Cancellation or relaxation of car purchase restrictions in several cities is expected to bring hot car consumption.

  Workers work in the workshop of Huanghua Branch of Beijing New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., located in Huanghua City, Hebei Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Shizhen photo

  I want to buy a car, but I can’t shake the number and get the card — — In recent years, consumers in many cities have been troubled by this.

  Not long ago, Ning Ji Zhe, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and director of the Bureau of Statistics, said that he would break the restrictions on automobile consumption and liberalize the purchase restriction. This statement has aroused widespread concern.

  The reporter found out that up to now, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Guiyang, Shenzhen and other cities across the country have implemented automobile purchase restriction policies. Since the beginning of this year, Guiyang, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have relaxed the automobile purchase restriction policy to varying degrees.

  Will the car purchase restriction for many years usher in full liberalization? Who will be the next city to lift the ban? Can the auto market take advantage of the recovery?

  Many cities canceled or relaxed the purchase restriction.

  In the past September, the auto market was a little deserted. The automobile market did not welcome the "Jin Jiu" as scheduled. According to the data of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (referred to as China Automobile Association), in September 2019, the production and sales of automobiles in China were 2.209 million and 2.271 million respectively, down 6.2% and 5.2% respectively, and the production and sales of automobiles in China have been declining for 15 consecutive months. In September, the inventory early warning index of automobile dealers was 58.6%, which was still above the warning line.

  Xiao Chen, a salesperson of a 4S store in beiyuan road, Chaoyang District, said: "Compared with previous years, the sales volume in September this year was indeed worse than before, and the passenger flow in the store was obviously worse than in previous years."

  Xu Haidong, Assistant Secretary-General of China Automobile Industry Association, said in an interview with this reporter: "Since the second half of last year, consumption in China’s automobile market has continued to decline. We expect that the overall automobile market in China will continue to maintain a low speed or even negative growth in the next 2-3 years. "

  In the case of continuous downturn, the liberalization of the automobile purchase restriction policy will undoubtedly be a powerful "shot in the arm" for the automobile market.

  On September 12th, Guiyang Public Security Traffic Management Bureau issued the Notice on Abolishing the Announcement on the Management of Passenger Car Number Plates in Guiyang, officially canceling the lottery car purchase. Guiyang became the first city in China to completely cancel the purchase restriction. For Zhang Xiaoman, a citizen of Guiyang, happiness comes suddenly. "In July, the winning rate of Guiyang passenger car license plate was still 8: 1. I was still worried that I didn’t know when I could shake the number. Now it’s good, I can get the card if I buy a car!"

  On September 29th, Guangzhou announced that it would allocate 10,000 incremental indicators of ordinary cars by lottery, including 1,000 unit indicators and 9,000 individual indicators. Previously, Guangzhou has made it clear that from June this year to December 2020, it will increase the number of passenger cars by 100,000. The 10,000 new indicators are additional indicators, so the total number of fuel vehicle indicators will reach 170,000 in 2019.

  In synchronization with Guangzhou, Shenzhen has also decided to increase the number of ordinary cars by 40,000 every year on the original basis.

  Many experts have analyzed that the liberalization of the purchase restriction policy in many places will not only stimulate the consumption in the local automobile market, but also be another good signal for the national automobile market to "loosen" the purchase restriction.

  It is expected to bring hot car consumption quickly.

  Why "lift the ban"? Let’s first look at why we should "ban".

  Xu Haidong introduced: "The role of purchase restriction is to solve congestion and the other is to solve the problem of emission pollution. Although it is impossible to completely solve the traffic congestion problem, the purchase restriction has delayed the rapid increase of vehicles to a certain extent, thus slowing down the increase of congestion and slowing down the intensification of urban pollution. " As a matter of fact, most cities in China that implement automobile purchase restrictions are densely populated and have tight road resources, and some of them are also facing greater environmental pressure. Taking Beijing as an example, the number of motor vehicles has exceeded 5 million, and "traffic jam" has become a major problem. In Shanghai, Shenzhen and other places, the number of motor vehicles is also above 3 million.

  Car purchase restriction measures have objectively played a role in alleviating traffic pressure and improving air pollution. However, when this measure was introduced in most cities, it was clear that it would not be implemented for a long time, but would be adjusted according to the actual situation. Since last year, the automobile market has been in a continuous downturn, and the call for relaxing the purchase restriction has gradually increased. Since January this year, various policies to relax the purchase restriction have been continuously overweight.

  In January, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Transport and other 10 departments jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Further Optimizing Supply, Promoting Steady Growth of Consumption and Promoting the Formation of a Strong Domestic Market (2019)", proposing "Optimizing the Management Measures of Motor Vehicle Purchase Restriction" to promote automobile consumption; In June, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Promoting the Updating and Upgrading of Key Consumer Goods and Smooth Resource Recycling (2019-2020)", proposing that all localities should not restrict or purchase new energy vehicles; In August, the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Circulation to Promote Commercial Consumption, which clearly stated that the areas where the automobile purchase restriction is implemented should explore specific measures to gradually relax or cancel the purchase restriction in light of the actual situation, and where conditions permit, give active support to the purchase of new energy vehicles.

  Xu Haidong said: "Since the beginning of this year, the government has considered how to stimulate the recovery of automobile consumption and issued a series of related policies, all of which regard relaxing the purchase restriction on automobiles as an important part. The direct purpose of relaxing the purchase restriction on automobiles is to stimulate domestic demand and stimulate automobile consumption. "

  Zhou Liqun, director of the Automobile and Social Development Consulting and Research Center, analyzed: "China is a country with a large population and a relatively heavy domestic demand. It can play a more obvious role in promoting economic growth by canceling the automobile purchase restriction." Comparing the number of cars per thousand people, the data released by the World Bank show that there are 837 cars per thousand people in the United States, 591 cars per thousand people in Japan and 173 cars per thousand people in China. "As can be seen from the number of thousands of people, China’s automobile industry still has a lot of room for development. We are still optimistic about the overall development prospect of China’s automobile market, and it is estimated that the automobile sales in China will hover around 35 million vehicles. Of course, if the western regions and other regions develop rapidly, there may be a huge breakthrough. " Zhou Liqun said.

  The next "lifting the ban" city arouses imagination.

  Ning Ji Zhe revealed that with Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities relaxing or canceling the purchase restriction regulations, cities such as Xi ‘an and Kunming are also considering relaxing the purchase restriction, and some qualified regions will follow suit one after another.

  What conditions are expected to be "lifted"?

  Zhou Liqun analyzed that whether a city relaxes the purchase restriction should comprehensively consider the car ownership, land area, resident population and other factors in the city. Generally speaking, the development of automobile industry is closely related to five factors: urban infrastructure, traffic management, environmental protection policy, tax and fee policy and the needs of ordinary people.

  So, who is likely to be the next "lifted" city?

  Looking at the car ownership, there are 61 cities in China with over one million cars and 27 cities with over two million cars. Among them, Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Zhengzhou, Shenzhen and Xi ‘an have more than 3 million vehicles, and Tianjin, Wuhan and Dongguan have nearly 3 million vehicles. Zhou Liqun’s analysis: "Hangzhou and Tianjin have less than 3 million cars, and their land area is relatively broad. At the same time, the cities themselves have great development prospects. Therefore, these cities have more room to relax the purchase restriction. "

  A number of interviewed experts said that the relaxation of automobile purchase restrictions is expected to have different rhythms and focuses in different cities. "Big cities like Beijing and Shanghai have greater traffic pressure and land tension, and many other factors need to be considered in the control of traffic conditions, such as holding large-scale events. Such a city is unlikely to fully liberalize the purchase restriction. However, relevant national policies also need to be implemented, so it may be on new energy vehicles ‘ Work hard ’ It not only conforms to the national policy, but also benefits the automobile development strategy. Although the development of new energy vehicles can not solve the traffic congestion problem, it can solve some pollution problems. Some cities may also take a step-by-step approach to respond to the requirements of relaxing purchase restrictions, and let go of some number plate demand like Guangzhou and Shenzhen. " Xu Haidong said. In terms of sales volume, the sales volume of new energy vehicles in 2018 was 1.256 million. Although there was an increase, the overall proportion was still small. Therefore, new energy vehicles are likely to usher in greater development.

  From another perspective, loosening the purchase restriction is not the only option to stimulate automobile consumption. Zhou Liqun said: "Cities like Beijing and Shanghai should make more efforts in scrapping and replacing automobiles. The development of the automobile industry in these cities started earlier, and the demand for automobile replacement is greater. Therefore, it is basically no problem to maintain the sales of 500,000 to 1 million new cars every year. "

  On the occasion of the alternation of "Jin Jiu" and "Silver Ten", the reporter visited a number of 4S stores in Beijing and found that although "Jin Jiu" was not welcomed as scheduled, most car salesmen still had hope to sprint "Silver Ten". Xiao Chen said: "The overall automobile market situation is not very good, but in the case that many automobile brands cut the price of new cars, consumers still have some backflow trends. I believe that under the constant encouragement of policies and the temptation of new car price reduction, the future market recovery is just around the corner. " (Xu Peiyu)

After 13 years of control, cigarettes are sold more and more. Has the tobacco control bonus been "eaten up"?

  "Healthy China 2030" Planning Outline clearly points out that by 2030, the smoking rate of people over the age of 15 will be reduced to 20%, so a series of smoking ban measures have been introduced in various places. However, according to the reporter’s investigation, since 2017, China’s cigarette sales have stopped falling and rose. According to industry insiders, the situation of adolescent smoking and second-hand smoke is still serious, and new types of tobacco, such as e-cigarettes, are "cultivating" young smokers. At the same time, the tobacco control bonus brought by the tax increase on tobacco products has been "eaten up" and the "tug-of-war" of tobacco control continues.

  After thirteen years of smoking control, cigarettes are sold more and more.

  It is understood that the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control came into effect in China in January 2006. In order to fulfill the Convention on Tobacco Control, in 2015, China raised the tobacco consumption tax, which led to the decline of cigarette sales in 2015 and 2016, and achieved the effect of controlling tobacco consumption. However, according to the official data of Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, in 2017, the sales volume of cigarettes in China stopped falling and rose, with 47.378 million boxes sold in the whole year, up by 0.8% compared with 2016.

  The reporter’s investigation found that under the general trend of national tobacco control, the tobacco authorities are still actively seeking how to expand sales and increase tobacco consumers. For example, an insider of Jinan Tobacco Monopoly System published a paper "Analysis on the Factors of Cigarette Sales Growth in Jinan Market", suggesting that "for ordinary wage earners, activities such as buying a certain number of cigarettes to give away other necessities of life, such as giving away laundry soap, towels, etc., can be carried out, and the consumer can use the original expenditure on daily necessities to buy cigarettes, thus increasing cigarette consumption expenditure and giving him the opportunity to cultivate new consumption habits."

  Tobacco companies are actively exploring new rural markets. Among the outstanding papers of Guangxi Tobacco in 2016-2017, there is a paper saying that "the current tobacco control regulations have not had a great impact on the rural market, and the smoking environment in rural areas has not been greatly restricted, and the consumer groups and smoking habits are relatively stable, which provides a favorable environment for improving sales volume and structure", "Guangxi Baise Company & HELIP; … Deeply tap the potential of rural market, and achieved certain results. In 2015, the sales volume and structure of the rural market maintained growth. When the total sales volume of the whole city was basically the same as that of the same period of last year, the rural market sold a total of 37,235 boxes of cigarettes, an increase of 645 boxes year-on-year, an increase of 1.8%. "

  Teenagers’ "first cigarette" is easier to get.

  According to the statistics of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, the sales volume of Double Happiness in the first half of 2017 was as high as 1,935,000 boxes, followed by Yunyan, Liqun and Hongtashan, and the prices of their main varieties were all around 10 yuan. According to CDC statistics, 50% of smokers spend no more than 9.9 yuan on a box of cigarettes, and there is no difference compared with 2015. The proportion of the cost of purchasing 100 boxes of cigarettes to the per capita GDP in the same year decreased from 2.0% in 2015 to 1.5%.

  According to the reporter’s investigation, low-priced cigarettes "occupy" the vast market, and many young students have also become consumers of low-priced cigarettes. At present, China only counts smokers over the age of 15, and the relevant anti-smoking propaganda is mainly aimed at this group of people over the age of 15. However, teenagers under the age of 15 have been able to contact and buy cigarettes, especially many left-behind children can control their living expenses independently, and their parents’ supervision is insufficient. At the same time, some tobacco companies have also introduced "low tar content" cigarettes to promote their little harm and lure teenagers to try.

  Wan Xia, an associate researcher at the Institute of Basic Medicine, China Academy of Medical Sciences, said that it is "convenient" and "cheaper" for teenagers to buy cigarettes. Some cigarette shops even unpack cigarettes and sell them individually, and each cigarette costs only a few cents, so teenagers can buy the "first cigarette" in their lives and may become addicted from now on.

  Some new tobacco products are becoming popular, such as e-cigarettes, heated non-combustible cigarettes, and so on. These products are playing advertisements that are harmless to health. These new tobacco products are used in the same way as traditional cigarettes. Some researchers have found that a large proportion of new tobacco users will gradually take up traditional cigarettes, and "e-cigarettes" are cultivating new smokers.

  Tobacco control urgently needs "strong medicine"

  On the one hand, it is public health, on the other hand, it is rich profits, and the "tug-of-war" between the two sides of tobacco control interests is becoming more and more fierce. According to the Survey Results of Adult Tobacco in China in 2018 released by CDC, the smoking rate of people aged 15 and above in China was 26.6% in 2018, including 50.5% for men, 2.1% for women, 28.9% for rural areas and 25.1% for cities. Compared with the previous survey results, the smoking rate shows a downward trend, but it is not the same as achieving the tobacco control goal of "Healthy China 2030" — — There is still a big gap between "the smoking rate of people over 15 years old will drop to 20% in 2030".

  According to industry insiders, while China’s economy is developing rapidly and residents’ income is increasing, tobacco prices are relatively "stable", which leads to the "tobacco control dividend" brought by the tax increase on tobacco products in 2015 being "eaten up".

  A team study by Professor university of international business and economics and Zheng Rong, director of the WHO Center for Tobacco Control and Economic Policy Cooperation, found that during 2001-2016, China’s ability to pay for cigarettes continued to increase because the income of China residents increased more than the price of cigarettes. The reporter also learned from the investigation that the consumption level of students has improved, and many of them have smoked more than a dozen or twenty cigarettes.

  Experts believe that the most powerful tobacco control weapon that the government can use is taxation. It is suggested that China’s tobacco tax should be changed from ad valorem to specific quantity, and the price of low-priced cigarettes should be raised, which is more obvious for low-income people and teenagers. These two groups of people are more sensitive to price because of their limited income. This is also the most important target group for tobacco tax increase to achieve the effect of tobacco control, which can not only reduce the "first smoke" of teenagers, thus reducing the number of new smokers, but also reduce the smoking volume of low-and middle-income smokers.

  In addition to the lag in tax adjustment, experts believe that China’s tobacco control efforts and policies are not enough. For example, the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control stipulates that China should adopt legislative measures to achieve 100% smoke-free indoor public places, workplaces and public transport within five years of its entry into force. The Convention came into effect in 2006, and the Regulations on the Control of Smoking in Public Places (Draft for Comment) just issued in Wuhan in May even suggested setting a three-year "buffer period" for smoking bans in entertainment, restaurants and other places. This also means that smoking in these places will be restricted within three years, and smoking will be completely banned after three years, which not only runs counter to the spirit of the Convention, but also indoor smoking areas have become the source of second-hand smoke.

  Experts believe that the law must impose heavy penalties for violating the smoking ban, especially indoor smoking ban. Zhou Ning, an associate professor of cardiovascular medicine in tongji hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, said that setting up smoking areas can’t eliminate the harm of second-hand smoke. The results of the technical feasibility study of the smoking room in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology show that any engineering technology, such as exhaust, ventilation and designated smoking areas, can not avoid exposure to tobacco smoke, effectively protecting public health.

  The role of health education also needs to be strengthened. Cui Xiaobo, vice president of Beijing Smoking Control Association and a professor at Capital Medical University, said that while reminding health risks and reducing the willingness to smoke, warning pictures of cigarette cases will effectively curb the current trend that many high-end cigarettes are given as gifts. There are 118 countries/jurisdictions in the world that have finally determined that tobacco packaging must adopt the requirement of picture warning, covering 58% of the world population, which is an achievement of global public health.

  "In the Internet and self-media era, tobacco advertisements have spread to new media such as WeChat and Tik Tok. Therefore, banning tobacco advertisements in new media and carrying out health education on tobacco hazards are likely to affect a large number of young people and prevent them from becoming new smokers." Ma Jun, director of Peking University Children and Adolescent Health Research Institute, said.

80% of the clinical data of new drugs are involved in fraud, which link has gone wrong?

  According to official website data of the State Food and Drug Administration, as of January 21st, 2016, due to the untrue and incomplete clinical trial data, the number of drug registration applications rejected by the State Food and Drug Administration and withdrawn by pharmaceutical companies for self-examination was as high as 1,184, accounting for 73% of the total number required for self-examination. If 165 clinical exemptions are deducted, the proportion will reach 81%.

  The staff of the food and drug department said that during the verification, it was found that the clinical trial data of many drugs were incomplete, the analysis data had no differential trajectory, and some data could not be traced back. Other companies deliberately concealed or omitted the adverse reaction records, and revised the test data that failed to meet expectations.

  At the beginning of September, a report that "80% of the clinical data of new drugs are involved in fraud, and the regulatory links are falling behind" caused a shock. The direct consequence of clinical data fraud is poor efficacy. To some extent, clinical data fraud affects everyone.

  According to the news, over 80% of the clinical data of new drugs have been found to be fake since china food and drug administration started the self-inspection and verification of drug clinical trial data one year ago, and the regulatory links behind them have fallen behind, and the violations of relevant subjects such as pharmaceutical companies, intermediaries and doctors are prominent.

  The data of drug clinical trials are of great significance in drug research and development innovation, and standardized clinical trials with reliable data are the key link to ensure drug quality. As the last link of new drug research and development, whether the drugs developed with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan have curative effect and safety depends mainly on the experimental data. The falsification of drug clinical trial data will not only bring huge security risks to patients’ medication, but also affect the innovation and upgrading of China’s pharmaceutical industry.

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  Fraud in clinical trials is no longer news.

  The results of clinical trials are not only the only standard to test the safety and effectiveness of drugs, but also the key basis for drug registration and listing. Pei yu, director of the Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Jinan University, said that clinical trials with strict specifications and reliable data are a key safety barrier before the drug goes on the market, and also the core basis for drug supervision departments to support the drug listing. However, the survey found that it is no longer news that Chinese drugs were faked in the clinical trial stage before listing.

  Data fraud began in preclinical research. "Before a drug goes on the market, human clinical trials must be done. However, from the moment the subjects were selected to join the group, fraud occurred all the time. " The person in charge of a pharmaceutical company, who asked not to be named, said that clinical trials often adopt the method of "competitive enrollment". The number of participants in the group will directly determine the doctor’s signature ranking and the amount of scientific research funds in the future. If a project needs 100 patients who meet the test requirements, but it does not get enough people before the planned date, the test may start with only 80 or even 60 people. In the face of lack, data can only be fabricated from scratch.

  Not only that, the actual operation record is not true and it is also a common means of fraud. According to a survey conducted by China Journal of Clinical Pharmacology in 2013 on domestic experimental institutions, the proportion of non-standard experimental records is as high as 85.7%, which is the most problematic link in clinical trials, and only 1/7 institutions in China have not found any problems.

  Fraud may appear in any link of clinical trials.

  It is a consensus in the medical field that generic drugs should be equal to the original drugs in dosage form, specification, quality, efficacy and indications. Some pharmaceutical companies launch generic drugs in order to maximize profits, but the necessary link of clinical trials is often "ignored". The boss of a large biopharmaceutical company revealed that 90% of domestic generic drugs could not meet the original research standards. In order to pass the evaluation, it is very common to conceal data and selectively use data, and pharmaceutical companies even modify data in conjunction with doctors.

  "The clinical data of drugs are untrue and irregular, and the reasons may not all be caused by enterprises." The general manager of a pharmaceutical company in Zhejiang said that there are many reasons and motivations, which may appear in any link of the whole chain of clinical trials. On the one hand, China’s current laws and regulations on drug clinical trial supervision are still not perfect; On the other hand, the number of drug clinical trial institutions is too small, which is seriously mismatched with the number of projects that need to carry out clinical trials every year, which leads to the overwhelming burden of clinical trial institutions and affects the quality and standardization of clinical trials.

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  Data fraud supervision is still "soft"

  The extremely important data in clinical trials of new drugs are often ignored nowadays. In foreign countries, data statistics need to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of RMB, while data statistics in China hospitals only need to spend tens of thousands of RMB.

  China implements the qualification certification system for clinical trial institutions, that is, only clinical institutions that have passed the examination and approval of drug supervision departments can participate in clinical trials. The actual situation is often that it is very difficult for new drug trials to enter phase I clinical trials, but once they enter, they will be smooth all the way.

  Traditionally, pharmaceutical companies often send inspectors (CRA) to supervise clinical trial institutions. After the clinical trial, CRA will collect the approved data and hand it over to the data processing institution for analysis and collation, and finally form the data and report submitted to the Drug Evaluation Center of the Food and Drug Administration for review. However, due to the lack of third-party supervision and checks and balances, hospitals as clinical trial institutions have frequent problems. In order to achieve the purpose of approval, some pharmaceutical companies will also modify the data in conjunction with statistical units. Although the General Administration clearly stipulates that if the clinical research data is fraudulent, the applicant’s new application for drug registration will not be accepted within 3 years, and the clinical trial data of the person directly responsible for participating in the research or organizing the research will not be accepted within 10 years. However, for a series of data fraud problems, supervision is still "soft".

  Dr Liao Guojuan, CEO of Suzhou Jinweizhi Biotechnology Co., Ltd. said that in the United States, once data fraud occurs, pharmaceutical companies and R&D personnel will be blacklisted and will not be allowed to enter related fields for life.

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  New drug research and development must take the right path

  Since April 2015, a number of new policies for drug trial reform have been introduced almost every month. On November 11th, last year, china food and drug administration also published the Announcement of china food and drug administration on Several Policies of Drug Registration Review and Approval in its official website, and put forward ten heavy new regulations, such as improving the approval standard of generic drugs and optimizing the review and approval of clinical trial applications. This may be a blessing for the creation of real new drugs with clinical value. However, after a lapse of one year, the news that 80% of the clinical data of new drugs are suspected of being falsified still broke out, which has to make people ponder: which link has gone wrong?

  For the current situation of new drug research and development, the general manager of a pharmaceutical company in Nanjing feels very helpless: formal enterprises take the right path, only to find that enterprises that resort to deceit and cut corners are faster than their own approval.

  The president of a biotechnology company in Shenzhen also said that many innovative companies that focus on drug research and development have made an innovative drug for ten years, and the data have been carefully made, but they have suffered losses when competing with companies that falsify data. "Strict review of clinical research data should not only be implemented early, but also be promoted. Although the progress of regular products may be affected in the short term, after the normalization, on the whole, it is conducive to the healthy development of innovative enterprises. "

  Encourage real innovation with the strictest system

  Some people in the medical field believe that there are two negative arguments to be vigilant at present: first, the introduction of policies should conform to China’s national conditions, and the requirements for innovation at this stage should not be too advanced; Second, the policy cannot be uniform, and some clinical data are just not standardized, not fraudulent, and should be allowed to exist.

  In this regard, experts suggest that to ensure the authenticity of drug clinical data, we can refer to the advanced and mature practices in Europe and America, and have zero tolerance for clinical data fraud and other chaos, so as to effectively ensure the safety of patients’ medication; At the same time, more doctors should be allowed to engage in drug clinical trials and control the quality of clinical trials; Establish a third-party supervision system and strengthen supervision. In addition, electronic information technology can also be used to establish a database of drug clinical trials, requiring clinical institutions to report clinical trial data in real time and make it public, so as to realize universal supervision.

  Authorities in the industry said that at present, it is a critical period to control "bad money drives out good money" in the field of drugs, and real innovation must be encouraged with the strictest system. Therefore, it is called for the revision of the "Quality Management Standards for Drug Clinical Trials" and other laws and regulations as soon as possible to further improve the system supervision; At the same time, the internal supervision system of pharmaceutical companies should be established to truly form core competitiveness through innovation. (Reporter Li Ying)

Super Mario Bros. Movie has exceeded $1.2 billion at the global box office.

1905 movie network news It is reported that the box office performance of the film continues to climb, and the global box office of the film has exceeded $1.2 billion, reaching $1.21 billion! Super Mario Bros. Movie not only became the first "Billion Club" movie in 2023, but also the highest-grossing movie in the world this year. At the same time, the film is also the total box office champion of the film history of game adaptation.


It is reported that "Hollywood Report" once conducted a survey on the adaptation of movies from games. The survey concluded that Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. is the game adaptation film that Americans most want to see, so the film is generally optimistic at the North American box office. In the sixth week of its release in North America, Super Mario Bros. Movie reached US$ 13 million, a decrease of only 30.1% compared with the previous weekend. The cumulative total box office in North America was US$ 530 million, rising to the 24th place in the single box office of North American film history and the 5th place in the box office of animated films of film history. At the same time, the film also created the highest box office record for lighting and entertainment.


The film grossed $26.1 million overseas over the weekend, totaling $674.5 million (including 164 million yuan at the box office on the 41st day of its release in mainland China)! Overseas ticket warehouses include Mexico, Britain, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, Spain, Brazil, China and Italy. Among them, Japan, the hometown of Mario Brothers, ranked third in overseas ticket warehouses with a box office of 59.8 million US dollars, Mexico ranked first with a box office score of 82.4 million US dollars, followed by the United Kingdom with 63.2 million US dollars.


Super Mario Bros. is the best-selling game series in history. After its first release in 1981, it became popular all over the world. The film and television circle has put it on the screen several times. This film was jointly created by Nintendo and Lighting Entertainment, with the voices of Seth Rogan, Jack Black and Jigan michael kay.


At present, no sequel has been exposed.


Maoming, Guangdong issued the first flood red warning this year.

  CCTV News:According to "Maoming released" WeChat WeChat official account news, affected by Typhoon Sanba and weak cold air, from October 19th to 20th, there was a large-scale rainstorm to a heavy rainstorm in Maoming. Maoming Hydrological Branch decided to upgrade the level IV emergency response of flood control hydrological forecasting to level III emergency response of flood control hydrological forecasting from 2: 00 on October 20th, further strengthen the duty on duty, and continuously do a good job in water and rain monitoring, forecasting and early warning.

  Affected by continuous rainfall, the water level of rivers in Maoming area generally rose. According to the current water and rain situation and the future rainfall trend, Maoming Hydrological Branch has successively issued flood warnings for many rivers. Among them, Maoming Station of Xiaodongjiang is expected to reach the flood level of 12.5 meters, with the warning level exceeding 3.5 meters. Changshanyuan Station, Chejiaoshan Station and Baishacun Station along the river all exceed the warning level by more than 1 meter. The water level of Shatian Station of Shatian River in Gaozhou City has risen sharply, and it is expected that the warning level will exceed 3 meters, which may lead to dike overflow and dike break. Maoming Hydrological Branch issued the first red flood warning this year at 3: 00 on October 20th. In addition, Shatian River and Rudong River issued red flood warnings, Meihuajiang and Jianjiang issued orange flood warnings, Luojiang and Pingdingshui issued yellow flood warnings, and Caojiang, Xindong River, Huanghua River and Qianpai River issued blue flood warnings.

  Maoming Hydrological Branch will closely monitor the water and rain conditions, provide accurate hydrological information forecast to relevant departments in time, provide scientific basis for flood control and disaster relief decision-making, and send information to remind relevant units along the river and the public to pay attention to dike safety and do a good job in defense, risk avoidance and disaster reduction.

Is eating dietary fiber just to lose weight? You underestimate its power.

Article source: Vita Dog Nutritionist

China Clinical Nutrition Network has been authorized to reprint

Author: Peng Yigu (Master of Food Science, research direction: food nutrition and hygiene)

Please put on two more clothes before reading this article, because knowledge is a little cold. To tell the truth, I have already prepared my mind, and the reading volume may not be very high, but you don’t know, this is the basic knowledge of nutrition. After learning, you will know that keeping in good health is such a simple thing.

Just as building a house requires laying a foundation, dogs, as a popular science worker, must teach you these basic knowledge so that you can learn better and more steadily.

Therefore, please read this article patiently, and you will gain a different life. Starting today’s program, how can dietary fiber be used? Why does your impression of it only stop at losing weight? Is all this a distortion of human nature or a moral decay? Welcome to "Approaching Science": Dietary Fiber-the Guardian of Human Health.

Next you will see:

1. What exactly is dietary fiber?

2. How strong is dietary fiber?

3. Food sources of dietary fiber

4. Three misunderstandings of dietary fiber

Nutrition experts are always reminding: to eat more dietary fiber, what is it? The professional definition is: polysaccharide that exists in plants and cannot be digested and absorbed by human body. Speak human words …

First of all, as long as the food grows in the ground, it contains dietary fiber, not just vegetables, fruits and whole grains you think. Like mushrooms and nuts, they are also rich in dietary fiber (which we will talk about later).

Secondly, dietary fiber is a kind of carbohydrate, which can be divided into simple and complex schools. Dietary fiber is a disciple of polysaccharide under complex schools, and this disciple is very different.

Why is it different? Because it can neither be digested nor absorbed by the human body, nor can it provide energy for the human body. See? Why do people think of losing weight when it comes to dietary fiber? I think the root cause lies here. So, dietary fiber seems to be useless, a waste? No, outstanding people are often different. Dietary fiber has made great contributions to our human body. Read on.

Before clarifying this question, let’s learn about the classification of dietary fiber.

1. The classification of dietary fiber

Water solubility, as the name implies, means that this kind of fiber can be dissolved in water, just like cement, which will swell up after absorbing water and make the food ball sticky. For a simple example, when people soak oatmeal, have you noticed that it becomes sticky after a long time? This is due to the water-soluble fiber in oats.

Although water-insoluble dietary fibers are insoluble in water, they are mixed in the food ball, just like steel bars, which is beneficial to prop up the food ball and make it bigger, thus increasing satiety and stimulating intestinal peristalsis. They are inseparable friends, and most plant foods contain both dietary fibers.

2. The role of dietary fiber

It is precisely because dietary fiber can get rich when it meets water, oh no, it gets fat when it meets water, and it is firmly bonded with other substances, so the health effect is increasing.

First of all, of course, it is well-known to lose weight.

Controlling weight is beneficial to losing weight.

Reason: The combination of dietary fiber and food can increase the volume and consistency in the stomach and increase the feeling of fullness, thus making you eat less. Plus it can’t provide energy, which helps you reduce your energy intake.

Reduce serum cholesterol and prevent heart disease.

Reason: Here we want to talk about a substance called bile acid, which is a component of digestive juice and secreted by the liver, and can promote our body’s absorption of fat and cholesterol.

However, dietary fiber can adsorb bile acids.

With less bile acid, the absorption rate of fat and cholesterol will decrease, which is beneficial to the decline of blood lipid, which also reduces the risk of coronary heart disease.

Conducive to controlling blood sugar and maintaining balance.

Reason: First of all, dietary fiber will not increase blood sugar because it will not be digested and absorbed by the intestine and will not provide energy. In addition, dietary fiber mixed with chyme can also reduce the absorption of sugar in food by small intestine, thus slowly raising blood sugar.

Because dietary fiber comes forward, the pancreas does not need to secrete so much insulin to metabolize sugar, which also reduces the working pressure of the pancreas, thus reducing the occurrence of diabetes.

Conducive to the growth of intestinal probiotics

Reason: Water-soluble dietary fiber can be fermented by intestinal bacteria to synthesize short-chain fatty acids, which is a hotbed for probiotics. Short-chain fatty acids can also adjust the PH value of the intestine, which is more conducive to the growth of probiotics. When probiotics are strong, harmful bacteria in the intestines can’t make waves, and the intestines are healthier.

Enhance intestinal function, which is beneficial to waste discharge.

Reason: As we said just now, dietary fiber expands when it meets water, and when it is combined with stool, it can make it bigger and softer, which is beneficial to the discharge of stool, and cellulose can also promote intestinal peristalsis, which accelerates defecation.

In addition, dietary fiber will be discharged with a small amount of cholesterol, fat and heavy metals in food, and you will feel light and relaxed.

Prevention of colon cancer

Reason: The time of defecation is accelerated, which also means that it stays in the intestine for a shorter time, which can prevent carcinogens from contacting with the easily infected intestinal mucosa for a long time, thus reducing the possibility of canceration.

The above six points are the efficacy of dietary fiber. See, it is simply a warm man who cares about everything and has a central air conditioning level!

In this era of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, dietary fiber is the hero to save mankind!

Hurry up and pass it on to those people around you who don’t like fruits and vegetables, and let them see what a pity it is!

Since dietary fiber is so great, which foods have high dietary fiber content? Please accept this form.

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Here, dogs want to focus on the category of vegetables. Generally speaking, the dietary fiber content of wild vegetables is higher than that of cultivated vegetables, and dark green vegetables are higher than that of light-colored vegetables.

So, are all vegetables high in dietary fiber?

No, usually fruit vegetables, such as tomatoes (0.5%), cucumbers (0.5%) and wax gourd (0.7%) are relatively low. So, you should know which vegetable to choose for constipation!

After seeing the last row of nuts, friends who want to lose weight and want to eat nuts can choose almonds.

Dietary fiber has so many benefits, so is it better to eat more?

No, too much intake is not good for human body, because dietary fiber can be combined with iron, calcium, zinc, etc., thus affecting the absorption and utilization of these elements, which will lead to malnutrition in the long run.

The standard is to consume 30g every day. Take tremella with high content in mushroom as an example. Eating about 100g is equivalent to 30g of dietary fiber. However, dogs don’t advise you to eat a single food to meet your needs, but to diversify your food. Unfortunately, according to statistics, the dietary fiber intake of Chinese residents is far from the standard.

Come on! You, with your plain appearance and average qualifications, finally have a chance to get ahead!

I hope that in the future dinner, everyone will stop vomiting-inducing toasts, but

In order to help people make better use of it, the dog lists the questions that people often ask me and answers them uniformly.

1. Is the dietary fiber content of vegetables with tendons higher than that of vegetables without tendons?

NO! This truth is like a real rich man. You may not see that TA is wearing any famous brand from head to toe, but you really just can’t see it. For example, sweet potato does not contain gluten, but its cellulose content is much higher than that of Chinese cabbage with gluten. In addition, as we mentioned just now, there is no gluten in fungus, tremella and laver, but the dietary fiber content is very high.

2. Does chopping and breaking vegetables lose the healthy function of fiber?

Not really. Fiber can not be digested by human small intestine, so it can play a healthy role and will not be changed by physical treatment. Whether it is chopped or boiled, it will not change.

Yes, it is not afraid of chopping!

Studies have measured the swelling power and water-holding capacity of dietary fiber from burdock residue, and the swelling power and water-holding capacity of dietary fiber are basically unchanged when it is crushed in the range of 355um-250um. However, under normal circumstances, we don’t need to break it too much, because other oxidizable nutrients will be lost, and secondly, we will eat more food.

3. Does the more dietary fiber you eat, the more you lose weight?

Dietary fiber absorbs water and expands in the stomach, resulting in satiety, reducing eating other foods and really helping to lose weight. However, if you eat dietary fiber without reducing the intake of other foods, it will not help you lose weight.

At present, there are many biscuits with high dietary fiber on the market, saying that they can lose weight. The dog wants to explain that you may get fatter and fatter as you eat them. Because dietary fiber can’t be digested, especially insoluble dietary fiber, the taste is not good. In order to avoid stinging, a lot of oil will be added to improve the taste. You may eat more fat than dietary fiber, so don’t be superstitious.

That’s all for today’s cold knowledge. I believe you will work hard to reach the standard and win at a healthy starting line. After all, something good will happen to those who live long enough.

Summary: the role of dietary fiber

1. Weight control is beneficial to lose weight.

2. Reduce serum cholesterol and prevent heart disease.

3. It is beneficial to control blood sugar and maintain balance.

4. Conducive to the growth of intestinal probiotics

5. Enhance intestinal function, which is beneficial to waste discharge.

Step 6 Prevent colon cancer

References:

[1] Sun Changyao, editor-in-chief. Nutrition and Food Hygiene. Eighth edition, People’s Health Publishing House, 2017.

[2] Yang Yuexin, Zhang Lishi, Mi Mantian. Public nutritionist. Beijing: China Labor and Social Security Press, 2012.

Yang Yuexin, Wang Guangya, Pan Xingchang. China Food Composition Table. Beijing: Peking University Medical Press, 2002.

[4] Fan Zhihong, N rumors about dietary fiber, 2009.

Xu Jing, Zhang Tao, Jiang Bo, et al. Study on the structure and physical properties of dietary fiber particles from burdock residue [J]. Food Industry Science and Technology, 2010,7:026.

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Original title: "[Popular Science Nutrition] Is eating dietary fiber just to lose weight? You underestimate its power! 》

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News BBC released the list of the top 100 dramas in the 21st century.

The top ten on the list are FireWire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Life in London, Game of Thrones, I can destroy you, Watch the Earth, American spy dreams, Laughing at the Office, and The Battle of Inheritance. 

A Lang, editor-in-chief of our magazine, was also invited to submit a list of his top ten plays, including Life in London, Battle of Inheritance and Game of Thrones.

# Movie News #

? Riz Ahmed’s Talk on [Venom: Deadly Guardian] and Actor’s Self-cognition.

"I’m not saying that I don’t like these blockbusters, I just don’t know how to put myself in.

Those movies can teach you endurance, technology and craft, and can dig out your own artistry in that environment, which is also a skill.

Look at javier bardem in [007: Breaking the Sky]. At that time, I had not developed this set of skills to support my technical and emotional expression. "

"The idea of creating masks and wearing masks is very natural to me, because I am a person who grew up alternately between different cultural environments and class environments.

Performance is actually through’ transformation’(change yourself)To adapt to different environments, and recently I’m thinking about taking off my mask.

Of course, if you feel deep down that you are not who you really are-the right skin color, appearance, accent, etc.-then you will instinctively wear a mask.

So for me, this is a change of self-awareness, and I will say,’ You know what? I am perfect, we are all perfect.’ "

[memento mori],Nolan, don’t use Pete, use the new guy.

When casting [Amnesia Fragments], Brad Pitt was once considered as one of the most suitable candidates in the industry, but Christopher Nolan hoped to play it with a new person.

Guy pearce took the initiative to call Nolan after learning about it. He also knew that it sounded awkward for the actor to ask the director for the role, but he just felt that the role was very suitable for him.

Fortunately, Nolan feels the same way.

? Review the 1984 edition [Dune]

The new version of Dune will be released soon, and those who haven’t seen the 1984 version should hurry up.

Many Hollywood blockbusters that fail in business are often full of glamour:

The suspension change of the project, the legendary director’s tired memories, the adaptation of the original work, and the wonderful difference between the film itself and the current interest, from [sand dune] to [sand dune], can be much more than from worm to worm.

These are all reasons for aftertaste.

Emily Blunt joins Nolan’s new film.

Emily Blunt confirmed to join Nolan’s new World War II film [Oppenheimer]!

The film revolves around the story of Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, and is expected to be released on July 21st, 2023.

This is also the collaboration between Emily and Cillian Murphy, the leading actor of this film, after Silent Land 2.

? [Eternal Family] Many starring COVID-19 are closely connected.

Actors Angelina Jolie, salma hayek, gemma chan and Lauren Liedloff, who were scheduled to attend ELLE’s Hollywood Women’s Dinner, were cancelled before the event, because they had "had contact with people diagnosed in COVID-19".

And four actors have also appeared at the world premiere of the movie [Eternal Family] before. In this regard, a Disney official said:

[Eternal Family] The next publicity activities will be held online instead of offline. Up to now, COVID-19, the leading actor of [Eternal Family], has tested negative.

? Asghar farhadi’s new work [A Hero] officially confirmed his bid for the 94th Oscar for Best International Film.

The film tells that Rahim was imprisoned because he was unable to repay his debts. During his two-day parole, he tried to persuade his creditors to withdraw their complaints about paying part of the money, but things did not go as planned. ……

This film won the jury prize of the main competition unit of the 74th Cannes Film Festival.

Fahati will attack his third Oscar statuette after [a separation] and [a salesman].

? Amazon takes Garth Davis.([Lion])Global distribution rights of the new sci-fi thriller [enemy]

Starring Saoirse Ronan, Paul Meska and Aaron Pierre, the film tells the story of a husband who was selected to enter a large experimental space station, and their lives fell into chaos.

It is said that the transaction amount is as high as $30 million.

? A preview of kenneth branagh’s new film [Belfast]

The film, starring caitriona balfe, Judi Dench and jamie dornan, is set in the late 1960s and revolves around the life of a boy in a turbulent period.

The film will be released in North America on November 12th.

? Restricted explosions of Chinese movies

Recently, Netflix’s hit Korean drama "Squid Game" has caused concern and discussion about "teenagers imitating violent games in the drama" in many areas.

On the other hand, in China, in fact, there have been many big Chinese movies that were classified as restricted when they were released abroad.

Among the top ten films in China’s film history, six films were rated as restricted in different countries or regions:

[Wolf Warriors 2]In Alberta, Canada, it is rated as 18A (viewers under 18 must be accompanied by adults).

[Wandering Earth]It is rated as Grade 15 in Britain (suitable for viewers over 15).

[detective chinatown 3]In the United States, it is rated as R (restricted, recommended for viewers over 17 years old).

[Operation Red Sea]It is rated as 18A in many places in Canada (viewers under 18 must be accompanied by adults).

[Chinatown Detective Case 2]In the United States, it is rated as R (restricted, recommended for viewers over 17 years old).

[Mermaid]In the United States, it is rated as R (restricted, recommended for viewers over 17 years old).

The Survival Crisis of Disney in Early Years

Today, Disney is the entertainment overlord, but in the 1940s, it encountered a crisis of survival earlier than other Hollywood giants.

Pinocchio (1940) and Fantasia (1940) failed to continue the commercial success of Snow White, which led to the double financial pressure of Disney.

Within the company, too strict hierarchy led to a large number of animators going on strike and joining competitors, such as MGM or Warner’s animation department.

Then, the United States was involved in World War II, and a large number of animators became government employees to create propaganda animations, which led to the shelving and delay of projects such as Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Beauty and the Tramp.

For the sake of the company’s survival,"suit animation"(The Package Films) has become an emergency measure of the studio, and has produced a loose mode of South American family, music mix and match, short film duet and so on.

The representatives of the first category, namely [To My Friends ](1942) and [Three Horsemen ](1944), are stories with political propaganda.

The second category is [Music for Me ](1946), [Melody Time ](1948) and other short stories that mix and match various musical forms;

The last category is similar to [The Great Adventure of Teacher Yi and Little Toad ](1949). The short stories in it could have been longer and more complete works, but they could not be continued because of the constraints, or they were greatly simplified and had to be packaged and produced.

These animations honed the animators of the studio at that time, and also earned Disney money to tide over the crisis.

? Ryuhei Matsuda gets married.

Actor Ryuhei Matsuda ([The Story of a Boat]) and British-Japanese mixed-race model Morgan Moyaro announced their marriage, and they have been dating for two years. Morgan is pregnant at present, and the due date is next spring.

Next year, we will focus on smart driving. Will BYD start the battle of "smart driving and equal rights"?

In addition to new energy popularization, BYD may soon usher in a new label: smart driving popularization.

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the last new car declaration catalogue this year, and BYD’s new cars are listed. In addition to the brand-new models such as Equation Leopard Titanium 3 and UAV version, many new models including new models, new models, Sea Lion 05, Sea Lion 07, and new Qin PLUS have attracted wide attention in the market.

Judging from the application information of various new cars, BYD brand new cars such as the new Seagull, the new Dolphin and the new Qin PLUS will all provide "optional interior rearview mirror mounting base". This configuration actually means that these models will be equipped with a "three-eye visual hardware intelligent driving scheme", which can realize pure visual intelligent driving through multiple cameras in the whole car.

We also learned from relevant channels that the smart driving versions of new models, including 05, Dolphin and Sea Lion 07, are expected to be put on the market one after another in the first quarter of next year. According to the arrangement of Jielan Road, in addition to the series of products such as seagulls, dolphins, seals and sea lions modified by Ocean Net, Qin PLUS, Qin Plus and Han and Tang Family of Wang Chaowang will also be equipped with a three-eye visual hardware solution.

This means that after experiencing the strategy of "the same price of oil and electricity" and "electricity is lower than oil", the direction of the change of BYD brand hot models next year will mainly focus on smart driving. Starting from the first quarter of next year, BYD may change its lineup to promote the popularity of smart driving in the mainstream consumer market.

Previously, Zhang Zhuo, general manager of BYD Ocean Network, once said in an interview with the media that he hoped that BYD’s self-produced and self-sold intelligent driving system would be fully realized as standard in the models of about 150,000 yuan or even less in 2-3 years. Now it seems that 2025 is likely to be a crucial year for the large-scale popularization of BYD’s smart driving.

As BYD’s pure vision intelligent driving route scheme, the three-eye hardware vision scheme, as its name implies, covers different scenes through three cameras. Compared with monocular and binocular camera schemes, the three-eye hardware scheme has a wider field of vision and higher recognition accuracy.

Most importantly, compared with the lidar scheme, the hardware cost of the pure vision scheme independent of lidar will be lower. Cost is often the most important premise before the popularization and promotion of science and technology.

In order to reduce costs and improve their comprehensive competitive advantages, the second brand Ledao, including Xpeng Motors and Weilai Automobile, has adopted the pure vision intelligent driving scheme. Among them, Tucki P7+ is the first vehicle in Xpeng Motors to adopt the AI Hawkeye vision scheme, and Tucki P7+ AI intelligent driving can be independent of high-precision maps and lidar, and can adapt to the whole vehicle system with a set of software.

According to the latest data, the delivery volume of Tucki P7+ has exceeded 10,000 units only four weeks after listing, and the production has been expanded three times in one month. Through Tucki P7+, Xpeng Motors has obviously fired the first shot of the pure vision scheme.

According to Xpeng Motors, Tucki P7+ and subsequent models will no longer distinguish Max and Pro versions, and all models will be equipped with AI intelligent driving as standard. In addition to Tucki, the second-generation AION V and AION RT, which were launched by Guangzhou Automobile Ai ‘an before, all supported high-speed and map-free city navigation assistance. Although the intelligent driving scheme was not purely visual, it was realized by laser radar, but the prices of the second-generation AION V and AION RT also reached the mainstream price range of 150,000.

There are many other examples like this. For example, those equipped with Huawei’s Gankun Intelligent Driving ADS SE version have also reached the level of 150,000. The Baas version starts at a price of 149,900 yuan, and comes standard with 30 sensing hardware, which can realize high-speed NOA and full-scene navigation assistance NOA. In order to improve the competitiveness of new cars, the official has also given the free use right of full-scene navigation assistance NOA for five years.

The most noteworthy thing is Tesla. At the Tesla conference in October this year, Tess’s driverless taxi can achieve full automatic driving. According to Musk, the cost of Cybercab vehicles will be less than $30,000. Although the large-scale commercial production of this technology still needs a certain period, it has also caused expectations and optimism for Tesla to promote self-driving models into the mainstream market.

It can be seen that both lidar and pure vision scheme are just a means. From the ultimate goal, promoting the popularization and equal rights of high-level intelligent driving experience and occupying the mainstream market has increasingly become the consensus of all head car companies around the next stage of intelligent driving competition.

In this context, as a cliff-leading existence in the new energy market, BYD obviously needs to fill its shortcomings and improve its high-level intellectual driving competitiveness, so as to ensure its influence in the mainstream consumer market.

Since the beginning of this year, BYD has diversified its layout around the field of smart driving. For example, Equation Leopard has signed an in-depth strategic cooperation agreement with Huawei, and the first hard-core off-road SUV Equation Leopard equipped with Huawei’s Gankun Intelligent Driving ADS3.0 Intelligent Driving Scheme has come into the market, which can realize the whole scene from "parking space to parking space".

Besides the strategic cooperation with Huawei, before this year, BYD also had strategic cooperation with suppliers such as Horizon, Momenta, Baidu, NVIDIA and Bosch.

At the product level, since the beginning of this year, some mid-to-high-end and high-end models have also been equipped with BYD’s self-developed "Eye of God" intelligent driving scheme. Around self-research, BYD has set up two intelligent driving teams, Tianxuan and Sirius, in the middle of this year. The former is responsible for the high-order scheme, and the latter is oriented to the middle and low-order scheme.

In order to improve the efficiency of research and development, in October, the two teams completed the integration. This action of resource integration is also regarded by the outside world as a signal of BYD’s sprint and self-developed mass production. Although BYD’s smart driving performance is not excellent at this stage, it is believed that BYD will build a new moat in the new energy market on the basis of the bargaining power of supply chain brought by scale and the huge reputation of new energy in the first half, with BYD constantly strengthening its smart driving ability.

International observation: Russian economy meets challenges in recovery

    Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, January 7th Title: Russian economy meets challenges in recovery.

    Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang He

    Although the impact of the Ukrainian crisis and western sanctions on Russia continues, the Russian economy as a whole showed a recovery momentum in 2023, and the economic growth rate exceeded the expectations of the Russian government and many international institutions. But at the same time, the Russian economy has also exposed some problems and challenges. Analysts predict that the Russian government may take measures this year to promote balanced industrial development, improve production efficiency, and implement a relatively tight monetary policy to curb inflation and promote sustained economic growth.

  This is the Kremlin (left) and St. Vassili’s church after the snow in Moscow, Russia, on January 6. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yangshe)

   Triple factors help economic recovery

    In 2023, the Russian economy showed a recovery momentum. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently summed up the situation of Russia’s economic development in 2023 in the face of the "annual inventory" activities of the media and the public, saying that compared with the 2.1% contraction of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022, Russia’s GDP is expected to increase by 3.5% in 2023.

    Putin said that in 2023, Russian industrial production is expected to increase by 3.6%, manufacturing industry by 7.5% and investment in fixed assets by 10%. At the same time, the profits of Russian enterprises are expected to increase by 24%, and the wage income of residents is expected to increase by 8%.

    Nikyshina, general manager of the Russian Export Center, told Xinhua that Russia has successfully overcome the pressure of sanctions imposed by the West since last year, and the goal of "the West hopes to crush Russia’s economy and crowd Russia out of the international trade chain through sanctions" has not been realized. "Russia has not been isolated from international trade, but is a very active participant in the world market."

  On January 6, in Moscow, the Russian capital, the staff drove a snow removal vehicle to clear the snow on the road. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yangshe)

    Analysts believe that Russia’s economic growth last year benefited from three aspects. First of all, the relatively stable export income of energy and grain, and the improvement of manufacturing and consumption have provided support for economic growth. The relatively stable export income of energy and grain is an important factor to promote Russian economic growth. At the same time, Russian official data show that about one-third of Russia’s economic growth in 2023 comes from the military-industrial complex and related electronics, computers, optics and other industries.

    Second, financial control measures have been effective. Since last summer, the ruble has been depreciating, and the exchange rate of the US dollar against the ruble has repeatedly exceeded 1 to 100. In this regard, Russia has introduced strict control measures, requiring some export enterprises to carry forward foreign exchange income in the domestic market, and strengthening financial supervision of related enterprises to reduce the volatility of the ruble by regulating foreign exchange liquidity.

    Moreover, Russia has broken through the western blockade in international trade. Since 2023, on the one hand, Russia has vigorously developed trade with "friendly countries", on the other hand, it has actively promoted the use of local currency in international settlement. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Mishustin said that the trade volume between Russia and "friendly countries" is increasing rapidly in Russia’s total foreign trade. In addition, by the end of 2023, the share of local currency settlement between Russia and other countries is expected to reach 65%.

  On January 1, people took the subway New Year train in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Bai Xueyu)

   Multiple challenges constrain sustained growth

    Russia still faces many risks and challenges to achieve sustained growth. Analysts pointed out that in addition to external sanctions, the Russian economy also faces challenges such as industrial imbalance, inflationary pressure and labor shortage.

    On the one hand, the growth model driven by military production may be difficult to sustain. Last year, the Russian military’s industrial production increased substantially, but the production of civilian products requiring complex technological processing capacity decreased significantly. Analysts believe that the current economic growth model that relies too much on military production is not only unsustainable, but may even further push up inflation.

    On the other hand, the pressure of stabilizing prices, ensuring supply and reducing inflation continues to increase. According to the reporter’s observation, in big cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg, the supply of fruits, vegetables and meat is still tight or the prices have risen sharply. In order to curb inflation, the Russian central bank recently raised the benchmark interest rate to 16%. Nabiulina, governor of the Russian central bank, said that the fundamental reason for the high inflation is that the current production cannot immediately meet the growing demand.

    Moreover, the shortage of labor will also restrict the sustainable economic growth. At present, the unemployment rate in Russia is at an all-time low of 2.9%. According to "Russian newspaper", the current employment gap in Russian manufacturing industry is 660,000, and the employment gap in agriculture is 200,000. Berenikaya, a macroeconomic analyst at the Russian investment company, said that the labor shortage is related to Russia’s long-standing population problem, as well as the impact of special military operations and national defense production on the labor market.

  On December 21, 2023, in Moscow, the Russian capital, people hugged under the New Year fir tree. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Alexander)

   Multiple measures to stabilize economic operation

    Considering that many unfavorable factors may inhibit the economic growth momentum, Russia’s economic growth rate may slow down this year. The Russian central bank predicts that the Russian economic growth rate will be between 0.5% and 1.5% in 2024.

    Analysts predict that the focus of the Russian government’s economic policy in 2024 will be to promote balanced industrial development, improve production efficiency, and at the same time cooperate with relatively tight monetary policy to curb inflation. In order to promote economic growth, in 2024, the Russian government is expected to increase efforts to support enterprises to invest in production, develop new technologies and strengthen personnel training.

    Maxim Oreshkin, adviser to the Russian President, said that improving the level of production automation is one of the top priorities of the Russian government in the future, and "high-quality talents and automation are two key factors that determine the long-term development level of the Russian economy".

    The Russian central bank recently predicted that by the end of 2023, Russia’s inflation level will be between 7% and 7.5%, far exceeding the target level of 4%. The Russian government hopes that the inflation rate will fall back to 4% to 4.5% by the end of 2024. Nabiulina said, "This means that we will maintain a tight monetary policy for a long time to come."

HarmonyOS Zhixing S800 luxury car was unveiled, and Huawei Mate 70 series was released on the same stage.

On November 22nd, HarmonyOS Zhixing announced that its Zunjie brand’s first luxury car "Zunjie S800" will be unveiled at the Huawei Mate 70 series mobile phone conference on November 26th. Zunjie S800 is highly anticipated for its unique design and luxurious configuration. It is reported that the size of the model is about 5.5 meters, the interior space is spacious, and the body color is purple and silver. The front of the car is designed with vertical and horizontal star Han and Xinghe headlights, and the door handle of the car is bright with Xinghe scroll and rose nebula as design elements.

The design details of Zunjie S800 are full of futuristic and technological sense, such as the integration of crystal car light and car body, the luminous crystal section of logo, and the pie wheel hub. These designs not only improve the aesthetics of vehicles, but also reflect the innovation and breakthrough of HarmonyOS Zhixing in the field of smart cars. With the approaching of Huawei Mate 70 series mobile phone conference, more information of Zunjie S800 will be revealed, and the market is full of expectations for its performance.