Today's data selection: The price difference between domestic and foreign gold narrowed; a post-90s generation who only worked for 3 months was sentenced to 3 years for falsely claiming poverty alleviation funds

There are 240 million people in my country receiving higher education

On October 18, at a press conference on the performance of the national economy in the first three quarters held by the State Council Information Office, Sheng Laiyun, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that judging from the seventh national census and the sample survey of population changes in the previous two years, , China's population structure has indeed undergone many profound changes with economic and social development, such as the birth rate declining, aging accelerating, and the total population size is also changing. Last year, the total population experienced negative growth for the first time, but it should be emphasized that our total population is still relatively large, especially the working-age population of nearly 900 million. In addition, the quality of the population is indeed improving. According to the latest data, the average number of years of education for the working-age population has reached 10.93 years, nearly 11 years. In addition, there are 240 million people in my country receiving higher education. Therefore, although the number of people has declined, the quality of our population has improved faster, which provides a good resource guarantee for the high-quality development of China's economy. Of course, we also hope that the demographic data survey can more comprehensively reflect changes in this area.

Since the third quarter of 2023, the domestic gold price has diverged from the international gold price trend, which once attracted market attention. There is even a market view that the magnitude of the deviation is the magnitude of the expected depreciation of the RMB.

In this regard, the Institute of Finance of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently released the "China Macro-Financial Analysis Third Quarter Report of 2023", which analyzed the gold premium situation at home and abroad.

"Although this view has some truth, it is still debatable whether this range is valid." Zheng Liansheng, director and researcher of the Financial Supervision Office of the Institute of Finance, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that this reflects that Chinese investors may be pessimistic about the economic situation, and there are also some Certain hedging needs. On September 25, the international gold price adjusted slightly, and the domestic gold price dropped sharply, bringing the price difference between the two to less than 3%. "This may be the release of market risk aversion, the stabilization of market expectations, and also corresponds to macro and micro data. The improvement in gold prices is also an important sign of the periodic stabilization of the economy.”

Recently, a bread that looks like a potato unexpectedly attracted the attention and enthusiasm of netizens on social media as soon as it was launched on the market, setting off a whirlwind of "potato digging". The bread, which originally sold for less than 20 yuan, is now The price has been raised to 80 yuan by purchasing agents, and some agents have even increased the price to 10 times.

This matter also became a hot topic today. In response, RT-Mart, which launched this bread, said on October 18 that this is just ordinary bread. No matter how much you like it, don’t speculate on the price. RT-Mart will increase production to 100,000 boxes this week and limit the purchase of two boxes per person. In addition, RT-Mart in Northeast China, North China, South China, Central China and other regions are also stepping up preparations for listing and will put potato bread on shelves on November 13.

The reporter learned that potato bread was launched on October 11, and consumers who bought it have shared their orders on social media. The bread was sold out on the first day it was launched in Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and other regions. The original price was 18.9 yuan per box4 After the potato bread became popular, purchase information appeared on a second-hand platform. Search for the keywords "RT-Mart, Potato" and purchasing information will appear. The purchasing price ranges from 50 yuan to 80 yuan, and some purchasers have increased the price to 10 yuan. times.

Hype on the concept of weight loss drugs has "cooled down", and many listed companies have received regulatory letters for taking advantage of the hot topic of weight loss drugs.

The diet pill concept stocks that have been constantly hyped have finally shown signs of “cooling down”. On October 18, Baihua Pharmaceutical, which was once in the fourth straight session, continued to fall after the opening, and once hit the limit. In addition, individual stocks such as Navitas Technology, Sirnaomics, Keyuan Pharmaceuticals, and Watson Pharmaceuticals fell more than 4% throughout the day.

In the past two days, a number of listed companies involved in the concept of weight-loss drugs have received regulatory letters. On the evening of October 17, Yuan Jiandong, chairman of Borui Pharmaceuticals, received a warning letter from the Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Bureau because the remarks made during the conference call about the company’s products under development were misleading. On the evening of the previous day, Baihua Pharmaceutical and Kanghui Pharmaceutical also received regulatory letters one after another. The two companies later clarified that the relevant products are still in research or small-scale trial production. Behind the ebb of market speculation is that few concept stocks in the weight-loss drug sector have actual strength, and the actual accumulation of performance and products cannot support the stock price.

Post-90s generation who only worked for 3 months was sentenced to 3 years for falsely claiming poverty alleviation funds

On October 17, the website of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision published an article entitled "A Case as a Warning | Admiring Vanity and Pretending to Receive Funds and Regreting His Life After the Incident Was Revealed", which attracted attention. The article shows that Long Li, a "post-90s generation" who was admitted to public office after many exams, did not cherish the hard-won job opportunity. After only 3 months on the job, he couldn't stand poverty and temptation, so he reached out to Poverty alleviation funds ruined his career at the initial stage.

In February 2021, the Tianzhu County Commission for Discipline Inspection and County Supervision conducted a preliminary review of the clues transferred by the Duma Town Discipline Inspection Commission that reflected Long Li's fraudulent receipt of relevant funds. In June 2021, the Tianzhu County Supervisory Committee opened an investigation into Long Li. In September 2021, Long Li was fired from public office. In December 2021, Long Li was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 200,000 yuan for corruption.