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On June 21, it was reported on the Internet that Liu Moumou, director of the Jingchuan County Meteorological Bureau of Pingliang City, had an improper relationship with others. On the same day, the discipline inspection department of the party group of our bureau accepted reports from the masses. The bureau's party group attached great importance to it and immediately set up a special work class to verify the investigation. At present, Liu Moumou, the person involved, has been suspended. The bureau's party group will further deal with the investigation results in accordance with disciplines and regulations and announce them to the public. I sincerely thank all sectors of society for their concern and supervision. Party Committee of Pingliang Meteorological Bureau of the Communist Party of China June 21, 2023

Russian President Putin said in a meeting with Russian military academy graduates at the Kremlin on the 21st that the first batch of "Sarmat" missile systems equipped with heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles will soon enter combat duty. Putin stated that developing the military and ensuring reliable security for Russia remains an absolute priority for the country. More than half of Russia's strategic missile forces are equipped with the latest version of the Yars missile system, and Russia is currently equipping its strategic missile forces with the Pioneer hypersonic missile system. He said that Russia will continue to develop its "trinity" nuclear power, which will help "effectively and reliably ensure strategic deterrence and maintain global power balance.". Russia claims that its fifth generation heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, the Salmat, weighs over 200 tons and can carry a variety of nuclear warheads, including hypersonic warheads,

On June 21st local time, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that due to inflation in the United States being "far above" the expected level, there may be further interest rate hikes in the future. Powell is expected to attend a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee later. According to his testimony submitted in advance, inflation in the United States has eased since mid-20th last year, but inflationary pressures remain high. The process of combating inflation and bringing it back to 2% is still a long and arduous task. Therefore, almost all participants in the Federal Open Market Committee in the United States expect that further interest rate hikes before the end of 2023 are "appropriate". Since March 2022, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates ten times in a row to combat inflation, from the initial zero rate to the current 5% to 5.25%, reaching the highest level since the end of 2007

Wu Xi, Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended the "Linjia No. 7 Salon" special briefing held in Beijing today. At the meeting, Wu Xi shared the touching story of the Chinese government's evacuation of Chinese citizens from Sudan and their journey back thousands of miles. Wu Xi said that during the evacuation period, the staff of the Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted the consular officials on the evacuation convoy every half hour to determine their safety status. The Consular Protection Center has a dedicated blackboard to track how many people have been safely transferred. Every Chinese citizen has precise statistics on which direction they evacuated from and when they completed their evacuation. There are a total of 1508 Chinese citizens, and we are all precise to the nearest individual. China helped 231 foreign citizens from 8 countries evacuate. Wu Xi stated that during the evacuation process, we not only safely evacuated our own citizens, but also

This year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the cultural flavor is becoming stronger and more connected to summer vacation. Multiple tourism platforms have released data on the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, which will continue the trend of increasing tourism popularity during the May Day holiday and may become the "hottest" Dragon Boat Festival holiday in the past five years. The national ports will also usher in a "small peak" of inbound and outbound passenger flow, with the peak number of inbound and outbound passengers expected to exceed 1.4 million per day. What are the new trends in China's gradually recovering tourism market? Let's follow together. Do you plan to travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday? It is predicted that 100 million people will travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year, driving tourism consumption to 37 billion yuan, which is expected to exceed the level of the same period in 2019. It is also predicted that during the Dragon Boat Festival, ports across the country will experience a "small peak" in inbound and outbound passenger flow, and cruise outbound tourism will gradually resume. Predicting that the number of inbound people during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday is higher than that of outbound people

On the 20th, the South Korean government passed a proposal to establish a drone combat command to counter North Korea's rapidly rising drone capabilities. At the same time, the latest satellite images released by US media show that North Korea may be developing a "Global Hawk" level drone. According to Yonhap News Agency on the 20th, the South Korean Army's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations Command plans to be established in September this year. It will carry out strategic and operational monitoring, reconnaissance, strike, psychological warfare, electronic warfare, and other tasks, and be responsible for enhancing the combat capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles. The South Korean Ministry of Defense stated that this move is aimed at addressing changes in the security environment such as North Korea's drone crossing and increased drone usage in modern and future wars. South Korean Prime Minister Han Deju's Ministry of Defense and Joint Staff Headquarters hope that the newly established unmanned aerial vehicle combat command will be successfully established to carry out operations as soon as possible

According to a report by Agence France Presse in Stockholm, the Swedish military said on the 21st that during a training exercise with NATO invited by Sweden, American bombers landed in the country for the first time in modern history. Sweden abandoned its two century long military non alignment policy last year and sought to join NATO. It announced earlier this month that it is ready to receive NATO troops and supplies on its own territory before becoming a member of NATO. According to reports, the Swedish military said that two US B-1B bombers landed at an air force base in northern Sweden on June 19th. Swedish Air Force spokesperson Luis Levin said, "We are conducting joint air force and army exercises with bomber task forces." She did not mention how long the exercises will last. The military stated in a statement that "for the first time since modern times, American bombers have..."

Good morning! Watch the news "early reading" is coming! On Thursday, June 22, 2023, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Shanghai was cloudy, 24~32 ℃. Today's attention was paid to the extension of the new energy vehicle purchase tax relief policy until the end of 2027. The executive meeting of the State Council held before ※ proposed to continue and optimize the new energy vehicle purchase tax relief policy. Vice Minister of Finance Xu Hongcai introduced at the State Council's regular policy briefing on the 21st that the new energy vehicle purchase tax reduction and exemption policy will be extended to the end of 2027, and the reduction and exemption will gradually decline annually. According to preliminary estimates, the total amount of vehicle purchase tax reduction and exemption from 2024 to 2027 will reach 520 billion yuan. In recent years, a series of fiscal and taxation policies to support the development of the new energy automobile industry have been introduced. According to Xu Hongcai

Is the full fare for the same high-speed train to Hong Kong more expensive than the total segmented fare? Recently, many cities in mainland China have opened high-speed trains to Hong Kong. Some netizens have questioned the 12306 software, which shows that the full fare of the same high-speed train to Hong Kong is higher than the total fare of segmented tickets divided by Shenzhen North. The reporter found that the full fare for each seat on the high-speed rail to Hong Kong in Wuhan, Chongqing, and Guangzhou is higher than the total fare for segmented tickets with Shenzhen North Station as the boundary for the same train. Taking the starting station Wuhan as an example, the full fare for the G79 second-class seat on the train from Wuhan to West Kowloon, Hong Kong is 678.5 yuan, while the fare for the second-class seat from Wuhan to Shenzhen North is 538 yuan, and the fare for the second-class seat from Shenzhen North to West Kowloon, Hong Kong is 75 yuan. The full fare is 65.5 yuan higher than the total fare for the segment. Regarding this, 12306 customer service told Red Star News that ticket prices are influenced by multiple factors such as mileage

On June 21st, a reporter from Chao News learned from relevant departments and parents of children in Song County, Luoyang, Henan that there has been the latest progress in the corporal punishment of students by an English teacher at the Central Primary School in Deting Town, Song County. Currently, the teacher involved has been dismissed, and both parties have reached an agreement to negotiate compensation. On June 20th, a netizen revealed that a young girl in the first and fourth grades of Central Primary School in Deting Town, Songxian County, Henan Province, was injured and hospitalized after being hit by her teacher Wang with a stick due to failing her English exam. The local education and sports bureau has confirmed that it has received relevant complaints and intervened in the investigation. The injured area where the child was physically punished by the English teacher. On June 21st, the Chao News reporter contacted the government of Deting Town. The staff stated that after the incident, the government of Deting Town also participated in assisting the investigation. "The teacher involved was a temporary worker and has been dismissed. Both parties have reached an agreement to negotiate compensation."

On June 21st, Indian Prime Minister Modi began a four-day visit to the United States. This is not Modi's first visit to the United States. Since 2014, he has visited the United States six times and also had talks with then Vice President Biden. But unlike in the past, the level of invitation from the US government to Modi's visit to the United States this time is a "state visit", the highest level of diplomatic visit, and this is also Modi's first "state visit" to the United States. Behind such a sweet surface, there is a small calculation being made by both countries. The United States chose to receive Modi at a time of tension between China and India, so that it "turned a blind eye" to India's position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and domestic human rights issues, for obvious reasons. A US magazine claimed that the government prioritizes traditional geopolitics over human rights, and "Biden gritted his teeth to welcome Modi.". this

According to the news on June 21 on the website of Hunan Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, Hunan Provincial Radio and Television Bureau replied on May 8 to Fu Zengjun, a representative of the first session of the 14th Provincial People's Congress, on "Suggestions on Rectifying the Disorder of Smart TV Charging", saying that in recent years, the State Administration of Radio and Television has attached great importance to the social public opinion reflection of "the disorderly phenomenon of smart TV charging", and jointly with the Central Office of Network Information Technology and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the State Council and other departments has held two meetings on the management of Internet TV communication order to deploy relevant work. Hunan Provincial Radio and Television Bureau conscientiously implements the unified deployment of the State Administration of Radio and Television, and urges Hunan Radio and Television Station to carry out targeted rectification and implementation of Mango TV integrated broadcast control and Internet TV in accordance with the principle of. The Hunan Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, in conjunction with the Provincial Party Committee's Cyberspace Administration and the Provincial Administration for Market Regulation, has taken the suggestions of military representatives seriously

Recently, the stock housing information release platform in Daxing District, Beijing has been officially launched and opened for free to citizens with second-hand housing buying and selling needs in Daxing District. It is understood that many governments are trying to build independent second-hand housing trading service platforms, and similar "official intermediary" platforms have been launched in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Tangshan and other places. What are the benefits of the "second-hand house direct sales" platform? Can buying a house save money? What kind of people are suitable for "direct sales of second-hand houses"? What are the issues to pay attention to when selling second-hand houses directly? Let's take a look at this issue of Quick Questions and Quick Answers ↓ Q What are the benefits of the "Second hand Housing Direct Sales" platform? Can buying a house save money? A: In recent years, many governments across the country have launched "second-hand housing direct sales" platforms, which help to break the asymmetry of housing information between buyers and sellers, as well as intermediary agencies, in the process of second-hand housing transactions, and enable the second-hand housing market to trade

According to the website of the Star Spangled Banner on June 20th, the fuel pollution scandal of the US Navy in Hawaii continues to ferment. According to reports, another 1000 family members of US military personnel and civilians sued the federal government on the 20th, citing that they fell ill after drinking water contaminated with aviation fuel near the US Navy's Red Mountain storage facility in Hawaii. Hundreds of people have filed lawsuits over water pollution issues before. In 2022, Hawaiian residents called for the closure of the US Navy's Red Mountain fuel storage facility. The Red Mountain bulk fuel storage facility located on Oahu Island, about 5 miles northwest of Honolulu, by the United States Navy, was closed a year ago due to a leak that resulted in the discovery of aviation fuel in nearby wells that supplied water to tens of thousands of military communities in the area, such as the Pearl Harbor Hickam Joint Base. Lawyers say that root

According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, experienced a large-scale power outage on the 21st, affecting about 100000 residents. It is said that the cause of large-scale power outages is "power grid system failure". The lives of residents in the five districts of Kiev have been affected. According to power supplier Donbass Fuel and Energy Company, the surrounding areas of Kiev have also been affected by power outages. The report states that photos taken from Kiev show that the tram was forced to stop on the streets due to a power outage. The report also stated that several areas in Kiev were affected by brief power outages on the 20th after a Russian drone attack. According to Ukrainian authorities, all drones have been intercepted. In addition, according to the Russian Sputnik News Agency, Ukrainian media said that many areas in Kiev suffered power outages, and the vehicles that needed electricity were also shut down. According to reports, in the early morning of June 20th, Ukraine

According to Agence France Presse on June 20th, Qatar announced on the 20th that it has once again signed a 27 year supply agreement with a Chinese company. Meanwhile, Qatar is expanding production from the world's largest natural gas field. According to the agreement, Qatar will supply 4 million tons of liquefied natural gas to China National Petroleum Corporation Limited annually, making it the longest agreement in the industry's history, similar to the agreement signed between Qatar and China National Petroleum and Chemical Corporation in November last year. On June 18th, the "Lia" ship carrying over 200000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas from Qatar successfully docked at berth 3 of the Xintian LNG project in Caofeidian, Tangshan, Hebei. According to reports, Asian countries represented by China, Japan, and South Korea are the main markets for natural gas in Qatar

On the 18th local time, a US deep-sea submersible that was investigating the wreckage of the Titanic went missing in the eastern waters of Canada. According to reports, this private deep-sea submersible from the US underwater exploration company "Ocean Gate" carried five people. This includes British billionaire Hamish Harding, French diver Paul Henry Nagoulit, the head and CEO of Ocean Gate, Stockton Rush, as well as 48 year old Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Daud and his 19-year-old son Suleiman Daud. From left to right are: French diver Paul, British billionaire Hamish, CEO of Ocean Gate Stockton Shahzada, and son Suleiman. According to Southern Metropolis Daily on the 19th, the coastguard of the United States and Canada dispatched planes and

Recently, a man in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou got lost in the green belt and survived for three days by eating wild flowers and drinking dew. Netizens have expressed curiosity about the green belt that leaves people lost for three days. On June 21st, staff from the Xiaoshan District Garden and Greening Maintenance Management Office told Jimu News reporters that they are currently investigating the location of the incident, but the video shows lush trees and weeds, unlike the long-term maintenance of the green belt, suggesting that it is an undeveloped area. According to the article on "Xiaoshan Public Security" WeChat official account, on the morning of June 5, Mr. Zhao, a Hangzhou citizen, reported to the Xiaoshan Ningwei Police Station that his brother had lost contact for three days. It is reported that his older brother, Uncle Zhao, is 52 years old and works at a construction site. He left the site early on June 3rd and did not return. His family searched for a long time but did not receive anything, so they had to seek help from the police. The police are searching for people in the green belt and Ning Wei is dispatched

Some attentive members of the public, looking through the calendar, found that this year's Summer Solstice and Dragon Boat Festival staged "hand in hand". Popular science experts said that it is relatively rare for the Summer Solstice to be closely linked to the Dragon Boat Festival or the Dragon Boat Festival to the Summer Solstice. Taking the 100 years of the 21st century as an example, there are only 7 such years. The Summer Solstice is the longest day and shortest night of the year in the northern hemisphere. The custom of eating noodles is very popular in most parts of our country; the Dragon Boat Festival is my country's first festival selected as the world's intangible cultural heritage. There is a custom of eating zongzi. Why are these two important days closely linked this year? Lai Dihui, a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society and director of the Tianjin Astronomical Society, explained that the Earth's revolution is a year, with 12 months in a year, with an average of one solar term every 15 days, for a total of 20 a year.

Starting from the end of 2021, Meng Fanren, an octogenarian, began his journey as a UP master. In the first video, he talked about his desire to step out of his study and communicate with young people. Mr. Meng Fanren, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a renowned archaeologist, passed away on June 21, 2023 in Beijing due to illness at the age of 83. Mr. Meng Fanren was born in August 1939 in Yixian, Liaoning Province. He graduated from the Department of History at Peking University in 1963 and was assigned to work at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in the same year. Formerly served as the Director of the Han Tang Archaeology Research Office, the Director of the Border Archaeology Research Office, and a member of the Academic Committee of the Archaeology Research Institute, as well as a member of the Evaluation Committee for Historical Film Titles of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Enjoy special government allowances from the State Council. Mr. Meng Fanren

According to a report on the website of the Egyptian newspaper "The Pyramid" on June 20th, a recent report from cybersecurity company IB Group showed that from June 2022 to May 2023, 4588 Egyptians had their ChatGPT accounts hacked and their data was sold on the dark web. The report states that the data that was hacked includes login information and search queries. It is reported that the number of stolen Egyptian accounts ranks first in the Middle East and Africa, followed by Morocco, Algeria and Türkiye. According to the report, according to IB Group statistics, a total of 101134 accounts worldwide have been hacked. According to reports, hackers invade accounts using malicious software that steals information; This type of software steals credentials, bank card details, encrypted wallet information, and user information stored in the browser

On the morning of June 21st, the offshore renminbi briefly fell below the 7.2 level against the US dollar, marking the first time since November last year. As of 12:00 Beijing time on the same day, the US dollar/People's Daily was at 7.1939, the US dollar/offshore RMB was at 7.1966, and the US dollar index was at 102.153. First Financial has previously reported multiple times that the high interest rate spread between China and the United States, weak willingness of exporters to settle foreign exchange, and dividend payments from overseas Chinese listed companies have all led to high seasonal pressure on the renminbi. In addition, although the Federal Reserve suspended interest rate hikes in June, most institutions predict that there may be 1-2 more rate hikes starting in July. "I haven't seen any obvious signs of intervention recently, just market-oriented depreciation," a trader from a foreign bank told reporters. "The exposure to overseas carry trades is high, and exporters won't do it unnecessarily."

According to TASS, Kirilo Budanov, the Director of the Intelligence Agency of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, made his first appearance on Ukrainian television after being rumored to have been seriously injured and stated that everything was normal. Budanov said in a program on the parliamentary television channel, "I laughed it off. False is false... everyone knows, I'm doing well." The report said that Budanov had a conversation with the host during the program about the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, the explosion of a vehicle carrying an official from Zaporizhzhia Oblast to Crimea, and Russia's deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus. In the picture, Budanov shaved his head and was in a room similar to his office that had previously appeared in Ukrainian media reports. Since the end of May, news about Budanov's serious injury has spread through the media and social networks

According to Reuters on the 21st, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian air defense system shot down three drones in the Moscow area on the 21st. The Russian side claimed that this was an attack attempted by the Ukrainian side. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense system used electronic interference to cause the drone to lose control and crash. The attack did not cause any casualties or losses to Russian personnel. Reuters cannot independently verify the details of the incident, nor can it determine who launched these drones. According to reports, Ukraine almost never comments on military operations outside its borders, but drone attacks on Russian territory have become increasingly frequent. Moscow Governor Andrei Vorobiyov said that in the incident on the 21st, two drones were intercepted as they approached Russian military warehouses. TASS reported that these drones are targeting Russian ground forces

According to CCTV news, at the invitation of the China Association of Public Diplomacy, Wu Xi, Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended the "Linjia No. 7 Salon" special briefing held in Beijing today, focusing on introducing the relevant situation of China's consular work in the new era to domestic and foreign media. With regard to the efforts made by China to facilitate the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel since the implementation of "Class B and Class B management" of the COVID-19 epidemic, Wu Xi said that we continued to optimize and adjust the policy for the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel according to the changes in the epidemic situation. At present, the outbound team tour business for Chinese citizens from 60 countries has been resumed. Visitors to China can undergo antigen testing before boarding instead of nucleic acid testing. Visa policies have been restored to pre pandemic levels. International flights to China continue to increase, and the civil aviation department predicts that the number of flights will further increase during this summer vacation. 60 Chinese citizen outbound groups have been restored

Driving all the way north from the center of Tianjin, 150 kilometers later, follow the mountain road in the latter half of Maying Road. At every turn, whether fast or slow, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Guojiagou Village from different angles: the green corridor with vines winding like jade, the colorful flowers competing like oil paintings, the folk houses scattered along the mountains, and the chirping of birds and insects in the trees... Under the sunshine, the "Rainbow Flower Sea" of Guojiagou Village is picturesque with the blue sky and white clouds. Sun Yifei, a journalist from People's Daily Online, captured the beauty of Guojiagou Village in five steps, one scene, and one painting in ten steps. Guojiagou Village, located in Xiaying Town, Jizhou District, is known as the "water town of Jibei" and the "city that never sleeps in the mountains". It is a well-known resort in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. From 2013 to 2021, Guojiagou Village was successively awarded the title of beauty by relevant national departments

The world-famous Hani terraces are considered to be the world's farming wonders created by humans with their hands. The terraces reclaimed by the ancestors of the Hani people more than 1000 years ago have encountered development problems in modern society. How can locals support themselves while protecting the terraced ecosystem? This year marks the 10th anniversary of the successful application for the Honghe Hani Terraces. How has the ecosystem of the Hani terraces been protected over the past decade? What are the latest changes? The "Show Me China" team came to Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province for a field trip to experience how the wisdom of the Hani people has surprised and inspired us in the context of rural revitalization. Producer: Sun Zhiping, Li Yin, Producer: Mi Ligong, Wang Changshan, Plan: Li Zhiang, Co-ordinator: Shi Peng, Li Qin, Yang Yong, Director/Writer: Noble

On June 17th, just after the graduation ceremony, Gao Shuhui, a 2023 graduate student from the School of Journalism and Communication at Yangzhou University, boarded the train heading towards Xinjiang. This Jiangnan girl, after two trips to the west to support teaching, decided to root herself in the border and become a grassroots worker. In the same month, Wang Jiaqi, a fresh graduate majoring in marketing from Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, also successfully joined the position of e-commerce anchor in a new consumer enterprise with the help of the "Golden Bridge Action" promoted by the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League. As a low-income student, Wang Jiaqi faces dual pressures of economic and employment. Fortunately, the entire job search process was accompanied by one-on-one and thoughtful teachers from the college and school Youth League Committee. Wei Huidong, a sophomore student at Hefei University of Technology, has planned a variety of summer activities for himself. He has once again signed up for the "Three Visits to the Countryside" organized by the Xuancheng Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League in Anhui Province

On June 20th, farmers in Xilinzhao Village, Huangzhuang Town, Wen County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, carried out field management at the Tiegan yam planting base. As the summer solstice approaches, farmers from all over the country are busy working in the fields, laying a solid foundation for a bountiful autumn harvest. On June 20th, villagers worked at the pepper planting base in Zhuxi Village, Zhuxi Town, Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. On June 20th, farmers in Tancheng Street, Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, prepared rice seedlings for transplanting. On June 20th, farmers raised seedlings in Qirong Village, Xinjing Town, Jingxi City, Guangxi. On June 20th, at the rice seed production base in Xinrong Village, Gongyi Town, Pengshan District, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, agricultural machinery workers carried out comprehensive prevention and control of plant protection drone diseases and pests. Xinhua Social Development

May Day holiday not enough? Dragon Boat Festival is here! The three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday officially began on June 22nd. As early as May, many people began planning to travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. According to organic sources, this year's Dragon Boat Festival will continue the momentum of May Day and may become the "hottest" Dragon Boat Festival in the past five years. "The hottest" Dragon Boat Festival, where are you going to play? The number of tourists is expected to reach 100 million. Since June, the popularity of tourism around the Dragon Boat Festival, cultural tours, and summer vacations has gradually increased, and consumer demand has been continuously recovering. According to the China Tourism Research Institute, the number of tourists during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year is expected to exceed the same period in 2019, with an estimated 100 million people traveling and a tourism consumption of 37 billion yuan. According to the 2023 Dragon Boat Festival Tourism Forecast Report released by Qunar, apart from popular tourist cities, most cities will