Today's data highlights: Many universities announced the freedom to change majors; Shanghai is expected to have more plum rains this year
With the end of the college entrance examination, various universities have recently released their enrollment and training policies.
The First Financial Daily found that in this year's fall semester, many universities have adjusted their talent training models, including relaxing restrictions on undergraduate major changes and strengthening the layout of new engineering disciplines.
When filling out their majors, some students chose popular majors that are said to be easy to find jobs in, while others were transferred during the college entrance examination and studied majors they did not like at all. Survey data shows that 79.0% of the respondents have thought about changing their majors. However, this kind of distress of finding that the major is not suitable after admission but it is difficult to change majors will be improved this year.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University announced that starting from 2024, the school will fully open up major changes. Students can apply for major changes multiple times with "zero threshold" in their freshman, sophomore, and junior years, and can also transfer between the main campus and the medical school.
Fudan University also recently stated that, except for special restrictions on major changes, Fudan students can apply for a major change in the first or second year after entering the school according to relevant regulations. In particular, starting from 2022, the major change channel between medical and non-medical majors has been opened in both directions.
Many listed companies have released plans to encourage employees to have children
Since the implementation of the three-child policy, the intensive introduction of measures to encourage childbirth has had an increasingly positive impact. At the same time, in the current process of building a child-friendly society, it is necessary for all sectors of society to form a joint force. Among them, more and more companies have joined the ranks of encouraging childbirth.
Recently, Guangzhou-based gaming company 37 Interactive Entertainment released its "New Generation Plan". The company will set up the "37 New Generation Fund" and inject a budget of over 10 million yuan into the fund to provide fertility benefits to eligible employees. This plan is a corporate practice of "creating a fertility-friendly environment".
According to reports, the "New Generation Plan" aims to reduce the cost of childbirth for employees and relieve the pressure on their families through actual financial support. The plan will provide a fertility fund of 20,000 yuan per child to formal employees who have been employed for two years. For "multiple children in the same pregnancy", the amount of the fund will increase by 10,000 yuan for each additional child. In addition, the fund will not only benefit female employees, but also the families of male employees will enjoy the same welfare policy.
According to statistics from the First Financial Daily, more than ten well-known companies have released measures to encourage employees to have children since 2021. Among them are many listed companies such as Sanqi Interactive Entertainment, Miniso, Ctrip, Qunar, Da Beinong, and Qiaoyin Shares.
Russia once again becomes Europe's largest natural gas supplier
According to news on June 17, data from the British company ICIS showed that in May this year, Europe's natural gas imports from Russia exceeded those from the United States for the first time in nearly two years, and Russia once again became the largest natural gas supplier to Europe.
Shanghai enters plum rain season, more plum rain is expected in Shanghai this year
According to the latest meteorological data, the plum rain belt is gradually moving from the south to the north to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are entering a period of concentrated heavy rainfall. It is expected that Shanghai will enter the plum rain season on the 19th. The first heavy rain to rainstorm will hit on the 19th and 20th, and may be accompanied by thunderstorms and short-term heavy rainfall. According to the forecast of the Shanghai Climate Center, the amount of plum rain in the city this year is relatively high. The temperature and humidity are high, and we need to prepare for all-round response.
Abdominal obesity, also known as central obesity, refers to the accumulation of fat in the abdomen, which manifests as an increase in waist circumference. Doctors say that if a male waist circumference is ≥ 90 cm and a female waist circumference is ≥ 85 cm, it is considered abdominal obesity. Abdominal obesity is very harmful to the body, not only easily causing fractures, but also easily causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease and cerebral hemorrhage.
