The financial report of listed supermarkets is not optimistic, and the "store closing tide" is still spreading. How can brands save themselves?

  Recently, the latest financial report released by RT Mart’s parent company Gaoxin Retail Co., Ltd. (06808.HK, Gaoxin Retail) shows that as of the first quarter of 2024, the company achieved revenue of 72.567 billion yuan in the latest fiscal year, down 13.3% year-on-year; During the year, the loss was 1.668 billion yuan, compared with the profit of 78 million yuan in the same period of last year. The loss was mainly caused by the impairment of the right to use assets, fixed assets and goodwill of negative cash flow stores, closed stores and stores to be closed.

  It is understood that the main revenue sources of Gaoxin Retail are sales of goods, membership fees and rental income, among which the revenue from selling products through offline stores and online channels accounts for more than 95% of the total revenue. With the advent of the post-epidemic era, the supply guarantee business has contracted rapidly; On the other hand, consumption habits and market demand are constantly changing, consumers are gradually returning to rationality, and "hoarding goods" has become a thing of the past. "Although the offline passenger flow has picked up slightly, the decline in average passenger orders has led to a decline in the high number of offline revenues." The company said frankly in the financial report. With the shrinkage of stores, the number of members and tenants continues to decrease, and the income further declines.

  Judging from the recent annual report and quarterly report published by various supermarket enterprises, the above problems are not the sufferings of Gaoxin Retail.

  Declining performance and frequent store closures.

  In 2023, 9 of the 13 supermarket listed companies experienced a decline in revenue, and more than half of them suffered losses, of which () they have suffered losses for three consecutive years, and Lianhua Supermarket’s net profit returned to its mother dropped sharply, with a drop of 273.71%. In the first quarter of 2024, the number of enterprises with declining revenue increased, while the net profit of () and China Shunkelong decreased by 619.18% and 125% respectively, making the life of traditional supermarkets more and more difficult.

  In the current consumption environment, it is an indisputable fact that the traditional supermarket model no longer has obvious competitive advantages. In 2023, despite the gradual recovery of the national consumption environment, the overall performance of the FMCG market was poor, with the total omni-channel retail sales down by 0.5% compared with the previous year, and the retail sales in the offline market down by 3.6% compared with the previous year. It is worth noting that in 2023, the retail sales of department stores, convenience stores, specialty store and brand specialty stores in retail units above designated size increased by 8.8%, 7.5%, 4.9% and 4.5% respectively over the previous year, and only the retail sales of supermarkets decreased by 0.4% over the previous year. From 2020 to 2022, the total revenue of listed companies in Toushang Supermarket continued to decline.

  Affected by the weak recovery of terminal consumption, the supermarket "closing tide" is still spreading. Take CR Vanguard as an example. Since its inception in 2024, the brand has closed more than 10 stores nationwide, including its high-end brand "Wanjia City" and boutique brand "Blt". From 2020 to 2022, CR Vanguard, as the industry’s leading brand, has closed more than 100 stores in succession, and this 40th anniversary enterprise has once again reached a crossroads.

  Traditional supermarket brands such as Wal-Mart, Carrefour, RT Mart, Lianhua and Wumart have not been spared. According to incomplete business statistics, in the first quarter of 2024, about 1,200 supermarkets in China announced the closure of their stores, and the above brands were among them.

  According to the research report of China Chain Store & Franchise Association, the traditional supermarket enterprises are facing three core challenges: the continuous loss of customers who arrive at the store, the gradual lack of commodity difference competition and the increasing operating cost of the store. Among them, the most significant change is that the characteristics of customer differentiation are becoming more and more prominent, and the younger generation of consumers have higher awareness and recognition of new brands such as Boxma Xiansheng; At the same time, the differentiation of products and channels in traditional supermarkets has narrowed significantly. "Promotion", "discount" and "membership price", including last year’s lively "moving mountains" and "tug-of-war", are essentially "price wars" for homogenized products. However, in the face of the strong industrial chain advantages of membership-based warehouse supermarket giants such as Sam and Kaikouke, the operating costs of traditional supermarkets are getting higher and higher, and their price advantages are not outstanding.

  Under siege, traditional supermarkets are also actively looking for new ideas to solve problems.

  Idea 1: Adjustment and optimization

  At the beginning of May, the news about Henan Pangdonglai Trading Group’s "rescue" of Yonghui Supermarket Co., Ltd. (601933.SH, Yonghui Supermarket) triggered a heated public debate. As the "hand of God" of Shangchao and the helm of Fat East, can Yu Donglai really help Yonghui, which has been troubled by the decline in performance for a long time? The answer will be announced in June.

  According to relevant media reports, Fat Donglai’s assistance in this transformation involves Yonghui Supermarket Zhengzhou Hanhai Beijindian Store and Xinxiang Baolong Plaza Store. The transformation of the two stores will be started at the beginning of June and the end of June respectively. After the transformation, Yonghui’s existing supply chain system will be the main store, and Fat Donglai will make a structural supplement, and the cooked food series and baking series that Fat Donglai sells well will be introduced with full reference to the commodity structure of Fat Donglai.

  Before Fat Donglai intervened in the adjustment and reform, Yonghui Supermarket had started the road of adjustment and optimization. For example, add baking, pastry, cooked food and other processing and catering areas in some stores to expand diversified consumption scenarios; In some stores, large packages of snack food and large-capacity laundry detergent are introduced to meet the shopping needs of family consumers. At the beginning of this year, Yonghui Supermarket opened the first "customized store" in China-Yunnan flagship store, focusing on the multi-level commodity structure of "global+national+local", and introduced local specialties such as Yunnan ham, dried beef and gastrodia elata for the first time.

  In fact, compared with Yonghui supermarkets all over the country, Fat Donglai, who lives in a corner, can’t be compared with it in terms of performance, scale and influence. According to the list of "TOP100 Chain Stores in China in 2022" issued by China Chain Store & Franchise Association, Yonghui Supermarket ranks second in the chain supermarket industry, second only to Wal-Mart, and is "far ahead" of other domestic brands, and the company’s performance in its glorious period is close to 100 billion. However, since 2021, the company has suffered losses for three consecutive years, with a cumulative amount of 8 billion yuan. Although the company’s losses were further narrowed in 2023, the company’s revenue still dropped significantly in the first quarter of this year.

  At the same time, Fat Donglai has gradually gained advantages in store planning and management, employee welfare and customer service, and in recent years, it has become stronger and stronger in terms of quality-price ratio and influence. What is even more rare is that Fat Donglai is willing to share his successful experience with his peers in trouble. It is reported that since 2023, Fat Donglai has extended a helping hand to more than 10 retail enterprises with operational difficulties.

  Among them, BBK Commercial Chain Co., Ltd. (002251.SZ, ()) is also facing the decline of performance year after year and losses for three consecutive years. Unlike Yonghui Supermarket, which is in the first echelon of the industry, BBK has reached the edge of life and death. In 2023, BBK closed 113 stores with no hope of turning losses; On October 26th of the same year, the Intermediate People’s Court of Xiangtan City, Hunan Province ruled that BBK went bankrupt and reorganized due to its inability to pay off the debts due and its obvious lack of solvency. On October 31st, BBK shares were warned of delisting risk since the resumption of trading, and its share price continued to fall.

  At this time, Fat Donglai appeared, and several poorly managed stores under BBK were optimized and upgraded in all directions from the aspects of layout, shopping environment, commodity structure, quality and price, and personnel service. BBK made it clear in the annual report that in 2024, with the help of Fat Donglai, the company will reshape corporate culture, management system, store operation and supply chain, and strive to create a sincere, beautiful and loving corporate culture and high-quality stores, and rebuild supermarkets and department stores with reference to the standard of "Fat Donglai is local, and local Fat Donglai is local".

  Source: BBK Supermarket WeChat WeChat official account

  Is the adjustment really effective? Recently, BBK released a set of data: after more than 20 days of adjustment and reform, BBK Meixihu Supermarket has reached a peak of 1.4 million yuan from the original daily sales of 150,000 yuan and an average daily passenger flow of 2,000 people, and the store passenger flow has exceeded 15,000 people; After the adjustment, Jiuhua Store of BBK Supermarket sold 1.64 million yuan on the first day of opening. This adjustment and reform eliminated 70% of low-quality and low-price goods from the shelves. After the adjustment and supplement are in place, its product structure will reach 90% of that of Pangdonglai. At the same time, BBK Supermarket also announced that all stores in Hunan stopped all marketing activities and lowered the retail price of more than 3,000 commodities again. Judging from the news released by BBK official micro recently, it seems that "practicing the concept of coming from the fat east" has become the belief of the company, and the performance of turning losses into profits in the first quarter has also made the company see hope.

  Source: BBK Supermarket WeChat WeChat official account

  In addition to consulting the industry’s "military division", other supermarkets are also accelerating the adjustment and optimization of stores. At the end of 2023, in order to welcome the 40th anniversary of the company’s establishment, CR Vanguard launched eight cities and nine stores, which will be renewed and upgraded. CR Vanguard said that the company is implementing the upgrading measures of some stores in a planned way. In the next one to two years, the stores will continue to upgrade, and the integrated urban agglomeration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Greater Bay Area, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta will be clearly included in the follow-up development focus. The core of this upgrading plan is omni-channel layout and integrated operation, focusing on the value of single customers, focusing on accurate marketing of members and enhancing the consumer experience.

  Idea 2: Transformation and upgrading

  Yonghui Supermarket and BBK gradually reversed the trend in the process of adjustment and optimization. The loss of the former narrowed, while the latter turned losses into profits, and the "self-help" measures were effective in stages. On the basis of adjustment and optimization, can we take greater steps? Many brands tend to transform and upgrade on a large scale. CR Vanguard set its sights on the purchasing power of high-net-worth customers, and upgraded some stores that did not meet the new strategic positioning to "Olé" and "BLT" high-end supermarkets, and at the same time broadened the service radius of stores to meet the upgrading needs of consumers in business circles. In fact, CR Vanguard has been deeply involved in the field of boutique supermarkets for many years. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the "Olé" brand, and the number of stores in China has exceeded 120. Olé’ s own brand has been extended to fruits and vegetables, aquatic products, meat, eggs and milk, baby care and household items, and nearly 500 products have been launched. However, as a sub-brand, "Blt" is losing momentum because its brand positioning and product structure are not "differentiated" from "Olé".

  Compared with the layout in advance in CR Vanguard, more brands choose overweight boutique supermarkets in order to adapt to the changes in market structure, business model and consumption habits. In May 2023, the ——Green&Health Jade Bird Store, the first "big community+small warehouse" model store of Hangzhou Lianhua Chinese businessmen, opened; In November of the same year, the innovative format of Lianhua Supermarket-Century Lianhua CityLife high-end boutique supermarket Shanghai Gubei Store opened. Prior to this, Box Horse’s first high-end supermarket, Premier Black Label Store, also chose to open in Shanghai. Compared with warehouse-based member stores with relatively remote locations, most boutique supermarkets in the core business district are more likely to attract customers to the stores for consumption.

  But does large traffic mean high customer orders? But not really. According to the real feelings of Yinshi Finance’s recent visit to boutique supermarkets, most boutique supermarkets have the actual situation of "more people loitering than buying" and "higher product unit price but lower transaction amount". Different consumer groups have obvious differences in their cognition of boutique supermarkets, and boutique supermarkets are not the first choice for most consumers. What determines the "admission" and "farewell" of boutique supermarkets? )

  In order to improve the guest list and efficiency, in addition to boutique supermarkets, in the eyes of traditional supermarket brands, warehouse membership stores are also a new way. Heading for member stores is a new way for Gaoxin Retail to find for itself. In the recent fiscal year, Gaoxin Retail has opened 6 RT Mart (hypermarkets), 14 RT Mart Super (medium-sized supermarkets) and 3 M-member stores, with a total of 472 hypermarkets and 32 medium-sized supermarkets. In April 2023, the first M-member store opened in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. During the reporting period, the number of paid members has exceeded 60,000, and the total number of members has exceeded 110,000. As of March 31, 2024, the cumulative number of paid members in China was about 140,000, and the total number of members was nearly 240,000. The company has started the project of 4 M member stores, and plans to open 15 member stores within three years. However, as far as the scale and structure of the company’s existing stores are concerned, member stores still cannot become the main revenue force in the short term.

  According to the data released by Ai Media Consulting, from 2012 to 2022, the scale of China warehousing membership supermarket industry has always remained above 20 billion yuan. In 2023, the scale of the industry reached 36.41 billion yuan, and it is expected to approach 40 billion yuan in 2024, which has great development space. In the field of warehouse-style member stores, Sam, Box Horse and Metro have accumulated a number of loyal users, and the head effect is gradually emerging. Other brands need to have more prominent supply chain advantages or form distinctive brand characteristics to get a share, and the competition will be further intensified. Take Nanjing as an example. At present, there are seven warehouse membership supermarkets such as Metro, Sam Member Store, Box Horse X Member Store and M Member Store, and Costco will be opened at the end of May. In the future, there will be more and more high-energy cities with multiple brand warehouse membership supermarkets like Nanjing.

  The competition between the two new tracks is so fierce, is there any other way to solve the problem? Then try them all. In 2023, () chose to "bet" on new formats. The company successively launched new brands such as Yueji Snack Shop and Haohuixing Discount Store, and focused on promoting franchise business. In the first quarter of 2024, Jiajiayue opened 12 directly operated stores and added 8 franchised stores. Among them, snack shops, discount stores, convenience stores and other formats realized revenue of 53.5442 million yuan, up 46.66% year-on-year, and the growth momentum was obviously better than that of general supermarkets, rural supermarkets and other formats. At the same time, Jiajiayue chose to avoid the high-speed cities where high-quality supermarkets and warehouse member stores gather, and focused on developing markets in Shandong and its surrounding Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Hebei, northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu. Through the network layout of dense areas, urban and rural integration and multi-formats, it created a "quarter-hour" convenient life circle in sinking communities and township markets, and at the same time, it relied on stores to carry out online services such as home service and pick-up at stores, and also took over the business of "community group buying"

Investigation on the confrontation between officials in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province: pretending to be stupid in the early stage, pretending to be sick in the later stage, and pretending to be crazy at

Recently, a criminal judgment published by China Judgment Document Network revealed the case of Zhang Xuemin, former member of the Standing Committee of Pingxiang Municipal Committee of Jiangxi Province and secretary-general of the Municipal Party Committee, taking bribes.

In 2008, Zhang Xuemin, then vice mayor of Pingxiang City, interceded for a developer who failed to apply for a pre-sale permit for commercial housing and illegally collected a customer deposit, and received a total of 150,000 yuan in bribes from the developer.

This is just the tip of the iceberg in Zhang Xuemin’s huge bribery case.

In May 2015, the Compilation of Typical Cases of party member Cadres’ Violation of Discipline and Law since 2011 compiled by Pingxiang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (hereinafter referred to as "Compilation") showed that Zhang Xuemin and Yan Dewen, the former chairman of Pingxiang CPPCC, received a maximum of tens of millions of yuan in bribes, setting a record for economic duty crimes in Pingxiang, which is also rare in Jiangxi Province, and can be described as "a snake swallowing like a snake".

On February 28, 2014, the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection announced the news that two department-level cadres in Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province were dismissed at the same time.Yan Dewen, then chairman of Pingxiang CPPCC.andZhang Xuemin, then member of the Standing Committee of Pingxiang Municipal Committee and Secretary General of Municipal Committee.Be investigated together.

Before that,Chen Anzhong, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Congress, chairman of the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, and Sun Jiaqun, former member of the Standing Committee of Pingxiang Municipal Committee and executive deputy mayor.They have all been investigated. Chen Anzhong once served as secretary of Pingxiang Municipal Party Committee.

After the fall of Yan Dewen and Zhang Xuemin,He Weilin, former chairman of Pingxiang CPPCC, and Chen Weimin, former secretary of Pingxiang Municipal Committee.It also "collapsed" in the "earthquake" of Pingxiang officialdom. For a time, Pingxiang became the "hardest hit" of corruption in Jiangxi.

Zhang Xuemin, former member of the Standing Committee of Pingxiang Municipal Committee and Secretary-General of the Municipal Committee.

Many people have been sentenced for corruption in Pingxiang.

A few days ago, The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) reporter learned from the judicial department of Ganzhou City that both cases of Yan Dewen and Zhang Xuemin had been decided in the first instance, but because both of them appealed, the relevant person in charge of the judicial department did not disclose the sentence period and related cases of Yan Dewen and Zhang Xuemin in the first instance.

He Weilin was sentenced to five and a half years’ imprisonment by Jiujiang Intermediate People’s Court for accepting bribes and abusing his power. However, after the verdict was pronounced in the first instance, He Weilin refused to accept the appeal.

The verdict held by The Paper reporter shows that the object of bribing Zhang Xuemin is Li Longhui, the chairman of Pingxiang Longfei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. On September 10th, 2015, the People’s Court of fengcheng city, Jiangxi Province sentenced Li Longhui to one year and four months’ imprisonment for bribing Zhang Xuemin and Rao Benchun, then director of Pingxiang Housing Management Bureau, totaling 270,000 yuan.

Three months after Li Longhui’s case was pronounced in the first instance, in the case of He Weilin, the former chairman of Pingxiang Municipal Political Consultative Conference, which was heard on December 9, 2015, there was another accusation that He Weilin accepted Li Longhui’s bribery.

According to the indictment, Li Longhui, the owner of Pingxiang Longfei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., gave He Weilin 20,000 yuan in 2011 when he moved. During the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival from 2006 to 2012, he Weilin was given a total of 122,000 yuan 21 times.

At the request of Li Longhui, He Weilin took advantage of his position as the chairman of Pingxiang CPPCC to greet the relevant personnel in 2005, and helped Li Longhui get the tax preferential treatment of Meilun Hua Ting project of more than 580,000 yuan from the Goose Lake Management Office. In 2008, he greeted the relevant personnel and helped Li Longhui get back the deposit of 4 million yuan from the Anyuan Forest Park Management Committee. In 2011, he greeted the relevant personnel and asked them to take care of the Xiubo Garden project developed by Li Longhui.

Around March 2014, He Weilin returned Li Longhui 150,000 yuan for fear of organizing an investigation.

The Paper reporter learned from many channels that in the first trial of He Weilin’s case, the amount of bribes that He Weilin accepted from Li Longhui was determined by the court.

An insider close to He Weilin’s case told the The Paper reporter that in the previous judicial trial of Li Longhui, the judgment did not mention the accusation of bribing He Weilin, but in the first trial of He Weilin’s case, the court found that he accepted Li Longhui’s bribe. This "legal back door" phenomenon is puzzling, and it also shows that the judicial departments concerned have too much discretion and violate the fairness of the law.

Developers regularly send red envelopes three times a year.

The above judgment shows that since July 2007, the Longfei Jinxiu Jiayuan real estate project developed by Pingxiang Longfei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Longfei Company") has hired an agency to engage in sales, and the customer’s deposit has been illegally charged more than 200,000 yuan without pre-sale permit.

In March 2008, Pingxiang City Real Estate Management Supervision Brigade discovered this situation, and it was necessary to punish Longfei Company according to law. According to the Regulations on the Management of Urban Real Estate Development and Operation, it was necessary to confiscate the house purchase deposit charged by illegal sales and impose a fine of 1% of the sales amount.

In order to seek illegitimate interests, so that the company’s violations can be mitigated, Li Longhui, the legal representative and chairman of Longfei Company, found Zhang Xuemin, then the vice mayor in charge of housing management and urban construction, to intercede. Zhang Xuemin should ask for help to call Rao Benchun, then director of Pingxiang Housing Management Bureau, to intercede for Longfei Company. Later, Li Longhui also found Rao Benchun. The matter was finally punished in violation of regulations, and the illegal income was confiscated for 10,000 yuan.

Li Longhui is engaged in real estate development, and Zhang Xuemin is in charge of housing management and urban construction.In order to thank Zhang Xuemin for interceding for the company and asking him for something in the future, from 2006 to 2013, Li Longhui would send red envelopes to Zhang Xuemin’s office every Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. The red envelope sent every Spring Festival is 10,000 yuan, and the red envelope sent every Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival is 5,000 yuan.Zhang Xuemin received a total of 150,000 yuan in bribes from Li Longhui. In addition, from 2008 to 2012, Li Longhui paid a bribe of 120,000 yuan to Rao Benchun (handled separately).

About two months after Zhang Xuemin’s fall, that is, on April 23rd, 2014, Rao Benchun, who was bribed by Li Longhui with Zhang Xuemin, was also arrested and investigated. When the horse fell, Rao Benchun had been transferred to the post of Party Secretary and Director of Pingxiang Archives Bureau.

After Zhang Xuemin and Rao Benchun were dismissed, Li Longhui, then a member of the Standing Committee of Pingxiang Municipal Political Consultative Conference, who paid bribes to them, was also taken away for investigation by the relevant case-handling departments.

The above judgment also shows that Li Longhui, male, was born in Anyuan District, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province in April 1951, with a primary school education. He was a former member and standing committee member of Pingxiang CPPCC. On May 16th, 2014, Li Longhui was placed under residential surveillance at the designated residence of the People’s Procuratorate of fengcheng city on suspicion of bribery. On May 26th of the same year, he was detained by the People’s Procuratorate of fengcheng city, and was arrested on June 6th of the same year. On September 10th, 2015, the People’s Court of fengcheng city, Jiangxi Province sentenced Li Longhui to one year and four months’ imprisonment for committing bribery in the company.

In August 2015, the People’s Court of Anyuan District, Pingxiang City ruled in the first instance that Rao Benchun was sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in prison for committing bribery and corruption.

After Rao Benchun’s verdict was pronounced in the first instance, the China discipline inspection and supervision newspaper once reported on Rao Benchun’s violation of discipline with the title "No bottom line for undisciplined behavior", sayingRao Benchun even had to reimburse the lost gambling money, promoted the driver to a deputy-level cadre in violation of regulations, and helped his mistress to operate as the secretary-general of the listed real estate association.

Information Daily reported on June 29, 2016 that recently, Pingxiang Intermediate People’s Court made a second-instance judgment on Rao Benchun (male, 54 years old, former director of Pingxiang Archives Bureau, party secretary, director of Pingxiang Real Estate Management Bureau when he was suspected of committing a crime) accepting bribes: Rao Benchun was convicted of accepting bribes, sentenced to 5 years in prison and fined RMB250,000. The court found that from February 2007 to November 2013, Rao Benchun took advantage of his position as the director of Pingxiang Housing Management Bureau to provide assistance for real estate enterprise project development, violation punishment, promotion of subordinate cadres and job transfer of employees, and illegally accepted property totaling 836,351 yuan.

Zhang Xuemin played the fool in the early stage and asked nothing; Then pretend to be sick and scare the case handlers with a "heart disease" that doesn’t exist at all; Finally, pretend to be crazy and interfere with the case handlers by kneeling, kowtowing and urinating in public. Vision china information

Use the deeds of martyrs to "encourage" other officials to make offensive and defensive alliances.

In January this year, Xinhua News Agency published "Sample Analysis of Pingxiang Corruption" in Jiangxi Province ",which reported that,The circles of leading corrupt officials are independent of each other and compromise with each other because of overlapping plates and interest disputes, forming a joint case.

For example, there is a "mentoring relationship" between Yan Dewen and Sun Jiaqun, Sun’s promotion has been taken care of by Yan, and Zhang Xuemin and Yan Dewen have a classmate relationship. These intertwined and complicated interpersonal relationships provide convenient conditions for them to commit crimes together.

This special relationship is also valued by Zhang Xuemin. Before the fall of the horse, he also used the unyielding heroic deeds of a revolutionary martyr after his arrest to "encourage" Yan Dewen to reach an offensive and defensive alliance with himself and confront the investigation.

"After Sun Jiaqun and Chen Anzhong were organized to investigate one after another, Zhang Xuemin and Yan Dewen had a premonition that they would be exposed to the incident and formed an offensive and defensive alliance many times."

The Compilation also states that Zhang Xuemin has repeatedly found co-conspirators for collusion.

Yan Dewen mentioned in his confession: "On February 22, 2014, Pingxiang Municipal Committee organized mass line education and practice activities in the guesthouse to concentrate on learning. Zhang Xuemin told me that there was an article in Gong Quanzhen’s diary (the wife of Gan Zuchang, the founding general). He read it nine times and asked me to read it."

According to Zhang’s prompt, Yan Dewen found that Gong Quanzhen’s diary was about the unyielding heroic deeds of a revolutionary martyr after his arrest. Zhang Xuemin wanted to use this story to "encourage" Yan Dewen to reach an offensive and defensive alliance with himself. On February 25th, Zhang Xuemin found Yan Dewen again, saying that he would never say anything, and that he should be strong and never say anything if he was killed.

According to the description in the Compendium,After being investigated, Zhang Xuemin did his best to perform, playing dumb in the early stage and asking nothing; Then pretend to be sick and scare the case handlers with a "heart disease" that doesn’t exist at all; Finally, he pretended to be crazy, and interfered with the case handlers in extremely boring ways, such as kneeling, kowtowing and urinating in public, in an attempt to divert attention, completely losing the proper image of a departmental leading cadre.

In addition, the Repertory also mentioned that,In addition to He Weilin, Zhang Xuemin and other five people lead corrupt lives and commit adultery with others. In the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals every year, Zhang Xuemin collects 600,000 yuan and 700,000 yuan from units and individuals respectively. Zhang Xuemin’s son started a financial consulting company. Every year, he symbolically went to some private enterprises in Pingxiang to look through the books and got a consulting fee of 150,000 yuan.

Zhang Xuemin also gave tens of millions of bribes to his mistress, Zhang’s younger brother and elder brother for safekeeping, and the agent was not only responsible for safekeeping, but also invested in "whitewashing".

In the Jinxiu Mountain Villa project in Pingxiang City, Zhang Xuemin and Yan Dewen instructed their agents to sign a Cooperative Development Agreement with the developer of the project in August 2005 in order to cover up the fact that they each demanded a bribe of tens of millions of yuan, and the amount they demanded was determined in the form of IOUs and agreements in the name of loan return for project construction, which not only ensured their illegal income, but also carried out "legal" packaging.

Afterwards, Zhang Xuemin also said: "With this agreement, my heart will be practical."

The domestic and foreign media widely forwarded "CCTV Dialogue Musk: I am very optimistic about the future of China"

  CCTV News:On January 8th, CCTV News, the general station of China Central Radio and Television, broadcasted an article entitled "Dialogue between CCTV reporters and Tesla CEO Musk: I am optimistic about China’s future". Many domestic and foreign media and websites reprinted and quoted.

  As of January 10th, CNN (American Cable News), N-TV (German News Channel) and i24 News (Israeli 24-hour News Channel) have quoted relevant contents, including People’s Daily, Guangming, World Wide Web, Nanfang, Jinyang, Dayang, Phoenix, Dongfang, The Paper, Tencent, Netease, Sina and Heyuan News. South +APP, Today Headline APP, Sohu News APP, Shantou+and other major media platforms, as well as Yingwentianxia.com, China-Russia Headline APP, China-Italy APP, Global Information +APP, Nordic Times website, American Business News Network, Chinese PT portal, Chinese Headline APP, Portuguese New Newspaper APP(facebook account, twitter account), European Union Chinese website, West Africa online website.The main contents are as follows:

  On the afternoon of January 7th, Tesla Super Factory, the largest foreign manufacturing project in Shanghai’s history, officially started construction in Lingang Industrial Zone.

  Tesla Super Factory is located in Shanghai’s Lingang area, covering an area of 860,000 square meters, integrating R&D, manufacturing, sales and other functions. After being completed and put into operation, the annual production capacity will reach 500,000 pure electric vehicles. This is the largest foreign manufacturing project in Shanghai’s history.

  CCTV reporter interviewed elon musk, CEO of Tesla.

  CCTV reporter: What’s so special about Tesla Giga Shanghai?

  Elon musk, CEO of Tesla: Tesla Giga Shanghai is Tesla’s first super factory built outside the United States. It will be the most technologically advanced super factory. We will build a beautiful, environmentally friendly and sustainable super factory and become a model of the world’s factories.

  CCTV reporter: What do you think of China’s open policy?

  Elon musk, CEO of Tesla Corporation: China’s reform and opening-up is indeed a solid opening-up measure. In the long run, I am optimistic about the future of China, and China is developing in the right direction. The world is developing towards sustainable transportation and sustainable energy. China is a world leader in solar energy and electric new energy vehicles. We hope to work with car companies in China to help China accelerate the process of sustainable development.

  CCTV reporter: How to treat the market competition of new energy vehicles?

  Elon musk, CEO of Tesla Corporation: The electric vehicle market is huge. Our goal is to drive all automobile products by electric energy. In China, electric vehicles still account for a small proportion in the automobile market, so there are huge opportunities for all car companies.

  Many domestic and foreign media forwarded and quoted the above-mentioned "CCTV News" articles:

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Notice of the General Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government on Printing and Distributing Beijing Robot Industry Innovation and Development Action Plan (2023-2025)

Beijing Zhengban made [2023] No.17

District People’s governments, municipal government commissions, offices and bureaus, and municipal institutions:

  "Beijing Robot Industry Innovation and Development Action Plan (2023-2025)" has been approved by the municipal government and is hereby issued to you, please implement it carefully.

General Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government    

June 16, 2023  

Beijing Robot Industry Innovation and Development Action Plan (2023-2025)

  This action plan is formulated in order to implement the Development Plan of Robot Industry in the Tenth Five-Year Plan of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Development Plan of High-tech Industry in Beijing during the Tenth Five-Year Plan, seize the opportunity of a new round of global scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, accelerate the innovation and development of robot industry in this city, and build a highland of global robot industry.

  I. General requirements

  (A) the guiding ideology

  Guided by the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era, we will fully implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, adhere to high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, closely follow the development trend of robot intelligence, bionic and modularization, accelerate the creation of a "Beijing model" for the development of robot industry with product innovation and scene demonstration, ecological optimization and industrial synergy, make every effort to build a global robot technology innovation source, application demonstration highland and high-end industrial cluster, and effectively support the construction of an international scientific and technological innovation center and a global digital economy benchmark city.

  (II) Main objectives

  By 2025, the innovation ability of the robot industry in this city will be greatly improved, and 100 kinds of high-tech and high value-added robot products and 100 kinds of application scenarios with national promotion value will be cultivated. The number of robots with 10,000 people will reach the world’s leading level, forming an active development ecology with innovative elements and innovation and entrepreneurship. The income of the robot core industry in the city has reached more than 30 billion yuan, creating a leading domestic and international advanced robot industry cluster.

  Second, high-end leading, focusing on the development of robot "1+4" product system

  Focusing on the world’s cutting-edge technology and future strategic needs, we will step up the layout of humanoid robots, promote the leap development of four types of superior robot products: medical health, cooperation, specialty and logistics, implement hundreds of new robot projects, and create an innovative product system with intelligent drive, integration of production and research, and openness and leadership.

  (A) step up the layout of humanoid robots

  Benchmark the international leading humanoid robot products, support enterprises and universities to carry out research and engineering of humanoid robot products and key components, accelerate the construction of Beijing humanoid robot industry innovation center, and strive to become a national manufacturing innovation center. With the goal of small-scale production and application of humanoid robots, we will create basic conditions such as general intelligent underlying software and interfaces, general hardware development supporting facilities, focus on breaking through key technologies such as general prototype of humanoid robots and general artificial intelligence model, and vigorously promote the development and application of open source control systems, open source chips, open source simulation software, etc. Taking 3C electronic manufacturing, new energy vehicle production, security emergency and other typical scenarios as the traction, we will support upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to jointly carry out product research and production line construction through "revealing the list" and accelerate the process of autonomy of the whole industrial chain.

Column 1: Beijing Humanoid Robot Industry Innovation Center

  (2) Consolidate and upgrade the four dominant robots.

  Give full play to the basic advantages of the robot industry in this city, and improve the technical level and market competitiveness of four types of robots: medical health, cooperation, specialty and logistics. In the field of medical health robots, facing the forefront of the industry and the needs of medical applications, the ability of surgical robots to assist in the whole process of surgery is improved; Give full play to the synergy of medical workers in the capital, optimize the medical device registration and health insurance policies, and increase the promotion of clinical application. In the field of cooperative robots, we will break through key technologies such as light weight, visual enhancement, force perception, compliance control and self-learning of the whole machine, improve the load capacity of the whole machine, and develop adaptive cooperative robots; Carry out complex task execution algorithm and end effector technology research, and promote the intelligent and flexible development of multi-degree-of-freedom cooperative robots. In the field of special robots, improve the stability and reliability of products such as fire fighting, security and rescue robots, optimize product design and processing technology, and reduce comprehensive costs. In the field of logistics robots, improve the navigation and operation accuracy, promote the iterative upgrade of intelligent warehousing logistics robots, develop heavy-duty mobile robots, and optimize the application environment of logistics robots.

Column 2: 100 new robot projects

  Third, stabilize the chain and strengthen the chain, and strive to improve the key support ability of the robot.

  Focus on the key links of the robot industry chain, adhere to the problem orientation, give full play to the main traction role of the whole machine enterprise chain, open up the innovative chain of upstream and downstream collaboration, soft and hard combination, enhance the basic support ability of artificial intelligence model, key core technologies of the industry, key parts and components, and promote the robot industry to stabilize, repair and strengthen the chain.

  (A) to strengthen the support of artificial intelligence model

  Develop and continuously improve the robot general artificial intelligence model, tap the application scene resources, provide diversified scene data support for model pre-training, and improve the universality and practicability of the model. Break through the key technology of large-scale multi-modal data fusion, and develop a large-scale model system for image, text, voice, force, heat, electricity, magnetism and other multi-modal sensing data fusion processing. According to the characteristics of various robot technologies and application scenarios, an efficient fine-tuning algorithm for large models is developed to promote the deep application of large models in the robot field. Build an open source platform for model optimization algorithm, create a large model ecosystem with extensive participation and interactive optimization of the whole industry, and promote the iterative improvement of model performance.

  (B) Breakthrough the key core technologies of the industry

  Tap the potential of the capital’s scientific and technological research and development resources, strengthen the strategic layout of frontier areas, and make overall plans to promote key core technologies of the robot industry. In terms of basic general technology, it breaks through the technologies of robot system design, modularization and flexible reconfiguration, and robot cloud-edge-end fusion. In the aspect of man-machine cooperation technology, three-dimensional holographic environment modeling and high-precision tactile and force sensing technologies are developed. In terms of basic software technology, the robot operating system is developed, and technologies such as general support software and simulation platform software are developed for the needs of robot research and development, manufacturing, testing and practical application. In terms of fusion and reuse technology, we will explore the development and application of new structures such as artificial muscles and electronic skin, and promote the cross-integration development of new materials, bionic technology and new manufacturing technology.

  (3) Consolidate the foundation of key components.

  Benchmark the international advanced level, implement the industrial base upgrading project, comprehensively improve the comprehensive performance of key parts of the robot, and strengthen the key support ability for the whole machine. As for the reducer, we should give full play to the leading role of the whole machine enterprise, develop precision reducer products with high efficiency, high power density, torque self-sensing and long-term maintenance-free, and develop new transmission products. In the aspect of servo drive system, support enterprises to cooperate with universities and colleges to develop high-power, high-precision, high-dynamic response and high-reliability servo drive system and intelligent integrated joints. In the aspect of controller, the technologies such as vibration suppression, dynamic compensation of inertia, high-speed calculation and planning of multi-joint complex motion are emphasized to improve the universality, expansibility and reliability of the controller. In terms of sensors, efforts are made to overcome advanced design, manufacturing, sealing and testing technologies, optimize technological processes, reduce production costs, and improve the accuracy, reliability and stability of sensors. As for the end effector, high-precision, high-load and multifunctional end effector is developed for typical application scenarios such as medical health and intelligent manufacturing.

Column 3: Industrial base upgrading project

  Fourth, benchmarking, fully implementing the "robot+"application demonstration

  Facing the key needs in the fields of medical care, manufacturing, construction, trade and logistics, pension, emergency, agriculture, etc., we will implement hundreds of application scenario demonstration projects and carry out a number of "robot+"application demonstrations to accelerate the formation of iconic scenes, iconic services, iconic models and iconic formats.

  (A) the development of "robot+"experience mode

  Facing the needs of medical health, smart old-age care, safety emergency and other scenarios, we will support users to jointly build a "robot+"application experience center, create a "model room" for innovative application of robots, and expand product consumption and application. Relying on the "Xinzhizhao 100" project, we will support robot enterprises to build "robot production robot" benchmark factory and "Beijing Zhizhao" experience center, and expand the depth and breadth of robot application according to the modes of mass customization, product life cycle and integrated supply chain.

  (B) the development of "robot+"customization model

  Focus on the needs of specific scenarios such as manufacturing, trade logistics and agriculture, support users and enterprises to form application innovation consortia, develop innovative products and system solutions for typical application scenarios through "unveiling the list" and ordering for the first time, and implement a number of major application demonstration projects. Support users to give priority to purchasing innovative products and services of robots, select and compile a catalogue of robot application scenarios, and create a cooperative innovation model for production and use.

  (C) the development of "robot+"promotion model

  Integrate the resources of robot enterprises, users, industry organizations and other parties, collect the needs of end users in various fields, and carry out normalized online docking services. Establish a normalized supply and demand docking mechanism in the fields of medical health, manufacturing and emergency response to promote the application of robots. Innovate the application promotion mode, strengthen the application promotion through short-term lease, shared service and agency operation, and promote new service formats.

Box 4: Demonstration Project of 100 Application Scenes

  Fifth, innovate services and further improve the development ecology of the robot industry

  Around the robot R&D, design, pilot verification and other industrial links, we will speed up the construction of a number of open and shared public service platforms, comprehensively improve the allocation level of robot industry elements, and establish a new industrial development ecology of "resource planning-innovation synergy-environmental optimization".

  (A) improve the public service system

  1. Build a collaborative innovation carrier for the robot industry. We will promote innovative carriers such as key robotics laboratories and engineering research centers to become better and stronger, and support enterprises and universities to form Industry-University-Research-used consortia. Improve the operational service level of Beijing Medical Robot Industry Innovation Center, give play to the role of medical device commissioned research and development processing platform (CDMO), and promote the rapid transformation of innovation results. Support intelligent robots and system high-tech innovation centers to solve common technical problems such as multi-mode perception and autonomous control through the mode of "enterprise giving questions and innovation center answering questions". Support the construction of robot standardization organizations, implement standards and norms to lead the project, continue to promote robot standardization, speed up the research and formulation of standards such as common technical requirements and general product specifications, and promote the transformation of robot innovation achievements in this city into standards.

Box 5: Standards and specifications lead the project

  2. Build a platform for robot pilot verification and inspection. Support enterprises to build a robot pilot verification platform in conjunction with colleges and universities, and provide services such as pilot curing, engineering development, sample trial production, data simulation, scene application, process improvement, etc., to meet the design and processing needs of prototypes and small batch production. Promote the construction of robot supporting processing centers and shared factories in a market-oriented way, and form service capabilities such as precision machining and batch manufacturing that can quickly respond to the needs of enterprises. Support the construction of national robot quality inspection and testing platform, continuously improve the testing capabilities of components, spare parts and complete machines, build professional testing platforms for safety and emergency applications, and improve the robot testing and certification service system.

  (2) Cultivate and expand market players.

  1. Cultivate high-quality robot enterprises. Focus on medical health, collaboration, logistics robots and other fields, support head enterprises to become bigger and stronger, introduce 1-2 world-class robot enterprises, drive upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to gather and develop, and build large-scale industrial clusters. For special robots, key components and other fields, we will support and promote a number of innovative enterprises with high growth expectations to become better and stronger, and cultivate a number of "little giants" and unicorn enterprises with global influence.

  2. Cultivate emerging formats of robots. Encourage powerful enterprises to expand their business models and carry out robot financial leasing business for the national market. Promote enterprises to expand post-robot market services such as maintenance, second-hand trading and remanufacturing, encourage enterprises to provide derivative services such as robot information services and remote operation and maintenance, and cultivate new models and formats of robot industry.

  Sixth, gather and develop, optimize the spatial layout of robot industry

  Based on the optimization of industrial organization and the cooperation of industrial chain, we will promote the docking and integration of robot innovation chain and industrial chain, the efficient matching of industrial layout and regional resources, accelerate the construction of a demonstration zone combining robot production with research and a cluster zone combining production with use, and comprehensively enhance the role of robot industry in attracting and gathering internally and radiating externally.

  (A) to create a demonstration zone for the integration of robot production and research in the north.

  Give full play to the advantages of Zhongguancun Science City in gathering innovative resources, and support Haidian District to create an international leading enterprise incubation and innovation and entrepreneurship ecology with robot originality and cutting-edge technological innovation as the guide. Give full play to the advantages of industrial location and talent gathering, support Changping District to take the transformation of Zhongguancun robot innovation achievements as the guide, introduce robot technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises and unicorn enterprises, focus on undertaking cutting-edge technology industrialization and platform construction projects, and optimize the transfer and transformation ecology of robot innovation achievements.

  (B) the construction of southern robot production and use of a combination of gathering areas.

  Give full play to the scale advantage of the main position of high-tech industries, support Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone to take the layout of the whole industrial chain of robots as the guide, introduce world-class robot quality enterprises, focus on undertaking major industrialization projects in the city, and build a comprehensive gathering area of robot industry. Give full play to the advantages of characteristic industrial agglomeration, support Fengtai and other districts to focus on special robots and other fields, and build a characteristic park combining the production and use of robots in sub-industries.

  (3) Promote the coordinated development of the robot industry in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei

  Give full play to the advantages of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei industrial synergy policy, support robot head enterprises to give full play to the advantages of industrial chain, and guide the layout of upstream and downstream supporting enterprises in Tianjin and Hebei. Enterprises headquartered in Beijing and producing in Tianjin and Hebei are encouraged to realize the docking of production resources and the coordination of production processes by building industrial internet platforms and "parent-child factories" to enhance the integration ability of industrial chains and supply chains.

  VII. Safeguard measures

  (1) Do a good job in organizational guarantee.

  Strengthen the docking with national ministries and commissions, actively undertake major national special projects and key research and development plans, and strive for more national-level projects to be laid out in Beijing. Improve the working mechanism of the robot industry in this city, strengthen the overall coordination between various departments and districts, and form a joint effort. Set up a robot expert think tank to carry out forward-looking and strategic research on major issues.

  (2) Formulating special policies

  The city and district jointly formulate special policies for the robot industry. Using the policies of high-tech industrial development funds and the first set, we will study ways to support the construction of innovative carriers, the development of innovative products, and the demonstration of application scenarios through discount loans for key investment projects, application incentives for new technologies and new products, and government purchase of services. Give play to the role of government guidance fund, encourage social capital to participate in the incubation and industrialization investment of robot innovation achievements in this city, and support financial institutions to provide personalized credit and financing services for robot enterprises.

  (3) Strengthen personnel training

  Using the high-tech industrial talent policy, we will increase the introduction and training of high-end talents and high-level teams of world-class robots. Closely meet the needs of enterprises, strengthen the skills training of on-the-job personnel, and smooth the channels for the declaration of professional titles of enterprise personnel. Support robot enterprises, universities and colleges to cooperate in the construction of training bases and joint scientific research bases, and cultivate engineering and technical talents, management talents and compound talents urgently needed by enterprises.

  (4) Promoting coordination between the central and local governments.

  Support central enterprises and subordinate colleges and universities to build a robot collaborative research and development platform and a production-education integration base in Beijing, deeply participate in the robot scene construction in this city, guide a number of innovative achievements to be transferred and transformed in Beijing, and promote a number of major projects to land in Beijing. Support local enterprises to participate in the industrial chain of central enterprises and the construction of innovation chain, and promote the ecological integration and development of robot industry in the central region.

  (V) Deepening exchanges and cooperation.

  Run the World Robotics Congress well, organize diversified activities such as policy publicity, innovation exhibition and innovation competition, and build a world-class platform for exchanges and cooperation in the robotics industry. Encourage domestic and foreign enterprises to set up robot function headquarters, research and development institutions and training institutions in Beijing. Make full use of domestic and foreign markets and resources to support the robot products and services in this city to "go global".

  (six) to carry out industrial monitoring.

  Give play to the role of industry organizations and professional institutions to strengthen the operation and dynamic monitoring of the robot industry. Establish a normal communication mechanism with key enterprises, universities and colleges, timely grasp the progress of innovative product development, major project implementation, major policy implementation, timely optimize and adjust support measures, and create a good development environment.

Lei Jun announced that Xiaomi is a big news!

On April 25th, 2024 auto china opened. Among them, the launch conference of Xiaomi Automobile attracted much attention.

Xiaomi car booth trainee reporter Wang Jinghan photo

Lei Jun, chairman of Xiaomi Group, said at the press conference that as of April 24, the number of orders locked by Xiaomi Automobile exceeded 75,723, and 5,781 units had been delivered within 28 days after its release.At present, Xiaomi Automobile is fully expanding its production capacity.It is planned to deliver more than 10,000 vehicles in June and complete the delivery target of 100,000 vehicles for the whole year.

Lei Jun, Chairman of Xiaomi Group, gave a speech at the press conference.

The number of locks exceeds 75,000.

Although the new car has been released for nearly a month, Xiaomi still has "splashing traffic". Just after the auto show opened, Xiaomi’s booth was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.

At Xiaomi Auto Conference, Lei Jun introduced the latest lock order and delivery of Xiaomi SU7. As of April 24th, the number of orders for Xiaomi Automobile has exceeded 75,723 units, and 5,781 units have been delivered within 28 days after its release.

Lei Jun said that according to the plan, Xiaomi Automobile will strive to make Xiaomi sales service outlets basically cover all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) by the end of the year. At present, Xiaomi is fully expanding its production capacity, and plans to deliver more than 10,000 vehicles in June, completing the delivery target of 100,000 vehicles for the whole year.

In addition, Xiaomi Automobile plans to carry out the first OTA upgrade after its release in May, such as online wireless CarPlay function and end-to-end parking service. At the end of May, the second OTA upgrade was carried out, and the city navigation function was officially released, covering 10 cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. In August, this function will be launched in major cities across the country.

"The active rate of our intelligent driving function has reached 79%, and it has opened more than 600,000 kilometers in 28 days. Some people even opened 1,400 kilometers through intelligent driving in one day, and the intelligent driving performance has been recognized by everyone." Lei Jun said.

The heat remains high, and SU7 has also undergone evaluation by many institutions and media in the past month. Lei Jun said, "SU7 has suffered various tests, and I think that up to today, SU7 has basically survived." Regarding the performance of SU7, Lei Jun said that at present, the energy consumption of Xiaomi automobile is still relatively high. To learn from Tesla, Tesla is indeed the benchmark of global technology.

But at the same time, Lei Jun is also domineering. "Except for Tesla, it seems that there is nothing better than us."

At the press conference, Lei Jun specifically mentioned that SU7 showed amazing breaking strength. From the data point of view, at present, among lock users, female users account for 28%; Xiaomi expects that the female car owners of SU7 will reach 40% to 50%; Apple users accounted for 51.9% of buyers; BBA users reached 29%.

Friends and businessmen feel the marketing strength.

During the press conference, many friends from the same exhibition hall also joined the "crowd-watching army", feeling that SU7′ s popularity is hard to match among automobile manufacturers, and Lei Jun’s personal image building and brand marketing are worth learning from other enterprises.

Recently, at the same time as the "price war" of car companies, the "propaganda war" has also been in full swing. Influenced by Lei Jun and Yu Chengdong, the chairman of BU, Huawei’s smart car solution, recently, a number of auto companies have left the market and devoted themselves to marketing. Wei Jianjun, Chairman of Great Wall Motor, Xia Yiping, CEO of Jiyue, and Zhang Yong, CEO of Nezha Automobile, all appeared in the live broadcast room.

Yin Tongyue, chairman of Chery Automobile, said in the live broadcast with Luo Zhenyu and others that now automobile marketing also needs new Internet thinking. He felt that "learning from Yu Chengdong, learning from Lei Jun, explaining and introducing in person, this also forced me to be an old man in my sixties, and everyone came out"; Wei Jianjun also said that it will increase the frequency of live broadcast in the future.

Emergency screening in many places across the country has continuously upgraded epidemic control measures.

CCTV News:On August 1st, 53 new confirmed cases in COVID-19 were reported, including 30 cases in Jiangsu, 12 cases in Henan, 4 cases in Hunan, 3 cases in Yunnan, and 1 case in Fujian, Shandong, Hubei and Ningxia. Recently, the epidemic originating from Nanjing Lukou Airport has spread to many places in China. In addition, there are epidemics in Henan, Fujian and other places, and all localities are constantly upgrading their control measures while conducting emergency screening.

Strict access to Beijing management scenic spots is open according to 60% flow restriction.

According to the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, from 0: 00 to 16: 00 on August 1st, two confirmed cases of local COVID-19 and one asymptomatic infected person were newly added in Beijing, all of whom came from the same family in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province. Beijing held a press conference on August 1st, advising the public to minimize their activities out of Beijing, including traveling to Beijing, and explicitly demanding that parks, scenic spots and historical sites be opened according to 60% current restriction.

Zhangjiajie, Hunan: Strengthening the management of the community, in principle, no going out.

Tourism professionals, a new confirmed case in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province on July 31st, was a close contact of five confirmed cases in Huai ‘an Tourism Group of Jiangsu Province on July 26th. At present, many secret connections of the tour group have been diagnosed.

According to official reports, Zhang Moumou, a newly confirmed case in Yinchuan yesterday, is a close contact of a confirmed case in Chengdu. According to Hunan’s announcement today, Zhang Moumou is the director of the program "Xiang Yu Tao Hua Yuan" and has worked in nine performances. The 777 spectators who watched these 9 performances are currently at high risk.

Zhangjiajie issued a notice on August 1 to strengthen the management of the community. In principle, it is not allowed to go out. At present, all nucleic acid detection points in the city have set up special channels for emergency free nucleic acid detection tourists. Visitors need to complete three nucleic acid tests before leaving Zhangjiajie. COVID-19 vaccination for people aged 15 to 17 was launched in Hunan today.

Sichuan: Of the 10 cases, 9 were homologous to the Nanjing epidemic strain.

Recently, there were 8 confirmed cases in COVID-19 and 2 asymptomatic infections in Mianyang, Luzhou, Chengdu and Yibin in Sichuan. As of July 31st, the province has designated six medium-risk zones.

Yangzhou, Jiangsu: Adjust the risk level and suspend domestic flights in and out of Yangzhou.

On July 31st, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 12 local confirmed cases were added. In this round of epidemic, 28 local confirmed cases were reported. Since August 1st, Yangzhou City has added eight medium-risk areas, and many other areas have been adjusted from medium-risk areas to high-risk areas.

In addition, since August 1, Yangzhou has completely suspended domestic flights to and from Yangzhou. Passengers leaving Yangzhou through the railway station under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou (excluding transit) must provide negative proof of nucleic acid test and green code of health code within 48 hours. The entrances and exits of 20 expressway toll stations around Yangzhou are closed. The bus, taxi, network car and ride services in the main city of Yangzhou were suspended.

Zhengzhou, Henan Province: Closed-loop management of hospitals involved in the epidemic caused by Delta strain.

On July 31st, there were 12 new confirmed cases in Henan, all in Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou CDC introduced on the 31st that the epidemic was caused by Covid-19 Delta strain, which mainly occurred in the hospital and showed a state of local spread. At present, Zhengzhou Sixth People’s Hospital has implemented closed-loop management and stopped diagnosis and treatment. Zhengzhou city is carrying out all-staff nucleic acid testing to ensure that all inspections should be completed.

According to the development characteristics of the current epidemic, Feng Zijian, a researcher at China CDC, said that the epidemic was first imported through Nanjing Lukou Airport and further spread. It is preliminarily judged that the first case in Zhangjiajie is related to the epidemic situation in Nanjing Lukou Airport, and the cases or infected people spread to Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, and then infected others through tourist attractions and large-scale performances, which led to further virus spread and spread.

Clear Water Flows East to this Back —— An Interview with One-way Front, Secretary of Wuhu Municipal Committee, Anhui Province

Xinhua Finance Hefei, January 10 (Reporter Wang Tao) More than 70 years ago, on the river surface of the battle of crossing the river for nearly a thousand miles, "the first ship crossing the river by a million mighty men" landed here;

More than 40 years ago, the "fool melon seeds", known as the "reform primrose" that promoted the private economy, became the imprint of that era here;

More than 20 years ago, Chery Automobile, the flag of the national automobile industry, started here from a "small grass house" on the Yangtze River …

The Yangtze River heading east suddenly turns northward here. Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote that "Tianmen interrupted the opening of the Chu River, and the clear water flowed back here", which is what he said here.

"Wuhu has a pioneering environment, and this spirit is also the gene and trait of an important city in Wuhu. It has always relied on this creation to closely integrate the requirements of the CPC Central Committee the State Council, the provincial party Committee and the provincial government with the local reality, and embark on its own development path to support and tolerate the main body of innovation and creation." Wu Hu, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, said in an interview with reporters a few days ago.

The picture shows the secretary of Wuhu Municipal Party Committee.

Wuhu, as the second GDP city in Anhui Province, is positioned as a provincial sub-center. In the first three quarters of 2021, its GDP growth rate was as high as 13.6%, making it the fastest growing city in the Yangtze River Delta region. It emerged from a melon seed and hatched a large number of well-known enterprises such as Chery Automobile, CONCH and Three Squirrels, becoming one of the most successful cities in the past 40 years of reform and opening up.

City and Innovation: Innovation is the most precious development gene of Wuhu.

"Innovation is Wuhu’s most precious development gene, the deepest brand of the times and the most distinctive urban characteristics." One-way forward

Wuhu has an indissoluble bond with automobiles. Chery Automobile, which has grown into a banner of the national automobile industry, has always been associated with Wuhu. It can be said that the automobile gene has been deeply embedded in the city of Wuhu. Looking at the technological innovation path of Chery Automobile, we can see what innovation means to Wuhu.

In 1997, a group of young people with "car dreams" came to Wuhu. In just two years, Chery’s first self-developed car was officially off the assembly line, and then QQ and the son of the East entered the market in mass production. After 24 years of hard work, Chery Automobile has achieved a total sales of 9.2 million vehicles, ranking first in China’s passenger car export for 18 consecutive years, and its business scope covers more than 80 overseas countries and regions.

Nowadays, the new energy and intelligent networked automobile industry has become the first industry in Wuhu, with 311 industrial enterprises above designated size and an output value of nearly 130 billion yuan. It has seven national R&D platforms, including the National Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Automobile Engineering Technology Research Center and the Automotive Electronics Engineering Research Center, and 77 provincial R&D platforms, with Chery and CIMC Ruijiang as the leaders, Yaskawa Electric, Anwar Xinneng and Qidi Semiconductor as the backbones, and Hongjing Electronics, Alfa Silicon, etc.

In 1950s, Wuhu shipbuilding; In the late 1990s, Wuhu built cars; Today, Wuhu has realized the dream of building an airplane. Manned space flight and domestic large aircraft all have the figure of "Wuhu Zhizao". In Wuhu Aviation Industrial Park, since the test flight of the first "Anhui-made" general-purpose aircraft of CLP Wuhu diamond aircraft, the number of orders has reached more than 150 in just over three years.

One-way forward said: "What does enterprise innovation mean to a city? On the one hand, cities should serve enterprises and cultivate excellent enterprises; On the other hand, the city is also infected by enterprises, making the innovative spirit of enterprises become the innovative spirit of the city, and the two sides complement each other. "

To this end, Wuhu continues to create an innovative ecology and enhance the agglomeration of urban elements. Deeply participate in the construction of G60 Science and Technology Corridor, gather and integrate innovative elements, and the whole society’s R&D investment accounts for 3.34%. At the same time, Wuhu is promoting the multiplication plan of high-tech enterprises, the incremental plan of regulated industrial enterprises, and the five-year action plan of listing enterprises, and strive to exceed 2,000 in 2023, and the number of regulated industrial enterprises will reach more than 2,500. By 2025, there will be 15 billion enterprises, 5 billion enterprises and 50 listed companies.

City and business: policy cashing should be as convenient as online shopping.

"China is seen by world cement, and conch is seen by China cement", as the world’s top 500 conch group, many people are familiar with it, but they don’t know that conch was not in Wuhu at first, but only after it moved to Wuhu did it grow rapidly, from a small seedling to a towering tree.

However, the growth of conch is not an isolated case. Chery, the flag of the national automobile industry, and the first three squirrels, the national leisure snacks, are all star enterprises that have emerged in Wuhu in recent years. So what is the password behind Wuhu’s incubation enterprises?

"whether a company can land in one place, in fact, the key is not the speed of doing things, but ultimately depends on whether the company can make a profit. Wuhu first proposed to aim at the average profit rate of enterprises and work hard to create a better business environment by reducing costs. " One-way front representation.

In recent years, Wuhu has taken optimizing the business environment as the key move to open a new bureau in response to the situation, and launched a series of new ideas and measures to create a better business environment, such as "talking breakfast" and "1% work method". Among them, the "1% working method" has also been included in the typical experience and practice discovered by the eighth general inspection in the State Council, and it has been reported and praised.

One-way forward said that whether an enterprise can make a profit depends on two parts. One is its own core competitiveness, but the bigger part lies in the ecological environment where the enterprise is located. From the local point of view, it is necessary to aim at this ecological environment to improve it. One-way ago, we asked 300 enterprises that have a great impact on Wuhu’s development to conduct in-depth research and dismantle their balance sheets. On the basis of comprehensive analysis of the cost and profit composition of enterprises, we set up nine working groups, including energy, employment, logistics, taxes and fees, and financing, to study measures to reduce costs and increase efficiency respectively, so as to help enterprises increase their profit rate by 1% on the original basis.

"Enterprises don’t need you to teach them how to do it. Whether its operating costs can be reduced or whether it can directly lead to a 1% increase in profit margins, enterprises will have real feelings. This is the origin of everything that builds our current business environment. " One-way forward

In addition to this 1% real profit-making, Wuhu’s original "Chatting Breakfast" made entrepreneurs feel warm and respectful, which also became a sample for building a "pro" and "clean" relationship between the government and enterprises. Since March, 2021, Wuhu Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government has regularly invited relevant entrepreneurs to have breakfast talks, without presupposing topics, arranging presenters or preparing speech materials, colliding with ideas and stimulating creativity in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, and at the same time collecting demands and opinions. So far, 34 "Breakfast Talks" have been held continuously, and more than 180 entrepreneurs and social organizations have been invited to participate.

It is not only a carrier for serving enterprises, but now the "Chatting Breakfast Meeting" even has a "value" and has become the direction for investment funds to follow the map. One investor said that "as long as the enterprises that have attended the breakfast meeting, we can directly invest 10 million yuan to start".

Whether it’s "1% working method" or "chatting for breakfast", all these add up to form a service enterprise system in Wuhu, and one of the standards that Wuhu finally strives to build is to build an online policy supermarket, and standardize many policies that benefit enterprises and talents scattered in various departments on the Internet. As long as the enterprise code, legal representative and registered user name are entered, the policies to be enjoyed will be realized immediately.

"In the past, enterprises were looking for policies, but now they are looking for enterprises by policies. Wuhu should make policy cashing as convenient as online shopping, and finally realize the quantifiable effect of government services, the quantifiable sense of enterprise development and the quantifiable optimization of business environment." One-way front indicates that the 1% work method fundamentally embodies the integration of services.

City and development: development must first become a city of vitality.

"The first step of urban development is to become a vibrant city, and the whole body must be strong." One-way forward said that the positioning of Wuhu as a provincial sub-center is a great expectation of the provincial party committee and government, which is both a mission and a pressure for Wuhu. Wuhu must strive for the first place, no matter in terms of economic aggregate, development speed, development quality, or urban construction. Of course, the ultimate goal is to improve the people’s livelihood and well-being.

To this end, Wuhu proposed to speed up the creation of "the experimental place for new ideas, the birthplace of new things, and the starting place for new products". For example, the starting place of new products should create an environment for new products to achieve the first order, complete the first financing, or even open the first small shop, where products can be distributed, affordable and well-known. This is the vitality of a city.

In fact, whether the city develops well or not, citizens and enterprises have the most say, and they also know best where the city is blocked, painful and difficult. Wuhu initiated the establishment of the "people’s urban construction partner" system, and the first batch of 10 units including Anhui Normal University, Conch Group and Chery Holdings were selected as "partners". This is not only an honor, but also a two-way responsibility.

High-quality economic development is only one aspect of urban development. What is the ultimate goal of urban construction? Wuhu’s proposal to build a people’s city is to respond to the people’s new yearning for a better life with practical actions, focus on solving the problem of "urgent difficulties and worries" strongly reflected by the masses, continuously improve the functional quality of the city, let more public services benefit the people, leave more public space for the people, and show more goodwill and warmth to every interface, every detail and every corner of urban planning and construction management, so that everyone living here can feel proud and proud from the heart.

Who is Wuhu? Wuhu may be an Normal University, Chery, conch, or even three squirrels. The temperament of a city needs to be materialized into enterprises and units, which all represent the different temperament of the city. However, the urban spirit cannot be an empty existence. It depends on these units that were born, raised, prospered and even expanded in Sri Lanka to show the spirit and temperament of a city.

"What kind of attitude do we have towards them? I feel that it is full service to let them grow and develop in their respective fields. Although no one can fully represent Wuhu, they together constitute the style and temperament of Wuhu City. " One-way forward

The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a typhoon blue warning at 10: 00 on August 9.

  CCTV News:According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, the center of the No.6 typhoon "KHANUN" (a strong tropical storm) this year is located at 8: 00 am today (9 th) in the northern part of the East China Sea, about 135 kilometers southwest of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, which is 30.9 degrees north latitude and 129.3 degrees east longitude. The maximum wind force near the center is 11 (30 meters per second) and the lowest pressure in the center is 970 hectopascals.

  It is estimated that Kanu will move to the north-west direction at a speed of about 15 kilometers per hour, with little change in intensity. It will land on the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula on the morning of the 10th (25-30m/s, 10-11, strong tropical storm), and its intensity will gradually weaken after landing.

  Gale forecast:From 14: 00 on the 9 th to 14: 00 on the 10 th, there will be 6-7 winds and 8-9 gusts in the eastern Bohai Sea, the Bohai Strait, most of the Yellow Sea and the eastern East China Sea. Among them, the winds in the east of the central and southern Yellow Sea and the east of the northeast East China Sea can reach 8-9, and the gusts are 10-11. The winds in the nearby waters passing by Kanu Center can reach 10-11, and the gusts are 12.

  Defense guide:

  1. The government and relevant departments shall, in accordance with their duties, do a good job in typhoon prevention and emergency rescue.

  2. Water operations and passing ships in relevant waters should return to Hong Kong to take shelter from the wind, strengthen port facilities, and prevent ships from anchoring, grounding and collision.

  3. Stop large-scale indoor and outdoor gatherings and dangerous outdoor operations such as high altitude.

  4. Reinforce or dismantle structures that are easy to be blown by the wind. Personnel should not go out at will. They should stay in windproof and safe places as far as possible, so as to ensure that the elderly and children stay in the safest place at home, and the dangerous people will be transferred in time. When the typhoon center passes by, the wind will decrease or stay still for a period of time. Remember that the strong wind will suddenly blow and you should continue to stay in a safe place to avoid the wind.

  5. Relevant areas should pay attention to prevent flash floods and geological disasters that may be caused by heavy precipitation.

Open up new markets+expand domestic markets. Foreign trade enterprises boost "going out to sea" and develop confidence.

CCTV News:At present, the international trade situation is complicated, and Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, known as the "world supermarket", stands at the forefront. After visiting Yiwu International Trade City on the spot, the reporter found that most business households remained calm and conveyed their confidence to the outside world through various means. 

In this kitchen ware shop, business owner Liu Pingjuan is introducing products to a buyer from Sweden. He told reporters that his business does not depend on the American market. Although the goods ordered by American customers years ago were intended to be shipped at the end of April, the goods have been exported to the African market.

Liu Pingjuan, the business owner of Yiwu International Trade City, said: "Our enterprises in Yiwu, including those in China, are full of tenacity. If you close one door, we can open countless doors because we are engaged in global trade. At present, South American markets such as Brazil and Mexico, for the five Central Asian countries and for Africa, the layout in these two years is still very impressive. "

In the Christmas supplies area, the reporter saw that many foreign businessmen are selecting samples and negotiating orders in various shops.

Jiang Jiangping, a business owner of Yiwu International Trade City, said: "Our Yiwu market is doing global business. The United States is not bright in the west, but we are bright in the east. I can do more business like Kazakhstan and Russia, and they are all doing well. The American list is not picked up, and I can pick up these lost lists when I am free. "

Every working day at 8: 30 in the morning, there will be a vivid foreign language class in the atrium of Yiwu International Trade City, which has been held for 19 years. From English to Arabic, some people take notes while eating instant noodles, and some people hold mobile phones to compare Arabic teaching videos.

The Arabic teacher said: "I am particularly motivated and more energetic than young people."

Driven by the guidance of local governments and the initiative of enterprises to "go global", in recent years, Yiwu has already moved into the wilderness of diversified operations, extending its commercial tentacles to Southeast Asia, Africa, South America, the Middle East and other regions. The data shows that in the first quarter of 2025, the total import and export value of Yiwu reached 167.45 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.0%. 

Chengdu, Sichuan: furniture export is seriously blocked, and many parties work together to expand the domestic market.

Chengdu is one of the main gathering places of furniture industry in China. Due to the influence of American tariffs, some furniture export enterprises in Chengdu have their orders returned. Just when they are at a loss, a turning point appears. Let’s watch the reporter’s investigation together.

When the reporter came to a furniture production base in Chengdu, Zheng Xinwei, who specializes in furniture export business, was counting the sofa goods under the influence of US tariffs.

Zheng Xinwei told reporters that more than 90% of their products were sent to the United States, and this sudden tariff made the whole factory press the pause button. The backlog of a large number of goods makes the company’s capital chain on the verge of breaking. Faced with this situation, Zheng Xinwei seemed helpless, and the reporter had to end the interview. However, what people didn’t expect was that the turnaround came quickly. Just one day later, the reporter received a phone call from Zheng Xinwei.

The reporter came to a large commercial complex in Chengdu and saw Zheng Xinwei’s sofa exhibition area as soon as he entered the door. Many consumers experience and consult on the spot, and Zheng Xinwei and his colleagues are also busy explaining.

Why did the turnaround come so fast? The reporter learned that in recent days, the local authorities are also working hard to find out the needs of enterprises affected by US tariffs, accurately carry out docking activities, provide venues and channels for high-quality export commodities such as furniture, food and household items, and accelerate the introduction of domestic supermarkets and e-commerce platforms.

Zheng Xinwei, the head of a home furnishing company in Chengdu, Sichuan, said: "There are many domestic and foreign guests who have consulted in the past two days. The big domestic construction contractors have recognized our products very much, and now they have started the follow-up docking work, which has also rekindled our confidence in the market prospects."

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.