On August 10th, it was reported that Google publicly criticized Apple on the official website of Android on Tuesday, saying that it failed to improve the user experience of communication between iPhone and Android users. For a long time, some users have complained about green message bubbles in cross-device messages, such as poor compressed video quality, lack of read receipts, and other headaches. Google blames Apple for this, because the latter will convert the information sent between iPhone and Android users into SMS and MMS, both of which were developed decades ago and mainly designed for the plain text era.

Google believes that Apple should use Rich Communication Service (RSC) to realize this function. They believe that this is a "modern industry standard", which can improve users’ experience of sending text messages and making phone calls, and also support emoticons, videos and pictures. Android official website said, "These problems exist because Apple refuses to adopt modern communication standards when sending messages between iPhone and Android phones. Google also encourages visitors to share this topic on social media, including using "@ Apple" to remind Apple, and adding the topic tag of "#getthemessage". (Source: Sina Technology)

On the evening of August 10th, Beijing time, it was reported that Huang Renxun, CEO of NVIDIA, recently assured more than 22,000 employees of the company that NVIDIA would not lay off employees at least in the short term. Although the company issued a preliminary performance warning earlier, it said that its revenue in the second quarter would be lower than previously expected.

NVIDIA issued an early warning on Monday, saying that due to the sluggish game business, revenue in the second quarter is expected to be $6.7 billion, down 19% from the previous month and up 3% year-on-year. The revenue was lower than the $8.1 billion expected by NVIDIA and Wall Street analysts.

In response, Huang Renxun said in an email to employees that the performance in the second quarter was "significantly lower than expected", which was mainly due to the slowdown in the game business. But at the same time, he assured employees that the fundamentals of NVIDIA are still strong and the demand is still strong.

He said, "What does this mean for us? Will we lay off employees? No. On the contrary, we gave you a raise to take care of your families, because all of you are facing severe inflation. (Source: cnBeta)

　

According to six Form 4 documents published on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and submitted on August 9, Tesla CEO Musk reported the sale of nearly 7.92 million shares of Tesla on the 5th, 8th and 9th local time, with a value of about 6.89 billion US dollars. According to Bloomberg, the transaction reduced the Tesla shares directly held by Musk to about 155 million shares. According to statistics, in the past 10 months, Musk has sold Tesla shares worth about $32 billion. (Source: Interface News)

　

On August 10th, it was learned from several independent sources that Yi Wei, the former senior vice president of Meitu Mobile, had joined the Weilai mobile phone team as the head of the software department.

A source said that at present, Yi Wei "can’t see the specific (rank) in Weilai, only the code name". "Weilai’s mobile phone team has more than 300 people, and the background of employees includes OPPO, Meitu and Huawei," a person familiar with the matter said. According to the recruitment website, Weilai has released a large number of positions that are strongly related to the mobile phone business, including Camera App development engineer, Android engineer, and smart watch product manager. The above-mentioned person said that the salary offered by Weilai to the mobile phone team was "mostly increased by 10%-20%".

In this regard, Li Bin, CEO of Weilai, responded: Now we have to work hard and tell you when the mobile phone is made. (Source: 36Kr)

On the afternoon of August 10th, a number of people familiar with the matter revealed that the blade battery supplied by BYD has been delivered to Tesla’s super factory in Berlin, Germany, which is also the first super factory in Tesla to use BYD battery. It is expected that Tesla vehicles equipped with BYD blade batteries will be off the assembly line within one month at the earliest (that is, from the end of August to the beginning of September). It was also learned from another source that the Shanghai super factory, which has received much attention, has no plans to use BYD batteries for the time being.

A number of insiders who did not want to be named confirmed the authenticity of this news. A BYD source revealed that BYD supplied Tesla with blade batteries and shipped them to Europe. At the same time, the first batch of Tesla vehicles equipped with BYD blade batteries can be rolled off the assembly line at the Berlin factory within one month at the earliest. A person from Tesla Giga Shanghai said that at present, we have not seen any BYD battery on the production line in the Shanghai Super Factory, nor have we heard about the relevant plans. (Source: Sina Technology)

　

On August 10th, in response to recent rumors that Tik Tok Platform and some head anchors signed hundreds of millions of gambling agreements, the relevant person in charge of Tik Tok E-commerce said that this was false news and there was no similar gambling agreement. E-commerce in Tik Tok encourages merchants and talents to obtain platform traffic by supplying good goods, displaying good content and providing good services. Earlier, there were rumors that the gambling agreement of this year’s super-head anchor was driven by both the platform and the brand. (Source: Netease Technology)

　

On August 10th, at the 2022 World 5G Conference, Liu Liehong, the chairman of China Unicom, said that China operators provided cost-effective services, while the traffic broke out, the traffic revenue only increased by 0.7%, the one-month package was cheaper than take-away food, the average tariff was half that of foreign countries, and the ARPU value (average income per user) was equivalent to 18% of that of the United States, so it was impossible to significantly decrease against the law. (Source: Tiger Sniffing APP)

　

Recently, Lenovo Group began to intensively recruit automotive R&D talents. Open positions include autopilot engineering director, in-vehicle infotainment system director, senior hardware/software manager, etc. In addition, LR VC Lab related positions are also opened. This is considered by the outside world that Lenovo may participate in building a car.

In this regard, Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, responded at the performance meeting that Lenovo has no plan to build a car, and the recruiter is doing forward-looking research. (Source: Beijing News)

　

On August 10th, the black cat complaint platform showed that there were more than 1,000 complaints about the stranger social App "Heart Encounter" owned by Hong Kong stock listed company "Cloud Music", which mainly involved false propaganda, induced consumption, unreasonable titles and pornography.

The black cat complained that netizens reported that when they met a beautiful woman as bait, they took the charge of words, voices, videos and other related levels, recharged gold coins in cash, and then deducted them by chatting. They would always charge without paying attention to each other, and some information in the App was pornographic. Some netizens said that the girlfriend on the platform has been tempting users to communicate in depth, constantly charging money to brush intimacy, saying that WeChat or telephone can be displayed. As a result, the number has been blocked and the girlfriend cannot be contacted. (Source: AI Finance and Economics)

On the morning of August 10th, Yu Bing, senior vice president of Aauto Quicker and head of StreamLake, revealed that Aauto Quicker focused on AI and audio and video services, and developed a cloud-based intelligent video processing SoC chip SL200 and its solution for live video on demand applications. At present, it has been successfully streamed and is undergoing online internal testing.

Yu Bing pointed out that the launch of the chip will help to further enhance the technical strength of the industry and help customers and enterprises to bring higher profits with lower computing costs. According to its introduction, the chip is still in the small-scale testing stage, and it will take some time for mass production. (source: cnBeta)

　

In 2020, Amazon launched a palm scanning payment technology called Amazon One, which allows users to pay by directly scanning their palms. This technology has been applied in some stores in the United States before. Now, according to The Verge, Amazon is expanding this technology to 65 whole foods supermarkets in California, which is Amazon’s largest promotion to date.

This technology is called Amazon One. Customers can use Amazon One self-service machine to take photos and add palm information in stores that support this technology, and also need to provide their mobile phone number and debit card (credit card). After the setting is completed, you can take the items to the front desk to check out. You don’t need to take out your wallet or mobile phone. You just need to hover your palm over the device to complete the payment and leave. (Source: IT House)

On August 10th, at 12: 50 today, China successfully launched 16 satellites, including Jilin No.1 high-scoring 03D09 star and YunYao No.1 04-08 star, at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. These 16 satellites are mainly used in commercial remote sensing, atmospheric imaging and other fields.

According to CCTV, China launched 36 commercial satellites in 2021, and more than 50 commercial satellites will be launched this year. With the increasing demand for commercial satellites, the production and launch of commercial satellites in China are also accelerating. China’s commercial aerospace has formed the development of the whole industrial chain from research and development to launch, operation and application.

Jia Hongguang, deputy general manager of Changguang Satellite, said: At present, its orders mainly come from universities, enterprises and local governments in China, among which there is a great demand in the field of natural resource monitoring, and 60 customized orders for satellites are being implemented.

He believes that by the end of 2023, the total number of satellites will reach 140, and it will exceed 300 by the end of the 14 th Five-Year Plan. (Source: IT House)

　　Judging from various consumption data, urban vitality is rapidly recovering.

　　With the orderly resumption of work and production, the consumption fever soared during the May Day holiday.

　　From the data of local life and online shopping, consumer confidence is gradually picking up, and all walks of life are also welcoming recovery.

　　The consumption of catering, beauty and entertainment has warmed up in an all-round way.

　　According to the data of Meituan Research Institute, as of May 4, the recovery rate of consumption in the national life service industry has reached 91.5%, which is greatly improved compared with 75.9% on April 30.

　　The data shows that Shenzhen’s consumption heat surpassed all cities in China on May 1 this year, ranking first in the consumption heat city, while Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. Ranked second to fourth respectively. According to the search data, in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, hot pot, barbecue/barbecue, crayfish and other keywords sit firmly in the top five search volumes in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Nationally, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Xi ‘an, Beijing and Chengdu have become the cities with the largest number of food and beverage orders.

　　At the same time, the "night economy" (the service-oriented economic activities that took place from 18: 00 that day to 2: 00 the next morning) that had been stagnant for several months due to the epidemic is rapidly recovering.

　　From the perspective of food and beverage consumption, during the period from 21: 00 pm to 2: 00 am from May 1 to May 3, barbecue is the most popular takeaway at night, and users in Guangzhou, Shenyang, Beijing and Wuhan prefer barbecue when ordering. Wuhan people ate 220,000 kebabs in three nights, while Beijingers fought even harder, eating 330,000 kebabs. Consumers in Shanghai, Changsha and Xi ‘an prefer crayfish. Consumers in Shanghai ate 240,000 crayfish in three nights. Judging from the growth rate of orders, the top ones are crayfish, milk tea and hot pot.

　　In addition to catering, fitness, pedicure and other activities have once again returned to staying up late. According to the data of Meituan, the fitness center and massage pedicure led the growth and recovery of offline stores. The night consumption growth rate of fitness center was 40.30%, and the massage and pedicure stores doubled, increasing by 105.22%.

　　Beauty and entertainment consumption has gradually returned to normal. During the period from April 29th to May 3rd, the order volume of beauty projects such as hair removal, manicure, SPA, skin management and acne on Meituan platform increased rapidly. Compared with March 30th to April 3rd, the growth rate of orders for hair removal projects reached 110.31%, and the growth rate of orders for manicure projects reached 106.50%, both of which doubled.

　　According to the data of Meituan’s platform, during the May Day period, the order volume of secret rooms increased by 536.63% compared with the same period of last month, and the order volume of bashing increased by 320.81% compared with the same period of last month.

　　The data shows that Shanghai’s beauty consumption and leisure and entertainment consumption rank first in the country, making it the most beautiful and fun city in the country.

　　The number of express parcels reached a new high.

　　In addition to catering and entertainment consumption, online shopping data during the May Day period also reached a new high.

　　According to the data released by Jingdong Logistics on May 6, the overall express delivery volume during the May Day holiday increased by nearly 70% compared with the same period of last year (May 1-5), nearly twice the growth rate of the industry; The more in low-tier cities, the more obvious the growth of express orders, with orders in 6-tier cities nearly doubling.

　　During the May 1 ST period, the volume of express delivery in Beijing increased by nearly 60% year-on-year, and that in Chengdu and Xi ‘an increased by nearly 70%. In this regard, Jingdong Logistics said that on the eve of May 1 ST, the emergency response level of public health emergencies in Beijing was lowered, and the courier brother was allowed to use the Jiankang code to register and enter the community, and the number of home delivery orders during the holidays increased to a certain extent.

　　After the unsealing in Wuhan, the number of express delivery orders also increased rapidly. According to the data of Jingdong Logistics, the volume of express delivery in Wuhan increased by 80% during the May Day period. According to the data of JD.COM, before Wuhan was unsealed on April 8, the express delivery volume of Jingdong Logistics had been restored to the same period of last year, and "ordering before going to bed and waking up to receive goods" had been normalized.

　　From the Spring Festival to Qingming and then to May Day, online consumption in the three major holidays has been in a growing trend, which is the main engine of consumer recovery.

　　Double 11 just closed. On November 15th, Ali (HK09988, share price of HK$ 87.20, market value of HK$ 1.67 trillion) handed over the report card of the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 (the quarter ending September 30th, 2024).

　　The financial report shows that in this quarter, Ali’s income was 236.503 billion yuan, up 5% year-on-year, and the net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders was 43.874 billion yuan.

　　In the e-commerce business that has attracted much attention, in this quarter, the growth of GMV on Amoy Antenna was driven by the double-digit year-on-year growth of order volume, which was mainly driven by the increase of purchase frequency and partly offset by the decrease of average order amount.

　　In addition, Ali also mentioned the achievements of this year’s "double 11". During this year’s "double 11", Taobao Tmall GMV achieved strong growth, and the number of buyers reached a record high.

　　For this financial report, Wu Yongming, CEO of Ali Group, said that this quarter, Taotian business continued to invest in user experience and enrich product supply to better serve consumers. He said that he has more confidence in the prospect of core business than in the past, and will continue to invest to support long-term growth. The operating efficiency of other businesses continues to improve, and most businesses continue to improve profitability or reduce losses.

　　It is worth mentioning that in this quarter alone, Ali has made a lot of moves in the e-commerce business. Since September 1st this year, Taotian began to charge the basic software service fee based on GMV for transactions on the platform. In July, Taobao announced the optimization of the "refund only" strategy. In addition, this quarter, Taotian also cancelled and refunded the annual fee of merchants, and improved the operating efficiency of merchants through "all-site promotion". This series of actions may indicate that Taotian has a new strategic direction in e-commerce business.

　　It is worth mentioning that this quarter’s financial report shows that Alibaba continued to buy back shares, and this quarter invested 4.1 billion US dollars to buy back 414 million common shares, and the outstanding shares further decreased by 2.1% compared with the end of June.

　　Increase investment in e-commerce business: have high expectations for the growth of Taotian users.

　　As far as this quarter is concerned, Ali is increasing investment in domestic and overseas e-commerce business and has made many layout actions.

　　As far as Taotian Group is concerned, the financial report mentioned that this quarter, Taotian increased investment in strategic measures such as goods with competitive prices, customer service, membership system rights and technologies, aiming at improving the user experience. These measures have brought higher purchase frequency and better feedback on the overall shopping experience than the same period last year.

　　At the analyst conference call that night, Ali executives stated in detail that for Taobao Tmall platform, the current strategy is to increase investment in the whole user experience and business side while improving profitability. "In terms of investment, there will be many ways. First, we will broaden the supply advantages, such as price power, new products and brands with competitive advantages, and we will also provide users with a better user experience."

　　He also mentioned that he will continue to invest in the technology platform, especially in the computing power investment of e-commerce. There are many AI-related products under development, and these AI-related products will need to use relatively strong AI computing power.

　　In addition, Ali further mentioned the value of 88VIP in the financial report. According to him, 88VIP members are the consumer groups with the highest purchasing power, and their number continued to increase by double digits year-on-year this quarter, reaching 46 million.

　　Ali mentioned that high-end consumers are loyal customers who can increase the frequency of purchase and promote the growth of GMV. Therefore, it is committed to continuously increasing the number of 88VIP members by enhancing the investment in membership rights and services.

　　It is worth mentioning that in September, Taobao announced that it would gradually open WeChat payment to all Taobao Tmall merchants after September 12.

　　In this regard, in the analyst conference call, Ali executives said that after accessing WeChat payment, they have high expectations for user growth and will make relatively medium-and long-term investment in user growth and retention. "The future is a relatively large investment direction." He said that Taotian is still in the investment period at this stage, and will continue to pay attention to investment efficiency at this stage, and at the same time make better and greater investments by improving CMR.

　　It is worth mentioning that, in this quarter, Taotiantian is trying to better balance the relationship with merchants, regardless of the direction of collecting basic software service fees based on GMV, loosening the "refund only" and investing, and has made a lot of efforts to improve the experience of merchants on the platform. In this year’s "double 11", Taotian is no longer blindly "rolling in low prices", and its attention to middle and high-end consumers such as 88VIP is also rising, which shows that it is competing with Pinduoduo’s low-price route in a dislocation way.

　　In this conference call, Ali executives mentioned: "I think this year is a turning point. For brand owners, they will really choose a platform that can bring them more sales, rather than simply putting in a growth. Under this circumstance, Taobao Tmall’s advantage in obtaining brand budgets will expand in the future. "

　　According to the financial report, the customer management revenue of China retail business of Taotian Group increased by 2% year-on-year, mainly due to the growth of online GMV.

　　In the overseas e-commerce business, Ali’s investment is still not small. In this quarter, the revenue of Ali International Digital Business Group increased by 29% year-on-year, and the economic benefit of AliExpress Choice business unit improved month-on-month.

　　However, in this quarter, the adjusted EBITA (profit before interest, tax and amortization) of the international digital business group was a loss of RMB 2.905 billion, compared with a loss of RMB 384 million in the same period of 2023, which was mainly due to the increase in investment in AliExpress and Trendyol’s cross-border business, partly offset by the significant reduction in operating losses caused by the improvement of Lazada’s liquidity rate and operational efficiency.

　　Affected by cross-border business, rookie revenue increased by 8% year-on-year to 24.647 billion yuan this quarter, mainly due to the growth of cross-border logistics service revenue.

　　While increasing investment in e-commerce business, the financial report shows that in this quarter, the losses of local life group and big entertainment group both narrowed year-on-year, and the business operation efficiency was optimized in a planned and rhythmic manner. At the same time, hungry, high-tech orders increased, and business scale increased.

　　Will e-commerce turn from "low price war" to "AI war"?

　　In this quarter’s financial report, the presence of AI is still not low.

　　Ali’s financial report mentioned that focusing on the integrated development of "Cloud +AI", Alibaba Cloud’s commercial income growth accelerated, and its quarterly income increased by 7% year-on-year. It is worth noting that it continues to be driven by the double-digit growth of public clouds, and the revenue of AI-related products has achieved three-digit year-on-year growth for five consecutive quarters; Adjusted EBITA increased by 89% year-on-year.

　　On the conference call, Ali executives even said: "We believe that the prelude of the AI ? ? era has only started at a high level, and it is still in the early stage of API reform. The imagination of AI for the future will not be limited to mobile phone screens, but will reshape the digital world, which will eventually affect or even change all walks of life in the physical world."

　　According to the reporter’s understanding, Ali’s "AI-driven" strategy has been launched for one year, and many businesses under Ali have launched AI. In the e-commerce business alone, many products have been launched.

　　When Ali released this financial report, he mentioned that Taobao launched AI products as "business stewards" for all businesses. This year, "double 11" has served 4 million businesses and helped small and medium-sized businesses generate more than 100 million products and marketing materials. Ali also mentioned that the penetration rate of the AI-driven marketing tool "all-site promotion" has steadily increased, helping businesses to improve marketing efficiency and further improve the level of commercialization in a rhythm.

　　In addition, on October 28th, Ali International Station comprehensively upgraded AI foreign trade products. According to the data provided by Ali International Station, at present, more than 60,000 small and medium-sized enterprises around the world are using the AI products of Ali International Station, and the scale of products released by AI has reached 7 million. Recently, Ali International also launched Accio, the world’s first AI Search engine in B2B field, which is open to global businesses and officially entered the AI Search circuit.

　　According to reports, users can use "vernacular" to ask about AI and put forward demands. Accio will take the initiative to sort out and understand what users really want through many rounds of dialogues, and disassemble demands, investigate the market and give suggestions through professional B2B industry knowledge, so as to screen suppliers and recommend goods more accurately, and provide one-stop intelligent procurement services like a truly professional agent.

　　In fact, many platforms have launched AI search products recently. Will the emergence of AI products bring new changes to the e-commerce world?

　　Pan Helin, a member of the Information and Communication Economy Expert Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told the national business daily that AI search has two functions, one is to help users find answers to some difficult questions or search links. Another function is to guide the links that Ali and Tik Tok want users to see in the optional search results. Therefore, this can bring traffic to e-commerce and content platforms, which is a new idea for e-commerce development at present.

　　In the eyes of the industry, the changes that AI can bring to the e-commerce world are indeed not only as simple as reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Zhuang Shuai, the founder of Bailian Consulting, told national business daily that AI is reshaping e-commerce. In his view, AI can not only (enhance) the attractiveness of merchants, but also bring about changes in profit model (service income can be greatly improved), and improve the efficiency of new product research and development, improve differentiated supply and reduce price competition.

　　It is worth mentioning that while successively launching AI products and rushing to invest in AI startups, there has even been a war of grabbing people between Internet platforms.

　　On November 13th, according to the science and technology innovation board Journal, it was reported that Zhou Chang, a former employee of ali tong Yida Model, had violated the non-competition agreement, and Ali had sued and submitted an application for labor dispute arbitration. After Zhou Chang left his post in July this year, some media reported that Zhou Chang had joined Byte in August to work on AI big model. In the long run, after the low-price war, the AI ? ? war between major Internet will also affect the ranking of major e-commerce platforms in the e-commerce world.

　　For Ali, the whole fiscal year of 2025 is over half, and the highlight "double 11" has also ended. Under the leadership of the management, Taotian has made a shift in business strategy and further interconnection, but on the whole, Ali is still increasing investment in e-commerce business, and it is still inconclusive how many positive effects these new measures can bring to Taotian, which was originally trapped in stock competition. However, judging from the external expression of the management, after a short period of reflection, Ali’s confidence in the future has returned.

What do you know about the custom of Dragon Boat Festival?

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Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China.

Celebrate every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

The origins and customs are rich and varied.

Has profound cultural connotation.

The origin of Duanwu Festival

It is said that the custom of eating zongzi and racing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great poet in Chinese history. It is precisely because of this that the Dragon Boat Festival was named "Poet’s Day" after the founding of New China.

In the history of our country, the saying that the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan has a history of more than 1500 years. According to legend, after Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, the local people immediately rowed for rescue and went all the way to Dongting Lake, but Qu Yuan’s body was never seen. At that time, it was rainy, and the boats on the lake gathered together beside the pavilion on the shore. When people learned that it was to salvage the virtuous minister Dr. Qu, they went out in the rain again and rushed into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to mourn, people rowed on rivers, and then it gradually developed into a dragon boat race. The people were afraid that the fish in the river would eat his body, so they went home to bring rice balls and throw them into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from ruining Qu Yuan’s body. Later, it became the custom to eat zongzi.

The custom of Duanwu Festival

dragon boat race

Dragon boat race is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, it originated in ancient times, because Chu people could not bear to part with Qu Yuan, a worthy minister, and died in the river, many people rowed to catch up and save. They scrambled to catch up with each other until Dongting Lake disappeared. After that, I will row a dragon boat on May 5th every year to commemorate it. People use dragon boats to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan’s body. The habit of racing is prevalent in Wu, Yue and Chu.

Dragon boat race. Mai Mai Ti Sa Wu Ti photo

eat Zongzi

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of Chinese residents. Zongzi, also known as "horn millet" and "tube zongzi". It has a long history and various patterns. On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, families eat zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan. Generally, they wrap zongzi the day before, cook them at night and eat them in the morning. Dumplings are mainly made of tender reed leaves which are abundant along the river pond, and bamboo leaves are also useful in some areas, collectively called zongye. The traditional form of zongzi is triangle, which is generally named after the inner pulp. The glutinous rice dumplings are called rice dumplings, the ones mixed with adzuki beans are called adzuki dumplings, and the ones mixed with red dates are called jujube dumplings, which are collectively called glutinous rice dumplings. Jujube dumplings are homophonic for "early middle school", so they are eaten the most, and children who intend to study can win the championship early. In the past, scholars used to eat jujube dumplings in the morning on the day of taking the imperial examination. Up to now, parents have to make jujube dumplings for candidates on the morning of the entrance examination day for middle schools and universities, wishing them a good school.

Tie colorful ropes and wear sachets.

Five-color lines are mainly composed of five colors: green, red, white, black and yellow. These five colors are called auspicious colors, and they can be worn on the Dragon Boat Festival to keep you safe. Later, the custom of tying colorful ropes gradually evolved into hanging sachets, and children wore sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it meant to ward off evil spirits and drive away plague (in ancient times, people thought that they were sick because of monsters and ghosts), but it was actually used to decorate the inner head. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped with silk cloth, which is full of fragrance, and then tied with five-color silk threads to form a rope, making a string in various shapes, all kinds of shapes, small and lovely. In some southern cities of China, young men and women also use sachets to express their deep love.

Hanging wormwood and calamus

A folk proverb says, "Willows are inserted in Qingming Festival, and Ai is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Every household should sweep the courtyard and put calamus and moxa sticks in the lintel and hang them in the hall. Acorus calamus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Liuhua, Bulbus Allii and Dragon Boat Flower are made into human or tiger shapes, which are called Ai Ren and Ai Hu. It is made into garlands and ornaments, which are beautiful and fragrant, and women compete to wear them to drive away evil. Dragon Boat Festival is also a "health festival" handed down from ancient times. On this day, people sweep the courtyard, hang mugwort, hang calamus, sprinkle realgar water, drink realgar wine, stir up turbidity, remove rot, sterilize and prevent diseases. They are considered to have the effect of exorcising evil spirits and protecting the health and safety of family members.

Point realgar wine

Realgar is also a kind of medicinal material, which is said to kill all kinds of poisons. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Shaanxi people will soak realgar in wine and put realgar wine on children’s ears, nose, forehead, wrists and ankles. It is said that this practice can keep mosquitoes, snakes, scorpions, centipedes, geckos and spiders off their bodies.

Eat salted duck eggs

Eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival is a big custom. As the saying goes, "You have to eat salted egg zongzi to send the chill." After the Dragon Boat Festival, it indicates that the hot summer is coming, and the activities of animals and plants have entered a vigorous stage. In addition, the humid climate and the active diseases, pests and bacteria are easy to cause many diseases. Eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival can detoxify and help keep healthy.

The contents of the Dragon Boat Festival customs are rich and varied, including polo, grass fighting, painting, flying kites, and there are some small differences in details because of different regional cultures throughout the country.

Do you understand these customs of the Dragon Boat Festival?

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　　Guizhou University conscientiously studies and implements the important exposition of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on education and science and technology, adheres to the "four orientations" and practices the "four services", deepens the reform of scientific research organization mode, stimulates the innovation enthusiasm of scientific researchers, strives to create a new situation of high-quality development of scientific research, and helps to achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance.

　　Optimize the management system.The first is to improve the scientific research management system. Planning a package of scientific research management system reform, revising and promulgating more than 10 items such as "Management Measures for Vertical Scientific Research of Natural Sciences in Guizhou University (Revised)" and "Measures for Cultivating Symbolic Scientific Research Achievements of Natural Sciences in Guizhou University (Trial)", and constantly improving the institutional guarantee for scientific research layout, organization promotion and coordinated management. Set up a leading group for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements with the secretary and the principal as the team leader and the heads of relevant functional departments as members to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements as a whole. The second is to improve the supervision and management process. Improve the working rules of the academic Committee of the school, hold regular academic Committee meetings, dynamically adjust members, and effectively improve the effectiveness of academic governance and supervision. The scientific research work will be included in the school’s annual work points and the annual "Ten Practical Things", and the school’s supervision office will be responsible for supervising and compacting the main responsibility of scientific research work. The third is to improve the evaluation methods. Formulate the Assessment Method for Improving the Innovation Ability of Scientific Research Platform of Guizhou University (Trial) and the Graded and Classified Integral Standard for the Performance Assessment of Academic Contribution of Scientific Research of Guizhou University (Trial), explore the classified evaluation and assessment methods oriented to quality and contribution, and stimulate the vitality of scientific researchers at all levels and categories. Strengthen the application of assessment results, reasonably link the effectiveness of scientific research with professional title evaluation, post appointment, talent evaluation and performance assessment, and enhance teachers’ enthusiasm and initiative.

　　Focus on scientific research and innovation.First, take the national platform as the fulcrum to serve the national and regional major strategies. Give full play to the role of the National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides and the National Key Laboratory of Public Big Data jointly established by the province and the Ministry, anchor the scientific and technological frontiers such as the integration, open sharing and security of green pesticides, food security and public big data, actively undertake major national projects, develop new technologies based on biological prevention and control, and crack key technologies such as data fusion, data analysis and intelligent analysis. Focusing on the strategy of "rich minerals and refined mining" in Guizhou Province, we took the lead in setting up an expert team of "manganese", "phosphorus" and "barite-fluorite", with academicians as the chief scientists of the team and national leading talents as the chief scientists of sub-teams, and organized 20 key transformation projects involving the mining and processing of major minerals such as coal, phosphorus, manganese and aluminum, which strongly supported the development of regional industries. The second is to innovate the system and mechanism of school-enterprise cooperation with strategic demand as the traction. We will implement the plan of science and technology commissioners, send 56 doctoral experts to eight industrial fields, such as Maotai-flavor liquor and new energy materials, and 76 small and medium-sized enterprises as vice presidents of industrial technology innovation, build a service model chain of "talent team-leading industries-key production areas-leading enterprises-key scientific and technological projects" for the whole industry, and get through the difficulties of school-enterprise cooperation. Implement the "double tutor+two-stage" postgraduate training mode, encourage postgraduate students to choose key technical problems of enterprises as thesis topics, build a school-enterprise joint talent training mode featuring "ordering", and improve the fit between talent training and social needs. The third is to build a new scientific research organization model with high-quality development as the goal.Implement the cultivation plan of scientific research innovation team, create a new model of "team+",and encourage more than 50 young teachers who have joined in recent years and have strong academic potential to join 14 innovative talent teams such as high-performance polymer materials technology in Guizhou Province, so as to effectively revitalize scientific research resources. Focus on cutting-edge innovative research, create a new model of "discipline+",break down barriers between colleges and disciplines, and set up interdisciplinary research teams such as intelligent perception of crop diseases in mountainous areas of Guizhou Province and scientific and technological innovation talent teams for accurate use of pesticides to promote the integration and innovation of scientific research.

　　Strengthen the construction of talent team.The first is to increase the introduction of high-tech talents. Put forward the working goal of "national talents will achieve a breakthrough of 100 people in 2025", decompose the task of introducing national talents into key disciplines and related secondary units, regularly follow up the promotion of talent introduction in each unit every month, and strive to build a high-level and high-quality scientific research team. In the past two years, 32 national talents and nearly 200 excellent doctors have been introduced. The second is to open a green channel for high-level talents. In view of the fact that some of the leading talents to be introduced are nearly 60 years old, we will actively strive for policy support, and on the basis of strict quality and procedures, we will raise the enrollment age of leading talents who are in good health and have not yet gone through retirement procedures from 60 years old to 63 years old, thus successfully solving the upper age limit of leading talents. The third is to increase the cultivation of key talents. Invite experts from the National Natural Science Foundation to give special guidance and training to academic backbones in the aspects of project application writing and application, so as to enhance their ability to undertake national projects and jointly tackle key problems. Organize mobilization meetings for project declaration, lectures on scientific research integrity, lectures and guidance by well-known experts outside the school and other training activities for young researchers. For newly introduced and trained doctors, we will independently select topics in the field of natural science to carry out innovative basic research and applied basic research, give scientific research funding, and fully support the growth of new academic seedlings.

　　Do a good job in scientific research services.The first is to streamline the scientific research management process. Adhering to the principle of "let information and data run more and teachers run less errands", we will upgrade the school’s scientific research information system, build an integrated information platform integrating data collection and analysis, and realize information resources and data sharing. Optimize project management, examination and approval procedures and reimbursement procedures, continuously streamline work links, and reduce teachers’ transactional burden. The second is to equip with strong scientific research assistants. Each college and scientific research institution is equipped with a scientific research secretary to build a communication bridge between the school’s scientific research department and teachers to ensure that information is conveyed and tasks are implemented in the first time. According to the needs of scientific research work in the college, we employ scientific research assistants to assist the expert research group to promote patent application, data measurement, laboratory instrument management and maintenance, and let experts concentrate on scientific research. The third is to build a strong experimental platform. The Measures for the Administration of Full-time and Double-employed Personnel of the State Key Laboratory of Public Big Data jointly established by the Ministry of Provincial Affairs (for Trial Implementation) was issued, and a leading group for the reorganization of the State Key Laboratory of Public Big Data, headed by the secretary and the principal, was set up to focus on integrating resources and building a strong national laboratory. Regularly update large-scale scientific research instruments and equipment to enhance the accuracy and stability of experimental results and consolidate the basic guarantee for improving scientific research efficiency. In the past three years, 514 million yuan worth of new scientific research equipment has been added, and a high-quality full-time experimental team of 343 people has been equipped.

Today, a seven-seat commercial vehicle named Business RV has attracted the attention of many business travelers and travelers with its unique charm. The car not only combines fashion and cross-border elements in design, but also provides a luxurious experience in riding comfort, adding a different style to the journey.

Appearance of American muscle car

GMC Business Star Business RV follows the classic design of American RV, just like a robust gentleman. The rise of the roof not only makes the overall shape more straight, but also further strengthens its magnificent visual effect by the large surrounding design of the whole car. This unique appearance is unique among many commercial vehicles, which can attract people’s attention whether in the bustling city streets or in the broad suburban roads. In particular, the design of the front part highlights its sense of grandeur, and the strong American style not only shows domineering, but also is steady.

Shehua NAPA interior

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Shehua NAPA interior

Napa interior brings unparalleled luxury experience to the interior space with its excellent texture and exquisite craftsmanship. The finest Napa leather is selected, and every detail has been carefully designed and polished to ensure that every driver and passenger can feel the ultimate comfort and dignity. Whether it is the wrapping of the seat or the touch of the center console, it reflects the perfect combination of high-end materials and exquisite craftsmanship.

The interior of the car is decorated with Napa red tone, which complements the sporty carbon fiber high-gloss decorative parts and shows the luxury temperament. A large number of mahogany and leather materials are used to create a warm and classical internal atmosphere. The center console and instrument panel are wrapped in soft leather, and the selected materials are of high quality. The key design of the center console is simple and clear, the feel of keys and buttons is excellent, and the layout of air conditioning area is reasonable, providing passengers with a comfortable and convenient experience.

Reasonable seat layout

The seat layout of the whole car is 2+2+3, and the design is clear and reasonable. The passenger compartment is separated from the cockpit by a screen, which is equipped with a liftable high-definition TV and imported top-class BOSE audio, and there is a bar below. The two sides of the car are equipped with electric foldable hidden seats, and the middle part is equipped with an electric lifting table. This design not only enriches the diversity of the use scenes in the car, but also improves the adaptability of the interior space.

Powerful seat

The seat design is advanced, which integrates many functions such as ventilation, heating and massage. In addition, the seat is equipped with foot rest and leg rest, and supports 180 lying flat and one-button quick reset. During the journey, passengers can adjust the seat mode according to their personal needs, enjoy the comfortable experience like home, and effectively alleviate the fatigue caused by long-distance travel.

Business convenience facilities

Electric foldable business desk, support for 4G mobile network and 12V power interface have jointly created convenient and comfortable office conditions for business people. In the private space, there is also a car-mounted password safe to ensure the safety of valuables. Whether conducting business negotiation or processing documents, the facilities in the car can fully meet the demand, thus improving the efficiency of business travel.

Enrich entertainment equipment

The RV is equipped with complete entertainment facilities, which greatly enhances the travel experience. It includes a 32-inch ultra-thin 4G network LCD TV, Blu-ray DVD player, Meigu brand car compressor refrigerator, capsule coffee machine and 4G wireless WIFI equipment. The entertainment system in the back seat of the vehicle is rich in functions, providing passengers with a relaxed and pleasant travel life, and its entertainment performance is quite excellent.

GMC Agent No.1, launched in 2018, continues the consistent high-quality standards. The interior design not only shows the sense of luxury but also maintains the atmospheric style. Its internal space layout not only highlights the distinguished status, but also takes into account the practicality. For those consumers who are eager to get a high-quality travel experience, can GMC Business Star Business RV meet your expectations? Welcome to express your views in the comments section.

　　Domestic macro

　　The central bank conducted a 7-day reverse repurchase operation of 2 billion yuan today.

　　On April 18th, the central bank conducted a 7-day reverse repurchase operation of 2 billion yuan today, and the winning bid rate was 1.8%, which was the same as before. () iFinD data shows that there are 2 billion yuan of 7-day reverse repurchase due today, so zero delivery and zero return were realized on the same day.

　　The central bank responds whether the real interest rate is too high: different industries and enterprises feel differently, so as to prevent the involution competition from intensifying due to the low interest rate.

　　Zou Lan, director of the Monetary Policy Department of the People’s Bank of China, said that the situation of prices and real interest rates still needs to be comprehensively judged. The current low price is structural and phased. From the structural situation of prices, CPI, PPI, average interest rate of loans, etc. are all average concepts. There are differences in loan interest rates of different industries and enterprises, and the fluctuation range of product prices is different, so the real interest rate is different. The central bank will continue to closely observe the situation of economic recovery and economic transformation. It should not only keep the nominal interest rate at a reasonable level, consolidate the trend of economic recovery, but also fully consider the needs of high-quality development, avoid cutting the kinetic energy of structural adjustment, and prevent low interest rates from intensifying involution competition and idling funds, which will further reduce prices and form a bad cycle with each other. (Securities Times)

　　Central Bank: In the first quarter, medium and long-term real estate loans increased by 672.7 billion yuan, and the growth rate rebounded.

　　The State Council Office held a press conference on the financial operation and foreign exchange receipts and payments in the first quarter of 2024. Zhang Wenhong, head of the Survey and Statistics Department of the People’s Bank of China, said that new loans in the first quarter were mainly invested in key areas such as manufacturing, infrastructure and service industries, and the growth rate of loans in the real estate industry also picked up. Among them, the growth rate of medium and long-term loans in the real estate industry has increased. At the end of March, the medium and long-term loans in the real estate industry increased by 4.9%, 0.6 percentage points higher than the end of last year, and the cumulative increase in the first quarter was 672.7 billion yuan, which was higher than the same period of last year. (澎湃)

　　The central bank talks about M2 exceeding 300 trillion yuan: it is not appropriate to make simple comparison in the same period, and the monitoring of fund idling will be strengthened.

　　According to the Securities Times, Zou Lan, director of the Monetary Policy Department of the People’s Bank of China, said at the press conference of the State Council Office that the current broad money (M2) exceeds 300 trillion yuan, which is a reflection of financial support for the development of the real economy in the past years. Generally speaking, the current stock currency is indeed not low. At present, China’s economic restructuring is accelerating, the economy is lighter, the credit demand is weaker than before, and the credit structure is optimized and upgraded. However, all parties have a process of understanding and adapting to this change, and some banks still have "scale plots" in internal assessment, which exceeds the effective financing needs of the real economy; Some enterprises rely on their dominant position to buy wealth management or lend money to other enterprises with low-cost loans. The main business does not make money, but finance becomes the main business, which is easy to form idling and capital precipitation, reducing the efficiency of capital use. Relevant departments will strengthen the monitoring of fund idling and improve the management assessment mechanism. In the future, with the economic transformation and upgrading, the effective financing demand will be restored, the social expectation will be improved, and the phenomenon of fund precipitation idling will also be alleviated. At present, the huge monetary aggregate growth may slow down, and the data will be disturbed, so it is not appropriate to make a simple comparison in the same period.

　　Central Bank Zhu Hexin: The central bank’s goal and determination to maintain the basic stability of the RMB exchange rate will not change.

　　Zhu Hexin, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China and director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said that since the beginning of this year, the market has repeatedly expected the shift of the Fed’s monetary policy, the turmoil in the international financial market has intensified, and the exchange rate fluctuations of some currencies have increased. Although the exchange rate of RMB against the US dollar has also fluctuated, it has appreciated against a basket of currencies on a stable basis. In the short term, the economy made a good start in the first quarter, and the positive factors increased, which was conducive to hedging external disturbance factors and supported the RMB exchange rate. The RMB exchange rate remained basically stable on both macro and micro levels. In the next step, the central bank will focus on me, give consideration to internal and external balance, and adhere to a managed floating exchange rate system based on market supply and demand with reference to a basket of currencies; Pay close attention to the changes in the foreign exchange market, continue to make comprehensive policies and stabilize expectations, resolutely correct procyclical behaviors, resolutely guard against the risk of exchange rate overshoot, and keep the RMB exchange rate basically stable at a balanced level. (Securities Times)

　　Zhang Wenhong, the central bank: Although the scale of new social financing in the first quarter has declined year-on-year, it is still at a high level in history.

　　According to the Securities Times, on April 18th, Zhang Wenhong, head of the Survey and Statistics Department of the People’s Bank of China, said at the press conference of the State Council Office that the growth rate of social financing scale in the first quarter basically matched the expected targets of economic growth and price level, especially on the basis of last year’s high base, the growth rate of social financing of 8.7% was actually not low. Since the beginning of this year, the People’s Bank of China has paid more attention to guiding the balanced growth of financial institutions. Although the scale of new social financing in the first quarter has dropped year-on-year, it is still at a high level in history.

　　Central Bank: Promote the further marketization of deposit and loan interest rates, and stabilize the debt cost and net interest margin of banks.

　　The central bank issued a document in the People’s Daily, saying that the internal and external balance should be taken into account, and the prices of interest rates and exchange rates should be well coordinated. In terms of interest rates, it is necessary to improve the formation, regulation and transmission mechanism of market-oriented interest rates, promote the further marketization of deposit and loan interest rates, stabilize bank debt costs and net interest margins, and improve the sustainability of financial institutions supporting the real economy. On the exchange rate, we should insist that the RMB exchange rate is mainly determined by the market, and at the same time resolutely correct the procyclical behavior, prevent the risk of exchange rate overshoot, prevent the formation of unilateral consensus expectations and self-strengthen, and keep the RMB exchange rate level basically stable.

　　Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the layout of the industrial chain around innovation chain’s low-altitude economic development and accelerate the technical research and model innovation of low-altitude Zhilian.

　　Shan Zhongde, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that we should make full use of enabling technologies such as the new generation of information and communication technologies, accelerate the technological research and model innovation of low-altitude Zhilian, and provide solid support for building a safe and efficient low-altitude operation system in the future. Accelerate the establishment of an industrial standard system that runs through the whole life cycle of R&D, design, manufacturing, test verification and operation support of low-altitude equipment, and jointly promote the construction of a third-party testing and certification system with relevant departments.

　　Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the research and development of 6G and 10 Gigabit optical networks and accelerate the research and development of big data and artificial intelligence.

　　According to China Net, Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will further consolidate and enhance the competitive advantage and leading position of the information and communication industry around the primary task of high-quality development. The first is to tamp the foundation. We still have to lay a solid foundation, accelerate the implementation of policies related to large-scale equipment renewal, and promote the optimization and upgrading of information infrastructure. Promote the coordinated development of computing infrastructure and accelerate the formation of a national integrated computing system. The second is to grasp innovation. We believe that innovation is fundamental, promoting the integration of 5G with big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other technologies and accelerating the evolution of 5G. As we all know, 5G is now evolving to 5GA or 5.5G, accelerating the research and development of 6G and 10G optical networks. The third is strong application. Accelerate the development and application of big data and artificial intelligence, carry out the "artificial intelligence+"action, and continue to accelerate the large-scale application of industrial Internet. The fourth is excellent supervision. Accelerate the introduction of innovative information and communication industry management and optimize the business environment, continue to create a first-class business environment, and better serve the market players. The fifth is to ensure safety. Strengthen the construction of technical support capacity, improve the management level of network and data security in the industry, and promote the better innovation and development of the network and data security industry.

　　Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Appropriately advance the layout of information infrastructure such as 5G, computing power and mobile Internet of Things.

　　According to China. com, Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that information infrastructure such as 5G, computing power and mobile Internet of Things should be laid out in advance, the construction of industrial Internet platform should be increased, the innovation and development of industrial Internet should be accelerated, and the intelligent manufacturing standard system should be improved. In particular, it is necessary to strengthen the evaluation work, with the goal of building a number of industrial Internet platforms with industry and regional influence by 2025. We are just promoting the large-scale industrial equipment renewal this year. We also seize this opportunity to systematically promote the exploration of intelligent manufacturing applications, scientific and technological research, infrastructure construction, etc., and vigorously promote the digital, networked and intelligent development of manufacturing, providing strong support for the construction of a manufacturing power.

　　Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Promote the standardization and interconnection of public computing power and actively promote the construction of artificial intelligence computing architecture and software ecology

　　According to China. com, Shan Zhongde, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in the next step, we will continue to make efforts to build a national integrated computing system from three aspects. First, coordinate computing resources and improve utilization efficiency. Optimize the layout of computing infrastructure, deepen the overall monitoring of computing infrastructure, and guide the coordinated development of computing power between the east and the west. Promote basic telecommunications enterprises to continuously improve the direct network of computing clusters to major cities, and enhance the access capacity of computing networks. Promote the standardization and interconnection of public computing power and improve the efficiency of computing power utilization. The second is to strengthen the guidance of intellectual calculation and optimize the calculation structure. Actively promote the construction of artificial intelligence computing architecture and software ecology, and accelerate the breakthrough of a number of landmark technology products and solutions. Encourage all parties to explore new modes of intelligent computing center construction and operation, including multi-party collaboration mechanism, to better use intelligent computing power. The third is to stimulate the demand for computing power and improve computing power services. Study and establish a public computing service supervision and management system, organize computing service scheduling and operation safety monitoring and evaluation, cultivate a group of competitive computing service enterprises, create a national unified computing service market, continuously optimize computing network products and services, reduce the computing cost of small and medium-sized enterprises, and improve the ease of use of computing power.

　　The National Bureau of Statistics released the unemployment rate data by age group in March.

　　The National Bureau of Statistics released the unemployment rate data by age group in March on April 18th. In March, the unemployment rate of the 25-29-year-old labor force excluding students in cities and towns nationwide was 7.2%, up 0.8 percentage points from the previous month (6.4% in February). In terms of other age groups, the unemployment rate of the 16-24-year-old labor force excluding students in cities and towns nationwide was 15.3%, which was the same as last month. The unemployment rate of the 30-59-year-old labor force excluding students in cities and towns nationwide was 4.1%, down 0.1 percentage point from last month.

　　Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Require the US to immediately stop its protectionist measures against China.

　　On April 18th, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian held a regular press conference. A reporter asked questions about the remarks made by US President Biden in his speech yesterday. As a matter of principle, Lin Jian said, we have always asked the US to earnestly respect the principle of fair competition, abide by WTO rules and immediately stop its protectionist measures against China. China will take all necessary measures to safeguard its legitimate rights. Regarding the remarks you mentioned, I would like to ask the US, are these remarks about China or the US itself? (CCTV News)

　　Foreign Ministry: China welcomes US Secretary of State Blinken’s recent visit to China.

　　On April 18th, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian held a regular press conference. Bloomberg reporter asked, it is reported that US Secretary of State Blinken will visit China. Can the spokesman confirm the time of Blinken’s visit to China and China’s expectation for the visit? "China welcomes Secretary of State Blinken’s recent visit to China. At present, I have no more information to provide. " Lin Jian said. (Beijing Daily)

　　Two departments: promoting digital textile construction and cultivating new quality productivity of textile industry

　　The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice on promoting the upgrading of textile and clothing in 2024. Among them, it is mentioned that promoting the construction of digital textiles and cultivating new quality productivity in the textile industry. Promote the renovation of old equipment, improve the digital level of enterprises, carry out the work of textile intelligent manufacturing into the park, and help enterprises upgrade intelligently. Promote the research and development of new materials, new technologies and new products, expand the application fields of end products, and consolidate and enhance the leading position of textile and garment industries. Organize advanced and applicable technology promotion, digital transformation, scientific and technological innovation, cost reduction and efficiency improvement, green development and other activities, strengthen exchanges and cooperation between enterprises and typical promotion, and form a demonstration and leading effect. Innovate textile and clothing consumption scenarios, develop new formats and new models such as live e-commerce, and realize () linkage.

　　Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Guide information technology facilities such as data centers and communication base stations to expand the proportion of green energy utilization.

　　According to China. com, Tao Qing, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Operation Monitoring Coordination Bureau, said that in the next step, we will further implement the deployment arrangement of the National New Industrialization Promotion Conference on comprehensively promoting industrial green development, and forge a number of green manufacturing benchmarks with forging new advantages in industrial green competition as the main line, focusing on three aspects. First, accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. We will implement support policies such as large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods, guide enterprises, parks and key industries to fully implement a new round of green and low-carbon technology transformation and upgrading, accelerate the optimization and adjustment of product structure, energy consumption structure and raw material structure and process reengineering of traditional industries, and enhance industrial competitiveness. The second is to promote the development of green, low-carbon and high starting point of emerging industries. Guide information technology facilities such as data centers and communication base stations to expand the proportion of green energy utilization. For example, accelerate the comprehensive utilization of new solid wastes such as waste power batteries, photovoltaic modules and fan blades. Focus on the needs of energy revolution and industrial transformation under the goal of "double carbon", and plan and lay out future industries such as hydrogen energy, energy storage, bio-manufacturing, carbon capture, utilization and storage. The third is to cultivate a new format of green integration of manufacturing industry. We will vigorously promote the deep integration of digitalization and greening, promote the deep integration of modern service industry and green manufacturing industry, promote the deep integration of green consumption demand and green product supply, and foster new formats and new kinetic energy.

　　Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Comprehensively strengthen the key core technology research of new information infrastructure construction system layout

　　According to China. com, Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in the next step, regarding the development of the Internet, we will focus on the following three aspects: First, we will persist in innovation and foster the development of new quality productivity. We will comprehensively strengthen the construction of new information infrastructure, tackle key core technologies of system layout, and promote the research and development and application of cutting-edge technologies such as 6G, next-generation Internet and quantum communication. The second is to adhere to the integration of numbers and facts and accelerate the new industrialization. Promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing, further promote the large-scale application of "5G+ Industrial Internet", and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system supported by advanced manufacturing. The third is to persist in reform and opening up and continuously optimize the business environment. Improve the policy system, promote the modernization of the industry supervision system and capacity, further promote the work of rectification, and continuously improve the quality of service. Further open the telecommunications market and stimulate the vitality of various market players.

　　Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In the first quarter, 56.43 million 5G mobile phones were shipped, accounting for 83.7% of the mobile phone shipments in the same period.

　　According to China. com, the State Council held a press conference to introduce the development of industry and informatization in the first quarter of 2024. Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in the first quarter, China’s telecom business revenue reached 443.7 billion yuan, up 4.5% year-on-year, and the overall growth remained steady, which laid a good start for the whole year. By the end of March, a total of 3.647 million 5G base stations had been built in China, and the penetration rate of 5G users exceeded 60%. There were 24.56 million ports with gigabit network service capacity, and the world’s first 400G all-optical inter-provincial backbone network link was officially commercialized. In addition, in the first quarter, China’s mobile phone shipments, especially 5G mobile phones, reached 56.43 million units, accounting for 83.7% of the mobile phone shipments in the same period.

　　Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the breakthrough of basic key technologies and products such as smart chips, large model algorithms and frameworks.

　　According to China. com, Tao Qing, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that we should accelerate the breakthrough of basic key technologies and products such as smart chips, large model algorithms and frameworks, accelerate the deployment of intelligent IOT terminals and industrial clouds, enhance the capacity of computing power supply and operation management for manufacturing, guide eco-enterprises to accelerate the creation of global competitive general large models, cultivate large industry models for manufacturing scenarios, build high-level industrial databases, and stimulate the value of industrial data elements.

　　The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized the sixth batch of "Little Giant" enterprises that specialize in specialty and novelty.

　　According to Gongxin Weibo, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued a notice to organize the cultivation of the sixth batch of "little giant" enterprises specializing in specialty and novelty. Provincial specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises can apply for the sixth batch of specialized and innovative "Little Giant" enterprises, and the competent departments of small and medium-sized enterprises in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities with separate plans and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps are responsible for organizing the initial nuclear recommendation of the sixth batch of specialized and innovative "Little Giant" enterprises. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will, in accordance with the requirements of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Gradient Cultivation of High-quality Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the review process, organize the review of recommended enterprises in various places and conduct spot checks, and finally form and issue the sixth batch of "Little Giant" enterprises with specialization and novelty. The review of the third batch of "little giant" enterprises specializing in special innovation was started at the same time.

　　National Medical Insurance Bureau: Adjust the column of "Centralized Procurement of Drugs and Consumables Organized by the State" on the official website of the National Medical Insurance Bureau and set up two new sub-columns.

　　The National Medical Insurance Bureau announced that in order to strengthen the overall coordination of local centralized procurement of drugs and consumables, and better provide centralized procurement information services throughout the country for pharmaceutical enterprises, medical institutions and the public, the original column of "Centralized Procurement of Drugs and Consumables Organized by the State" in official website of the National Medical Insurance Bureau was renamed as "Centralized Procurement of Drugs and Consumables", and two sub-columns of "Inter-provincial Alliance Procurement" and "Provincial Centralized Procurement" were added.

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　　Comments on A-shares: The Shanghai Composite Index rallied and closed up by 0.09%, and the non-ferrous metals and low-altitude economic sectors strengthened.

　　On April 18th, the three A-share indexes were mixed today. At the close, the Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.09%, the Shenzhen Component Index fell by 0.05%, the Growth Enterprise Market Index fell by 0.55%, and the Beizheng 50 Index fell by 0.01%. The turnover of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing was 955.2 billion yuan, including 949.2 billion yuan in Shanghai and Shenzhen, which was 30.8 billion yuan more than the previous day. More than 3,000 stocks in the two cities floated green, and the northbound funds sold 5.285 billion yuan. In terms of plate theme, low-altitude economy, white goods and small metal plates were among the top gainers; Oil and gas exploration and services, precious metals and power sectors were among the top losers. On the disk, the low-altitude economic sector was among the top gainers, with (), Traffic Control Technology, (), (), (), () and other stocks trading daily. Metal plate strengthened, (), (), (), () and () daily limit, big financial plate surged back, and CITIC Bank and () daily limit burst. The power sector was among the top losers, with (), () and Shennandian A among the top losers. In addition, the word () fell, and the company’s announcement failed to reach an agreement with some counterparties on the acquisition of 70% equity of Sichuan Huaying Jin Woo Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.

　　Comments on Hong Kong stocks: Hang Seng Index closed up 0.82% and Branch Index closed up 0.50%.

　　On April 18th, Hong Kong stocks closed, with the Hang Seng Index up 0.82% and the Shanghai Composite Index up 0.50%. Keep rose by over 12%, while Oriental Selection, China Ping An and Anta Sports rose by over 4%.

　　Huawei Pura70 series is on sale in official website, starting at 5499 yuan.

　　According to Huawei Mall official website, Huawei Pura 70 series is on sale, starting at 5499 yuan.

　　Suzhou: after obtaining eVTOL type certificate and production license, the maximum reward is 10 million yuan in stages.

　　According to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, on April 18th, Suzhou held a low-altitude economic development promotion conference. The reporter learned from the meeting that "Several Measures for Suzhou to Support High-quality Development of Low-altitude Economy (Trial)" has been issued recently. In terms of increasing the reward for airworthiness certification, the measures proposed that low-altitude economic enterprises with their headquarters or R&D, production and manufacturing bases in Suzhou will be given a one-time reward of up to 10 million yuan in stages after obtaining the type certificate and production licenses for manned electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) and unmanned aerial vehicles issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Each enterprise will be awarded no more than 30 million yuan each year, and the same model will only be awarded once.

　　Huawei Pura70 series is on sale today at a price of 5499.

　　According to Huawei terminal Weibo, Huawei launched the "HUAWEI Pura70 Series Pioneer Program" today. Pura70Ultra and Pura70Pro will be on sale at 10:08, with a price of 5499. On April 22nd, Huawei Pura70Pro+ and Huawei Pura70 went on sale.

　　Huawei Car BU actively contacted the outside world of the state-owned automobile group and speculated that the cooperation project of GAC was launched by GAC Chuanqi.

　　According to the interface news, on April 17 th, the photos of Huawei and GAC’s "secret meeting" were exposed. It is widely speculated that Guangzhou Automobile Company, Huawei’s cooperation project, landed in Guangzhou Automobile Chuanqi, and Guangzhou Automobile and Huawei are likely to reach a heavy cooperation, or the official announcement of the Beijing Auto Show, which will open next week.

　　Swift said that the proportion of RMB international payment climbed to a record high of 4.7% in March.

　　According to the interface news, the transaction data compiled by Swift shows that the share of RMB in international payment is increasing, while the share of Euro is declining. In March, the proportion of transactions involving RMB rose to 4.7%, the highest level since Swift established a new benchmark in July last year. Last month, the share of the euro fell below 22%, lower than the 24.4% when Swift introduced the new benchmark. According to Swift data, since November last year, the RMB has become the fourth largest trading currency in the world, surpassing the Japanese yen for the first time since 2022.

　　The brand-new Huawei MateBookXPro and other products were officially announced for sale, and Pura70 series was absent.

　　Huawei Terminal announced that the new Huawei MateBook X Pro, Huawei FreeBuds Lipstick 2 Lipstick Headphones, Huawei Smart Door Lock Plus and Huawei Wireless Mouse Star Flash Edition will be officially launched at 10:08 on April 18th. In the official announcement, Huawei did not mention the Pura 70 mobile phone series.

　　Is the employee involved in the "rat warehouse" being supervised and investigated? SDIC Securities: The conclusion of the on-site work of the regulatory agencies is not yet known.

　　According to The Paper, in response to the rumor that employees were involved in the "rat warehouse" being supervised and investigated, SDIC Securities responded to the reporter, "Recently, a regulatory agency has visited our company for on-site work. Our company has not yet mastered the specific work content and related conclusions, and there is no specific information that can be further provided." SDIC Securities said that the company attaches great importance to the protection of investors’ rights and interests and internal control management, strictly implements the requirements of various national laws and regulations and industry standards, actively cooperates with the relevant work of regulatory agencies, and strictly requires employees to abide by the management regulations of securities practitioners. Once violations of laws and regulations and damages to investors’ rights and interests are verified, they will not be tolerated, and they will be severely investigated and resolutely accountable.

　　The balance of securities lending dropped by 20% in one month, and the head broker revealed the new ideas of the two financing exhibition industries.

　　According to the Securities Daily, on April 18th, the implementation of the new T+1 regulation on securities lending has been completed for one month. Under the guidance of a series of recent policies, the market structure of margin financing and securities lending and the related business structure of securities firms have undergone corresponding adjustments and changes, and the balance of margin lending has dropped by 20%. It can be predicted that the development of the two financial services will become more and more standardized, and brokers are thinking deeply about the future development of their business, and some companies have formulated transformation strategies. Tian Lihui, dean of the Institute of Financial Development of Nankai University, said: "The decline in the balance of securities lending may affect the income of the two businesses of brokers, prompting brokers to optimize their existing business structure and seek other business growth points. In the future, it is expected that brokers will adjust the business structure of the two companies, focusing on services that match customer needs, such as providing more accurate and differentiated margin financing and securities lending programs; At the same time, the new regulations require brokers to take more prudent measures in risk management, prompting brokers to improve their risk management level and ensure the stable operation of their business.

　　Guangzhou launched the first low-altitude economic application demonstration island in China and started the infrastructure construction of flying cars.

　　According to the science and technology innovation board Daily reporter, the Panyu District People’s Government of Guangzhou signed the "Demonstration Framework Agreement for Promoting the Application of Flying Cars" with Tucki Huitian today, and jointly released the exploration list of the application scenarios of flying cars, announcing the start of the infrastructure construction of flying cars. The first batch of plans are to build four flying car landing points in the university town, supporting the infrastructure such as the landing, parking, energy replenishment and communication of flying cars, and carrying out "low altitude+commuting" and "low altitude+tourism" for the next step.

　　Tencent Conference released the first naked-eye 3D video conferencing solution in China.

　　Tencent Conference launched the first naked-eye 3D video conferencing solution in China, and made its debut in the prototype of video conferencing cabin developed in cooperation with eco-partners. According to reports, the technology is based on the light field acquisition and three-dimensional reconstruction technology jointly built by Tencent Conference and Shannon Lab, as well as the communication link at the bottom of Tencent Conference and the spatial audio technology of Teana Lab. The conference cabin can collect high-fidelity spatial audio and video for callers. (36Kr)

　　The dark side of the moon announced the release of Kimi upgrade: the network reply speed became faster, and the App supported voice input.

　　Dark Side of the Moon announced that the basic model of its Kimi intelligent assistant has been updated to version moonshot-v1-20240416, and Kimi has made more progress. The specific performance is as follows: in the networking mode, the first word return speed is improved, Kimi answers faster, and the waiting time is shorter; Logical reasoning ability has improved, among which Kimi’s mathematics and programming ability is stronger; The improvement of translation ability further improves the language accuracy in Chinese-English translation scenarios. In the web version, by clicking this small box button next to the dialog box, you can add your own common expressions, making your daily work easier and information calling easier. Users can randomly select the prompts we prepared for you, covering more than ten scenes such as PPT refinement, conference essentials, periodical review, small red book copy, short play script, career navigation, interview simulation, marketing planning and poetry creation. In addition, Kimi also supports voice input/broadcast functions, update to the latest version of the App, click on the small microphone in the lower left corner, and switch to voice input mode, so you can send voice to Kimi. In the web version, Kimi’s online search results also add a small digital footnote.

　　Zhaoyi innovation introduces GD32L235 series low-power MCU products.

　　() It was announced in Guanwei today that the GD32L235 series MCU was officially launched, which further enriched the selection and layout of low-power products. The new GD32L235 product series closely meets the demand of low-power market, and provides an ideal choice for industrial meters, smart door locks, portable devices, IoT, e-cigarettes, BMS and other application fields with better power efficiency, rich interface resources and higher cost performance. This series of MCU provides 16 models in 7 packages including LQFP64/48/32, QFN64/48/32 and WLCSP25, and has been officially mass-produced and supplied.

　　Personnel changes in the network of tourists: Dai Qi was appointed as the chief product officer and Wu Xi as the chief marketing officer, all of whom reported to CEO Chen Fang.

　　According to Cailian, the reporter learned from () today that the company has appointed Dai Qi as the Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Youzu, responsible for product planning and R&D project management of the self-developed system of Youzu; Wu Xi was appointed as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Youzu, responsible for the global distribution and user growth of the company’s products. Both of them report to CEO Chen Fang. It is understood that Dai Qi joined the Youzu in 2014, and has served as the chief planner of The Three Kingdoms of Teenagers, the producer of The Three Kingdoms of Teenagers 2, and the head of the juvenile studio. Wu Xi joined Youzu in 2017 and served as the head of channel business center, advertising center and global distribution platform.

　　Meituan announced that Wang Puzhong was the CEO of "Core Local Business".

　　According to 36Kr, following the announcement of business integration in February, on April 18th, Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan, released an internal email, announcing the progress of organizational iteration after integration. According to the content of the email, the previously integrated Meituan platform, the store-to-store business group, the home-to-home business group and the basic R&D platform will be merged into a "Core Local Commerce" section, and Wang Puzhong will be the CEO of the core local business. According to the email, Meituan will "no longer set up the store business group and the home business group, and the departments under the two business groups will be adjusted to directly belong to the’ core local business’".

　　Zhou Hongyi said that he would sell Maibakh for domestic intelligent networked cars.

　　At noon today, Zhou Hongyi, the founder and chairman of 360, updated his personal Weibo, saying, "I made a difficult decision. I want to sell Maibakh 600, which has been with me for 9 years." Later, he explained: "This is because I need to experience the feeling of a new generation of cars. The ancients said that they would’ cross the rubicon’, so I sold this car, gave up the luxury car in the traditional sense, and replaced it with a domestic new energy intelligent networked car. "

　　Zhou Hongyi fired at Li Yanhong: Some celebrities talk nonsense and don’t be fooled.

　　According to Sina Technology, on the morning of April 18th, in response to "Li Yanhong said that the open source model will be more and more backward", Zhou Hongyi replied in public, "I believe in the power of open source. Some celebrities on the Internet say that open source is better than closed source. Don’t be fooled by nonsense. Even the companies that said this have grown to this day with the help of open source power."

　　Recently, Li Yanhong, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, said at the Baidu AI Developers Conference that the model cut by dimensionality reduction is obviously better than the model directly adjusted by open source model under the same size; Under the same effect, the cost is obviously lower, "so the open source model will become more and more backward."

　　Zhou Hongyi retorted, "I have always believed in the power of open source. As for some celebrities on the Internet, don’t be fooled. He said that open source is better than closed source? Even the company that said this has grown to this day with the help of open source. "

　　Huawei Pura 70 sells stores with long queues in official website seconds.

　　According to the Securities Times, at 10: 08 a.m. on April 18th, Huawei officially announced that Huawei Pura 70 series was officially launched and joined Huawei’s "Pioneer Plan". In official website, it was put on the shelves at 10: 08, and in less than a minute, many models of Pura70 series appeared the words "temporarily not for sale" or "temporarily out of stock". At about 9: 40 am that day, the reporter saw in Huawei’s flagship store in a business district in Shenzhen that there was a long queue at the door of the store in advance.

　　International macro

　　1. The finance ministers of Japan, South Korea and the United States expressed serious concern about the recent sharp drop in the won and yen and agreed to hold close consultations in the foreign exchange market.

　　2. Shinji Kanda, deputy minister of Japan’s Ministry of Finance, said that G7 confirmed that excessive foreign exchange fluctuations have caused damage to the economy, indicating that G7 acquiesced in Japan’s intervention in the foreign exchange market.

　　3. The governor of the Hungarian central bank said that the central bank pays close attention to the exchange rate.

　　4. The Russian central bank will release daily OTC foreign exchange trading data.

　　5. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Lin Fangzheng: Pay close attention to foreign exchange fluctuations and be ready to take comprehensive measures.

　　6. Bank of Korea Governor Lee Chang Yong: If necessary, we have the resources and tools to take action on foreign exchange.

　　7. Korean market regulator: Require financial institutions to ensure sufficient credit lines to cope with the deterioration of the foreign exchange money market.

　　8. new york Federal Reserve predicts that the Fed’s scale reduction may stop in 2025, and the balance sheet size may drop to 6 trillion US dollars.

　　9. Federal Reserve’s Beige Book: The US economy has expanded slightly, and the difficulty for enterprises to pass on costs has increased significantly; Salary pressure has eased, and people are cautiously optimistic about the economy.

　　10. Noguchi Xu, a member of the Bank of Japan who opposes the interest rate hike in March: The pace of interest rate hike will not be the same as that of other central banks, and it will gradually raise interest rates and adjust bond purchases. It is uncertain whether it will raise interest rates again this year.

　　11. Standard & Poor’s: It is expected that Japan’s interest rate will remain significantly lower than that of other major developed economies. Compared with American monetary policy, the influence of Bank of Japan’s policy on the yen may be limited.

　　12. ECB-Holcman: The biggest threat is geopolitics. It is not fully convinced that interest rates will be cut in June. The action of the European Central Bank before the Federal Reserve means that the effect of interest rate cuts is weakening. Centeno: The European Central Bank should start to cut interest rates soon.

　　international market

　　Major European stock indexes collectively opened higher.

　　Major European stock indexes rose collectively at the opening, with the Stoxx 50 index in the euro zone rising by 0.49%, DAX index in Germany rising by 0.22%, FTSE 100 index in Britain rising by 0.39% and CAC40 index in France rising by 0.38%.

　　Most of the major Asia-Pacific stock indexes closed up, while the Korean Composite Index rose by 1.95%.

　　On April 18th, most of the major Asia-Pacific stock indexes closed up, and the South Korean composite index rose by 1.95% to 2,634.7 points. In terms of individual stocks, POSCO and Samsung SDI rose by over 5%, Kakao rose by nearly 5%, Saierqun rose by nearly 4%, LG New Energy rose by over 3%, SK Hynix rose by over 2%, Hyundai Motor fell by over 1% and Kia Motor fell by nearly 1%. The Nikkei 225 index closed up 0.31% at 38,079.70 points, ending a three-day losing streak. In terms of individual stocks, Mitsubishi UFJ Finance rose nearly 2%, Kearns rose over 1%, Sony, Mitsubishi Corporation, Fast Retailing and Shinetsu Chemical Industry rose nearly 1%, Softbank Group fell nearly 2%, Tokyo Electronics fell over 1% and Hitachi fell nearly 1%. Australia’s S&P 200 index rose 0.48% to 7642.10, while New Zealand’s S&P 50 index fell 0.33% to 11836.04.

　　TSMC Q1 net profit of NT$ 225.5 billion was higher than market expectations.

　　TSMC’s net profit in the first quarter was NT$ 225.5 billion, up 8.9% year-on-year, and it is estimated to be NT$ 214.91 billion. The sales in the first quarter was 592.64 billion Taiwan dollars, up 17% year-on-year, and it is estimated to be 583.46 billion Taiwan dollars; The operating profit in the first quarter was NT$ 249.02 billion, up 7.7% year-on-year, and it is estimated to be NT$ 240.87 billion. The gross profit margin in the first quarter is 53.1%, and it is estimated to be 53%.

　　Tesla issued a warning notice that it will lay off 14% of its factory in Buffalo, New York, USA

　　According to Sina Finance, Tesla issued a warning notice that it will lay off 14% of its factory in Buffalo, New York, USA.

　　Microsoft’s huge investment in OpenAI is reported not to be investigated by the EU.

　　Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI will avoid formal investigation by EU merger regulators, thus calming people’s concerns that the relationship between the two parties may be forced to break down. According to informed sources, the European Commission has decided that this cooperation is not worth a formal investigation because it is not an acquisition and Microsoft does not control the development direction of OpenAI. (Cailian)

　　Google is reported to have laid off employees and transferred some positions to other countries.

　　Google is laying off employees and reorganizing some teams. According to two on-the-job employees, several teams in Google’s finance and real estate departments have been affected, and it is unclear how many positions have been cut. An on-the-job employee said that these changes are "quite large" and some positions will be transferred abroad. A Google spokesperson confirmed the layoff plan, but declined to disclose the number of employees affected. (Cailian)

　　Musk said that the severance pay of some laid-off employees is too low and will be corrected.

　　According to the interface news, on the occasion of the largest layoffs in Tesla’s history, Musk said in a brief email to employees on Wednesday: "In the process of restructuring Tesla, I noticed that some severance payments were unreasonably low. I apologize for this mistake. We are correcting it immediately. "

　　Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Company raised 263.3 billion yen by issuing bonds.

　　Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway priced multiple yen bond transactions, raising a total of 263.3 billion yen.

　　TSMC: The 2 nm process is expected to achieve mass production in 2025.

　　TSMC said that customers are very interested in N2(2 nm process technology) and it is expected to achieve mass production in 2025; N2 will enable us to seize the opportunity of artificial intelligence in the future.

　　It is reported that Oracle Bone Inscriptions will invest more than $8 billion in Japanese data centers within 10 years.

　　According to the Nikkei News quoted by Interface News, on April 18th, it was reported that Oracle Bone Inscriptions would invest more than 8 billion US dollars in Japan within 10 years to expand its data center in Japan.

　　TSMC expects sales of $19.6 billion to $20.4 billion in the second quarter.

　　TSMC expects sales of $19.6 billion to $20.4 billion in the second quarter; It is estimated that the operating profit rate in the second quarter will be 40% to 42%, and the market expectation is 41.3%; It is expected that higher electricity prices will increase other costs; Business will be stronger in the second half of the year than in the first half; The earthquake in Taiwan Province this month did affect some wafer production, and it is expected that most of the lost production capacity will be recovered in the second quarter.

　　It is reported that Samsung Group has implemented a six-day working week for senior executives.

　　On April 18th, it was reported that Samsung Group recently proposed that the executives of its major subsidiaries work six days a week, covering Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, Samsung SDS and Samsung Display. This move is interpreted by the industry as part of the implementation of emergency operations. It is reported that Samsung executives will have the opportunity to work on Saturday or Sunday. At the same time, it is expected that executives of financial subsidiaries such as Samsung Life will soon implement the six-day work system. According to the report, behind this move is the poor performance of Samsung’s semiconductor business last year. It is understood that Samsung Electronics has implemented the weekend work system among the senior executives in the development and support departments. (Interface)

　　Microsoft plans to accumulate 1.8 million artificial intelligence chips by the end of this year.

　　According to informed sources, Microsoft plans to accumulate 1.8 million artificial intelligence chips by December 2024.

　　futures

　　Domestic futures closed mixed, soda ash approached the daily limit.

　　On April 18th, domestic futures closed mixed, and soda ash approached the daily limit, with an increase of 9.18%. The container transport index (European line) rose by nearly 7%, glass, Shanghai tin and iron ore rose by more than 3%, Shanghai copper, international copper, stainless steel (SS), coking coal, Shanghai nickel, coke, caustic soda and ferrosilicon rose by more than 2%, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and SC crude oil fell by more than 3%, and p-xylene (PX), fuel oil, pulp and industrial.

　　National Bureau of Statistics: The output of soda ash in China increased by 17.4% in March.

　　According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of soda ash (sodium carbonate) in China in March was 3.229 million tons, up 17.4% year-on-year; From January to March, the output of soda ash (sodium carbonate) was 9.403 million tons, up 18.7% year-on-year.

　　Biden will announce that the tariff on aluminum in Huagang will be more than tripled.

　　According to a number of foreign media reports on April 17th, US President Biden is expected to formally announce that he will triple the current aluminum tariff on Huagang in a speech to steel workers in Pittsburgh, which is known as the "steel capital" later that day. (Observer Network)

　　bond

　　The CSI convertible bond index closed up 0.23%

　　On April 18th, the CSI Convertible Bond Index closed up 0.23% to 39.194, with a turnover of 50.93 billion yuan. Zhengdan convertible bonds rose by more than 10%, profit convertible bonds rose by more than 7%, "Baichuan convertible bonds", Shangluo convertible bonds and Zhengyu convertible bonds rose by more than 6%; Hai Shun convertible bonds fell more than 6%, Haomei convertible bonds, radio and television convertible bonds fell more than 5%, and Naipu convertible bonds fell more than 4%.

　　Treasury futures closed up across the board.

　　Treasury futures closed up across the board, with 30-year main contracts up 0.75%, 10-year main contracts up 0.15%, 5-year main contracts up 0.16% and 2-year main contracts up 0.07%. In the news, Wang Chunying, deputy director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said that he is studying and expanding more application scenarios, including using the bonds of the "bond pass" channel to offset the "swap pass" deposit.

　　The exchange bond market closed, and real estate bonds were mixed.

　　On April 18th, the exchange bond market closed, and the real estate bonds were mixed. H9 Jinke 03 rose by over 51%, H9 Longkong 01 by over 35%, 200,008 by over 3% and 220,004 by nearly 3%. H0 Baolong 04 fell by 16%, 19 Longhu 03 fell by over 9%, 22 Vanke 06 fell by nearly 4% and 22 Vanke 05 fell by 1.71%. In addition, "23 North Control K1" rose by over 6%, and "22 Tin Construction G1" rose by over 3%.

　　The Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor) is mixed.

　　On April 18th, overnight shibor reported 1.7760%, up 5.30 basis points; In 7 days, shibor reported 1.8360%, up 2.00 basis points; Shibor reported 1.9650% in 14 days, up by 1.30 basis points; In January, shibor reported 1.9960%, down 0.40 basis points; In March, shibor reported 2.0410%, down 0.80 basis points.

　　WANG Chunying, SAFE: Since the beginning of this year, foreign investors have accumulated a net increase of over 40 billion US dollars in domestic bonds.

　　According to the Securities Times, on April 18th, Wang Chunying, deputy director and spokesperson of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said that in recent years, the scale of domestic bonds invested by overseas institutions has increased significantly, and this year, it has accumulated a net increase of 41.6 billion US dollars in domestic bonds. At the end of March, more than 1,100 overseas institutions from more than 70 countries and regions entered the domestic bond market, accounting for 2.6% of the domestic bond custody, up 0.2 percentage points from the end of last year. From the perspective of holders, overseas central banks and banking financial institutions have increased their holdings of domestic bonds in an orderly manner, and invested more in medium and long-term bonds such as government bonds and policy financial bonds. From October last year to March this year, the proportion of foreign investment in domestic bonds for more than one year was 56%. Looking into the future, foreign institutions’ investment in domestic bonds is expected to maintain a stable trend, and foreign investment in China’s bond market has a stable and sustainable room for improvement.

　　Central Bank: By the end of March, overseas institutions held 4 trillion yuan of interbank market bonds.

　　The central bank issued a briefing on overseas institutions’ investment in the inter-bank bond market in March. By the end of March 2024, overseas institutions held 4.00 trillion yuan of bonds in the interbank market, accounting for about 2.9% of the total custody of the interbank bond market. From the perspective of the types of bonds, the main type of bonds entrusted by overseas institutions is national debt, with a custody amount of 2.24 trillion yuan, accounting for 56.0%; Followed by policy financial bonds, the amount of custody was 0.84 trillion yuan, accounting for 21.0%. In March, two new overseas institutions entered the inter-bank bond market. By the end of March, a total of 1,129 overseas institutions had entered the market, of which 560 had entered the market through direct investment channels, 823 through the "bond link" channel, and 254 had entered the market through two channels at the same time.

　　The results of winning the bid for the sixth phase of local debt in Guizhou Province were released, involving three special refinancing bonds.

　　On April 18th, the results of winning the bid for the sixth phase of local bonds in Guizhou Province were released, and the bidding multiples were all over 29 times. Specifically, the winning bid rate of the 10-year "24 Guizhou Debt 11" is 2.4300%, with a full-court multiple of 34.53 and a marginal multiple of 1.86; The winning bid rate of the 10-year "24 Guizhou Debt 12" is 2.4300%, with a full-court multiple of 36.09 and a marginal multiple of 1.23; The winning bid rate of the 10-year "24 Guizhou Debt 13" is 2.4300%, with a full-court multiple of 35.58 and a marginal multiple of 1.04; The winning bid rate of the 15-year "24 Guizhou Debt 14" is 2.6300%, with a full-court multiple of 30.68 and a marginal multiple of 18.83; The winning bid rate of the 20-year "24 Guizhou Debt 15" is 2.6400%, with a full-court multiple of 29.29 and a marginal multiple of 31.11; The winning bid rate of the 30-year "24 Guizhou Debt 16" is 2.6700%, with a full-court multiple of 34.24 and a marginal multiple of 1.12.

　　State Administration of Foreign Exchange: We are studying the use of bonds through the "bond pass" channel to offset the "swap pass" deposit.

　　Wang Chunying, deputy director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said at the press conference of the State Council Office on April 18th that the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange will continue to follow the direction of marketization, rule of law and internationalization, steadily expand the opening up of China’s bond market, and make it more convenient for foreign investors to participate. We are working in the following aspects: First, we will open up the repurchase business for more overseas institutions and enrich the liquidity management tools for overseas investors. Second, continue to promote domestic RMB bonds to become widely accepted qualified collateral offshore. At the beginning of this year, bonds through the "Bond Connect" channel have been included in the list of eligible collateral for RMB liquidity arrangement of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. At present, we are studying and expanding more application scenarios, including using the bonds of the "Bond Connect" channel to offset the deposit of the "Exchange Connect". The third is to optimize the operation mechanism of overseas institutions’ direct entry into the market, "bond connect" and "exchange connect", continuously strengthen exchanges and communication with overseas institutions, and create a better investment environment. Generally speaking, China has continuously improved the institutional opening level of financial markets, improved the investment environment and improved the optimized services, and there is a stable and sustainable room for foreign investment in China’s bond market. (China Network)

　　fund

　　On April 18th, iFinD data showed that among the 631 stock ETFs in the market, 274 rose that day.

　　Top gainers: rare metal ETF fund rose 2.6%, colored leading ETF rose 2.19%, bank ETF preferred rose 2.08%, home appliance ETF leader rose 2.02%, and Puyin MSCI China ETF rose 1.87%.

　　Top turnover: Shanghai and Shenzhen 300ETF were 3.319 billion yuan, Shanghai 50ETF were 2.919 billion yuan, CSI 500 ETFs were 1.852 billion yuan, CSI 1000ETF were 1.321 billion yuan and securities ETFs were 1.282 billion yuan.

　　foreign exchange

　　The onshore RMB against the US dollar closed at 7.2390 at 16:30 on April 18th.

　　The onshore RMB against the US dollar closed at 7.2390 at 16:30 on April 18th, down 41 points from the previous trading day.

　　The vegetation is lush, the rice is fragrant, and it goes to Duanyang.

　　The Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festival that has lasted for thousands of years, bears the heavy feelings of the Chinese nation for home and country.

　　"Patriotism is the deepest and most lasting emotion in the world." "For every Chinese, patriotism is a duty and a duty, where the heart belongs and the feelings belong" … … General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has made many important expositions on patriotism, stressing the need to learn the "four histories" well and cultivate the feelings of loving the Party, patriotism and socialism.

　　This year’s Dragon Boat Festival, we are about to celebrate the centenary birthday of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The journey of a hundred years is magnificent, and the initial heart of a hundred years lasts for a long time. Let’s appreciate the profound feelings of home and country from several stories about "taste".

　　In August 1920, the first Chinese translation of the communist party Declaration was translated by Chen Wangdao and officially published in Shanghai. This booklet has guided a large number of people with lofty ideals to set up lofty ideals of communism and devote themselves to the cause of national liberation and rejuvenation, which has had an important impact on the birth of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the victory of the China Revolution.

　　In the humble woodshed, a plank was placed on two long benches as a table … … In order to translate the communist party Declaration well, Chen Wangdao, who is proficient in English and Japanese, spent several times as much energy as usual. Once, because he was too focused, he mistook the ink for brown sugar and dipped it in zongzi, and said, "It’s so sweet." This leads to a sentence: the taste of truth is very sweet.

　　On November 29th, 2012, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader told the story of Chen Wangdao’s translation of the communist party Declaration when he visited the exhibition Road to Rejuvenation.

　　△ On June 3rd, 2021, the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of communist party, China was newly opened. The picture shows the first and second editions of the communist party Declaration in August and September, 1920.

　　Everything goes forward, and we must not forget the road we have traveled; No matter how far you go, you can’t forget the past and why you set out.

　　"Now, it is very meaningful for you to actively preach the story of the old headmaster Comrade Chen Wangdao’s pursuit of truth and spread Marxist theory. I hope you will keep doing it and do it better … …” On June 27th, 2020, the Supreme Leader wrote back to all the members of the party member Volunteer Service Team in Fudan University’s communist party Declaration Exhibition Hall, and raised ardent expectations for party member, especially the young party member.

　　Generations of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people have planted patriotic feelings, so that the red gene and revolution can be passed down from generation to generation.

　　"share the blessings with the masses, share the difficulties, have salt with salt, and have no salt with light." On February 20, 2021, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed at the mobilization meeting of Party history study and education that it is necessary to educate and guide the whole party to deeply understand the nature and purpose of the party, insist on doing everything for the people and relying on the people, always put the people in the highest position in their hearts and take the people’s yearning for a better life as their goal.

　　At that time, the Kuomintang reactionaries imposed an economic blockade on the Central Soviet Area in an attempt to prevent "a grain of rice, a pinch of salt and a spoonful of water" from entering the Soviet Area.

　　In the face of difficulties, the villagers frequently resorted to clever tricks, either breaking through the joints of the bamboo poles and loading salt, or soaking clothes with salt water, or even pretending to be beggars, and simply transported salt to the Soviet area. The villagers stepped over many obstacles and risked their lives to help the Red Army out of difficulties. The reason is that the Red Army insists that "salt is the same as salt, and no salt is the same as light" and vows that "as long as the Red Army has salt to eat, the dishes and bowls of ordinary people must be salty".

　　In the winter of 1928, the Red Army seized salt from local tyrants and distributed it to the villagers. Li Shangfa, a villager, was given salt, so he didn’t want to eat it and wanted to leave it to the Red Army. In order to prevent this precious salt jar from falling into the enemy’s hands, he quietly buried the salt jar in the tree hole behind his house. This hiding is 31 years.

　　△ At the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Museum, Li Qiude introduced the salt cans donated by his grandfather Li Shangfa.

　　Today, this brown clay pot is quietly displayed in Jinggangshan Revolutionary Museum, and the salt in it has turned black and crystallized.

　　"Salt is the same as salt, and no salt is the same as light", which vividly explains the initial mission of communist party people and profoundly demonstrates the flesh-and-blood ties between our party and the people.

　　Frogs sing and birds sing, and rice flowers are fragrant. In April, 2018, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Nanfan Scientific and Research Breeding Base during an inspection tour in Hainan and had a cordial conversation with Academician Yuan Longping and other agricultural scientists and technicians.

　　The general secretary said earnestly that more than one billion people have to eat, which is China’s biggest national condition. Improved varieties play a key role in promoting grain production. We must make up our minds to develop China’s seed industry, pay close attention to cultivating excellent varieties with independent intellectual property rights, and ensure national food security from the source.

　　Enjoy the cool dream under the grain, one rice and one life. Yuan Longping fought for the cause of hybrid rice all his life until the last moment.

　　The Supreme Leader stressed that our best memorial to Comrade Yuan Longping is to learn from his noble qualities of loving the Party, the motherland and the people, his firm belief, his perseverance, his courage to innovate and his simplicity, and his noble demeanor of taking the needs of the motherland and the people as his own responsibility, devoting himself to the motherland and the people as his goal, ploughing the fields all his life and writing scientific and technological papers on the land of the motherland in a down-to-earth manner.

　　△ On May 14th, 2021, in Nanfan Public Experimental Base, Yazhou District, Sanya City, Hainan Province, the combine harvester was harvesting "Chaoyouqian" hybrid rice.

　　Innovation is the first driving force for development.

　　On May 28th, 2021, the Supreme Leader emphasized at the Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Tenth National Congress of China Association for Science and Technology: "Practice has proved that China’s independent innovation is promising! The vast number of scientific and technological workers in our country have great achievements! With the spirit of keeping pace with the times, the courage of innovation and perseverance, the vast number of scientific and technological workers in China should face the world’s scientific and technological frontier, the main battlefield of the economy, the major needs of the country, and people’s lives and health, grasp the general trend, seize the opportunities, face problems directly, face difficulties, shoulder the heavy responsibility entrusted by the times, and strive to achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance! "

　　"Chang ‘e V" realized the sampling and return of extraterrestrial objects, "Tianwen-1" started the Mars exploration, "Haidou I" completed the 10,000-meter sea trial, "Endeavor" successfully sat down, Beidou satellite navigation system was fully opened, China Space Station and core module were successfully launched, and 5G mobile communication technology took the lead in realizing large-scale application & HELIP; … On the journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, generation after generation of scientists are concerned about the motherland and the people, fearless and selfless, and have made great contributions to the progress of science and technology, the improvement of people’s lives and the development of the Chinese nation.

　　Cultivate the feelings of home and country and continue the spiritual blood. Hone your heart for a hundred years, and build up your strength.

　　Producer: Wang Shanshan Ou Zhang

　　Producer Xing Xing Lai Wu Xuan

　　Editor-in-Chief Ning Lili

　　Editor Zhang Yanan

　　Visual sense Jiang yuhang

　　Proofread Cheng Yu

Digital reading makes the world of the blind have more "colors"

The reporter investigated the reading problem of blind people in China.　

On October 13th, in an office of the Chinese Braille Library, Yin Menglan was absorbed in her work, and her hands were jumping rapidly on the computer keyboard.

In sharp contrast to the flexibility of fingers, Yin Menglan’s vision is disabled. She is a visually impaired person. It is reading that has promoted the earth-shaking changes in her life: when she was a child, she went to a braille school to study braille and took part in the senior high school entrance examination and college entrance examination; Now, she works in the Braille library and listens to audio books every day, which not only broadens her knowledge, but also realizes the purpose of entertainment and leisure.

In China, there are more than 17 million people with visual impairment like Yin Menglan. How do they read? Can the booming audio reading meet their reading needs? What can be further improved in the process of reading promotion for the blind? With these questions, the reporter of Rule of Law Daily recently visited the Chinese Braille Library.

Books for the blind have many constraints.

Digital reading came into being.

"The composition of Braille is based on’ Fang’, and each party has six points. Generally, about three parties form a Chinese character. Chinese Braille is composed of initials, finals and tones of Chinese pinyin."

In the Chinese Braille Library, Fan Xingkun, director of the Culture and Education Department of the library, pointed to the Chinese Braille symbol comparison table hanging on the wall and told reporters about the changes in the reading methods of the blind. According to its introduction, since Louis Blair, a French blind man, improved and invented six-point Braille on the basis of night writing in the 1820s, touching Braille has become an important way for blind people to learn.

Teng Hongyu, a staff member in the museum, has been reading by touching Braille for nearly 50 years. He said that visually impaired people can master the coding of Braille through one or two months’ practice, and they can answer what they say and what they say, but it is still difficult to really understand and skillfully read Braille by touching it, which requires a lot of repeated practice.

However, touching Braille is not necessary for all blind people to read.

According to Li Qingzhong, chairman of the China Blind Association, visual disabilities are generally divided into two categories: blindness and low vision. Blindness means blindness, and the eyes cannot feel a little light; Although low vision can’t see clearly, it can feel a glimmer of light, not completely dark.

"Braille is necessary for people who are completely invisible; For people with low vision, in addition to reading special Braille books, you can also read big books. " Li Qingzhong said.

Although Braille books can meet the reading needs of some visually impaired people, paper books have certain limitations. The reporter saw in the Braille library that blind documents are bigger and thicker than ordinary books.

In this regard, Fan Xingkun explained that generally more than 200 Chinese characters are converted into Braille, which may take up one page. After a very thin Chinese reading material is made into a Braille book, the volume will increase a lot, and it is not convenient to store and carry. Moreover, there are special requirements for the pulp and production technology of braille paper, so as to ensure that the blind spots are clear and unbreakable and can withstand repeated touching and reading by blind people. Compared with ordinary books, editing and proofreading processes and printing processes also consume more time and cost.

How to solve the problem? The development of Internet provides more possibilities for blind people to read.

In recent years, with the development of information technology, digital reading has developed faster and faster, providing more and more convenience for visually impaired people.

He Chuan, vice chairman of China Blind Association and director of the Information Accessibility Center of China Braille Library, told reporters that at present, visually impaired people can listen to electronic texts such as Word, TXT and PDF besides audio books. "There are also several ways to listen, such as installing screen reading software on the computer and listening to the sound of screen reading to operate the computer; The book-listening machine designed by China Braille Publishing House can read electronic texts at any time. You can also use your smartphone to listen to audio books. " He Chuan said.

In the reading room of Braille Library, the reporter saw the latest intelligent reading machine. It is like a small mobile phone, which can be recharged or put into a battery, and can be used after activation. It also has a network download function, from which blind readers can obtain massive reading resources.

According to Park Dong-sook, deputy director of the Collection and Lending Department of China Braille Library, these reading machines can be borrowed and mailed to blind readers all over the country for free. According to Park Dong-sook’s explanation, the reporter operated for the first time when the reading machine was completely black, and soon found the desired online book resources, which was very convenient and fast.

Digital reading is convenient and fast.

Full promotion has encountered bottlenecks.

In fact, as early as September 2017, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Finance, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and other departments jointly launched the "Digital Reading Promotion Project for the Blind", including the construction of a platform for the integration, publication and dissemination of reading for the blind; Relying on 400 public libraries, lend 200,000 intelligent reading machines to the blind for free; Relying on 100 educational institutions for visually impaired readers, 1,000 Braille computers and electronic displays are lent to the blind free of charge.

It is obvious that digital reading for the blind brings convenience to the visually impaired.

Teng Hongyu has a soft spot for music, and usually likes reading books on music, but there were few books in Braille in China before. He borrowed Braille music scores from foreign national libraries by writing letters. Because Braille music scores are universal in the world, there is no obstacle to reading them. "Nowadays, digital reading has opened up many platforms and can be read at any time."

Yin Menglan found new fun in life by listening to audio books. Every day after work, she uses her smart phone to open audio books and listen to novels. "Life is much richer."

Pan Jiang, who is also engaged in proofreading in the Braille library, relaxes by listening to novels with audio books. However, if he wants to read professional books, he is still used to reading blind documents. "Our touch is equivalent to the sight of a discerning person. Through reading, I learned a lot about psychology and solved many specific difficulties in daily life. "

However, at present, there are still some problems in the practice of digital reading promotion for the blind, and the first problem is copyright.

"Blind people can’t enjoy equal copyright. For example, if a blind person buys a book in a bookstore, it is no problem to find someone to translate the book into Braille, but if it is to be translated into an audio version, it must be authorized by the other party. " He Chuan said.

Fortunately, China has signed the Marrakesh Treaty, which requires the contracting parties to add provisions in their domestic laws, set restrictions and exceptions on the rights of copyright owners, and allow the reproduction, distribution and provision of accessible formats of published works, such as Braille, audio and electronic texts. He Chuan told reporters that China’s copyright law has been revised to suit the above-mentioned relevant provisions, and the time for the treaty to come into effect in China is getting closer and closer. "In the future, more and more books can be made into audio books and large-character editions, which is a real cultural blessing for the blind.".

He Chuan also mentioned that in the process of full coverage or equalization of public cultural services in different places, there may be unbalanced resource allocation. For example, all the public libraries in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have their own reading rooms for the blind, but in some relatively small and remote cities, the hardware measures are not in place, or there is only one physical space, and the service concept has not kept up.

On the other hand, through field research in Li Qingzhong, it is found that although some local Braille libraries and reading rooms for the blind are equipped with book resources and related auxiliary equipment, there are only a handful of visually impaired readers. How to attract more visually impaired readers through quality service is the answer that these places are exploring.

He also pointed out that inconvenient travel is also a realistic reason for the lack of motivation for blind people to go to Braille libraries or reading rooms.

Explore and solve problems in many places

Guarantee the reading rights of the blind.

How to solve these difficulties? In Fan Xingkun’s view, reading habits need to be cultivated. If you want to attract blind people to read, it is of little benefit to shout slogans and say that only by finding a way suitable for blind people to read can you really attract them.

The Chinese Braille Library has actively explored this aspect. After in-depth investigation, the relevant staff members have learned about the cultural needs of blind readers, planned various cultural salon activities such as famous lectures, "natural history tour", Taoran reading club, literature and art exhibition, organized cultural and educational activities such as Braille, computer, music, recitation, massage, interest groups for blind children, summer camps for blind children, and carried out information application, digital reading promotion, life skills, calligraphy and painting for the blind. Up to now, the Braille Library has attracted an average of more than 30,000 people to participate in various cultural activities every year.

In order to protect the reading rights of the blind, various localities have also launched actions.

Gansu Provincial Library has set up a reading service center for the disabled in Gansu Province and a reading room for braille and blind audiobooks to provide reading and lending services for visually impaired readers. When the library of Luxi County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province was upgraded, it specially set up a children’s reading center to provide more comfortable reading space for minors and blind people. Shanxi Province has purchased 5,000 "intelligent listening machines", which blind readers can borrow for free …

In the interview, the reporter felt that with the continuous development of digital reading promotion for the blind, more and more blind readers fell in love with reading. Convenient reading methods have opened a door of knowledge for blind readers, and since then, the road ahead of them has become wider and their world has become more "colorful".

Today is the "International Day for the Blind". Do you think that blind people can’t see in broad daylight and how can they see in their dreams at night? It’s not that simple.

In fact, there are two kinds of blind people: congenital blind and acquired blind.

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The first type: the acquired blind, who originally had perfect vision and had seen the world, can still see things in their dreams, although they became blind later.

The second kind: congenital blindness. People usually think that since they have never seen anything since they were born, they certainly have no vision in their dreams.

But in fact, is this really the case?

An experiment to depict dreams

In 2003, a Portuguese scientist claimed that people who were born blind could see images in their dreams. They designed such a set of experiments:

A total of 19 participants, 10 were born blind and 9 were visually sound.

The experiment requires that participants sleep normally at home.

However, there will be four alarm clocks to wake them up at night. After waking up, the participants described their dreams to the tape recorder and then went back to sleep.

The next morning, the sighted people asked to be blindfolded and draw their dreams on paper with other participants.

Here are the results. Can you identify which one was painted by a blind person?

The first hand-drawn dream map

Image source: reference [2]

The second hand-painted dream map

Image source: reference [2]

The answer is as follows ↓

The first picture is a dream recorded for the blind.

Therefore, Portuguese scientists have come to the conclusion that the description of dreams by the congenital blind and the visually sound is indistinguishable.

The way blind people see the world is not just their eyes.

Does this mean that the congenital blind have vision in their dreams? Not necessarily.

In fact, not only vision can produce images, but also the senses of touch and hearing.

Let’s talk about touch first. In the story of the blind touching the elephant, the blind touching the leg will draw a tree, the blind touching the body will draw a wall, and the blind touching the tail will draw a rope. If you touch the elephant’s whole body, the blind can draw a complete elephant. Just by touching, the brain can also form images and draw them. Scientists have studied congenital blind people and found that their tactile signals will flow into the visual cortex in the brain, thus creating images.

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There are also some reports that the congenital blind can produce images by hearing. Like bats, they have the ability of echolocation, and they can hear the general structure of the house only by the echo of high heels stepping on the ground.

Some scientists also believe that blind people can see things in their dreams, which is actually a psychological experience similar to echolocation.

A study on blind people found that:

People who are born blind have no vision, nor do they dream;

People who are blind before the age of 5 will also lose their visual impression;

People who are blind after the age of 7 will always leave visual cognition;

In short, the scientific community still has no clear answer to the previous experimental results. But describing a dream is not necessarily because the blind man opened his eyes in the dream, but also because of his sense of touch and hearing.

Finally, let’s look at a picture of a dream painted by a congenital blind person.

Congenital blind people describe dreams:

The sun, sailboats, seabirds, clouds, coconut trees,

There are two happy people

Image source: reference [2]

Blind people have no vision, but this does not prevent them from making an accurate and poetic description of the world. Touch, smell and hearing can also become their "new eyes" to see the world.

references

[1] eliezer Sternberg. Neural logic [M/OL]. Gao Tianyu, translated. Guangxi Normal University Press (Chapter 1)

[2] Bé rto Lo h, Paiva t, Pessoal, et al. Visual Dream Content, Graphical Representation and EEG Alpha Activity in Congnitively Blind Subjects [J]. Cognitive Brain Research, 2003, 15 (3): 277-284. (Support viewpoint)

[3]Kerr N H, Domhoff G W. Do the Blind Literally" See" in Their Dreams? A critical of a recent claim that they do [J] .2004. (Objection)

Plan and make

This article is a work of the popular science China starry sky cultivation plan.

Author, Weaving Chicken, Popular Science Author

Audit Tao Ning Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Planning Fu Sijia Jin Yufen (intern)

Original title: "Congenital blindness, can you see things in your dreams? 》

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