Game of Thrones: How did the "drama of the first generation" end badly step by step?

Note: This article is a spoiler.

On May 20th, Beijing time, the series Game of Thrones, which lasted for nine years, finally came to an end. However, as the final season of a generation of "divine drama" in the new millennium, fans who had been waiting for 18 months kept complaining from the beginning of its broadcast. After the massacre in Zhou Long, there was even an incident in Change.org where millions of fans jointly petitioned HBO to remake the final season.

HBO released a thank-you poster on the day of the final episode, but "Quanyou Powder" didn’t buy it.

In the earlier publicity, HBO constantly emphasized the high cost, excellent production and the length of many episodes comparable to movies, but from the beginning of the broadcast, the whole story was carried out in an almost meaningless way until the third episode "The Long Night" was broadcast, and even the most loyal fans had to admit that Game of Thrones was really unfinished.

On the rotten tomato website, the score of the eighth season from episode 1 to episode 5 showed a cliff-like decline. Although the final episode climbed, it was still in the lower-middle scoring area.

Whether it is rotten tomatoes, IMDB or MetaCritic scores, it has been all the way down this season, especially since the third episode, and the final season has continuously created the worst reputation since the eighth season. The freshness of rotten tomatoes in the last three episodes has not reached 60%, and the last episode IMDB just aired is only 5 points. MetaCritic, a relatively strict film review website, gave ultra-low scores of 2.9 and 3.4 for the fourth episode and the fifth episode respectively (the score of the sixth episode has not yet been released), and the score of the eighth season on Douban has also hit new lows, which has fallen below 8 points so far, which is the only season with a score below 9 points in the whole eight seasons.

"Power Tour Powder" launched a petition on the website, hoping that HBO can re-shoot the final season of Game of Thrones.

From the text to the production level, this season’s Game of Thrones has suffered quite a lot, which can be divided into three aspects:

First of all,It is the sudden collapse of many characters who have paved the way for seven seasons. The most obvious thing is the sudden death of the Night King. As a villain who spent seven seasons portraying, he actually led the army of ghosts to "send their heads thousands of miles". How can the collapse of such a direct character set be accepted by the audience looking forward to a big war? Then there is the screenwriter who seems to want to keep the tradition of HBO’s "pornography", so this season, some unnecessary passionate scenes were forcibly set up. In the third episode, Ai Liya’s nude scenes were actually a little abrupt, but in the fourth episode, the screenwriter even arranged for Zhan Mu and Britney to sleep with their good comrades, which directly made the touching feelings of Zhan Mu’s knighthood of Britney disappear in the second episode.

After the third episode of the eighth season, the online ridicule for the night king was overwhelming.

Tyrion, known as "Little Devil", continued the whole IQ offline from the seventh season. First, he still believed Cersei would send troops to the north to fight against the aliens before the Winterfell War, and then he went south to King’s Landing with Dragon Mother, and then he tried to persuade her to surrender with the children in Cersei’s belly, so as to avoid the suffering of the people in King’s Landing. This situation of frequent tricks didn’t get any better in the fifth episode last week. After learning Jon’s life story from Sansa, Tyrion turned around and told Varis the secret (the screenwriter seemed worried that someone didn’t know the secret and would repeat it almost every episode in the final season), almost sending the latter to die in disguise. Later, Zhan Mu, who was caught by Long Ma, Tyrion chose to risk treason and let him go to town to die knowing that there would be a big war the next day. At this time, Zhan Mu suddenly said, "I don’t care about innocent people’s lives", which is completely contrary to the previous characters’ setting. If Tyrion still has a trace of reason or he really cares so much about innocent people’s lives, in the case of knowing that the Red Castle has a secret tunnel, he can let people sneak in and take care of Cersei, and then he will bet all his bets on Dragon Mother.

As for the dragon mother, who was originally a liberator, she was driven crazy by the screenwriter. It seems understandable that she would feel insecure when she learned about Jon’s life experience, but Jon expressed her loyalty from beginning to end. The shooting of her beloved son Rega and the beheading of her friend Missandei naturally aggravated her anger. However, it seems too far-fetched for the screenwriter to give the last straw to crush the camel. That is, Jon once again showed hesitation in showing his love for Dragon Mother. This hesitation undoubtedly has an ethical problem that Jon knows Dany is his aunt, and she regards this hesitation as betrayal. Therefore, when she entered King’s Landing and clearly heard the bell of the other party’s surrender, she was still angry. In the end, the dragon flame was almost indiscriminately aimed at everyone.

Who is the ultimate big BOSS of Game of Thrones? Netizens spit-it’s a script


The Completion Degree of Game of Thrones in Eight Seasons, which is widely circulated on the Internet.

Moreover,There are too many wars in the eighth season that ignore the fighting logic. The most obvious one is the battle in Winterfell in the third episode. With many experienced warriors in the seat, it is hard to understand why the cavalry should charge and die when they can’t see the enemy in front of the battle completely. If the red witch doesn’t appear, isn’t everyone at the scene aware of igniting in advance? As for why the dragon with unlimited firepower in the fifth episode is so weak in the third episode?

Of course, when we enter the fourth episode, we will find that this kind of child’s play-like battle originally runs through this season. The scene that the Youlun fleet suddenly shot and killed Rehgar with an ambush giant crossbow is also full of irrationality. Let’s not mention why the dragon mother in the sky can’t see the huge iron fleet. Don’t Tyrion and others completely observe the surrounding situation before anchoring? In fact, it can be seen from the picture that they are completely facing Youlun’s fleet. When Long Ma took people to stand at the gate of King’s Landing, Cersei, who has always been ruthless, was merciful, and even Tyrion, who was going to buy a murder in the first episode, was directly spared. This contradictory character decision was really confusing. After entering the fifth episode, Long Ma took her only dragon and went directly into the open mode. It can only be said that the writers really have no mind to take care of rationality when even the plot is not round.

Watching the eighth season, netizens should roll their eyes like Bran.

Finally,Even if the plot is put aside, it is obvious from the eighth season that the whole crew of Quanyou seems to be in a state of "well, we can call it a day after filming". Apart from the writer’s own incompetence, this slack can be seen from the director’s scheduling, photography lighting and even post-editing. Although the whole work of Game of Thrones has always had the visual characteristics of gloomy overall color matching, in the third episode of this season, this is not only a matter of color matching, but also the dark lighting and poor photography scheduling directly lead to the darkness of many scenes. Later, the photographer’s explanation was quite confusing. He said that the audience should turn on the TV or find a dark environment to watch it, but it was not enough to solve the problem. Even if the author watched it on a 50-inch TV through high-definition live broadcast, it was still difficult to distinguish many specific scenes.

Another big problem in this season is the frequent appearance of goof shots. The fourth focus is on the celebration banquet after the war. In front of Long Ma, there is a take-away drink of a certain brand, which not only shows that the scene was not completely cleared during the shooting, but also makes the editing unable to find this bug in the later stage because of the dim lighting of Quan You. Of course, this is not the only goof shot this season. In the final scene of the finale, there are two characters who even have mineral water bottles at their feet. This carelessness has almost overflowed the screen.

The coffee cup in the fourth episode of the eighth season can be said to have been advertised to Starbucks for free, but in fact, it is a paper cup used by a coffee shop near the shooting location.

Season 8 episode 6 continues "crossing" and a mineral water bottle appears.

Of course, there is also a detail that makes people laugh and cry. Although HBO claims that the budget for the last season’s single episode has been raised to 15 million US dollars, it seems that many scenes still directly lead to logical collapse or the appearance of false scenes due to lack of funds. The most typical one is when Jon is about to go south with Long Ma to say goodbye to everyone in the fourth episode. At this time, the crew can’t even let him be in the same picture with Bai Ling, let alone hug and say goodbye. Please! Don’t their emotional ties deserve a hug? Except that I don’t want to spend money on the interaction between real people and CG, I really can’t find any justification for making this decision. In the fifth episode, there was also a picture of the dragon flying alone in the sky, and the dragon mother disappeared directly. It can be said that the crew really fought to save money.

The picture of dragon mother disappearing

No matter how amazing each episode is this season, it can’t hide the fact that the volume of six episodes can’t give this series a happy ending at all. Earlier, there were rumors that HBO actually didn’t hesitate to pay more and shoot more. However, the sponsors, chief screenwriters and executive producers of Game of Thrones, david benioff and D·B· Weiss, are obviously unwilling to fight. On the one hand, after leaving the original work, the text ability of the two screenwriters can’t support this huge world view. Since the sixth season, the whole plot and characters have been declining. Just looking at the behind-the-scenes special of the final season, we can find out how the two screenwriters lack logical self-consistency. For example, in the fourth episode, You Lun will ambush successfully, and their only explanation is actually. On the other hand, as the "behind-the-scenes" who are in charge of the right tour, these two writers and producers of the "Star Wars" trilogy, which was picked by Disney, ended the right tour early probably so that they could corrupt another classic IP.

In the end, it doesn’t matter whether Jon angered the dragon mother or the iron throne that has been sprayed by the dragon on Brandon. The online spit for the final season is more exciting than the work itself. It’s hard to say whether this is a kind of sadness. Fortunately, the fans of Quanyou still have hope. Father Martin’s book may be finished in his lifetime. In addition, he also participated in the creation of three derivative dramas of Quanyou. Under his control, perhaps this IP will have a brilliant day.

"Quanyou Powder" can only wish Grandpa Martin a long life, stop fooling around and write a book at home honestly.

For the fairness of every examinee.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 7 (Reporter Wu Jing, Liu Yuzhan) At 8: 30 on June 7, the 2014 national college entrance examination will begin soon. Through the big screen of the National Education Examination Command Platform located in the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education, it can be clearly seen that Li Jinsheng, a blind candidate, with the help of a full-time escort, entered the examination center in Queshan County, Zhumadian, Henan Province, and prepared to take the Chinese subject examination.

Li Jinsheng, 46, is the only blind candidate in China who signed up for the general college entrance examination this year. He will use the Braille test paper specially produced by the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education to answer.

"Don’t underestimate this set of kraft paper papers full of’ points’. From proposition, production to transportation, it embodies the efforts of all parties in the country and society." Jiang Gang, director of the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education, told reporters.

It is understood that in December 2013, Li Jinsheng signed up for the national unified college entrance examination in 2014. At the end of March, 2014, the Ministry of Education put forward for the first time in the annual enrollment work document that it is necessary to facilitate blind candidates to take the exam. In less than half a year, the examination center of the Ministry of Education conducted an "unprecedented" work exploration for this blind candidate to take the exam.

On the work schedule of the examination center, the arrangements for organizing blind candidates to take part in the college entrance examination are recorded densely. First, closely communicate with the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, special education departments and schools for the blind, and study and formulate scientific, standardized and feasible implementation plans and operation methods on the basis of understanding the teaching, learning and examination of the blind; Second, work closely with the education and teaching departments for the blind to determine the curriculum standards, examination scope, proposition principles and requirements of the college entrance examination for the blind; The third is to hire blind education experts and blind teachers who have been engaged in teaching for a long time to participate in the college entrance examination proposition work; Fourth, according to the special physiological characteristics of blind candidates, the examination operation methods for blind candidates to participate in the 2014 national college entrance examination are specially formulated; Fifth, it provides many conveniences for the blind to take the exam, such as arranging the examination room separately, specially equipped with "Answers" to answer questions about the printing of Braille test papers, assisting blind candidates to enter and leave the examination room, and providing stationery for the blind.

According to reports, it is by no means a simple subtraction to make a Braille paper for the blind. Taking the Chinese subject as an example, on the basis of the college entrance examination questions of the discerning candidates, under the guidance of subject experts who are familiar with the characteristics of the blind, necessary adjustments have been made to topics such as charts and graphs that require the visual system to work. At the same time, the amount of touch reading is moderately reduced, the proportion of subjective questions based on writing is adjusted, and the examination time is appropriately extended.

At 12: 27 on the 7th, according to the pre-determined 40-minute extension of the Chinese course for blind candidates, Li Jinsheng solemnly "signed" his name after completing the answer sheet. At this time, he didn’t know that just the afternoon before, the examiners specially changed his seat from a bench to an armchair to ensure his safety.

"All the details should be adapted to the actual needs of blind candidates." Jiang Gang said: "This is not only concerned about this candidate, but also for more disabled candidates to enter the national college entrance examination in the future and enjoy more equal educational rights."

It is reported that China’s higher education has always adopted the mode of single recruitment and single examination for the disabled, and there are three colleges and universities in China that specialize in enrolling students for the disabled. At present, there is no uniform standard for disabled people to take exams in the world.

The construction of Guangxi water resources allocation project around Beibu Gulf has strongly supported the high-quality economic and social development around Beibu Gulf.

  CCTV News:One of the 150 major water conservancy projects deployed and implemented in the State Council — — Guangxi water resources allocation project around Beibu Gulf started construction in Nanning, Beihai, Qinzhou and Yulin in Guangxi today (September 8).

  The water resources allocation project in Guangxi around Beibu Gulf takes Yujiang River as the core water source, which mainly connects 12 rivers and 15 reservoirs in Guangxi through 6 water trunk lines, forming a water network pattern with internal connection and external adjustment and regional mutual assistance, supplying water to urban and rural life and industry in key cities such as Nanning, Beihai, Qinzhou and Yulin, and creating conditions for improving agricultural irrigation and water ecological environment.

  The total length of the water conveyance line is 492 kilometers, the total construction period is 72 months, and the total investment is about 28 billion yuan.

  Deng Changqiu, Director of Guangxi Water Resources Department:This project is the largest water resources allocation project in Guangxi, which has the longest route, the widest benefit and the largest population, and can supply water for 4 cities, 21 counties and 36 industrial parks. The annual water supply is 805 million cubic meters, including 400 million cubic meters of domestic water supply, benefiting nearly 14 million people, which provides a strong guarantee for our economic and social development in Guangxi.

  After the project is completed, it can restore and improve the irrigation area of 1.3 million mu, increase the grain production capacity of over 200,000 tons, and boost rural revitalization. At the same time, in terms of ecological benefits, the project can refund 154 million cubic meters of ecological water consumption of major rivers such as Nanliujiang and Qinjiang, and reduce 199 million cubic meters of groundwater exploitation such as Beihai, and vigorously improve the ecological environment of rivers, lakes and urban and rural areas.

  The water resources allocation project around Beibu Gulf is the backbone project of national water network, which consists of Guangxi and Guangdong, and is promoted by the two provinces respectively. Guangdong water resources allocation project around Beibu Gulf started in August 2022.

  Chen Jun, Director of Planning Division, Pearl River Water Resources Commission, Ministry of Water Resources:In the long run, on the premise of giving priority to water conservation, the combined use of the northern Guangdong and Guangxi projects with local water resources projects can solve the mismatch between the water resources carrying capacity and the economic and social development layout in the Beibu Gulf region, and effectively support the high-quality economic and social development in the Beibu Gulf region.

Bayuquan, Yingkou, Liaoning temporarily closed all individual clinics in the region.

  On May 16th, Bayuquan District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province issued a notice to promote the prevention and control of epidemic situation and economic and social development in COVID-19 as a whole. Bayuquan temporarily closed all individual clinics in the district, and the specific recovery time will be announced separately. Individual clinics are invited to actively cooperate with the prevention and control of epidemic situation, and all relevant departments and units should do a good job in guiding patients.

  On the 14th, according to a circular issued by Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, Lu Mou, a confirmed case in COVID-19, Anhui Province, was infused in a local clinic, during which he reported that he had a sore throat and no fever. On the 15th, the epidemic prevention and control conference in Yingkou, Liaoning Province reported that after diagnosis, the clinic doctor Li was asymptomatic in COVID-19.

  In addition, the Education Bureau of Bayuquan District of Yingkou City said that in order to further tighten epidemic prevention and control measures, strengthen the health management of teachers and students, and ensure the safe, stable and orderly operation of the campus, all kinds of private training schools (institutions) and kindergartens at all levels will immediately stop offline education and teaching and other related activities from May 16; Junior high schools and primary schools will be closed and suspended, and online teaching will be carried out. All kinds of related activities and exams can be conducted online or postponed. In the high school stage, students in Grade One and Grade Two of the school are suspended and online teaching is implemented; Senior three students and faculty implement closed management at school. (Reporter Zhang Yifei Zhao Hongnan)

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.

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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.

News of Water Resources Department of Jiangsu Province [Xinhua Daily] Beauty lies on the banks of Qinhuai River.

In December, the Qinhuai River is still shuttling, with beams and columns carved on both sides, and the wonderful scenery of "oars and lights at night beside Qinhuai" dispels a lot of winter chill. This 110-kilometer-long "Mother River" of Jinling City supports the profound heritage and sustained prosperity of Nanjing.

Qinhuai River flows through nine administrative regions of Nanjing and Zhenjiang, with a drainage area of 2,684 square kilometers, and is known as "small drainage area, great guarantee". "During his inspection in Jiangsu, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that the protection of urban ecological environment must be placed in a more prominent position in building a harmonious and symbiotic modernization between man and nature." Zhang Jiaxue, director of the Qinhuai River Water Conservancy Project Management Office in Jiangsu Province, who manages two water conservancy hubs, said that in the past few years, the management office has adhered to the guidance of party building, driven the red engine to focus on the "clear water defense war and river and lake protection war", implemented normalized ecological water transfer, and strengthened the long-term management and protection of rivers and lakes, which has effectively guaranteed the stable and good water quality of Qinhuai River and Nanjing urban areas, and the rivers and lakes have fully recovered, contributing to the Qinhuai power for the green development of the basin.

Party building+initial heart, ecological hydration for 15 years, gathering together to "clear the river and meet Qinhuai"

The hour hand is set back to February 11th this year. The Qinhuai Xinhe Pumping Station of Qinhuai River Management Office of Jiangsu Province started the ecological water replenishment operation after the COVID-19 epidemic. This is the first batch of provincial water conservancy projects that Jiangsu water conservancy system took the lead in dispatching and running, which is of great significance to ensuring the ecological security of river basin water during epidemic prevention.

The epidemic situation is grim. In the case of insufficient boot personnel, the management office immediately put party flag on the front line of operation and took the lead in taking up his post in party member, Ning. "It is always said that party member should play an exemplary and leading role, and it is of great significance to participate in the anti-epidemic water supply operation in this special period." On the same day, the reporter rushed to the scene, and party member Li Chenxiao, a young man on duty, said with a smile.

The reporter saw that, driven by three large-scale horizontal axial flow pumps, the Yangtze River water was continuously replenished into Qinhuai New River through the flow channel, and the noise of the unit in the factory building was as high as 95 decibels, which made ordinary people feel headache after staying in this environment for 20 minutes. The operating personnel on duty not only had to overcome the influence of high decibel noise, but also patrolled and recorded the water level of the well, the temperature and pressure of the unit every hour to ensure the normal operation of the water supply and drainage system of the whole pumping station.

Since 2005, the ecological water replenishment of Qinhuai River has been implemented for 15 years. In the past five years, the water has been pumped to 2.5 billion cubic meters, exceeding the storage capacity of 400 Xuanwu lakes. The indexes of pH value, dissolved oxygen, ammonia nitrogen, permanganate and total phosphorus in the water ecological assessment sections of Qinhuai Xinhe and Qiqiaoweng have been stably controlled in the normal range, which has promoted the water ecological environment of Qinhuai River basin to enter a benign development track.

"In recent years, the management office has established a normalization mechanism for ecological water replenishment in Qinhuai River, and the ecological water replenishment has changed from sporadic and seasonal scheduling work to normalization and year-round routine work." Zhang Jiaxue said that the normalized ecological water replenishment has made the first-line dispatching work more frequent and more important. Therefore, the management office set up an ecological water replenishment operation support team with party member as the main part, and at the same time carried out the research on ensuring ecological water level dispatching and the preliminary work of Qinhuai Xinhe Hub reconstruction and expansion project to explore and improve the ecological support capacity of water conservancy projects.

Party building+innovation, the first "ecological service station" to fight the battle against floating objects on the water.

While actively running water, the management office actively protects water. On September 25th this year, the "Wudingmen Water Control Project Ecological Service Station" was officially unveiled. This is the first ecological service station in the provincial water conservancy system. It adopts the mode of combining mechanical and manual forces to carry out long-term management and protection of more than 30,000 square meters of water in the upper reaches of Wudingmen Gate, and completely closes the east gate of floating objects entering the main urban area of Nanjing.

"This year, due to factors such as high water level flood discharge, temperature and project scheduling in flood season, the situation of large-scale accumulation and large-scale drift of various floating objects on the water surface of Wudingmen Gate has been frequent." Liu Jianhua, who is responsible for the salvage of floating objects on the water surface, said that in order to solve the problem of aquatic plants salvage and disposal as soon as possible, the management office, on the one hand, deployed elite forces from all over the place to salvage floating objects in turn every day through high-power salvage boats, on the other hand, purchased a 150-ton heavy aquatic plants baler to reduce the weight and volume of floating objects through large-tonnage compression and improve the efficiency of outbound transportation. This year’s salvage data shows that the maximum daily salvage capacity of the ecological service station is 145 tons, which is equivalent to the carrying capacity of two freight trains.

"It is the unshirkable responsibility of the water conservancy department to clean the river and maintain the water environment. The establishment of an ecological service station is a long-term mechanism to ensure the water environment and ensure water safety, which requires long-term cooperation and joint efforts of all parties." On the day the service station was unveiled, Zhou Ping, chief engineer of the Provincial Water Resources Department, made a special trip to the scene. At present, while doing a good job in salvage operations, the service station regularly inspects the upstream river, grasps the amount of floating objects in time, and urges the management units along the line to strengthen supervision and promote the ecological protection of river linkage.

Wang Xiulian, who lives in the nearby Zhazha community, can’t help feeling: "My family lives by the river. When the weather is hot, my wife doesn’t even dare to open the window. Now, the weeding work of the management office has never stopped, the river is clean and tidy, and egrets pass by the river from time to time. We often go for a walk by the river, which is very comfortable. "

Party building+heart, Shijiu Lake Gucheng Lake reappears the scenery of smoke and waves

This year, Shijiu Lake, the "mirror of the sky" and "Swan Lake", has been frequently searched by CCTV and the Internet. This provincial lake, located at the junction of Lishui District and Gaochun District in Nanjing, Anhui Province, and dangtu county District and Bowang District in Maanshan City, Anhui Province, has attracted many netizens to punch in with its unique charm of clear water. As a liaison unit of provincial rivers and lakes, in recent years, the management office has been keeping a close eye on the goal of "building a healthy ecological lake model", assisting the provincial water resources department to strengthen the management of Gucheng Lake in Shijiu Lake, and has participated in and witnessed the ecological changes of the two lakes step by step.

"This year, we explored and established a drone intelligent patrol system in Gucheng Lake, Shijiu Lake, using drones to regularly take aerial photographs of the two lakes, and intelligently identify, process and analyze the original images, and trace back the illegal construction of the coastline, floating objects on the water surface, cyanobacteria, etc." Min Kexiang, the head of the river and lake department of the management office, told the reporter that aerial photography of drones effectively compensated for the problem of insufficient frequency of satellite remote sensing monitoring. For the suspected problems found in each inspection, the management office will report them through the smart lake patrol system and follow up the inspection and processing results throughout the process.

According to the grid division of Gucheng Lake in Shijiu Lake in 2019, the management office equipped 50 lake inspection system terminals for the relevant lake management and grid inspection personnel in the city and district respectively, organized and held a training course on lake grid management, and formulated and issued the Implementation Opinions on Grid Management of Gucheng Lake in Shijiu Lake. The management scope, real-time location, historical route and uploaded case information of each grid member are traceable, and gradually formed "network freeze, grid determination and responsibility determination". The reporter learned from the 2020 assessment meeting on the management and protection of Gucheng Lake in Shijiu Lake held by the management office that Gucheng Lake is basically in Class III water standard all year round, and the water body of Shijiu Lake is basically in Class III-V water standard all year round, and the water quality of the two lakes has been significantly improved.

Legends and allusions, write down the vicissitudes of Shicheng Nanjing; Rivers and lakes cast the soul of Jinling, the ancient capital. Zhang Jiaxue said that as an important department in the construction of water ecological civilization in Qinhuai River Basin, the management office will continue to work hard on the deep integration of party building and central work, lay a good job in the "initiative" of "one river and two lakes" industry management, and start a new journey of water conservancy modernization with the road of ecological water control with Qinhuai characteristics, adding color to beautiful Jiangsu.

 Author: Wu Qiong

 

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.

Heavy! Regarding Sino-US economic and trade frictions, China issued a white paper giving 13 authoritative conclusions.

        Heavy! Against the background that the US keeps escalating the Sino-US trade friction despite its opposition, the Press Office in the State Council, China today released a white paper entitled "Facts about Sino-US Trade Friction and China’s Position". This nearly 40,000-word document clarified the key facts in Sino-US economic and trade with detailed data and cases, strongly refuted a series of untenable arguments of the US government, and fully expounded China’s position and attitude. On Sino-US economic and trade frictions, the white paper puts forward 13 authoritative conclusions!

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Conclusion 1. The "American Loss Theory" is untenable.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, bilateral economic and trade relations have continued to develop, and cooperation in trade and investment has achieved fruitful results, achieving complementary advantages and mutual benefit. China has benefited a lot from it, and the United States has also gained extensive and huge economic benefits from it, sharing the opportunities and achievements brought by the development of China.

On the whole, Sino-US economic and trade cooperation is a win-win relationship, not a zero-sum game. American enterprises and nationals have benefited from it, and the "American loss theory" claimed by some Americans is untenable.

Second, it is unfair to blame China for the imbalance of trade in goods between China and the United States.

The imbalance of trade in goods between China and the United States is more a natural result of the independent choice of the market under the American economic structure and the existing comparative advantage pattern. To solve this problem, both sides need to make joint efforts to carry out structural adjustment. It is unfair and unreasonable for the United States to ignore many factors that affect Sino-US economic and trade relations, unilaterally emphasize the imbalance of trade in goods between the two countries, and blame China.

Third, the so-called "fair trade" in the United States will cause a wider range of unfairness

The so-called "fair trade" emphasized by the current American government is not based on international rules, but on the premise of "American priority" and aims at safeguarding America’s own interests.

The "fair trade" and "reciprocal opening" advocated by the United States deny the objective differences in the development stages, resource endowments and advantageous industries of various countries, and ignore the development rights of developing countries, which will inevitably have an impact on the economies and industries of developing countries, resulting in a wider range of unfairness, and ultimately will not be conducive to American enterprises to expand the international market and share the development opportunities of developing countries.

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The so-called "compulsory technology transfer" in China is a complete distortion of the facts.

Since China’s reform and opening-up, in order to expand emerging markets, save production expenses, realize economies of scale and extend the time of technology profit, foreign enterprises have taken the initiative to establish cooperative partnership with China enterprises, signed contracts and transferred their production capacity and orders to China, which is entirely a voluntary behavior of enterprises based on commercial interests. We should not distort the original voluntary trading activities of both parties into compulsory technology transfer because of the technological progress of enterprises in China, which is neither in line with historical facts nor a betrayal of the spirit of contract.

The U.S. government calls the voluntary cooperation of foreign-invested enterprises to establish partnership with China enterprises, transfer or license their technology and jointly obtain commercial returns in the China market "compulsory technology transfer", which is a complete distortion of the facts.

Conclusion 5. The accusation of the United States against intellectual property protection in China is contrary to the facts.

China has a clear and firm attitude towards the protection of intellectual property rights, and has continuously strengthened protection at the legislative, law enforcement and judicial levels, and achieved remarkable results. The recent accusation of the US government against China’s intellectual property protection is contrary to the facts, completely obliterating China’s great efforts and achievements in intellectual property protection.

Conclusion 6. China government’s support for enterprises to go global is not a government action to promote enterprises to acquire advanced technology from other countries through mergers and acquisitions.

Like other countries and regions in the world, China government supports powerful and qualified enterprises to invest abroad and expand the international market on the premise of observing the laws and regulations of the host country and international rules, and the government provides convenient services for enterprises’ foreign investment cooperation. The United States regards the China government’s support for enterprises to go abroad as a government action to promote enterprises to acquire advanced technology from other countries through mergers and acquisitions, which lacks factual basis.

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Conclusion 7. There are a large number of investment and trade restrictions policies and behaviors in the United States.

There are a large number of investment and trade restrictions policies and behaviors in the United States that distort market competition, hinder fair trade and split the global industrial chain, which are detrimental to the rule-based multilateral trading system and seriously affect the normal development of Sino-US economic and trade relations.

Conclusion 8. The international trade friction provoked by the United States will ultimately harm the long-term interests of the United States.

As the main founder and participant of the international economic order and multilateral trading system after World War II, the United States should take the lead in observing multilateral trade rules and properly handle trade frictions with other member countries through the dispute settlement mechanism under the framework of the World Trade Organization, which is also a clear commitment made by the US government to the international community. However, since taking office, the new American administration has unilaterally emphasized "American priority", pursued unilateralism and economic hegemonism, abandoned international commitments, and provoked international trade frictions in all directions, which not only harmed the interests of China and other countries, but also damaged the international image of the United States itself, shaken the foundation of the global multilateral trading system, and will ultimately harm the long-term interests of the United States.

Conclusion 9. The extreme trade protection measures taken by the United States hurt global economic and trade relations.

A series of extreme trade protection measures adopted by the US government have destroyed the international economic order, harmed global economic and trade relations including Sino-US economic and trade exchanges, impacted the global value chain and the international division of labor system, interfered with market expectations, and triggered violent shocks in international finance and commodity markets, which has become the biggest uncertain factor and risk source for global economic recovery.

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Conclusion X. China is confident, determined and capable of coping with various risk challenges.

For the trade war, China is unwilling to fight, not afraid to fight, and has to fight if necessary. We have strong economic resilience and broad market space, the industrious and intelligent people of China, and the support of all countries in the world that oppose protectionism, unilateralism and hegemonism. We are confident, determined and capable of coping with various risk challenges. No external factor can prevent China from developing and growing.

The healthy and stable development of Sino-US economic and trade relations is expected by the international community.

Sino-US economic and trade frictions are related to global economic stability and prosperity, and to world peace and development, and should be properly resolved. Peace between China and the United States is beneficial, but fighting is harmful. It is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples and the common interests of the people of the world to maintain healthy and stable economic and trade relations between the two sides, which is expected by the international community.

Conclusion XII. The open door of China will not be closed, but will only grow wider and wider.

Reform and opening up is the basic national policy of China and the fundamental driving force for the development of China. The direction of China’s reform will not be reversed, but will continue to deepen. China’s open door will not be closed, but will only get wider and wider. China will continue to deepen reform and open wider to the outside world in accordance with the established deployment and pace, comprehensively promote the rule of law and build a socialist country ruled by law.

Conclusion XIII. China adheres to the general trend and the right path and unswervingly upholds the multilateral trading system.

If you get the word, you will get more help, but if you lose it, you will get less help. Faced with the international situation of increasing uncertainties, instability and insecurity, China Do not forget your initiative mind has always walked with the world, followed the general trend, upheld justice and followed the right path, unswervingly safeguarded the multilateral trading system, unswervingly promoted the reform of the global governance system, always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of the international order, and unswervingly promoted the building of a community of human destiny.

(finishing: People’s Daily client Yue Xiaoqiao Zuo Xiao)

Counting the top 15 movies in the global box office in 2018, two domestic films are on the list!

  2018 is about to pass. Who will be the best box office in the world among the films released this year? Suddenly, I found that two domestic movies have been in the top ten list for a long time. Today, Xiaobian brings you the top 15 movies at the global box office in 2018. Have you seen them all?

Fifteenth place: Solo: A Star Wars Story)— — $392 million

Ranger network

  "Ranger Solo: The Legend of Star Wars" has a domestic box office of 213 million US dollars and an international box office of 179 million US dollars, of which the domestic contribution is 15 million US dollars. It is really surprising that this movie can appear on this list, because of the polarized evaluation after the film was released. However, the loyal fans of Star Wars series still supported most of the box office of this movie, enough to appreciate the influence of Star Wars series in Europe and America.

Ranger network

  However, the performance of this film is far worse than that of the previous Star Wars series: the opening box office is lower than expected, and the box office expectation is also seriously reduced after two weeks of release. Coupled with the budget surge caused by the replacement of directors, "Ranger Solo: The Legend of Star Wars" has done its best to ensure that it will not lose money. After all, this $392 million was the box office before the split.

Ranger network

Ford CEO: We will also launch a low-priced pickup truck, which will be listed in three years to compete with BYD!

According to media reports, Ford C.EO Jim Farley (Jim Farley)The new electric pickup truck will compete with China’s competitors, especially in terms of production cost. However, it is expected that the model will not be available until three years later.


 

Ford lost billions of dollars in the field of electric vehicles in the first half of 2024, and further efforts are needed to improve profitability.

Jim Farley"It will be compared with China products made in Mexico in the future," he said. He added: "60% of the material cost has been calculated." He stressed that he clearly knew the production cost of the new model.

It is expected that the new medium-sized electric truck will directly compete with BYD "Shark" and other electric pickup trucks. In the scheme of reducing costs, the flexible platform of internal battery assembly and sharing on multiple models is proposed.


 

Jim FarleyRecently, it praised the platform that Ford is developing, and said that it will be used in many electric vehicle models in the future, and commented that together with related platforms, Michigan will start producing LFP batteries in 2026, and the prospect is positive.

However, it has also been pointed out that the time to market is a problem. Ford has changed the electric vehicle plan many times and made different responses to the electric vehicle market, including canceling the three-row electric SUV and diversifying the hybrid vehicles.


 

The medium-sized electric pickup truck named "T3 Project" will be launched at the end of 2027, but no other more information is provided.

Ford plans to produce vehicles in Tennessee, while BYD is considering establishing production facilities in Mexico, with an estimated annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles.

On May 14th, 2024, SHARK, BYD’s first new energy pickup truck, was officially released in Mexico. This car will be equipped with the same DM-O hybrid system of Equation Leopard, which will be officially released in 2024. DMO is an off-road platform mainly driven by electricity, and both the engine and EHS hybrid system of DMO platform adopt vertical layout.


 

BYD plans SHARK.The pickup truck will be listed in the global market early next year, and the estimated vehicle price is about $55,000. This is the current competitive price with Ford Ranger and Toyota Highlux, and Ford needs to build a more competitive electric pickup truck. If the vehicle launch time is delayed for more than 3 years, it is still a question how competitive the relevant models can be in the market. ???