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National Cyberspace Administration: Focusing on illegal and irregular activities, increasing law enforcement efforts
On July 31, the Associated Press reported that according to the official account of WeChat in China, in the first half of 2023, the national WeChat system will focus on the key points and take comprehensive measures to investigate and deal with all kinds of online violations according to law, with a total of 5518 websites interviewed, 188 websites with functions suspended or updated, 120 mobile applications off the shelves, 87 small programs closed, and 7704 illegal websites closed together with the competent telecommunications authorities, urging relevant website platforms to close 39100 illegal accounts according to law.
IPhone with old Twitter icon priced at $25000
According to IT Home, Twitter changed its name to X last week and in order to become a new logo, the app must be updated. Some iPhone models that have not been updated and still have the Bird logo are being monetized as collectibles. Media has found on eBay that a user has listed an iPhone 11 Pro Max with an old Twitter logo, priced at up to $25000. The seller's description of the item is the original Twitter icon on the latest iOS.
Meituan Baidu takes the lead, and the Internet giant launches the 2024 autumn move
On July 31st, Meituan launched the 2024 campus recruitment. This recruitment is aimed at fresh graduates from domestic and foreign universities with a graduation period from November 2023 to October 2024. It is expected to recruit 6000 people, covering 10 categories and more than 100 positions including technology, product, business analysis, operations, finance, supply chain, functions, marketing, design, sales, customer service, and support.
Baidu also launched the 2024 campus recruitment this month, covering four categories of positions: technology, products, government enterprise solutions and services, professional services, and management support.
At present, the Internet companies that have launched school recruitment include Xiaohongshu, Sina and Weibo, Netease game Lei Huo, Mihayou, Dajiang, etc., but the specific recruitment scale has not been announced.
The manufacturing PMI rebounded to 49.3% in July, but there are still significant constraints on external demand
The National Bureau of Statistics announced on July 31st that in July, the Purchasing Managers' Index of China's manufacturing industry was 49.3%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the previous month. From the perspective of sub indices, among the five sub indices that make up the manufacturing PMI, the production index, supplier delivery time index are above the critical point, while the new order index, raw material inventory index, and employee index are below the critical point.
The interviewed experts stated that the PMI index continued to slightly rebound in July, indicating further accumulation of economic growth momentum. Especially the expected index, procurement volume index, raw material inventory index, etc. have all increased to varying degrees, indicating an improvement in corporate confidence and signs of recovery in production and business activities. At present, although the new order index has rebounded, it is still in a contraction range, and the problem of insufficient demand is still prominent. Due to this constraint, the production index has slightly declined. In this regard, it is necessary to further strengthen the anti cyclical adjustment of macroeconomic policies, focus on improving the driving effect of government investment on overall social investment, accelerate the comprehensive effect of expanding domestic demand policies, and quickly eliminate the constraints of demand contraction.
155 hospital deans and secretaries have been investigated this year
Since the beginning of this year, the medical field has become a key area for anti-corruption.
According to incomplete statistics from Cyber Blue, at least 155 hospital deans and secretaries have been investigated nationwide so far this year, exceeding twice the number for the entire year last year.
At the same time, two listed companies had their actual controllers investigated in July. After Zhou Wei, the actual controller and chairman of Weining Health, a leading medical informationization company, was investigated and detained by the Maoming Municipal Supervision Commission in Guangdong Province on suspicion of bribery, on July 1st, Fan Zhihe, the actual controller and chairman of Sailun Biotechnology, a biopharmaceutical company on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, was also detained and investigated by the Shanghai Municipal Supervision Commission on suspicion of committing a crime while in office.
Last Friday, a video conference was held in Beijing to mobilize and deploy the coordination of disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies in carrying out the centralized rectification of corruption in the national pharmaceutical industry. The meeting pointed out that "increasing disciplinary and law enforcement efforts" and "deepening the systematic governance of the pharmaceutical industry in all fields, all chains, and all coverage".
As soon as the news came out, several leading stocks in the pharmaceutical industry fell in response.
As of today's closing, Hengrui Pharmaceutical has fallen more than 9%, Enhua Pharmaceutical has hit the limit, Jiudian Pharmaceutical and Salon Biotech have fallen more than 10%, and stocks such as Yifang Biologics U, Shouyao Holdings U, Cube Pharmaceutical, Yipinhong, Renfu Pharmaceutical, and Dizhe Pharmaceuticals have all plummeted.