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The third China Africa Economic and Trade Expo opened in Changsha, Hunan yesterday, with the theme of "seeking common development and sharing the future". What are the highlights of the expo? Let's take a look together ↓ CCTV reporter Fu Lei: Today is the second day of the opening of the 3rd China Africa Economic and Trade Expo. I have discovered multiple "firsts" of this Expo, including the setting up of 9 high-end events hosted by national ministries and institutions for the first time; Holding forums and seminars for the first time focusing on traditional Chinese medicine cooperation, quality infrastructure, women's exchanges, vocational education, and other fields; For the first time, a trade negotiation conference was held around characteristic light industrial products and textile clothing. At the same time, China Africa high-quality "the Belt and Road" achievement exhibition and China Africa women's innovation and entrepreneurship achievement exhibition were set up in the main exhibition hall of Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center for the first time, which is also a major feature of this exhibition. Located at Changsha International Conference

On June 30th, the reporter learned from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration that the newly adjusted "List of Terrestrial Wildlife of Important Ecological, Scientific, and Social Value" has been announced and will be implemented from the date of its announcement. The newly adjusted "Three Haves List" includes a total of 1924 species of wild animals, including 91 species of mammals, 1028 species of birds, 450 species of reptiles, 253 species of amphibians, 96 species of insects, 2 species of arachnids, and 4 species of oligochaetes. Compared with the original list first released in 2000, while retaining the original species, more than 700 new wild animals were added, achieving a significant expansion of the scope of wildlife protection. In addition, 12 species of mammals, 130 species of birds, 28 species of reptiles, and 11 species of amphibians that were included in the National Key Protected Wildlife List were retrieved from the original list

CCTV News: Currently, it is a critical period for the employment of college graduates. Various regions are organizing matchmaking meetings and special job fairs to expand job opportunities and promote employment for college graduates. In Kunshan City, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, local key enterprises organized offline matchmaking meetings with more than ten universities across the country to gather employment information on site and assist college graduates in finding employment. In addition, Suzhou also promotes the exchange and gathering of young talents by distributing social security subsidies to college graduates and organizing talent night markets using cultural and tourism scenes. Since the launch of the employment work for college graduates in 2023, Heilongjiang Province has launched multiple employment promotion actions and held multiple job fairs in various regions. In Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, a local college student entrepreneurship community has been established to provide innovation and entrepreneurship guidance, market expansion, resource docking, policy support, and other aspects for college students

Beijing, June 30 (Xinhua) - The "Journalist's Home" online training platform of the China Writers Association was launched on June 30.According to the relevant person in charge of the China Writers Association, the construction of the "journalists' home" school is an important measure taken by the China Writers Association to improve the education of innovative Marxist journalism under the Internet conditions, and a powerful starting point to strengthen the construction of the "journalists' home" in the new era.

At the press conference of the State Council Information Office this morning, Fu Xuyin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Transport, said that since this year, China's investment in water transport construction has continued to expand. From January to May this year, the investment in water transport construction was 73.4 billion yuan, up 30.3% year on year. fixed assets investment remained at a high level, providing strong support for stable growth and expanding domestic demand. It is understood that from January to May this year, fixed assets investment in inland waterway construction was 38.4 billion yuan, up 41.5% year on year. Among them, the Pinglu Canal Project of the Western Land Sea New Channel started construction on May 23 this year, with a total investment of 12.3 billion yuan completed. The project is planned to complete an investment of 18 billion yuan this year. On the basis of last year's trial navigation of the main project, the Anhui Province Yangtze River to Huai River Navigation Project is accelerating its comprehensive navigation goal towards October this year

On the morning of June 30, the launching ceremony of the online training platform of the "Reporter's Home" University Hall was held in the Press Hall of the China Journalists Association. Since then, millions of journalists across the country have a large classroom for the education of Marxist journalism on the Internet as a platform, and they will certainly play a positive role in educating and guiding the broad masses of journalists to forge their souls with Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. He Ping, chairman of the Chinese Journalists Association, attended and delivered a speech. Liu Siyang, secretary of the party group and vice chairman of the Chinese Journalists Association, introduced the construction of the "Reporter's Home" university. On the morning of June 30, the launching ceremony of the online training platform of the "Reporter's Home" University Hall was held in the Press Hall of the China Journalists Association. He Ping pointed out that if journalists want to fulfill their mission and task of "raising the banner, gathering the hearts and minds of the people, cultivating new people, promoting culture and developing image", they should

On June 30th, the Chinese Embassy in the United States released the "Sino US Drug Control Fact List". The full text is as follows: 1 The drug problem is a historical trauma and profound pain for the Chinese nation. China is the country that hates drugs the most in the world, and has always maintained a "zero tolerance" attitude towards drugs, adopting the strictest control and harshest punishment. For a long time, the domestic drug problem in China has not been serious. On May 1, 2019, the Chinese government officially classified and regulated fentanyl based substances globally, as there had been no large-scale abuse or significant harm in China. 3. After being classified and controlled, according to reports from US drug law enforcement agencies, the US has not seized any fentanyl like substances from China since September 2019. 4. The United States only accounts for 5% of the global population, but

Just now, the offshore Chinese yuan fell below 7.28 against the US dollar, falling more than 100 points within the day. The Financial Times, supervised by the central bank, published an article today stating that we should approach the fluctuation of the RMB exchange rate rationally! According to the Financial Times, industry experts believe that the changes in interest rate spreads caused by the divergence of monetary policies between China and the United States, as well as the phased strengthening of the US dollar exchange rate, have brought short-term and phased pressure to the RMB exchange rate. However, with the steady recovery of the domestic economy and the resilience of foreign trade, the RMB assets have long-term attractiveness, and the stability of the RMB exchange rate is supported by solid fundamentals. In the second half of the year, the RMB exchange rate is expected to continue to maintain basic stability at a reasonable equilibrium level. Industry experts believe that the changes in interest rate spreads caused by the divergence of monetary policies between China and the United States, as well as the phased strengthening of the US dollar exchange rate, have brought short-term and phased pressure on the RMB exchange rate

According to Reuters on June 30th, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban told the media on the same day that Hungary refuses to support the European Commission's plan to provide more funds to Ukraine and is unwilling to provide additional funds for the EU's increasing debt servicing costs. During the EU summit held in Brussels, Orban stated that the European Commission's demand for Hungary to provide more funding was a "ridiculous" request. According to reports, the President of the European Commission announced on June 20th that the EU will provide 50 billion euros in aid to Ukraine from 2024 to 2027. Previously, the EU reviewed the common budget for 2021-2027, which was exhausted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the energy crisis. High inflation and high interest rates have also doubled the cost of debt repayment. Orban said, "Yes."

▲ Data image: Overlooking Taipei, it is reported that the US Defense and Security Cooperation Agency has issued a statement stating that the US State Department has approved two arms sales to Taiwan, one of which is worth 332.2 million US dollars, including 30mm high explosive incendiary tracer bullets, multifunctional ammunition, and training ammunition; Another transaction worth 108 million US dollars includes spare parts and maintenance parts for wheeled vehicles, weapons, and other related components.

This morning, a journalist from Chao News published an article about "Overweight hand luggage can also be charged", which received many comments from readers. Many people have expressed that they have become accustomed to the free method of full service air luggage check-in, and are caught off guard by the baggage charges of differentiated service airlines. Many people have to be temporarily charged baggage fees during check-in. Many readers have also provided practical ways to save money on luggage check-in in the background. Let's take a look together. A reader told reporters that his retired parents travel every year, and the elderly tend to choose cheaper flights for travel. For luggage check-in fees, they will do their homework in advance, book a local hotel, calculate the travel date and time, and use express delivery to directly check their luggage to the hotel. This way, you only need a lightweight bag to go to the airport, saving the trouble of carrying luggage.

On June 30th, the Second People's Hospital of West China, Sichuan University, issued a report on the treatment of severely burned children in Qinghai. At 19:55 on June 29th, 2023, our emergency medical department admitted a severely burned child who was transferred from Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital to our hospital. After a rapid assessment, the child was immediately transferred to the pediatric intensive medical department for further treatment. At present, the patient's condition is extremely critical and life-threatening. Our hospital attaches great importance to it and has established a hospital level leadership team. We have formed a multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment team and are making every effort to provide treatment. Our hospital will promptly release relevant information on the progress of the patient's treatment. Thank you to all sectors of society for their concern. Prior to June 30, 2023, Sichuan University West China Second Hospital reported that on May 13 this year at 6:00 am, I live in Huzhu County, Qinghai Province

In order to purify the tourism market environment and welcome the arrival of the summer tourism market, Sanya has recently increased its supervision and rectification efforts in the seafood and catering industry. On June 30th, the Office of the Leading Group for Comprehensive Improvement of the Tourism Market and Environment in Sanya City revealed that it plans to impose a maximum administrative penalty of 500000 yuan on a Sanya Pinmouhui Restaurant suspected of price fraud. Recently, the Sanya Municipal Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau, the Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, and the Municipal Public Security Bureau established a joint action special group to carry out law enforcement actions on the First Market and its surrounding areas, increase efforts to rectify illegal and irregular business practices in the seafood catering market, and create a high-quality consumption environment. After investigation, it was found that during the process of providing seafood processing services, a restaurant in Sanya Pinmouhui changed the pricing unit of lobster processing fees without following the seafood processing fee bulletin board, and did not fulfill the price promise to deceive consumers. This behavior

According to the Guangzhou Wuyang Astronomy Forecast, the full moon on July 3rd this year will not only have the lowest ground level since the full moon, but also the lowest ground level since 2006. In Guangzhou, the maximum altitude of the full moon on the horizon this time is only 39 degrees. Such a low full moon can only be seen a few times in a lifetime by even centenarians. At 19:39 on July 3rd this year, the moon, the earth, and the sun formed an approximate straight line. The moon is the roundest and also the closest moon to the earth this year. If the weather is clear, it can be seen all over China. The moon has multiple cycles. For example, there are lunar periods such as synodic, stellar, and perihelial. There is also a less familiar "lunar ascending node westward retreat cycle", which has a length of 18.61 years. Around the world

According to media reports, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a subsidiary of the World Health Organization, will announce aspartame as a "possible carcinogen" in July. What is aspartame? What products contain aspartame? Is aspartame safe? Aspartame is an artificial sweetener commonly used in sugar free beverages, chewing gum, yogurt, and more. Its chemical name is asparaginylphenylalanine methyl ester, which was discovered by chemists during the development of ulcer drugs in 1965. Its sweetness is about 200 times that of ordinary sucrose. Although aspartame has a strong sweetness, it has almost zero calories and does not have the bitterness of saccharin, so it is considered by the food industry as a sweetener to replace sucrose. Aspartame was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1974 as a sweetener and an additive in various foods. In Europe, aspartame was approved in 1994

Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Meles Alem said on the 29th that Ethiopia has officially applied to join the BRICS Cooperation Mechanism. Alem announced this news at the regular press conference that day. He said that Ethiopia will strive to join multilateral mechanisms such as the BRICS countries and actively participate in international affairs. The BRICS countries include five countries: China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa. The 2023 BRICS Leaders Meeting will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa in August. According to reports, countries such as Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Nigeria have recently applied to join the BRICS cooperation mechanism.

In order to deepen the implementation of the Military Commission Chairman Responsibility System and continuously promote the deepening and implementation of the learning and education of the Military Commission Chairman Responsibility System, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, the Political Work Department of the Military Commission has organized the compilation of the "Military Commission Chairman Responsibility System Learning Reader", which distinguishes between two versions used by officers at or above the colonel level and grassroots officers and soldiers. It has recently been officially published and distributed.

On June 30th, the Dutch government officially introduced export control measures for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Our embassy spokesperson commented as follows: We have noticed that the Dutch government has officially introduced export control measures for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which is an abuse of export control measures and a serious deviation from free trade and international economic and trade rules. China firmly opposes this. At present, the global semiconductor industry has formed an industry pattern of "you have me, I have you". China is the world's largest semiconductor market and an important component of the global semiconductor supply chain. The Dutch side's artificially imposed restrictions on so-called "national security" are unreasonable and completely untenable. There is no legal or moral basis for artificially creating barriers in the field of technology. This kind of business

According to The Washington Post, news of National Geographic layoffs has been circulating on social media platforms such as Twitter. On the 28th of this month, the magazine laid off its last batch of full-time writers, and the magazine's content will be outsourced to freelance writers or edited by editors. In addition to the most famous cover of National Geographic, the media also revealed an internal letter from National Geographic magazine to its employees last month, in which it stated that in order to further reduce costs, National Geographic will no longer appear in print format at US newsstands starting next year and will cease publishing print magazines next year. "After 135 years of investigation into science and the natural world, this Washington based magazine has entered another difficult stage," commented The Washington Post. Many former employees of National Geographic are online

On June 29th local time, a rare accident occurred at Bangkok's Langman International Airport in Thailand, where a female tourist fell on a moving sidewalk and her leg got caught in it. The scene of the accident was reported by the Bangkok Post, CNN and Lianhe Zaobao that the incident was located in Bangkok's Nongman International Airport. At 8:27 am on the 29th, a female tourist fell on the pedestrian walkway between gates 4 and 5 in the second domestic route building of the airport, and her left leg unfortunately got entangled in the sidewalk. This 57 year old female tourist is from Thailand and is preparing to head to the southern city of Lokun Province to catch a plane by taking an automatic sidewalk. At that time, she tripped over her suitcase and her left leg was caught in the mechanical device at the end of the moving sidewalk. The frightened passersby helped to close the moving sidewalk, but she was stuck in it and couldn't move. According to the airport

Recently, satellite images showed that Belarus is rapidly constructing temporary buildings on an abandoned military base, and foreign media speculated that Wagner may relocate to the area. According to a report by The New York Times on the 29th, satellite images captured by a private satellite network company show that at an abandoned military base about 80 miles away from the Belarusian capital Minsk, an approximately 8-acre sports field has been renovated, with many temporary buildings built on it. Their size, color, and layout are similar to military tent campsites built in Russia and Belarus, but the images are not clear. The base captured by satellite imagery was previously used by the Belarusian 465th Missile Brigade, which relocated near Asipovich in 2018, resulting in the abandonment of the military base. The BBC reported that people speculate that

On June 30th, Ayu Matini, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, stated that rumors that "Bali tourism needs to be booked one year in advance" are not true, and Bali and even the entire Indonesia still welcome tourists from all over the world. On the 30th, Ayu Matini stated at a press conference that Indonesia's current visa policy has not changed, and tourists can enter popular tourist attractions in Indonesia such as Bali through landing visas and electronic landing visas. "Heaven" wants to "limit flow"? The news that tourists in Bali need to make an appointment one year in advance first came from the website of Indonesian English language media "Indonesian Overseas Chinese Newspaper" in the English speaking world. This is a newspaper that provides "life plans" for foreigners and English speaking Indonesians, with a wired website platform. The media reported on May 5th that the Bali Provincial Government will address

On June 30th, the Emergency Management Department of Shanxi Province and the Local Coal Mine Safety Supervision and Administration Bureau of Shanxi Province issued a notice that on June 29th, a safety accident occurred in Datong Coal Mine Group Tongsheng Jingtong Xingwang Coal Industry Co., Ltd., resulting in one death. Datong Coal Mine Group Tongsheng Jingtong Xingwang Coal Industry Co., Ltd. was ordered to stop production, carry out rectification according to regulations, and revoke the second level standardization level of Datong Coal Mine Group Tongsheng Jingtong Xingwang Coal Industry Co., Ltd. It is reported that on June 29th, a roof caving accident occurred in the underground track lane of Tongsheng Jingtong Xingwang Coal Industry Co., Ltd., causing four people to be trapped. After on-site rescue, three people were rescued from the well and one person died. Previously, it was reported that a roof accident occurred in a coal mine in Shanxi Province. Three people have been rescued, but one person is still trapped. On June 29, 2023 at 1:47 am, Jinneng Holdings located in Datong, Shanxi Province

According to the website of the Russian "Communist Youth League Truth Daily" on June 30th, citing French media reports, the ancient Byzantine icon exhibition that opened in mid June at the Louvre aims to display "evacuated icons for protection purposes". Among the 16 outstanding works exhibited, four are the earliest holy icons in human history. The report states that these paintings were transported from Kiev to Paris. Louvre curator Lawrence de Karl publicly stated before the opening of the exhibition that this was only temporary storage "until the end of the military conflict.". Subsequently, the Louvre took a series of actions: hastily opening new exhibition areas for Byzantine and Eastern Christian art, announcing the start of the restoration of 11 icons, and displaying the remaining four. Nowadays, no one can say for sure whether these priceless treasures will return to the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Louvre News Office confirmed that the appearance of these icons in Paris can be attributed to "a time when..."

On June 30th, the State Council Information Office held a routine briefing on the policies of the State Council, introducing the relevant situation of the pilot free trade zones and free trade ports that have conditions to connect with international high standard economic and trade rules. Recently, the State Council issued the "Several Measures for Pilot Connection with International High Standards and Promoting Institutional Opening up in Conditional Free Trade Pilot Zones and Free Trade Ports", taking the lead in pilot connection with relevant international high standard economic and trade rules in eligible free trade pilot zones such as Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, Fujian, Beijing, and Hainan Free Trade Port, and steadily expanding institutional opening up. Assistant Minister of Commerce Chen Chunjiang stated at the State Council's regular policy briefing that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will actively promote the implementation of the "Several Measures" with relevant departments and local governments. After one year of pilot implementation, the Ministry of Commerce will organize and carry out according to the deployment

According to TASS on June 29th, Anna Dimofeyeva, Deputy Director of the State Policy and Management Department in the General Education Sector of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, stated that starting from September 1, 2024, primary and secondary schools across the country will offer courses on "Security Fundamentals and Defending the Motherland", and a working group is currently being formed to draft a teaching outline. Representatives from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and Ministry of Defense will join the working group. According to the report, Timofeyeva said at the National Duma Roundtable, "We have a new curriculum called 'Security Fundamentals and Defending the Motherland'. We are currently forming a working group responsible for drafting a new federal curriculum outline, and representatives from the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Emergency Situations will also be involved because we are aware of the importance and complexity of this work. We will also develop new textbooks for primary and secondary schools at the same time. That is to say, all processes will be launched simultaneously..."

On June 30th, the Chinese Consulate General in Denpasar held a press conference with multiple departments in Indonesia to explain topics such as Indonesia's tourism safety, the "Chinese couple murder case", and the recovery situation of Indonesia's tourism industry. Chinese Consul General Zhu Xinglong said in an interview with reporters that after the case occurred, the Chinese Consulate General in Denbasa maintained close contact with the local government, police, Indonesian government, and the families of the deceased, urging the police to investigate the truth of the case as soon as possible and continue to track the progress of the police investigation. The Consul General has met with the head of the Bali police several times to express our concerns, convey the concerns of the deceased's families, and demand that the investigation results be obtained as soon as possible to properly safeguard the safety and rights of Chinese citizens. In response to the preliminary investigation conclusion released by the Indonesian Bali police on May 17th, Zhu Xinglong stated that after the case occurred, the local police

On June 26th, the Pacific Island Forum website published an article titled "Pacific Island Forum Secretary General Henry Punner's Statement on Fukushima Nuclear Wastewater Discharge". The full text excerpt is as follows: The Pacific Island Forum remains fully committed to addressing the strong concern that nuclear pollution may pose a serious threat to the Blue Pacific, its people, and future. Prior to Japan's announcement of the Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge decision in April 2021, in December 2020, as a signatory to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, Pacific countries held their first meeting to "review the environmental impact of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant reactor accident and urge Japan to take all necessary measures to address any potential hazards to the Pacific.". They call on Pacific countries to comply with international law in their territories and jurisdiction

The General Administration of Customs recently released the "Annual Report on China's Cross border E-commerce Trade", which shows that in 2022, the scale of China's cross-border e-commerce import and export exceeded 2 trillion yuan for the first time, an increase of 7.1% compared to 2021. At present, there are over 100000 cross-border e-commerce entities in China, and the proportion of foreign trade in the import and export scale of cross-border e-commerce goods has increased from less than 1% five years ago to about 5% today. Trade partners are almost ubiquitous worldwide. As the fastest developing, most promising, and most influential new form of foreign trade, cross-border e-commerce has become a new force and important lever for promoting high-quality development of China's foreign trade. Especially in the complex and ever-changing international trade environment, cross-border e-commerce actively responds to the uncertainty of external markets with high growth certainty, demonstrating tremendous market vitality and growth resilience, and also contributing to global economic and trade cooperation

On June 29, a grand event closed in Tianjin-Summer Davos Forum. More than 1500 world-renowned entrepreneurs, politicians, and scholars gathered together to discuss how to revitalize innovation in Asia and the world. Sino-US relations need to be stabilized as soon as possible. This year is the summer Davos Forum restarted in China after four years. Recently, China Daily interviewed Chen Liming, chairman of the Greater China region of the world economic forum, to discuss economic issues. Chen Liming said that geopolitics in the past few years, especially Sino-US trade frictions, have not only affected the bilateral economy, but also spilled over to many related countries. The three-year epidemic has made the economy even worse. ChenLiming,ChairofGreaterChina,WorldEconomicFor