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On June 19, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office, met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the United States in Beijing. Wang Yi said that Mr. Secretary of State's trip to Beijing coincides with a critical juncture in China US relations, requiring a choice between dialogue, confrontation, cooperation, or conflict. History must always move forward, and the relationship between China and the United States must ultimately move forward. There is no way out to reverse history, and it is even more unacceptable to start over from the end. We must adopt a responsible attitude towards the people, history, and the world, reverse the spiral decline of China US relations, promote a return to a healthy and stable track, and jointly find the correct way for China US to coexist in the new era. Wang Yi emphasized that the root cause of the low point in China US relations is that the US holds a wrong understanding of China, leading to incorrect policies towards China. China US relations have gone through ups and downs, and it is necessary for the US to deeply reflect and work with China

This fully sends a strong signal that the central government is increasing its efforts to rectify formalism. As the saying goes, "a thousand lines at the top, a needle at the grassroots level." The grassroots level is the "last mile" of implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, the terminal and peripheral of promoting reform and development, and also the most contradictory problems and work pressure

On June 18th, a netizen posted a video reflecting that tourists were carving characters and praying for blessings on the rock wall of the Hongyun Jinding in the Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area of Tongren, Guizhou. On June 19th, staff at Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area told Beijing Youth Daily that Fanjing Mountain is a national 5A level scenic spot and also a world heritage site. Inscription on the rock walls is not allowed. The scenic area has reported the incident, and the public security and cultural relics protection departments have intervened in the investigation. The scenic area is also searching for tourists involved through multiple channels. The person in charge of the Cultural Relics Protection Center of the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television, and Tourism Bureau of Jiangkou County, Tongren, stated that some of the rock walls in Hongyun Jinding belong to cultural relics protection units. They have now joined forces with the police to verify the situation on site and will handle it according to the location, length, and depth of the inscriptions. A video posted by netizens shows that on June 18th, a man was standing on a rock wall in the Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area

Today, the accountability situation for the sixth batch of transfer issues in the second round of central ecological and environmental protection supervision will be announced to the public. At this point, the second round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections has completed the accountability work for the transfer of issues and has been made public to the public. The last batch of accountability released today involves Hebei, Jiangsu, Inner Mongolia, Xizang, Xinjiang and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Among them, there are prominent issues related to illegal mining in Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei Province, and inadequate implementation of industrial restructuring in the steel industry in Handan; Jiangsu Province has not effectively promoted the cleaning and improvement of the Yangtze River shoreline in Zhenjiang, and the environmental problems in the Suqian section of the Grand Canal are prominent; The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has prominent illegal and irregular mining issues related to the Bayannur Urad Front Banner iron mine, as well as illegal water intake and use in the Qipanjing area of Ordos; The Xizang Autonomous Region involves Changdu

From the evening of June 18 to the morning of June 19, rainstorm and heavy rainstorm occurred in many places of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province. The precipitation in the main urban area was about 165.9 mm. The rainstorm triggered floods in many places of the city. Many roads and houses were flooded with water. Guiyang Fire Department rushed out to rescue 4 people and evacuate 31 trapped people. Guiyang was hit by heavy rainstorm, and urban waterlogging occurred in some urban areas. The picture is surging news. It was learned from Guiyang Fire Rescue Detachment that rainstorm to heavy rainstorm occurred in Yunyan District, Nanming District, Guanshanhu District, Baiyun District, Wudang District, Qingzhen City, Huaxi District and Kaiyang County from the evening of June 18 to 8:00 on June 19. According to the monitoring of the Meteorological Bureau, there are 28 stations of heavy rainstorm and 42 stations of rainstorm, with the maximum hourly rainfall intensity of 99.8 mm/h. The rainfall station of the flood control channel in the main urban area has a precipitation of 165.9 milliliters

Since June, personnel changes in listed banks have been quite intensive. According to incomplete analysis by China Securities Journal and CSI Taurus reporters, since June, Ping An Bank, Ruifeng Bank, Jiangyin Bank and others have issued announcements related to changes in chairman or president. With the change of the board of directors, Zhangjiagang Bank is also expected to welcome a new chairman. In addition, the appointment qualifications of Guo Hao, the new chairman of Zhongyuan Bank, have also been approved. Multiple banks have issued announcements related to the "change of leadership". Recently, there have been personnel changes in the chairman or president of both national and local small and medium-sized banks. The first official announcement was made by Ping An Bank. On June 8th, Ping An Bank held a board meeting and approved the appointment of Ji Guangheng as the President of Ping An Bank. At the same time, he was nominated as a candidate for Executive Director of Ping An Bank, and an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will be held to review the appointment of Executive Director

CCTV News: Today, the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival has successfully concluded, and at the award ceremony on June 17th, major awards have also been assigned. In just ten days, Chinese and foreign filmmakers and masterpieces have gathered together on a broader international exchange and cooperation platform to participate in the Light and Shadow Festival. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Shanghai International Film Festival. For the past 30 years, the Shanghai International Film Festival has adhered to the positioning of "focusing on Asia, paying attention to Chinese language, and supporting newcomers". It has long focused on the growth and development of young filmmakers, explored long-term support mechanisms, and cultivated a large number of new forces for the Chinese film market. On June 17th, the award ceremony of the Shanghai International Film Festival was grandly held, and Chinese filmmakers gained a lot. Director Liu Jiayin of the film "Not Worth It" won the Best Director award, while actors Hu Ge and Da Peng won the Best Actor award

Hubei, the province with the longest coastline of the Yangtze River, is bringing more possibilities to the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt through breakthrough industrial development. The Outline of Hubei Province's Comprehensive Basin Governance and Coordinated Development Plan, released earlier this year, aims to cultivate the five advantageous industries in the province towards world-class industrial clusters; Another three-year action plan for the breakthrough development of the optoelectronic information industry in Hubei Province, also released at the beginning of the year, concretizes the development goals of the electronic information industry with optoelectronic information as its characteristic - by 2024, the industry aims to exceed one trillion yuan in scale, further consolidating and enhancing its unique leading position in the country. Hubei Governor Wang Zhonglin twice described Hubei's industrial development as "breakthrough" in this year's government work report - the past five years have been a "rebirth from the ashes, a brilliant transformation, and achievements in transformation and development."

As the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching in 2023, in order to further tighten discipline requirements and strengthen warning education, the Supervisory Commission of the Shanxi Provincial Commission for discipline Inspection has publicly exposed five typical spiritual problems that have recently been investigated and dealt with in violation of the eight regulations of the CPC Central Committee. The details are as follows: 1. Chen Pengfei, the former deputy mayor of Changzhi City, received gifts in violation of regulations, ate and drank in violation of regulations, and the expenses that should be paid by individuals in violation of regulations were paid by others. From 2013 to 2022, Chen Pengfei took advantage of the holidays and the marriage of his children to receive gifts from management and service objects totaling 570000 yuan, sea cucumbers, mobile phones, red wine and other gifts. He has accepted many banquets from private business owners, organized many meals and paid by private business owners. During this period, he went to and from high-grade hotels and internal canteens of private enterprises to eat high-grade dishes and drink high-grade drinks. Accept or arrange management and service objects many times

On June 19th, Cathay Pacific CEO Lin Shaobo issued a letter to employees, announcing an improvement plan for the "Carpet Gate" incident, which includes enhancing service culture training, expanding the scope of Mandarin services, and recruiting cabin attendants from mainland China. Specifically, starting from July, Cathay Pacific will add a customer-oriented service culture training to its cabin crew, with the aim of helping them gain a new understanding of how to provide consistent and thoughtful service to all customers, and consolidating a diverse and inclusive culture. It is reported that the newly added and ongoing service culture training will complement existing training such as onboarding, promotion, and launching new services, requiring the participation of all cabin crew members. Cathay Pacific will further extend the relevant training to other customer service teams. In response to expanding the scope of Mandarin services, Cathay Pacific Airways Administration

According to TASS on June 19th, Alexei Polisik, Director of the Second Department of the CIS State Affairs Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with TASS that Moscow has issued a warning to any attempt to destabilize the situation along the Dniester River, and provocation against the Russian military stationed there will be seen as an attack on Russia. "We warn against any attempt to destabilize the situation along the Dniester River. Russian military personnel, as part of the joint peacekeeping force and the Russian military special forces, have a legitimate presence in the region," Polishchyk emphasized. "Any action that threatens their safety will be considered an attack on the Russian Federation under international law." Polishchyk said that the Russian armed forces will respond to any provocation against Russian military personnel and will safeguard the Russian people, Russian civilians, and military personnel

On June 18th, the Huashang Daily mini program received complaints about the purchase and refund of tickets for Ren Xianqi's Xi'an concert, mainly related to the addition of "real name viewing" before the ticket rush. The news that idol Ren Xianqi, who has been in the industry for 33 years, is coming to Xi'an to hold a concert, has been circulating not only among local fans in Xi'an but also among fans in many neighboring provinces. Everyone is eagerly anticipating the first wave of ticket grabbing. Ms. Geng from Shanxi, who leaked information to the Huashang Daily mini program, claimed to be born in the 2000s and wanted to snatch tickets for the parents of the 70s who are all fans of Ren Xianqi. The official announcement of the first wave of ticket grabbing by Damai.com is on June 1st at 3pm. Because I don't remember my father's identity information, I

People's Party legislator Lai Hsiang ling questioned whether the whistleblowers had political motives.According to Taiwanese media reports, a woman claiming to be Lai Xiangling's former assistant, Qiu Chenyuan, posted a complaint that during her tenure at Lai Ban, a certain assistant A often had uncomfortable sexual intercourse. As the employer, Lai did not even stop her, which disappointed her. In 2020, at a certain event, when she was wearing a fitted skirt, Qiu Chenyuan looked at her and touched her hand on her thigh. Unlike the previous accused who quickly apologized or went into seclusion, Qiu Chenyuan immediately issued a statement in the early morning, stating that he did not know the woman who posted the article

On the morning of June 19th, the Party Group of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited held a meeting and announced the relevant decisions of the Central Organization Department: Comrade Wang Changqing will be appointed as the Deputy General Manager and Party Group Member of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited; Dismiss Comrade Wei Yiyin from his position as Deputy General Manager and Party Member of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited. The appointment and removal of relevant positions shall be handled in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. According to a search on the official website of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited, the news of the adjustment of the Vice General Manager of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited has been highlighted in red as a "headline" and placed in a prominent position on the website. Wang Changqing was appointed as the President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Third Institute of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited in August 2020, until his new appointment. According to the official website, the Third Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation was established in 1961

On the 19th, the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision reported 5 typical cases of corruption in the field of engineering construction. Qin Jun, former Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Commerce, made illegal decisions to promote the construction of engineering projects. From 2015 to 2017, during his tenure as the Mayor of Xiangyang City, Qin Jun knowingly held multiple meetings to forcefully promote the construction of the Wolong Ancient Town project, despite clear objections from water conservancy and planning departments. The project was demolished due to illegal occupation of floodplain land, resulting in particularly significant losses to national interests. The Qin army also had other serious violations of discipline and law, such as being expelled from the party and public office, and being transferred to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution for suspected criminal issues. Li Zhong, former member of the Party Group and Deputy Mayor of Wuhan Municipal Government, engaged in favoritism and fraud during the process of land collection, storage, and transfer: 20

According to the official website of the Hubei Provincial Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation, Huang Ying has been appointed as a member of the Party Committee of the Hubei Provincial Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation, as well as the Party Secretary and Director of the Wuhan Municipal Taxation Bureau. Huang Ying, female, Han nationality, was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province in August 1971. She joined the CPC in January 1993 and started working in July 1993. She has an on-the-job postgraduate degree and a master's degree. Formerly served as Deputy Director and Director of the Office of the Inspection Bureau of Zhuhai State Taxation Bureau, Chief of the Income Tax Management Department of Zhuhai State Taxation Bureau, Secretary and Director of the Party Group of Wanshan District State Taxation Bureau, Director of the Inspection Bureau of Zhuhai State Taxation Bureau, Member of the Party Group and Chief Economist of Zhuhai State Taxation Bureau, Deputy Director of the Personnel Department of Guangdong State Taxation Bureau, and Director of the Financial Management Department of Guangdong State Taxation Bureau. In May 2020, appointed as a member of the Party Committee and Discipline Inspection Officer of Xiamen Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation

According to the New York Post on June 18th, at Boston Logan International Airport, a United Airlines Boeing 737MAX aircraft collided with the tail end of a Delta Air Lines Airbus A321 on the apron, causing severe shaking between the two planes and scaring passengers. The collision between two passenger planes occurred around 7:20 pm local time on June 16th. At that time, this United Airlines plane was scheduled to fly from Boston to Newark, New Jersey. The report stated that the plane was taxiing on the apron, slowly approaching a Delta Air Lines aircraft waiting to take off, and then the left wing collided with the tail of Delta Air Lines. A video taken by passengers on a Delta flight showed that the plane shook violently for a few seconds, and someone shouted, "Oh my goodness!" Alex, a passenger on a Delta flight, recalled that he and the other passengers

From March 23 to April 23, 2022, the First Central Ecological Environment Protection Inspection Group conducted the second round of central ecological environment protection inspections in Hebei Province. On June 1, 2022, the inspection situation was reported to Hebei Province, and three cases of ecological and environmental damage liability were simultaneously transferred, requiring investigation and handling in accordance with regulations and laws. The Hebei Provincial Party Committee and Government attach great importance to the rectification of feedback issues from central ecological and environmental protection inspections, and always regard it as a practical test of faithfully defending the "two establishment" and resolutely achieving the "two maintenance". The main responsible comrades of the Provincial Party Committee and Government have held multiple meetings to study and formulate rectification plans, deploy and promote rectification work. Established the Hebei Provincial Central Committee with the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and the Governor as the dual team leaders

On June 17th, the website of Nikkei Asia magazine published an article titled "The Global South Tires of Western Disrespect", written by Dino Patti Jalal, former Indonesian Ambassador to the United States, and Michael Sherdrik, co-founder of the Global Citizenship Organization. The article excerpt is as follows: In the global South, certain views on the West are very common. For many people, these views represent the reality they see. They believe that the West tends to criticize others and always gossip about other countries. Although Westerners may consider public criticism to be a common diplomatic practice, in the eyes of many, it is a hypocritical justice and lacks true friendship. They believe that Western criticism is driven by radical media, political incitement, and vested interest groups, with the aim of pleasing domestic voters and advancing their political and economic agenda

The Chinese Consulate General in Toronto recently issued an announcement stating that it will continue to review and issue visas in accordance with laws and regulations, maintain the environment of "peace of mind and safe application", and effectively protect the needs of foreign applicants in the consular area for normal exchanges and cooperation in China; at the same time, if it is found The "scalper inversion" will be dealt with immediately and seriously once verified, no one or organization is allowed to interfere with the order of the consulate general. The Chinese Consulate General in Toronto stated that since the beginning of this year, the number of visa applications for China in the consular area has continued to increase. The Consulate General has taken measures such as increasing manpower, optimizing processes, speeding up, and increasing numbers to meet demand as much as possible. At the same time, some applicants have recently reported to the Consulate General that they were misled by individual social media "swiping numbers and applying for certificates" and their personal information was fraudulently used. Summer vacation is approaching. In order to better meet the demand, the Consulate General has asked for visas that everyone is concerned about.

Should a bright and eye-catching color of the same product be more expensive than "black, white, and gray"? Many people believe that this is a "pink tax". During the 618 promotion, major platforms have sprung up with revelations about the "pink tax" like mushrooms after rain. The so-called "pink tax" by netizens refers to the same material, workmanship, or even identical goods. If they are replaced with bright colors such as pink that women will probably like, and then labeled as "exclusive" to women, the price will rise immediately. A reporter from Pengpai News investigated and found that some products on online shopping platforms, such as dumbbells, clothes, keyboards, shoes, luggage, etc., do indeed match the "pink tax" claimed by netizens, with a maximum price difference of up to 200 yuan, and even pink sockets are sold more expensive than white sockets. These phenomena have also sparked resistance among some female consumers. Someone is on Douban

Last week, two provincial and ministerial level leaders took office successively. Last Thursday, the "Hainan Daily" WeChat official account announced that recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China approved Shen Danyang as the deputy secretary of Hainan Provincial Party Committee; Last Friday, the "Nanfang Daily" WeChat official account released news that recently, the central government approved Guo Yonghang to be the member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the Secretary of the CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee; Dismiss Comrade Lin Keqing from his positions as a member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee. Last week, two provincial capitals welcomed new mayors, and the leaders of two central enterprises underwent adjustments. Two days of new resumes of two provincial and ministerial level leaders revealed that Shen Danyang, male, Han nationality, was born in February 1965 in Zhao'an, Fujian Province, with an on-the-job postgraduate degree, a doctorate in economics, and a researcher. He started work in July 1985 and joined the CPC in June 1985.

In the past week, one tiger each fell, was tried, and was sentenced. Among them, last Wednesday, Qu Min, Vice Chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Political Consultative Conference, fell from his horse. Including Qu Min, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has captured 23 tigers this year. Last week, multiple officials across the country were also investigated. Last Tuesday, the Intermediate People's Court of Datong City, Shanxi Province publicly sentenced Xu Baoyi, a former member of the Party group and deputy general manager of China Reserve Grain Management Group Co., Ltd., to bribery, dereliction of duty by state-owned company personnel, and insider trading. Xu Baoyi was sentenced to eleven years in prison and fined 1.3 million yuan for bribery; Sentenced to four years imprisonment for dereliction of duty by personnel of state-owned companies; Sentenced to six years imprisonment and fined RMB 1000 for the crime of insider trading, and decided to execute a sentence of seventeen years imprisonment,

Climate change has always been a key issue in American society, and this is also true for the incumbent US President Biden and the Democratic Party behind him who are seeking re-election. On June 18th local time, a White House official who declined to be named stated that Biden would announce new climate investments during his trip to California. This move may further pave the way for its election campaign next year. According to Reuters on June 18th, the above-mentioned officials stated on the same day that US President Biden will visit Palo Alto, California on the 19th and announce a plan worth over $600 million to help address potential climate change risks along the US coast. The official also stated that these investments will be funded by Biden's Climate and Infrastructure Act and will include a project worth $575 million

According to TASS, Serbian President Alexander Vucic stated on June 18th that Serbia may face a choice between the European Union and the BRICS countries in the future. According to the report, Vucic was asked during his speech to the whole country whether Serbia may join the BRICS cooperation mechanism instead of the European Union. Regarding this, Vucic said, "Regarding the BRICS countries and the European Union, this is a very likely issue that a country will face in the future." He said, "As long as I remain president, Serbia will follow the European path, and my term is less than four years. Anyway, Serbia will adhere to the European path. Will we be accepted as an EU member state? Obviously not. Because they don't want us." Vucic said, "This will become the new one in 10 or 20 years."

As summer begins in Hangzhou, the high incidence of infectious diseases in spring has passed according to the law. But recently, coughs have been heard in the pediatric waiting room of the First People's Hospital of Hangzhou. "Recently, infectious diseases have increased significantly. Only a week ago, one or two tracheoscopies were performed. Yesterday, just one morning, seven children had tracheoscopies." Zheng Xuyang, deputy chief physician of pediatrics in a city hospital, made a statistics. Recently, the number of outpatient visits in pediatric clinics has been at a high level, and the pediatric ward has been in a "waiting bed" queue. Most of the children have pneumonia, of which mycoplasma pneumonia is the most, accounting for 60% to 70%. After coughing for three weeks, a white patch of Mycoplasma pneumonia appeared in the left lung. In the impression of most parents, if a child gets pneumonia, they will have a high fever. But Zheng Xuyang said that in recent years, atypical symptoms have emerged

The news that Ma Congxian, a sanitation worker in Zigong, Sichuan, was found to have stolen loquats and was beaten by a company employee, resulting in minor injuries. He was also administratively detained for 4 days by the Zigong High tech Public Security Bureau after being reported on the cover news has attracted strong attention and response from netizens. On the day of the incident, the photo questioned netizens: How many loquats did the sanitation workers steal? Does it constitute an illegal act of theft? Is it appropriate to detain sanitation workers for 4 days, and impose a fine of 200 yuan on Shi who assaulted them for 5 days, and a fine of 400 yuan on Shi Mao? On June 18th, the Bancang Police Station of Zigong High tech Public Security Bureau gave a detailed introduction to the basic situation of the case, as well as the police mediation and handling process to Cover News reporters. Questioning netizens asking, "How many loquats have you actually stolen?"? On June 16th, Cover News reported that Zigong was suspected of stealing loquats

On June 19th, according to China Petroleum Network, on June 16th, Hou Qijun, General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party Group of China Petroleum Group, met with Wang Linhu, member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor. The above news shows that Wang Linhu, who has just taken office as the new Vice Governor of Qinghai Province this month, has been confirmed as the Executive Vice Governor. According to the WeChat official account "Qinghai National People's Congress", the second meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Qinghai Provincial People's Congress was closed on June 2. The meeting voted to approve personnel matters and decided to appoint Wang Linhu as the Deputy Governor of Qinghai Province. Previously, Wang Linhu, who was previously a member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, has been appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Party Group of the Qinghai Provincial Government. According to the public resume, Wang Linhu, male, Han ethnicity, was born in November 1969 in Changzhi, Shanxi. He started working in July 1990 and joined China in June 1992

"The largest scale in history!" NATO's "Air Guard 2023" joint military exercise was held in Germany from June 12th to 23rd, with a total of 25 countries, more than 10000 soldiers, and 250 aircraft participating. Western media were pleased with this. But what exactly did it bring to Germany? The military exercise resulted in the closure of airspace, with a cumulative delay of over 50000 minutes per day. According to the plan, the military exercise includes about 2000 flights, covering Germany's airspace in the northeast, northwest, and southwest directions, and extending to the east wing of NATO, flying over Lithuania and Romania, as well as Poland and the Czech Republic. During military exercises, some airspace in southwestern Germany was closed for four hours every day between 13:00 and 17:00. This military exercise has had a significant impact on civil aviation. It is estimated that there are at least 800 flights to change lanes every day, which is tiring

Changsha Medical College, a private medical undergraduate institution located in Changsha, Hunan Province, recently announced a significant salary increase. The average monthly salary per faculty member has been increased by 5000 yuan in one go, and the average monthly salary of faculty members who have been on campus for 3 years or more has increased to 16880 yuan. The increase in salary and benefits for faculty and staff at Changsha Medical College is based on the salary and performance reform plan passed by the school in April this year. According to the introduction of the WeChat official account "Changsha Medical College", in April 2023, the fourth meeting of the faculty congress of Changsha Medical College discussed and approved, taking full account of the feedback of the school trade union, the school running inspection and the feedback of experts in the special survey of the "top leader" project of high-level undergraduate education, as well as the demands of the school's faculty and staff, a one-time salary increase of 5000 yuan/month per capita was implemented from May 1, 2023, and the full amount was paid to the faculty and staff every month