specially set up a leading group to ensure smooth logistics. Under the overall planning of the leading group, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Transport have established a close linkage channel to effectively ensure the smooth transportation of foreign trade goods. If local or foreign trade enterprises report problems in transportation, the Ministry of Commerce will coordinate and handle them at the first time, closely cooperate with the transportation department, and feed back the results to local and enterprises. It can be said that at present, the traffic and logistics indicators related to foreign trade goods are steadily improving. Next, we will continue to unblock the blocking points and smooth the collection and distribution. For example, China’s automobile exports have grown rapidly this year, reaching 1.9 million vehicles from January to August, an increase of 44.5% over the same period last year. Marine automobile transportation needs special ships — — Ro-ro ship, China’s ro-ro ship capacity is insufficient, so we are actively coordinating the transportation of cars through China-Europe trains. At the same time, we are also working with the transportation department to support shipping companies to innovate transportation modes and install special frames to carry cars through multi-purpose ships, which also alleviates the problem of tight export capacity of cars.

  Third, in terms of protecting key enterprises, a "white list" of foreign trade enterprises has been established to actively serve the front and solve the practical difficulties of these foreign trade enterprises. At the national level, foreign trade goods should be included in the scope of important materials to fully guarantee transportation demand; At the departmental level, the Ministry of Commerce and relevant departments have established a contact system for large-scale backbone foreign trade enterprises. Relevant state departments and financial institutions have provided inclusive services to foreign trade enterprises with the help of the "white list", and also guided local governments to establish monitoring service mechanisms for key foreign trade enterprises in the region to strengthen production performance guarantee; At the local level, the competent commercial departments at all levels carry out regular visits through the "white list" and "one-on-one" bail-out, solve the specific problems of production performance of foreign trade enterprises, and promote the accurate introduction of policies and measures to solve common problems.

  Fourthly, in terms of trade facilitation, the Ministry of Commerce, together with other relevant departments in the State Council, has made efforts to improve the level of trade facilitation. For example, today, the Ministry of Commerce has issued the Reference of Standard Operating Procedures for Foreign Trade Imported Goods at Maritime Air Railway Ports. No matter the ports such as railways, highways or aviation, good practices are summarized for your reference in terms of trade facilitation. At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce will also work with relevant departments to clean up unreasonable charges at ports, strengthen the supervision of the main body of charges at maritime ports, and strive to reduce the fees and costs of foreign trade enterprises.

General Administration of Customs introduces the import and export situation in 2017.

The State Council held a press conference on the import and export situation in 2017.


At the press conference. China Network Zhang Ruomeng photo

The State Council Press Office held a press conference at 10: 00 a.m. on Friday, January 12, 2018 in the press room of the State Council Information Office, and invited Huang Songping, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs, to introduce the import and export situation in 2017 and answer questions from reporters.

[Xi Yanchun, Deputy Director of the State Council Information Bureau]Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the press conference of the State Council Information Office. Today, we are very pleased to invite Mr. Huang Songping, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs, to introduce the import and export situation in 2017 and answer your questions. Let’s invite Mr. Huang Songping to make an introduction.


Huang Songping, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs, introduced the situation. China Network Zhang Ruomeng photo

[Huang Songping, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs]Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the press conference today. It’s a pleasure to meet you again, to brief you on China’s foreign trade import and export in 2017, and then to answer your questions.

In 2017, the world economy recovered moderately, and the domestic economy was stable and positive, which promoted the continuous growth of China’s foreign trade import and export throughout the year. According to customs statistics, in 2017, the total import and export value of China’s goods trade was 27.79 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.2% over 2016, reversing the previous two consecutive years of decline. Among them, the export was 15.33 trillion yuan, up by 10.8%; Imports reached 12.46 trillion yuan, up by 18.7%; The trade surplus was 2.87 trillion yuan, narrowing by 14.2%. The specific situation is as follows:

First, the import and export value increased quarter by quarter, and the year-on-year growth rate slowed down. In 2017, China’s import and export value increased quarter by quarter, reaching 6.17 trillion yuan, 6.91 trillion yuan, 7.17 trillion yuan and 7.54 trillion yuan respectively, increasing by 21.3%, 17.2%, 11.9% and 8.6% respectively.

Second, the import and export of general trade grew rapidly, and the proportion increased. In 2017, China’s general trade import and export was 15.66 trillion yuan, up 16.8%, accounting for 56.4% of China’s total import and export value, up 1.3 percentage points from 2016, and the trade pattern structure was optimized.

Third, the import and export of the top three trading partners increased simultaneously, and the import and export growth with some countries along the Belt and Road was good. In 2017, China’s import and export to the European Union, the United States and ASEAN increased by 15.5%, 15.2% and 16.6% respectively, accounting for 41.8% of China’s total import and export value. In the same period, China’s imports and exports to Russia, Poland and Kazakhstan increased by 23.9%, 23.4% and 40.7% respectively, both higher than the overall growth rate.

Fourth, the import and export of private enterprises increased, and the proportion increased. In 2017, the import and export of private enterprises in China was 10.7 trillion yuan, up 15.3%, accounting for 38.5% of China’s total import and export value, up 0.4 percentage points from 2016. Among them, exports amounted to 7.13 trillion yuan, up 12.3%, accounting for 46.5% of the total export value, and continued to maintain the top position in export share, with the proportion increasing by 0.6 percentage points; Imports reached 3.57 trillion yuan, an increase of 22%.

5. The growth rate of import and export in the central, western and northeastern provinces is higher than that in the whole country. In 2017, the growth rate of foreign trade in 12 western provinces and cities was 23.4%, exceeding the national growth rate by 9.2 percentage points; The growth rate of foreign trade in the six central provinces and cities was 18.4%, exceeding the national growth rate by 4.2 percentage points; The growth rate of foreign trade in the three northeastern provinces was 15.6%, exceeding the national growth rate by 1.4 percentage points; The growth rate of foreign trade in 10 eastern provinces and cities was 13%. The coordination of regional development has been enhanced.

Six, mechanical and electrical products, traditional labor-intensive products are still the main export. In 2017, China’s mechanical and electrical products exported 8.95 trillion yuan, up 12.1%, accounting for 58.4% of China’s total export value. Among them, automobile exports increased by 27.2%, computer exports increased by 16.6%, and mobile phone exports increased by 11.3%. In the same period, the export of traditional labor-intensive products totaled 3.08 trillion yuan, up 6.9%, accounting for 20.1% of the total export value.

Seven, iron ore, crude oil and soybeans and other bulk commodities import prices rose. In 2017, China imported 1.075 billion tons of iron ore, an increase of 5%; 420 million tons of crude oil, up by 10.1%; 95.54 million tons of soybeans, up by 13.9%; 68.57 million tons of natural gas, an increase of 26.9%; Refined oil reached 29.64 million tons, up 6.4%. In addition, imported copper was 4.69 million tons, a decrease of 5.2%. In the same period, China’s import prices rose by 9.4%. Among them, the average import price of iron ore increased by 28.6%, crude oil by 29.6%, soybean by 5%, natural gas by 13.9%, refined oil by 25.3% and copper by 28%.

In August and December, China’s foreign trade export leading index dropped. In December 2017, the leading index of China’s foreign trade export was 41.1, down 0.7 from the previous month, indicating that China’s exports were still under certain pressure in the first quarter of 2018. Among them, according to the data of online questionnaire survey, China’s export manager index was 44.2 in that month, down 0.6 from last month; The new export order index and export manager confidence index dropped by 0.4 and 1.2 to 48.3 and 50 respectively, and the comprehensive cost index of export enterprises rose by 0.4 to 20.5.

Generally speaking, in 2017, the foundation for China’s foreign trade to stabilize and improve has been continuously consolidated, and its development potential is gradually being released. Under the background of sustained and moderate global economic recovery and China’s stable economy, the overall situation of China’s foreign trade is good this year, but there are still some uncertain and unstable factors in the international economic and trade field, and the high-quality development of foreign trade faces some challenges. In 2018, the Customs will fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, conscientiously implement the arrangements of the Central Economic Work Conference, take Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era as the guide, adhere to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the new development concept, closely follow the major contradictions and changes in China’s society, solidly promote customs reforms to take root according to the requirements of high-quality development, and make every effort to promote the steady growth of foreign trade and better serve the overall situation of national economic and social development.

Now I’d like to answer your questions.

Xi Yanchun, deputy director of the State Council Information Bureau, presided over the press conference. China Network Zhang Ruomeng photo

【 Attacking on the Beautiful Spring 】Thanks to Mr. Huang Songping for his introduction. In order to help you better understand the situation, we have arranged simultaneous interpretation today to help foreign journalists and friends understand the whole situation.

Please ask questions below, and please inform the news organizations you represent before asking questions according to the usual practice.

[CCTV reporter]Hello, Director Huang, my question is, how do you evaluate the overall development of China’s foreign trade in 2017? We know that China’s foreign trade experienced a double-digit growth in 2017, which was a year-on-year decline for two consecutive years. For this change, some people think that this is only a staged rebound. What do you think of this? Please give us a detailed introduction. Thank you.

[Huang Songping]Thank you for your question. In 2017, the world economy recovered moderately, the domestic economy improved steadily, the "One Belt, One Road" initiative progressed steadily, and the effect of the policy of steady growth of foreign trade appeared, which jointly promoted the two-year negative growth of China’s foreign trade import and export and achieved double-digit recovery growth. Foreign trade has maintained a stable and good development trend. Specifically, there are the following reasons:

First, the world economy has recovered moderately and external demand has picked up. In 2017, the world economy recovered better than expected, and the international market demand picked up. According to the statistics of the World Trade Organization, the total export value of goods trade in 70 major economies in the world increased by more than 9% in the first three quarters of last year, and the trade growth trend was obvious.

Second, the domestic economy is stable and improving, laying the foundation for import growth. In 2017, with the deepening of supply-side structural reform, the domestic economy maintained a steady and positive development trend, and the improvement of real economy operation led to an increase in China’s import demand. At the same time, China has also implemented a series of policies and measures to expand imports, including reducing import tariffs on some consumer goods. Policies and measures such as improving fiscal and taxation policies to expand imports, encouraging the import of advanced technology and equipment and key parts, and improving the level of trade facilitation have had a positive impact on expanding imports.

Third, commodity prices rose year-on-year, driving the rapid growth of import value. In 2017, the overall commodity prices in the international market showed a year-on-year upward trend, driving China’s import price index to rise to 109.4, and the contribution rate of prices to import growth was 52.6%. At the same time, the impact of rising prices of imported raw materials is transmitted to the export of manufactured goods. In 2017, China’s export price index was 103.9, and the contribution rate of prices to export growth was 37.3%.

Fourth, the "Belt and Road Initiative" has been steadily advanced, and emerging markets have been vigorously explored. In 2017, China’s import and export with countries along the Belt and Road increased by 17.8%, which was 3.6 percentage points higher than China’s import and export growth rate. During the same period, China’s import and export with Latin American countries increased by 22%, while that with African countries increased by 17.3%, which was effective in opening up emerging markets. At the same time, the effects of a series of national policies and measures to promote the steady growth of foreign trade continue to show, the reform in streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services is gradually deepening, the domestic business environment is constantly improving, the burden reduction and assistance have achieved practical results, the innovation ability of enterprises has been enhanced, and the endogenous motivation of foreign trade development has been enhanced, which is also an important reason for the foreign trade to continue to stabilize and improve in 2017.

In addition, in 2015 and 2016, China’s foreign trade import and export experienced negative growth for two consecutive years, and the low base also raised the growth rate in 2017 to some extent. Thank you.

[Reporter of China Radio International]Excuse me, Director Huang, we especially want to know about the trade development between China and countries along the Belt and Road in 2017. In addition, what other measures does our customs have to promote the new pattern of all-round opening up? Thank you.

[Huang Songping]Thank you for your question. According to customs statistics, in 2017, China imported and exported 7.37 trillion yuan to countries along the Belt and Road, up 17.8% year-on-year, 3.6 percentage points higher than China’s overall foreign trade growth rate, accounting for 26.5% of China’s total foreign trade value, including 4.3 trillion yuan in exports, up 12.1%, and 3.07 trillion yuan in imports, up 26.8%. The Belt and Road Initiative conforms to the requirements of the times and the desire of countries to accelerate development. Countries along the Belt and Road jointly build the Belt and Road and share the achievements of the Five Links. We believe that trade with countries along the Belt and Road will continue to be the highlight and growth point of China’s foreign trade.

In the next step, the customs will improve the ability and level of the new pattern of comprehensive opening of services. Specifically, we will comprehensively deepen the cooperation in customs clearance among countries along the Belt and Road and actively promote the AEO mutual recognition among countries along the route; Continue to optimize customs supervision services, promote customs clearance procedures to simplify, and effectively improve the level of trade facilitation; Promote the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade, accelerate the cultivation of new kinetic energy for foreign trade development, support the development of new trade formats, support the success of China International Import Expo, actively participate in the formulation of international trade rules, make every effort to run the World Customs Cross-border E-commerce Conference, and strive to make greater contributions to the development of an open economy. Thank you.

[Hong Kong China Rating Society reporter]I’d like to ask Director Huang to introduce the import and export trade between the mainland and Taiwan Province in 2017, and also ask you to help us predict the trend of cross-strait trade in 2018. Thank you.

[Huang Songping]Thank you for your question. According to customs statistics, the total value of cross-strait bilateral trade in 2017 was 1.35 trillion yuan, up 14% year-on-year, accounting for 4.9% of the total foreign trade value of the mainland in that year. Taiwan Province is the seventh largest trading partner of the mainland, of which the mainland exported 297.9 billion yuan to Taiwan, up 12.2%, and imported 1.05 trillion yuan, up 14.5%. The trade deficit was 753.4 billion yuan, up 15.4%.

Peaceful and stable cross-strait relations are of great significance to the development of cross-strait trade, and we hope that cross-strait trade will develop better. Regarding the trend of cross-strait trade, I believe that as long as we eliminate the adverse effects and deepen cross-strait cooperation, cross-strait trade will develop in a healthy direction in 2018.

[International News Agency reporter]The overall situation of China’s foreign trade this year is relatively good, and there are still some uncertain and unstable factors in the field of international economy and trade. Can you tell us what these unstable and uncertain factors are? Can we make a prospect for this year’s trade export around the expansion of RMB fluctuation and some trade frictions between China and the United States? Thank you.

[Huang Songping]Let’s answer the question about the exchange rate first. As for the RMB exchange rate, we always think that it has an impact on foreign trade import and export, but the impact is limited. First, the exchange rate change is a double-edged sword for import and export. When the RMB depreciates, it will theoretically benefit the export of enterprises, but it will also increase the import cost of enterprises accordingly. Second, under the background of global value chain, due to the cross-regional upstream and downstream division of labor and intra-industry trade, the currency change of one economy and its impact on import and export will be quickly transmitted to other intra-chain economies, and then the impact on a single economy will be dispersed.

In the context of the recovery of the world economy and the uncertainty of the normalization of monetary policies in major economies, keeping the RMB exchange rate basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level is conducive to stabilizing the exchange rate expectations of enterprises and promoting the steady development of foreign trade. Therefore, relevant departments in China have been actively strengthening the RMB settlement in cross-border trade and investment fields to help enterprises enhance their ability to cope with exchange rate risks.

Regarding the unstable and uncertain factors, we look at it this way. From the situation just introduced, there are many favorable conditions for China’s foreign trade development in 2018, but we should also see that the growth factors that restrict foreign trade development still exist. First, the international environment is complicated, and deep-seated and structural contradictions are still prominent in the world, which may have an impact on global economic recovery and financial market stability, and the road to world trade recovery will still be tortuous. Second, the global manufacturing competition has become more intense. On the one hand, some emerging market countries rely on low-cost advantages such as labor and land to promote the development of low-end manufacturing industries and compete with China’s traditional superior products. On the other hand, developed economies have implemented the policy of "economic rebalancing and re-industrialization" to promote the return of some high-end manufacturing industries. The global competition of manufacturing industry will be more intense. Third, global trade protectionism is still heating up. At present, the cases and amount of trade remedy investigations on products in China are still at a high level in recent years.

With regard to Sino-US trade, the United States is China’s second largest trading partner. According to customs statistics, the total value of Sino-US trade in 2017 was 3.95 trillion yuan, up 15.2% year-on-year, accounting for 14.2% of China’s total import and export value, of which exports to the United States were 2.91 trillion yuan, up 14.5%, imports from the United States were 1.04 trillion yuan, up 17.3%, and the trade surplus with the United States was 1.87 trillion yuan, expanding. In 2017, Sino-US trade achieved rapid growth. As the world’s top two economies, we hope that China and the United States will continue to deepen economic and trade cooperation, achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly promote global economic prosperity. Thank you.

[China News Service reporter]May I ask whether the quality and efficiency of China’s foreign trade have been improved while it is growing rapidly in 2017? In addition, what are your expectations for China’s foreign trade situation in 2018? Thank you.

[Huang Songping]Thank you for your question. In 2017, China’s foreign trade import and export achieved a rapid growth of 14.2%, and the quality and efficiency of foreign trade development were further improved.

First, the ability of independent development has been enhanced. The import and export of general trade with long domestic industrial chain and high added value increased by 16.8%, 2.6 percentage points higher than the overall import and export growth rate, and the proportion increased by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year. Second, trading partners are becoming more diversified. Imports and exports to traditional markets such as Europe, America and Japan increased by 14.8%, while imports and exports to emerging markets such as Latin America and Africa increased by 22% and 17.3% respectively. Third, market players are active. The import and export of all types of enterprises achieved double-digit growth, among which the import and export of private enterprises increased by 15.3%, which contributed the most to the growth of China’s total import and export value, reaching 41.2%, and the endogenous motivation of foreign trade development was enhanced. Fourth, regional development is more coordinated. The import and export of foreign trade in the central and western regions increased by 21%, which was 6.8 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of national imports and exports, and its proportion in national imports and exports increased by 0.8 percentage points year-on-year. Fifth, product structure optimization. The export of some high value-added mechanical and electrical products and equipment manufacturing products maintained a good growth trend, for example, the export of automobiles increased by 27.2%, computers increased by 16.6%, and medical instruments and instruments increased by 10.3%, indicating that the independent innovation ability of Chinese enterprises has gradually increased and new advantages in international competition have gradually emerged. On the import side, the import of energy resources products grew steadily, such as crude oil, iron ore and natural gas, which increased by 10.1%, 5% and 26.9% respectively. The import of some important equipment and key components of high-quality consumer goods increased rapidly, including integrated circuits, engines and CNC machine tools, which increased by 17.3%, 17.6% and 13.8% respectively.Aquatic products increased by 19.6%. On the whole, in 2017, China’s foreign trade sector firmly promoted the supply-side structural reform, and made positive progress in the transformation mode and restructuring. The import and export are shifting from a high-speed growth stage to a high-quality development stage.

Regarding the foreign trade trend this year, generally speaking, the world economy is expected to continue to recover in 2018, and China’s economy will continue to be stable and positive, which is more favorable for China’s foreign trade import and export. However, due to the uncertainties in the international environment and the large base last year, it is more difficult for foreign trade to maintain double-digit rapid growth. It is expected that China’s foreign trade import and export will continue to grow this year, and the quality and efficiency will be improved. Thank you.

[Australian "Sydney Morning Herald" reporter]China is an important trading partner of Australia. Can you provide us with some data about the trade between China and Australia? The trade between China and Australia on natural gas has made great progress. I wonder what the reasons are? Is the large-scale "coal to gas" in China a factor behind it?

[Huang Songping]Thank you for your question. In 2017, the bonus of China-Australia FTA continued to be released, and bilateral trade between China and Australia grew rapidly. The total value of China’s imports and exports to Australia was 923.41 billion yuan, up 29.1% year-on-year, which was 14.9 percentage points higher than the growth rate of China’s imports and exports in that year, of which exports were 280.56 billion yuan, up 13.9%; Imports reached 642.85 billion yuan, an increase of 37.2%. The trade deficit was 362.29 billion yuan, an increase of 63%. As Australia’s largest export market, China accounts for more than 30% of Australia’s exports. We hope that the economic and trade cooperation between China and Australia will continue to develop healthily.

Regarding the figures of natural gas imports, I don’t have the data brought from Australia here. Last year, our natural gas imports increased, and Australia is an important source, which is due to the factors of increasing domestic demand, strengthening environmental protection, "changing coal to gas" and so on. Thank you.

[German World News reporter]The question I want to ask you is, why is China importing so much crude oil and iron ore now? Considering the domestic economic situation in China, is the amount of these imports helpful for improving the quality and efficiency of China’s economy? At present, the import price has also risen dramatically, exceeding 30%, and we are not particularly able to understand the phenomenon behind it. In addition, is the reliability of these data published by the General Administration of Customs particularly high? Because we now see many reports questioning the data released by some provinces in China, such as Liaoning and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Previously, there were problems related to data with many other countries, because other countries said that their understanding of the trade deficit was far greater than the data published by the General Administration of Customs of China.

[Huang Songping]Thank you for your question. Why does China import a lot of iron ore, crude oil and other commodities? Because China is a big manufacturing country, it needs a lot of raw materials and energy products for production. In 2017, China’s economy is stable and the domestic demand is relatively strong, which promotes the increase of commodity imports. The rise in international market prices, on the one hand, is the global economic recovery, and the increase in demand drives the price increase, on the other hand, many commodities have certain financial attributes, and so on. There are many reasons for the rise in commodity prices. This is my answer to your first question.

Second, the accuracy of the figures of China Customs. In 2017, China’s foreign trade achieved double-digit growth, ending the negative growth trend for two consecutive years, which was mainly due to the positive factors such as the moderate recovery of the global economy, the recovery of market demand, the rebound of commodity prices, and the policy effect of steady growth of foreign trade, as well as the relatively low base, which provided conditions for the expansion of growth. Judging from the situation of inbound and outbound containers, in 2017, the customs supervised 109 million containers, up 5.9%, and supervised 680 million tons of cargo, up 6.1%, which also confirmed the trend of China’s foreign trade stabilizing in 2017. I would like to make a brief response to your concern about the accuracy of customs statistics. Customs import and export goods trade statistics is an important part of national macroeconomic statistics. We have always attached great importance to statistical quality work and regarded the truth and accuracy of data as the highest pursuit of statistical work. Based on the data such as import and export goods declaration forms, according to international statistical rules and standards, we include the goods that actually enter or leave the country and cause the increase or decrease of domestic material stock in the import and export statistics of goods trade, and use data analysis means to screen abnormal data and conduct statistical verification on enterprises whose data information is declared doubtful. At the end of 2016, 27 departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission, the People’s Bank of China, and the National Bureau of Statistics, jointly signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Joint Punishment of Enterprises with Serious Dishonesty in the Statistical Data Field and Relevant Personnel.Joint punishment shall be imposed on enterprises that falsify import and export information to the customs, resulting in distortion of statistical data, so as to maintain the authenticity of statistical data.

Just now you mentioned that China’s foreign trade statistics are not consistent with those of some other countries. Now most countries in the world have adopted the statistical system recommended by the United Nations Statistics Bureau, and so has China Customs. Therefore, in terms of statistical rules, China Customs has adopted the international statistical system. As for the reasons for the inconsistency, for example, the exports of various countries are generally calculated at FOB prices, and the imports are generally calculated at CIF prices, which is different. There is also the problem of re-export. For example, China’s goods are re-exported through the Netherlands. According to statistics in China, the export destination is the Netherlands, but the Netherlands is re-exported to a third country, so the statistics of China are different from those of a third country. In addition, there are differences in exchange rate conversion, statistical time and so on. These are the factors that cause the inconsistency of bilateral trade statistics.

On May 28, 2017, the Regulations on the Implementation of the Statistics Law of the People’s Republic of China was promulgated, and we will continue to strengthen statistical work according to laws and regulations to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of import and export data. Thank you.

[Reporter of Japan Broadcasting Association]Regarding the trade relationship between China and North Korea, can you tell us something about the trade between China and North Korea in 2017?

[Huang Songping]Thank you for your question. Let me first inform you of the latest data on China-DPRK trade. According to customs statistics, in dollar terms, the total value of China’s imports and exports to North Korea in 2017 was US$ 5.06 billion, down 10.5% year-on-year, of which exports were US$ 3.34 billion, up 8.3%, imports were US$ 1.72 billion, down 33%, and the trade surplus was US$ 1.62 billion, up 2.2 times. In December, the import and export to the DPRK was US$ 310 million, down by 50.6%, of which exports were US$ 260 million, down by 23.4%, and imports were US$ 54.342 million, down by 81.6%. Thank you.

【 Attacking on the Beautiful Spring 】If you have no questions, thank you again, Director Huang Songping, and thank you. This concludes today’s press conference.

Cold air kills carbine, and these places will cool down by 8℃! How will Spring Festival travel rush be affected?

  CCTV News:A few days ago, some parts of China experienced a slight warming process, but don’t be too happy, the cold air killed another comeback! The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that a new round of cold air will affect most parts of China, with the central and eastern regions cooling by 4~6℃ and the local cooling by 8℃.

  Cold air frequently hits Zhejiang and Shanghai, and the temperature bottoms out. Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan are rainy and snowy.

  The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that cold air will frequently affect most parts of the central and eastern regions from 2 to 5, and the temperature will continue to be low. Among them, the temperature in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will reach the lowest value in the near future, from wet cold to dry cold. In the next few days, most of the rain and snow in the country will be concentrated in the southwest.

  The central and eastern regions continue to be cold, and the temperature in Nanjing and other places may be low.

  The Central Meteorological Observatory issued a forecast at 18 o’clock on the evening of the 2 nd: due to the influence of cold air, from the night of the 2 nd to the 4 th, most parts of central and eastern China will have northerly winds of 4 ~ 5 grades from north to south, with gusts of 7.The southeast of northwest China, northeast China, eastern North China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, most of the south of the Yangtze River and central and eastern Yunnan have a temperature drop of 4 ~ 6 C, and the local temperature drop can reach more than 8 C.; There are northerly winds with 7 ~ 8 grades and gusts of 9 grades in the eastern and southern seas. Before the 5th, the temperature in the central and eastern regions will continue to be 2 ~ 5℃ lower.

  For the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where the low temperature has lasted for a week, this cooling process is even worse. Due to the fact that the snow has not completely melted in some areas, the temperature will fall due to the heat absorbed during the snow melting process and the influence of cold air and clear sky radiation.The highest temperatures in Hefei, Nanjing and Shanghai are only in the early 0℃ on 3-4 days, and the lowest temperatures in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will reach the lowest value in the near future on 4-5 days. Nanjing and other places may hit a new low this winter.The temperature in Northeast China will continue to drop from 2 to 5 days, which is 7 ~ 8℃ lower than normal.

  Continuous rain and snow in Yunguichuan Local heavy snow in northeast China

  In the next few days, most of the rain and snow in the country will be concentrated in the southwest, and there will also be snowfall in the northeast.

  From the 2nd to 4th, there was light snow or sleet in the western Sichuan Plateau, northeastern Yunnan, central and western Guizhou, and freezing rain in the western part of Guizhou. The southwest is mainly wet and cold, and the highest temperatures in Guiyang and Kunming in big cities will be significantly lower than normal by 10℃ or above, with Guiyang being only-1 ~ 2℃ on 2-5 days; Kunming will be as low as 5 ~ 6℃ tomorrow.

  From 08: 00 on February 2 to 08: 00 on February 3, there were small to medium snow or sleet and heavy snow in central Heilongjiang, eastern Jilin, eastern Liaoning and northern Shandong.

  Low temperature ice and snow test Spring Festival travel rush

  Snowfall caused temporary closure of some expressways.

  On the 2nd, Shandong Dongying, Yantai, Weifang and other places ushered in snowfall, and the highest temperature in some areas fell below freezing point. Affected by snowfall, some sections of G18 Rongwu Expressway Dongying Section, G25 Changshen Expressway Dongying Section and G1815 Weiri Expressway Weifang Section were temporarily closed at 10: 00 am, and some sections are still closed.

  On the 2nd, roads in Qujing and other places in Yunnan were frozen, and traffic police departments imposed traffic control on some sections of Chongqing-Kunming Expressway, Puxuan Expressway, Xuanqu Expressway, Hangrui Expressway and Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, prohibiting vehicles from passing. By the evening of the 2 nd, the above-mentioned high-speed kilometers resumed traffic.

  The railway department made every effort to ensure that the cold wave in Spring Festival travel rush could not stop the way home.

  Facing the cold wave, the railway department has taken a series of measures to facilitate passengers’ travel.

  "Before and after Spring Festival travel rush, the cold wave weather will cause trains to be delayed to varying degrees, which often affects the subsequent trains. Every day, there are 64 employees in 8 teams, who are on standby in the study room of the team according to the standard of travel. Once there is an order, the standby team must be ready to start within 10 minutes. " Huang Yongwei, director of the Production Dispatching Command Center of Chongqing Passenger Transport Section of Chengdu Railway Bureau, said that the emergency mechanism had been launched four times in January due to the blizzard.

  In order to cope with the cold wave, Chongqing Passenger Transport Section has provided emergency supplies for every train. There are 11 kinds of materials such as rice, oil, noodles, etc. on the general speed train, and instant rice, biscuits and other foods on the EMU. During the snowstorm, the emergency supplies will be doubled to ensure that once the train is delayed due to the cold wave, emergency meals and commodities can basically be continuously supplied.

AI current affairs pictorial | "dream", come true!

How to realize these dreams? The general secretary’s response is pragmatic and firm: "practice around the people’s pursuit of a happy and beautiful life." Our practice process is to move forward step by step, stick by stick. "

From "dream of adequate food and clothing" to "dream of a well-off society" and then to "dream of common prosperity", farmers’ dream is not only the joy of harvest, but also the yearning and pursuit of a better life. Today, the "dream" of new farmers singing the song of rural revitalization is constantly coming true. Come and find out in this issue of AI Current Affairs Pictorial … …

On February 18, 2024, in the wheat field of Sunlaojia Village, Jiwangchang Township, Lixin County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province, farmers drove a self-propelled high-pole sprayer to spray chemicals on wheat.

On February 18, 2024, in the wheat field of Sunlaojia Village, Jiwangchang Township, Lixin County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province, farmers drove a self-propelled high-pole sprayer to spray chemicals on wheat.

In 2024, the No.1 Document of the Central Committee proposed that we should learn to use the development concept, working methods and promotion mechanism contained in the "Ten Million Projects", and take promoting the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas as the general grasp of the work of "agriculture, countryside and farmers" in the new era and new journey.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has attached great importance to the work concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers, made clear the general goal, general policy, general requirements and institutional guarantee for implementing the rural revitalization strategy, and pointed out the direction for doing well the work concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers in the new era.

The overall goal of implementing the rural revitalization strategy is the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.

"We have now planted more than 20,000 mu of rice, with a yield of 1,100 Jin per mu. Through digital management, the labor efficiency has been greatly improved, and the surrounding farmers have been effectively promoted to become rich." At the National People’s Congress in 2023, Wei Qiao, a "post-80s" who returned to his hometown to start a business, told the Supreme Leader General Secretary his story of new farmers in the new era.

Hearing that Wei Qiao’s representative "planted more than 20,000 mu of rice", the general secretary said with a smile: "In the south, this scale is not small, showing high efficiency, right? Machinery can be put to use when it has a scale, and modern agricultural measures can also be put to use. "

In recent years, Wei Qiao has established an agricultural production system that integrates tillage, planting, management, harvesting, drying, storage, processing and sales, and the export of modern agricultural models. Each field has a unique two-dimensional code, which accurately records and traces the farm work of each field. With the farmland digitization technology behind the QR code, one person can manage 300 mu to 500 mu of farmland. "Sweeping yards to cultivate" 10,000 mu of grain fields has become a reality.

Wei Qiao is inspecting the growth of crops in the field.

Wei Qiao is inspecting the growth of crops in the field.

In the process of Chinese-style modernization, we have comprehensively promoted rural revitalization and built an agricultural power, and there are countless new farmers like Wei Qiao, who have turned their "scholar spirit" into the vigorous vitality of cultivating mulberry and grown into indispensable "farmers" in the front line of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers".

In Tongnan, Chongqing, Rui Huang, a new farmer born after 1980s, set up a professional cooperative to provide services for farmers with drones. Compared with manual operation, UAV operation not only significantly improves the efficiency, but also greatly improves the utilization rate of agricultural inputs and effectively reduces the cost of agricultural planting. "Flying a plane" to cultivate land is becoming the daily life of new farmers.

In an e-commerce yard in Jin Ryu, Shouguang, Shandong Province, Yan Qingmei, a new farmer born after 1990, took advantage of the strong east wind of rural e-commerce and started seed sales online. More than 2,000 kinds of seeds and seedlings became hot-selling products, with annual sales exceeding 50 million yuan.

In Bailong Village, Fangchenggang City, Guangxi, Huang Zhongqiu, who graduated from sichuan fine arts institute, gave full play to his professional advantages and transformed the abandoned factory building in Bailong Village to make Bailong Village a "online celebrity Village" with unique fishing village style and artistic flavor. Art not only contributes to "beauty" in rural areas, but also contributes to increasing rural income.

… … … …

On November 15, 2023, in a farmland in Qixing Street, Nanhu District, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, farmers operated drones for aerial seeding of winter wheat.

On November 15, 2023, in a farmland in Qixing Street, Nanhu District, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, farmers operated drones for aerial seeding of winter wheat.

These hard-working new farmers are also "farmers" who are active on the road of rural revitalization, and they are idyllic dreamers who lead their lives into poetry. This is a two-way trip for the younger generation and the cause of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and it is also a little star for young people to take root in the countryside, study agriculture and serve farmers.

Spring comes back to the earth, and everything shows the Soviet Union. On the land of vast expanse, the "farmers" watered their hometown with wisdom and sweat, lit up the colorful rural dreams with high technology and innovative ideas, and painted a happy picture of prosperous industries, rich farmers and beautiful countryside.

Sword and shadow, movie Jianghu: Did you make all the big events in 2016?


1905 movie network exclusive The year is approaching, and it’s time to look back suddenly.

 

Speaking of the mainland film market in 2016, it is really mixed. This year, the number of screens in China approached 41,000, surpassing the United States to become the world’s number one; We also surpassed ourselves, surpassing last year’s 44 billion 11 days ahead of schedule.

 

On the other hand, although the overall growth rate of box office is slowing down, after the year-on-year growth of more than 50% in the first quarter, the second, third and subsequent National Day files dropped by 9%, 14.9% and 14.6% respectively, but this year’s single-film, single-day, single-week and single-month box office all set new records in film history.

 

Among them, The Mermaid directed by Stephen Chow grossed 280 million yuan on the opening day, and reached 310 million yuan on Valentine’s Day on February 14, and surpassed the 2.439 billion monster hunt in 12 days, ranking as the box office champion in mainland film history. "Mermaid" therefore announced a three-month extension, and finally ended with 3.389 billion yuan, becoming the first film in China to rank among the 3 billion clubs.

 

Behind the increasingly calm figures, in addition to the phenomenon of "explosion" has decreased, the audience’s consumption concept is also becoming more rational. Within the industry, the bubbles that have been inflated for a long time are bursting one by one, but the new order and norms are quietly taking shape in chaos.

 

Amid all the hubbub, there are people who are young and surprised, those who are old and strong seek a breakthrough, and those who are Do not forget your initiative mind stick to their feelings. Of course, there are still many embarrassing and reflective industry chaos. Let’s open the door of memory and relive the swords and shadows of the 2016 movies:

 

[surprise! 】

Film Industry Promotion Law yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us

 

On November 7th, the 24th meeting of the 12th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted to pass the Film Industry Promotion Law, which has been prepared for 13 years and carried the dreams of several generations of filmmakers, and finally revealed its true colors. And reading the Industry Promotion Law carefully is also joyful and worrying.

 

The joy is that the promotion law has decentralized a number of administrative examination and approval items such as film censorship, which means that more film companies have the right to make movies; The statement that foreign companies have been forbidden to shoot, invest and distribute before is marked as allowing some foreign companies to enter the film and television industry, which is also a general trend of joint ventures; In view of the practice of some companies stealing and reporting the box office, not only will they be fined, but also their licenses will be revoked in serious cases; The film censorship system, which has always been on everyone’s mind, will also be made public, and movies that are "killed" in the future will also have a reason.

 

The worry is that for some literary film creators, it will no longer exist to participate in the film festival without obtaining the release permit. This time, it is clearly pointed out that those who participate in the film festival without obtaining the release permit shall not engage in related film activities within 5 years if the circumstances are serious; However, the stipulation of "protecting the domestic film screening market not less than two-thirds of the total screening market" seems to have positively broken the speculation about the relaxation of the quota of imported films.

 

Sweat again for Lou Ye and Xiaogang in the future … …


 

Dark horse counterattack: the film is really good!

 

An important sign that the mainland film market tends to be rational in 2016 is that some works with good quality but not optimistic have gained good box office and reputation. For example, "operation mekong", the theme of the main melody, had previously proposed that the guaranteed amount of 800 million yuan had not been settled, and the box office of the film was only 59.6 million in a single day. However, with the excellent reputation of quality films, it helped the box office quickly break through the billion mark.

 

Mahua FunAge, after goodbye mr. loser made a phenomenal movie last year, launched a smaller film "The Water of the Donkey" this year. Under the attack of various blockbusters, this film has even surpassed "Charlotte" in word of mouth. At present, the box office has exceeded 173 million and won a one-month key extension.

 

In addition, the art film Roadside Picnic, with a production cost of only 500,000 yuan, gained 6.466 million box office during the 10-day limited screening, and caused extensive discussion, which can be said to be a rare surprise on the big screen in the mainland. Bi Gan himself therefore set up Dangmai Film Industry, and obtained tens of millions of investments from Huace Film Industry.

 

Good movies really shouldn’t just be made for "wild ghosts and breezes" … …


 

Abortion Terminator: The youth film has finally played a new trick!

 

All along, domestic youth films are synonymous with street movies. The allocation of popular fresh meat with popular IP has repeatedly refreshed the lower limit of word of mouth, and the drama of crying, tearing and abortion has made the audience call "spicy eyes".

 

However, it is gratifying that there is still a "clean stream" in the midst of a group of coquettish bitches. It is also a popular IP. The four female screenwriters of "July and An Sheng" adapted Anne Baby’s slightly thin and melodramatic original work into a flesh-and-blood movie story, and the ending actually played the taste of a suspense film! The "true colors" of two heroines, Zhou Dongyu and Sandra, also impressed the characters. I’m afraid the Golden Horse Award is the best name for "youth film" after its double film.

 

In addition, newcomer Wang Yichun also won the Best Director Award at last year’s FIRST Film Festival for his debut "What’s in the Black". One of the great advantages of the film is that it finds a delicate balance between the crime theme and the growth theme. Teenagers, released at the end of the year, also boldly tried to mix criminal elements into youth films. Although there are still many problems in the narrative and rhythm of the film, bold genre crossing is one of the ideas to break the scene of the youth film.

 

Youth is not guilty, youth film is not guilty, but please roll the money!


 

The 53rd Golden Horse Awards Mainland films won a total victory!

 

Of the 22 competition awards in this year’s Golden Horse, 12 were awarded to mainland filmmakers/films, and the four most important awards, best film, best director and best actor and actress, were also awarded to mainland filmmakers. Sandra and Zhou Dongyu set a golden horse award record for their double-yellow-egg films with July and An Sheng, while Xiaogang Feng made persistent efforts to win the best director award with I’m not Pan Jinlian after winning the best actor with mr. six last year.

 

Undoubtedly, this means that the mainland film market has become the most important market and growing point for Chinese films.

 

Bing Bing, who missed the film, said: The forces of all parties are very great … …

Guiding Opinions of the General Office of Yunnan Provincial People’s Government on Accelerating the Construction of Electronic Platform for Public Resources Trading in Yunnan Province

State and municipal people’s governments, provincial committees, offices, departments and bureaus:

  In order to implement the spirit of the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Work Plan for Integrating and Establishing a Unified Public Resource Trading Platform (Guo Ban Fa [2015] No.63), and in accordance with the requirements of the Notice of the General Office of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province on Printing and Distributing the Implementation Plan for Integrating and Establishing a Unified Public Resource Trading Platform in Yunnan Province and the Joint Conference System for Public Resource Trading in Yunnan Province (Yun Zheng Fa [2015] No.107), accelerate the construction of the electronic platform for public resource trading in the whole province, and realize

  I. General requirements

  In accordance with the decision-making arrangements of the people’s governments of the State Council and the province, with the goal of building a public resource trading platform system with unified rules, openness and transparency, efficient service and standardized supervision, focusing on information sharing, and supported by information construction, we will innovate electronic supervision means, implement electronic trading in the whole process, improve the level of administrative supervision and public service, better promote fair and just transactions, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public resource allocation.

  Second, the work objectives

  Focusing on the working goal of "full openness online, no transaction offline, unified and standardized in the whole province, shared and shared by the whole province", we will build an electronic platform for the transaction of public resources in the whole province, which is standardized and unified, vertically connected and horizontally interconnected, forward-looking, advanced, up to the national first-class level, mature in technology, stable in operation and economical in maintenance cost. By the end of 2016, the "one network and three platforms" will be fully covered by provinces, cities and counties.

  Third, the basic principles

  (1) Unified planning and deployment. Adhere to the provincial unified guidance and promotion, unified planning and design, unified standard construction, unified deployment and operation, establish a working mechanism of departmental coordination and up-and-down linkage, and comprehensively and systematically promote platform construction.

  (2) Classified management and classified construction. Strengthen hierarchical management and hierarchical responsibility, coordinate construction and deployment at the provincial level, and ensure operation and maintenance at the state and city levels; According to the characteristics of all kinds of public resources, we will build an electronic trading platform system with scientific classification, technical specialty and standardized procedures.

  (3) Acting according to regulations and promoting it efficiently. Act in strict accordance with the law and regulations, and ensure the standardization of procedures, openness of processes and fair results; Strengthen supervision and inspection, strengthen the implementation of work, and ensure that all objectives and tasks are completed on time and with good quality.

  IV. Main tasks

  (A) optimize and improve the Yunnan Province public resources trading information network. Yunnan Public Resource Trading Information Network, as the portal of the electronic platform for public resource trading in Yunnan Province, is the media for publishing public resource trading information in Yunnan Province designated by the provincial people’s government, which centrally discloses all kinds and levels of public resource trading information, credit information and regulatory information to market participants and the public.

  (two) the construction of the province’s public resources trading electronic public service system (public service platform and administrative supervision platform). Relying on the Yunnan Provincial Public Resource Trading Information Network, according to the unified national standards, the province’s unified electronic public service system for public resource trading will be built at the provincial level, and the national public resource trading platform will be connected upward through the e-government extranet, and the terminal will cover states, cities, counties and districts, and it will be interconnected horizontally with the e-government and electronic supervision systems of various localities and departments.

  1. Public service platform: as the hub and data center of the province’s public resource transaction information integration, it collects all kinds of transaction information, credit information of transaction subjects, government industry supervision information, industrial and commercial tax information, social security information, etc., and provides valuable information services to the society through big data analysis technology, and at the same time provides data information support for government departments’ decision-making. It mainly realizes the functions of the province’s public resources transaction information disclosure and inquiry, market subject credit information exchange and sharing and inquiry, remote remote bid evaluation information comprehensive management, bid evaluation expert information management, transaction data statistical analysis and risk monitoring and early warning, and social public supervision and acceptance processing.

  2. Administrative supervision platform: to provide technical support for all levels of supervision, administrative supervision departments and public resource transaction management institutions to implement electronic supervision over the whole process of trading activities. It mainly realizes the functions of transaction mode approval and filing management, real-time monitoring of the whole process of transaction activities, online complaint handling, regulatory information notification and notification. The administrative supervision platform shall be built according to the principle of "no overlapping of responsibilities and functions". The electronic public service system of public resources transaction in the whole province shall open the data interface and realize information exchange and sharing with the existing electronic supervision system of the administrative supervision department.

  (3) Building electronic trading platforms for public resources at all levels. According to the relevant national standards and norms, combined with the professional characteristics of various public resources, and in accordance with the construction requirements of "scientific classification, hierarchical management, technical specialty and procedural norms", the electronic trading platform of public resources will be built at the provincial level and deployed to the counties, cities and districts within the administrative region, so as to realize the whole process of electronic processing of various public resources trading activities within the province.

  1. Professional bidding system for engineering construction projects. In accordance with the "Electronic Tendering and Bidding Measures" and its technical specifications, according to the professional characteristics of housing construction, municipal administration, transportation, water conservancy and other engineering construction projects, the whole transaction process of bidding and bidding is completed online, providing full online services for the tenderee, bidding agency, bidder, bid evaluation expert, public resource trading center and other trading participants.

  2. Professional system for transferring land use rights and mining rights. Realize the electronic operation of the whole process of transferring land use rights and mining rights, such as bidding, auction and listing, and provide online services for the transferor, transferee (bidder), government procurement and transfer center, public resource trading center and other trading participants.

  3 state-owned property rights and confiscated goods trading professional system. Realize the electronic operation of the whole process of the transfer of state-owned property rights and confiscated materials, such as bidding, auction, listing and electronic bidding, and provide online services for the transferor, transferee (bidder), property rights trading institutions, public resource trading centers and other participants in trading activities.

  4. Government centralized procurement business system. According to the relevant standards and norms formulated by the Ministry of Finance, the whole process of centralized procurement institutions will be electronically operated, which mainly includes electronic evaluation, agreement and fixed-point procurement (electronic shopping malls), data analysis and statistics. Government procurement and transfer centers at all levels are responsible for the use, management and maintenance of centralized government procurement business systems.

  5. Specialized system for centralized procurement of drugs and medical consumables. Optimize and improve the function of Yunnan centralized drug purchasing platform, and connect with provincial electronic trading platform through standard data exchange platform, so as to realize the electronic processing of the whole process of provincial centralized drug purchasing, high-value medical consumables and Class B large-scale medical equipment, and provide online services for the participants of centralized purchasing institutions, public resource trading centers, medical and health institutions, drug production and supply enterprises, evaluation experts and other trading activities. The provincial government procurement and transfer center is responsible for the use, management and maintenance of the centralized drug procurement platform in Yunnan Province.

  All localities and departments should actively create conditions to promote the construction of other types of public resources electronic trading professional systems.

  V. Safeguards

  (1) Strengthen organizational leadership. Promoting the construction of electronic platform for public resources transactions in the province is an important measure to realize transparent management and sunny operation of public resources transactions, innovate administrative supervision methods, improve the level of administrative supervision and public services, and further promote the construction of a system for preventing and punishing corruption. All localities and departments should further unify their thinking, raise their awareness, clarify their objectives, and pay close attention to implementation. Give full play to the role of the joint meeting system of public resources trading in Yunnan Province, coordinate and solve major problems in the work, and promote the development of all work as a whole. States and cities should further establish and improve the leading institutions for special work, actively cooperate and take the initiative to ensure the smooth completion of all work. The Provincial Public Resources Trading Administration and the Development and Reform Commission should play a leading role and strengthen guidance and supervision on the promotion and implementation of state and municipal work.

  (2) Clear job responsibilities. All localities and departments should refine their work responsibilities, clarify the time limit for completion, and accelerate the construction of the electronic platform for public resources transactions in the province. Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Finance Department, Industry and Information Technology Commission and relevant departments are responsible for project approval. Provincial Public Resources Trading Administration is responsible for the project declaration, construction and deployment, coordination and guidance, operation guarantee and application training of "one network and three platforms"; Coordinate the docking work between the electronic public service system of the province’s public resources trading and the national public resources trading platform; Coordinate the docking of electronic government affairs and electronic supervision systems of various localities and departments with the electronic public service system of public resources trading in the whole province. The relevant administrative supervision departments should strengthen the support and guidance for the development and construction of electronic platform system in combination with the professional characteristics of public resources in this industry. States and cities are responsible for the construction of hardware facilities and network environment of electronic platforms, cooperate with the local deployment and interconnection of "one network and three platforms", and be responsible for the management, operation and maintenance of electronic trading platforms at the corresponding level; States and cities that have built electronic trading platforms should do a good job in docking with provincial electronic platforms. The provincial government supervision room is responsible for the supervision and inspection of the construction of the electronic platform for public resources trading in the province and reporting the relevant situation.

  (3) Strengthen financial guarantee. The one-time construction investment and long-term operation and maintenance investment of "one network, three platforms" require a large scale of funds. We should fully learn from the advanced experience outside the province, strengthen the project fund guarantee, and explore innovative operation and maintenance modes. "One Network, Three Platforms" is positioned as a public service, which is mainly invested by the government. It belongs to the construction part undertaken by the provincial government, arranged by the provincial finance, and belongs to the construction part undertaken by the States and cities, and is guaranteed by all localities. The Provincial Department of Finance, the Development and Reform Commission, the Commission of Industry and Information Technology, and the Public Resources Trading Administration shall, jointly with relevant departments, study and implement the project construction funds as soon as possible and clarify the project procurement methods. States and cities should strengthen the funding guarantee at the corresponding level and create conditions for the construction, operation, maintenance and interconnection of local "one network and three platforms".

  (four) a clear time limit for completion. Before the end of June 2016, complete the project establishment, construction fund implementation, bidding and procurement of the "one network and three platforms" project; Before the end of August, the provincial "one network and three platforms" will be basically built, and it will be connected with the national public resource trading platform; Before the end of September, all states and cities will complete the supporting construction of hardware facilities and network environment; Before the end of December, "one network and three platforms" were deployed to states and cities, with terminals covering counties, cities and districts, basically realizing the whole process of electronic transactions of public resources at all levels in the province.

  (5) Improve the system rules. All localities and departments should adopt various ways to strengthen the education and training of relevant personnel and improve the ability and level of using electronic platforms to carry out their work. According to the actual work, we should gradually establish and improve the relevant systems for the construction and operation of electronic platforms, strengthen the responsibility assessment, give full play to the role of electronic platforms, standardize the trading activities of public resources, and promote fair and just transactions.


  Attachment: Construction Scheme of Electronic Platform for Public Resource Trading in Yunnan Province



General Office of Yunnan Provincial People’s Government

June 21, 2016

(This piece is publicly released)


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Construction scheme of electronic platform for public resources transaction in Yunnan Province

  In order to accelerate the construction of a standardized, unified, vertically connected and horizontally interconnected electronic platform for public resource transactions in the province, improve the level of administrative supervision and public services, accelerate the transparent management, standardized operation and electronic operation of public resource transactions, realize the unified construction and deployment of "one network and three platforms" in the province, and better promote fair and just transactions, this plan is formulated.

  I. Construction objectives

  In accordance with the construction goal of "unified and nationwide coverage, advanced technology, national first-class, stable operation and cost saving", in August 2016, relying on the Yunnan Provincial Public Resource Trading Information Network, the provincial public resource trading electronic public service system (public service platform and administrative supervision platform) and electronic trading platform were basically established, with the electronic public service system as the hub, vertically connected to the national public resource trading platform, and gradually realized horizontal communication with the e-government and electronic supervision systems of various localities and departments. By the end of 2016, an electronic trading platform for public resources will be built and deployed to states and cities. The terminals of the electronic trading platform for states and cities will cover counties, cities and districts within their respective administrative areas, and the whole process of public resources trading at all levels in the province will basically be electronic.

  Second, the overall framework

  The electronic public service system (public service platform and administrative supervision platform) and electronic trading platform of public resources trading in the whole province are based on public services, which meet the needs of information exchange and resource sharing among public resource trading platforms at all levels, realize the electronic processing of the whole process of public resource trading, and provide information services, transaction execution, supervision and management for market subjects, administrative supervision departments, transaction management institutions, the public and government decision-making. The information platform adopts advanced technologies such as cloud computing, big data, mobile Internet, Internet of Things, etc., and is built with application design architecture of service-oriented architecture (SOA). Based on mainstream technology systems such as J2EE, it supports cross-platform applications. Based on component and hierarchical technical architecture, it supports dynamic deployment.

  Third, the construction content

  (A) public service platform

  As the hub of information integration of public resources transactions in the province, the public service platform is the big data center of public resources transactions in the province and the core of transaction information sharing, exchange and service. The public service platform mainly includes six parts: information disclosure service system, market subject credit information system, remote remote bid evaluation information management system, expert information management system, transaction data statistical analysis system and social supervision acceptance processing system. The details are as follows:

  1. Information disclosure service system

  The information disclosure service system mainly provides public information services for market subjects and social public subjects, including transaction information such as transaction announcement, qualification examination results, bid-winning (transaction) publicity, performance information and relevant change information, as well as regulatory information such as project approval (approval) and administrative punishment.

  2. Market subject credit information system

  According to the unified national social credit code, establish the credit information database of market entities, and incorporate relevant information into the unified national credit information platform to realize the exchange and sharing of credit information of market entities. Information registered and shared by market participants through the province’s public resources trading electronic public service system and the industry’s electronic supervision system established by the administrative supervision department will be shared in the whole province through data exchange and other means.

  The administrative departments at all levels shall be responsible for establishing and improving the incentive mechanism of market participants’ trustworthiness and disciplinary mechanism of dishonesty.

  3. Remote remote bid evaluation information management system

  After the unified certification and testing, the bid evaluation systems of electronic trading platforms at all levels are connected to the remote remote bid evaluation management module of the electronic public service system of public resource trading in the whole province, so as to realize the interconnection of bid evaluation sites of public resource trading centers at all levels. The remote remote bid evaluation activities in the whole province take the electronic public service system of public resources transaction in the whole province as the data hub, so as to realize network configuration, guaranteed docking and no data loss, and ensure that the system is safe, efficient, stable and fast.

  4. Expert information management system

  The expert information management system consists of expert database and application management system, which provides expert services with complete specialties, rich categories, standardized management, interconnection, high efficiency and convenience, and high theoretical level and rich practical experience for human resources trading activities in the province, and provides conditions for promoting remote bid evaluation and evaluation in different places. The province’s expert database set up industry sub-database and regional sub-database, based on the library resources of the province’s comprehensive bid evaluation expert database, and through the standard data interface platform, exchange the expert data of the state and city that meet the provincial expert standards to the province’s comprehensive bid evaluation expert database to realize the interconnection and sharing of the province’s expert resources. The expert database application management system should have the management functions of experts’ warehousing, suspension, punishment, evaluation and warehousing, as well as the application functions of intelligent avoidance, random sampling, automatic voice notification, automatic sign-in and statistical summary.

  The expert information management system is connected with the government procurement management information system of the financial department to realize the interconnection and sharing of expert resources and expert credit information with the government procurement review in the whole province.

  Administrative departments at all levels shall, in accordance with the division of responsibilities, strengthen the dynamic supervision of bid evaluation and evaluation experts through the expert information management system, and optimize and improve the mechanism of expert selection, hiring, training and withdrawal.

  5. Transaction data statistical analysis system

  The transaction data statistical analysis system carries out statistical analysis, comprehensive utilization and risk monitoring and early warning on the transaction data of public resources in the province, and generates analysis reports according to specific dimensions of the industry to provide data support for decision-making and forecasting.

  6. Social supervision acceptance processing system

  The social supervision acceptance and processing system is the service window for the electronic public service system of public resources transaction in the province to accept social supervision, handle social complaints timely and effectively through this system, and feed back to the public.

  (B) the administrative supervision platform

  The role of the administrative supervision platform is to conduct unified electronic supervision and management of the whole process of trading activities, and all levels of supervision, administrative supervision departments and trading management institutions use it according to their respective authorities.

  The administrative supervision platform consists of three parts: administrative supervision system, electronic supervision system and comprehensive supervision system. Through the functional modules of project acceptance supervision, project process management (filing management or trace management of relevant information such as bidding documents and bidding announcements in the process of trading activities), real-time monitoring (real-time viewing of the implementation of trading projects), transaction process playback, contract filing (filing management of trading contracts) and online acceptance, handling of complaints and reports, and notification and notification of processing results, etc.

  The administrative supervision platform shall be built according to the principle of "no overlapping of responsibilities and functions". The electronic public service system of public resources transaction in the whole province shall open the data interface and realize information exchange and sharing with the existing electronic supervision system of the administrative supervision department.

  (3) Electronic trading platform for public resources

  The electronic trading platform consists of core business software system (trading software system), operating system, database, middleware and other software systems and corresponding hardware systems, and its functional goal is to realize the electronic processing of all kinds of public resources trading business. The trading software system is composed of professional systems such as bidding for construction projects, which is the core content of the construction of electronic trading platforms at all levels. The server hardware, database, middleware (technical parameters are selected according to their own situation) and network operating environment required for the operation of trading software are built by each state and city.

  1. Electronic trading professional system

  (1) Professional system of bidding for engineering construction projects

  The tendering and bidding professional system of engineering construction projects is built according to the Measures for Electronic Tendering and Bidding and its technical specifications, and the whole process of trading methods such as public bidding and invitation bidding is electronically processed. The main functions include: online service of public resource trading center, online service of tenderers, online service of tendering agency, online service of bidders, electronic bid opening, electronic bid evaluation, electronic calibration, online supplementary information, online deposit collection and refund, online filing of transaction activity materials, convenient reminder service, electronic signature of transaction process documents, etc.

  (2) Professional system of land use right and mining right transaction.

  The professional system of land use right and mining right transaction should cover the whole process of electronic processing of bidding, listing (bidding), auction and agreement transfer. The main functions include: the whole process online service of public resource trading center, the whole process online service of government procurement and transfer center, the whole process online service of bidders, online bidding, online deposit collection and refund, online filing of transaction activity materials, electronic signature of transaction process documents, etc.

  (3) Professional system of state-owned property rights and confiscated goods trading.

  The professional system of state-owned property rights and confiscated materials trading should cover the whole process of electronic processing of bidding, listing (bidding), auction and agreement transfer. The main functions include: online service of public resources trading center, online service of property rights trading institutions, online service of bidders, online bidding, online deposit collection and refund, online filing of trading activity materials, electronic signature of trading process documents, etc.

  (4) government centralized procurement business system

  The centralized government procurement business system is built in accordance with the National Master Plan for the Construction of Government Procurement Management Trading System, the Basic Data Specification for Government Procurement Business and the relevant requirements of the financial department, so as to realize the electronic operation of the whole process of government procurement and transfer center business. The centralized government procurement system consists of business function subsystem (including extranet portal of government procurement and transfer center, collaborative office platform, electronic auxiliary bid opening and evaluation subsystem, supplier auxiliary bidding tool, online trading subsystem of agreed goods, price monitoring subsystem of agreed goods, data statistical analysis subsystem, system management subsystem and mobile device APP client), comprehensive information resource database (including purchaser information database, supplier information database, commodity information database, Template information base, etc.), application support platform (including workflow platform, report tool, data exchange platform, short message platform, document management platform, etc.), etc.

  Government procurement and transfer centers at all levels are responsible for the use, management and maintenance of centralized government procurement business systems.

  (5) Specialized system for centralized procurement of drugs and medical consumables.

  Optimize and improve the function of Yunnan centralized drug purchasing platform, and connect with provincial electronic trading platform through standard data exchange platform, so as to realize the electronic processing of the whole process of provincial centralized drug purchasing, high-value medical consumables and Class B large-scale medical equipment, and provide online services for the participants of centralized purchasing institutions, public resource trading centers, medical and health institutions, drug production and supply enterprises, evaluation experts and other trading activities.

  The provincial government procurement and transfer center is responsible for the use, management and maintenance of the centralized drug procurement platform in Yunnan Province.

  (6) Foundation supporting system

  (1) the tender documents production tools

  The tool for making electronic bidding documents can generate bidding documents according to standard documents or templates, edit bidding documents, set the main contents and format requirements of bidding documents, and package attachments with different formats to generate a document, which can be used in the bid opening and bid evaluation system to automatically extract important information and achieve the function of assisting bid evaluation.

  (2) bidding documents making tools

  The tool for making electronic bidding documents can edit and make documents online or offline, which mainly includes the functions of file import, file content editing, bill of quantities (if any) import, format file conversion, electronic signature, file generation, verification and encryption.

  ③ bid opening subsystem

  The bid opening subsystem can display the number of bidders who meet the requirements of laws and regulations, and can start or cancel the bid opening according to the actual situation; Verify and publish the bidding documents without being tampered with or omitted and the bidding process records; Decrypt the bidding documents according to the time of bid opening and record the decryption process; Read, record and display the bidding document data; Record the information of the bid opening process and confirm it with the electronic signature of the participating units; Exchange bid opening records synchronously with the public and public service platforms through the trading platform.

  ④ Bid evaluation subsystem

  The evaluation subsystem tools can set evaluation forms and evaluation items according to the evaluation methods, evaluation factors and standards specified in the bidding documents; According to the bid evaluation method specified in the bidding documents, analyze and compare the bidding documents, assist in scoring or calculate the bid evaluation price; Summarize and calculate the comprehensive scores or bid evaluation prices of bidders and sort them, so as to realize the functions of automatically generating bid evaluation reports, electronic signatures of experts and electronic signatures.

  ⑤ Electronic file subsystem

  Provide archiving function to record and maintain data and documents related to bidding activities. Provide the functions of classification, sorting, archiving and data analysis of data and documents, and the archived data and documents shall comply with the relevant national regulations on electronic archives. Provide the function of consulting bidding data and documents according to authority. It provides the functions of recording, backing up, archiving and archiving the operation time and personnel information involved in electronic bidding.

  ⑥ Data exchange system

  Including public service platform interface, administrative supervision platform interface, professional data exchange interface, administrative efficiency exchange interface, digital certificate exchange interface, bank data exchange interface and so on.

  ⑦ Other foundation support systems

  Including control center system, digital certificate signature verification, professional tools, online payment, file management and so on. The control center system provides server performance monitoring service, system user rights allocation control, log management, etc. for all application services. Digital certificate signature verification and electronic seal system provide legal, intuitive and security guarantees for all kinds of digital information and format documents.

  (7) Information sharing system

  Electronic trading platforms at all levels will collect and exchange the trading information to the electronic public service system of public resources trading in the province, so as to realize centralized release, sharing and comprehensive statistical analysis of the trading information of public resources in the province. The key process information of trading activities is sent to the electronic public service system of public resources trading in the whole province through the data exchange platform. The data exchange platform shall be built by the provincial level with reference to the relevant national testing and certification technical requirements. All levels of electronic trading platform construction units need to prepare a data exchange front-end machine, which is required to be a low-end server or a high-end PC.

  2. Online monitoring system

  From the current on-site supervision to online supervision, through online audio and video supervision, automatic early warning of abnormal transactions and other functions, we will focus on supervising the transaction links such as project acceptance, announcement, bid opening and evaluation (evaluation, bidding), bid winning (transaction) publicity, and issuing transaction certificates, and connect with the administrative supervision platform of the electronic public service system for public resources transactions in the province through the standard data interface platform.

  The online supervision system should have the function of online consultation and suggestions, and actively accept the supervision of the public.

  3. City subsystem of expert information management system

  According to the requirements of the province’s public resource transaction expert resource integration work plan, all the states and cities integrate local expert resources, establish local expert database sub-databases, and connect with provincial expert databases through standard data interface platforms to realize the interconnection and resource sharing of expert databases at all levels.

  Each state and city is responsible for the construction, management, operation and maintenance of hardware facilities and operating environment of local subsystems.

  4. City subsystem of remote remote remote bid evaluation information management system

  States and cities should realize the whole process of bid evaluation through the bid evaluation system of the electronic trading platform at the corresponding level, and establish a unified remote bid evaluation room in accordance with the relevant requirements at the provincial level. The bid evaluation system of electronic trading platforms at all levels should meet the following basic conditions: docking with the remote remote bid evaluation information management system of the whole province, and the system functions support remote bid evaluation activities; Realize the authority management and barrier-free login of bid evaluation experts and relevant supervision departments; Realize online countersigning of bid evaluation (review) report; Realize the statistics, inquiry and settlement of expert fees; There is a review system for online supervision of bid evaluation activities (that is, online monitoring of audio and video).

  Provincial unified formulation and release of remote remote bid evaluation data exchange standards, through the remote remote bid evaluation information management module of the province’s public resources trading electronic public service system, provide technical support and data exchange support for remote remote bid evaluation activities, and ensure the safety, efficiency and stability of system construction and operation. Public resource transaction management institutions at all levels should formulate supporting management systems to ensure the benign operation of remote remote bid evaluation systems. Public resource transaction management institutions or public resource trading centers at all levels should set up special remote remote bid evaluation management posts, designate special personnel to be responsible for the management and coordination of remote remote bid evaluation, the on-site management of bid evaluation at home or in the sub-field, the maintenance of bid evaluation order, and the data entry, operation and maintenance of relevant systems.

  5. Network and information security

  (1) Electronic trading platforms at all levels should adopt two access modes: digital private line users and Internet users.

  Private network access area: The online monitoring system, expert information management system and remote remote bid evaluation information management system of provincial and municipal electronic trading platforms should be connected with the electronic public service system of the province’s public resources trading by means of logical isolation through e-government extranet or digital dedicated line. The network bandwidth using optical fiber access mode is not less than 50M. County-level public resource trading centers and state and municipal public resource trading centers shall be connected through e-government extranet or digital private line, and shall not be interconnected with office network.

  Internet access area: All trading professional systems of electronic trading platforms at all levels should access the electronic public service system of public resources trading in the whole province by optical fiber, with a network bandwidth of not less than 50M and corresponding security equipment.

  (2) Electronic trading platforms at all levels should use digital certificates for user identity authentication to ensure platform operation management and data information security. Electronic trading platforms at all levels should be compatible with all kinds of digital certificates, provide access technical standards for digital certificate manufacturers, and realize cross-recognition

  (D) Information infrastructure

  1. Servers and storage

  The number and parameters of servers and storage devices with mainstream configuration are configured according to the actual needs of information systems and information exchange in various places.

  2. Network and security equipment

  According to the need and actual situation, configure the network security equipment to access the private network access area and the Internet access area to ensure the security of the network environment and data transmission.

  3. Power supply and distribution

  Equipped with a special distribution box to effectively manage the mains and UPS power supply, and the electrical equipment must be safely grounded and lightning protected. According to the power consumption of the equipment, reasonably estimate the battery capacity of UPS, and reserve it appropriately. It is suggested that the power supply time of UPS should be more than 2 hours.

  4. Data room

  According to the local conditions and referring to the relevant security protection levels, the states and cities make full use of the computer room of the e-government center or establish an independent computer room to support the application of software, network, security, servers, UPS, storage, audio and other equipment. The data room should be reserved with sufficient space and reasonable location, which is convenient for wiring and related power supply, lightning protection and grounding projects. Can be equipped with drying, air conditioning, security, fire fighting and other equipment as appropriate.

  In accordance with the principle of "reducing financial investment", the county-level public resource trading center will no longer build independent data rooms in principle.

  (5) Testing and certification

  Professional trading systems related to public resources at all levels should be constructed or upgraded with reference to the Measures for Electronic Bidding and Bidding and its technical specifications, and the professional system for bidding and tendering of engineering construction projects should pass the testing and certification in accordance with the Administrative Measures for Testing and Certification of Electronic Bidding and Bidding Systems. The centralized government procurement business system should be built in accordance with the National Master Plan for the Construction of Government Procurement Management Trading System and the Basic Data Specification for Government Procurement Business, and meet the relevant requirements of the financial department.

  Fourth, the division of responsibilities

  The joint meeting of the provincial public resources trading work is responsible for coordinating the construction of the electronic platform for public resources trading in the province, supervising and inspecting the work progress of various localities and departments, and timely studying and solving major problems encountered in the work. The main responsibilities of the members of the joint meeting are as follows:

  The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Commission of Industry and Information Technology, and the Department of Finance, jointly with relevant departments, are responsible for the establishment of projects such as the evaluation and demonstration of project feasibility study reports and the implementation of project construction funds.

  Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Industry and Information Technology Commission, Department of Justice, Department of Finance, Department of Land and Resources, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Department of Transportation, Forestry Department, Department of Water Resources, Department of Commerce, Health and Family Planning Commission, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and other departments in charge of public resources trading industry are responsible for standardizing the trading procedures and electronic operation procedures of public resources projects in this industry in accordance with the principle of "classified construction" and according to the professional characteristics of public resources in this industry, and formulating a unified trading document model for this industry. Strengthen the support and guidance for the development and construction of electronic platform system.

  Provincial Public Resources Trading Administration is responsible for the project declaration, construction and deployment, coordination and guidance, operation guarantee and application training of "one network and three platforms"; Coordinate the docking work between the electronic public service system of the province’s public resources trading and the national public resources trading platform; Open the data interface of the province’s public resources transaction electronic public service system, and actively connect with the e-government and e-supervision systems of various localities and departments.

  The provincial government supervision room is responsible for the supervision and inspection of the construction of the electronic platform for public resources trading in the province and reporting the relevant situation.

  The state and municipal people’s governments shall, in accordance with the principle of "hierarchical management", be responsible for the construction of hardware facilities and network environment of electronic platforms, cooperate with the local deployment and interconnection of "one network and three platforms", and be responsible for the management, operation and maintenance of electronic trading platforms at the corresponding level; States and cities that have built electronic trading platforms should do a good job in docking with provincial electronic platforms.

  V. Implementation steps

  The construction period of this project is 8 months.

  (1) The first stage (May-June 2016): the preliminary work of the project. Prepare the feasibility study report of the project and organize the completion of the project; In accordance with the government procurement law and relevant regulations, the project construction unit shall be selected by public bidding according to the law and regulations; Conclude a contract. (Responsible for the Provincial Public Resources Trading Administration)

  (II) Phase II (July-November 2016): Project construction.

  Confirm the overall design scheme and detailed requirements of platform functions, and develop and construct the main functions of the platform; Formal environment for platform system deployment, system debugging and trial operation. (Provincial Public Resources Trading Administration takes the lead; Cooperate with relevant provincial departments)

  In accordance with the relevant requirements of the National Development and Reform Commission, carry out docking work with the national public resource trading platform. (Provincial Public Resources Trading Administration and Development and Reform Commission are responsible)

  According to the unified norms and standards, the states and cities have built the relevant hardware and network environment, and the platform system has been formally deployed in various places; Electronic trading platforms at all levels are vertically interconnected, and horizontal interconnection and resource sharing with e-government and electronic supervision systems are promoted in a timely manner. (State and municipal people’s governments, led by the Provincial Public Resources Trading Administration; Cooperate with relevant provincial departments)

  (3) The third stage (December 2016): project acceptance. Organize project acceptance and platform system application training. (Provincial Public Resources Trading Administration takes the lead; Cooperate with relevant provincial departments)

Small dishes and half dishes, where have they all gone? The reporter visited more than 20 hotels and found that it was rarely provided.

  Disappearing Small Dishes Comic Book/Li Xiaojun

  ● With the implementation of the anti-food waste law, small portions and half portions of food were once popular with consumers, and many merchants also launched related dishes in due course. But nowadays, few restaurants set up small dishes and half dishes offline. The main reason is that the cost of time, manpower and material resources has risen and the unit price has become more expensive.

  ● Compared with offline catering, small dishes on the take-away platform are easier to find, but there are also many problems: some restaurants have fewer categories, that is, the types of small dishes provided are much less than those of conventional dishes, generally only six or seven; Some restaurants are not cost-effective, that is, the amount of small dishes is less, but the price is not much cheaper.

  ● It is suggested that businesses should integrate the prevention of food and beverage waste into business processes and employee assessment; The take-away platform can add an "anti-waste" score to the evaluation feedback, which not only urges merchants to fulfill their anti-waste obligations, but also reminds consumers to pay attention to saving. At the same time, in view of the operating pressure of small and medium-sized restaurants, the take-away platform can consider giving certain support to small and medium-sized restaurants that offer small dishes and half dishes, such as reducing commission rates and providing digital support.

  □ Our reporter Zhao Li

  □ Intern of this newspaper Hu Miao

  "We don’t have a small dish here, and we have never set it up." "We used to have half a dish, but it didn’t work well." … …

  A few days ago, the reporter of Rule of Law Daily came to Xidan Joy City in Xicheng District and Shuangqiao wanda plaza in Chaoyang District, and visited more than 20 restaurants, including well-known chain restaurants and specialty shops such as barbecue, hot pot and spring cakes. It was found that almost no restaurants set small dishes and half dishes.

  Among them, four restaurants originally set up small dishes and half dishes, which were later cancelled. The only noodle restaurant that serves small dishes did not mark small dishes on the menu. It was only after the reporter asked that it could provide small dishes.

  Once, with the implementation of the anti-food waste law, small dishes and half dishes were once popular with consumers, and many merchants also launched related dishes in due course. In March this year, the China Consumers Association, together with seven industry associations, societies and chambers of commerce, jointly launched an initiative, including actively promoting small dishes and half dishes.

  However, the reporter’s investigation found that there are not many restaurants offering small dishes and half dishes. Many consumers from Beijing and Tianjin told reporters that whether going to a restaurant for dinner or ordering take-away, they felt that small portions and half portions of food were not as much as before.

  People can’t help asking: where have the small dishes and half dishes gone?

  It’s hard to find a small dish in a restaurant.

  Either no or cancel.

  "When I ordered takeout for a while, I felt that there were quite a lot of small dishes. Now there are obviously fewer businesses offering small dishes." Ms. Lin, who works near the Financial Street in Xicheng District, Beijing, said.

  On the issue of small portions, among the 50 consumers interviewed randomly by reporters, nearly 40 consumers have the same feelings as Ms. Lin.

  Ms. Wen, a citizen of Beijing, remembers that when she ordered food on the take-away platform last year, many restaurants provided small dishes for one person, the price was one third or more cheaper than the normal amount, but it was almost gone this year. "I don’t know why small dishes and half dishes disappeared."

  Mr. Zhao, a Beijing citizen, often goes to a nearby Sichuan restaurant for dinner after playing ball games. The food in this restaurant is relatively large, and the dishes that the ball friends like to eat are different. They asked the boss to provide small dishes and half dishes. As a result, the boss shirked it on the grounds that the chef was too troublesome. "Every time we get together, there will be a lot of dishes left, which is too wasteful."

  Many people have had the experience of being rejected after asking for a small portion of food. Xiao Han, who went to college in Beijing, met a friend for dinner at a northeast restaurant near Wangfujing some time ago. Seeing that other customers ordered a large amount of food, Xiao Han was worried about waste, so he asked the waiter if he had a small dish and whether he could cook it. The other party replied that he could not. "We had to order food normally, but we didn’t finish it, and there was a lot left."

  In order to further understand the setting of small dishes in the hotel, the reporter recently came to Xidan Joy City in Xicheng District, Beijing. At 7 o’clock in the evening, there were long queues at the gates of many restaurants. The reporter randomly asked more than 10 restaurants whether they provided small dishes. Only one noodle restaurant replied that "large and small dishes are not indicated on the menu, but small dishes can be provided according to customers’ requirements". The rest of the restaurants all said that "only normal dishes are available, and no small dishes are set".

  In a pasta shop that specializes in six kinds of materials, such as fat sausage, fried belly, squid and shrimp sauce, the reporter noticed that there are only two choices on the menu, normal portion and increased portion after the price increase. In the face of the reporter’s question "If you can’t finish the normal portion, can you order a small portion?", the waiter of the store replied that "we are all normal portions here, and there is no small portion."

  In wanda plaza, Shuangqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, the setting of small dishes is almost the same. The reporter still interviewed more than 10 restaurants at random, and the other party unanimously said that "small dishes are not provided", some replied "I never thought about setting it", and some said that "it was set before, but it was cancelled if the effect was not good".

  The reporter also noticed a phenomenon: even if the same restaurant provides small dishes on the take-away platform, there is no option for small dishes if you go to the restaurant.

  Ms. Fan, who works in Beijing, has encountered this problem. It is precisely because she ordered a small dish to take out in a restaurant. Once she happened to pass by this store, she wanted to order a small dish for dinner. As a result, there was no choice between a small dish and a half dish when ordering.

  "I’m eating alone in a restaurant now. If I want to mix vegetarian and vegetarian dishes, I can only eat fast food like Lamian Noodles, because ordinary restaurants can only order normal food, and there will inevitably be a lot left." Ms. Fan said that some time ago, she went to a restaurant and ordered a vegetarian meal. As a result, the amount of food was super large. Finally, she had to pack it and ate leftovers for two days.

  There is no standard for quantitative pricing.

  Customers think it is not cost-effective

  Although restaurants that don’t offer small dishes are annoying to consumers, some restaurants that offer small dishes are not happy.

  The reporter’s investigation found that compared with offline catering, small dishes on the take-away platform are easier to find, but there are also many problems: some restaurants have fewer categories, that is, the types of small dishes provided are much less than those of conventional dishes, generally only six or seven, and only one or two are rare; Some restaurants are not cost-effective, that is, the amount of small dishes is less, but the price is not much cheaper.

  Some interviewees opened a take-away platform for reporters to see that the price of a small portion of hot and sour potato chips in a certain store is 15 yuan, while the price of a normal portion is 18 yuan, only 3 yuan. "The weight is reduced by half, but the price is only reduced by a little, which is too unreasonable."

  Xiao Yang, a graduate student in Beijing, also noticed this problem. She calculated an account: some small dishes and half dishes are only one-third of the large dishes, but the price is half of the large dishes; Some small dishes with a weight of 1 person are almost two-thirds of the normal vegetable price, or even less. "Many restaurants only mark ‘ 1 person ’ There is no specific gram, so it is only cheaper for businesses, and it is very difficult for consumers to benefit. "

  The reporter saw on a take-away platform that on the take-away menu of a restaurant, kung pao chicken was priced at 38 yuan /1 box, and small portions were priced at 26 yuan /1 person. The specific weight of 1 box and 1 person was not marked. On the take-away menu of another restaurant, the small portion and the normal amount of fish-flavored shredded pork are 26 yuan and 39 yuan respectively, and their portions are all marked as "1 box". There is also a restaurant’s take-away fried chicken. The small portion is different from the normal amount in 10 yuan, and the weight is marked as "about 350g".

  The reporter then compared the large portions and small portions of several dishes on the take-away platform, and found that some small portions have only one-third of the Caicai amount of large portions, and the price is half or even more than that of large portions.

  Although some merchants provide small dishes and half dishes, they have set delivery thresholds, such as clearly marking "No delivery for a single dish" or "The price of a small dish cannot meet the delivery standard". "We can only order multiple small dishes with full discounts and coupons, and we have to use multiple packaging boxes. In this way, the price is much higher and it causes a lot of waste." Xiao Yang said.

  The reporter noticed that some consumers spit on the take-away platform that merchants did not indicate the specifications and weight of small dishes, which made it difficult for them to estimate the actual weight of dishes. Sometimes they clearly ordered small dishes and received too many dishes, which eventually led to waste. Some consumers say that the price of small dishes is almost the same as that of large dishes. Instead of letting merchants take advantage, it is better to order large dishes.

  Popularize the concept of nutritional balance

  Subsidy support should be in place

  Promoting small portions and half portions of dishes is a concrete starting point of "CD Action". In recent years, after active publicity and guidance, this good idea of practicing economy once became the "new standard" of the catering industry.

  The Insight Report on Small Dishes in 2022 released by a platform at the end of last year showed that the number of users searching for "small dishes" on the platform exceeded 130,000 times per day. As of September 2022, the sales volume of small dishes increased by 114.5% compared with the same period in 2020.

  Seeing that the market is getting hot, why don’t many businesses follow the trend? Why do many consumers feel that there are fewer businesses offering small dishes?

  Some merchants told reporters that because the cooking methods and processes of small dishes are the same as those of large dishes, the workload of chefs has increased, and there are more tableware to be washed, and the cost of time, manpower and material resources has risen, so the unit price is more expensive.

  "In the Chinese food industry, dishes have to go through a complicated processing process, and the labor cost of each dish will increase accordingly. Cooking small dishes will consume the same labor cost as cooking large dishes, but the profit is much lower, and I dare not raise prices at will, so I simply don’t cook small dishes." Mr. Liu, who runs a small and medium-sized hotel in Beijing, said.

  There are also hotel operators who have calculated such an account for reporters: for two people to eat, the table area usually selected is four people, and one course is calculated according to five minutes. In the past, the normal weight only needed to order two courses, and the kitchen took 10 minutes. Now, it takes 15 to 20 minutes for customers to order three or four small dishes. As the workload of the stove and chef increases, the serving time will slow down, the time for customers to occupy the table will become longer, the turnover rate will decrease, and the profit will decline.

  The interviewed hotel operators pointed out that if they can’t find a balance between business model and avoiding waste, the introduction of small dishes and half dishes will lead to higher hotel costs, which is the fundamental reason why they are reluctant to provide small dishes and half dishes.

  Cheng Shengkui, a researcher at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Chinese Society of Natural Resources, found that different regions with different levels of economic development have different demands for small dishes. "Consumers in economically developed cities generally feel that the amount of food in hotels is too large, hoping to introduce small dishes. Consumers who often engage in manual labor may ask for a larger amount of food. "

  Therefore, Cheng Shengkui suggested that low-end restaurants can continue to ensure the weight of food, and middle-and high-end restaurants can launch more small dishes to meet the actual needs of customers.

  Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of China Academy of Social Sciences, analyzed that whether a restaurant can launch a small portion of dishes is mainly considered from the perspective of profit. In addition to small portions, catering enterprises in the future can also provide nutritious meals for customers from the perspective of nutrition. Whether online or offline, relevant departments should introduce policies to encourage and guide businesses to launch small dishes.

  "The obstacles to promoting small dishes and nutritious meals are mainly the eating habits and social identity of the masses, and businesses and consumers must make certain changes. First of all, the media should popularize the concept of balanced diet and nutrition to consumers. After the change of consumers’ concept, catering enterprises will naturally comply with customers’ requirements to provide dishes with balanced nutrition ratio. At the same time, relevant departments should also give certain subsidies to hotels that provide small dishes. " Li Guoxiang said.

  Zheng Fengtian, a professor at Renmin University of China, also believes that it is completely possible to indicate the specifications and calories of meals. From the health point of view, everyone needs to consume a certain amount of calories and protein every day. If the food is clearly marked, consumers can calculate it by themselves when buying, reducing waste and developing scientific and healthy eating habits.

  "The Anti-Food Waste Law stipulates that catering service operators should make food according to the standard specifications, reasonably determine the quantity and weight, provide small meals and other different specifications, and must not induce or mislead consumers to order too much. Many catering businesses should take this regulation as a benchmark and take the initiative to undertake the main obligation to stop catering waste, so as to ensure the sustainable and healthy development of the entire catering industry on the basis of strict economy. At the same time, in view of the operating pressure of small and medium-sized restaurants, the takeaway platform may consider giving certain support to small and medium-sized restaurants that offer small dishes and half dishes, such as reducing commission rates and providing digital support. " Liu Junhai, a professor at Renmin University of China, said.

  The experts interviewed agreed that the core meaning of promoting small portions of food is to stop food waste, which requires the majority of catering businesses and consumers to put the concept and actions of "practicing economy and opposing waste" in place. It is suggested that businesses should integrate stopping food and beverage waste into business processes and employee assessment; The take-away platform can add an "anti-waste" score to the evaluation feedback, which not only urges merchants to fulfill their anti-waste obligations, but also reminds consumers to pay attention to saving. At the same time, consumers also need to jointly safeguard the consumption culture atmosphere of "wasting shame and saving pride" and promote civilized consumption in the whole society.

Answer questions! How can the public respond scientifically to the high incidence of swine flu?

  Xinhua News Agency, Xi ‘an, March 13 (Reporter Lin Juan) Influenza monitoring by China CDC shows that the level of influenza activity has increased in many places in China recently, and influenza A virus is the absolute advantage among the popular influenza viruses. What is swine flu? What’s the difference between flu and common cold? How should I treat the flu? How to scientifically prevent influenza? The reporter interviewed disease control experts and infectious disease experts to answer your questions.

  What is swine flu?

  Yu Pengbo, director of the Institute of Viral Disease Prevention and Control of Shaanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that influenza A is the abbreviation of influenza A and an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza A virus infection. Influenza virus can be divided into four types according to its core protein: A, B, C and D. Influenza viruses that are seasonal epidemic in the population are influenza A (subtype A H1N1 and subtype A H3N2) and influenza B (strain Yamagata and strain Victoria).

  Compared with influenza B virus, influenza A virus has many hosts in nature, and it is more prone to mutation or recombination, resulting in its rapid spread among people. Many large-scale outbreaks of influenza in history are related to influenza A virus.

  Influenza patients and recessive infections are the main sources of seasonal influenza infection. Influenza virus is mainly transmitted through air droplets, and can also be directly or indirectly transmitted through oral cavity, nasal cavity, eyes and other mucous membranes. Contact with items contaminated by viruses may also cause infection. It can also spread in the form of aerosol in a crowded, closed or poorly ventilated room.

During the flu season, children and parents of Xi ‘an Children’s Hospital lined up for tests. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Juan photo

  What’s the difference between flu and common cold?

  Yu Pengbo introduced that, first of all, the pathogens of the two are different. The flu is caused by influenza virus, and the common cold is caused by rhinovirus and adenovirus. Second, the seasonality is different. Influenza has obvious seasonality (from October to March of the following year in northern China), while the common cold has no obvious seasonality. Third, the symptoms are different. The typical symptoms of influenza are fever, with body temperature as high as 39 to 40 degrees Celsius, accompanied by chills, severe systemic symptoms, headache, muscle pain and fatigue. The common cold generally does not have fever or mild or moderate fever, with nasopharyngeal symptoms as the main symptoms, such as sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose, sore throat, etc., with mild or no systemic symptoms. Fourth, the harmfulness is different. Generally, the body temperature gradually subsides after 3 to 4 days of influenza onset, and the systemic symptoms improve. However, high-risk groups such as the elderly, children, patients with chronic diseases and pregnant women may be complicated with complications such as pneumonia, otitis media and myocarditis, which may develop into severe illness or even death. Complications of the common cold are rare, and they usually recover in 5 to 7 days.

  How should I treat the flu?

  Ye Feng, chief physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, said that after symptoms appear, general patients are advised to rest at home and keep the room ventilated. Get enough rest, drink plenty of water, and the diet should be easy to digest and nutritious. Minimize contact with others to avoid infection. The focus of treatment is to relieve flu-like symptoms such as fever and cough, and the patient’s condition changes should be closely observed. Once persistent high fever occurs, accompanied by severe cough, dyspnea, mental change, severe vomiting and diarrhea, you should see a doctor in time.

  Children under 5 years old, the elderly, patients with chronic diseases, pregnant women or obese people are more likely to have serious complications. They should seek medical treatment as soon as possible and use antiviral drugs under the guidance of doctors as soon as possible. Antibiotics and hormones are ineffective against influenza virus.

  It should be noted that not everyone who has the flu must take antiviral drugs. The vast majority of influenza antiviral drugs are prescription drugs, which need to be evaluated by doctors before use. At present, the available antiviral drugs for influenza in China mainly include oseltamivir, zanamivir, palamivir, Abidor and mabaloxavir.

Children and their parents waiting in Xi ‘an Children’s Hospital. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Juan photo

  How to prevent influenza?

  Ye Feng introduced that in daily life, maintaining good personal hygiene habits is an important means to prevent respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza. Wash your hands frequently and keep the environment clean and ventilated; Minimize activities in crowded places and avoid contact with patients with respiratory infections; Observe the etiquette when coughing; You should pay attention to rest when you have flu symptoms; Wear a mask when going to public places or seeking medical treatment. In addition, vaccination is the most economical and effective means to prevent influenza. It can be vaccinated one to two months before the peak of influenza epidemic, and it can also be vaccinated when the vaccine is available in the epidemic season.

A list of dramas pursued by May Day curtilages Another circular online drama was born.

Wenbailu

Editor Bailu

As May Day approaches, most of my friends are not allowed to travel and watch movies. It doesn’t matter, here is a short holiday drama list, which has everything from military strategy, urban emotion and suspense to solve your boring time at home ~

Network simulcast series

The wind rises in Longxi

Director Lu yang

Produce Xinli TV Iqiyi  

       Forest Shadow Painting Free Cool Whale Huace Movie and Television

Starring Chen Kun/White

Broadcast CCTV8 iQiyi on April 27th.

Another annual costume drama! Adapted from Ma Boyong’s novel of the same name, the historical drama "The Wind Rises in Longxi" was starred by Chen Kun, White, Guo Jingfei, Nie Yuan, Chang Yuan, Angelababy, Sun, Dong Zijian and others.

Unlike Ma Boyong’s The Longest Day In Chang’an and The Wind Rises in Luoyang,As an ancient historical military spy novel, The Wind Rises in Longxi follows the principle of "historical possibility novel" and is reasonably imagined within the historical framework. Since the Three Kingdoms period, with the common feelings of small people as the background, the fate of the characters has been combined at the same time to explore a new theme of spy war in ancient costume.The two protagonists, Chen Gong (Chen Kun) and Gou Xun (White), are both remarkable powerful actors, and director Lu Yang once directed Embroidered Spring Knife, A Writer’s Odyssey, The Sacrifice and other box office masterpieces. High-quality original script+excellent master creation+luxury actor group, which is simply the highest configuration of ancient costumes ~

In addition to the strong creative team, this drama is broadcast simultaneously with eight sets of CCTV and iQiyi, and the quality of the drama should be stable ~ costume spy war lovers must not miss this drama!

The Covenant of New Houses

Director Yu Chun

Produce left city and right corner

Starring Pan Yueming/Angel

Broadcast CCTV1 Tencent video on April 28th.

What kind of sparks will the "rustic" contractor encounter when he meets a strong designer with a high sense of class? The Covenant of New Houses, formerly known as the Ideal House, tells the story of tell it to the judge, who seems to have no sense of cp, but in fact they are mutually contradictory. Home improvement designers Yang Guang (Pan Yueming) and Chen Xi (Angel) join hands to create an "ideal new home" for customers and seek the true meaning of "home and happiness". The drama will also show the audience around the world of designers, such as Chen Xi’s obsession with furniture materials, two designers’ professional PK, hand-painted walls, etc.

In addition to the two leading roles, the supporting cast is also common: Chen Xi’s mother Xie Shuna, who is full of golden sentences, is played by Zhang Kaili, and powerful actors Sun Jian, whitehairpin, Liu Tianzuo and Daisy  are also involved in the design team. Rare decoration theme+full strength lineup, worth chasing!

Speak well

Director Dong Yang.

Produced by Tencent Pictures in Zuo Cheng You Yu.  

       Jiahang Media Shandong Satellite TV Media Zhongqing Xinying

Starring Chen Xiao/Sunny/David Wang

Broadcast Hunan Satellite TV Mango TV on April 25th.

If we give the play another name, I think it should be "Xiao Yang’s help". In this play, Chen Xiao returns to the city and plays Yang Guang, the social mediator of Shuangshang Online. In various practical problems, Yang Guang resolved family conflicts through various mediation methods. In the process of resolving these disputes, Yang Guang also began to face his own problems, and gradually understood the social significance of mediation and grew into a real people’s mediator.

After the broadcast on 25th, the first case that needed mediation was a couple born in 1990s who split up. Before marriage, their love was sweet, but after marriage, they quarreled over trivial matters, and the hidden "mother-in-law-daughter-in-law contradiction" was about to break out … The plot should not be too real ~

In addition, David Wang will once again appear in the funny bully; "Su Daqiang" and "Cai Genhua" were dismantled, Dahong Ni played a full-time father, and Ling Tu played a gentle aunt. This fate is gone ~

Please call me director

Director Yao Tingting.

Produce youku new Linxi

Starring Seven/Kenny Lin

Broadcast on April 29 th, Oriental TV Youku  

The light comedy "Please Call Me Director" in the workplace is adapted from Hong Jiu’s novel of the same name.The original work was selected as the "2017 China Online Fiction Ranking" by the Chinese Writers Association.. Although the love story between Mr. Ba and his assistant is rustic, it is very decompression. Ning Meng (Seven), a rookie in the workplace with the dream of becoming a professional investor, meets Lu Jiming (Kenny Lin), a hot-tempered and occasionally spoiled tyrant. Needless to think about it, it is bound to be "love each other and kill each other" and full of gunpowder. However, Ning Meng has summed up a "Master Instruction" with more than 1,600 instructions, which makes both the migrant workers and the black boss feel comfortable ~

In addition to the relaxed and pleasant plot, the strength of the main creative camp of the play is also very hard-core. Director Yao Tingting has directed masterpieces such as "In a hurry that year" and "Whose youth is not confused". Producer Huang Lan has produced excellent repertoires such as My First Half Life and Biography of the Female Doctor Ming Fei.

Webcast series

The gate of rebirth

Director Yang Dong.

Produced by Alibaba Pictures Haihua Sunshine

Starring Zhang Yi/Karry

Broadcast Youku on April 27th.

As the first criminal investigation drama about theft in China, the first mystery drama in Karry, and the first webcast drama in Zhang Yi, The Gate of Rebirth has been highly discussed in the whole network recently, and the number of reservations in Youku Station has exceeded 1 million, which shows that the audience is eager to pursue the drama.

The drama was created by the creative team of Rebirth for nearly a year. It tells the story that Lincoln Lo (Zhang Yi), the captain of the criminal investigation team, met Zhuang Wenjie (Karry), a talented college student, in the process of investigating the theft of ancient paintings, and they worked together to solve strange cases repeatedly.

This is the third cooperation between Zhang Yi and Karry. The first two were the 2015 film "mr. six" and the 2020 film "My People My Homeland". As a new generation of actors, Karry, under the leadership of the film emperor, may successfully become the top player in the drama circle by virtue of the transformation of this drama. As for the performance, wait for the broadcast ~

You saved ten thousand times.

Director Anning Deng.

Produce iqiyi qingmei film industry

Starring Ke Bai Zhang Yaqin

Broadcast the video of iQiyi Tencent on May 1st.

Before that, there were The Beginning, Twinkle, Twinkle, Bright Stars, and after that, there was You Who Saved 10,000 Times. Wang Dachui, the "face paralyzed", incarnates the narcissistic boss Bai Zhen. Due to the collective resentment of his employees, he constantly experiences curses and takes off the box lunch, such as "narcissism dies with excessive heartbeat", "falling into the sewer" and "being struck by lightning". In addition, Ke Bai’s "face paralyzed" is so funny that he will burst into laughter just watching the trailer.

This circular comedy was created by the original team of Never Imagine, and Yuan Yumei, the chief producer, has participated in the production of such excellent works as White Night Chasing the Murder, Cambrian and Never Imagine. Such a brain-opening story+a cast with strength and face value, this drama may become the third infinite flow masterpiece this year ~

The above is the May Day holiday series recommended for everyone, and the theme is still very rich.

I wish you all a happy holiday ~

No doubt! This year’s National Day file is the most neglected good movie!


Special feature of 1905 film network "The film arrangement is too low". After the animated film was released, many netizens expressed such feelings. 


Abominable, the first original animated film of Oriental DreamWorks, was jointly created by Oriental DreamWorks and American DreamWorks Animation.


Under the upsurge of three major gift films sweeping the National Day archives, the topics and popularity of the films are slightly insufficient. As of October 5, the film’s five-day box office reached more than 70 million, which was not as good as expected.


Despite the poor box office, the word-of-mouth achievements of Cat’s Eye 9.4, Taobao Film 9.1 and Douban 7.4 are quite eye-catching, and the performance of overseas markets is in sharp contrast with that of China. After landing in North America on September 27th, the film won the first weekend box office title in North America. The freshness of rotten tomatoes is 80%, and the popcorn index is 96%. These data are enough to show the quality and level of this Chinese-foreign co-production animation.


Is Abominable the most underrated work in this year’s National Day archives? In addition to box office and word of mouth, the Chinese-foreign co-production mode it presents and its influence on the local animation film industry in China are actually the most important aspects to be discussed.


Chinese and foreign co-produced animated films are not popular?


 In 2016, "Kung Fu Panda 3" created a box office of 1 billion in mainland China, occupying the top spot in China animated film box office for three years, and it was not until this summer that it was won by "Nezha".


The emergence of Kung Fu Panda 3 has led to the rise of Chinese and foreign co-production animation, with a large number, but the box office and quality have been "sluggish". Among the top ten Chinese and foreign co-produced animated films at the box office, only three have exceeded 100 million.


Although Kung Fu Panda 3′ s billion-dollar scale far exceeds other rivals, its success largely depends on the accumulation of IP fans of the previous two series.


Looking at the evaluation, half of the works on the list are below the passing line on the Douban platform.


Therefore, if we compare these ten co-produced animated films horizontally, the achievements of Abominable are not bad now.


Before "Abominable", this year’s co-production animation was also released. The film was originally scheduled to be released last year and was postponed until July this year. Another co-production animation has also changed its schedule four times, and now it has been postponed to October 13th.


It can be inferred from the achievements of Future Machine City that the finished product of Ugly Doll, which was also co-produced by Alibaba Pictures, is not expected to be very satisfactory.


The douban scores of "Future Machine City" and "Ugly Doll" are also below 6.

 

What’s the problem?

 

China only invested capital and did not participate in the production; The Chinese team’s participation in content creation is very shallow; Inaccurate audience positioning; The story is routine and younger; Problems in the cooperation mechanism are the reasons why these co-produced animations have not been favored by the market and the audience.

 

By chasing light animation and Warner Bros. together, it is a more successful co-production animation in recent years.


The light-chasing animation, which has always focused on creating family fun, has been created from China fairy tales after successive encounters and failures of other works.


Warner Bros. put forward targeted opinions on stories, editing, personnel design and commercial selling points during the production process. For example, the role of "puppy" was added to strengthen the comedy elements, and it was especially suggested to design a wonderful bridge of Little Fox Fairy.


Little fox fairy stills

 

The success of "White Snake" benefits from the continuous improvement of Chinese creation in the co-production mechanism. The story is also different from many previous co-production animations. It is not the traditional "general mobilization" adventure family fun, but draws nutrition from China fairy tales and adapts it.


The story of Abominable takes place in present-day China.

 

"Abominable" still chooses the type of family fun, and puts the main story world in the present China, and all the contents should be original.

 

So, how did the animation produced by Fang Dongfang DreamWorks and American DreamWorks create a mutually acceptable China story? In the interview with the main creator, we not only got the answer, but also found that this co-production is closer and deeper than many previous co-produced animated films.


Is there a new atmosphere in the production mode of Abominable?


"Abominable" tells the story of Xiao Yi, a little girl from China, and her friends, A Jun and pengpeng, crossing the motherland for 3,000 kilometers and escorting the snowman "Da Mao" back to his hometown of Mount Everest to reunite with his family.


According to Zhou Peiling, producer and chief creative officer of Oriental DreamWorks, the preparation of the film began in 2012, and the strategic decision-making and specific creation were discussed and decided by both teams.

 

"The whole artistic creation team is basically in Shanghai, and the post-production is mainly in the United States," Zhou Peiling revealed. The only challenge is the time difference. "Today, people here finished and handed it over to people on the other side of the world, so we joked that someone was working on this film for 24 hours, which turned the disadvantage into an advantage."

 

At the same time, Zhou Peiling will also hold regular weekly meetings with American executives and behind-the-scenes personnel to exchange ideas and listen to them, and then complete the production step by step through repeated revisions.


Producer Zhou peiling

 

The film mainly expresses the theme of returning to the family. jill culton, the director and screenwriter, said frankly that "China culture emphasizes the importance of family more than American culture". Therefore, along with the main plot of the snowman going home, they also set up the auxiliary line of the relationship between Xiaoyi and his mother and grandmother from estrangement to bridging, trying to make more China audiences feel empathy and substitution.


Co-director jill culton and Todd Vildman

 

In addition to the balanced transmission of values, compared with many previous co-productions of animation, the localization of "Abominable" is indeed more steady and steady.

 

Although the traditional "adventure" narrative mode is adopted like many family animation, the film is integrated with the unique scenery of China, such as Qiandao Lake, Huangshan Mountain, rape field, Leshan Giant Buddha, etc. These magnificent mountains and rivers have not been reduced to simple background boards or postcards, but have become story scenes to promote the effective progress of the film.


"When I started writing the script, I had a map of China in front of me. The story originated in Shanghai and the final destination was in Himalaya. The distance between the two places was 3,000 kilometers, so I was looking for scenic spots in this distance." jill culton told us that due to the length of the film, I originally wanted to put three or four more scenic spots, including Rainbow Beach and Blue Waterfall.


In addition, she and her team also insisted on not letting go of world-famous China monuments such as the Great Wall, "because everyone knows the Great Wall, but not everyone knows Leshan Giant Buddha."


Leshan Giant Buddha is an important scene in Abominable.

 

In order to create a more authentic "China flavor", Oriental DreamWorks provided more input and support in details, including the street environment of Shanghai, the overall appearance of residential buildings, Chinese’s food culture, table manners and so on, from which the Hollywood production team also got a lot of inspiration.

 

As Carlton said, "In the previous version, everyone threw away metal cans on the road, but Oriental DreamWorks told us that there was no such rubbish, so we deleted all these metal cans."


Chinese consultant directorShuhuan

 

The screenwriter Shu Huan is the Chinese consultant director of the film. He joined the team when the film was about 70% completed. On the one hand, his job was to adjust the localization details.


He suggested adding billboards unique to China, such as "cram school for college entrance examination", and adding food landscapes with China characteristics, such as Shaanxi snacks and Shaxian snacks, "to make the whole story more like the present China".


In the role design, both teams have also made great efforts. Co-director Todd Vildman said that in order to make the character of Grandma more authentic, China has given many suggestions.

 

"Grandma is very nagging. Xiaoyi doesn’t want to listen. Will she close the door or keep it in front of her, or how much? How much is this? These are all to be discussed together." Producer Zhou Peiling also mentioned such creative details to us about the display of characters’ psychology and behavior.


Not only in the content production level, the film also launched a Mandarin version for China audiences, with Zifeng Zhang, Chen Feiyu, Cai Ming, Wan Qian, etc. as dubbing, and Shu Huan was also responsible for dubbing and directing. This dubbed version of Mandarin will also land in the North American cinema, which is the first time in the North American film market.

"Many expressions in the English version are American, but the audience in China will know at a glance that this is not Chinese’s way of speaking." Shu Huan revealed that in order to conform to Chinese’s communication style and expression habits, he helped to adjust many Chinese dialogues to make them more grounded. However, it is also a pity that the film did not specifically change the mouth shape of the characters for the Chinese version.


Four voice actors

 

It can be seen that from the upstream to the downstream, from the plot, the theme, the details of the scene, the character design and the dubbing release, Abominable tries to be close to the local reality of China and meet the needs of China audiences.

 

"China audiences know more and more about movies now," said Zhou Peiling. The reason why many Chinese-foreign animated films have failed is that the market positioning is unclear and the stories are mechanically copied. "Maybe it was only aimed at overseas markets at first, and suddenly it was necessary to join the characters and plots related to China in the China market, which is very unnatural and unsmooth."


The key to the success of Chinese and foreign co-productions lies in finding a universal story with cultural value, highlighting the elements of China, bringing forth the new, and achieving a win-win situation in an effective cooperation mechanism.

 

Both director Carlton and director Shu Huan emphasized that Abominable is not a Hollywood story, but a story suitable for the whole world, and that the China market is not the whole story. The film should not only show the beauty of China culture, but also start from China, aim at the global market and finally go to the world.


What does co-production bring to China native animation?


Looking to the future, there are a large number of Chinese and foreign co-produced animated films on the road. Oriental DreamWorks and American DreamWorks Animation will jointly launch the "Oriental Dream Trilogy": "Abominable" is the first one; The second "Running to the Moon" will be completed next summer and is scheduled to be released in autumn. The third part is the Monkey King, which was developed by Stephen Chow, and it is also in the preparatory stage.

 

In addition, the Legend of the Erect Elephant (China, New Zealand), Animal Secret Service (China, France) and Dragon Keeper (China, Spain) will also appear one after another.


Zhou Peiling introduces the Chinese-American co-production animation "Running to the Moon"


"Use our script story, Hollywood production management experience and excellent animation technicians from all over the world". In Shu Huan’s view, such a global production system can be the main creative direction of China animated films in the future. "Let’s work together. After coming out, 80% is not good, 10% is good, but 10% is explosive, so every little makes a mickle."

 

With the increasing number of co-produced animated films, we have reason to believe that the mode of co-production will be deepened, the quality of animation will be more mature, and the continuous accumulation of co-production experience will also benefit the creation and development of local animation in China.


Chinese and foreign co-production animation to be released in the future


Nezha, White Snake: The Origin, etc. are all born out of China’s fairy tale system. At present, adventure family fun is more in line with the mainstream of world animation films, but the quality of this type of animation independently produced by China still needs to be improved.

 

The appearance of "Abominable" is not only a co-production animation in the future, but also provides corresponding reference for the creation of domestic animated family movies.


Zhou Peiling said that the benefits of co-production can help local animation filmmakers in China learn foreign production methods, story content and animation technology, and also help China’s animation industry gradually realize industrialization and scale, and further expand the international market.

 

Looking forward to the future, China native animation can become the earliest and fastest film genre among all films in China, as predicted by Shu Huan.