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"Recently, several courtyards have been fully booked. I am too busy to recruit people!" Recently, a fire broke out in a hostel near Universal Studios in Beijing. Sun Gan, the landlord of Tujia hostel, was busy adding staff to his hostel. Not only in Beijing, with the advent of the summer, the country's multi-homestay booking into the peak season, ushered in the booking and check-in small peak. Tujia Homestay's latest "2023 Summer Homestay Play Guide" data show that as of July 9, the platform's summer bookings doubled year-on-year in 2019. Rent a villa to play together, in-person tour, cool tour has become the key words of this summer home stay reservation. Chasing cool and refreshing, northwest city homestay reservation hot since this summer, the country many continuous high temperature, summer cool tour is the first choice for many people to travel. Qingdao and Weihai swept the top two cities for popular bookings, with Weihai's bookings 20 percent year-on-year.

On the morning of July 11th at 9:00 am, the 2023 China Navigation Day Shanghai themed event was launched at the Shanghai Port International Passenger Transport Center pier, announcing the completion and opening of the North Bund Navigation Park, the official operation of the Beidou Water Transportation Sub service Center of the East China Sea Navigation Support Center, the official unveiling of the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration's "Sea Patrol 01" as the national navigation science popularization education base, and the new site of the Shanghai North Bund Navigation Service Center. China Maritime Day is the highest level and most extensive important festival in the field of port and shipping in China. In recent years, Shanghai has held annual China Maritime Day themed events to promote the spirit of navigation and inherit maritime culture. On that day, all Chinese civil vessels and non Chinese vessels owned or operated by Chinese shipping companies hung full flags and honked their horns for one minute at 9:00 am to celebrate the 19th Chinese voyage together

Washing an air conditioner costs thousands of yuan, clearing the toilet in just a few seconds costs nearly a thousand yuan, and the lighting fixtures repeatedly malfunction after repair... In life, do you also "doubt life" because you encounter similar property maintenance "price assassins"? In the field of residential property maintenance, there is a chaotic situation of market-oriented property maintenance services for residential self use areas. The property maintenance force in the community is insufficient, and many citizens have hired maintenance technicians who have "minor illnesses for major repairs, no sick leave for repairs, and starting from sitting on the ground", seriously damaging consumer rights. In order to overcome pain points, on July 10th, Shanghai opened the 962121 hotline for third-party special maintenance services, introducing a model of "market-oriented professional maintenance companies+district housing emergency maintenance centers" to promote transparency in maintenance fees. Liang Biao, Deputy Director of Shanghai Property Management Affairs Center, admitted that due to the maintenance capacity of the community's property management

In the first half of this year, Shanghai's international exhibition industry saw a resurgence. From January to June, Shanghai Customs completed a total of 55 international exhibition registrations, providing service guarantees for the smooth entry and exhibition of $2.16 billion worth of exhibits. Recently, the three-year action plan for promoting high-quality development of the exhibition economy and building an international exhibition capital in Shanghai has been officially released, demonstrating Shanghai's confidence in revitalizing the exhibition industry. According to Sang Jingmin, President of the Shanghai Exhibition Industry Association, in May of this year alone, a total of 45 exhibitions and activities were held in the 8 main exhibition halls in Shanghai, with a total area of 2.9183 million square meters, an increase of 31.75% compared to the same period in 2019. 2023 Shanghai International Auto Show. Faced with the rapidly recovering exhibition industry, the Shanghai Convention and Exhibition Center Customs has a response strategy, and the regulatory practices of the first five CIIE are the most readily available experience. Shanghai Exhibition Center

From July 10th to 16th, Shanghai held the 2023 Energy Conservation Promotion Week with the theme of "Energy Conservation and Low Carbon, Together with Us". Today, the opening ceremony of the Propaganda Week and the Green and Low Carbon Industry Promotion Conference were held. At the opening ceremony, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology released a list of 35 carbon management pilot projects, including "LCA based product carbon footprint management" by Covestro and "NIO ETC carbon footprint" by Shanghai NIO Automobile, as well as a list of ten green and low-carbon technology products, including "photovoltaic heterojunction battery assembly and process" by Ideal Wanlihui Semiconductor Equipment Co., Ltd. and "alkaline zinc iron flow battery" by Weijing Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. At the opening ceremony, two batches of 20 zero carbon benchmark units and founding units in Shanghai were awarded medals, and the Shanghai Green and Low Carbon Industry Alliance was unveiled. Last July, Shanghai released the "Shanghai Municipal Government

"In June, I didn't take on many tour groups and lost more than 30000 yuan, resulting in an increase in car and house prices. I hope the hotel and car prices can come down a bit and earn less. Everyone has food to eat, and if prices continue to rise, everyone will have no food to eat..." During the summer peak season, Xinjiang has become a popular destination for domestic tourism, and the subsequent increase in hotel, catering, and car prices has also sparked heated discussions. Some tourists have reported that "the cost of joining a tour group to Xinjiang has directly doubled, and the airfare are all three to four thousand yuan." On social media, news has also spread that some popular tourist attractions in Xinjiang have seen a sharp decrease in tourists due to price increases. What is the truth? How much is the price increase for hotels and homestays in Xinjiang? In this discussion about the price increase of Xinjiang tourism, the most criticized one is the price increase of local hotels. How much has the local hotel increased? Mr. Yu, a Shanghai citizen, visited Xinjiang last July and stayed there

The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau announced today that plum blossoms will appear in Shencheng tomorrow. This year's rainy season, the rain belt oscillates between Jiangnan and Jianghuai, and the rainy season in Shencheng shows atypical characteristics of high rainfall, strong precipitation intensity, and multiple high-temperature days. Since the beginning of the rainy season on June 17th, Shanghai has experienced an unforgettable rainy season, lasting for 24 days. The onset of plum blossoms is 2 days earlier than usual; The plum blossom appears one day later than usual; The rainy season lasts for 24 days, which is 3 days longer than usual. As of 8:00 on July 10th, the average amount of plum rain in the city was 348.7 millimeters, nearly 50% more than usual. The rainy season at Xujiahui Station is 314.9 millimeters, which is nearly 20% more than the annual rainy season. The precipitation is mainly concentrated in the north, with Baoshan Station having the highest amount of plum rain being 1.6 times that of Huinan Station in Pudong New Area having the lowest amount. During this year's rainy season, Shanghai experienced violent plums with heavy rainfall

Using business to attract businesses and enterprises to attract enterprises, in order to trigger the "multiplier effect" of investment promotion work. In order to seize new opportunities for global investment, coordinate and make good use of various international and domestic resources, promote high-quality foreign investment attraction, and promote the expansion, stability, and quality improvement of foreign investment, the Implementation Measures of the Shanghai Global Partnership Plan for Promoting Foreign Investment have recently been reviewed and approved by the executive meeting of the municipal government, and officially issued by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce to various district governments and relevant units. The global partners proposed in the Measures for Shanghai to promote foreign investment refer to enterprises, institutions, and organizations that establish investment promotion cooperation relationships with Shanghai, utilize their own advantages and industry resources, recommend foreign investment projects that are in line with the direction of industrial development, and assist in promoting project implementation. They can be internationally renowned accounting firms, law firms, consulting firms

Starting from today, alcohol product operators in Shanghai enjoy the convenience of "two certificates in one". The business license for alcoholic products will be integrated into the scope of food business license, and no longer separate wholesale license and retail license for alcoholic products will be issued. Shanghai Haiyan Logistics Development Co., Ltd. plans to expand its business scope. At the business consultation window of the market supervision department, it was informed that they only need to apply for one food business license that includes "alcoholic beverages", "alcoholic beverages", or "alcoholic beverages" in their business projects. The integration of two licenses will save about 70% of the permit processing time. Behind the convenience of obtaining certificates is a change in the concept of administrative approval. In the past, as a high-risk food, the approval of relevant business licenses for alcoholic beverages was independent of food business licenses. With the sense of responsibility and self-discipline of practitioners

The reporter learned from China Shipbuilding Group that in the first half of 2023, the three major shipbuilding companies under China Shipbuilding Group in Shanghai - Jiangnan Shipbuilding, Hudong Zhonghua, and Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding - achieved a series of major production nodes, including the completion and delivery of 29 ships, the operation and acceptance of 63 ships, and the departure of China's first domestically produced large cruise ship "Aida Modu", and delivered a beautiful "mid-term" exam paper. According to statistics, in the first half of this year, the delivery and order quantity and quality of Shanghai's three major shipping companies increased simultaneously, with the proportion of mid to high end ship types reaching over 90%. Among the 29 ships delivered, there are high-tech boutique ship types in the field of special gas transportation built by Jiangnan Shipbuilding -22000 cubic meters of ethylene transport ships, and 40000 cubic meters of medium-sized fully cooled liquefied gas ships known as "future ship types"; The world's largest "super cargo king" built by Shanghai East China Construction Co., Ltd

NO. According to data from Ctrip's FlightAI market insight platform, domestic airport passenger traffic was nearly 9 million in the first five days of the summer, up nearly 14% from the same period in 2019. According to Fechang's quasi-civil aviation kanban data, the actual number of passenger flights performed on domestic routes in the first week of summer 2023 is about 97000, which has exceeded the level of the same period in 2019. Judging from the one-day implementation data, the number of one-day passenger flights on domestic routes on July 7 exceeded 14000 flights for the first time this year. In terms of routes, the top 10 domestic popular round-trip routes are Beijing Capital-Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai Hongqiao-Shenzhen Baoan, Shanghai Hongqiao-Guangzhou Baiyun, Beijing Capital-Shenzhen Baoan, Shenzhen Baoan-Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Guangzhou Baiyun-Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Chongqing Jiangbei-Shenzhen Baoan, Chengdu

Foreign funded enterprises are an integral part of Shanghai's modern industrial system construction. If large foreign-funded projects and enterprises are regarded as "giants", then those enterprises with small investment scale but unique achievements in specialization, refinement, specialization, and innovation ability can be called "hidden champions" on the segmented track, or may be called "little giants". How to attract and cultivate these "little giants" to thrive? During the investigation, the reporter found that some parks, commercial buildings, and CBDs have provided new spaces, new carriers, and even new "gestures". From being a "landlord" to creating an industrial ecosystem, in the 1980s, renowned German management expert Hermann Simon, after more than 20 years of collecting data from over 2000 "hidden champions" companies worldwide, discovered that the German economy and international

The Shanghai center Meteorological Observatory predicts that tomorrow, the "dog days" marked by the word "hot" will officially open, and it will be another 40 days of extra long standby. The extended version of the dog days is actually very common, appearing in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022, which is 10 days more than the 30 days of the regular version. The main reason is that the midsummer season is twice as long as usual, lasting up to 20 days. This year marks the beginning of the summer heat wave, and Shencheng has responded to the situation with simultaneous warming. The highest temperature has reached the 35 ℃ high temperature line, and starting from tomorrow, there will be six consecutive days of high temperatures. Qingre sings the protagonist, and the hot and spicy heat continues to rise online. Is Shencheng really hot in the "three fu"? The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau stated that based on historical observation data, the proportion of high temperatures in the Jianghuai and Jiangnan regions during this period is indeed the highest, which is truly the "three hottest periods".

Liu Yan's mother is a neuroscientist who was inspired. When Liu Yan and his friend Shen Xin founded Shuku Technology, they decided to use technologies such as AI to turn industry chain data into neurons, weave them into networks, and achieve interconnection and transmission with each other. Only in this way can the complex relationships, operational patterns, and potential risks between massive domestic and foreign enterprises be keenly observed, giving banks, governments, and other departments a pair of "keen eyes". The digital economy is one of the four new tracks in Shanghai, and artificial intelligence is one of the three leading industries in Shanghai. When digital and AI are combined, not only digital technology is born, but also a large number of data product delivery providers, data security defenders, data asset evaluators, and so on. At the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, multiple forums on AI and data integration saw that in algorithms, blockchain technology, and current

Intelligent driving is getting stuck, and although the shouting is still there, many contestants have adjusted their direction and reduced their investment, either overtly or covertly. At this moment, a large model represented by ChatGPT arrived. The intelligent driving industry has seen new possibilities. At one point, the pinnacle of intelligent driving - autonomous driving - seemed to be right in front of us. In 2015, Tesla CEO Musk said that autonomous cars that could be driven anywhere would emerge in two to three years. In 2016, Zimmer, co-founder of ride hailing company Lyft, predicted that by 2025, no one would need to buy a car because autonomous ride hailing services would be within reach. But after years of trying, looking around the world, intelligent driving cars are still struggling to learn. Artificial intelligence seems to have failed to turn stones into gold as originally anticipated

Let AI help you process documents and make PPTs; When browsing online shopping malls, 3D virtual human guides will provide you with comprehensive product introductions; When encountering consumption problems, virtual customer service will have one-on-one communication with you; Enterprises need to promote new products, and AI searches for popular genes through big data to provide reference for enterprise decision-making. It can also design packaging and promotional slogans; Managing the supply chain to reduce inventory, managing carbon emissions to promote green development... These are not future scenarios, but have already been implemented. Yesterday, at the AI Business Landing Forum at the Artificial Intelligence Conference, guests introduced various landing applications of AI in different fields. Although some products still need to be iterated and upgraded to become more perfect, compared to a year ago when everyone was still discussing the possibility of product implementation, this year's artificial intelligence conference really makes people sigh that the future has arrived! Even generating a

At the end of 2022, ChatGPT emerged, attracting the attention of the whole population and becoming the hottest topic in the technology industry. Against the backdrop of the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence, the popularity of the former "top stream" metaverse is gradually fading, which raises the question of whether the metaverse has gone? In fact, the answer may be the opposite. With the power of generative artificial intelligence, the cost of using the metaverse is showing a rapid downward trend and is entering the stage of large-scale commercial implementation. "We are in the middle of the two stages of digital intelligence and digital reality, where intelligence is exploding and the metaverse is about to arrive," said Yuan Yu, the highest board member and chairman of the IEEE Standards Institute, at this year's World Artificial Intelligence Conference. With the explosion of ChatGPT, AIGC technology is rapidly advancing

On July 7th, at the "Generative AI and Big Models: Change and Innovation" forum of the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Qiming Venture Capital teamed up with unfinished research to jointly release the "Generative AI" report. The report shows that the government's regulatory response to generative artificial intelligence is quite timely, and different countries have also shown different characteristics. While China is rapidly introducing regulatory measures for generative artificial intelligence and soliciting opinions, it is also encouraging the development of universal artificial intelligence. Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen are the most ambitious first tier cities, all of which have set ambitious goals for artificial intelligence research, innovation, and industry. The EU continues to lead in regulation and legislation, just as it was the first to launch GDPR five years ago. The United States is more concerned about the leading position of artificial intelligence technology and is forming a regulatory framework based on risk management principles. In the long run

If human beings have any ultimate fantasy about artificial intelligence, it must be that they have the same robot as human beings. It will think, feedback, act, and live and work freely in the real world like human beings. This kind of fantasy is called embodied intelligence today. The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, for the first time, focused its attention on this cutting-edge field. A poem by Lu You from hundreds of years ago is like a portrayal of embodied intelligence. Embodiment does not only refer to having a physical body, but also to artificial intelligence having the same physical experience ability as humans in this physical body. It can perceive the environment, interact with the surroundings, and complete various decisions and behaviors through learning, understanding, and reasoning. change

AIforScience is a hot concept in the global artificial intelligence community this year. Some people think that this concept is not complete. AI is used to solve the lowest level of scientific principles, and then it will be forindustry, that is, to empower the industry. At the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference Technology and Humanities-Building a Barrier-Free Intelligent Society Forum held on July 8, experts at the conference believed that, like all tools that have emerged in the evolution of human civilization, the ultimate goal of AI is to "forpeople", that is, to serve people. First, AI breaks down some functional barriers. Statistics show that an estimated 15 per cent of the world's population survives with some form of disability. But in real life, people with disabilities are almost invisible,

Many people have encountered this situation on the Internet: when the account is stolen or the password is lost, some Internet platforms will require users to upload ID photos to identify themselves. The above measures undoubtedly increase the risk of personal information leakage. So, is there a safer approach? Today, at the 2023 WAIC Global Blockchain Industry Summit, AntChain announced a new architecture upgrade for its privacy collaboration platform AntChain FAIR, introducing verifiable computing technology with zero knowledge proof as its core, expanding from trusted data flow to verifiable computing processes, data attributes, and identities. Zero knowledge proof is considered one of the most critical technologies in the next 5 years of Web 3.0. It refers to the situation where the verifier does not disclose any information when proving their identity, and the verifier is not authorized by the verifier

Artificial intelligence is widely applied in urban governance, not only empowering urban management and services, but also changing urban life. At the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference Space Time Artificial Intelligence Industry Summit Forum, the City Model "CityGPT Innovation Application Platform" was officially released. Enterprises such as Weizhi Technology, Shangtang, Shanghai Unicom, and Shanghai Digital Industry jointly established the City Model Collaborative Innovation Expert Group. It is understood that the goal of the Urban Big Model Collaborative Innovation Expert Group is to develop urban level AI big models, enhance the governance capacity of smart cities, empower urban economy, industry, commerce, culture and tourism, finance and other fields, and create a true urban level brain. Wu Zhiqiang, Chief Scientist of the Expert Group on Collaborative Innovation of the Urban Big Model and Academician of the CAE Member, said that the urban brain is not a single brain structure, but a main brain

What will be the future medical experience? Can robots provide consultations, take X-rays, and even perform surgeries for patients? With the emergence of digital hospitals, intelligent medical terminals, AI big models, and metaverse healthcare, imagination is becoming a reality. At the Health Summit Forum of the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, experts and scholars from the medical and health field held a series of discussions under the theme of "AI Transforming Future Health", with "AI Big Model+Healthcare" becoming the focus of this forum. Jin Li, president of Fudan University and academician of the CAS Member, said at the forum: "Modern medicine, life science and engineering science are highly integrated, which promotes the evolution of medical model from engineering medicine to intelligent medicine." Among them, AI plays an important leading role. Around the three elements of computing power, models, and data, the future of medicine will usher in medical numbers

The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, which lasted for three days and was themed "Intelligent World, Generating the Future," concluded today at the Shanghai World Expo Center. More than 1400 guests attended the conference, with an exhibition area of over 50000 square meters and a total of 133 forums held. As of 3:00 pm today, the number of offline visitors has exceeded 177000, with a total online exposure of 6.41 billion, both reaching historic highs. This conference has achieved fruitful results, with a total of 210 upstream and downstream enterprises connected, reaching an intended procurement amount of 11 billion yuan, and promoting the signing of 32 major industrial projects with a total investment of 28.8 billion yuan. The closing ceremony of the conference gave a wonderful review and revealed the key points of Shanghai's upcoming large-scale model innovation and development policy. It is reported that the policy will focus on innovation capability, innovation elements, innovation applications, and innovation environment

"The total talent gap in the field of artificial intelligence in China has reached 5 million. Shanghai has a demand of 400000 in 2025, while the current number of students in related majors in local universities is 40000." At the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference Artificial Intelligence Talent Summit, Qiu Xin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University, provided a set of data to highlight the AI industry's thirst for talent. In recent years, China's artificial intelligence has made positive progress in technological innovation, industrial ecology, and integrated applications, and has entered the world's top tier. As the most active and positive factor in innovation activities, industry talents are constantly emerging, but they also face the reality of supply shortage, and even often engage in high salary competition. "At present, there is the largest supply of 'digital blue collar' in the industry, and there is a shortage of scientific leading talents that require long-term training."

Where to go for summer vacation and leisure to see the beautiful scenery? There are many recommended options in the Yangtze River Delta. Mount Huangshan, with beautiful scenery all the year round, offers free tickets to teenagers this summer; Appreciating the emerald scenery of the sky, Wu Yue for thousands of years, Lin'an, with its green mountains and clear waters, can be said to leave at will; Enjoying sports and leisure, enjoying the pleasure of mountains and rivers, "Fuchun Mountain Residence Leisure Fuyang" is worth visiting. Mount Huangshan Mountain: 11 key scenic spots are free for young people. Where do you go to enjoy the beautiful scenery in summer? In the Yangtze River Delta, Mount Huangshan is always a recommended choice. This summer, the "Four Seasons Meeting in Mount Huangshan in Summer" conference hosted by the CPC Mount Huangshan Municipal Committee and the Mount Huangshan Municipal People's Government was held in Shanghai. Ling Yun, secretary of the Mount Huangshan Municipal Party Committee, sincerely invited Shanghai citizens to visit Mount Huangshan. Liu Li, Vice Mayor of Mount Huangshan Municipal People's Government, is making a "Four Seasons Meeting in Mount Huangshan in Summer"

Today, Ant Group, which has just been fined 7.1 billion yuan by the financial management department, announced the completion of rectification and launched a share repurchase plan. It will use its own funds to repurchase some of the shares of existing shareholders, with a repurchase ratio not exceeding 7.6% of the total share capital. According to the repurchase plan, the price of Ant Group's repurchase this time corresponds to a company valuation of approximately RMB 567.1 billion, a decrease of about 40% compared to the 2018 C-round financing valuation. The shares repurchased by Ant Group will be transferred to the employee equity incentive pool. Like many Internet companies, Ant launched an employee stock ownership plan at the beginning of its business. Ant has stated that it will use the repurchase of shares to supplement the employee incentive pool and also meet the liquidity needs of shareholders. According to public information, Ant Group continues to provide feasible liquidity solutions to shareholders in an appropriate manner, as of 2022

The 6th China International Import Expo has a new friend-Muji. This well-known Japanese company, which has been widely recognized in China, will participate in the CIIE for the first time this year. Why did Muji choose to participate in the Expo this year, when it had rarely participated in exhibitions around the world before? China's general manager, Mr. Shimizu, explained the reason, hoping to use the "Expo debut" to convey two visions: one is to bring Chinese design to the global market, and the other is to show the outside world the unchanging determination to take root in the Chinese market. Show "Chinese Design" to the world. In fact, before officially deciding to participate in the exhibition this year, MUJI continued to pay attention to the previous CIIE and sent multiple teams to the exhibition. In Shimizu's view, the Expo is the world's leading international "big stage", which can enable enterprises to increase the number of trade in the industry.

This afternoon, the "Chinese Enterprise Sustainable Development Forum" hosted by Shanghai Oriental Reading Club and undertaken by Shanghai Qingpu West Hongqiao Tonglian Innovation Industrial Park was held in Shanghai. Zhou Hanmin, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association, said that the road to continuous economic expansion with strong investment in continuous production factors should end. High-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. Wang Hanyu, vice president of Canhui International, believes that green, low-carbon and sustainable development is a necessary choice for Chinese-style modernization development. In sustainable development, private enterprises also want to devote themselves to urban renewal. She said that in the future, it will strengthen the planning and layout of the green leading system, promote low-carbon and zero-carbon communities, and explore the path of green finance to support urban renewal.

Northeasterner and Professor Tang Xiaoou from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, known in the industry as the pioneer and explorer of global facial recognition technology. He founded the Multimedia Laboratory at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and became the "Whampoa Military Academy in the field of computer vision". Most domestic AI vision companies have connections with this laboratory. On July 6th, at the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, this military strategist in the field of facial recognition talked about his three top students and launched an alternative "Versailles". Tang Xiaoou said that in 2010, Jeffrey Hinton, Joshua Bengio, and Yang Likun, three later Turing Award winners, jointly opened the door to "deep learning". In 2011, Jeffrey Hinton and Chinese scholar Deng Li from Microsoft achieved a groundbreaking breakthrough in deep learning speech recognition. 2012