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Hangzhou, August 31 (Xinhua) - From the arrival of athletes, the competition, to the award ceremony and press conference held after the competition, and even the entry of medical personnel for emergency treatment during the competition, on the afternoon of August 30, at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium in Hangzhou, the reporter experienced a smooth connection between various stages of the "women's table tennis team final". On that day, the Hangzhou Asian Games event headquarters, various special command centers, sub command centers, special work teams, all competition venue teams, and independent training venue teams conducted comprehensive exercises based on the established plan and script, focusing on six aspects: arrival and departure services, Asian Games village operation, media services, event support, competition organization, and awards, based on the behavior of the third day after the opening of the Hangzhou Asian Games. The "final" watched by the reporter is part of the comprehensive exercise. this

Hangzhou, August 31 (Xinhua) - "On the way from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport to Shaoxing City, I found that Zhejiang has undergone tremendous changes in the past three years." After three years, I returned to Shaoxing City in Zhejiang Province, and the Ambassador of East Timor to China, Abramoto Dos Santos, exclaimed. On August 29th, ambassadors from more than ten Asian countries, including Thailand, East Timor, Nepal, and the Philippines, embarked on a three-day trip to Zhejiang. The theme of this trip of the Chinese Ambassador to Zhejiang is "Tasting the wonderful changes in Zhejiang and Joining the Hangzhou Asian Games", hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this period, the envoys visited representative digital economy enterprises and industrial clusters in Shaoxing, Huzhou, Tongxiang and other places, and visited the venues of the Hangzhou Asian Games to experience the pulse of high-quality development in Zhejiang on the spot. The first stop of the event

On the afternoon of August 31st, the Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference. Spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, Colonel Wu Qian, answered reporters' questions. Journalists from 41 domestic and foreign media participated in the routine press conference of the Ministry of National Defense on the afternoon of August 31st. How was the atmosphere on site? What are the highlights of the press conference? What kind of witty words does the spokesperson have? China Military Network reporter takes you to "personally" experience! Wow! Faced with so many journalists' "long guns and short cannons", I wonder if our spokesperson has "one billion points" - nervous? That's impossible! I guess you wouldn't have thought that the press conference hall had a new "equipment". In order to welcome all media friends, we have specially rotated Chinese style welcome posters on the new LED electronic screens, so that everyone can feel the warmth from the official before the press conference starts

After the State Council issued a document raising the three special additional deduction standards, the State Administration of Taxation issued a notice on implementing the policy of raising the relevant special additional deduction standards for personal income tax, and gave an interpretation, telling the people how to fully enjoy this personal income tax preferential treatment. According to the announcement, the special additional deduction standards for the care and education of infants and young children under the age of 3 have been increased from 1000 yuan per month to 2000 yuan per child. The special additional deduction standard for supporting the elderly has been increased from 2000 yuan per month to 3000 yuan. And these three deduction standards will be implemented retroactively from January 1st of this year. So how can we fully enjoy this preferential policy? The announcement states that taxpayers who have not yet filled out the special additional deductions for enjoying care for infants and young children under the age of 3, children's education, and supporting the elderly may

On the last day of August, long-awaited investors finally received new news from Evergrande Wealth, but unfortunately, it was the "bad news" that Evergrande Wealth did not redeem. On August 31st, Evergrande Wealth announced on its official WeChat account that due to the company's slower than expected progress in asset disposal and failure to obtain funds for asset disposal, the company is unable to proceed with this month's redemption. Subsequent redemption arrangements will be announced separately. It has been 3 months since the last announcement of redemption was made on the official website of Evergrande Wealth. On May 31st, Evergrande Wealth stated that it was unable to redeem the funds according to the original standards due to unsatisfactory withdrawal of funds. It is worth mentioning that in late August, China Evergrande released a related internal control report, which revealed that Evergrande Wealth and others had raised up to 92.1 billion yuan at one point. However, due to difficulties in redemption, sales were stopped. As of the end of 2022, there were still 34 billion yuan that had not been redeemed

On August 26th, the website of Consumer News and Business Channel in the United States published an article titled "Is China really Acquiring American Farmland? Here's What We Found" by Laura Strickler and Nicole Murder. The full text excerpt is as follows: Local state and federal lawmakers in the United States are promoting the regulation of foreign ownership of real estate in the United States, as they are concerned that Chinese entities may "pose a risk to national security" by accumulating large tracts of farmland in the United States. However, an evaluation by NBC News of thousands of documents archived by the US Department of Agriculture shows that Chinese buyers have rarely purchased US agricultural land in the past year and a half - in a country with 1.3 billion acres of agricultural land, Chinese buyers have purchased less than 1400 acres. In fact, in these 1.3 billion acres of agricultural land

On August 31st, the website of the State Administration for Financial Supervision and Administration of China disclosed multiple fines. Inner Mongolia Bank and its subsidiaries were fined a total of 5.1 million yuan for multiple business violations, and multiple responsible persons were given amounts and warning penalties. The details are as follows - a notice issued by the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration of China stating that Inner Mongolia Bank received multiple fines on the same day. Among them, Inner Mongolia Bank received three tickets, and its Hohhot branch and Small Enterprise Financial Service Center each received one ticket, with a total fine of 5.1 million yuan. From the perspective of punishment reasons, Inner Mongolia Bank was mainly fined 500000 yuan by the Inner Mongolia Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau due to the excessive concentration of related party credit; Fined 300000 yuan for careless financial investment; Due to illegal issuance of principal guarantee

A public hospital in Shaanxi province has included "non renewal of employment upon reaching the age limit" as an official document for non staff employees. According to the "Management Measures for Employment of Personnel in Xunyang People's Hospital" obtained by Red Star News reporters, practicing physicians who have obtained intermediate professional titles and employees in special scarce positions are not eligible for renewal if they are over 60 years old for males and 50 years old for females; Other positions will not be renewed if male employees are over 55 years old and female employees are over 44 years old. The document shows that it was issued on April 28th and indicates that it should be copied to the Xunyang Municipal Health Bureau. ▲ Home page of hospital related documents. The person who was laid off according to the interviewee's photo told Red Star News reporters that from last year until now, the hospital has laid off a total of 12 people, all of whom are women over 44 years old and have worked in the hospital for many years. They were originally nurses or medical technology department staff of the hospital.

According to sources, on the 31st, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida demanded an apology from Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Tetsuro Nomura, who accidentally "leaked" and referred to the treated water containing radioactive substances discharged from the Fukushima nuclear power plant as "contaminated water", and demanded that Tetsuro Nomura retract this statement. Kishida stated on the 31st that he has requested an apology from Tetsuro Nomura and has retracted his remarks. The Japanese government has always claimed that the water it discharges into the ocean is "ALPS treated water" in order to distinguish it from contaminated water stored in tanks around damaged nuclear power plants. Kishida's approach has caused dissatisfaction among Japanese netizens, with some criticizing it as "polluting water is polluting water. Kishida should not find any more lame excuses.". According to reports, earlier that day, after a meeting with Kishida, Tetsuro Nomura told reporters that his discussion with Kishida

Introduction: For ordinary factory workers, the age of forty or fifty is quite awkward. As long as you re-enter the job market, you will need to face practical challenges, such as whether you can adapt to new positions after losing physical strength, and the consideration of job market age for job applicants. In mid August, at the entrance of a factory in the Pearl River Delta that had just announced its dissolution, a reporter from First Financial met with technician Zhang Yaqiang and general worker Li Lang. They received the dissolution compensation from the factory and were not unhappy, but the question of where to go after losing this job still lingered in their hearts. For ordinary factory workers, the age of forty or fifty is quite awkward. It is best to retire in the factory, and it is also a good outcome to receive compensation in a timely manner if the factory is dissolved. However, as long as they re-enter the job market, middle-aged workers need to face practical challenges,

On the evening of August 30th local time, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill held a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of Professor Yan Zijie in the afternoon shooting on August 28th. 34 year old doctoral student Qi Tailei was charged with first-degree murder on August 29th, suspected of shooting and killing his mentor Yan Zijie in the laboratory. The judge has currently ordered Qi Tailei to be detained without bail. Yan Zijie's neighbors said that he treats his daughter with kindness and gentleness, but likes to be alone. Before the incident, he and his wife had already separated and were suing for divorce. Red Star News reporter learned that Yan Zijie's wife, Wang, is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina. She has temporarily put down her job and transferred the work of two courses to another professor. On the day of the death, the victim was embroiled in a fierce family dispute, Red Star

Central Bank: Lowering the Interest Rate of Existing First Home Loans Starting from September 25th △ CCTV Finance's "Economic Information Broadcast" program video On August 31st, the official website of the People's Bank of China announced that it will adjust the interest rate of commercial personal housing loans for existing first homes. The commercial personal housing loan for the first housing in stock refers to the commercial personal housing loan for the first housing that has been issued by financial institutions before August 31, 2023, or has been signed but not issued, or other commercial personal housing loans for the first housing in stock that the borrower's actual housing situation meets the first housing standards in the city. For eligible existing housing loans, starting from September 25, 2023, the borrower can apply to the lending bank to issue a new loan to replace the existing first home loan, or negotiate a change in the contract interest rate level. Before September 25th

Approved by the Supreme People's Court, on August 30, 2023, the Second Intermediate People's Court of Hainan Province publicly sentenced and executed two criminals, Chen Moumin and Chen Moupeng, for the crimes of rape, organization, forced prostitution, and illegal detention in accordance with the law. On June 2, 2021, the Second Intermediate People's Court of Hainan Province sentenced Chen Moumin and Chen Moupeng to death, deprived of political rights for life, and fined them in the first instance on charges of rape, organizing and forcing prostitution, and illegal detention. After Chen and Chen appealed, the Hainan Provincial High People's Court upheld the first instance criminal judgment and submitted it to the Supreme People's Court for approval in accordance with the law. The Supreme People's Court, upon review, believes that the facts determined in the first and second instance judgments are clear, the evidence is true and sufficient, the conviction is accurate, the sentencing is appropriate, and the trial procedures are legal. It has lawfully approved the actions taken against Chen Moumin and Chen Moupeng

At the invitation of Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, US Secretary of Commerce Raymond visited China from August 27th to 30th, and both sides announced the establishment of a new communication channel between the Commerce Ministries of China and the United States. On August 31, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, Shu Jueting, responded at a regular press conference that the establishment of the above-mentioned communication channels provides an important platform for the two countries' business departments to carry out institutionalized and normalized discussions on economic and trade issues of their respective concern. It is an important measure for both sides to stabilize Sino US economic and trade relations and strive to create a favorable environment for practical cooperation in the business community. Shu Jueting said that recently, some foreign-funded enterprises, including American ones, have reported that they have been deeply involved in the Chinese market for decades and hope to expand their business in China. The biggest risk currently affecting investment and operations in China is the US China relationship, which greatly increases the instability of enterprise expectations. “

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"At present, various tasks are complicated, time is tight, and tasks are heavy. The '8.21' mountain torrent disaster has put unprecedented pressure on the whole county." According to the news on August 31 of "Jinyang Release" on the WeChat official account, on August 30, Fang Fenghua, secretary of the county party committee of Jinyang County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, hosted a video scheduling meeting to promote key work. He emphasized the need to make every effort to search for the missing individuals, in the spirit of "people first, life first", and in the spirit of respect for the deceased and their families, focusing on the construction site construction shed to the Jinsha River entrance riverbed, riverbank mountains and forests, and carrying out carpet style mesh excavation and search; Focus on the reservoir area from Lujian Town on the Jinsha River to the Xiluodu Dam site, and carry out patrols throughout the water area to search for missing individuals; Strengthen the safety protection of search and rescue personnel in all aspects, strictly prevent secondary disasters, and ensure search and rescue safety. Jinyang County, Liangshan Prefecture is located in Jinsha

According to MBS News and other media reports on August 31st, a restaurant in Shirahama cho, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan recently experienced a collective food poisoning incident. After finishing the bento at the restaurant, a total of 32 people experienced physical discomfort, including 1 death. From August 19th to 20th, a total of 32 people who were eating bento at this restaurant experienced discomfort symptoms such as stomach pain and diarrhea. Among them, a man in his 80s in Wakayama Prefecture developed symptoms such as fever and diarrhea 2 days after eating a bento. He was later admitted to the hospital for treatment and died on August 26th. Japanese media reported that due to the detection of Salmonella in the bodies of several unwell diners, it was determined that the restaurant's bento was the cause of their food poisoning. At present, Wakayama Prefecture has requested this restaurant to operate until September 7th

Introduction: There are 11 ordinary prefecture level cities in China with a net population inflow of over 1 million, of which 6 prefecture level cities have a net population inflow of over 2 million. The net inflow of population refers to the difference between the permanent population and the registered residence population. If the permanent population is larger than the registered residence population, it means that the urban population is in a net inflow, otherwise it is a net outflow. Generally speaking, economically developed cities, with their high-quality social public resources and good employment opportunities, will form a strong attraction to the floating population. What ordinary prefecture level cities have a relatively high net inflow of population outside of municipalities directly under the central government, provincial capital cities, and planned cities? According to statistical bulletins and public data from various regions, reporters from First Financial News have found that the net inflow of population in 11 ordinary prefecture level cities in China exceeds 1 million, of which 6 prefecture level cities have a net inflow of population exceeding 2 million

On the morning of August 31st, the Chinese Navy mission forces participating in the joint training of the Sino Thai "Blue Assault -2023" navy arrived at the largest military port in Thailand, the Port of Sutaoyi. The Chinese task force consists of the comprehensive landing ship Simingshan, missile frigate Anyang, comprehensive supply ship Chaohu, land combat squadron, and carrier based helicopter squadron. ▲ Integrated landing ship Simingshan. Photo by Li Hao: The missile frigate Anyang. Photo by Li Hao ▲ Comprehensive supply ship Chaohu ship. The picture taken by Li Hao shows the Marines lining up in different zones after the deployment of the Simingshan ship to leave the dock. Photo by Li Jiali: Helicopters flying at sea. According to the consensus reached by both China and Thailand and the Navy's 2023 international military cooperation plan, the navies of China and Thailand will hold a joint meeting in early September near the Gulf of Thailand and Sotao City

On August 31 local time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with visiting Türkiye's Foreign Minister Feidan in Moscow. After the talks, the foreign ministers of the two countries jointly held a press conference. Lavrov introduced the current status of Russia Turkey relations and the situation of the talks between the two sides at the press conference. Lavrov emphasized that since July 18th, Russia has withdrawn from the agreement on the export of agricultural products from Black Sea ports, and the prerequisite for returning to the agreement is as Russian President Putin has repeatedly mentioned, that it is necessary to effectively fulfill its obligations to Russia and implement the Russian part of the agreement. Lavrov said that he exchanged views with Feidan on the implementation of the relevant initiative of Russian President Putin, that is, Russia supplies 1 million tons of grain to Türkiye at preferential prices, Qatar provides financial support, enterprises in Türkiye process and provide it to countries in need. Both sides consider the initiative to be black

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the Chinese economy. To understand the future trend of the Chinese economy, let's first take a look at these news: in terms of total tonnage, China has surpassed Greece to become the world's largest shipowner; Driven by the strong growth of new energy vehicles, China's automobile exports in the first half of the year surpassed Japan and jumped to the world's first place; The Chinese market surpassed the United States in the second quarter to become the single market with the largest shipment volume of Apple phones... The "most" of these reflects China's potential in industrial manufacturing, green innovation, and consumer markets, and also provides vivid annotations for the continuous transformation and upgrading of the Chinese economy under pressure. When looking at the economy, one should not only look at the short-term fluctuations, but also at the long-term growth trend. Against the backdrop of global economic fluctuations and a more complex and severe external environment, the Chinese economy has been improving for a long time

On August 31, 2023, Wang Yi, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Foreign Affairs, had a phone conversation with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Chun at the invitation. Wang Yi stated that China's policy towards South Korea maintains continuity and stability. The development of bilateral relations has endogenous momentum and inevitable logic, and should not be influenced by third parties. China and South Korea should adhere to the original intention of establishing diplomatic relations, adhere to the correct direction of friendly cooperation, continuously enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples, prevent external factors from interfering, avoid ideological delineation, jointly promote stable and far-reaching relations between the two countries, and create the next 30 years of more sustainable, resilient, and closer cooperation. Economic and trade cooperation is the cornerstone of bilateral relations. China has enormous economic development potential and vast market space, and is accelerating the construction of a new high-level open economic system. Expanding cooperation between China and South Korea will help South Korea achieve sustainable and prosperous development. Hope Han

The Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the list of valid candidates for additional election of academicians in 2023. On August 31st, the official website of the Chinese Academy of Engineering announced that the nomination process for the 2023 academician election of the Chinese Academy of Engineering has ended. After deliberation by the 6th meeting of the 8th Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and approval by the Party Group of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, it has been confirmed that there are 655 valid candidates for the 2023 academician election of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences also announced on the same day that the recommendation work for the election of additional members of the CAS Member in 2023 had ended. After deliberation at the tenth meeting of the presidium of the ninth academic department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the party group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences approved that 583 effective candidates for the election of additional members of the CAS Member in 2023 had been confirmed. In 2023, there will be 79 additional members of the CAS Member

Dongguan, Guangdong Province announced that the "house recognition but not loan recognition" policy will be implemented from midnight on September 1st this year. On August 31st, Dongguan released a notice on optimizing the criteria for determining the number of housing units in personal housing loans in our city, stating that when a household applies for a loan to purchase commercial housing, regardless of whether they have used the loan to purchase housing, banking and financial institutions will implement the housing credit policy for the first set of housing. On August 31st, the Office of the People's Government of Huizhou City issued a notice on optimizing the criteria for determining the number of housing units in personal housing loans in our city, which was published online. The notice clearly states that starting from September 1st, when residential families apply for loans to purchase commercial housing, if their family members do not have a complete set of housing under the local name, regardless of whether they have used the loan to purchase housing, banking and financial institutions will follow the first installment

In fact, the United States already has a "military financing" plan for Taiwan, which is included in the US "2023 Fiscal Year Defense Authorization Act".

The largest salt lake in our country is called Chaerhan Salt Lake. Cha'erhan is Mongolian, meaning "Salt Ze" or "Salt World". Cha'erhan Salt Lake is located in the southern part of the Qaidam Basin, one of the three major inland basins in China. It is composed of four salt lakes: Dabson Lake, South Hobson Lake, North Hobson Lake, and Senier Lake, with a total area of 5856 square kilometers. As the second largest salt lake in the world and the king of salt lakes in Asia, Cha'erhan Salt Lake has extremely abundant salt reserves, with a total edible salt reserves of 55.5 billion tons. It can be fully extracted and consumed by the world for 2000 years, and by China for 4000 years. On the morning of August 30th, Jiupai News contacted Mr. Zhao, a worker engaged in salt mining at the Cha'erhan Salt Lake. The following is his account. 【1】 Each excavator can produce 6000 tons of salt per day shift. I am a native of Qinghai in 2015

Recently, the General Administration of Customs has decided to completely suspend the import of aquatic products originating from Japan, in order to prevent the risks of nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea to the health and food safety of Chinese citizens. In fact, China had already issued three announcements, including the "Announcement on Prohibiting the Import of Some Japanese Food and Agricultural Products", as early as the 2011 Fukushima nuclear leakage accident. The import of food, edible agricultural products, and feed from 10 prefectures including Fukushima, Gunma, Niigata, and Chiba was prohibited to prevent the export of Japanese nuclear contaminated food to China. However, there are still some foods produced in areas involving nuclear radiation that bypass regulatory violations and enter China. Previously, consumer Xiaomeng purchased several bottles of Japanese imported sake online, only to find that the raw material production area of the sake is located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, which is a food prohibited by national regulations. Therefore, Xiaomeng sued the seller in court. north

The US version of "healthcare negotiations" is a step closer, but multinational pharmaceutical giants are not willing. On August 29th local time, the official website of the Federal Medical Insurance and Medicaid Service Center released a statement stating that the 10 prescription drugs covered by Part D of the medical insurance have been included in the first batch of medical insurance drug price negotiation lists. These 10 drugs cover many disease fields such as diabetes, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, leukemia, etc. According to CMS, during the period from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023, approximately 8.247 million Medicare D insured individuals used these drugs to treat various illnesses. These selected drugs accounted for $50.5 billion of the total prescription drug costs covered by Medicare D, and approximately 20% of the total prescription drug costs covered by that period

The Mount Huangshan Scenic Spot Management Committee issued the announcement on the issuance of cultural and tourism consumption vouchers in Mount Huangshan Scenic Spot. In order to implement the national, provincial and municipal decisions on the restoration and expansion of consumption, further boost cultural and tourism consumption confidence, release cultural and tourism consumption potential, and help cultural and tourism enterprises develop, it decided to issue Mount Huangshan Scenic Spot "free, reduced and excellent, and promote consumption" cultural and tourism consumption vouchers. The relevant matters are hereby announced as follows: 1. The theme of issuing bonds is "Four Seasons Mount Huangshan · Meeting in Autumn" 2. The issuing date is from September 1 to September 26, 2023; From October 7 to October 29, 2023, the distribution object and quantity will be 5000 consumption vouchers per day for tourists who buy and write off the tickets of Mount Huangshan Scenic Area in the "Mount Huangshan Tourism Official Platform" applet. 4、 Distribution channel "Mount Huangshan Tourism Official Platform" C end

Recently, the China Judgments Network released a ruling on the reduction of sentence for the bribery case of Li Aimin, former Deputy Secretary General of Jiaozuo City Government. Red Star News reporter learned that Li Aimin voluntarily surrendered in 2019. He had received RMB 6.88 million and USD 20000 from others and was sentenced to 5 years in prison for bribery. Recently, due to being able to plead guilty and accept reform during his sentence, he received a 4-month reduction in sentence and will serve his sentence in January next year. A few years ago, three municipal party secretaries voluntarily surrendered to Jiaozuo. On August 24th, the China Judgments Network released the ruling on the reduction of sentence for the bribery case of Li Aimin, former deputy secretary-general of Jiaozuo City Government. The last news about Li Aimin was in May 2019, when the Jiaozuo Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision reported that Li Aimin had voluntarily surrendered. At that time, there were media reports that under the pressure of anti-corruption, Qin Yu, the 'first tiger' in Henan Province