Today's data selection: The 2024 Spring Festival ticket grabbing guide is here; reservations are urgent! It’s hard to get a spot for New Year’s Eve dinner in Beijing
The unmarried rate among people aged 55 and above is lower in cities across the country than in villages and towns
Looking at the unmarried rates of people aged 25 and above in cities, towns and villages, the unmarried rates of the urban population in the 25-29 and 30-34 age groups are higher than those in towns and villages, while those of the 55 and above The unmarried rate among the population is lower than that in towns and villages.
Ding Changfa, associate professor of the Department of Economics at Xiamen University, analyzed to China Business News that a considerable number of urban youths have long education years, delay their start of employment, and get married relatively late. At the same time, cities are rich in various spiritual and cultural life. In cities, especially big cities, young people are more independent, which also greatly affects the marriage rate and age at marriage. In addition, the cost of living in big cities is relatively high, and young people face greater financial pressure, so they get married later.
The unmarried rate among the 25-29-year-old population in rural areas is higher than that in towns, but much lower than that in cities. In the 30-34 age group, the unmarried rate is slightly lower than in cities. However, among all age groups aged 35 and above, the unmarried rate in rural areas is higher than that in cities and towns. Among all age groups aged 50 and above, the unmarried rate exceeds 2%. This is related to the imbalance in the gender ratio of the marriageable age group in rural areas.
Dong Yuzheng, a population expert and president of the Guangdong Sociological Society, previously analyzed that many women in rural areas did not return to their hometowns after going out to work, but became permanent residents in the city, and some of them got married and had children in other places.
In contrast, among the town-level population, the unmarried rates in the 25-29 age group, 30-34 age group, and 35-39 age group are all significantly lower than those in cities and rural areas. In addition, the unmarried rates in the 40-44 age group, 45-49 age group, and 50-54 age group are also lower than those in cities and rural areas.
The Spring Festival Transport will begin on January 26, and tickets will go on sale starting this Friday. The railway 12306 mobile client has launched new functions of "pre-filling ticket purchase requirements" and "train ticket sales reminder subscription". Quick ticket buying method: You can pre-fill the information on the day when tickets go on sale and submit the order with one click when the ticket goes on sale; you can also set multiple reminders in the system in advance to submit the order in time.
The New Year's Eve dinner is approaching, and the number of private room reservations is already running out.
Recently, the private rooms for New Year's Eve dinner in some restaurants have been sold out, and catering companies have temporarily increased the number of meals available for booking from four to five meals a day. In order to grab the "prime time" for New Year's Eve dinner, consumers start making inquiries and reservations during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. The consumer side is busy, and catering companies are also under sweet pressure: high labor costs are still an unavoidable problem for catering companies. They may choose to temporarily close stores after New Year's Eve, or keep a few stores open, or recruit part-timers with high salaries.
@Beijing Business Daily reporter discovered that there are many door-to-door services of private chefs with the label of "private customization" on social platforms. One of the users of "I invite chefs to come to serve" said that a chef from Beijing area came to cook for 15 people. The price of labor and material packaging is 4,500 yuan, and the service covers all the washing, cutting, preparing, and cooking in the early stage. After the dishes are prepared, the chef will clean up the kitchen and take away the kitchen garbage, but it does not include dishwashing and cleaning after the meal.
The number of Alzheimer's disease patients in my country will reach 15.5 million in 2025
Recently, the official website of the State Food and Drug Administration showed that Lencanezumab, a new Alzheimer's disease drug jointly developed by Biogen of the United States and Eisai of Japan, has been approved for marketing. It is reported that the global development and regulatory submission of lencanezumab is led by Eisai, and the product will be commercialized and promoted jointly by Eisai and Biogen, with Eisai having the final decision-making power. This monoclonal antibody was fully approved in the United States in July 2023 and in Japan in September 2023. China is the third country to approve the marketing of lencanezumab.
Lencanezumab is a humanized anti-soluble Aβ monoclonal antibody. The annual treatment cost of lencanezumab in the United States is US$26,500. At present, Eisai officials have not disclosed the price of the drug in China. However, the drug was launched in Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone in October 2023, and the price disclosed at that time was 3328.2 yuan/bottle.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressively progressive brain disease. Studies show that people 65 and older live an average of 4 to 8 years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but some patients survive as long as 20 years.
According to the "China Alzheimer's Disease Report 2021", in 2019, the number of Alzheimer's disease patients in my country reached 9.83 million; it is expected that by 2025, the number of Alzheimer's disease patients will reach 15.5 million, and will further increase by 2030. to 19.5 million people, showing an accelerating growth trend.
According to media reports, a bricklayer recruited apprentices on the condition of "a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan including food and accommodation." After completing the apprenticeship, the monthly income of the bricklayer can reach about 25,000 yuan. This income level has caused widespread discussion online. In recent years, the income of masons has increased linearly, which is related to the increase in overall labor costs, but the main reason is that supply exceeds demand.
According to the "China Blue-Collar Group Employment Research Report", although the size of my country's blue-collar group has reached more than 400 million people, the job opening ratio for skilled workers in my country has exceeded 1.5 in recent years, that is, there are only 100 job seekers for every 150 positions, and the job opening ratio for senior technicians has exceeded 1.5. It can even reach more than 2, and the gap can reach tens of millions of people. The number of employees cannot meet the market demand, which has also become the background for the increase in the income of bricklayers.
Why has a job with a monthly income of 25,000 yuan not become a popular job? There is still a shortage of people despite high salaries, which exactly reflects some of the practical problems faced by traditional technical jobs. On the one hand, the "cost-effectiveness" between labor effort and income return is not high. On the other hand, professional jobs such as masons and electricians with a large demand gap have certain technical thresholds. High income corresponds to high technical level and industry experience, which requires A long learning and training process.
