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　　How did the new 1335 words come from?

　　According to the frequency of use.

　　8300 words-this is the number of words included in the General Specification Chinese Characters Table. Compared with the general standard Chinese characters in 1986, it has increased by 1335 characters.

　　This is the third time that Chinese characters have been standardized in New China after those in 1956 and 1986. The 1335 new words are mainly surnames, names, place names, technical terms and classical Chinese characters used in primary and secondary schools.

　　The new Chinese character list divides 8300 characters into three levels according to their generality: the first-level Chinese character list receives 3500 characters, which is the most frequently used common word, mainly meeting the needs of basic education and cultural popularization. The secondary word list receives 3000 words, and the frequency of use is lower than that of the primary word. Second-class characters and first-class characters mainly meet the needs of modern Chinese text printing and publishing. There are 1800 words in the third-level word list, which are common words used in some special fields but not in the first-level and second-level word lists, and mainly meet the needs of using words in special fields closely related to public life and cultural popularization.

　　It is understood that Chinese characters that can be selected into the first-and second-level word lists are determined according to their frequency of use. The experts used the data of nine huge corpora for statistics, among which the two most important corpora were the Balanced Corpus of Modern Chinese of the State Language Commission and the Dynamic Circulation Corpus of Modern News Media in beijing language and culture university, with 91 million and 350 million Chinese characters respectively.

　　"Every word included in the General Specification Chinese Characters Table has a clear origin." Wang Ning, the head of the expert working group on the development of the word list and a professor at the College of Literature of Beijing Normal University, said that there are a large number of variant characters in Chinese characters. In order to ensure the standardization of Chinese characters included in the word list, the experts and scholars of the working group have searched and verified the origin and the corresponding relationship between the positive and the negative of each Chinese character.

　　Second question

　　“？ ? ? What’s the basic treatment? He recovery

　　Is to respect people’s psychology and folk customs.

　　The dispute between traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters once became a hot topic in society. During the development of the word list, the problems of traditional Chinese characters recovery and analogy simplification have been discussed repeatedly. The final conclusion of the research team is that in order to maintain the stability of Chinese characters in society, the word list will not restore traditional Chinese characters in principle.

　　However, in this new Chinese character list, 51 variant characters have been restored and 6 traditional characters have been adjusted.

　　“？ Thin? "8", "? G”、“？ ？” These words were once regarded as variants or traditional characters of Pan, Tong, Xi, Xian and Ning, but few people know that they were actually surnames. Out of respect for the family tradition, these Chinese characters were reserved in the third-level Chinese character list for the first time in the General Standard Chinese Character List.

　　Wang Ning with "? ？” For example, in the past, we simplified it to "line", and some people said, "I am willing to use this surname. My surname is spring, and spring water is flowing, which is auspicious." There is also "Zhe". Some people don’t want to use this word in their names because it means broken. Some people say, "Philosophical Zhe has a variant"? Foundation? , two Guido Geely. "Another example is" Miao ".Now people sometimes say that the five elements are short of water. Isn’t it good to have three waters? This involves the psychology and folklore of people using words.

　　However, these variants and traditional characters cannot be used arbitrarily. Wang Ning explained that the word list is clearly defined, and these words can only be used for specific place names or surnames and names; When using characters in a general sense, you can’t write variant characters and traditional characters casually.

　　Three questions

　　44 fine-tuning words "tune" what

　　Only for printed Chinese characters

　　After the publication of the Chinese Character List of General Specification, 44 fine-tuning words immediately aroused people’s incomprehension.

　　At first glance, the words "Qin, Su, Pi and Pa" are no different from those used now.

　　Many people hold a modern Chinese dictionary and compare it carefully with their eyes wide open, and finally discover the elusive "mystery": originally, the last stroke of the word "Wang" on the upper left of the word "Pi", "Qin", "Pa" and "Se" turned out to be horizontal, and in the new Chinese character table, it was horizontally deformed and lifted up like the word "Wang" beside the word "ball".

　　Is it necessary to regulate such a small adjustment?

　　"This adjustment should not have much impact on the use of Chinese characters in the current society, because it will not change the distinctive features of confession and reading provided by each glyph, and will not have much impact on people’s lives, mainly for printing norms." Members of the development team explained.

　　Originally, at present, the standard glyphs of Chinese characters are standardized in China, which is the List of Printed General Chinese Characters jointly issued by the China Character Reform Commission and the Ministry of Culture in 1965. However, due to historical reasons, this set of printed Songti glyphs is unified in general, but there are still some inconsistencies in some places, and there is still room for improvement in the stroke shape, stroke combination and whole word structure of a few glyphs. These tiny deficiencies, in the pre-computer era, because the type of each printing factory was cast with a unified copper mold, the word-using department was not easy to detect these tiny differences by vision alone; After entering the computer age, more and more units and individuals use computers to create characters, and the irregular situation of glyphs is "exposed".

　　Four questions

　　Can the words outside the list still be used?

　　It’s best not to go beyond the scope of the word list.

　　When the list of Chinese characters is published, one of the most concerned questions in online messages is: Can Chinese characters beyond 8,300 characters still be used?

　　In this regard, Li Yuming, deputy director of the State Language Committee, specially explained the difference between "generality" and "standardization", emphasizing the universality of standardized Chinese characters, that is, universality in fields and high frequency of use.

　　Professor Cao Xianzhuo, the chairman of the Expert Committee of the General Standard Chinese Character List, said that Chinese characters are the treasure of the Chinese nation, and if they are used well, they must be standardized. Norms bring convenience, and we should cherish this convenience. If we always emphasize ourselves, people will not know it, and it will not work.

　　Chinese character lists are not legally binding, but experts suggest that it is best not to use words other than Chinese character lists when naming names, which will bring many unnecessary troubles to life. For example, the computer may not be able to print the words of the name when entering the account, saving in the bank, flying, applying for insurance, etc.

　　According to reports, considering the use of Chinese characters in the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and internationally, the Comparison Table of Simplified and Complicated Chinese Characters has been compiled to facilitate communication. A general standard Chinese character dictionary will be published to explain this word list. Experts suggest that Xinhua Dictionary and Modern Chinese Dictionary, as two important dictionaries for standardizing Chinese characters, should also follow this standard. (Reporter Dong Hongliang)

Excerpt from People’s Daily, August 13, 2009

(Editor Liu Yi)

　　With the impact of e-commerce, once-famous physical department stores are looking for a way out. However, along the Chang ‘an Avenue in Beijing, there is a shop like a "cultural relic" that has rarely changed for decades. This is Beijing Friendship Store, once one of the earliest foreign-related stores in China, and the first large-scale foreign-related store in New China to provide services for resident foreign guests and tourism teams.

　　Nowadays, under the irradiation of rows of incandescent lamps, the three-story jewelry, jade and antique objects in Friendship Store have been displayed in glass counters for years, and it is difficult to find a customer in the huge shopping mall for a whole half day. Salespeople chat casually or play with mobile phones to kill time. Rumors about the renovation of Friendship Store have been full of twists and turns. In 2007, Stanley Ho, the richest man in Macau, announced that he would invest 4 billion yuan to completely renovate it, but the project renovation ended in vain. With the website of the Municipal Planning Commission publishing the review opinions on the design scheme of Friendship Building this year, this landmark building is expected to undergo major surgery again.

　　There was no customer tag in the store for a long time, and the yellow incandescent lamp was broken by one third.

　　On the afternoon of a working day, when I walked into the Friendship Store from the busy Chang ‘an Avenue, I felt a sense of crossing. At the jewelry counter on the first floor, three salespeople wearing light blue shirts and uniforms were guarding the empty store, and only one customer and salespeople were chatting about their family. Take a straight ladder from the store to the fourth floor, where fine calligraphy and painting and silk carpets are mainly sold, and only one salesman is seen on the whole floor. During the four-hour stay in the Friendship Store, the Beijing Youth Daily reporter visited this floor twice, and no customer met in the empty store.

　　The traditional Chinese painting hanging on the wall is a bit dusty, and the price ranges from 1,000 yuan to several thousand yuan. As for when it was last sold, the salesman would not disclose it. If you want to inquire about the operation of the Friendship Store in recent years, the salesperson only said, "You should ask our leader and listen to the grievances of the underlings, which is useless."

　　The third floor of Friendship Store mainly deals in jewelry, jade carving, gold and silver products, lacquered products, cloisonne and Four Treasures of the Study. It is not difficult to find that the teapot on the shelf is covered with a layer of ash, and the price tag of the jade pendant jade bracelet in the counter has turned yellow. Due to the large business area on this floor, there are many counters and even no salespeople on duty. If consumers just hang out, salespeople will not take the initiative to strike up a conversation. If you want to see any goods, you can call the salesman for help.

　　The reporter of Beiqing Daily noticed that the incandescent lamp tube at the top of this store floor was broken by at least one third, and the salespeople used the electroplated folding chairs of the last century. From the point of view of the quantity and category of goods, the third floor can be regarded as the main floor of the Friendship Store. There are six or seven salespeople here, which is much more than other floors. However, due to the scarcity of customers, salespeople either chat or play mobile phones to kill time.

　　The earliest foreign-related shops in China walked down the altar with opening to the outside world.

　　However, this fossil-like store, which was noble and brilliant in the past, is the common memory of old Beijingers.

　　As early as May 1951, when the new China was founded, the Central Ministry of Trade established high-end consumer goods stores in five cities, namely, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenyang, to provide special supplies of scarce, tight and high-quality goods for the heads. The Friendship Store is the most unique, mainly serving foreign visitors.

　　In 1964, Beijing Friendship Store opened at No.25 Donghuamen Street. At that time, the slogan of the Friendship Store was: "We want the best goods in the market; We must have the goods that are lacking in the market; We have to have what is fashionable in foreign countries! "

　　As one of the earliest foreign-related stores in China, it is the first large-scale foreign-related store in New China to provide services for resident foreign guests and tourism teams. At that time, the service objects here were once limited to foreign-related personnel (including seafarers, tourists, diplomats, international students, etc.), overseas Chinese and senior cadres in People’s Republic of China (PRC); The goods sold are imported and specially supplied; Settlement methods are foreign exchange and various exchange certificates; Waiters are required to speak foreign languages, especially English and Japanese.

　　If someone can buy such tight products as TV sets, watches, whisky and Coca-Cola from the friendship store with a mysterious foreign exchange certificate, it is also the capital that people showed off at that time. For the leaders of various countries visiting China, visiting the friendship store is almost a "reserved track" for them to come to China.

　　Around the 1990s, after the use of foreign exchange certificates stopped, ordinary Chinese could finally enter the Friendship Store. According to the records, by 1991, China’s economic openness was greatly improved, and the Beijing Friendship Store seemed to be broken through the last line of defense overnight, completing the "complete opening" to Chinese.

　　However, with China’s economic opening to the outside world and a large number of foreign retail giants swarming in, friendship stores gradually lost their way in the tide of market economy. With the intensification of Beijing’s marketization process, department stores, hypermarkets and shopping centers have begun to rise. At the same time, with the continuous relaxation of domestic monetary policy, foreign customers can spend money through UnionPay cards and other means, and Beijing Friendship Store is no longer the only choice for foreign customers to shop.

　　The decline of friendship store and the prosperity of private enterprises in the same building

　　Opening to the outside world is not the inevitable fate of foreign-related shops going into decline. Although there are so many stores in Friendship Store, in the same building, the second-floor silk area rented by Friendship Store and the first-floor imported supermarket in the northeast corner are thriving. In 2014, they were subletted to a private silk enterprise and an imported food supermarket respectively.

　　The newly renovated second floor looks bright and fashionable, and customers are in an endless stream. Two or three shopping guides are busy greeting customers. According to one of the shopping guides, the sales in the silk area have been good, and they often don’t even have time to eat at noon when they are busy. Although there is not much publicity, there are both foreigners and many repeat customers who come here to shop. "Many foreigners come with silk. I don’t think they will go upstairs to buy things." The shopping guide said.

　　Similarly, the "Jenny Wang" supermarket on the first floor is frequented by foreigners and white-collar workers nearby. This supermarket chain is quite popular in Beijing. Because it is adjacent to office buildings, embassy districts and diplomatic apartments, it has been very popular since it entered the Friendship Store in 2014.

　　What makes different foreign trade enterprises in a building two worlds apart?

　　Zhang Yifeng (pseudonym), 40, came to the Friendship Store in the early 1990s. Two or three years after him, there were no new people in the store. As an old employee of the three-story jewelry diamond group, he can also feel the incompatibility between the friendship store and the market environment. As for the reason, his instinctive answer is: "Why hasn’t it changed in these years? You have to ask our leader."

　　In view of the present situation and future development plan of Friendship Store in recent years, the reporter of Beiqing Daily called the relevant person in charge of Friendship Store in general manager office, and got the reply that they didn’t know what was going on in the announcement posted by the Municipal Planning Commission, so they needed to ask for instructions from the leaders of Shoushang Co., Ltd. The head of the marketing department of Shoushang shares replied to the reporter of Beiqing Daily that the relevant leaders are on a business trip and need to wait until they return to Beijing to report in person.

　　conversation

　　"I haven’t been a newcomer for more than 20 years, and I have been waiting to retire."

　　Dialogue with Zhang Yifeng (pseudonym), counter salesperson of Friendship Store

　　Beiqing Daily: There are obviously more salespeople in the Friendship Store than customers. As a state-owned enterprise, do you have any task indicators? What’s the current situation of goods purchase?

　　Zhang Yifeng: It’s normal to have fewer people. There are sales tasks, but there is nothing you can do if you can’t finish them. The business market environment is like this, and it is not easy for all families to do it. Three or four years ago, the jewelry industry was not bad. Now, with the change of social environment, there are fewer people giving gifts, and the management mode of jewelry and jadeite has also changed to the private management mode of Wechat business and Studio. The impact from the market is certain.

　　A few years ago, I went on business trips two or three times a year and went to the south to attend the order fair, but I haven’t been out again in the past five years and I haven’t bought any new goods. Because our purchase procedures need to be approved at different levels, but the market purchase price was relatively high five years ago, and we didn’t dare to purchase at that time. These old models have been sold until now.

　　Some of the relationships between consignment and joint venture manufacturers are left over by my master’s generation. They started from the Friendship Store in those days, and now manufacturers will exchange goods from time to time, but it is not long before the latest designs are sent to the Friendship Store.

　　Beiqing Daily: Did you catch up with the glory of Friendship Store?

　　Zhang Yifeng: I came after graduating from technical secondary school in the early 1990s. At that time, the employment distribution was not very good, and I was assigned here because I studied hard. At that time, it was said to train talents for the transformation of friendship stores, but this training has been cultivated for more than 20 years.

　　My master retired early, and I can say that I caught up with the tail of the friendship store during its boom. When I first came here, I earned a little more money than outside, but many students who came in the same period left. By about 1993, there were no new people in the Friendship Store. In the past, there were more than 20 people in a commodity group, but later they left and retired. Now there are only more than 20 people in a department.

　　Beiqing Daily: Who are the customers of Friendship Store now?

　　Zhang Yifeng: Actually, there are friendship stores in every province and city, including Guangzhou and Shanghai. Each business model is different, but what they have in common is that they are not well developed. Now the Friendship Store in Beijing is a group of old customers in China, and few foreigners come. What we have here is genuine and the price is reasonable. There are a group of people who like to visit old brands regularly, but young people certainly don’t catch a cold. Generally, they turn around and leave.

　　At the beginning of the year, we also sold a large amount of four or five hundred thousand jewels and jade articles, and customers came to see them several times. Generally, we will serve such customers collectively, some are responsible for introducing, some are responsible for making lists and packaging, and some ask the leaders for discounts.

　　Beiqing Daily: In such a depressed working environment, are employees content with the status quo? What is your goal?

　　Zhang Yifeng: My goal is to wait for retirement. I have been struggling for so many years. In the past few years, some young people left their jobs and changed careers. Some people are developing well, but for me, they are just waiting for retirement. Maybe it is not easy to arrange after the transformation, and there are opportunities for retirement, so I will look at it then.

　　The salary paid by the company now is definitely not enough for the current price situation, but our colleagues don’t talk about money, no one talks about it, everyone talks about a variety of things, and some lesbians can talk about it.

　　progress

　　"Grow a Face" as the Friendship Building

　　Friendship Store, as a holding subsidiary of Xidan Shopping Mall Co., Ltd., has reversed the time to July 5, 2006, when Beijing Xidan Friendship Group signed a contract with Cuili International Co., Ltd., and the design drawings and models of the renovated Friendship Store were also released at the same time. Both parties will invest 4 billion yuan to rebuild the Friendship Store into another business building and facility cluster in CBD area. The boss of Cuili International is Stanley Ho, who is known as the "gambling king of Macau".

　　Liu Xiuling, then general manager of Beijing Xidan Friendship Group, introduced in an interview with the media that the reconstruction project of Friendship Store will be officially launched at the end of 2006 and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2009. "Xiyou Group is mainly responsible for the land used for this project, while Cuili Company is mainly responsible for the arrangement of construction funds for this project". Stanley Ho, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cuili International Co., Ltd., said that the two partners will spend 4 billion yuan to build an Australian-designed comprehensive building integrating office buildings, apartments and large shopping malls on the original site of Friendship Store, in which the shopping mall occupies 8 floors (6 floors above ground and 2 floors underground) and the office building occupies 21 floors. The completed building will be jointly operated by both parties.

　　But this project has never been implemented. Beijing real estate industry has revealed to the media that the reason for the stagnation of the project is in the approval process. Some employees of PTW China, who participated in the design of the new Friendship Building, revealed that the project failed to start because of the contractual disputes between the partners. The friendship reconstruction project had another signing partner earlier, and the gambling king intervened before the contract ended. There are still some disputes between the two companies.

　　There are rumors in the industry that the loss of Friendship Store began in 2003, amounting to tens of millions. According to reports, Friendship Store hopes to attract more tourists by introducing "fresh blood", so it introduced Da Vinci Home in July 2010. An internal employee of the Friendship Store also confirmed that the project was indeed stranded because of a dispute and going to court. He revealed that the Friendship Store has been losing money year after year. Because many merchants are worried that the Friendship Store will be demolished at any time after signing the contract, they dare not sign a longer contract, which eventually leads to the shortage of goods in the Friendship Store, which seriously affects the existing operation.

　　In 2011, Beijing Shoushang Group Co., Ltd. was officially unveiled after the reorganization of Xidan Shopping Mall and Xinyansha Group. Before the reorganization, the old department stores such as Xidan Shopping Mall and Friendship Store owned by Xidan Shopping Mall Co., Ltd. were placed under the management of Shoushang Group.

　　The fate of Friendship Store is expected to change again. On July 23rd this year, the website of Beijing Municipal Planning Commission published the review opinions on the design scheme of Friendship Building project. The Beijing Friendship Store, which has only four floors, will change its face, and it will be upgraded to 11 floors. According to the design plan, Friendship Store will be built into Beijing Friendship Building, with a building height of 159.5 meters and a project valuation of 1.935 billion yuan. Its building functions include office, business and apartment, and it is a large-scale commercial facility along Chang ‘an Avenue. The construction period (planning) is from September 2016 to January 2019.

　　In March this year, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued a document saying that after research, it agreed that Beijing Friendship Real Estate Co., Ltd. would continue to develop and build the Beijing Friendship Building project. The total land area of the project is about 1.78 hectares, the building scale is 260,000 square meters, the building height is 159.5 meters, and the green space rate is 20%. The building functions include offices, businesses and apartments.

　　This information indicates that the Friendship Store is expected to change its face again. In the interview, the reporter of Beiqing Daily found that many internal employees of the Friendship Store did not know about this matter, while Zhang Yifeng revealed that some subtle changes could really be felt from the recent speech of the superior leaders. "Maybe it is really necessary to demolish and renovate this time!"

　　Wenhe photo/reporter Li Jia

　　A recent survey shows that the economic confidence of small businesses in the United States has dropped to a seven-year low, and the investment of American enterprises has also shrunk. In addition, many indicators such as the recession of American manufacturing industry and the decline of consumer confidence have once again sounded the alarm for the American economy. According to the analysis, due to the impact of trade policy and its uncertainty on the US economy, and the stimulating effect of tax reduction policy has basically disappeared, the US economic growth will slow down or become a foregone conclusion this year.

　　Business confidence dropped to the lowest level in seven years.

　　On Monday, local time, a monthly survey of more than 670 small businesses nationwide by American polling agencies showed that the economic confidence of small businesses fell to the lowest level since November 2012 in August. The proportion of respondents who expect the economy to deteriorate in the next 12 months will rise to 40%, compared with 29% in July and 23% a year ago.

　　According to a survey conducted by Vistage Worldwide, an American executive training institution, 45% of small businesses said that the current US trade policy would affect their business. The analysis holds that the uncertainty of American trade policy increases the cost and uncertainty of small enterprises, which will make their production planning very difficult, damage their business and reduce their expectations of the American economy. Richard, an economist at the University of Michigan, analyzed Vistage’s data and said: "For small companies, this means being more cautious in investment and recruitment plans."

　　Last week, the data of the monthly rate of durable goods orders in July released by the United States showed that the initial value of the monthly rate of orders was actually announced by 2.1%, but the initial value of the monthly rate of transportation durable goods orders was actually announced by -0.4% in July, which showed that the US shipments in July showed the biggest decline in the past three years. Overall business investment declined in the second quarter of this year, which was the first time since the first quarter of 2016. Some analysts worry that the chain effect may become more and more obvious. In the short term, the company will reduce recruitment, which in turn will damage consumer confidence, and in the long run, it may affect productivity growth.

　　Another report released by the Chicago Fed last week also reinforced the expectation of slowing economic growth. According to the report, the US economic activity index dropped to -0.36 in July from 0.03 in June. According to the Chicago Fed, negative readings are usually accompanied by below-average economic growth. The Chicago Fed’s economic activity index turned negative, and the corporate investment released by the US Department of Commerce showed signs of shrinking in July, all indicating that the uncertainty of trade has penetrated into the real economic activities in the United States.

　　Lydia Boussour, a senior American analyst at Oxford Economic Research Institute, said that the expectation that corporate investment confidence will shrink will not change. Although corporate spending on equipment has increased, weak corporate investment and idle inventory will drag down US manufacturing and GDP data. In the next few months, the tightening financial environment, increasing trade uncertainty and deteriorating global economic growth will put pressure on investment decision-making and make the already fragile investment prospects of enterprises face further downside risks.

　　Economic recession signals are frequent.

　　According to the latest statistics released by IHS Market on August 22nd, the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) of American manufacturing industry fell to 49.9 in August, which was the first time that it fell below 50 threshold in ten years. Because manufacturing PMI is a key economic indicator to measure the expansion and contraction of a country’s manufacturing industry, it shows that the manufacturing PMI of the United States has entered a shrinking state for the first time in the past decade, and it also adds new warning to the American economy that has frequently warned of recession recently.

　　Lise Sunders, chief investment strategist of charles schwab Company in the United States, said that because the trend of manufacturing industry is ahead of consumption and other fields, she predicted that the prospect of manufacturing industry in the United States is likely to continue to deteriorate, and the weak momentum is likely to spread to the service industry in the United States. The data released by IHS Market Company on the same day also showed that the PMI of the US service industry dropped sharply from 53 in July to 50.9 in August, a three-month low. Michael Kantor Rowitz, chief investment strategist of Cornerstone Macro, warned: "When the PMI of the service industry falls below 50, the recession will come." Ian Shepardson, chief economist of Pantheon Macroeconomics Research Company, believes that the manufacturing industry accounts for only about 12% of the current American economy, so the recession of manufacturing industry alone is not enough to drag the American economy into recession. However, it is worth worrying that once the weak momentum of manufacturing spreads to the service industry, the risk of economic recession in the United States will greatly increase.

　　Moreover, concerns about the macroeconomic situation and financial markets have begun to affect the future consumption expectations of American consumers. According to the latest data, the consumer confidence index of the American Chamber of Commerce in August dropped from 135.8 last month to 135.1, and the consumer expectation index dropped from 112 to 107. According to data released by the University of Michigan recently, the consumer confidence index of the United States dropped from 98.4 last month to 89.8, the biggest monthly decline since December 2012. The analysis pointed out that since August, American consumer confidence has suffered a heavy setback, which has brought more hidden worries to the slowing American economy.

　　Personal consumption expenditure accounts for about 70% of the U.S. economy, which is the main engine driving the U.S. economic growth and the key pillar for maintaining the stability of the U.S. market confidence. However, the analysis pointed out that the US trade policy has repeatedly led to the reduction of consumer spending in the United States, and consumer confidence is being eroded. Now this impetus is gradually weakening, and the negative impact on the American economy is self-evident. In addition, some recent data show that the growth rate of personal income in the United States shows signs of slowing down. According to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, personal income in the United States increased by 0.1% in July, the smallest increase since September last year, and significantly slower than the growth rate of 0.5% in June. In addition, personal savings also fell from 1.32 trillion US dollars in June to 1.27 trillion US dollars, the lowest level since November 2018. This also makes analysts more worried about the US consumption prospects in the coming months.

　　Slow growth or a foregone conclusion

　　According to the revised data released by the US Department of Commerce recently, the real gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States increased by 2% at an annual rate in the second quarter of this year, which was 0.1 percentage point lower than the first estimated data previously released. Analysts believe that due to the impact of trade policy and its uncertainty on the US economy, and the stimulating effect of tax cuts has basically disappeared, the US economic growth will slow down or become a foregone conclusion this year. It is estimated that the annual growth rate will be about 2.5%, which is lower than the 3% growth target set by the government.

　　Ratner, a former adviser to the US Treasury Department, pointed out that there are growing concerns about the US economy or falling into recession. Although the U.S. government mainly blamed the economic slowdown on the Fed’s interest rate hike, in fact, the Fed’s interest rate hike is not large and interest rates are still at an extremely low level in history.

　　He believes that the obvious slowdown in US economic growth is largely due to US trade policy. Worried about the prospects of economic growth, the capital investment of American enterprises has stopped growing, and even declined slightly recently. In particular, the output of the manufacturing industry has been falling and falling into a technical recession, which shows that business confidence is weakening. Ratner also quoted JPMorgan Chase’s forecast that the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States may increase by only 1.8% in 2019. In addition, according to Reuters’s recent survey of private economists, the median forecast of American economy falling into recession in the next two years is as high as 45%.

CCTV News:Recently, a community Committee in Hangzhou is going to pay 1.2 million yuan to pay dividends to the owners. According to the industry committee, this 1.2 million yuan belongs to operational income, which is part of the community, and should be taken from the people.

This is the community that pays out 1.2 million yuan for dividends. The community was delivered in 2014, with good greening and hardware conditions, with 1041 households. Wang Jianshun, the director of the community industry committee, said that the 1.2 million yuan is part of operational income owned by the community owners.

Wang Jianshun, Director of Yipin Community Committee of Yuhang Kangcheng, Hangzhou, Zhejiang:Our income mainly comes from the rent of shops, and according to the regulations of Hangzhou on building management, 10% of the supporting parking spaces, part of which is the rent of underground parking spaces.

After sorting out the financial revenue and expenditure from January to October, the industry Committee found that there was still a balance of more than 1.38 million yuan, so I had the idea of paying dividends to everyone.

Wang Jianshun, Director of Yipin Community Committee of Yuhang Kangcheng, Hangzhou, Zhejiang:First, let more owners know their own interests and participate more in the affairs management of the community. Second, let more industry committees have trust with the owners to avoid some bad things happening in the funds of the industry committees.

Wang Jianshun said that there are still more than 20 million unused property maintenance funds in the community, and they will have more than 600,000 yuan in income in the first half of next year. The industry committee issued a total of 1006 questionnaires, among which 91% of the owners supported dividends.

At present, the industry committee has completed the preparation of dividends, and will listen to the opinions of relevant departments before issuing them.

Expert interpretation: A total of some proceeds belong to the owner’s property and cannot be moved.

Nowadays, many communities have some income, such as advertisements in public areas, parking spaces, etc., but not most of them pay dividends to the owners. What’s more, the owners don’t know about the money, and they can’t control it. In view of this situation, legal experts said that some of the proceeds in the community belong to the owners and the property cannot be moved.

Lou Jianbo, a professor at Peking University Law School:A community is composed of the exclusive parts of each owner and the common parts of the owners. Of course, the profits generated by the common part in the operation process should belong to the property owners, that is, the majority of owners. The property management company is only entrusted by the owners to manage and maintain the public parts for the owners, and the property management company should not obtain this income.

Experts also pointed out that in order to avoid this part of the money being occupied by the property company, the community needs to set up an owners’ meeting that can represent and safeguard the owners’ rights and interests, and should also specify the ownership of this part of operational income in the property management service contract signed by all owners and the property company.

Lou Jianbo, a professor at Peking University Law School:There should be a provision in the property management contract that the income and expenses generated by the operation of the property management company should be reported to the owner, and how to use it after eliminating the necessary costs should be decided by the owner.

Experts also pointed out that according to the Property Management Regulations, this money should be used to supplement the special maintenance funds of the community. If there is a balance in the special maintenance funds, it can also be used for other purposes such as dividends to the owners, but the consent of most owners must be obtained.

Community "dividend" industry Committee is the key

Living in the community, and getting dividends. This windfall, no matter how big or small, is a surprise to the owners. But behind the surprise, there are still questions. Community dividends, are these all other people’s communities? What is the premise of community dividend? Is the practice of this community in Hangzhou reproducible? In fact, these questions have long been answered in law. According to the relevant provisions of the Property Law and the Property Management Regulations, the owner has two ownership rights in the community. One is the exclusive ownership of the house purchased by oneself. Another shared ownership of roads, external walls, elevators and other public facilities in the community. The income from joint ownership is a considerable income in a well-run community. The industry Committee has the right to control this income. The problem is that it is very difficult for owners to organize fragmented owners and set up industry committees in reality. The proportion of establishing industry committees in residential areas in China is still relatively low. It is a good intention for the owners to pay dividends and manage the community well, but the industry Committee is not perfect, which leads to many rights that cannot be exercised and realized. It will not be a case for owners to get "dividends" by setting up industry committees, supporting industry committees and doing a good job of autonomy in community affairs.

　　On the morning of the 3rd, the 4th world internet conference opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, and the Supreme Leader of president sent a congratulatory letter. Regarding the Internet, the Supreme Leader has always attached great importance to it and made many important speeches. How to build a network power? How to ensure network security? How to let more people enjoy the Internet development dividend? These 20 sentences of the Supreme Leader are worth reading carefully.

　　On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader hosted a symposium on network security and informatization in Beijing and delivered an important speech. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Zhancheng photo

　　1. Talk about the general trend: China has become a network power.

　　Mankind is experiencing the information revolution.

　　Judging from the history of social development, human beings have experienced agricultural revolution, industrial revolution and information revolution.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　Network has entered thousands of households in China.

　　China’s Internet and informatization work has made remarkable achievements. The network has entered thousands of households, and the number of netizens ranks first in the world. China has become a network power.

　　— — On February 27, 2014, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the First Meeting of the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Leading Group

　　The reform of global Internet governance system has entered a critical period.

　　The global Internet governance system has entered a critical period, and building a community of cyberspace destiny has increasingly become a broad consensus of the international community.

　　— — On December 3, 2017, the Supreme Leader sent a congratulatory letter to the Fourth world internet conference.

　　2. Talking about building a network power: we must have our own technology and excellent technology.

　　Strive to build China into a network power

　　We should proceed from the international and domestic general trend, make overall arrangements, coordinate all parties, innovate and develop, and strive to build China into a network power.

　　— — On February 27, 2014, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the First Meeting of the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Leading Group

　　We should have our own technology, information services, infrastructure and talent team.

　　To build a network power, we must have our own technology and excellent technology; There must be rich and comprehensive information services and a prosperous and developed network culture; It is necessary to have a good information infrastructure and form a strong information economy; There must be a high-quality network security and information talent team; We should actively carry out bilateral and multilateral international exchanges and cooperation on the Internet.

　　— — On February 27, 2014, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the First Meeting of the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Leading Group

　　We should gather talents from all over the world and use them.

　　As I said, if we want to develop our cause well, we must gather talents from all over the world and use them.

　　Without an excellent talent team, creativity and vitality, it is difficult to build a powerful network country. Only by studying the classics of talents can we get twice the result with half the effort.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　3. Talking about cyberspace: Grasp the timeliness and effectiveness of public opinion guidance.

　　Grasp the timeliness and effectiveness of online public opinion guidance

　　It is a long-term task to do a good job in online public opinion. We should innovate and improve online publicity, use the law of online communication, carry forward the main theme, stimulate positive energy, vigorously cultivate and practice socialist core values, grasp the time, degree and effect of online public opinion guidance, and make cyberspace clear.

　　— — On February 27, 2014, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the First Meeting of the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Leading Group

　　Leading cadres should learn to follow the mass line through the internet.

　　Netizens come from ordinary people, and when ordinary people go online, public opinion goes online. Where the masses are, our leading cadres will go, otherwise how can we contact the masses? Party and government organs and leading cadres at all levels should learn to follow the mass line through the Internet, often surf the Internet, dive, chat and make noises, understand what the masses think and wish, collect good ideas and suggestions, and actively respond to netizens’ concerns and doubts.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　Concentric circles should be formed online and offline.

　　In order to achieve our goal, concentric circles should be formed online and offline. What are concentric circles? It is under the leadership of the Party that people of all ethnic groups throughout the country are mobilized, and the enthusiasm of all parties is mobilized to work together to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　Create a clear cyberspace

　　Strengthen the construction of Internet content, establish a comprehensive network governance system, and create a clear cyberspace.

　　— — On October 18, 2017, the Supreme Leader, on behalf of the 18th Central Committee, delivered a report to the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China.

　　4. Talking about network security: the core technology of the Internet is our biggest "life gate".

　　Security and development should be promoted simultaneously.

　　Network security and informatization complement each other. Security is the premise of development, development is the guarantee of security, and security and development should be promoted simultaneously.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　To ensure Internet security and national security, we must break through the difficult problem of core technology.

　　The core technology of the Internet is our biggest "life gate", and the core technology is subject to people, which is our biggest hidden danger.

　　If we want to master the initiative of China’s Internet development, and ensure Internet security and national security, we must break through the difficult problem of core technology and strive to achieve "overtaking in corners" in some fields and aspects.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　Maintaining network security is the common responsibility of the whole society.

　　Network security is for the people, and network security depends on the people. Maintaining network security is the common responsibility of the whole society, which requires the joint participation of the government, enterprises, social organizations and the majority of netizens to build a network security defense line.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　5. Talking about informatization: Let hundreds of millions of people have more sense of gain in sharing the fruits of Internet development.

　　Promote the in-depth integration of informatization and industrialization

　　Facing the trend of informationization, only by actively seizing the commanding heights can we win the development opportunities. To promote the in-depth integration of informatization and industrialization, we must use more brains and practical measures in informatization.

　　— — On June 17, 2015, the Supreme Leader stressed during his investigation in Guizhou.

　　Open up the information "artery" of economic and social development

　　We should strengthen the construction of information infrastructure, strengthen the deep integration of information resources, and open up the information "artery" of economic and social development.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　Provide useful, affordable and well-used information services for ordinary people.

　　It is necessary to adapt to the people’s expectations and needs, speed up the popularization of information services, reduce the application cost, provide useful, affordable and well-used information services for the people, and let hundreds of millions of people have more sense of sharing the fruits of Internet development.

　　— — On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Symposium on Network Security and Informatization

　　On November 16th, 2016, the 3rd world internet conference opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province. The Supreme Leader delivered a speech by video at the opening ceremony. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Duo photo

　　6. Talk about global Internet governance: work together to build a community of cyberspace destiny.

　　Internet poses new challenges to national sovereign interests.

　　The Internet has truly turned the world into a global village and made the international community more and more a community of destiny with you and me. At the same time, the development of the Internet poses new challenges to national sovereignty, security and development interests, and it is urgent for the international community to seriously respond, seek common governance and achieve a win-win situation.

　　— — On November 19th, 2014, the Supreme Leader sent a congratulatory message to the first world internet conference.

　　Promote the reform of the global Internet governance system

　　On the basis of mutual respect and trust, the international community should strengthen dialogue and cooperation, promote the reform of the global Internet governance system, jointly build a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyberspace, and establish a multilateral, democratic and transparent global Internet governance system.

　　— — Speech by the Supreme Leader at the Opening Ceremony of the Second world internet conference on December 16, 2015.

　　To make good use of, develop and manage the Internet, we must deepen international cooperation in cyberspace.

　　The development of the Internet is borderless and borderless. To make good use of, develop and manage the Internet, we must deepen international cooperation in cyberspace and work together to build a community of cyberspace destiny.

　　— — On November 16, 2016, the Supreme Leader made a video speech at the opening ceremony of the third world internet conference.

　　Everyone’s business is discussed and handled by everyone.

　　We advocate the "four principles" and "five-point proposition" in the hope that together with the international community, we will respect network sovereignty and carry forward the spirit of partnership, and we will discuss and handle our own affairs, so as to achieve common development, common security maintenance, common governance participation and shared achievements.

　　— — On December 3, 2017, the Supreme Leader sent a congratulatory letter to the Fourth world internet conference.

　　Source: People’s Daily client, finishing: Li Jianguang, Yue Xiaoqiao, Song Jingsi

　　Editor of this issue: Tian Feng and Shi Lei.

　　In 2024, the focus of Huawei’s work is to produce more grain, during which its key strategy is to promote comprehensive intelligence. So, what is the most critical thing for Huawei in 2024?

　　

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　　At the Huawei analyst conference held recently, Xu Zhijun, vice chairman and rotating chairman of Huawei, revealed that the most critical thing for Huawei in 2024 is to build a native application ecosystem in HarmonyOS.

　　At the same time, Huawei Pura 70 series, which was officially launched on April 18th, also has new news. According to many interviews with reporters from Securities Times E Company, Huawei Pura 70 series is relatively well stocked, so at present, most offline channels can buy Pura 70 series in stock, except for a few versions, and generally there is no need to increase the price.

　　"The Road to Development in HarmonyOS" was exposed.

　　On April 18th, Huawei official website made public the full text of Xu Zhijun’s speech at the Huawei analyst conference, which thoroughly revealed the most critical events of Huawei in 2024.

　　Xu Zhijun said that ecology is very important for Huawei’s industrial development. Huawei has made a decision to invest heavily in the development of ecology in 2024 and the next five years, and to promote and drive the development of terminal industries and computing industries through ecological development.

　　"The first is to build a native application ecosystem in HarmonyOS, which is the most critical thing for Huawei in 2024." Xu Zhijun said that in the past, HarmonyOS’s operating system mostly adapted to various terminal devices in the south, but it still shared the application ecology of Android in the application in the north. Huawei hopes to fully migrate 5,000 applications that have been used on smartphones for more than 99% of the time to HarmonyOS’s native operating system in 2024, so as to truly realize the unification of operating system and application ecology.

　　Xu Zhijun introduced that among the more than 5,000 applications, more than 4,000 applications have defined their migration plans, and less than 1,000 applications are communicating.

　　"This migration volume is huge. When we migrated these 5,000 applications and thousands of other applications from the Android ecosystem to the HarmonyOS operating system, our HarmonyOS operating system was truly built and truly became the third mobile operating system in the world besides Apple iOS and Google Android. We will first build HarmonyOS’s operational application ecology based on the China market, and promote it country by country in the future and gradually push it to the world. " Xu Zhijun said.

　　HarmonyOS was released in August 2019. From June 2021, HarmonyOS 2.0 was officially used in mobile phones and other consumer terminals. In July 2022, HarmonyOS 3.0 was launched, and in August 2023, HarmonyOS 4.0 was launched.

　　On January 18th, 2024, Huawei announced that the developer preview of HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS Xinghe Edition was open to developers. According to Huawei’s plan, HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS Xinghe Edition is expected to release a developer Beta in the second quarter of 2024 and a consumer-oriented commercial version (native HarmonyOS commercial version) in the fourth quarter.

　　On April 18th, Huawei’s native HarmonyOS made new progress. On the same day, dozens of partners such as One Shenzhen, Direct News, Bee Assistant, Express 100, Cloud Home, Kaisi, Caixun, Kaidishi, Zhumang Partner, Yika, etc. signed contracts with Huawei to reach HarmonyOS cooperation. At the same time, shenzhen tong, Firerabbit, southern fund, Lanling KK, Miyi, Private Paipai.com, Caregiver, Xiaohua Wallet, Gelonghui.

　　"We expect that when Mate70 is sold this year, we can go public with’ pure blood’ HarmonyOS, which is also the goal of our efforts." Xu Zhijun bluntly said.

　　The supply chain has changed completely.

　　In addition, in terms of ecological creation, Xu Zhijun also said that efforts will be made to create a Kunpeng ecology and a rising ecology.

　　Kunpeng Ecology refers to the industrial ecology built by Huawei around Kunpeng Chip, which is mainly used in general computing and server fields, while Shengpeng Ecology is the industrial ecology built by Huawei around Shengteng Chip, which is mainly used in artificial intelligence field.

　　Xu Zhijun said that Huawei opened the general computing operating system openEuler in 2019, and then opened the database openGauss in 2020. After several years’ efforts, more than 75% of application software in China has been able to run on Kunpeng processor. After several years’ efforts, it is expected that all application software in China can run on both X86 processors and Kunpeng processors.

　　As for Ascension, Xu Zhijun said that building Ascension Ecology is the key to Huawei’s development of artificial intelligence. Over the years, Huawei has been building a rising ecology around the rising processor, CANN and MindSpore, and has made great progress with the efforts of the whole industry. I hope that in the future, based on CANN and MindSpore, enterprises and developers can train all large models and complete all the reasoning work.

　　Xu Zhijun also revealed that for all developers of Kunpeng, Shengteng and HarmonyOS Ecology, Huawei will build a unified developer platform based on Huawei Cloud, giving developers a unified entrance and allowing developers to move freely in these three ecosystems. Based on the construction of these ecosystems, Huawei will be able to provide a second choice for the world computing field and a third mobile operating system for the world.

　　It is worth mentioning that Xu Zhijun also mentioned in his speech that in 2024, Huawei will persist in winning by quality and achieve high-quality development. "No matter how the world changes, only high quality is the key for Huawei to continue to move towards the future, because our supply chain has undergone a thorough change, so we must extend quality requirements and quality management to suppliers, channels and partners to promote the common progress of the industrial chain."

　　In addition, Xu Zhijun also revealed that in 2024, Huawei will continue to optimize its industrial mix and enhance its development resilience. In his view, at present, Huawei has built a strong and resilient industrial portfolio, thus laying a solid foundation for the company’s sustainable survival and development. Among these industries, there are traditional advantageous industries, such as the communication industry in ICT infrastructure; There are also pioneering industries such as the AI computing industry in ICT infrastructure; There are both stable and fast-growing industries; There are industries that rely on advanced technology and industries that do not rely on advanced technology, such as digital energy; There are hardware-led industries and software-led industries.

　　Pura 70 is relatively well stocked

　　On the other hand, the Pura 70 series, which was just launched yesterday, also has new news.

　　It is understood that last year, after the launch of Huawei Mate 60 series, the supply has been in short supply. This aspect is related to the production capacity of Huawei’s core components, and on the other hand, it is also related to Huawei’s insufficient stocking.

　　Unlike the Mate 60 series, the Pura 70 series is relatively well stocked.

　　On the morning of April 18th, after the launch of Pura 70 series, a person in charge of Huawei Experience Store told the reporter of Securities Times E Company that the intended users can buy the spot when they arrive at the store on the same day. However, due to the hot on-site sales, it may take a certain queuing time to pick up the goods on site, and at the same time, some models may be in short supply, and it will take a certain time to pick up the goods after booking. Of course, the sales intensity of each store is different, and the queuing situation is also different.

　　Up to now, many Huawei users have told reporters that they bought Huawei Pura 70 on April 18 and got the spot.

　　However, why was Huawei’s official website Pura 70 sold in less than one minute yesterday, and all major e-commerce platforms have shown that Pura 70 Ultra and Pura 70 Pro have been sold out?

　　In this regard, insiders revealed to reporters that this may be due to Huawei’s different policies for online and offline channels of Pura 70 series. "It is estimated that it will be more inclined to the offline, because there is a powder absorption effect offline, and Huawei needs to support the development of Huawei’s distribution system."

　　According to reports, a channel insider revealed to the media: "According to our research, Huawei Pura 70 series mobile phones have more channel stocking than Mate 60 series. At present, the total channel stocking has reached 14 million to 15 million units."

　　Huawei Pura 70 series includes four models: Pura 70 Standard Edition, Pura 70 Pro, Pura 70 Pro+ and Pura 70 Ultra, with retail prices starting from 5499 yuan, 6499 yuan, 7999 yuan and 9999 yuan respectively.

　　Different from other models, the camera module of Pura 70 series adopts triangular camera island design. At the same time, the Ultra version is equipped with a 1-inch sensor and a rotating telescopic lens. This is the first time Huawei has tried a telescopic lens on a mobile phone, realizing the functional differentiation and the leap of product strength. In addition, both Ultra and Pro versions support high-speed flash and further upgraded macro telephoto.

　　According to the news from Huawei Terminal Weibo, the second batch of Huawei Pura 70 Pro+ and Huawei Pura 70 will be put on sale on April 22nd.

Experts simulate the restoration of Qin Terracotta Warriors and understand the research and production technology and technology.

Details of simulated restoration of Terracotta Warriors and Horses

　　How are the tall terracotta warriors and horses shaped? How big a kiln does it take to fire clay figurines? Where does the clay for making pottery figurines come from? On October 11th, the reporter learned from the research group of Qin Terracotta Warriors’ production technology and process simulation restoration that experts have solved many puzzles of terracotta warriors’ production through simulation restoration.

　　Where does a lot of clay come from?

　　The statement of "using local materials" is a bit one-sided

　　This year marks the 45th anniversary of the discovery of Terracotta Warriors and Horses. The terracotta figures unearthed from the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor cover many types, such as the army, dancing, swearing and ceremonial ceremonies. It is possible to find that there are more than 10,000 pieces of pottery figurines, and making these life-size pottery figurines must require a lot of pottery clay, but where these clay come from has been a problem that has puzzled the academic community for many years.

　　Zhang Weixing, the leader of the research group on the simulation and restoration of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, said: "According to the general theory of ancient pottery making, the clay used for pottery making is generally made from local materials. Traditionally, it is believed that the terracotta warriors and horses clay came from nearby areas, but whether the terracotta warriors and horses clay was taken from around their burial pits or from a concentrated area of the Qinling Mountains, because archaeology has not found large-scale traces of soil mining near the mausoleum area, it is impossible to get an exact scientific conclusion. "

　　Since last year, the research group has collected a lot of soil samples around the Qin Mausoleum by the method of simulated restoration, and found that no matter pure loess, loessial soil derived from loess, brown laterite or backfill soil in the rumored pit of terracotta warriors and horses, they can’t be directly made into clay figurines due to problems such as strength, hardness and adhesion, and the soil composition is not in good agreement with the composition of terracotta warriors and horses. Later, after repeated experiments, it was found that only the loam and brown laterite collected from the stratum of Qin Dynasty were prefabricated and mixed with about 20% sand to reach the standard of making clay adobe, and the composition of the fired pottery figurines was the closest to that of the real Qin figurines.

　　Zhang Weixing believes that the construction of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor has strict organization and planning. When making clay figurines on a large scale, the selection and preparation of soil must be a large-scale professional behavior of national professional institutions, and it is very likely that the craftsmen who collect soil in a unified way, store it in a centralized way and then distribute it to the government for unified production. Each craftsman and his team choose different admixture and production technology according to the pottery figurines they need to produce. Imagine that it is not impossible for this systematic national project to uniformly allocate a large amount of clay from Xianyang area or even the wider Guanzhong area and even the whole country.

　　Although the source of a large number of clay has not been completely determined, the research group is sure that the past statement of "using local materials" is a bit one-sided. Zhang Weixing said: "The research on the source of clay should stand at the height of national engineering and expand the scope of research."

　　Are the Terracotta Warriors made by foreigners?

　　It is a fine sculpture of Qin people.

　　Because of its highly realistic production skills, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses are in sharp contrast with the way that the pottery figurines of other dynasties in ancient China are more expressive. Therefore, experts at home and abroad have suggested that the shaping of Terracotta Warriors and Horses may draw lessons from foreign sculpture techniques, and there are even legends that Terracotta Warriors and Horses are made by foreigners. In this regard, the conclusion given by the research group after research is — — The Terracotta Warriors and Horses used the traditional crafts of China, and it was a fine sculpture of the Qin people themselves.

　　Sun Wei, a member of the research group, graduated from the Sculpture Department of Xi ‘an Academy of Fine Arts and has many years of experience in sculpture production. However, in this simulation restoration study, his past professional knowledge was subverted again and again. He said: "Western sculptures and our modern sculptures, when making such large-scale works, should put up shelves to support the center of gravity and outline of the large-scale works. But the terracotta warriors and horses are hollow, and no traces of shelves have been found at all. How was it molded? "

　　This problem puzzled Sun Wei for a long time, until one day, he found fingerprints and traces of clay strips on a piece of terracotta warriors and horses that had not been repaired, so he tried to simulate the terracotta warriors and horses by using the clay strips used in pottery making in Shang and Zhou Dynasties in China. After prefabrication, repeated beating and mud awakening, the selected clay was rubbed into mud strips slightly thicker than the thumb by Sun Wei, and slowly rolled up one by one, because he had to constantly adjust the center of gravity and reinforce the mud strips. At first, he could only roll 40 cm high a day.

　　"It is difficult to find the center of gravity. In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, pottery made by this method was limited to small round or square vessels, but if the center of gravity was not found, it would collapse." Sun Wei said. In the process of finding the center of gravity of pottery figurines, Sun Wei found that the best way to use it was to imitate the posture of the figurines. Where the center of gravity of the human body is, the center of gravity of the figurines is there. Later, he built six terracotta warriors and horses in different shapes by using the method of clay strips. Many fingerprints that appeared in different positions in the terracotta warriors and horses in the past represented what they meant, and they were suddenly enlightened by finding the right production method.

　　"Experiments have proved that those fingerprints actually have no special significance, that is, they were left behind by craftsmen who forgot or couldn’t reach the details at the end of production. The successful production of these six terracotta figures shows that Qin people had the ability and method to shape large-scale terracotta figures at that time. Terracotta Warriors and Horses were the fine sculptures of Chinese in the Qin Dynasty. " Sun Wei said.

　　How big a kiln does it take to burn terracotta warriors and horses?

　　The height of the inner diameter of the pottery kiln should be more than 2m.

　　Terracotta Warriors and Horses belong to large-scale sculpture-fired works of art, and the basic process of making Terracotta Warriors and Horses is hand-molding, then firing in the kiln, and painting on the surface after the utensils are cooled down. The research group believes that the Terracotta Warriors and Horses are all local products in China in terms of production technology, materials and concepts. It not only inherited the tradition and technology of pottery making in the pre-Qin period, but also influenced the Han Dynasty and even later times.

　　The firing of terracotta warriors and horses should be different from that of traditional pottery and building components. However, for many years, the pottery kiln for firing terracotta warriors and horses has not been found in archaeology, which urges scholars to change their thinking and consider whether a large number of small pottery kilns can also complete the firing task.

　　Four of the six clay figurines made by the research group by simulating the Qin Dynasty process have been fired, and the effect is highly similar to that of Qin Terracotta Warriors. In the process of simulated firing, the research group found many kilns, but they couldn’t complete the task because they didn’t meet the firing conditions. Later, they found a slightly larger kiln, put four clay figurines in it and fired them together. At the high temperature of 1000℃, it took a whole week for these four clay figurines to become "real terracotta warriors and horses". Therefore, the research group determined that the temperature of firing terracotta warriors and horses should be around 1000℃, and the time should be at least one week, and the height of the inner diameter of the pottery kiln for firing terracotta warriors and horses should be at least 2 meters, so that the complete terracotta warriors and horses can be fired.

　　However, large-scale pottery kilns have not been found around Lintong. Where were these pottery figurines fired in the past? Zhang Weixing said: "This is very similar to where to borrow soil, so we think that the study of Terracotta Warriors and Horses should be broken ‘ Local materials and local firing ’ The traditional concept, put it in a larger perspective to consider. "

　　It is understood that the experiment of the research group is still in progress. In the next step, they will conduct a simulation experiment on painting and painting. Maybe the experts will find the answers one by one on the ratio of painting pigments, painting technology and mineral sources. (Text/Reporter Zhang Jia Figure/Reporter Zhang Yuming)

Original clove doctor　

A surprise inspection!

Did you have a good drink of water today?

Or are you feeling thirsty

My throat is as dry as the Sahara desert.

Under normal circumstances, adult women only need to consume 1.1 ~ 1.5 liters of water a day, and adult men only need to consume 1.2 ~ 1.9 liters of water to meet their needs (including water in drinks and food).

But! Some people need more water than this.

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If you eat something at ordinary times, you must have a drink.

Otherwise, it’s too dry to swallow

When sleeping at night

I’m so thirsty that I may even cough

Need to get out of bed for tons of irrigation three times and two times.

Crucially:

I also drank a lot of water, but I just couldn’t quench my thirst!

Don’t be nervous yet ~ Thirst is a normal physiological reaction of human beings. In the short term, it may be that the weather is too hot, eating too salty, and just experienced strenuous exercise.

But if you continue to feel dry mouth and have some other accompanying symptoms, be careful!

This may be a signal from some diseases: your body has several potential health problems that need to be vigilant.

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01

Thyroid diseases

Patients with hyperthyroidism have increased thyroid hormone secretion, accelerated basal metabolic rate and significantly increased oxygen consumption. In addition, the heat production of the body increases, the heat dissipation accelerates, and the demand for water will increase accordingly.

Make your mouth thirsty, become a buffalo, and drink more water than usual.

Hyperthyroidism patients may also be accompanied by increased heart rate, palpitation, shaking hands, diarrhea, more sweating in hands, less hair loss, etc., but the most obvious manifestation may be the thickening of the neck.

In addition, people who used to be nice have suddenly exploded like a runaway scooter recently.

I also feel that I am always upset, insomnia and anxiety, and my brain often has a party late at night, making it difficult to sleep.

In the above situation, it is best to go to the endocrinology department in time and make an appointment for thyroid function determination and ultrasound examination.

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02

sicca syndrome

This is a common rheumatic disease, and the common clinical manifestation is dry mouth for more than 3 months.

Say a word and eat a solid food, you need to drink water. Eyes will feel very dry, like entering the sand.

Different from "dry eye", it is an eye disease, which is caused by insufficient tear secretion or excessive evaporation. Sjogren’s syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease.

Let’s just say it’s because your own immune organization mistakenly attacked salivary glands, lacrimal glands and other glands. These glands responsible for producing water are destroyed and the water secretion is reduced, so you feel dry mouth and eyes.

The data show that the probability of Sjogren’s syndrome patients suffering from malignant lymphoma is nearly 40 times higher than that of ordinary people. It may also affect other multiple systems of your body and have corresponding clinical manifestations:

Involving the skin, it can be manifested as itching and desquamation of the skin;

Involved in the respiratory tract, dry cough and dyspnea may occur;

Involvement of digestive system may be accompanied by abdominal distension and diarrhea;

Involving the nervous system, limb numbness and weakness, orthostatic hypotension, hyperhidrosis, hypohidrosis or anhidrosis of limb skin, memory and attention loss may occur.

There may also be systemic symptoms such as fatigue and low fever, and a few cases will show high fever, even high fever above 39℃.

Sjogren’s syndrome is generally recommended to go to the Rheumatology Immunology Department for investigation. If there is no such department, you can go to the General Internal Medicine Department for a look.

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Diabetes, poor blood sugar control

In addition to often feeling thirsty, I am particularly hungry; Frequent urination-the number of times to pee in the toilet has increased, and the amount of urination has also increased; Weight is also lost for no reason, accompanied by a sense of fatigue that is difficult to relieve.

Please pay attention to your blood sugar level! This may be the typical symptoms of diabetes: drinking more, eating more, urinating more and losing weight.

When blood sugar rises, there will be osmotic diuresis, which will lead to the reduction of water reabsorption by the kidney, and a large amount of water will be discharged from the kidney, thus making the urine volume increase abnormally. Therefore, the body is short of water, and then it feels thirsty and unconsciously wants to drink more water, which further leads to an increase in urine output and a vicious circle.

Diabetes is very common, with 11 patients in every 100 people, and most of them can’t be cured. Once they get it, they need lifelong treatment.

If you want to know your blood sugar health as soon as possible, you can go to the endocrinology department.

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sleep apnea syndrome

After waking up in the morning, I often feel that my throat is terribly dry. Don’t ignore it. Looking back, do you still snore when you sleep?

Some people are dry, while others are dry because Lao Zhang snored with his mouth open the night before.

This is not a rap or joke, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA), but also a large group of patients with dry mouth.

TA people may snore and snore when they sleep, and their breathing pauses for several seconds before they recover. Classic clinical manifestations also include: feeling suffocated when sleeping, thirsty after waking up, dizziness and headache, drowsiness during the day, and difficulty in concentration …

In contrast, dry mouth is just a minor problem.

Studies have found that it is also related to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (such as stroke), metabolic diseases and other multi-system damage. The probability of traffic accidents in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is 250% higher than that in the general population.

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diabetes insipidus

This is a relatively rare disease.

Let’s just say that we ordinary people can’t maintain normal urine output without a substance called "antidiuretic hormone". It is synthesized by the hypothalamus and stored in the pituitary gland, working silently for us.

If this mechanism is obstructed and antidiuretic hormone is deficient, it will fall into a state of "storage failure"; Or the kidney is not sensitive to this hormone, which will make you dry mouth and urinate easily, and may also excrete a lot of innocent urine.

Generally speaking, normal adults excrete about 1 ~ 2 liters of urine a day, that is, 4 ~ 6 times of urine.

If you urinate more than 4 liters in 24 hours and urinate significantly more than 6 times, and this situation lasts for more than half a month, be alert to the possibility of diabetes insipidus.

If you are really worried, you can go to the endocrinology department or nephrology department for treatment.

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To sum up, whether you want to see a doctor about dry mouth mainly depends on whether it lasts for more than 3 months and has affected your daily life.

If so, remember to actively seek medical treatment and check the risk of disease. Don’t delay! Don’t delay! Don’t delay! Say the important things three times.

As for friends who are usually fine and suddenly feel itchy and have a dry mouth when they see here … Don’t panic, I advise you to drink some water first. You may simply drink less water!

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Or, you have thoroughly investigated the possible pathological factors, and still feel dry mouth often, and don’t fall into the "hypochondriac trap". There is also a simple answer: you need to consume more water than others, so don’t worry too much.

Admit that some "problems" are like myopia. Although it is difficult to eradicate, we can still learn to live in peace with them.

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"If you don’t pay attention, you will lose two points. Now you should be more cautious!" Wang Peng (a pseudonym), a young doctor from Chongqing Southwest Hospital, said regretfully in front of reporters on December 6. He was the first participant in the third training course of "driver’s license" management doctors’ rational drug use in the country. Because he was scored 6 points, he was stopped from studying prescription rights for a week.

The reporter learned from the hospital that there are 34 doctors from 11 departments studying with Wang Peng. Although some doctors feel wronged, most of them think that "it is necessary to return to the furnace." In fact, since the implementation of the "driver’s license" management of rational drug use, the hospital has been warned by 760 person-times, one person has revoked the prescription right, 75 people have been suspended from attending training courses, and three department directors have admonished and talked. The "scorecard" is directly linked to the term evaluation, professional title promotion and year-end rewards and punishments of doctors.

"driver’s license" to manage doctors’ rational drug use

In order to make doctors more cautious in prescribing drugs, Chongqing Southwest Hospital pioneered the "driver’s license" system to manage doctors’ rational drug use in the country. A doctor’s prescription right is just like a driver’s license. If a scoring system is implemented, doctors who use drugs unreasonably will be penalized. Once they are deducted 12 points, they may be punished by demotion, suspension and so on.

Zhang Hongyan, deputy director of the Medical Education Department of Southwest Hospital, told the reporter that in recent years, the hospital has taken the lead in giving quantitative scoring management to the personal medication of the prescribers in the hospital with the help of information technology. Each doctor has only 12 points. According to the degree of unreasonable drug use by doctors, the deduction standard is divided into Class I, Class II and Class III errors. "In the whole hospital, no one enjoys the privilege. From the third-level old experts and professors to the general attending doctors, there is a standard." He said.

The reporter saw in the hospital that the deduction standard of the doctor’s personal scorecard for rational drug use is very detailed: 0.5 points are deducted for a class of mistakes, mainly including irregular prescription writing, course of treatment that does not meet the general regulations, etc. Deduct 1 point for class II errors, including inappropriate usage and dosage, long course of treatment, etc. Deduct 2 points for three kinds of mistakes, mainly referring to unconventional drug use, such as prescribing a single prescription with an amount of more than 1,500 yuan without justifiable reasons. The punishment is also divided into three levels: the first-level deduction is below 6 points. The hospital will send a text message to remind the doctor and inform the department director; The second-level deduction is over 6 points. Doctors will suspend prescription rights for one week, attend training courses on rational drug use at their own expense, and only after passing the examination can prescription rights be restored; 12 points will be deducted at the third level. Doctors will be demoted, suspended, etc.

"The adverse reactions caused by drug use are undoubtedly a risk for patients, and irrational drug use has increased this risk, all over the world." Guo Jiwei, president of Southwest Hospital, said that the purpose of using such a strict system to control doctors’ medication is simple, that is, to make doctors use drugs more rationally.

The cost of medicine per outpatient is greatly reduced.

"It’s nothing to spend a few hundred dollars in some slightly larger hospitals, most of which are tens of thousands of dollars. Who dares to go to the hospital casually!" When the reporter interviewed randomly on the street, many citizens expressed similar views to the reporter. Undoubtedly, the root of the contradiction between doctors and patients is mostly caused by the large prescription medical expenses prescribed by doctors.

According to the data disclosed by the first China Medical Rule of Law Forum, there were 115,000 medical disputes in China in 2014, and many hot topics of public opinion are the reflection of the increasingly complex relationship between doctors and patients in real life. With the development of commercial society, the doctor-patient relationship has changed from "life entrustment" to "money transaction", and the contradiction between doctors and patients has also become prominent. According to the statistics of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, before 2014, the number of medical injuries in China showed an increasing trend year by year.

Some experts pointed out: "Pursuing the maximization of benefits, doctors act as a bridge between patients and pharmaceutical companies, and large prescriptions and multi-course treatment programs make patients miserable, which has become a major source of contradictions between doctors and patients." The "driver’s license" management medication system initiated by Chongqing Southwest Hospital seems to provide an effective prescription for easing the tense doctor-patient relationship.

It is understood that "driver’s license" management is not only a penalty deduction, but also a comprehensive control effect through training and assessment, simulation test, early warning and monitoring, real-time control and interaction management. Zhang Hongyan introduced that the prescriptions prescribed by doctors are monitored in real time. As long as there is a suspected unreasonable prescription, the system will display it to assist professional pharmacists to judge after reading it. Doctors who are not convinced will be judged by experts in the hospital.

According to Lu Changwei, head of the medical department of the medical education department of the hospital, after the implementation of the system, the drug cost per outpatient has dropped from 288 yuan per capita in 2013 to 256 yuan per capita at present; The cost of medicine per inpatient has dropped from about 9,600 yuan per capita in 2013 to about 6,500 yuan at present.

Step on the "emergency brake" for irrational drug use

Excessive medical treatment runs counter to the direction of medical reform and even weakens the fair effect of medical reform. According to industry insiders, this system can "slam the brakes" on irrational drug use, which is very necessary for the current public hospitals. A professor at Chongqing University told the reporter: "The reason for irrational drug use behavior is not only profit-driven, but also the lack of drug knowledge and the lack of correct drug use habits. Under the mechanism of supplementing medicine with medicine, doctors have developed many wrong medication habits, and even without economic incentives, they will prescribe medicine according to old habits. The deduction system can push the doctor’s medication behavior to the standardized track in a short period of time. "

Experts pointed out that the "driver’s license" rational drug use system can largely cut off the bridge role of doctors between patients and pharmaceutical companies, on the one hand, standardize the treatment behavior of doctors; On the other hand, it also reduces the financial burden and extra physical burden of patients, which is a great help to solve the contradiction between doctors and patients.

The reporter’s investigation found that since the implementation of the "driver’s license" rational drug use system, most citizens have supported it. They generally feel that the system can curb doctors’ behavior of obtaining benefits from patients in disguise and losing medical ethics, and at the same time, it can promote the standardized operation of the whole medical industry. However, some doctors worry that the implementation of this system will bring some troubles to doctors.

Dr. Zhang from a 3A hospital in Chongqing said: "Doctors have to take self-protection measures for fear of falling into endless medical liability disputes when treating patients’ diseases. That is to say, the pursuit of’ what can be checked or not must be checked’,’ one or two courses of medicine can be cured and three courses of medicine can be opened’, and’ large prescriptions can be cured’ is to avoid unnecessary risks. " In his view, it should not be possible to improve the responsibility identification mechanism for medical disputes between doctors and patients, otherwise the "driver’s license" medication system may make doctors feel at a loss.

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, once "snapped up" by consumers in China, was caught in a storm of illness and death caused by health care products.

On the evening of March 27th, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (China) Co., Ltd. issued a statement to assist Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to recall the products related to the use of red bream raw materials independently, saying that according to the announcement of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., this independent recall involved three products, none of which were listed and sold in Chinese mainland market. Some consumers in China have purchased related products through overseas cross-border platforms, overseas physical stores or other channels, and our company will actively provide assistance in product recycling.

"For products purchased from cross-border official channels, assist Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to recycle through UNQ Japan Co., Ltd.. For other consumers, it is recommended to contact the original purchase channel to return the goods. If we encounter problems and difficulties in this process, our company will actively assist and properly solve related matters from the perspective of facilitating consumers. " The statement said that the company had notified the relevant cross-border platforms on March 22, 2024, requesting them to take off the relevant products urgently, and informed all consumers to stop eating immediately as soon as possible. We will continue to inform you many times through Want Want, SMS and other channels to ensure that the information can reach every consumer. For other known platforms with related products for sale, we are contacting the platforms one by one to request that the related products be immediately removed from the shelves and that the platforms inform all consumers to stop eating immediately as soon as possible.

According to CCTV news, NHK reported that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the second death case after ingesting health products containing red koji from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company on March 26th, and the number of people admitted to hospital has increased to 106.

According to Japanese media reports on March 27th, local time, the Osaka city government of Japan ordered Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company to recall three kinds of products, such as "red yeast cholesterol granules", because the above products received a large number of reports of health damage and death, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare thought that "it was suspected to contain harmful substances". The monascus involved was produced by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Osaka Factory, and the company said that it may be different from the expected ingredients from mold that caused the problem.

Prior to this, on March 24th, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical China issued a recall notice to consumers of China e-commerce platform, saying that some affected products were sold to Chinese mainland through cross-border channels, and consumers could return them and get a refund. At that time, in the notice, only one item involved in the product was mentioned.

On March 27th, the reporter contacted the customer service center of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical in China as a consumer. The customer service staff said that only one product in China was added with monascus ingredients, and other products were not. Regarding the safety of health care products containing monascus ingredients, the customer service staff said: "The reply given by our agency is that we have not confirmed whether it is directly related to kidney disease at present." If consumers are worried about health risks, it is recommended to have a kidney examination on blood, and the inspection fee will be reimbursed by the company.

If there is something wrong with the kidney, can it be judged that it is related to the product? The above-mentioned customer service staff said that it depends on the doctor’s judgment. "There must be a problem if it has not been confirmed yet, so the company can’t give a reply for the time being saying that there must be a problem, or there must be no problem."

It is worth noting that there are also domestic health care products companies and pharmaceutical companies that own products containing "red yeast".

On March 27th, Luye Pharmaceutical (2186.HK) told The Paper that the raw material of the red yeast used in Xuezhikang Capsule is a special red yeast produced by Peking University Weixin Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which has independent intellectual property rights and has nothing to do with the raw materials used by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical was asked to recall three products in Japan. What is "red koji"?

The pathogenic and fatal storm of health care products containing monascus ingredients has been fermented for many days.

On March 22, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical announced that some consumers have recently developed kidney diseases after using the health products containing monascus ingredients produced by the company. Subsequently, Japanese food and alcohol manufacturers also announced the recycling of products related to red koji produced by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

On March 25th, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Japan announced that 33 people had developed kidney diseases and other abnormal health conditions after taking the health products containing monascus, and 26 of them had been hospitalized.

On March 26th, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company of Japan announced that a person who might continue to take health products containing monascus for about 3 years died of kidney disease in February. Taking this product is suspected to have a causal relationship with death. An investigation has been launched and people are urged not to use the product for the time being. Also on March 26th, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare held a three-hour hearing on Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. on the issue that the raw materials of red yeast rice may cause damage to consumers’ health.

Japanese regulatory authorities have taken measures against Kobayashi Pharmaceutical related products. According to CCTV news, citing Japan’s current affairs news agency, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has informed relevant departments in Osaka City where Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company is headquartered to take measures such as discarding the company’s related products based on the Food Sanitation Law.

According to Japanese media reports on March 27th, local time, the Osaka municipal government of Japan ordered Kobayashi Pharmaceutical to recall three products, including "red yeast cholesterol granules". In addition, Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals of Japan has withdrawn eight kinds of monascus health products from the Japanese Consumer Hall as functional label foods for the record, including three recalled products.

According to Japanese media reports, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical also announced that "Monascus" raw materials are also supplied to 52 companies including beverage and food manufacturers. Among the "red koji" raw materials produced, 20% are used for their own products, and 80% are sold to other enterprises. According to Japanese media reports, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has supplied raw materials of monascus to other manufacturers through trading companies since 2016, and has been used in Japanese wine and snacks. The suppliers also include enterprises in Taiwan, China.

According to CCTV news, as of the evening of 26th local time, 30 companies, including Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company, have announced that they have independently recycled the products of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company’s monascus raw materials. Some consumers said that this raw material was also used in many foods, even in miso sauce. According to Japanese media reports, relevant Japanese departments will conduct emergency inspections on the safety of more than 6,000 functional foods on the market.

What is the monascus ingredient in the above health care products that may harm health?

According to an article published on February 29th, 2024 by WeChat WeChat official account "Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine" sponsored by Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the traditional Chinese medicine monascus is a kind of rice koji fermented by monascus, which can be used as medicine and food. It was called Danqu in ancient times, originated in China, and has been used for more than two thousand years, and has been popularized among the people as early as the Han Dynasty. Monascus, as a microbial fermented product, can not only be used as a natural non-toxic food pigment, but also be used for antibacterial and antiseptic of meat, fish, beans and other foods. Monascus is also rich in wine fragrance, which is a good raw material for brewing vinegar.

As for the medicinal value of monascus, the above article mentioned that in the late 1970s, Japanese scientists discovered and isolated a chemical component named K(Monacolin K from monascus fermentation broth, and found that it could significantly inhibit cholesterol synthesis in the body. Monascus contains not only monacolin compounds, but also ergosterol, bioflavonoids, saponins, dietary fiber, aminoglycans and other rich physiologically active substances, which have a wide range of pharmacological effects such as lowering blood fat, lowering blood sugar, lowering blood pressure, inhibiting bacteria, resisting tumors and enhancing immunity. Flavonoids, a natural antioxidant in monascus, can protect the liver.

It should be noted that Kobayashi Pharmaceutical once said that after analyzing the components of monascus health products, it was found that some monascus raw materials may contain unknown components beyond the company’s grasp. According to this statement, it is not the monascus itself that causes patients to be admitted to hospital or die, but other unknown ingredients in the raw materials of monascus. Luye Pharmaceutical also mentioned in its response that ordinary monascus is a traditional fermented product, and the differences in strain quality, production technology and quality control management lead to different product quality and safety results.

Gu Zhongyi, director of Beijing Dietitians Association and master of public health in Tsinghua University, said that there is an active ingredient lovastatin in monascus, which can reduce the level of cholesterol in blood, but the specific dosage and effect need to be said separately. Controversially, there will be a secondary metabolite citrinin in the late fermentation of monascus, which has kidney and liver toxicity. Therefore, China has specific requirements for monascus-related products.

Gu Zhongyi stressed that if you buy health food to reduce blood fat, consult a professional or do enough homework according to your own needs, you’d better consult your doctor Yamatonokusushi first. Be sure to read the label information on the product package carefully, especially if it is not clearly marked in Chinese, be sure to consult it before eating. After using any new health food, it is best to record your feelings and symptoms, and stop consulting a doctor immediately if you feel unwell.

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical China recalled a health product containing monascus, and the company said that it could reimburse the inspection fee.

Are health products that may cause kidney disease and even death sold in China?

On March 24th, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical China issued the Notice on Stopping the Use of Red Stork Cholesterol Granules and Self-recall, saying that the company had received some reports that red Stork Cholesterol Granules, a health food manufactured and sold in Japan, might cause kidney diseases after eating it. In view of this situation, we analyzed the composition of this product and its raw materials (manufactured by Zishe), and found that some raw materials may contain unexpected ingredients. Some of the affected products are sold to Chinese mainland through cross-border channels.

Product source mentioned in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s China recall notice: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical China official WeChat official account.

"If you have eaten the above products and feel unwell, please consult the customer service center. At the same time, if you hold this product, please contact the customer service center, and we will explain the return and refund methods to you. " China, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, said that if you have red herring cholesterol granules (60 capsules, barcode 4987072059708), please stop eating.

The above recall notice is for consumers of Tmall Kobayashi’s overseas flagship store, Pinduoduo’s official overseas flagship store and Kobayashi’s overseas direct sales store in JD.COM. On March 27th, a reporter from The Paper searched on the e-commerce platform. Only Tmall could find "Kobayashi’s overseas flagship store", and no health products related to monascus were on sale. However, "Pinduoduo’s official overseas flagship store" and "Kobayashi’s overseas JD.COM direct store" could not be found in Pinduoduo and JD.COM.

China of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said, "We recognize that this is a serious problem and will continue to investigate.". However, the specific properties of this component and its correlation with kidney diseases have not yet been determined. For the purpose of protecting consumers’ health, we decided to recall the related products of red carp raw materials independently.

On March 27th, the reporter contacted the customer service center of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical in China as a consumer. The customer service staff first asked whether the user had drowsiness, turbid urine and difficulty in urination after purchasing and using this drug. After receiving the reply of "not at present", the customer service staff stressed that "the reply given by our agency is that we have not confirmed whether it is directly related to kidney disease at present". If the consumer is worried about health risks, it is suggested to have a kidney examination on blood, and the company will be responsible for reimbursement of the examination fees.

If there is a kidney problem, can it be judged that the kidney problem is related to the product? The above-mentioned customer service staff said that it depends on the doctor’s judgment. "There must be a problem if it has not been confirmed yet, so the company can’t give a reply for the time being saying that there must be a problem, or there must be no problem."

Kobayashi pharmaceutical products have been "snapped up" by consumers in China.

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical was established in Japan in 1998. Although the company name contains the word "pharmaceutical", it is not a pharmaceutical enterprise in the usual sense. According to official data, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical provides a variety of products in the fields of pharmaceuticals, fragrances, health care products and daily necessities.

Around 2015, Kobayashi’s products in Japan became the target of Japanese tourists’ "buying" in Japan, and the post "You must buy 12 kinds of magic drugs when you go to China" circulated on social networking sites included many products owned by Kobayashi. According to The Paper’s previous report, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical gave people the impression that it was developing the daily necessities production of unique commodities in a Niche Market. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical was rated as an "inbound consumer brand" by the Japanese capital market, and the company’s share price also rose. In 2015, the annual growth rate of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s share price reached 40%.

Japanese media reported that the recalled red carp cholesterol granules are said to have the effect of reducing harmful cholesterol values, with annual sales of 600 million yen. The recalled products have been sold in pharmacies in Japan since 2021, with a cumulative sales volume of nearly 1.1 million copies.

Under the influence of the recent turmoil, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s share price plummeted, closing down 16.51% on 25th, slightly rising on 26th and closing down 3.83% on 27th.

Part of the products sold by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical in China Source: official website screenshot

In China, Kobayashi’s activities can also be traced back to 1998: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shanghai Friendship Group and Benfeng Development Co., Ltd. of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region established Shanghai Kobayashi in Minhang, Shanghai. Official website data show that in 1999, the company began to produce and sell domestic colloidal aromatic products. In 2002, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Japan acquired the shares of Shanghai Friendship Group and Benfeng Development Co., Ltd. of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, established a wholly-owned company, and changed its name to "Shanghai Kobayashi Daily Chemical Co., Ltd.". In 2023, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical China absorbed and merged with Shanghai Kobayashi Daily Chemical.

According to Tianyancha App, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has invested in three companies in Chinese mainland, including Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (China) Co., Ltd., Hefei Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Trading Co., Ltd., among which the first two companies are still in existence. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (China) Co., Ltd. invested in Hefei Kobayashi Commodity Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and set up branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

By category, the products currently sold by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical in China include warm stickers, antipyretic stickers, deodorant, personal care, cleaning products, oral care, disinfectants and so on.

Clarification of domestic drugs and health products: the use of red yeast in products has nothing to do with Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

It is not a company of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical to use monascus for health care products. The reporter found through wind search that many health care products or pharmaceutical companies such as Tomson Bianjian, Qidi Pharmaceutical, Shouxian Valley and Luye Pharmaceutical have "monascus" related products.

Qidi Pharmaceutical (000590) mentioned in the reply in January 2024 that the registered health food of the company for delaying aging includes red koji soybean isoflavone tablets; At the end of 2023, Shouxiangu (603896) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Jinhua Shouxiangu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. had completed the registration of domestic health food. Chenguang Bio (300138) mentioned in the semi-annual report of 2023 that the company has the health food registration approval certificate of Caizhiyuan Ginkgo biloba red yeast capsule.

In addition to health care products, there are also pharmaceutical companies involved in monascus-related business. Qianyuan Pharmaceutical has the patent of "a red yeast fermentation device", the application date is April 22, 2022, and the validity period is 10 years.

Xuezhikang of Lvye Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is made from red yeast rice and used for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Regarding the safety of the monascus ingredients in Xuezhikang, Luye Pharmaceutical emphasized that compared with ordinary monascus, Xuezhikang’s raw materials are strictly screened monascus strains, and the production process is strictly controlled. The company conducts regular monitoring according to the requirements of regulatory laws and regulations, and all testing indicators meet the relevant national drug safety management standards, and no unqualified conditions are found. Xuezhikang capsule has been approved for marketing since 1995. A large number of safety research evidences and clinical application data in the past 30 years have fully proved its effectiveness and safety, and the company will continue to carry out safety research, monitoring and analysis of Xuezhikang products. Patients can safely use this product under the guidance of a doctor.