Today's data selection: Why are high-speed trains without seats and second-class seats priced the same; 200 million Japanese sea cucumbers unsold

Why are high-speed trains without seats and second class seats priced the same? Latest response from 12306

On the morning of September 3rd, the topic of "Why are unseated and second class seats priced the same" surged on the hot search. Is it reasonable to offer the same price and different services, one with a seat and one without a seat? Some netizens expressed confusion about this, "Spending the same amount of money, but one is comfortable sitting, and the other can only be squeezed to the toilet door!" Some netizens believe that "no seat" refers to "no fixed seat", "you can go and sit if you have a seat available!"

Some netizens also said, "If the prices are different, then everyone else will buy a second class seat without a seat!" According to Jiupai News on September 3, 12306 customer service responded that the current price of a second class seat without a seat is the same. The current pricing is based on the spirit of the National Development and Reform Commission documents, and is determined by railway transportation enterprises themselves. According to regulations such as the Price Law and the Railway Law, and based on market conditions, a multi-level floating fare system will be implemented.

According to media reports, customer service at 12306 responded that passengers without seats can sit in vacant seats, but if they board the train, they must give up their seats. "Regarding this issue, suggestions will be made to record and see if the railway department can adopt them when modifying relevant ticket prices in the future."

According to previous media reports, there will be a three color indicator light next to the seat number above the carriage of some high-speed trains: a green light indicates that this seat is not sold and can be used by passengers without a seat; The red light indicates that this seat is sold and cannot be used by passengers without a seat; The yellow light indicates that the seat is not sold from the current station to the next section, but the middle section of this seat is already sold, and passengers without seats can use it in this section.

12306 staff also stated that in most cases, a train without a seat ticket refers to a ticket without reserved seats, which means that passengers can sit or ask staff to help find seats when there are available seats.

If the carriages are fully occupied, passengers without seats can only stand. The staff reminded that as train tickets are sold before the train departs, there may be a situation where the green seat light turns yellow and then turns red.

200 million Japanese sea cucumbers are unsold, and 99% of them were sold to China before

Recently, after Fukushima nuclear contaminated water was discharged into the sea, many countries banned the import of Japanese aquatic products. Local sea cucumber farmers complain: "200 million sea cucumbers don't know how to handle them, 99% of them were sold to China before." The Japanese government plans to allocate 20 billion yen to urgently support the aquaculture industry # Weibo video of Xiaoyang Video

Affected by "Sura", 16 stations across 9 rivers in Guangxi experienced over alert floods

Since September 2, affected by the No. 9 typhoon "Sula", most areas of Wuzhou, Yulin, Guigang, Laibin and other cities in Guangxi have experienced moderate to heavy rain, while some areas of Wuzhou, Yulin, Guigang and other cities have experienced heavy rainstorm to extremely heavy rainstorm.

Affected by heavy rainfall, Beiliu River and its tributaries Yangmei River, Huanghua River, Yichang River, Xunjiang River tributary Baisha River, Yujiang River tributary Mugen River and other rivers experienced a 3-9 meter flood process, with a total of 9 rivers and 16 stations experiencing floods exceeding the warning range of 0.01 to 3.43 meters. Among them, Yangmei Hydrological Station in Rongxian County, a tributary of Beiliu River, experienced a 5-year flood; The Nandu Hydrological Station in Cenxi City, Huanghua River experienced a once-in-20 year flood, the second largest flood measured since the station was built in 1967. On September 3rd at 7:00 am, the Guangxi Hydrological Center launched a Level IV emergency response for hydrological monitoring in Guangxi, and issued a blue flood warning, requesting cities such as Wuzhou, Yulin, Guigang, Nanning, Fangchenggang, Qinzhou, and Beihai, as well as the aforementioned riverside areas and the public, to strengthen prevention and timely avoid risks.

It is expected that by 2025, the proportion of service consumption in China will reach over 50%

On September 3rd, at the official results exhibition of the China International Fair for Trade in Services, KPMG China released a research report on the important support points and demonstration projects for the construction of an international consumer center city in Shougang Park. The report believes that future urbanization in China will depend on consumer innovation and the enhancement of consumer vitality. The institution predicts that by 2025, the proportion of service consumption in China will reach over 50%.

Shen Tongsheng, Partner of Environment, Social and Governance, Economy and Urban Development at KPMG China, believes that with the acceleration of urbanization and upgrading of consumption structure, the proportion of service consumption will continue to increase. It is expected that the proportion will reach over 50% by 2025, and experiential consumption and customized consumption will become new hotspots. Consumption in entertainment, culture, tourism, catering and other areas will continue to grow, and the proportion of business service consumption will increase. This will also promote profound changes in China's consumption patterns. Mainly reflected in the consumption content being more diverse; Online digitization and offline digitization; Consumer space generates more communication and experiential needs.

Global service trade digitization is accelerating

In recent years, China's service trade has maintained a growth trend. Data shows that in 2022, China's total import and export of services reached nearly 6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%, reaching a historic high in scale, ranking second in the world for nine consecutive years, second only to the United States. With the accelerated innovation of technologies such as 5G, AI, big data, and cloud computing, the proportion of emerging service trade characterized by knowledge and technology intensity is steadily increasing. In the first half of this year, China's knowledge intensive service trade accounted for over 43% of the total import and export of services. This year's Fair for Trade in Services further highlights the leading role of innovation, opens a window of opportunity for the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, and promotes the digital transformation of global trade in services to accelerate.

Data shows that in 2022, China's import and export volume of digitally deliverable services reached 2.51 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%, ranking fifth in the world and reaching a new historical high in scale. In the first half of this year, the scale of digitalizable service import and export in China continued to grow by 12.3%, which is 3.8 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of service import and export.