Internet 30 years and 30 things | Short video industry 20 years, from giant competition to national entertainment.

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In April, 1994, China fully accessed the Internet and became the 77th member of the international Internet family. This year is the 30th year of China’s full-featured access to the Internet, and it is also an important node of "half a child".

In just 30 years of development, there are many "things" worth remembering. In the past 30 years, the Internet in China has grown from scratch, from small to large, from large to strong, and many objects, applications or platforms have been born. The value of the above objects or applications is not only in business, but also a kind of feeling, which embodies people’s long-term memory of life and emotion.

To this end, Beijing News Shell Finance and China Internet Development Foundation China Positive Energy Network Communication Special Fund launched the topic "Internet 30 Years and 30 Things". I hope that by telling the story of the landmark objects, applications or platforms in the history of Internet development in China, I can outline the evolution of Internet in China in the past 30 years and see where it will go in the future.

A network cable 30 years ago connected China to the world. Nowadays, the Internet is half-baked and China is in the ascendant after the "Internet".


Art leader andy warhol said, "Everyone can be famous in 15 minutes" and "Everyone can be famous for 15 minutes". However, in the era of short video, it takes only 15 seconds for a person to become famous.

After nearly 20 years of development, the short video industry has experienced the evolution from the micro-film era to the mobile era, and then to the national era. It is generally judged in the industry that more and more short video platforms will begin to diversify, taking into account a variety of content and forms of expression; Industry players tend to be more concentrated, relying on the support of giants, and realizing the integration of Lian Heng through capital and resources. As a form of content expression and distribution, short video will be more and more integrated into various super applications. At the same time, with the strengthening of supervision and technological progress, the short video industry will also usher in a more compliant and broad development.

microfilm

In 2005, with the improvement of network speed and bandwidth, as well as the popularity of personal computers (PCs) and video recorders, the Internet began to enter the video era from the graphic era. Tudou, Thunder, VeryCD (electric donkey download) and other companies have been established.

It was also at the end of this year that an animator named Hu Ge edited the film "The Promise" into a short film "A Bloody Case Caused by a Steamed Bread" and detonated the network. The download volume even beat the original film "The Promise", which was considered as the embryonic form of a micro-movie. Micro-movies promote the grassroots of short videos, and inadvertently cultivate the awareness of netizens using fragmented time to shoot, make, upload and watch.

Established in 2006, Six Rooms introduced Hugo and launched his follow-up works, which brought huge traffic. With the gradual formation of video sharing atmosphere, Six Rooms, Tudou, Youku, Kuliuwang, etc. have stood in the ranks of domestic first-line video sharing websites.

Initially, these video websites were positioned as platforms for uploading and publishing original videos, which is quite similar to the concept of short video platforms today. However, at that time, user habits were still in the cultivation period, and shooting equipment and uploading costs were expensive. In 2010, Iqiyi, Youku and other players brought copyrighted content and capital into the market, and the wave of mobile Internet hit. At that time, the PC-side video sharing website was closed down or changed hands, and the six rooms gradually turned to the direction of performing arts live broadcast.

watershed

2016 can be said to be a "watershed" in the short video industry, and ByteDance’s entry is a landmark event. Before ByteDance announced "All-in Short Video", the number of short video platforms was close to 400, and Aauto Quicker, Second Shot, Watermelon Video, American Shot, Volcano Video, Tudou and other platforms quickly emerged and rushed into the first camp. They either seize the first-Mover advantage of segmentation and quickly accumulate a huge user base, or rely on Internet traffic giants.

Han Kun, one of the founders of Kuliu.com, and Zhang Hongyu, one of the founders of PPS, have been working hard in the field of short video for a long time. After Kuliu.com was acquired by Shanda.com, Han Kun founded a technology company in 2012, which is the parent company of Second Shot, xiaokaxiu and Live Broadcast, and entered the mobile video sharing. Zhang Hongyu joined Aiqiyi as PPS was acquired by Aiqiyi, and became an early investor of Second Shot. Secondhand relies on the strategic cooperation and investment relationship with Weibo, and has many stars and opinion leaders under Weibo’s banner. Most of the broadcast traffic is realized in Weibo.

Aauto Quicker was born in 2011. It was originally a tool for making moving pictures. In 2012, it transformed into a short video community and quickly accumulated influence among residents in third-and fourth-tier cities. However, Aauto Quicker said: "Aauto Quicker is not doing short videos or live broadcasts, but just wants to bring the ability of recording and sharing to everyone with technology. This technology can also be in other forms in the future. We hope that everyone can have equal opportunities for communication. "

The beauty shoot emphasizes the beauty function, the positioning is feminine and vertical, and the users are mostly women.

During the Spring Festival of 2014, hundreds of stars, including Lee MinHo, Fan Bingbing and He Jiong, gathered in Microvision to pay New Year’s greetings and broadcast them on TV in turn, which brought a small climax to Microvision: this application, which was launched in 2013, remained in the top five in the App Store for several days, with 45 million daily active users. From New Year’s Eve to the first day of the first year, millions of people released and watched short videos of New Year’s greetings through Microvision, with a total broadcast volume of hundreds of millions of times. Ten months after its launch, Microvision was established as an independent department.

ByteDance’s entry in the second half of 2016 became a watershed in the short video industry. In September 2016, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming announced "All-in Short Video", and successively launched three short video products, namely watermelon video, volcano video and Tik Tok. According to reports, the three products have different positioning. Tik Tok is mainly a short music video for young people, volcano video is a daily life sharing platform, and watermelon is a mobile short video platform, which uses AI algorithm to push content to users.

With the strong entry of ByteDance, the short video industry has entered a new competitive pattern, and mainstream Internet companies have focused their attention on the short video field, unwilling to miss the new outlet.

The battle of giants

The "war" was first burned on the subsidy. In September 2016, Tencent and ByteDance almost simultaneously proposed their own short video subsidy plans of 1 billion yuan; In the first half of 2017, Baidu and Ali followed up. Baidu announced that it would divide the accumulated content producers into 10 billion yuan, while Ali proposed to support content creation with 2 billion yuan subsidies; In November 2017, Tencent opened its platform with 10 billion yuan of subsidies and resources at its partner conference, focusing on supporting short video entrepreneurship and even opening its own copyrighted content for producers to use; ByteDance’s watermelon video immediately announced that it would pay 2 billion yuan as the creator’s advance production fee.

At the same time as the subsidy, the platform is built. At first, BAT (Baidu, Ali, Tencent) did not set up a separate short video aggregation platform, but chose to add short video functions to their original super applications, and encouraged content providers to settle in various "accounts" to realize "one account settled in" and multi-platform distribution. Tencent’s Penguin is responsible for such functions, and Ali’s Big Fish is responsible for such functions. Baidu, Netease and Sohu have also followed suit to open various distribution accounts.

In the second half of 2017, under the temptation of the powerful broadcast volume and duration of short videos, major Internet companies also launched their own single short video platforms. In November 2017 alone, the short video industry ushered in four new products directly hatched by Internet companies, namely 360′ s "Fast Video", Baidu’s "Good Video", Tencent’s "Microvision" and Weibo’s "Cool Burning". In the first half of 2017, Ali upgraded the acquired Tudou to a short video platform. Tencent emphasizes social relations, Ali focuses on e-commerce, ByteDance plots information distribution, and Internet giants make short videos in their own good directions.

In the field of short video, capital layout has already begun. The second shot was first incorporated by the giants. In July 2013, September 2014, November 2015 and November 2016, Sina Weibo Fund invested in the parent company’s technology for four consecutive rounds, and was the lead investor in at least two rounds. At the critical moment, Weibo took Secondshot as its exclusive short video platform, helping Secondshot win the tough battle with platforms such as Meipai and Xiaoying.

Followed by Aauto Quicker, in March 2017, Aauto Quicker received $350 million in financing, and Tencent led the investment; In its tens of millions of dollars in financing in March 2016, Baidu Investment Department appeared. The veteran player "Mei Pai" belongs to Meitu, a Hong Kong-listed company. Watermelon video, volcano video and Tik Tok are big trees backed by ByteDance.

China’s Internet giants completed the power assembly of the short video sector in early 2018. From the perspective of capital, various short video platforms have embraced the giant’s thighs and "achieved each other" with resources and capital. From the perspective of application attributes, there may be few independent short video platforms in the future, and most of them are integrated into super applications as tools to attract traffic and distribute content.

Move forward in adjustment

By the end of 2019, short video traffic has basically been divided. QuestMobile data shows that as of June 2019, the number of newly installed users in the short video industry was close to 100 million, and the total monthly active users were close to 821 million, basically covering all netizens in China at that time. Among them, ByteDance (Tik Tok, Watermelon and Volcano) ranks first with nearly 600 million monthly activities after weight reduction, while Aauto Quicker ranks second with nearly 350 million monthly activities, followed by Tencent (micro-vision, hot pot) and Baidu (good-looking, all-people) with huge traffic portals.

Many commercial actions have been carried out almost simultaneously, and almost all the means of realizing advertisements, e-commerce, live broadcasts, enterprise numbers and short videos have been opened to content producers this year. Many content entrepreneurs bluntly say that it is precisely because of the "attack" of Tencent Microvision and Baidu’s good-looking videos that Tik Tok and Aauto Quicker are willing to open all these original platforms, such as e-commerce and advertising, to content entrepreneurs, so that they can get more shares in the ecology.

It can be said that short video has become the biggest outlet in the 4G era, and no giant wants to be absent. Although Tencent and Baidu were behind Aauto Quicker and ByteDance at that time, they all hoped to stay at the poker table and wait for the next outlet in the 5G era. Just one year later, "lucky" Tencent and others came to the WeChat video number, while Baidu "hastily" announced at the end of 2020 that it would acquire YY live broadcast under Huanju Group for over 3 billion yuan.

While the short video industry is in sturm und drang, the industry supervision is becoming stricter. In 2018, short video platforms such as Aauto Quicker, Volcano Video, Meipai and Tik Tok were successively ordered to be rectified by relevant departments. At that time, Tik Tok initiated the initiative of all sectors of society to jointly draft the Tik Tok Community Convention on the platform to strengthen self-discipline; At the beginning of 2019, China Network Audiovisual Program Service Association issued "Management Specification for Network Short Video Platform" and "Detailed Rules for Auditing Network Short Video Content" to guide the standardized development of the industry; In 2020, xiaokaxiu and pear videos were successively removed; The year 2021 coincides with the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the short video industry is facing the "strongest supervision in history". The China Network Audiovisual Program Service Association issued the Detailed Rules for the Audit Standards of Network Short Video Content, which regulated and restricted the short video content in more detail.

According to the latest data, in 2023, 112,918,700 hours of Internet video programs were added, including 547,462,600 hours of short videos. Internet users watched Internet audio-visual programs (including short videos) for about 3 hours every day, and more than 750 million users uploaded short videos.

It is generally judged in the industry that more and more short video platforms will begin to diversify, taking into account a variety of content and forms of expression; Industry players tend to be more concentrated, relying on the support of giants, and realizing the integration of Lian Heng through capital and resources. As a form of content expression and distribution, short video will be more and more integrated into various super applications. At the same time, with the strengthening of supervision and technological progress, the short video industry will also usher in a more compliant and broad development.

This activity is supported by China Positive Energy Network Communication Special Fund of China Internet Development Foundation.

Beijing News Chief Reporter Bai Jinlei Editor Yue Caizhou Proofread Liu Baoqing.

How to prevent the recent frequent influenza scientifically?

  CCTV News:The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that from 28th to 30th, affected by a new cold air, there will be strong winds and cool weather in most areas from northwest to southeast. Autumn and winter are the seasons with high incidence of respiratory diseases. How to prevent them scientifically?

  Xiamen, Fujian: The number of outpatients in respiratory department has increased significantly.

  In the past two days, the reporter found in the respiratory clinics of several hospitals in Xiamen, Fujian that many patients were waiting in line for treatment.

  According to doctors, the number of patients with respiratory diseases has increased by about 30% in the past two weeks, and many of them even come from married with children to see a doctor.

  Lian Qingrong, Deputy Director of Pediatrics, Xiamen Hongai Hospital:Patients mainly focus on some diseases of respiratory system, and the most common one is actually acute upper respiratory infection. 

  Beijing: Influenza-like cases increased by 16.69% after the cold wave.

  Let’s look at the colder north. The results of influenza surveillance by Beijing CDC show that from 15th to 21st of this month, there were 11,689 people receiving influenza-like cases in hospitals above the second level in Beijing, an increase of 16.69% compared with the same period last year. Why has it changed so much? Take a look at the weather before this week.

  According to the data of China Weather Network, with the arrival of the two cold waves on November 7 and 22, the temperature fluctuation in this month is much larger than that in the same period of last year. Especially in this cold wave that started on the 7th, the temperature difference in one week is nearly 11℃. It seems that everyone should prevent colds before a new round of cooling.

  Correct distinction: the general symptoms of influenza are obvious, such as high fever and pain.

  Everyone has respiratory symptoms. How can you tell the common cold from the flu? Experts tell us that the most obvious difference is that the most uncomfortable part of patients with common cold is usually the upper respiratory tract, and once they get the flu, the whole body symptoms will be more obvious.

  Li Haichao, Vice President of Peking University First Hospital and Professor of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:The common cold generally does not have obvious systemic symptoms, that is, runny nose, sneezing, phlegm-blocking symptoms, a lot of runny nose, and then there may be throat discomfort, but the flu will be high fever and body aches are very obvious.

  After the correct distinction is made, how to effectively prevent and treat it? What misunderstandings need to be avoided?

  How to find the flu symptoms as soon as possible?

  Li Haichao, Vice President of Peking University First Hospital and Professor of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:Now the flu has begun to show signs of epidemic. You may have contacted some people. For example, in such a unit, someone at home has fever symptoms, and then you are infected. At this time, if his infection symptoms are, for example, high fever, chills, even muscle aches and headaches, this is a typical flu performance, which can be basically clarified.

  Experts said that at present, it is in the high season of influenza, coupled with the need for epidemic prevention and control. If there are symptoms such as high fever, it is recommended to seek medical advice as soon as possible to judge the condition.

  You can’t carry the flu hard, especially for key people.

  Because influenza can easily lead to serious complications, people at high risk of influenza, such as the elderly with basic diseases and children with weak immunity, should pay special attention.

  Hu Shaoming, Deputy Chief Physician of Jialian Street Community Health Service Center, Xiamen City, Fujian Province:Patients with chronic diseases and low immunity will have some serious complications, such as pneumonia, meningitis, or gastrointestinal diseases, which will cause some serious organ failure.

  You can’t take medicine blindly to prevent influenza.

  Some people in life often drink cold granules or take other drugs orally after feeling cold or flu symptoms. Experts say that you can’t take medicine blindly to prevent colds.

  Li Haichao, Vice President of Peking University First Hospital and Professor of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:You are a high-risk influenza patient. Under special circumstances, this group of people can use some preventive drugs appropriately. For example, there are some effective drugs for influenza, such as oseltamivir, which can be used selectively, but this group must be controlled and not generalized.

  To prevent influenza, wearing a mask and frequent ventilation are standard.

  Experts emphasize that vaccination is still the most effective way to prevent influenza. In addition, you should wear a mask and wash your hands frequently. Whether at home, office, school or nursing home, you should always be ventilated.

  Attending physician Cai Jinghuang, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Xiamen University:For example, if a patient with a cold sneezes here, all his cold viruses are in this room. We should ventilate in time to reduce the concentration.

  Li Haichao, Vice President of Peking University First Hospital and Professor of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:Don’t be overtired, keep warm when the weather changes, don’t gather, and maintain your resistance. You eat well and sleep well, so you are also resistant to the flu virus.

Guangzhou has entered the high incidence of influenza in spring! You need to pay attention →

According to Guangzhou CDC

Recent monitoring data show that

For nearly a month,

The level of influenza activity, mainly influenza A, continues to rise.

The momentum is rapid.

Guangzhou has entered the high incidence of influenza in spring.

What are the symptoms of influenza?

How will it spread?

How to prevent and treat it scientifically?

How to tell whether it is the flu or the common cold?

……

One article will take you all to know.

What is the flu?

△ Xu Yi, Director of Internal Medicine Department and Director of Infectious Diseases Department of Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center

Xu Yi, director of internal medicine department and director of infectious diseases department of Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center, said that influenza, referred to as influenza, is an acute respiratory disease caused by influenza virus and belongs to Class C infectious disease. Influenza A (subtype A H1N1 and subtype A H3N2) and influenza B (strain Yamagata and strain Victoria) are the most prevalent seasonal viruses in the population. Influenza A virus is more likely to spread rapidly among people, and many large-scale outbreaks of influenza in history are related to influenza A virus. Recently, the rising level of influenza activity in many places in China is also caused by the subtype of influenza A (H1N1).

In the past three years, we have taken non-drug interventions, such as wearing masks and limiting social distance, which have effectively curbed the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. At the same time, it also reduces the exposure to influenza in the population, resulting in the decline of pre-existing immunity in the population, which has a certain risk of influenza epidemic. In the south, there may be a single annual influenza peak from April to June every year.

In the face of influenza virus, we have two sharp weapons to "defeat the enemy": special antiviral drugs and influenza vaccine. As long as you pay attention to personal precautions and maintain good hygiene habits, the possibility of a persistent influenza pandemic is already small, so you don’t have to be nervous and afraid.

How does the flu spread?

Influenza patients and recessive infections are the main sources of seasonal influenza infection. Influenza is mainly transmitted by air droplets, and it can also be transmitted by direct or indirect contact with mucous membranes such as mouth, nose and eyes. It can also spread in the form of aerosol in a crowded, closed or poorly ventilated room.

What are the main symptoms of influenza?

The onset of influenza is urgent, and most of them are self-limited. Mainly with fever, headache, myalgia and general malaise; The body temperature can reach 39~40℃, which is often accompanied by systemic symptoms such as muscle and joint pain, fatigue and loss of appetite. Often sore throat, dry cough, nasal congestion, runny nose, discomfort behind the sternum, facial flushing, conjunctival congestion and so on. Some patients have mild or no symptoms. Mild flu is often similar to the common cold, but flu fever and systemic symptoms are more obvious.

How to distinguish

H1N1 and the common cold?

The child has flu-related symptoms

What circumstances need to be sent to the doctor in time?

1. Persistent high fever > 3 days, accompanied by severe cough, expectoration of pus, blood sputum, or chest pain;

2. Breathing frequency is fast, breathing is difficult, and the lips are cyanotic;

3. Slow response, lethargy, restlessness, etc.;

4. Severe vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration such as less urine and less tears;

5. pneumonia;

6. When the original underlying disease is obviously aggravated.

It should be emphasized that younger children must see a doctor when they have persistent high fever or ultra-high fever in the first 1-2 days of illness, and the antipyretic drugs and physical cooling effects are not obvious, or when they have convulsions.

How to treat the flu?

Generally, children are advised to stay at home and keep the room ventilated after symptoms appear. Get enough rest, drink plenty of water, and the diet should be easy to digest and nutritious. Minimize contact with others and avoid infection. The focus of treatment is to relieve flu-like symptoms such as fever and cough, and the patient’s condition should be closely observed.

Children under 5 years old or obese are more likely to have serious complications, so antiviral treatment under the guidance of a doctor as soon as possible can alleviate flu symptoms, shorten the course of flu and reduce the mortality rate of severe flu.

Remember: antibiotics and hormones are ineffective against influenza virus. )

The flu is coming

How to prevent it scientifically?

1. Personal protection: During the flu season, try to avoid going to crowded places and contacting people with respiratory symptoms; If the child has respiratory symptoms, he should rest at home, conduct health observation, and enter the park and attend classes without illness; Maintain good hygiene habits such as hand hygiene and cough etiquette.

2. Maintain environmental sanitation: keep the residence clean and ventilated, and regularly clean and disinfect key parts such as door handles and handrails.

3. Strengthen the health monitoring of collective units: schools and kindergartens should strengthen morning and afternoon inspections and full-day observation; Children with flu-like symptoms should rest at home to reduce the spread of the disease.

4. Vaccination against influenza is the first line of defense against influenza, and children over 6 months old can have protective effect after vaccination according to recommended procedures. The peak time and duration of influenza activity vary from place to place every year. In order to ensure that the recipients can get immune protection before the flu season, it is recommended to vaccinate as soon as the vaccine is available.

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Foreign netizens hotly discussed that "Salad Tower" forced Pizza Hut to cancel salad self-service in China.

In the summer of 2009, Pizza Hut cancelled its salad self-service in China chain stores, but foreign media seemed to have just recovered. The British "Post Online" news website analyzed and reported on the 29th of this month why Pizza Hut’s buffet salad was withdrawn in China, and listed in detail the case that Chinese became a "salad engineer" when he arrived at Pizza Hut, and concluded that "Pizza Hut could not afford to play after meeting Chinese". For the whimsy of China diners, foreign netizens also have different views. Some netizens envy and hate, "My mother Mia, it looks so good, I will do the same!" Some netizens criticized, "I don’t think we should waste food. It is said that there are still some children in China who don’t have enough to eat … …”

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

The following is the full text of the report:

A few years ago, Pizza Hut closed the salad buffet in China, and the official statement was that it was part of the menu reform. But many people think that the real reason is that the Pizza Hut diners in China can always make the Big Mac salad tower, so the cunning China diners came up with this idea.

Because compared with the generous Pizza Hut in Europe and America, the Pizza Hut in China only allows diners to help themselves with salads at the salad counter at one time. Therefore, diners in China certainly won’t waste this opportunity, which is also the only one. They invented the "salad tower" and piled up all kinds of fruits and vegetables in order to get more salads at one time.

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

China Diners’ "Masterpieces"

As a result, this kind of "salad tower" has become a trend. Many people post their "salad tower" on the Internet to show off, so everyone wants to surpass others and build a higher Pizza Hut "salad tower". Those "salad engineers" also shared their experience of stacking on the Internet. For example, if you want to stack the "salad tower" very high, you must first put the crispy foods such as carrots and cucumbers on the base and lay a good foundation.

Because Pizza Hut is positioned as a high-end restaurant in Asia, not a cheap fast food restaurant, when Pizza Hut restaurant in China announced that it would no longer set up its own salad service in China, people took it for granted that the "salad tower" was the cause.

Of course, after learning the bad news, Chinese seems to be more keen on building a "salad tower" to make up for the regret of the accumulation of colorless lacquers.

Kotakure website commented that Pizza Hut still kept some salad self-service in China’s capital, but this kind of play has gone out.

Foreign netizens also have different views on the whimsy of China diners. The following are excerpts from foreign netizens’ comments:

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" — — Pure handmade

My mother Mia, it’s so awesome. It looks good. I’m going to do the same!

I think it’s better not to waste food. It is said that there are still some children in China who don’t have enough to eat … … Forget it. Forget it.

Well, it’s really incredible!

Aren’t they afraid that eating all these at once will hurt their stomachs?

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Wonderful Pizza Hut "Salad Tower"

I’m not surprised at this at all. I have lived in China for three years, and sometimes when I have brunch in a five-star hotel on weekends, I am really shocked every time. Chinese always fills the plate with food, as if it were their last meal. Whether it’s salad, caviar or dessert, Chinese can eat all the food you can name, and he eats a lot.

I remember that when people went to Pizza Hut for dinner a few years ago, they had to pay extra for salad. At that time, I always put salad in a bowl, because I could take more. I think I didn’t know I was dwarfed until I went to the East. I still like the way diners in China do, and I have learned a lot from them. I often go to Pizza Hut after returning to China, and then pile up salads to make all kinds of "salad towers", and I enjoy the feeling that employees and other guests stare at me. I think I am awesome!

Chinese has never eaten western food. You see that China is full of Pizza Hut, McDonald’s and KFC, and supermarkets are full of Tesco and Wal-Mart. Have you ever seen China-branded restaurants or other chain stores in Britain and America?

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

God-like existence — — Pizza Hut Salad Tower

I think Chinese’s "salad tower" is the greed of a few people that has damaged the interests of many people.

This looks very unsightly. I’m curious when was the last time they ate, and why did they keep stuffing food into their mouths?

I think only people who like salad very much can take so much at a time, otherwise it will be so heavy that all the food below will be crushed, and I feel disgusting.

I have a very simple way. Salad service is charged by weight. Let’s see if they will still take so much!

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Although it is short, it is full of Pizza Hut "salad tower"

I can’t figure it out. In all Pizza Huts in the United States, the food in the salad bar is full, and few people take it … … Except, of course, Pizza Hut near Los Angeles Airport.

Real men eat potatoes and meat, not salads!

Ok, this really shocked me, but the salad in Pizza Hut tastes ok, so why put so much!

Well, they really have time to do this. When it’s done, the pizza will get cold.

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Foreign netizens hotly discuss Chinese Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" to force it to cancel salad self-service.

Teach you how to build Pizza Hut "Salad Tower" by hand.

Original post address: British Post Online, Longteng.com.

Design and implementation of hedging scheme for copper smelting enterprises

  It is necessary to grasp the node that opens every profit window and rationally arrange the positions that need to be hedged.


铜冶炼企业套保方案的设计与实施


  A profit structure and risk characteristics of smelting enterprises


  The profit of copper smelting enterprises can be deduced by the following formula: profit = selling copper price-copper concentrate cost-smelting and processing cost = selling copper price-(purchasing copper price-smelting and processing cost)-smelting and processing cost = (selling copper price-purchasing copper price)+(smelting and processing cost-smelting and processing cost), in which the difference between smelting and processing cost is the core profit of copper smelting enterprises, which depends on the smelting technology, equipment and production management level of enterprises. The fluctuation of selling copper price and purchasing copper price is the external market risk faced by enterprises. If it is not managed or poorly managed, it will greatly infringe on the processing profits of enterprises. Therefore, smelting enterprises and traders above designated size often hedge their prices and lock in profits through the futures market.


  China’s copper resources are scarce, and the dependence of smelting enterprises on the import of raw materials is as high as 70%, while the finished electrolytic copper is basically sold domestically. Therefore, it is necessary to synchronize hedging in the internal and external markets. The actual hedging plan needs to weigh the scale of production and sales of enterprises, the differences in pricing benchmarks, pricing methods and pricing timing at both ends of the purchase and sale, and at the same time, the fluctuations and changes of macroeconomics and exchange rates cannot be ignored.


  The pricing of overseas purchased ore is based on LME price in London, and the pricing of domestic electrolytic copper is based on SHFE price in Shanghai Futures Exchange. The price changes of LME and SHFE are not completely synchronized, and the price difference exists for a long time and fluctuates violently. The calculation formula is "the current price of No.1 electrolytic copper in Yangtze River -(LME copper-swap fee+Yangshan copper premium) ×(1+ VAT rate )× exchange rate-miscellaneous fees".


  Theoretically, only when the above-mentioned tax-free static spread is greater than zero, the profit can be locked when the LME market imports the spot price and simultaneously sells the hedging in SHFE.


  Because the time node where the above price difference is positive is limited, usually there are only 3-4 opportunities throughout the year, it is very important for smelting enterprises to pay close attention to market dynamics and seize the right time to lock in the right amount of raw materials.


  B hedging scale and structure


  Before confirming the scale and structure of hedging, it is necessary to analyze the quantity and structure of raw materials and finished products of smelting enterprises. Because of the same pricing basis, the domestic purchased and sold parts can be hedged naturally, and only the purchased raw materials and the domestic finished products can be hedged. If the copper output of a smelter is 500,000 tons/year, and the monthly price of raw materials and finished products is 41,700 tons, of which 60% of raw materials depend on imports, then the specific structure of hedging.


  Raw material part


  The average monthly import of copper concentrate is 25,000 tons, based on the spot average price of LME market in QP month or the spot price before entering QP month; Purchasing 16,700 tons of copper concentrate in China every month is based on the monthly average price of copper in SHFE that month.


  Finished product part


  The ratio of long orders to zero orders for electrolytic copper sales in the industry is 7∶3, that is, the monthly sales volume of long orders is 29,200 tons, based on the average price of SHFE in that month; Sporadic sales of 12,500 tons, based on the timely copper price of SHFE in the current month (that is, the spot price), and referring to the spot price of Yangtze River Nonferrous Metals.


  Natural hedging


  In order to reduce the occupation of hedging funds, based on the same pricing basis, 16,700 tons of copper concentrate purchased in China and 16,700 tons of electrolytic copper sold in long orders can be naturally hedged.


  Hedging scale and structure


  In the product part, 12,500 tons of electrolytic copper sold in long-term orders and 12,500 tons of electrolytic copper sold in retail orders are hedged in SHFE market; The corresponding monthly import of 25,000 tons of raw materials, buy hedging in LME market.


  Capital occupation


  If an average of 25,000 tons of raw materials are hedged every month, 5,000 lots of copper contracts need to be sold in SHFE. At the current price of 48,000 yuan/ton, calculated according to the margin ratio of 10%, it needs to occupy the trading margin of 120 million yuan; In order to reduce the risk and ensure the safety of positions, the continuous margin should be appropriately increased.


  C hedging strategy implementation of QP in different pricing periods


  The so-called pricing period is the validity period of pricing agreed by buyers and sellers in international trade. For example, the pricing period of copper concentrate is the second month after transportation, and the time of transportation month is subject to the ocean bill of lading. With the increasing concentration of the global copper concentrate market, the international mining monopoly oligarchs will not distribute the annual agreed trade volume to each month in a balanced way. Even QP quantity is only of theoretical significance, and uneven QP quantity is the normal state of international trade.


  Hedging strategy under QP uniformity


  At this time, the quantity of copper concentrate imported every month is 1/12 of the annual agreed quantity. The importing enterprises must seize every opportunity that the tax-free price difference is beneficial to import, and lock in the processing fee income through the operation of selling and buying at the same time in the domestic and foreign futures markets. Usually, there are three or four import hedging opportunities periodically every year, and the number of active months of SHFE copper contracts is also three to four months, which can basically meet the demand of imported enterprises for uniform hedging in domestic and foreign futures markets throughout the year, and the hedging operation is relatively simple.


  Hedging strategy under the condition of uneven QP


  Copper concentrate suppliers will take advantage of the strong market position and deliberately increase the QP in the traditional peak consumption season, so as to increase the copper price in LME market after entering this month, thus indirectly increasing the sales price of copper concentrate. At this time, it is only through the combination of positive cross-market and inter-period arbitrage that the imported enterprises can achieve the expected hedging effect.


  In January, May and June, 2019, there were hedging opportunities in which the tax-free spread was greater than zero. For example, on January 16th and 17th, the import profits were all around 400 yuan/ton, which was worth operating. If the refinery contract situation is that the amount of QP in February, March and April is small, totaling 34,000 tons, while the amount of QP in May is as high as 41,000 tons, then the total amount of QP in February, March and April should be bought into the LME3 March contract; Corresponding to China, SHFE2 contracts in February, March and April should sell 11,300 tons. If LME’s May date price (the third Wednesday of each month) and SHFE contract also have hedging opportunities, we can buy all or part of the May QP in LME market, and at the same time, we can choose to sell the same amount of goods on the contract with tax-free spread greater than zero in SHFE market, with the equivalent month or the active distant month as the top choice, and then adjust the monthly contract quantity evenly when the SHFE contract structure is suitable for short positions, thus solving the problem of "uneven import QP quantity". When the spot price is higher than the contract price of the month with the largest short position, the spot can be oversold and the contract of the month can be closed first, and the contract of the month can be suspended.


  It should be noted that the profit should be locked in advance by buying LME and throwing SHFE copper before QP month. Because after entering QP month, buying raw materials can only be priced according to the average settlement price of LME market spot month, it is difficult to grasp the timing of selling hedging positions in China at this time. Back to the above case, if the amount of QP in February exceeds the average, and the amount of QP in March, April and May is less, the extra amount of QP in February should be dealt with when there is an arbitrage opportunity without tax spread in January. In addition, we need to pay attention to the influence of the market structure of internal and external markets on the hedging effect.


  The fluctuation of exchange rate is of great significance to importing enterprises, and the fluctuation of RMB against the US dollar will greatly affect the profits of enterprises. Therefore, while locking the price comparison during the import profit window, we should lock the exchange rate at the same time to hedge the risk of RMB depreciation. Specific operation can choose to buy RMB/USD futures (CUS) of HKEx or RMB/USD futures (UC) of SGX, and the contract month corresponds to the domestic SHFE copper contract month.


  Let’s take the above example. For example, on January 16th, 34,000 tons of copper were bought at the LME market for $5,900/ton, with a total market value of $ 34,000× 59,000 = 2,006 million. The first-hand RMB futures of SGX were $100,000, so it was necessary to buy 2,006 lots of RMB futures, with a margin of about 2.5% and a capital of about $50 million.


  D factors affecting import profit and loss


  Judging from the formula of tax-free spread, it is easy to find that the profit and loss of imports depend on the following factors:


  First, the linkage and differentiation of the relative trend of the internal and external disk. For copper, due to the existence of a large number of cross-market hedging arbitrage positions, it is difficult for the two cities to get out of the differentiated market, and more is just the different ups and downs. Generally speaking, the trading time of Luntong copper is long, and the market leads Shanghai copper to move towards and ahead of Shanghai copper, and the fluctuation range often exceeds Shanghai copper. In this regard, we can intuitively observe with the ratio of the inner disk to the outer disk, and the increase in the ratio indicates that the increase in the inner disk is higher than that in the outer disk, and vice versa.


  For example, from the end of 2017 to the beginning of 2018, Luntong continued to rise in December, hitting a new high of $7,312.5/ton on the 28th. As shown in the figure below, the ratio of the main contract of the internal market to the closing price of LME3 at 3 pm in March shows a gradual downward trend in the first box, which means that Shanghai copper is gradually weakening relative to Luntong. During this period, the average import loss was around 600 yuan/ton. Subsequently, on January 23, 2018, Luntong fell by 2.49%, but the decline of Shanghai Copper did not follow. On the 22nd, the ratio of Shanghai Copper was 7.64, and on the 23rd, it rose sharply to 7.80, and the import profit on that day exceeded 1000 yuan/ton.


  The second is the impact of CNH exchange rate changes. Of course, the influence of Shanghai-Shanghai ratio on import profit is not absolute. From the opening in mid-June to mid-July, 2018, the import window was always closed. Judging from the basis difference between the internal and external disks at that time, they were all in a positive structure and were in a spot discount state. Yangshan copper premium remained at a high level of about $80/ton. However, from March 27th to August 15th of that year, the offshore RMB CNH depreciated from 6.2355 to 6.9583. As can be seen from the second box in the figure below, the exchange rate trend wears the Shanghai-Lun ratio, which means that the exchange rate decline far exceeds the increase of the Shanghai-Lun ratio. This factor alone can determine the state of import profit and loss, which shows the importance of exchange rate management.



图为SHFE主力与LME的3月合约收盘价



  The picture shows the closing price of the March contract between SHFE main force and LME.



图为LME库存与现货升贴水



  The picture shows LME inventory and spot discount.


  The third is the influence of the different basis structure of the inner and outer disks. On August 13-22 and August 31-September 11, 2018, two long-lasting profit windows were opened, and the highest import profit was almost equal to 1000 yuan/ton. At that time, LME went to stock by canceling warehouse receipts. On August 13th, the cancellation of warehouse receipts accounted for less than 10%, and LME’s cash-3s was greatly discounted at about $30/ton. With the opening of the import profit window, the profit-driven inventory moved to Asian warehouses. On August 31st, the proportion of cancelled warehouse receipts rose rapidly to 53%, and LME’s cash-3s discount shrank to USD 7/ton. At the same time, CNH also cooperated with the withdrawal from a relatively high level and was in a state of slight appreciation. Domestic consumption entered the peak season, and the spot premium rose to about 200 yuan/ton. At this time, the internal and external disks echo each other, and the spot market is in a rare common heat.


  Fourthly, the influence of spot copper premium in Yangshan foreign trade market. With the development of the breadth and depth of the market, the financial attribute of copper gradually fades, and the commodity attribute is increasingly enhanced. The import quantity basically reflects the rigid demand of the real economy. When the import profit expands, traders are profitable, and the import clearance volume is greatly increased, and the Yangshan copper premium rises. Therefore, the spot copper premium in foreign trade market is a dependent variable determined by the above three factors, and its own change has been difficult to affect the import profit window.



图为洋山铜溢价与进口盈亏对比



  The picture shows the comparison between Yangshan copper premium and import profit and loss.


  E market outlook and enterprise countermeasures


  In 2019, the TCbenchmark was US$ 80.8/ton, while the spot TC of copper concentrate fell all the way to below US$ 60/ton, and the price of sulfuric acid continued to fall. Some small smelters with few long-term associations have fallen below the production cost. Although the output of electrolytic copper decreased by 50,000 tons in the first half of the year, it is estimated that the crude refining capacity will increase by 800,000 tons and the refining capacity will increase by 1 million tons during the year. At the same time, due to various unexpected disturbances, woodmackenzie has predicted the negative growth of copper concentrate output. As far as the industrial chain as a whole is concerned, it is obviously bad for smelting enterprises, so it is particularly important to maintain due profits.


  At present, the global economic growth is slowing down and the trade friction is constant. On April 17th, the copper price of Luntong continued to drop from a high of 6,608.5 USD/ton to 5,740 USD/ton on June 7th. At present, with the staged achievements of the Sino-US trade agreement, Luntong has once again returned to the 6,000 USD/ton mark. From the perspective of terminal consumption, domestic automobile consumption may be in a state of bottoming out, air conditioning production is no longer strong, and cable orders are not optimistic. Superimposing the international political and economic environment that may be repeated, it is difficult for copper prices to get out of the trend of unilateral rise. The current rise is more about repairing the low volatility for a long time before.


  During the observation period, the depreciation rate of the exchange rate was slightly larger than the price comparison between the internal and external markets. Due to the weakening of downstream consumption, Yangshan copper premium fell sharply, and the import profit window was opened from time to time, but it didn’t last long and the profit margin was limited. Therefore, for smelting enterprises, it is more important to grasp the nodes that the profit window opens every time and rationally arrange the positions that need to be preserved.

(Editor: Zhao Peng)

China has become the largest trading partner of 25 countries.

  On August 27th, the State Council Press Office held a press conference in Beijing, inviting Ning Ji Zhe, deputy director of the Office of the Leading Group for Promoting the Construction of the Belt and Road, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and director of the National Bureau of Statistics, Qian Keming, Vice Minister of Commerce, and Zhang Jun, Assistant Foreign Minister, to introduce the progress and prospect of the five-year joint construction of the Belt and Road, and to answer questions from reporters.

  Significant progress has been made in the construction of the "Belt and Road"

  Five years after the "Belt and Road Initiative" was put forward, it has received positive global response and participation. After five years of practice, the "Belt and Road Initiative" has been transformed from concept and vision into practical action, and significant progress has been made.

  Ning Jizhen said that the "One Belt, One Road" initiative and its core concept have been written into the outcome documents of important international mechanisms such as the United Nations, and 103 countries and international organizations have signed 118 cooperation agreements with China. Among the 279 achievements of the first "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit forum in 2017, 265 have been completed or turned into normal work, and 14 are being supervised and promoted, with an implementation rate of 95%.

  In addition, in the past five years, the "Belt and Road" construction has made positive progress in paying close attention to key projects, strengthening financial support, and close cultural exchanges. It is estimated that by 2020, the number of two-way tourists between China and countries along the route will exceed 85 million, and the tourism consumption will be about 110 billion US dollars.

  "The practice in the past five years shows that co-construction of ‘ Belt and Road ’ In line with the trend of the times and the development direction, international recognition is growing, there are more and more partners, and the influence continues to expand. " Ning Jizhe said that China is now the second largest economy in the world, and China’s economic growth has contributed more than 30% to the world’s economic growth. Cooperation between China and countries along the route is conducive to sharing opportunities for mutual development. In the past few years, China and countries along the route have made joint efforts to promote regional economic development and world economic recovery.

  Zhang Jun said that the "Belt and Road Initiative" bears the good wishes of people of all countries to achieve common development and prosperity, meets the practical needs of coping with the risks and challenges of the world economy, shows the strategic vision of leading and building an open world economy, and also shows China’s constructive role as a responsible big country.

  Economic and trade cooperation has achieved remarkable results

  Qian Keming said at the press conference that in the past five years, China’s trade with countries along the route has been expanding. At present, China has become the largest trading partner of 25 countries along the route, and has signed or upgraded five free trade agreements with 13 countries along the route, which is based on the periphery and covers the "Belt and Road" and is accelerating the formation of a high-standard free trade network facing the world.

  — — In the past five years, China’s total trade with countries along the route has exceeded 5 trillion US dollars, with an average annual growth rate of 1.1%.

  — — In the past five years, China’s direct investment in countries along the route has grown at an average annual rate of 7.2%, and the newly signed foreign contracted projects in countries along the route have exceeded 500 billion US dollars, with an average annual growth rate of 19.2%. At the same time, we will continue to relax the field of foreign investment access, create a high-standard business environment, and attract countries along the route to invest in China.

  — — In the past five years, Chinese enterprises have built 82 overseas economic and trade cooperation zones in countries along the route, with a cumulative investment of 28.9 billion US dollars, 3,995 enterprises have entered the zones, and the taxes and fees paid to the host country have totaled 2.01 billion US dollars, creating 244,000 jobs for the local area.

  When answering a reporter’s question from Economic Daily, Ning Ji Zhe said that China and relevant countries have achieved positive results in promoting third-party market cooperation. Third-party market cooperation is an open, inclusive, pragmatic and effective mode of international cooperation, which embodies the "One Belt, One Road" concept of joint venture, joint construction and sharing, and helps enterprises in China and other countries, especially those in developed countries and multinational enterprises, to complement each other’s advantages, inject new kinetic energy into the economic development of third countries and achieve a win-win effect of "1+1+1>3". China is willing to work with relevant countries and enterprises to expand the scope of cooperation in third-party markets, adhere to the concept of co-construction, co-construction and sharing, open up markets for investment, production and operation, actively innovate cooperation modes, and support enterprises to open up new markets in various ways, including joint bid and joint investment, so as to achieve complementary advantages and win-win results.

  China has always attached importance to strengthening debt management.

  Ning Ji Zhe said that in the face of the new situation, the China Municipal Government will, as always, adhere to the principle of mutual cooperation, joint construction and sharing, adhere to the laws of the market economy and international rules, and promote the construction of the Belt and Road with high quality and high standards with win-win cooperation as the goal.

  In response to concerns about the debt problem, Qian Keming said that China has always attached great importance to how to promote the economic growth of the host country without creating a burden. Therefore, it has always emphasized the choice of infrastructure investments with better economic benefits, especially those that can promote employment, increase tax revenue and increase exports. Developed countries and multilateral financial institutions are also welcome to participate and improve the efficiency of capital use.

  Ning Jizhen said that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" project has brought effective investment to relevant countries, not the so-called "debt trap". Judging from the actual situation, some national debt problems reported by foreign media are not necessarily related to the "Belt and Road" construction and its projects. Among them, some countries have high debt levels in the past, and some countries do have a heavy debt burden, but they mainly borrow a lot from other countries and international financial organizations for a long time. China is a latecomer, not the biggest creditor.

  Ning Ji Zhe said that China has always attached importance to strengthening debt management for joint projects and investment cooperation with relevant countries. On the issue of investment and financing of the "Belt and Road" construction project, China has always adhered to the guidance of economic benefits, provided loans according to the actual situation of the project countries, supported the project construction, and avoided causing new debt risks and financial burdens to the project countries. Before providing financing for the project, Chinese banks will strictly measure the borrower’s liabilities and solvency, and will continue to track and monitor relevant country risks and sovereign risks after the loan. Developing economy and improving people’s livelihood are the most urgent tasks for developing countries. For some developing countries that really need urgent funds for economic construction, Chinese banks will also help them achieve debt sustainability by rationally designing financing structures and other ways.

Can I still eat the meat and vegetables I bought in the refrigerator for a week?

  "It’s cold, do you want to save something to eat?"

  "Rice and oil are easy to say. Can vegetables be eaten after a week in the refrigerator?"

  Epidemic prevention and control has entered a normal state, but many friends have become accustomed to "hoarding" food in the refrigerator — — So, are meat and vegetables frozen or refrigerated? How many degrees is the most suitable for preservation? Can I eat it after a week?

  Meat should be "cold" and vegetables will be "frozen"

  The bought fish can’t be kept, and the vegetables will rot in the refrigerator for a few days. Is the meat taken home refrigerated or frozen … … "hoarding goods" not only makes the elderly scratch their heads, but also makes the young people confused.

  "Generally speaking, the requirements for the preservation environment of various foods are different, and it is definitely not possible to stuff them all into the refrigerator." According to industry insiders, in professional supermarkets, the storage temperature of all kinds of foods is relatively fixed; Consumers pick and choose and take them home and stuff them into the refrigerator, often only to find that they have gone bad when they eat them.

  "If you go to a big supermarket like Metro in summer, you may have to bring a thick coat to the meat sales area." The reporter learned the "best storage temperature" of different foods in Metro: frozen products are at-18℃ ~-22℃, cold meat is at 0-4℃, fish is at 12-16℃, and fruits and vegetables are at 12-14℃; Therefore, even in summer, the area where meat products are sold is very "frozen". The person in charge of the Metro member store said: "Different foods require different storage temperatures, and only by taking correct temperature control measures can the freshness, hygiene and safety of foods be guaranteed."

  In general, the freezing temperature of household refrigerators is -18℃, while that of cold storage rooms is 0-4℃. Therefore, the cold meat bought home can be stored in the cold storage room if it is eaten soon, and there is no need to freeze it. In the current weather, fruits and vegetables don’t have to be put in the refrigerator when they are bought home. They can be stored at room temperature and eaten as soon as possible. It should be noted that even frozen food should be eaten within 90 days; The flavor and nutritional value of foods frozen for too long will be greatly reduced even if they are not "spoiled".

  Constant temperature in the whole process is very important, and "thawing and freezing" is not advisable.

  If you buy too much meat and freeze it, take it out and cut it, and put the rest back, okay? The answer is: no.

  "Frozen food is easy to breed bacteria during repeated thawing and freezing." Nutrition experts said that some institutions have done relevant comparative tests, frozen and thawed the same piece of meat for four times, and carried out bacterial inspection every time. The results showed that the total number of colonies increased sharply after thawing and refreezing, and the total number of colonies in the last time was 15 times that of the first inspection.

  The reason is that food will inhibit the growth of bacteria when it is frozen at low temperature, but in the process of thawing, with the increase of external temperature, bacteria in food will multiply rapidly; When we put the food in the refrigerator again, the low temperature environment can inhibit the growth of bacteria, but it can’t "kill" the bacteria that grew before. When it is thawed again, the bacteria will double.

  "Big supermarkets can guarantee the ‘ of purchasing, processing and sales areas; Whole cold chain ’ But often consumers don’t care after buying it back, which will lead to food deterioration, "nutrition experts pointed out." Therefore, fresh products should be put into the freezer immediately and frozen products should be put into the freezer as soon as Metro, a supermarket that takes a "whole cold chain" approach to meat, comes home, keeping the "last link" still in the cold chain.

  If you can’t eat it all at once, it is recommended to freeze it in small pieces and thaw as much as you eat. Whether consumers purchase frozen products or fresh ingredients themselves, it is better not to "thaw twice" after freezing. Zhang hongmei

An investigation report on the "5 9" fire accident in Tongzhou, Beijing was released, and five people were held accountable.

According to WeChat official account, the Beijing Fire WeChat, the investigation report of the "5 9" major fire accident in Tongzhou District was released. At about 13: 45 on May 9, 2021, a fire broke out in the warehouse of Beijing Longhao Meat Food Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Longhao Company) located in Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing, with an area of over 3,000 square meters, resulting in three deaths and direct property losses of 3,090,700 yuan. The fire rescue agency determined that the fire site of this fire accident was located at the ground in the south-central part of the cold storage on the east side of the west yard of Longhao Company; Combined with the field experiment and inspection and identification, it is determined that the fire is caused by the ignition of thermal insulation materials during construction.

Investigation report on "5 9" major fire accident in Tongzhou District

At about 13: 45 on May 9, 2021, a fire broke out in the warehouse of Beijing Longhao Meat Food Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Longhao Company) located in Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing, with an area of over 3,000 square meters, resulting in three deaths and direct property losses of 3,090,700 yuan.

After the fire broke out, the relevant city leaders made important instructions. According to the Emergency Response Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Fire Prevention Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), and referring to the Regulations on the Reporting, Investigation and Handling of Production Safety Accidents and other relevant laws and regulations, the municipal government established a fire accident investigation team composed of the Municipal Emergency Bureau, the Municipal Fire Rescue Corps, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions and the Tongzhou District Government, and invited the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Municipal Supervision Committee to participate in the accident investigation and comprehensively carry out the accident investigation and handling work.

In accordance with the principles of "four no-misses" and "scientific rigor, compliance with laws and regulations, seeking truth from facts and paying attention to practical results", the accident investigation team conducted on-site inspection, consulting materials, video analysis and appraisal tests, and entrusted technical appraisal institutions to carry out sampling analysis and technical appraisal of relevant physical evidence extracted from the accident site, found out the course and cause of the accident, identified the nature and responsibility of the accident, and put forward suggestions on handling the relevant responsible personnel and units. The relevant situation is now reported as follows:

I. Basic information

(a) the basic situation of the building.

The incident building is located in West dingfuzhuang Village, Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing, the southwest corner of Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm (hereinafter referred to as Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm) and the warehouse of Longhao Company’s West Campus. Longhao Company covers an area of about 18 mu, and the total height of the warehouse building is about 5.9 meters, with a construction area of about 3,100 square meters. The south wall of the warehouse is about 98 meters long, the north wall is about 99 meters long, the east wall is about 39 meters wide, and the west wall is about 24 meters wide. The main building is steel structure, supported by I-shaped steel columns, the outer wall is rock wool sandwich color steel plate, and it is a single-story building with no ceiling and partition inside.

Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the building layout of the incident warehouse

Before the incident, the warehouse was being rebuilt. It is planned to divide the interior of the warehouse into three cold storages, the east, the middle and the west. The height of the cold storage is about 4.5 meters, and a mezzanine is formed between the top plate of the cold storage and the top of the building. Only one entrance to the mezzanine construction is left on the top plate on the north side of the west library for the elevator to transport personnel and construction tools, and other parts are not connected with the mezzanine. The cold storage under construction uses polyurethane thermal insulation board as the wall, partition and roof material, and there is a gap of about 10 cm between the roof of the cold storage and the I-beam column, and the extruded board is laid on the ground of the warehouse. When the fire broke out, two-thirds of the ground in the east warehouse of the cold storage had been paved with extruded boards from the south to the north, and the rest had not yet begun to be paved.

(2) Information about the accident-related units

1. Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm, the legal representative is Zhang Qiang (deputy director, responsible for specific business work), and the actual person in charge is Zhang Baohua (in charge of the overall work of the farm). The unified social credit code is 12110112400952617P, which belongs to the Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Tongzhou District, Beijing, and is a self-financing institution. Its domicile is in the south of Zhangjiawan Town Government, Tongzhou District, Beijing. Its purpose and business scope are to provide excellent seedlings and advanced technologies.

2. Longhao Company, whose legal representative is Li Hailong, unified social credit code is 91110112102394450X, registered address is West dingfuzhuang Village, Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing, and its business scope is slaughtering cattle, selling cattle, sheep, livestock and poultry, import and export of goods, building materials, etc., and it has the license for slaughtering and processing beef cattle.

3. Beijing Boyujie Trading Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Boyujie Company), the legal representative is Jiang Changzheng, the unified social credit code is 91110112327310107C, the registered address is No.9 -477 Yongle Street, Yongledian Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing, and its business scope covers sales of hardware and electric materials, building materials, labor subcontracting, engineering survey and design, etc.

4. Beijing Youliang Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Youliang Company), whose legal representative is Wanlicheng, unified social credit code is 91110228MA01KT6P9M, registered address is Room 402 -1791, Shicheng Town Government Office Building, Miyun District, Beijing, and its business scope covers sales of air-conditioning refrigeration equipment, installation and maintenance of air-conditioning refrigeration equipment, labor subcontracting, general construction contracting, etc.

(three) the approval and rental construction of the above-ground housing planning on the land where the incident occurred

1. The above-ground housing planning approval.

The land in question is located in West dingfuzhuang Village, Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District. The owner is Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm. The land certificate number is Jing Tong Guo Yong (2010 Plot) No.004, and the parcel area is 238,236.85 square meters. It is used as industrial land, and the ownership is state-owned and the use right type is allocated.

On June 19th, 2007, Beijing Tongzhou Aquaculture Service Center (hereinafter referred to as Tongzhou Aquaculture Service Center) obtained the Notice of Project Filing issued by Tongzhou Development and Reform Commission (No.49 [2007] of Beijing Tongzhou Development and Reform Commission) and filed the "Experimental Base Project of Ornamental Fish Culture". On October 22nd, Tongzhou Aquaculture Service Center obtained the Construction Project Planning Permit (2007 G < T > J Zi No.0176) for the "Ornamental Fish Breeding Experimental Base Project", and approved the construction contents as follows: 1#, 2# and 3# breeding experimental sheds, 4# product packaging workshop and 5# product fine packaging workshop, with a total construction area of 5 single buildings.

On June 4th, 2008, Tongzhou Aquaculture Service Center obtained the Notice of Project Filing issued by Tongzhou District Development and Reform Commission (Jing Tongzhou Development and Reform Bureau [2008] No.30) to put on record the construction project of ornamental fish competition hall. On September 4th, Tongzhou Aquaculture Service Center obtained the Construction Project Planning Permit (2008 G < T > J Zi No.0133) for the "Ornamental Fish Competition Hall Project", and approved the construction contents as follows: Ornamental Fish Competition Hall, a single building with a construction scale of 11,870.31 square meters.

Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the approval of the above-ground housing planning on the incident land

2. Land rental construction

Since 2007, Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm has signed six lease agreements with Longhao Company, Beijing Hemei Yudu Trading Co., Ltd., Beijing Meitianhuayi Trading Co., Ltd. (divided into two leases), Beijing Yongshun Zhouzhou Food Co., Ltd. and Liu Yongming personally, and leased 6 plots of land with an area of about 223 mu. Since then, the leased company has undertaken the construction of the "experimental base project of ornamental fish breeding" respectively, and has expanded and rebuilt the building on the incident land several times.

After verification by the planning, housing and construction departments, within the land area of Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm, only six single buildings involved in the "Experimental Base Project for Ornamental Fish Breeding" have gone through the construction project planning permission procedures, while other buildings, including the incident warehouse, have not gone through the relevant planning approval procedures, and have not gone through the construction permission procedures, and the total housing area without the approval procedures is about 151,968.52 square meters.

(four) the construction of the incident warehouse

On June 28th, 2007, Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm signed the Cooperation Agreement with Longhao Company, which stipulated that Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm would provide about 16,650 square meters of land for construction, and be responsible for reporting all kinds of approval procedures. Longhao Company is responsible for the planning and design of the project, and bears all the costs of the project construction. The lease term is 30 years, and the rent is 100,000 yuan/year.

After leasing the land, Longhao Company invested in the construction of the 4# product packaging workshop and the 5# product fine packaging workshop of the "experimental base project of ornamental fish culture", with a total area of about 2,700 square meters. Subsequently, after partially filling the fish pits, Longhao Company successively built workshops, warehouses, office buildings and other buildings, which were successively completed in 2008, with a total construction area of about 6,000 square meters, without obtaining relevant planning approval and construction permit procedures.

(5) Rental and renovation of the incident warehouse.

At the end of 2008, Longhao Company leased the warehouse to Beijing Shichangyuan Trading Co., Ltd. to store pet food. In December 2020, the warehouse was left vacant after it was emptied.

On March 6, 2021, Longhao Company leased a building with an area of 4,741.5 square meters to Boyujie Company (including 1,000 square meters of the West Campus building of Longhao Company, 3,669.5 square meters of warehouse and 72 square meters of frontispiece House). The Lease Contract stated that the leased property had no room cost and was planned, and the lease term was 12 years.

On April 1, 2021, Boyujie Company and Youliang Company signed the Project Contract of Zhangjiawan Cold Storage Project in Tongzhou District, with a total project cost of 2.3 million yuan and a construction area of about 3,283 square meters. The construction content is to transform the original warehouse into a cold storage; The contract time limit for a project is that all the equipment and related accessories will arrive before April 20th, and the installation and debugging will be completed before May 20th.

Subsequently, Wan Mile, the legal representative of Youliang Company, negotiated and cooperated with Chen Peng (individual), the construction contractor, and Chen Peng arranged personnel to be responsible for the reconstruction of the cold storage. Since April 6th, 2021, Chen Peng has hired Huang Bao, Li Fuqiang, Liu Yugang, Gao Weipu and other 10 people to enter the site for construction (during the construction period, Chen Peng paid the fees on a daily basis, and no relevant contract was signed). At the time of the incident, the project was under construction and had not yet been put into use.

Two, the accident, emergency rescue, fire property loss statistics

(1) The course of the accident

On the morning of May 9, 2021, the construction contractor Chen Pengxin purchased a Yongheng brand 315 welding machine and arranged for Li Fuqiang, Huang Bao, Liu Yugang and Gao Weipu to work in the mezzanine above the cold storage. At about 13: 42, the worker Yuan Shicheng transported the extruded board into the cold storage and found that the ground of the east cold storage was on fire. At 13: 44, three workers working outdoors entered the cold storage with fire extinguishers, and the fire was not controlled. The surrounding surveillance video showed that from 13: 44: 09 to 13: 45: 20, a large amount of smoke was ejected from the cold storage doors in the middle and west, and the fire spread from east to west for about 5 minutes. During the period, six people ran out of the cold storage.

(2) Emergency rescue of accidents

At 13: 45 on May 9, 2021, after receiving the fire alarm, the 119 Combat Command Center of the Municipal Fire and Rescue Corps quickly dispatched the full-time headquarters of the corps and detachment, 11 fire and rescue stations, 32 fire engines and 129 officers and men to the scene for disposal, and synchronously linked the public security, emergency, garden, Jinghuan Company and other departments and units and 10 water sprinklers, and used 4 large excavators to arrive at the scene for coordinated disposal to demolish and clean up the accident site. At 14: 35, the open flame was extinguished, and the fire area was more than 3,000 square meters. After the large excavator cleaned up the scene of the accident, three people (Li Fuqiang, Huang Bao and Liu Yugang) who were buried by the building were found on the west side of the incident warehouse, and they were confirmed dead by 120 people.

(3) Statistics on fire property losses

After the fire broke out, the fire rescue agency carried out loss statistics according to the requirements of the Regulations on Fire Accident Investigation and the Statistical Method of Fire Loss. According to the declaration of the direct property loss of the parties, the direct property loss of this fire was 3,090,700 yuan.

Third, the cause and nature of the accident

The accident investigation team obtained relevant qualification documents, accident-related documentary evidence and physical evidence according to law; Fire-fighting and rescue institutions conducted an inquest on the fire scene, carried out tests, inspections and appraisals, and investigated and inquired the relevant personnel involved in the accident, found out the cause of the fire accident and identified the nature of the accident.

(A) the direct cause

Comprehensive on-site inspection, video analysis, investigation and inquiry, etc., the public security organs comprehensively ruled out the suspicion of intentional arson causing fire.

1. On-site inspection. Due to the use of large machinery to dismantle the warehouse during the search and rescue of trapped people, some evidence on the scene was lost. After on-site investigation, a burned electric welding machine, a large number of covered electrode and electric wires with fire melting marks were found on the ground in the south side of the east warehouse. The fire spread from east to west, and the burning degree at the top of the east warehouse was heavier than other parts. The fire rescue agency determined that the fire site was located on the ground in the south of Dongku.

2. Ask for information. It is understood that there is no construction plan for the cold storage reconstruction project, and Chen Peng arranged personnel to carry out the operation. Welding operations have been carried out in the mezzanine of the warehouse and the ground of the cold storage, and liquefied petroleum gas cylinders and oxygen cylinders have been stored in the warehouse. The wires and lighting iodine tungsten lamp used in the site are temporarily set by Chen Peng, and there is a switch box at the mezzanine of the warehouse.

3. Identify the test situation. Tested by the National Construction Engineering Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, the extruded board and polyurethane insulation board used in the reconstruction of cold storage did not meet the requirements of B2(E) and were flammable materials. Through the simulation test, the slag dropped by electric welding can quickly ignite the sandwich between extruded board and polyurethane thermal insulation library board. At the same time, the short circuit of wires and the long-term baking in iodine tungsten lamp also have the possibility of igniting the extruded board.

The fire rescue agency determined that the fire site of this fire accident was located at the ground in the south-central part of the cold storage on the east side of the west yard of Longhao Company; Combined with the field experiment and inspection and identification, it is determined that the fire is caused by the ignition of thermal insulation materials during construction.

(2) Indirect causes

1. Illegal operation. The construction contractor does not go through the formalities for examination and approval of hot work, and does not take corresponding fire safety measures, and uses naked fire in places with fire danger; Youliang Company subcontracts its contracted cold storage construction project to individuals who do not have the corresponding construction qualifications for cold storage projects; After Boyujie Company rented the warehouse of Longhao Company, it entrusted the cold storage project to a company without design qualification for design, and illegally built the cold storage.

2. Illegal construction and illegal rental. After leasing the land allocated by state-owned industries, the enterprises involved illegally built and rented more than 6,000 square meters of buildings without obtaining the relevant planning approval and building construction permit; The relevant government departments failed to inspect the illegal construction within their jurisdiction, lacked effective supervision over the illegal construction behavior of the enterprises involved, failed to take effective measures to stop it, and failed to investigate and deal with the problem of no construction project planning permit in the burning building in time.

3. The investigation and management of potential safety hazards is not in place. Relevant government departments failed to supervise and guide subordinate units and functional departments to perform their duties, failed to establish a ledger for hidden dangers investigation and rectification, and the situation of renting houses and subletting tenants of the enterprises involved was unclear, and no situation of rebuilding cold storage in the incident warehouse and existing fire safety hazards were found; The inspection of fire control and safety production organized by the local government is not in place.

(3) Nature of the accident

In view of the above analysis, according to the provisions of relevant national laws and regulations, the accident investigation team determined that the major fire accident was a liability accident.

Iv. Suggestions on handling the relevant responsible personnel and responsible units of the accident.

(1) Persons who propose to be investigated for criminal responsibility.

1. Jiang Changzheng, the legal representative of Boyujie Company, failed to verify the qualification of the constructor and report the construction to relevant departments; Failing to supervise the on-site construction in place, failing to organize the formulation of fire fighting and emergency evacuation plans in line with the actual situation of the unit, failing to organize fire prevention inspection, failing to organize workers to conduct fire drills and necessary pre-job training, failing to sign a safety responsibility letter, violating the relevant provisions of Code for Design of Cold Storage, Safety Regulations for Cold Storage and Regulations on Fire Safety Management of Government Organs, Organizations, Enterprises and Institutions, and being directly responsible for the accident, Tongzhou District People’s Procuratorate was suspected of serious accident crime in June 2021.

2. Ten thousand miles, the legal representative of Youliang Company, knowing that his company does not have the construction qualification to rebuild the cold storage, still contracted to rebuild the cold storage project; Failing to report the construction to the relevant departments, failing to review the qualifications of workers, failing to report the certificate of hot work, and failing to equip security officers; The Tongzhou District People’s Procuratorate approved the arrest on June 17, 2021 for failing to conduct systematic safety training, signing labor contracts and safety production responsibility letters, violating the Code for Design of Cold Stores, Safety Regulations for Cold Stores, Regulations on Fire Safety Management of Government Organizations, Enterprises and Institutions and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Fire Protection Law, and being directly responsible for the accident.

3. Chen Peng, the person in charge of on-site construction, failed to give safety education to the workers and signed a safety agreement; Knowing that there were potential safety hazards in the construction site, Tongzhou District People’s Procuratorate approved the arrest on June 17, 2021 for failing to rectify and set up safety supervisors, violating the relevant provisions of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Fire Protection Law and Welding and Cutting Safety, and being directly responsible for the accident.

(two) accountability personnel and units

1. Zhang Chunliang, Deputy Secretary of the Agriculture Working Committee of the District Committee and Deputy Director of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau, gave admonitions.

2. Yang Wenxin, from August 2016 to August 2021, served as a member of the Party Committee and deputy mayor of Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District. He is currently the deputy director of the Medical Insurance Bureau of Tongzhou District, and gave him a warning.

3. Rong Jun, deputy director, section chief and first-level chief clerk of Zhangjiawan Town Ping ‘an Construction Office, was given administrative warning.

4. Mindlin, from November 2010 to August 2012, served as the deputy captain of Zhangjiawan Town Urban Management Law Enforcement Team (presided over the work). He is currently the captain of Liyuan Town Urban Management Law Enforcement Team, the director of Liyuan Town Comprehensive Management Office and the first-level chief clerk, and was given a government warning.

5. Zhang Baohua, from October 2015 to August 2021, served as the head of Tongzhou District Aquatic Technology Extension Station (also the head of Tongzhou Aquatic Farm), and retired in August 2021, giving him a serious warning within the party.

In addition, in view of the fact that the property right unit of the incident plot is a subordinate unit of Tongzhou District Agricultural and Rural Bureau, and there are a large number of buildings that have not obtained the relevant planning approval procedures, the District Supervision Committee of Tongzhou District Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a work reminder letter to Tongzhou District Agricultural and Rural Bureau, requesting it to further intensify its work, comprehensively find out the housing construction situation of the plot where the incident occurred, and pay close attention to the investigation and rectification of illegal construction.

(3) Units that have been given administrative punishment.

1. Boyujie Company failed to formulate and implement the provisions of fire safety management measures and operating procedures, and its behavior violated the provisions of the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Fire Safety Responsibility in Beijing, and it was responsible for the fire accident, and the fire rescue agency gave it an administrative penalty of 10,000 yuan.

2. You Leng Company’s illegal hot work shall be given an administrative penalty of 10,000 yuan by the fire rescue agency according to law.

V. Suggestions on accident rectification and preventive measures

The accident investigation team put forward the following rectification measures and suggestions for the problems exposed by the accident:

(a) strictly implement the main responsibility of enterprises. Longhao Company and Tongzhou Aquaculture Farm should strictly abide by the laws, regulations and standards related to fire safety management, implement "one warehouse and one policy" refined management for existing factories and warehouses, and implement post responsibilities and fire safety management systems; To strengthen the fire safety protection and inspection of key parts, equipped with necessary fire-fighting facilities and fire-fighting equipment, to ensure the fire safety of warehouses, workshops, office buildings and other places; It is necessary to strengthen fire education and training, strengthen the examination and approval and management of hot work, and enhance the fire safety awareness and emergency response ability of employees. At the same time, it is necessary to do a good job in various safety management during the demolition of illegal construction to prevent all kinds of safety accidents.

(two) comprehensive investigation and management of fire safety hazards. All relevant departments, governments at all levels and units should carry out special actions on fire safety law enforcement inspection of warehouses, focusing on rectifying illegal operations, illegal construction, illegal hot work and welding; It is necessary to guide enterprises and institutions to self-examine and correct hidden dangers around them. For those who cannot rectify themselves, organize full-time and part-time forces to carry out investigation and inspection, sort out problems, establish ledgers, clarify rectification responsibilities, measures and time limits, carry out multi-departmental joint law enforcement and comprehensive rectification, and strengthen publicity, education and training, regularly track and review hidden dangers of write-offs, and prevent problems from rebounding and hidden dangers from resurfacing. For the hidden dangers that are difficult to rectify at the moment, it is necessary to implement targeted management and nursing measures, supervise and supervise, and promote rectification.

(three) to crack down on illegal construction and illegal rental behavior. Tongzhou district government should vigorously develop the industrial format that conforms to the positioning of Beijing’s sub-center, and actively promote the work of resolving and rectifying and promoting promotion; It is necessary to urge the local township governments to intensify the verification and disposal of houses that have not been approved for construction, identify and investigate them according to laws and regulations, and complete the demolition of unlicensed houses in stages and batches by means of self-demolition, whistle-blowing and joint law enforcement. All districts and units in the city should intensify the crackdown on illegal construction and illegal renting of factories and warehouses, and establish a long-term mechanism and regional cooperation and cooperation mechanism to prevent factories and warehouses that do not have formalities and safety conditions from being rented and subletted repeatedly.

32.33 trillion yuan, up 5.3% year-on-year. Perspective on the highlights of China’s economic development from the foreign trade data of the first three quarters.

CCTV News:On the afternoon of October 14th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference. The relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Customs introduced that in the first three quarters of this year, the economic operation was generally stable, the import and export of goods grew steadily, and the foreign trade structure continued to be optimized.

According to customs statistics, in the first three quarters of this year, China’s import and export was 32.33 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%; Among them, the export was 18.62 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2%; Imports reached 13.71 trillion yuan, up by 4.1%.

In the first three quarters, the historical period exceeded 32 trillion yuan for the first time, and the import and export in each quarter exceeded 10 trillion yuan, 11 trillion yuan and 11.17 trillion yuan respectively, which was also the first time in the historical period.

Tu Xinquan, Dean of the China World Trade Organization Research Institute of the University of International Business and Economics, said: "This year’s foreign trade performance is still very bright. The total import and export volume in the first three quarters exceeded 10 trillion yuan, showing the strong growth momentum of China’s foreign trade. The most fundamental factor behind this lies in the overall improvement of China’s international trade competitiveness, and our competitiveness comes from a highly complete manufacturing supply chain, huge economies of scale and rapid technological progress. Although the current world economic situation is turbulent and there are many unfavorable factors, strong international competitiveness is the basis and guarantee for the continuous expansion of our products in the world market. "

In the past two days, a large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier under construction of Dalian Shipping Company docked at the dock berth, and nearly 1,000 workers were outfitting the ship. On the other side of the dock, an LNG dual-fuel container ship is undergoing final debugging before delivery. This marine "Big Mac" is powered by natural gas and oil, which can reduce carbon emissions by more than 20% and sulfur oxide emissions by 100%.

Since the beginning of this year, under the background of decarbonization and transformation of the shipping industry, Liaoning shipbuilding enterprises are promoting the transformation and upgrading of mainstream products, actively providing green, safe and intelligent green ships to the world, and the number of products delivered has increased significantly. In the first eight months of this year, shipping enterprises in Dalian exported a total of 12.11 billion yuan worth of various types of ships, up 31.3% year-on-year.

The steady growth of import and export depends on both supply and demand.

According to the foreign trade data released on the 14th, China’s import and export maintained steady growth in the first three quarters. A reporter asked what were the main factors driving the growth. According to the relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Customs, the steady growth of China’s import and export depends on both supply and demand.

On the demand side, from an international perspective, the latest WTO report raised the forecast of the annual growth rate of goods trade. The World Bank, OECD and other institutions believe that the global economy is stabilizing and the recovery of external demand has created favorable conditions for China’s exports. In the first three quarters, China’s exports to traditional markets such as Europe, America and Japan increased by 4.2%, while exports to emerging markets such as ASEAN and Latin America increased by 12.3% and 13.7% respectively.

Domestically, since the beginning of this year, China’s industrial production has grown steadily, driving the import of coal, natural gas and iron ore to increase by 11.9%, 13% and 4.9% respectively in the first three quarters. With the cyclical upswing of the consumer electronics industry, the imports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, integrated circuits and flat panel display modules have all achieved double-digit growth. The consumer market continued to grow steadily, and the imports of specialty fruits, wine, clothing and other consumer goods increased by 7.1%, 28.9% and 6.1% respectively, effectively meeting the diversified domestic consumer demand.

From the supply side. At present, China is accelerating the development of new quality productivity, and the trend of high-end, intelligent and green manufacturing is very obvious. Innovation makes China manufacturing more widely favored.

In the first three quarters, China’s high-end equipment exports increased by over 40%.

At the press conference, the person in charge of the General Administration of Customs introduced that at present, China is accelerating the development of new quality productivity, and the trend of high-end, intelligent and green manufacturing is obvious.

Customs statistics show that in the first three quarters of this year, China’s export product structure was optimized, and the export of high-end equipment increased by over 40%. The export of mechanical and electrical products was 11.03 trillion yuan, up 8%, accounting for 59.3% of the total export value. Among them, the export of high-end equipment increased by 43.4%, and the export of integrated circuits, automobiles and household appliances increased by 22%, 22.5% and 15.5% respectively. In addition, the export of traditional labor-intensive products was 3.13 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.8%.

Foreign trade business entities remain active, and private enterprises grow rapidly.

Statistics released by the General Administration of Customs show that in the first three quarters of this year, all kinds of business entities in China remained active, and private enterprises achieved rapid growth. Taking Jiangsu, which has the largest manufacturing cluster in China, as an example, relying on the complementary advantages of industrial structure with overseas countries, foreign trade enterprises keep a close eye on the wind direction of global industrial chain supply chain and continuously improve the export of high-tech products.

Since the beginning of this year, Jiangsu has continuously strengthened the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and the export contribution of high-tech products has been continuously enhanced. In the first nine months, the export of high-tech products exceeded 860 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 10%.

In recent years, the private economy has made remarkable achievements, and the import and export scale has hit record highs. Not only that, private enterprises have also become a new force leading innovation and creation, and are the largest import and export subject of high-tech products in China. 

According to customs statistics, in the first three quarters of this year, the import and export of private enterprises in China was 17.78 trillion yuan, up 9.4%, accounting for 55% of the total foreign trade, up 2.1 percentage points; The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 9.53 trillion yuan, up by 1.1%, increasing for two consecutive quarters; The import and export of state-owned enterprises was 4.95 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.1%.

Tu Xinquan, Dean of the China World Trade Organization Research Institute of the University of International Business and Economics, said: "Private enterprises have played a major role in China’s foreign trade for many years. I think this is mainly due to the deepening of China’s reform and opening up. The continuous improvement of market economic system reform has created an increasingly optimized business environment for the development of private enterprises, and the continuous expansion of opening up has helped private enterprises to better learn, digest and absorb the world’s most advanced technology and experience, and keep up with or even lead the latest trend of world industrial development. Foreign-funded enterprises continue to play an irreplaceable role in China’s economic development and international exchanges. Opening up is not only our national policy, but also our firm belief. China will continue to expand its opening up and welcome foreign-funded enterprises to participate in the construction of Chinese modernization and share the development opportunities of China. "

Trade with more than 160 countries and regions around the world has grown.

According to the data released by the General Administration of Customs on the 14th, in the first three quarters of this year, the import and export of foreign trade between China and its major trading partners maintained a growth momentum, and the international market layout with close regional cooperation and diversified progress continued to be optimized.

These two days, in this food production company in Yunnan, workers are busy packing a batch of 850 kilograms of bagged rice noodles, which will be exported to Britain after passing the customs inspection.

Crossing the bridge rice noodles is a local traditional snack. After processing and upgrading, it carries Yunnan’s unique food culture and historical details and gradually "goes out of the circle" to the world.

With the help of efficient customs clearance and other measures, this year’s 1-mdash; In August, the export of ready-to-eat and fast-cooked products in Yunnan Province increased by 28.7% year-on-year, and the export value increased by 23.8% year-on-year.

Customs statistics show that in the first three quarters of this year, China’s market diversification was steadily advanced, and trade with more than 160 countries and regions around the world increased. The import and export of countries that jointly built the "Belt and Road" was 15.21 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%, and the proportion increased to 47.1%. Imports and exports to other RCEP member countries reached 9.63 trillion yuan, up 4.5%, of which imports and exports to ASEAN reached 5.09 trillion yuan, up 9.4%. In the same period, the import and export to the EU and the United States were 4.18 trillion yuan and 3.59 trillion yuan respectively, up by 0.9% and 4.2% respectively.

Tu Xinquan, Dean of China World Trade Organization Research Institute of the University of International Business and Economics, said: "China’s foreign trade market diversification has continuously made new progress. While consolidating the traditional market, it has occupied an increasing share in emerging markets. This is the result of the concerted efforts of the Chinese government and enterprises. On the one hand, our government has actively signed various trade agreements with trading partners to explore &lsquo; Belt and Road &rsquo; Market, constantly expand the circle of friends. On the other hand, Chinese enterprises have a strong sense of pioneering and flexible market strategies, and constantly develop emerging markets, so that China’s foreign trade competitive advantage can be fully exerted. "

On-the-spot Report of the 10th Anniversary of the Reform of Shanghai Entry-Exit Frontier Inspection Station

  Zhou Xiaodong, Shanghai Channel of Xinhuanet reported on October 17th that Shanghai Port is one of the largest and earliest ports opened to the outside world approved by the State Council, and enjoys the reputation of "China’s first airport". Established in 1998, Shanghai Entry-Exit Frontier Inspection Station is responsible for frontier inspection of entry-exit personnel and means of transportation at Shanghai Port. After ten years’ experience, Shanghai border inspectors have taken a reform road of developing through inheritance and innovating through development.


  In 2007, Shanghai Entry-Exit Frontier Inspection Station inspected more than 19.5 million entry-exit personnel, 4.9 times that of 1998. The number of people entering and leaving Shanghai Airport has ranked first in the national airport for nine consecutive years. In the past ten years, Shanghai Border Inspection Station has inspected more than 113.28 million entry-exit personnel, ranking first in the country. Among them, the number of foreign passengers inspected accounts for more than a quarter of the national total, ranking first in the country. More than 740,000 flights of inbound and outbound aircraft were inspected, ranking first in the country. 177,309 international ships were inspected and 1,553 Shanghai-Hong Kong trains were inspected.


  Inheriting the glorious brand of professional reform


  Fifty years of vicissitudes and great changes, half a century of spring and autumn. On January 4th, 1952, the East China Military and Political Commission of People’s Republic of China (PRC) set up the "Shanghai Frontier Inspection Station" in Shanghai, which was responsible for the frontier inspection at the Shanghai port, ending the history of "having borders without defenses" in Shanghai. In the following forty years, Jinshan, Wusong, Waigaoqiao and Hongqiao border checkpoints were established one after another.


  With a flick of a finger, history ushered in a new opportunity. On July 1, 1998, according to the spirit of the State Council’s reply, the Shanghai Entry-Exit Frontier Inspection Station was formally established, with a deputy department-level system, directly under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security, and all personnel were changed from active military personnel to professional people’s police, thus the Shanghai border inspection team entered a brand-new development stage. The sense of overall situation and sense of responsibility passed down from the original army made Shanghai border inspectors devote all their enthusiasm to their new posts as always. Time flies, with the glorious brand of the national guard. In just ten years, Shanghai Border Inspection Station has successively set up Pudong Border Inspection Station, Railway Border Inspection Station and Yangshan Border Inspection Station, and the number of border inspection stations under the main station has increased from five before the transformation to eight. The service area covers 105 docks and 429 berths in Pudong and Hongqiao International Airports, Shanghai Railway Station and Shanghai Port. The coastline of the harbor is 470 Li long.


  Struggle hard to start a business.


  Follow the footsteps of history and forge ahead. How long is the road of ten years? Shanghai border inspectors are not afraid of difficulties, and how far is the pace of hard work.


  In 1999, when the first phase of Pudong Airport was completed, the designed annual passenger flow was 20 million, of which the designed annual international passenger flow was 4.5 million. In fact, by 2004, the annual international passenger flow of Pudong Airport reached more than 12 million passengers, nearly three times the designed annual passenger flow. Faced with the situation and pressure, Shanghai Border Inspection Station has been exploring for breakthroughs, actively contacting relevant parties and expanding the passenger waiting area. Around their own potential, maximize the existing police force to deal with major border security tasks. In October, 2001, all the police in Shanghai Border Inspection Station fought hard and fulfilled their mission, successfully completing the border inspection security task of the world-renowned APEC meeting. In October 2002, Shanghai Border Inspection Station ushered in a major adjustment in border inspection service since the vocational reform. In order to meet the needs of aviation hub port construction, all international, Hong Kong and Macao flights that took off and landed at the former Hongqiao International Airport moved eastward to the newly built Pudong International Airport. Under the guidance of the superior, the frontier inspection station has repeatedly brewed and carefully formulated a set of implementation plans to ensure the smooth handover of the frontier inspection work after moving eastward. On January 26th, 2003, with the first Taiwanese Spring Festival charter flight flying over the Taiwan Province Strait to Pudong Airport, the ice of direct cross-strait flights for more than 50 years will be broken at this moment. As a witness of this historic moment, the Shanghai border inspector undertook the border inspection task of this Taiwanese charter flight. Facing the new challenges, Shanghai Border Inspection Station successfully completed its task again under the guidance of its superiors.It has been fully affirmed by the Taiwan Affairs Office, the Exit-Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security and the city leaders. Up to now, Shanghai Border Inspection Station has inspected 388 chartered flights by Taiwanese businessmen, providing high-quality and efficient customs clearance services for more than 81,800 passengers.


  In recent years, Shanghai Border Inspection Station has been focusing on improving the service level, insisting on customs clearance efficiency and strict control, and has handed over satisfactory answers for arduous tasks again and again. It has successfully completed the entry and exit frontier inspection tasks of a series of major international conferences and activities, such as the Shanghai Annual Meeting of the Fortune Forum, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, the 35th Annual Meeting of ADB, the 12th Special Olympic Games and the Beijing Olympic Games, and made positive contributions to the country’s reform, opening up and economic construction. During the APEC meeting and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, Shanghai Border Inspection Station was awarded Class II by the Ministry of Public Security respectively.


  Strengthen the police with science and technology and build a good soldier at the port


  Ten years of take-off cannot be separated from the wings of science and technology. Shanghai Border Inspection Station adheres to the principle of "strengthening police through science and technology" and continuously increases investment in scientific and technological equipment. Since the vocational reform, the main station has invested more than 70 million yuan in science and technology. More than 2,000 computers and nearly 200 vehicles were distributed to the grassroots. The grass-roots front line is equipped with the world’s advanced document inspection instrument, which greatly improves the technical content and identification ability of false and false documents. According to the passenger flow analysis system, the airport border inspection station scientifically deployed police to ensure the smooth completion of the entry-exit border inspection task under the situation of large numbers of people entering and leaving. The construction of "digital service" has been strengthened and standardized at seaport border checkpoints and railway border checkpoints. Through the three-dimensional service management mode of "TV monitoring+mobile patrol+limited area", the management and control ability of port entry and exit activities has been further enhanced. The information query system software of border inspection documents jointly developed fills the gap in the field of passport documents query in China’s border inspection system.


  Chen Jian, a policeman at Waigaoqiao Border Inspection Station, was deeply impressed by the strong police through science and technology. "I was one of the first policemen to patrol the dock in a police car!" , he all proudly recalled, "I remember the first time I drove a police car to patrol the dock, many foreign crew members came out to see us. In their eyes, China border police patrolled the dock on foot and by bike. At present, the conditions of our border inspection are getting better and better, and electronic monitoring equipment has been put into use at every seaport and port, which completely changed the "one ship, one post" international navigation ship monitoring mode in the early 1990s. As witnesses, we are also sincerely proud of our profession! "


  The pace of Shanghai border inspectors climbing the peak of science and technology has never stopped. In March 2006, Shanghai Border Inspection Station fully launched the "Golden Shield Project" project "Meisha System" of the Ministry of Public Security at the port, which made the informationization level of Shanghai border inspection work reach the international advanced level. Through this powerful core command system, the two-level duty disposal mode of the main station and the border inspection station has been optimized, and the joint duty of sea, land and air ports has been realized in the national border inspection organs, and a criss-crossing port management and control network has been carefully woven. In the past ten years, the main station has seized more than 4,600 cases of smuggling, with more than 6,000 person-times, and received and handled more than 30,000 repatriated persons. The increasing strength of "strengthening the police through science and technology" has really improved the combat effectiveness of the Shanghai border inspection team.


  Practicing internal strength hard and strengthening the quality of police


  Ten years of change, things have changed. The harvest lies not only in the innovation of technical equipment, but also in the improvement of personnel quality, which is the greatest wealth of the ten-year job reform and the source of the vigorous development of border inspection.


  In the past ten years, Shanghai Border Inspection Station has always insisted on carrying out the police training plan based on quality education, the standardization of grass-roots teams and various forms of on-the-job training, which has greatly improved the overall quality and professional skills of the team. At present, 100% of the police have achieved college education or above, and all 35 grass-roots teams have achieved standardization. Since the restructuring in 1998, the Central Station has recruited more than 1,000 local college students who are interested in border inspection to enrich the team and constantly optimize the quality structure of the team. As a new force in the team of college students’ police, the main station pays attention to professional navigation and vigorously cultivates professionalism and dedication. With the training of organizations and their own efforts, many people have grown into professional backbones in their posts. In recent years, Shanghai Border Inspection Station has sent seven policemen to participate in UN peacekeeping missions. Organized business experts to give business lectures overseas for many times. More than 200 collectives and more than 1,500 policemen have been commended by various levels and types. A large number of advanced models, such as Nie Rendong, a national super-excellent people’s policeman, and Chen Peihong, a red flag bearer in Shanghai, have emerged in the ranks, and the anti-smuggling experts fighting at the front line of the port are well-known at home and abroad.


  A teacher who is determined to forge ahead.


  With the support and guidance of their superiors, Shanghai border inspectors have pioneered the national border defense system and the Ninth Border Inspection Station again and again, and achieved the first time and again.


  In January 1999, Wusong Border Inspection Station started to use electronic monitoring equipment, which completely changed the "one ship, one post" international navigation ship monitoring mode in China.


  On January 1, 2000, the 48-hour transit visa-free policy was implemented in some countries, which further simplified the customs clearance procedures for transit passengers.


  In August, 2001, the "Entry Passage for China Citizens" was first set up in China, which greatly enhanced the sense of honor of China citizens.


  In September 2006, the supporting commercial housing "Baojingyuan" project was launched, which completely solved the housing difficulties of more than 1,000 police officers without housing in the main station.


  In May 2008, the inspector grading system was initiated, which provided a new mechanism guarantee for promoting the sustainable development of the team and improving the level of border inspection services.


  In 2008, the civilian staff openly recruited by the general station went to work, replacing the front-line police with civilian staff as auxiliary work, and boldly embarked on a brand-new road for China’s border inspection organs to revitalize the police force.


  Phoenix nirvana is the sublimation of the realm, and the reproduction of history is in line with the development of the situation. On September 29th, 2007, under the care of Premier Wen Jiabao, the international flight of Hongqiao Airport officially resumed, and eight routes between Japan and South Korea were opened. The police at Hongqiao Border Inspection Station once again performed their duty of guarding the country. They gave this 44-year-old border inspection station a new life with a brand-new service concept. The T2 terminal in Pudong has been completed, designed to handle 60 million passengers at home and abroad every year, and the first-class environmental facilities have created a new landmark of Shanghai’s air gateway. Frontier inspection facilities are more perfect and humanized, with 144 new border inspection channels. It is estimated that the number of international passengers will reach more than 27 million by 2010.


  Yang Xiangda, the chief stationmaster of Shanghai Border Inspection Station, commented on this team when he reviewed the stormy course of the ten-year reform of Shanghai Border Inspection: "The ten-year reform is not only a change in hardware facilities, but more importantly, a change in the mental outlook of our Shanghai border inspectors, and an improvement in the overall quality of our team. There are both inheritance and development, and we have inherited the tenacious tradition of the army and made new progress in our understanding of service. This can be said to be the professional characteristics and spirit of our Shanghai border inspectors. After ten years of sharpening a sword, today, we have a team that can fight hard, a team full of honor and responsibility. Such a team is the guarantee for us to meet all challenges and win hard battles! "


  With the continuous acceleration of the construction of "four firsts" and "four centers" in Shanghai, history has put forward brand-new requirements for the level and efficiency of border inspection work. In 2008, Shanghai Border Inspection Station, under the leadership of its superiors, successfully completed the border inspection and security tasks for the Beijing Olympic Games. In 2010, the Shanghai World Expo has set the largest number of participating countries and will attract more than 200 countries and international organizations and more than 70 million domestic and foreign tourists. Shoulder the glorious mission of showing Chinese civilization and welcoming guests from all over the world. According to the overall deployment of the Ministry of Public Security, Shanghai Border Inspection Station is making great strides towards the goal of building the best administrative law enforcement team in China and the service level entering the advanced ranks in the world!

Editor: Wang Jiaolong