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CCTV News: "Since the beginning of this year, China's industrial economy has generally maintained a recovery and positive development trend." On July 19, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the development of industry and information technology in the first half of 2023. Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said in response to questions from CCTV reporters at the headquarters that the next step is to prioritize stable growth, strive to expand effective demand, and develop and strengthen emerging industries. Zhao Zhiguo believes that since the beginning of this year, China's industrial economy has generally maintained a recovery and positive development trend. In the first half of the year, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 3.8% year-on-year, with growth rates accelerating by 0.4 and 0.8 percentage points respectively compared to the first half of last year and the first quarter of this year. As the backbone of the manufacturing industry, the equipment manufacturing industry maintains a good development momentum, and the automotive industry

CCTV News: The hot weather in recent days has been "roasting" every outdoor worker. There is a group of curtain wall installers in the Western Science City who successfully complete outdoor work by playing hide and seek with the sun every day, ensuring the smooth completion of the project schedule. Just after 8 o'clock in the morning, the outdoor air temperature in Chongqing had already exceeded 30 ℃. In the second section of the first phase of the Jinfeng City Center, the curtain wall installation project was carried out by wearing safety gear, carrying a large water cup, and taking an elevator to the exterior facade of the building, which was over 20 meters high. The fa ç ade of this project is mostly installed with glass, and construction at night not only causes pollution such as light and noise, but also increases the risk of work. Therefore, Cheng Yao and his colleagues almost all work during the day. In order to ensure timely completion of the project schedule and avoid direct sunlight damage

Recently, a video of "a man in white delivering an umbrella to a mother and daughter in a rainstorm" in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province was recorded by passing car owners, and netizens said directly after watching it: "This scene is very warm!" At 5:00 p.m. on July 12, Mr. Hu, the video photographer, was driving at the intersection and waiting for the green light when it was suddenly stormy. A mother and daughter in the middle of the road were unable to move forward and fell to the ground in the rainstorm. In rainstorm weather, Mr. Hu dared not rush forward to help. When he hesitated, a big brother in white stopped his car and crossed the road with an umbrella to the mother and daughter! The big brother in white picked up the mother and daughter and gave them an umbrella. A passing tricycle driver also stopped and extended a helping hand to help the mother and daughter lift the electric bike. The big brother in white then led the little girl into the car to take shelter from the rain and passed through the traffic police department

CCTV News: The National Development and Reform Commission released data yesterday showing that in the first half of this year, multiple economic indicators have rebounded and improved. In the first half of the year, 6.78 million new urban jobs were added nationwide, an increase of 240000 compared to the same period last year, achieving 56.5% of the annual target. In the first half of the year, industrial power generation above designated size in China reached 4168 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%; The electricity consumption of the whole society in China increased by 5.0% year-on-year. In the first half of this year, 8641 China Europe regular trains increased by 16% year on year. In addition, the National Development and Reform Commission released data yesterday that in the first half of this year, China's imports and exports to countries along the "the Belt and Road" increased by 9.8% year on year, 7.7 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate. In the first half of the year, China Europe freight trains operated 8641 trains and transported 936000 TEUs of goods, respectively, year-on-year

CCTV News: The Ministry of Finance held a press conference this morning to release the financial revenue and expenditure situation for the first half of 2023. In the first half of this year, the national general public budget expenditure was 13389.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%. Key expenditures such as basic livelihood, rural revitalization, and education were effectively guaranteed. Data shows that in the first half of the year, the national general public budget revenue was 11920.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.3%. Among them, tax revenue was 9966.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.5%; Non tax revenue was 1954.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6%. Xue Xiqian, Deputy Director of the Treasury Payment Center of the Ministry of Finance: The growth rate of fiscal revenue is relatively high, mainly due to the implementation of a large-scale value-added tax retention and refund policy starting from April last year, with a large number of centralized tax refunds, which has led to a decrease in economic recovery growth

CCTV News: At yesterday's routine policy briefing of the State Council, relevant officials from the Ministry of Commerce introduced that the country recently issued "Several Measures to Promote Home Consumption", proposing 11 policy measures in four aspects. Jointly unleash the potential of home consumption, consolidate the momentum of consumption recovery, and better meet the needs of people for a better life. The country will focus on green, intelligent, and aging friendly development, improve supply quality, innovate consumption scenarios, and promote the recovery and upgrading of home consumption. Vice Minister of Commerce Sheng Qiuping: For example, in conjunction with the renovation of old urban communities, support residents to withdraw housing provident fund for the installation of elevators and other self occupied housing renovations, and expand the scope of support to both the individual and their spouse's parents; Combining the aging friendly renovation of residential buildings, supporting the establishment of elderly zones in home furnishing stores and e-commerce platforms, and supporting elderly households

CCTV News: The State Council Information Office held a press conference this morning, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology introduced that with a series of stable economic policies continuing to show their effects since March, the added value of China's large-scale industries increased by 3.8% year-on-year in the first half of this year, and the industrial economy recovered and improved. In the first half of the year, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 3.8% year-on-year, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared to the first quarter. Among them, the year-on-year growth rates in May and June were 3.5% and 4.4% respectively, showing a trend of monthly recovery. Industrial investment continues to expand, with a year-on-year growth of 8.9% in the first half of the year, an increase of 0.3 percentage points compared to the first quarter. In the first half of the year, exports of electric vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaics increased by 61.6% year-on-year. Marginal improvement in enterprise benefits, narrowing profit decline for three consecutive months, and profit structure

CCTV News: Continue to watch the "Seeing Beautiful China from Here" series of reports and witness the new chapter of beautiful China being continuously written on the new journey. Today, we followed CCTV reporters from the headquarters to visit clean energy bases and learn about the secrets of energy conservation and emission reduction. Let's first go to the northern part of Hebei. The Zhangbei Flexible DC Power Grid Project is a network that can transport various forms of energy such as large-scale wind energy, solar energy, pumped storage, etc. It theoretically breaks through the limitations of the strength of the AC power grid, the distance of new energy convergence, and other factors on the integration of new energy into the grid. Through it, the "infinite scenery" of Zhangbei smoothly entered Beijing. There is a pumped storage power station in this power grid, with water as the medium and lifting room. Electric energy and potential energy are converted into each other, which not only consumes the surplus wind, solar and green electricity transmitted in Zhangbei area, but also maintains the safe operation of the power grid, like a huge "charging" system

CCTV News: Pumped storage has solved the problem of not being able to store clean energy. How can we truly stabilize clean energy? Now let's cross over to the Qinghai Tibet Plateau and learn about another world-class project - the Kola Photovoltaic Power Station, Phase I of the Yalong River Lianghekou Hydroelectric Power Station, which complements water and light. On the Zhalatosan Snow Mountain in western Sichuan, with an altitude of 4600 meters, the world's largest water solar complementary power station - Kola Photovoltaic Power Station - shines brightly in the sunlight of the plateau. At the end of June, this power station with a total investment of over 5.3 billion yuan and an installed capacity of 1 million kilowatts was put into operation, with an average annual power generation of 2 billion kilowatt hours. This is also the first time in the world that the installed capacity of water solar complementary power stations has been increased to the level of one million kilowatts. Yang Zhiwei, Project Manager of Guotou Yalong River Hydroelectric Kela Water Photovoltaic Complementary Power Station: Our photovoltaic power generation is relative to others

CCTV News: Recently, over 400000 acres of Sichuan pepper in Dayao County, Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan Province have entered the picking period. This year's Sichuan pepper market is doing well, and pepper farmers have also gained more substantial income. In Dayao, Yunnan, verdant Sichuan pepper trees cover the mountains and fields, with clusters of round and plump Sichuan peppers hanging on the branches. The pepper farmers are harvesting, transporting, and loading, creating a busy scene. Due to the early drought and lack of rain, the yield of Sichuan pepper has decreased this year. However, the hot and dry weather has also reduced the pests and diseases of Sichuan pepper, resulting in better quality and significantly higher prices than the same period last year. Fresh Sichuan pepper can be sold for 8 yuan per kilogram, which is about 2 yuan higher than last year. Li Yanjuan, a villager from Xintian Village, Sanchahe Town: My family planted over 20 acres of Sichuan pepper, and after picking two acres, it sold for over 18000 yuan. I think this industry is very good

CCTV News: At yesterday's routine policy briefing of the State Council, relevant officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology introduced that China's green building materials revenue has maintained rapid growth, and in the future, the country will take multiple measures to promote the greening of home consumption. This year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and six other departments continue to promote the activity of bringing green building materials to rural areas, and the number of pilot areas has increased to 12. In the first half of the year, the operating revenue of green building materials exceeded 100 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of over 20%, and the sales revenue of e-commerce platforms reached nearly 2 billion yuan, a growth of 27%. At present, the number of certified green building materials enterprises in China has reached 4305, with a total of 7284 green building materials certification certificates issued, an increase of 3.3 and 3.8 times compared to 2022, respectively. In the future, the country will drive the entire green building materials industry chain into agriculture through industry and project support

CCTV News: In recent days, 230000 acres of early rice in Xuancheng City, Anhui Province have been harvested with sickles, and the fields and fields are full of bountiful harvests. In the early rice field of Li Guoqiang, a grain grower in Hanting Town, Xuancheng City, the harvester shuttles back and forth in the rice field, harvesting early rice. Li Guoqiang planted over 3000 acres of early rice this year. Thanks to the research and development of high-yield early rice technology and the implementation of mechanized rice direct broadcasting, his family's early rice yield per mu has reached 600 kilograms this year. Li Guoqiang, a grain grower in Hanting Town, Xuanzhou District: This year's weather is still ideal for early rice production. It is understood that this year, Xuancheng City has completed nearly 230000 acres of early rice planting, and it is expected to complete the city's early rice harvesting and late rice planting tasks by early August.

CCTV News: In recent days, due to the continuous high temperature, the temperature in Turpan, Xinjiang has risen rapidly. The sustained high temperature has a certain impact on some grapes during the ripening and swelling stages, and local measures are being taken to ensure grape harvest. At around 7am on July 16th, Zakerjiang Wumaier, a fruit farmer from Bagri Community, Grape Town, Gaochang District, Turpan City, started picking fresh grapes in the vineyard. Turpan City is located in a basin with low terrain and slow heat dissipation after accumulation. Although the temperature difference between day and night is conducive to sugar precipitation, it is still necessary to observe the growth and development of grapes. At the same time, the local authorities promptly conveyed high-temperature warning information and provided follow-up and guidance in various aspects such as pruning, irrigation, fertilization, picking and sales, fully ensuring the smooth progress of grape sales work. This year, the grape planting area in Turpan City reached 543800

Chengdu, July 19th (Xinhua) - "Our dance troupe has specially filmed this video to celebrate the Chengdu Universiade, allowing netizens to see the charm of our Chengdu people!" Recently, Zhang Chunyan, a resident of Xindu District, Chengdu, uploaded a dance video she and her friends from the square dance team filmed to a certain short video platform to participate in the online dance performance activity of the Chengdu Federation of Literary and Art Circles to welcome the Universiade. In less than a week, the video has exceeded 30000 views. The 31st Summer Universiade has entered the final countdown. During the preparation period for the sports event, cultural activities benefiting the people were deeply carried out, with flowers blooming everywhere, providing citizens with more and higher quality cultural services. The atmosphere of "Yiqi Welcoming the Universiade" in Chengdu is becoming increasingly strong, consolidating the cultural foundation of happiness in the city. Since last year, the Chengdu Federation of Literary and Art Circles has organized the "Love Cheng" campaign

On July 18th, a delegation of teachers and students from mainland Chinese universities who are currently visiting Taiwan visited the Chinese Culture University and the Taipei Palace Museum to experience the charm of ethnic music and the common cultural memory of both sides of the Taiwan Strait. According to reports from Taiwan media such as the Central News Agency, China Times News Network, and ETtoday News Cloud, Chen Kaidi, a Chinese language student at Peking University, exchanged piano skills with Taiwanese students at the Music Hall of the University of Culture of China. He brought performances of ethnic instruments such as guzheng, pipa, and Zhongruan, and performed songs such as "A Smile in the Canghai Sea" and "Full Moon and Flowers", receiving applause from the whole audience. "I've shaken out all the attendees today," Chen Kaidi said with a smile in an interview. She said that everyone communicates through music, and also jointly inherits Chinese traditional culture and national instruments. Taiwanese student Chen Jialing, who participated in the ensemble, praised Chen Kaidi“

Today, people do not see the ancient moon. The moon once shone like the ancient moon, and the bright moon always shines like me. Meeting in Chang'an is fate, just like a thousand people have a thousand Hamlets in their hearts, and people from different countries also have different thoughts of Li Bai. He is a wanderer who looks up at the bright moon and bows his head to think of his hometown, a young man in fresh clothes who wants to climb up to the blue sky and embrace the bright moon, and also a drunken poet who is drunk and crushes the white clouds. Every sentence can outline the silhouette of this legendary figure in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Therefore, it is not easy to tell the story of Li Bai well. The recent release of the domestically produced anime "Chang'an 30000 Miles" seems to have succeeded in gaining popularity. Unlike the traditional storytelling style of the protagonist, this film takes the perspective of Tang Dynasty frontier poet Gao Shi and uses an observer's objective identity to reminisce about his decades long friendship and interaction with Li Bai,

On July 18th, Xinhua News Agency reported that for the first time, Li Xuan, a 27 year old Taiwanese new media personality, set foot in the northwest region of mainland China. In Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, where the Yellow River passes through the city, she found an unexpected "gentleness". "I thought the wind here would make my hair look messy, but I didn't expect it to be so comfortable." Sitting on a night cruise on the Yellow River, the summer evening breeze made Li Xuan feel "extremely healed.". On the evening of July 16th, Li Xuan accompanied an interview team on a night tour of the Yellow River. Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Yang took a photo of Li Xuan being invited to participate in the "Silk Road style is as beautiful as Gansu" cross-strait journalist joint interview activity. From the 16th to the 24th, she and more than 20 media reporters visited Lanzhou, Wuwei, Jinchang, Zhangye, Jiuquan and other places. At the beginning of the journey, an incredibly fresh feeling rushed in. Seeing the scenery of the Great West on the plane,

The formalization of clocking in and leaving marks has been a long-standing trend. Especially with the development of mobile Internet technology, this problem once moved from "desk" to "finger tip", from "paper-based" to "digital", and new trends such as "finger tip formalism" and "digital formalism" appeared. There are too many local government apps

On the morning of July 18th, at the 2023 China Cyber Civilization Conference held in Xiamen, Fujian, five representatives, Zhao Ziyi, a student from Beijing Yuying School, Chen Zilong, a student from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Long Yang, a host of China Central Radio and Television, Lang Zheng, a "respectful doll" from Mianyang, Sichuan, and Yuan Yuan, a teacher from the School of Chinese Literature at Overseas Chinese University, jointly released the "Convention on Cyber Civilization for Youth in the New Era.". Civilization is the profound meaning of achieving human development, and it also has the same practical context in cyberspace.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Mao Zedong and other older generations of revolutionaries writing inscriptions for Comrade Lei Feng, exploring the eternal code of Lei Feng's spirit.The shining light of Lei Feng's belief in "wholeheartedly towards the Party, towards socialism, and towards communism" will always shine. The core of Lei Feng's spirit lies in not forgetting his roots. This "root" is to feel the gratitude of the Party, listen to the Party's words, follow the Party, and strive for the lofty ideal of communism. The most prominent feature of Lei Feng is that he connects himself with his country, the individual and the larger self, thinks about problems and handles things, always putting the call of the Party and the needs of the motherland first.

Communists must remember that serving the people is the greatest achievement. We must adhere to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly when planning to advance our work, adhere to the development concept of putting the people at the center, adhere to the principle of development for the people, rely on the people for development, and share the fruits of development with the people, and bring good deeds to the hearts of the people——Looking back on the century long journey, history has shown that the growth of young people cannot be separated from the nourishment and practice of the people

Recently, the reporter walked into Qushui County, Lhasa City. Inside a 186 meter long and 23 meter wide greenhouse, the fruits and melons were fragrant, and the temperature control, ventilation, and water and fertilizer systems were all in place. Villager Qu Zhen is busy picking watermelons, while her husband Guo Heyan is hanging ropes for sweet melon seedlings on the side. "Now that my wife and I are getting older, we only manage this one shed. After deducting expenses, we can still earn two to three hundred thousand yuan a year," Guo Heyan said with a smile. Take the initiative to break the "siphon effect" of Qushui, which is only 60 kilometers away from the center of Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang Autonomous Region, known as the "South Gate of Lhasa". With its outstanding geographical advantages, from the circular industry of handling medical solid waste in the urban area of Lhasa to the construction and building materials industry that emerged with Lhasa's urbanization, it has indeed driven the rapid development of Qushui County to a certain extent. two hundred and two

"The reform of the Party and state institutions is a complex and systematic project, which cannot be accomplished overnight or once and for all. It needs to constantly adjust and optimize the functional system of the Party and state institutions in accordance with new missions, new strategic arrangements, and new work needs, so as to better meet the needs of the development of the Party and the country." The twenty major plans of the Party have drawn a grand blueprint for building a strong socialist modernization country in all respects, and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization, and sounded the clarion call of the times for striving for a new journey. Faced with the new tasks proposed in the new era and new journey, the institutional structure and functional allocation of the Party and the state are not fully adapted to the requirements of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, nor are they fully adapted to the requirements of realizing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, nor are they fully adapted to the construction of a high-level society

Newly appointed leading cadres are not allowed to accompany or indirectly accompany drivers to work in other places; Leaders and cadres who have received official transportation subsidies shall not retain or indirectly retain relatively fixed work vehicles and drivers in any way; Carry out a comprehensive inventory and registration, and return 25 non compliant dispatched leading cadres and drivers to their original units. Recently, the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, organized a special anti-corruption education talk conference, targeting all levels of leaders, drivers, and bus drivers in the city. They were urged to maintain a stable "steering wheel" in their lives, fasten their "seat belts" when performing their duties, and firmly uphold the bottom line of integrity. 25 leading drivers have returned to their original units. According to Jiangxi Daily, since the beginning of this year, Nanchang City has made leading cadres and drivers a key target of supervision, urging and promoting leading cadres and their responsibilities

Today, the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision reported on the implementation of business environment supervision actions in the province. Two typical cases of officials who have been arrested have been publicly reported. They are: Yin Guohui, former Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Liaoning Provincial Office Affairs Management Bureau, who has caused damage to the business environment in the field of public resource trading; Li Guicai, former deputy inspector of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Land and Resources, has been involved in issues such as damaging the business environment in the field of energy and resources. Among them, Li Guicai is already 74 years old. Yin Guohui was publicly notified by the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that his resume showed that Yin Guohui, male, Han nationality, was born in July 1967, started working in November 1987, joined the CPC in July 1990, and has a bachelor's degree from an in-service university. Yin Guohui once served as the Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Liaoning Provincial Office Affairs Management Bureau, as well as the First level Inspector of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Veterans Affairs

In the past two days, several netizens have reported that the camels for tourists to ride in the Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area in Dunhuang, Gansu have collectively gone on strike. On the 19th, the staff of the scenic area stated that the recent summer passenger flow has been very high, with only over 1000 camels in the scenic area. Some camels have experienced physical exhaustion after working, so the project has been suspended. On July 19th, Ms. Li, who was traveling to the Mingsha Mountain Yueya Spring Scenic Area in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, told Jimu News reporters that she also came to Yueya Spring to experience camel riding. However, she only found out after arriving at the scenic area that the camel riding project had temporarily ceased service. Ms. Li called to inquire about the specific opening hours of the scenic area and learned that she needs to wait for notification, but she is not aware of why the project has been suspended. On the 19th, the camel of Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring was informed by the scenic area management office that from the 18th onwards, it has indeed been temporarily suspended

On July 19th, it was rumored on the internet that a flight attendant posted insulting remarks online, saying, "You can take a plane with any kind of cargo, and summer transportation is for Shabi." This statement sparked heated discussions among netizens. On the afternoon of the 19th, Spring Airlines staff responded that the flight attendant has been grounded, and relevant departments have criticized and educated him. He will be dealt with according to the regulations in the employee handbook in the future. Previously reported: According to White Deer Video, on July 19th, it was rumored online that a flight attendant posted insulting remarks to passengers, saying, "You can take a plane with any kind of cargo, and summer transportation is just for Shabi.". Subsequently, Spring Airlines customer service responded that the company attaches great importance to this matter and is conducting an urgent investigation based on the principle of seeking truth from facts. A spokesperson will respond in the future. In response, netizens have expressed, "This is too much!" "It should be severely punished."

The 31st Summer Universiade Athletics Competition will produce 50 gold medals, making it the event with the highest number of gold medals among all events. Among them, the field event will produce 16 gold medals. At present, the athletes participating in the field events are training at the Qinhuangdao training base. It is worth mentioning that the 31st Summer Universiade is also the first time China has participated in all field events at the Universiade. For the first time, field events have achieved full participation in track and field competitions at the Universiade, which are divided into two categories: field events and track events. Among them, field competition is a collective term for jumping and throwing events held within the designated area of the track and field field. The field events of this Universiade include high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, hammer throw, and javelin. The proportion of athletes in field events in the Chinese college athletics team

CCTV News: Yesterday afternoon, the 11th batch of central unit aid to Xinjiang cadres and talents departed from Beijing and went to Urumqi to start a three-year aid work in Xinjiang. The 11th batch of central unit aid to Xinjiang has more than 600 cadres and talents, from more than 120 central units, with an average age of 43 years old. 73.1% have a master's degree or above, and 60% are professional and technical talents and enterprise management talents. Overall, the previous year was strong, with good comprehensive quality and a relatively reasonable structure. Du Bingzhao, the 11th batch of central unit aid cadres and talents in Xinjiang: There are a total of 13 cadres in the 11th batch of aid cadres from the Ministry of Water Resources. We will focus on water-saving, water storage, and water transfer, while further strengthening the management of water resources, and making due contributions to the high-quality development of water conservancy in Xinjiang. The 11th batch of central unit aid to Xinjiang cadres and talents: Wan Fei: Zazu

On the second day of the 20th Taiwan Youth Thousand Person Summer Camp Fujian Navigation Culture Branch, 65 young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait entered the Fuzhou Navigation Aids Base of the East China Sea Navigation Support Center. By visiting the base building and navigation equipment warehouse, they learned about the development and changes of navigation aids and experienced the arduous process of navigation aids craftsmen carrying out technical research. At the base building, young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait visited Maker Space and Lin Chun Model Worker Innovation Studio to gain a detailed understanding of the innovative practices of Fuzhou Navigation Aids Office in conducting research on intelligent navigation route construction and the integration and layout of navigation aids in wind farms along the Taiwan Strait and Fujian coast. They listened to the story of Lin Chun, a "national technological expert," rooted in the front line of navigation aid construction and pursuing innovative navigation aid technology in the industry. Not only did they realize that maritime security is highly important in serving maritime transportation safety