Ministry of Commerce: Consumer market sentiment rebounded, and business order was fully restored.

       CCTV News:The relevant person in charge of the Consumption Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday (September 17) that in August, with the situation of epidemic prevention and control in China continuing to improve, social production and living order generally returned to normal. The vitality of various market players has been continuously enhanced, and measures to promote consumption policies have continued to exert their strength. The consumer goods market has achieved positive growth for the first time this year.

       In August, the growth rate of commodity sales accelerated. The consumption of upgraded goods such as communication equipment, cosmetics, gold and silver jewelry and automobiles increased rapidly; The consumption of basic commodities such as beverages and daily necessities has maintained an increasing trend.

       Service consumption continued to recover. In August, catering revenue was 361.9 billion yuan, down 7.0% year-on-year, and the decline rate was 4 percentage points narrower than that of last month. The market activity of service industries such as accommodation, culture and entertainment has improved, and the business activity index is higher than 57.0%, which is higher than that of last month. The business volume of national express service enterprises reached 7.24 billion pieces, up 36.5% year-on-year.

       Urban and rural consumption has turned positive simultaneously. In August, the total retail sales of urban consumer goods was 2.9 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%; The retail sales of rural consumer goods reached 429.8 billion yuan, up 0.7% year-on-year.

       Internet consumption is growing at a high speed. From January to August, the national online retail sales reached 7.0 trillion, up 9.5% year-on-year. The relevant person in charge of the Consumption Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce said that at present, China’s epidemic prevention and control has achieved significant strategic results, and the consumer market has entered the "Golden September and Silver 10" consumption peak season. With the in-depth organization and implementation of a series of consumption promotion activities and measures, market popularity has steadily rebounded, business order has been fully restored, consumption potential has been continuously replenished and released, and consumption recovery momentum has been further consolidated.

The price of gold hit a record high! What factors catalyze it? Can I still buy it now?

  Recently, the price of gold has continued to be strong. As of March 5, the closing price of London gold reached a record high of $2,127.6 per ounce, and domestic SHFE gold.The contract reached 498 yuan/gram, approaching the 500 yuan/gram mark.

  Since 2023, driven by multiple factors, such as the decline of inflation risk in the United States, the advance of the Fed’s interest rate cut expectation, geopolitics and the increase of risk aversion, the price of gold has fluctuated and risen, and it has continuously broken through historical highs in recent years.

  What factors are driving the price of gold to rise?

  Four driving forces of gold:Attribute, financial attribute, commodity attribute and risk aversion attribute are the four core driving forces of gold, and also the key influencing factors of gold price fluctuation.

  In recent years, the change of gold price mainly comes from the reality of American debt.Driven investment demand, hedging demand and the demand of central banks to buy gold.

  Among them, the US debt is actuallyIt is the anchor of short-term pricing of gold, and the relationship between gold price and US bond interest rate is inversely variable. In the context of anti-globalization, frequent geopolitical conflicts and the wobbling of the US dollar credit system have pushed central banks to continue to purchase gold, and the scale of global central bank purchases has increased significantly in 2021-2023. The active increase of central banks is mainly due to avoiding credit currency risks and diversification of reserve assets, which has become the support of gold prices in the medium and long term.

  Gold price trend resumption

  Since the fourth quarter of 2023, the market expects the end of the Fed’s interest rate hike cycle, pushing the gold price back to the rising channel, and the follow-up market mainly fluctuates around the Fed’s liquidity expectations.

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  From October 2023 to December 2023, the interest rate cut is expected to heat up rapidly, catalyzing the gold price to fluctuate upward. At the beginning of October, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict boosted the demand for safe haven of gold. At the same time, due to OctoberSlowing down, in November, the Fed’s meeting on interest rates was biased, and the end of the interest rate hike cycle was highly certain, which triggered a rapid increase in interest rate cut expectations and triggered gold to enter the rising market.

  From January 2024 to mid-February 2024, the interest rate cut is expected to fall, which will promote the phased correction of gold prices. Since January, the US economy and inflation data have exceeded expectations, indicating that the economic resilience is still strong, and premature interest rate cuts may trigger the risk of secondary inflation again. Superimposed on the hawkish speeches of the Federal Reserve, the expected rate cut continued to be adjusted back, and the market’s expected rate cut time was moved from March to June, which triggered the strengthening of the US dollar index, the upward interest rate of US debt, and the corresponding adjustment of gold prices.

  Since late February 2024, liquidity easing is expected to rise, and the price of gold has risen rapidly. On the one hand, American economic data slowed down, with new orders for durable goods in January and ISM manufacturing in February.Both fell short of expectations, and the year-on-year growth rate of per capita disposable income dropped significantly in January. The market bet that the probability of interest rate cuts in June this year will rise. On the other hand, the views of the Federal Reserve are biased. On March 1st, Federal Reserve official Waller suggested that the Federal Reserve should "buy short and sell long" on its balance sheet, so as to push down the interest rate of US debt and the price of gold rose rapidly.

  Can gold go up in the future?

  Historically, the emergence of every round of gold bull market is inseparable from the strength of the gold currency attribute, which reflects the changing forces of all parties in the international monetary system. Since 2018, the international geopolitical situation has become increasingly complex. The Sino-US game, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the Palestinian-Israeli issue have continued to emerge, and the world has entered the process of "dollarization", which is manifested in dollars.Decline, gold reserves rise. Looking ahead, the price of gold is still rising.

  Short-term Catalysis-Expectation of Fed’s Interest Rate Reduction

  It is only a matter of time before the Fed cuts interest rates. In the short term, the interest rate of US bonds has a strong downward trend, which has formed upward support for gold prices. In 2024, the most critical factors affecting the interest rate trend of US debt are the US economy, inflation and the direction of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.

  In the short term, the inflation risk in the United States repeatedly restricts the opening of interest rate cuts. However, under the high interest rate environment, the cooling of the US economy is still the main trend, and the pressure on the supply of superimposed US bonds is eased, and the downward trend of the interest rate center of US bonds is the general direction.

  In combination with the recent statement of the Federal Reserve’s voting committee that "the eagle will switch to the pigeon", it is only a matter of time before the interest rate cut cycle starts. From the point of view, 4.2%-4.3% or the top range of this round of 10Y US bond interest rate shocks, the US bond interest rate is more likely to enter the downward channel, which will promote the demand for gold investment to heat up. After two rounds of interest rate cuts in 2007 and 2019, the price of gold rose significantly before the Fed cut interest rates.

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  Gold prices have started to rise before interest rate cuts in 2007 and 2019.

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  Short-term catalysis-geopolitical disturbance in global election year catalyzes central banks to buy gold

  2024 will be the biggest election year in history. According to incomplete statistics, in 2024, more than 70 countries and regions will hold elections around the world, covering nearly half of the world’s population and nearly 50% of the total economic output, among which the elections in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, India and other places are particularly eye-catching. The regime change and policy adjustment in these countries will bring greater uncertainty and geopolitical friction or increase. Therefore, the increase in demand for safe haven in election year is also continuing to catalyze the purchase of gold by central banks.

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  Long-term catalysis: the global monetary system has a trend of "dollarization"

  Global central banks reduce their holdings of US debt and increase their holdings of gold.Technical spare tire international monetary system, going to the dollar continues to advance. Specifically,

  Global central banks reduce their holdings of US debt: The scale of foreign investors’ holdings of US debt fluctuates at a high level. The Bank of China has continuously reduced its holdings of US debt since 2014, and the recent reduction has accelerated.

  Global gold reserve growth: According to the survey of the World Gold Council, the proportion of central banks planning to increase gold reserves in the coming year (24%) is significantly higher than that of central banks planning to reduce gold reserves (3%), and the attitude of central banks in various economies towards the future status of the US dollar is more pessimistic than previous surveys. In contrast, the role of central banks in various economies in the future of gold has become more optimistic. Among them, 62% of the central banks surveyed said that the proportion of gold in total reserves will rise in the future, compared with 42% last year.

  Potential hegemony over the dollarImpact:Decentralization through technology may become an alternative to the future international monetary system, but the system still needs to be improved.

  Long-term catalysis: debt crisis drives gold to rise

  Historically, the European debt crisis has catalyzed the upward trend of gold prices. At present, the leverage ratio of countries around the world is at a historical high. During the European debt crisis, the market became increasingly worried about the sovereign debt risks of European peripheral countries, and the stability of the euro system was in doubt, and funds poured into gold, which rose sharply. The leverage ratio of government departments in major countries in the world is at a historical high, and the leverage ratio of residents and non-financial enterprises in some countries is under high pressure, and the global debt cycle is blocked and long.

  The downgrade of U.S. sovereign rating is favorable for gold: Fitch’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign rating indicates the future financial pressure and debt default risk of the United States. As a super-sovereign currency, gold is expected to gain excess returns in the upward stage of U.S. sovereign credit risk.

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The toilet was subsidized into "Tang monk meat", and more than 100 toilets were inflated in Shenze Village, Hebei Province.

Yingli Village, Qiaotou Township, Shenze County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province (photo by Xu Hui)

Yingli Village, Qiaotou Township, Shenze County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province (photo by Xu Hui)

  Cctv news(Reporter Xu Hui) The rural "toilet revolution" is not only an important basic project, but also a civilized project and a livelihood project. In 2015, in Shenze County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, the renovation of rural toilets was started, and each toilet was awarded 500 yuan. However, some people in Yingli Village, Qiaotou Township got up with this idea, and more than 100 toilets were inflated at once. The local discipline inspection and supervision department said that it would investigate this.

  Yingli Village, Shenze County, with a population of more than 1,800, began to renovate toilets in 2015, and the rural sanitation has been improved to some extent.

  According to the registration form (hereinafter referred to as the registration form) obtained from the Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Shenze County, there are 684 toilets in Yingli Village that have been renovated.

  The reporter saw from the registration form that the heads of households with serial numbers 1 and 9 were all named Lv Jianzhong, and the head of household with serial number 2 was named Lv Jianzhong 2, which indicated that two toilets had been renovated. The head of household with serial number 11 is named Lv Zhiyao, and the head of household with serial number 88 is named Lv Zhidan.

  Wu Zhanfu, secretary of the Party branch of Yingli Village, explained that "Lv Jianzhong 2" means one household with two houses, and with the serial numbers 1 and 9, there are four houses in this household. In the renovation of rural toilets in 2015, three toilets in Lv Jianzhong’s home were renovated. "Lv Jianzhong has two cold storages and a house, and a total of three toilets have been rebuilt."

  Lv Jianzhong, on the other hand, told reporters that he did have two cold storages and one residence, but only one cold storage and one residence was changed in the toilet renovation. "Lv Zhiyao and Lv Zhidan are my sons. They all live in other places and have no house in the village. Our family only changed two toilets, but this list shows that six have been changed. "

  Wu Zhanfu said he didn’t understand what Lv Jianzhong said was inconsistent with the data sheet. "This is indeed a problem. I don’t know why he (Lv Jianzhong) has so many more families."

  Moreover, Wu Zhanfu also encountered a similar situation. The heads of registration forms No.243 and No.244 were "Wu Zhanfu" and "Wu Zhanfu 2" respectively. "Our family only has one house, and there are two more toilets for no reason."

  Villager Hao Yingqi’s home was also "taken" by several more toilets. The registration form shows that the householders of serial numbers 101 and 228 are Hao Yingqi, and the householder of serial number 670 is Mikan. Hao Yingqi said, "Mikan is my son. He has no house in the village. There are two homesteads in our family, one of which is empty. My family has renovated one toilet, but there are three on the registration form. "

  According to the villagers’ report, among the 684 renovated toilets in the registration form, more than 100 were falsely reported, which actually did not exist or were not under construction.

  According to Liqian Chen, deputy director of the Agricultural Development Center of Shenze County and the person in charge of the toilet reform class in the county, in 2014, each village reported the number of toilets to the township government, and the township government reported it to the County Health Planning Bureau (the former Health Bureau) to reform the toilets in each village according to the actual situation. There are strict regulations on the supervision of toilet renovation. Each village elected a number of villagers’ representatives, and after corresponding training, they supervised the construction of toilet improvement in each village. The county set up a supervision team to implement the responsibility system of Baoxiang to supervise the toilet improvement in each village. "The county needs to change more than 60,000 toilets, and more than 30,000 have been completed."

  Liu Yanli, deputy director of the Aiwei Office of the Health and Family Planning Bureau of Shenze County, introduced that from 2014 to 2015, the provincial, city and county governments awarded 500 yuan for each toilet renovation. "After the completion of construction and acceptance, 500 yuan’s award-winning funds will be transferred to the township government through county finance, and the township government will transfer them to the village Committee, and the village Committee will transfer them to the construction team."

  After the completion of the construction, the county transferred the staff of each township health center to form an acceptance team of 18 people to accept the construction quantity and quality. Liu Yanli said, "There is a certain proportion of acceptance, 100% at the village level, 100% at the township level and 50% at the county level."

  Shenze county has strict regulations on the renovation, construction and acceptance of rural toilets, but why does Yingli village have a situation of inflating the number of toilets? All the interviewees said they didn’t know.

  The discipline inspection and supervision department of Shenze County said that this issue will be investigated.

Who is more ambitious? Large inventory of national charging and replacing power station planning

  Why are electric cars hard to sell? Experts, enterprises and consumers all gave an answer-"inconvenient to use and charge". "Charging is not convenient? Is this not easy to handle? "State GridAs soon as China Southern Power Grid started, it set off an upsurge in the construction of electric vehicle charging and replacing power stations all over the country. From 2010 to now, according to the incomplete statistics of the State Grid, only the pilot project of charging and replacing facilities for electric vehicles has been completed and put into operation, covering 87 standardized charging and replacing power stations, 5,179 chargers and 7,031 AC charging piles in 26 cities, making China the country with the largest number of charging devices for electric vehicles in the world. State Grid rhetoric "in ‘ Twelfth Five-Year Plan ’ Period constructionCharging and replacing power station2,351 seats and 220,000 charging piles. " Seeing this staggering goal, we found that human beings can no longer stop the national grid!

  Then, how vigorous are the plans for the construction of supporting facilities for electric vehicles in power grids and local governments at all levels? Have these grand plans been realized? Let’s sort out these exciting figures first.

  The arrogance of municipalities directly under the central government: bold and arrogant

  Total champion: 466 charging and replacing power stations in Beijing (currently 8)

  Beijing’s new energy vehicle charging and replacing service network has developed rapidly. At present, eight electric vehicle charging and replacing power stations have been built, including Tianqiao, Yanqing, Datun, Hujialou, Yuejialou, Majialou, Panda Roundabout and Xizhimen. Five years later, the scale of electric vehicle charging and replacing power stations in Beijing is planned to reach 466. "In five years, we will build an intelligent charging and replacing service network with 256 charging and replacing stations as the skeleton and 210 distribution stations as the outlets to meet the charging and replacing needs of all kinds of electric vehicles. "The person in charge of State Grid Beijing Company said. Among them, 385 are passenger car charging and replacing power stations for private car owners, which will be equivalent to the service radius of 5 kilometers of gas stations after completion. In 2011, State Grid Beijing Company plans to build 39 charging and replacing power stations, 18 passenger car charging stations and 21 bus sanitation charging and replacing power stations, which can meet the charging and replacing needs of 850 passenger cars, 300 buses and 1,220 sanitation vehicles. Form a passenger car charging and replacing service channel from Yanqing to Daxing, running through the north and south of Beijing, and a Beijing-Tianjin intercity charging and replacing power station network. At present, the site selection work has been initially completed. Experts believe that 30 to 50 power stations for electric private cars must be built in Beijing’s Fifth Ring Road, and charging piles should be built simultaneously in communities, so as to meet the use requirements of electric private cars after popularization and realize green and low-carbon travel.

  Shanghai: 400 charging stations

  On July 28th, 2011, the first electric vehicle charging and replacing power station in Shanghai, which was developed and built by Shanghai Electric Power Company, officially broke ground at Xuetang River, Jinhai Road, Nanqiao New Town, Fengxian District. After the completion, the charging and replacing power station of Nanqiao New Town will cover an area of 2,100 square meters, and there will be a battery quick-changing area and a number of parking spaces for quick charging of vehicles. It has the functions of changing the power of buses and buses and charging small and medium-sized vehicles, and can provide battery replacement services for 60 buses and 120 small vehicles every day. According to the plan, Shanghai plans to build 400 charging stations to promote the expansion of the electric vehicle market. Seven charging stations and 360 charging piles will be completed in the first batch of pilot projects.

  Tianjin: There are 143 charging and replacing power stations and 1,000 AC charging piles.

  During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the overall goal of Tianjin’s intelligent charging and power exchange service network construction is: 13 centralized charging stations, 2 comprehensive power exchange stations, 16 commercial vehicle power exchange stations, 27 passenger vehicle power exchange stations, 85 battery distribution stations and 1,000 AC charging piles. At present, Tianjin has built five electric vehicle charging and replacing power stations and 100 AC charging piles. According to the plan, State Grid Beijing and Tianjin Company will build 10 inter-city charging and replacing power stations in Beijing and Tianjin in 2011. Among them, Beijing has built two buildings in the Yongle service area of Beijing-Tianjin Expressway (32.2 kilometers); Two stations will be built in the Majiqiao service area (8km) of Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway, and a charging and replacing power station will be built around the cutting and breeding toll station (23.2km). Tianjin will also build five charging and replacing power stations, namely Baiguantun, Meichang, Dongli, Beitang and Tanggu, to completely break through the charging and replacing obstacles of electric vehicles between Beijing and Tianjin. In order to ensure the safe and normal operation of the completed service network, Tianjin Electric Power Company has established a professional company-"Tianjin Sanyuan New Energy Electric Vehicle Service Co., Ltd.", which is responsible for the network operation service of charging and replacing facilities.

  Chongqing: 38 charging stations with 1,000 charging piles.

  During the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, Chongqing plans to build 30 electric vehicle charging stations and 1,000 charging piles. Up to now, 150 charging piles and 1 charging station have been built. Two other charging stations are under construction, one in the airport new city and the other in the south bank. It is expected that the charging station will be completed before the end of this year. This year, Chongqing will build 50 AC charging piles and one AC charging station. According to the plan,

  The first demonstration charging station for electric vehicles in Chongqing is located in the automobile headquarters in Jiangbei Tea Garden. This standard demonstration charging station for electric vehicles is expected to be completed and put into operation in September this year, with five charging and discharging devices, which can charge large, medium and small passenger cars and commercial vehicles.

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  The second camp: deep pockets and sharp edges

  There are 176 charging and replacing power stations and 20,200 charging piles in Zhejiang.

  According to the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan of Zhejiang Province", the development plan of intelligent charging and replacing service network for electric vehicles. By the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the number of electric vehicles in Zhejiang Province will reach 100,000. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, Zhejiang Company will build 19 centralized charging stations, 96 charging and replacing stations for passenger cars, 677 distribution stations, 61 charging and replacing stations for commercial vehicles and 20,200 charging piles in Zhejiang Province, which can meet the charging and replacing demand of 100,000 electric vehicles (up to 160,000). By then, Hangzhou, Jinhua and Huzhou will form an electric vehicle charging and replacing service network with an average service radius of less than 5 kilometers, which can provide convenient and fast charging and replacing services for electric vehicles.

  At present, eleven charging and replacing power stations have been built in Hangzhou, among which five charging and replacing power stations, namely Gucui, Xixi, Civic Square, Chengbei and Chengnan, have been officially opened. This year, 56 charging and replacing power stations and 590 AC charging piles will be built in Hangzhou, with an average service radius of about 3.85 kilometers, which can basically meet the demand for electric vehicles in Hangzhou. By 2012, Hangzhou plans to build 4 centralized charging stations, 38 charging (replacing) power stations and 3,500 charging piles, so as to achieve the goal of 20,000 private new energy vehicles by the end of 2012.

  Shandong: 166 charging and replacing power stations and 3,000 AC charging piles.

  Shandong Province will plan an intelligent charging and replacing service network for electric vehicles in five years according to the mode of "mainly replacing electricity, supplemented by plug-in, centralized charging and unified distribution", with a total of 3,704 charging and replacing service facilities, including 22 centralized charging stations, 144 charging and replacing power stations, 540 battery distribution stations and 3,000 AC charging piles, thus forming an intelligent charging and replacing service network covering the whole province, being interconnected among cities, with reasonable layout and unified standards. According to the Strategic Cooperation Agreement on the Construction of Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities signed by Jinan Municipal Government and Shandong Electric Power Group Corporation, five electric vehicle charging stations have been built and put into operation in 2010. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, Shandong Electric Power Group will build 2 centralized charging stations, 9 charging and replacing power stations and 60 distribution stations in Jinan, and build a service network with a service radius of not more than 5 kilometers.

  Linyi Jiaozhuang Electric Vehicle Charging Station, the largest charging and replacing power station in China, has been running at full capacity since it was put into operation on June 23rd, 2010. As of May 27th, the station has completed 12,568 charging tasks, charging 2.17 million kWh, making it one of the best charging stations in China. According to the Construction Plan of Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Linyi City, Linyi City will invest in the construction of five charging stations in 2011 and six charging stations in 2012. The construction and operation of these charging stations will strongly promote the development of electric vehicle industry.

  Guangdong: There are 204 charging piles and 109,610 charging piles in Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

  According to the new energy development plan of Guangdong Province, in 2015, Guangdong will initially establish supporting facilities network, industrial support system and policy environment to meet the development requirements of electric vehicles, form a comprehensive production capacity of more than 200,000 electric vehicles, and strive for the sales of electric vehicles in the province to account for 3% to 5% of the total sales of new vehicles, and the output will account for about 5% of the total automobile production.

  During the Asian Games, the first bus line in Guangzhou will be put into operation between Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and University Town. At present, a charging station covering an area of 1,500 square meters, which can meet the capacity of 30 electric buses, is also under construction in Guangzhou University Town, and six slow charging piles serving social vehicles have been built in the Asian Games Village. In order to solve the problem of difficult charging, Guangzhou plans to build nearly 1500 charging piles. According to the Planning of Charging Facilities for Electric Vehicles in Guangzhou from 2010 to 2015, by 2015, there will be 61 bus charging stations (including 38 slow charging stations and 23 fast charging stations), 54 public charging stations and 80,110 slow charging piles (excluding slow charging piles) in Guangzhou.

  As early as December 28th, 2009, the first batch of electric vehicle charging stations of China Southern Power Grid Corporation were completed and put into operation in Shenzhen, with a construction scale of 2 charging stations and 134 charging piles, with a total charging capacity of 2,480 KVA. The charging stations are located in the west of Shenzhen Longgang Universiade venue (Universiade Center Station) and the west of Harmony Road in Longgang Center City (Harmony Station), which can quickly charge hybrid vehicles. 134 charging piles are mainly distributed in public parking lots and residential parking lots in various districts of Shenzhen, mainly in slow charging mode, which is convenient for citizens to charge electric vehicles by using off-peak electricity when parking at night. By 2012, China Southern Power Grid will build 89 charging stations and 29,500 charging piles in Shenzhen. It is estimated that the total investment will exceed 1 billion yuan. It will build a charging service network covering the main roads, residential quarters and public parking lots in the city, with "slow charging as the mainstay and medium charging as the supplement", and build a charging facility that meets the requirements of demonstration and regional application of new energy vehicles in Shenzhen and is in harmony with the overall deployment of new energy vehicles in Shenzhen.

  The second camp (the main substitute): eyeing the satellite.

  Anhui charging station building 200

  According to the Network Scheme Design of Intelligent Charging and Switching Service Network Construction Project for Electric Vehicles in Anhui Province, it is planned that during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, comprehensive power exchange stations and commercial vehicle power exchange stations will be built in key cities for electric vehicles such as Hefei, Huainan and Wuhu, as well as on several expressways such as Hefei-Quanjiao (Nanjing direction), Hefei-Wuhu-Guangde (Hangzhou direction) and Hefei-Huainan. As one of the 13 pilot cities for demonstration and promotion of energy-saving and new energy vehicles in China, Hefei has put in more than 500 new energy taxis (mainly hybrid), and it is planned that by 2012, the number of energy-saving and new energy vehicles will reach 1,400.

  Is Henan really not a Great Leap Forward? : 220 charging and replacing power stations and 77,800 charging piles.

  According to the "Henan Electric Vehicle Industry Development Plan (Provisional)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), by 2015, 220 charging (replacement) power stations will be built in Henan Province, with 77,800 charging piles, and the charging (replacement) facilities will be perfected and popularized in the Central Plains urban agglomeration; By 2020, 940 charging (replacing) power stations and 858,400 charging piles will be built, which will be fully popularized in all central cities, conditional counties, highways and major first-class highways in the province and form a network. At present, the first electric vehicle charging station in Xuchang-Xiangcheng Electric Vehicle Charging Station has been completed, with 30 DC charging piles and 20 AC charging piles in advance. At present, Xuchang has opened 104 bus lines in the urban area and intercity electric bus lines from Xuchang to Xiangcheng, and 20 electric vehicles have been put into operation.

  Jiangsu: There are only 30 automobile charging stations and 600 charging piles in Nanjing.

  As of May this year, Jiangsu Electric Power Company has built 10 charging and replacing power stations in Nanjing, Suzhou, Jiangyin and Yangzhou, and promoted the construction of 5 electric bus lines. According to the construction plan of Suzhou-Shanghai-Hangzhou Intercity Interconnection Project in 2011, Jiangsu will also build charging and replacing power stations in Yangcheng Lake Service Area and Baiyang Lake Service Area to realize the interconnection between Suzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, Jiangsu will build 58 pairs of battery distribution stations along Changtai, Shanghai-Nanjing, Ninghe, Coastal, Yanjiang and Shanghai-Shaanxi expressways to realize inter-city interconnection. At present, Jiangsu Power Grid has signed agreements on the planning and construction of electric vehicle charging stations with 13 local governments in the province. In 2011, Jiangsu Power Grid will plan to build 18 charging stations and 500 charging piles in the whole province, including 4 charging stations and 100 charging piles in Nanjing. According to the development trend of electric vehicles, 30 automobile charging stations and 600 charging piles will be planned and built in Nanjing during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period.

  Hunan: There are only 260 charging and replacing power stations and 18,000 charging piles in Changsha.

  From 2010 to 2012, Changsha is expected to promote 21,000 new energy vehicles, accounting for about 3% of the car ownership. By 2012, Changsha will have 25 bus charging stations, 4,000 official car charging stations, 14,000 social slow charging stations, 240 social fast charging stations and 20 social battery exchange stations.

  Hubei: 100 charging and replacing power stations and more than 3,000 AC charging piles.

  Based on Wuhan and Xiangfan, two national demonstration and promotion cities of electric vehicles, Hubei Company has carried out key construction, so as to fully promote the development of electric vehicles in Hubei. Wuhan Sanjiaohu Electric Vehicle Charging Station was completed and put into operation on August 31, 2010. At present, it provides 24-hour charging service for 45 operating electric vehicles, with a total charge of 1,628 units/time and a charge capacity of 13,876 kWh. Xiangyang Dengcheng electric vehicle charging station was completed and put into operation on August 10th, 2010. As the first charging station put into operation, it undertook the charging task of Xiangyang electric bus. At present, five large chargers keep working at full capacity. Since it was put into operation, it has charged 2278 sets/time, and the charged power has reached 223,000 kWh. It is estimated that by the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, nearly 100 comprehensive charging stations and more than 3,000 AC charging piles will be built in Hubei Province.

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  "roof of the world": Not willing to lag behind and catch up.

  Shanxi: 55 charging and replacing power stations and 8500 AC charging piles.

  It is reported that in the next five years, Shanxi Province will build 55 electric vehicle charging and replacing power stations and 8,500 AC charging piles to promote the development of pure electric vehicles in public transportation, sanitation, postal services, tourism and other related industries.

  Hebei: 25 charging and replacing power stations and 1,700 AC charging piles.

  According to the Development Plan of Intelligent Charging and Charging Service Network for Electric Vehicles in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan of Hebei Electric Power Company, 12 charging and charging stations and 700 AC charging piles will be built in six cities in southern Hebei Province in the next five years. Considering the charging and charging facilities completed in 2010, there will be 13 charging and charging stations and 1,000 AC charging piles in southern Hebei Province at the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which will provide safe, reliable, convenient and fast charging and charging services for electric vehicle users. At the same time, after the provincial intelligent charging and replacing service network operation management system and the demonstration project of Shijiazhuang-Baoding inter-city interconnection are completed, the information, automation and networking management of electric vehicle charging and replacing facilities will be realized, and the "three-in-one" service with the same network, homogeneity and the same price in the interconnection area will be realized, so as to better meet the charging needs of electric vehicle users.

  Jiangxi: 32 charging stations

  It is understood that during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, Jiangxi Company will build 32 electric vehicle charging stations throughout the province. On July 9, 2010, the first electric vehicle charging station in Jiangxi-Yichun Chengbei Electric Vehicle Charging Station was officially completed and put into operation. It is reported that the station will be built in two phases with an investment of about 11 million yuan, covering a total area of 7.42 mu, with eight chargers in the first phase. On the day of commissioning, a demonstration of electric vehicle charging was also conducted. At the beginning of April this year, the electric vehicle charging station in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province was completed, with 12 charging piles, including 4 for buses, CMB (engineering vehicles) and cars. In addition, in June this year, another large-scale electric vehicle charging station in Honggutan New District has also started construction.

  Fujian: 38 charging and replacing power stations and 10100 charging piles.

  At present, there are two medium-sized public electric vehicle charging stations and 300 AC charging piles in Fujian Province. Two charging stations are located in Xiamen and Fuzhou respectively, and the other 300 AC charging piles are distributed in the parking lots of 37 urban power supply business halls, 34 large public parking lots and 23 residential quarters in 9 districts and cities in the province. Among them, there are 70 in Fuzhou, 76 in Xiamen, 20 in Putian, 38 in Quanzhou, 18 in Zhangzhou, 18 in Longyan, 20 in Sanming, 18 in Nanping and 12 in Ningde. In addition, there are two in Fuqing, Shishi, Changle, Jinjiang and Nan ‘an. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the scale of electric vehicle charging and replacing power stations in Fujian Province will reach 38, and the number of charging piles will reach 10,100, basically forming an electric vehicle charging service network covering both urban and rural areas in Fujian Province. Among them, it is planned to add 4 charging stations and 600 charging piles in 2011.

  Ningxia: 33 charging and replacing power stations and 1620 charging piles.

  Ningxia will vigorously develop clean energy and develop a low-carbon economy in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan. At present, an electric vehicle charging station and 50 charging piles have been built. By the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, Ningxia will have 11,000 electric vehicles, 33 charging stations, 56 distribution stations and 1,620 charging piles, and an electric vehicle charging service network covering the whole region will be built. Ningxia’s first electric vehicle exchange station-Ningdong Lingzhou Electric Vehicle Exchange (Charging) Station is located in Zone A of Linhe Industrial Park, covering an area of 9,254 square meters. Two full-vehicle chargers and two DC charging piles will be built, which can meet the battery charging and replacement service of 20 pure electric buses at the same time, and it only takes 10 minutes to replace the battery. Upon completion, it will become the first electric vehicle "gas station" in Ningxia, which integrates charging and power exchange. The total investment of the power station replacement plan is 28.43 million yuan, which is expected to be completed and put into operation in August this year.

  Heilongjiang: hundreds of buildings

  During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, Heilongjiang Province plans to build hundreds of intelligent charging and replacing power stations, and establish an intelligent charging and replacing service network covering the whole province, with comprehensive power stations as the main part, battery distribution stations widely distributed and charging piles as the supplement, and has begun to build electric vehicle charging stations in Harbin, Qiqihar and other places.

  Jilin: 160 charging stations and 8,000 charging piles.

  According to the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Intelligent Power Grid in Jilin Province", by 2015, 160 electric vehicle charging stations and 8,000 charging piles will be built in Jilin Province to meet the charging service demand of 12,000 electric vehicles, initially forming a charging service network covering the whole province. Among them, Changchun Power Supply Company and Changchun High-tech Zone signed the Cooperation Agreement on Accelerating the Construction of Power Grid and Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities. It plans to build four large-scale electric vehicle charging stations and 300 to 500 charging piles in Changchun within two years, and has selected Jingyue Economic Development Zone, Gaoxin North District and Automobile Industry Development Zone as new charging stations. On August 15th, 2010, Changchun completed the construction of the first electric vehicle charging station in the province-Gaoxin Electric Vehicle Charging Station, covering an area of 4,000 square meters and a building area of 2,000 square meters. It can charge 15 vehicles of different models at the same time. It is equipped with an energy-saving substation system with a substation capacity of 1000 KVA.

  Liaoning: 37 charging and replacing power stations and 1330 AC charging piles.

  After Dalian and Shenyang were listed in the national "Ten Cities with Thousand Vehicles" demonstration and promotion pilot cities in 2008 and 2010, Liaoning Power Grid fully cooperated with the promotion and application of new energy vehicles in the above two cities, and built a total of 10 charging and replacing power stations. By the end of this year, 14 charging and replacing power stations and 715 AC charging piles will be built and put into operation in the province. Grid Corporation plans to build 4 electric vehicle charging stations, 10 battery replacement stations and 1515 AC charging piles in Dalian, and 31 electric vehicle charging stations, 6 battery replacement stations and 1330 AC charging piles in Shenyang by 2015.

  Qinghai: Only 50 power stations are charged and replaced in Xining.

  On November 1, 2010, the first electric vehicle charging station in Qinghai Province was completed in Lejiawan. The charging station covers an area of 2,734 square meters and has a charging capacity of 540 KVA. It can provide charging service for two large electric vehicles and two medium-sized electric vehicles at the same time, and there are 10 AC charging piles in the urban area to meet the charging demand of small electric vehicles. According to the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" of Qinghai Electric Power Company and the development plan of electric vehicle industry in Xining, Xining will build 50 electric vehicle charging stations during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, and vigorously promote the construction of charging piles at the same time, initially forming a scientific and reasonable electric vehicle charging network, serving the development of electric vehicle industry and meeting people’s growing consumption needs of electric vehicles.

  Sichuan: 50 charging and replacing power stations and 10,000 charging piles.

  On May 28th, the first large-scale electric vehicle charging station in Sichuan was built and put into operation in Chengdu. Sichuan Power Grid plans to build 4-5 charging and distribution centers, 30-50 charging and replacing power stations and 5,000-10,000 charging piles by 2012, so as to form a perfect charging and replacing power station for electric vehicles matching the growth range of electric vehicles in Chengdu.

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  "Hesitant": Underestimated or Too Cautious?

  Hainan is "very active but its voice is too weak": 6 charging and replacing power stations and 759 charging piles.

  According to the plan, by 2012, Haikou will realize the comprehensive promotion of 1,050 new energy vehicles in the city, including 650 hybrid vehicles and 400 pure electric vehicles. By the end of 2012, Haikou will build 2 large-scale charging stations, 4 bus charging stations and more than 759 charging piles. The ratio of electric vehicles to charging piles will reach more than 1:1.8. It is understood that the construction of large-scale charging stations will cover an area of 13,000 to 15,000 square meters and the construction cost will be 20 million yuan; The bus charging station covers an area of 3,300 to 3,500 square meters, and the construction cost is 3 million yuan; The medium-sized charging station covers an area of 1,000 to 1,500 square meters, and the construction cost is 5 million to 8 million yuan.

  Inner Mongolia: 1 power station and 15 charging piles.

  Hohhot plans to build 1 charging station, 15 charging columns (cabinets) and 5 energy-saving and new energy maintenance and technical service outlets.

  Gansu: 1 charging station (completed) and 16 charging piles.

  At the end of 2010, Lanzhou Power Supply Company invested 6,155,300 yuan to build the first electric vehicle charging station in Duanjiatan, Gansu Province, and completed the construction of 16 charging piles for electric vehicles. However, only one electric vehicle in the province has used this charging station (as of June 2011), and there is no clear development plan for electric vehicles and charging stations in Gansu Province.

  Yunnan: 20 charging stations and 1,000 charging piles.

  According to the Outline of Yunnan Low-carbon Development Plan (2011-2020) formulated in the first half of the year. By next year, there will be more than 1,000 energy-saving and new energy vehicles in Yunnan, of which 75% are buses. Combined with the construction of China-Myanmar natural gas pipeline, the bus and taxi "oil-to-gas" project will be implemented, and the BRT system will be built in Kunming first. By 2015, all operating vehicles and ships in the province should meet the fuel consumption and emission quota standards. Combined with the promotion of electric vehicles, 20 electric vehicle charging stations and 1000 charging piles will be built in Yunnan province.

  Guangxi: 4 charging stations (completed)

  Guangxi has successively built four electric vehicle charging demonstration stations (two in Nanning) in Liuzhou, Nanning, Guilin and other places, and all of them have been put into operation. The electric vehicle charging station of the International Convention and Exhibition Center built in Nanning covers an area of about 850 square meters, and the charging equipment is equipped with one medium-sized DC charger, four small-sized DC chargers and four AC charging piles. According to the planning of Guangxi district government, by 2015, the production capacity of new energy vehicles in Guangxi will reach 200,000.

  Xinjiang: 4 charging stations and 80 AC charging piles.

  During the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, Urumqi will complete the construction of four charging stations and 80 AC charging piles in 2010-2012. It is estimated that in 2015, the number of electric vehicles in Urumqi will reach about 780, and by 2020, the number of electric vehicles in China will increase explosively. It is estimated that the number of electric vehicles in Urumqi will reach about 120,000.

  Guizhou and Tibet: 0

  At present, there is no construction plan for charging and replacing power stations for electric vehicles.

  Have these grand plans for supporting facilities for electric vehicles been realized? Is the use in good condition? The author will follow up this report.

  (Editor/Li Yanjiao)

Aircraft "Doctor" Wu Zhiju and his aviation dream team

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Wu Zhiju (right)

CCTV News:In the first China Civil Aviation Maintenance Job Vocational Skills Competition, the three teams of China Eastern Airlines won the top three in terms of group total score and individual synthesis. As one of the team leaders and coaches, Wu Zhiju was proud of his team. Behind the honor and aura is the hard work of the whole team, and Wu Zhiju’s unremitting efforts.

Study hard and sharpen a sword in twenty years.

In 1996, Wu Zhiju, who liked big planes since he was a child, was admitted to civil aviation university of china. During his four years of university and three years of postgraduate life, he studied hard, focusing on the material research of aircraft structure, which laid a good foundation for aircraft maintenance after joining China Eastern Airlines.

After graduation, he came to China Eastern Airlines for 14 years, and he never stopped learning. With the continuous introduction of aircraft from China Eastern Airlines fleet, Wu Zhiju insisted on learning English and business skills, and constantly improved his skill level by studying manuals such as SRM, AMM, SDS, FIM and WDM, so as to understand the characteristics of aircraft selection. He believes that only by continuous learning can we keep up with the times and make a qualitative leap in our work.

This spirit of hard study has made Wu Zhiju’s technical level constantly change with the development of science and technology, and he has never fallen behind. Since joining the civil aviation work, he has participated in the formulation of the 8C inspection structure repair scheme for 2809, 2810 and 2843 aircraft, prepared the cabin renovation workshop, established the replacement ability of the cabin side wall wallpaper, and formulated a series of work items such as the workflow of domestic cabin PMA parts. In addition, he also led the establishment of the 737 aircraft overhaul capability, from the initial scheme formulation and demonstration to the scheme approval, to the preparation of tooling equipment and personnel qualifications in the early stage, and the smooth implementation, Wu Zhiju participated in and led the whole process.

From a mechanic to the director of the structural workshop of the inspection department, Wu Zhiju became an important technical "big coffee" in the Hongqiao maintenance base of China Eastern Airlines Technology Company. In 2015, Wu Zhiju was awarded as the chief technician of China Eastern Airlines; In 2016, Wu Zhiju won the Shanghai May 1st Labor Medal; In 2017, as one of the leaders of the three representative teams of China Eastern Airlines, he led the technical "Dream Team" of China Eastern Airlines to stand out from 63 airlines and 78 participating teams nationwide, and won the top three in the collective and the top three in the individual in the "First China Civil Aviation Maintenance Job Vocational Skills Competition" with excellent results, thus achieving a grand slam.

Persist in innovation and make development sustainable.

Wu Zhiju always believes that only innovation can produce more economic benefits. Therefore, with the permission of airworthiness laws and regulations, Wu Zhiju continued to study innovative projects through going abroad, introducing specialized training, preliminary experiments and concrete implementation, and improving process methods.

In 2014, Wu Zhiju led the research and development of the A330 aircraft self-repair project. Wu Zhiju strives for perfection in all stages of the project evaluation, preparation, implementation and review. He creatively puts forward two new technologies, namely "a new method for accurate positioning of multi-curved carbon fiber composite structural parts" and "an optimized curve for bonding and curing of new materials", by using his solid theoretical foundation and rich work experience and combining the latest international structural repair technologies, especially for structural repair of new materials such as composite materials. It solved the biggest problem in the implementation of the project, made the project a great success, and won the unanimous approval of the judges in the "2014 Annual Innovation Collection Activity" competition of China Eastern Airlines, and was awarded the first prize. Since the implementation of the project for two years, 14 sets have been repaired, saving the direct maintenance cost of 4.508 million yuan for the company, reducing the spare parts of A330 thrust reverser, prolonging the service life of thrust reverser in the wing and reducing the maintenance rate of aircraft thrust reverser. At present, the innovative technology of "A new method for accurate positioning of multi-curved carbon fiber composite structural parts" is applying for a patent for utility model.

At present, Wu Zhiju has set up several innovative project teams in the structural workshop of the regular inspection branch of Hongqiao Maintenance Base where he works. These projects have greatly promoted the company to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and become a new performance growth point after the company’s "marketization, industrialization, specialization and internationalization" transformation.

Focus on inheritance and promote the continuous development of skills.

In the eyes of colleagues, Wu Zhiju is always ready to help others, never sparing his superb skills, and always gives everything to others without reservation. Every year, he takes the initiative to undertake the pre-job training task for new employees, and has trained many excellent structural repair talents through "teaching, passing on, helping and bringing".

Over the years, Wu Zhiju has taken eight apprentices, including Wu Chunchen, Gao Song, Jin Xiaoliang and Hou Liming. Each apprentice is engaged in aircraft structural repair, and is the backbone of the workshop team, with outstanding performance, and often participates in major aircraft maintenance and troubleshooting work. Now, his new target is a group of new technicians with a working experience of about three years. These young people have a certain degree of work experience, which is the golden age of rapid skill improvement. As the leader of professional skills, Wu Zhiju consciously has the responsibility to bring this batch of new colleagues well.

Turning to Wu Zhiju’s thick work log, the title page reads: "It is the wish of our crew to make all planes fly safely and normally, and it is also the goal we are working tirelessly for." This is Wu Zhiju’s belief and a true portrayal of his work. He is silently interpreting this sentence with practical actions and making his own contribution to the development of civil aviation without regrets. (Source: China Eastern Airlines Group)

The state has allocated 500,000 "health packages" for international students, and about 1.42 million people are still abroad.

The picture shows the "health package" issued by the embassy, including masks and other items.

The picture shows the embassy distributing "health packages" to international students in China.

  On April 2nd, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the safety of overseas students studying in China during the epidemic. Ma Zhaoxu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs introduced that according to the statistics of the education department, there are 1.6 million overseas students in China, and about 1.42 million of them are still abroad. For overseas students who really have difficulties and need to return to China in countries with severe epidemic, necessary measures will be taken in time to assist them to return to China gradually and orderly.

  The number and proportion of infections among overseas students are low.

  Ma Zhaoxu introduced that according to the statistics of the education department, the total number of overseas students in China is 1.6 million, and there are about 1.42 million people still abroad. These overseas students are distributed in different countries and regions. Among them, there are 410,000 people in the United States, 230,000 in Canada, about 220,000 in Britain, about 110,000 in Germany and France, about 280,000 in Australia and New Zealand, and about 180,000 in Japan and South Korea.

  Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of Education, said that as of March 31st, 36 foreign students had been diagnosed, and all of them had received better treatment in time. Now, 11 students have been cured and discharged. "The Ministry of Education and embassies and consulates abroad have established an epidemic detection and daily reporting system for overseas students. Once an infection or suspected case is found, the emergency mechanism will be activated as soon as possible. Judging from the available data, the number and proportion of infections among overseas students are generally at a relatively low level. Once an overseas student has symptoms of infection, the embassy or consulate will immediately launch an emergency mechanism to assist international students in seeking medical treatment. " Tian Xuejun said.

  In view of the problem that some countries have forced students to move out of the dormitory some time ago, Tian Xuejun said that the education departments of embassies and consulates made representations at the first time, and most of them have been properly resolved. Some embassies and consulates have also arranged "isolation standby points" in areas where the distribution of international students is relatively concentrated, so as to provide protection for international students when necessary. At the same time, the organizational functions of the overseas students’ associations have also been brought into full play. For example, the education department of the British embassy organized 95 overseas students’ associations across the UK, and set up 208 contact points in 56 cities to help each other, covering more than 71,000 international students. With the help of overseas Chinese delegations and Chinese-funded institutions, foreign education departments provide more life care for overseas students in accommodation and other aspects.

  The first batch of health package materials was transported on April 10th.

  Ma Zhaoxu said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking the distribution of "health kits" as an important task and a top priority, and has been continuously distributing 500,000 "health kits" to countries where overseas students in China are concentrated, including more than 11 million masks, 500,000 disinfection products and epidemic prevention guides. In the case that many countries have closed their countries and cities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Civil Aviation Administration will seize the time and give priority to the delivery of "health bags" by using civil aviation aircraft to ensure that "health bags" can be delivered to overseas students in time.

  Lu Erxue, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration, introduced that on March 25, the Civil Aviation Administration started the transportation of health package materials for overseas China students. The first batch of "health package" materials transported by civil aviation has more than 300,000 copies, about 300 tons, which will be transported to 46 embassies and consulates in 12 countries, including Italy, South Korea, France, Germany, the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, Australia, Canada and Malaysia.

  At present, the Civil Aviation Administration has coordinated Air China and China Eastern Airlines, and formulated the overall plan for the transportation of health package materials, and will use various methods such as passenger flight compensation and passenger-to-cargo flights to transport the goods to as soon as possible. According to the latest transportation plan, the first batch of health package materials will be transported on April 10th. Up to April 1st, 116 tons of health package materials have been delivered to seven countries including Italy, the United States, France, Britain, Germany, South Korea and Canada.

  We will assist those who have difficulties in studying abroad to return to China.

  It is understood that after the outbreak, China successively dispatched charter flights and temporary flights to take back stranded China citizens from overseas. From 4 to 26 March, civil aviation arranged 9 temporary flights to assist 1,466 China citizens in Iran and Italy to return home, including 6 Iranian temporary flights and 976 passengers, mainly international students. Three temporary flights have been carried out in Italy, and the fourth flight is currently being carried out, which will take back 180 Chinese citizens. The specific route is from Milan to Wenzhou.

  Lu Erxue introduced that at present, 47 Chinese and foreign airlines maintain regular flights with 40 countries and 61 destinations abroad, and the total number of international flights is maintained at no more than 134 flights per week. The number of flights is dynamically adjusted according to the actual operation of airlines. There are only 108 flights planned this week. He explained that the sharp reduction of international flights is to prevent the epidemic from being imported into China by aircraft, and the minimum level of flights is to try to ensure the necessary return needs of our overseas citizens, especially overseas students.

  The charter flight to London took off at Shanghai Pudong Airport at 9: 30 on the same day and arrived in the UK on the evening of the 1st. It is expected to take back 180 international students.

  At present, some international students are entangled in the problem of returning to China. In response to a reporter’s question, Ma Zhaoxu said that the countries where overseas students live have different stages of epidemic development, and different prevention and control measures have been taken. Overseas students have different situations and different needs. According to the requirements of the World Health Organization and the local epidemic prevention department, most overseas students stay in the local area on the principle of "no travel unless necessary", which can also avoid cross-infection during the journey or be blocked by the epidemic prevention policies of some countries in the middle, and also avoid the impact on their studies and visas.

  "For some overseas students who really have difficulties and need to return to China, the China Municipal Government will take necessary measures to arrange for their return to China gradually and orderly. Overseas students who choose to return to China must strictly implement various epidemic prevention regulations before boarding, during the journey and after arrival. " He reminded that overseas students should actively cooperate with civil aviation, port and local epidemic prevention departments to strictly implement various epidemic prevention regulations before boarding the plane, during the journey and after entering the country, and be responsible for their own health and the safety of the general public. (Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Dong Xin)

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  China international students: I don’t feel lonely when I am alone.

  "I am wandering in detail, and I am like my hometown." On April 1st, China students in Italy exposed the "health package" issued by the Embassy of China in Italy. This health package containing masks and medicines sent safety and warmth to overseas students. An international student told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that she felt the care of her motherland and didn’t feel lonely when she was alone.

  Zhou Lijing, a graduate student at the University of Iceland, shared the "health package" she received from the China Embassy in Iceland through video. In the bag printed with China’s national treasure panda and Iceland’s national bird puffin, there is a box of 50 medical surgical masks, a bottle of disinfectant and an epidemic prevention manual for overseas students. It is worth noting that this health contains a strong element of China, and the disinfectant is packed in a giant panda pen container. "The staff of the embassy told us that the preparation of this pen container is to hope that international students will see the panda and remember that the motherland has been thinking about us."

  The news that the embassy distributed health packages made Tu, a doctoral student at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, feel warm. "I feel that I am cared for by my motherland and have strong support and strength behind me. Although I am far away from home, I don’t feel lonely." (Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhang Yue Wei)

Thousands of Niger people demonstrated for the withdrawal of French troops.

  Xinhua News Agency, Abidjan, September 9 (Reporter Zheng Yangzi) News from Niamey: Since the 2nd of this month, thousands of people from Niger have gathered in the Escaderil Circular Square in front of the French army station in the south of Niamey, the capital, shouting the slogan "the French leaves Niger" and demanding that the French troops leave Niger unconditionally.

  Since the coup in Niger on July 26th, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has repeatedly stated that "the possibility of military intervention in Niger is not ruled out". The French side said that if the ECOWAS decides to take military action against Niger in the future, France will support it.

  "The purpose of our demonstration is to show France the determination of the Niger people to defend national sovereignty." A Niger who took part in the demonstration said that they renamed Escadril Circular Square "Resistance Square".

  Bubacar Abdou, a member of the Association of Retired Ambassadors and Consuls General of Niger who participated in the demonstration, said that the coup authorities have not recognized the previous military cooperation agreement between Niger and France, but up to now, 1,500 French soldiers are still stationed in the capital of Niger. "The people of Niger cannot accept such a powerful act."

  Niger was once a French colony, and France did not recognize the coup authorities in Niger. It is also reported that the French military is negotiating with the coup authorities in Niger to seek to "withdraw some military resources" from Niger. The coup authorities in Niger said that the "contact" with the French side is going on regarding the withdrawal of French troops.

  According to French media reports, people’s dissatisfaction with France in Niger appeared before the coup. Since last year, Nigerian non-governmental organizations have organized many demonstrations demanding the withdrawal of French troops.

Parent-child tours, graduation tours, summer vacations, etc. are superimposed to promote the recovery of tourism.

  Beijing, 25 June (Reporter Yang Zhaokui) Today, the reporter found that this year’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday coincides with the end of the college entrance examination, and the superposition of parent-child tour, graduation tour and summer vacation has driven the tourism industry to further recover.

  Tuniu data shows that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year, users’ enthusiasm for traveling is high, and the tourism market has been rekindled. Among them, the parent-child group is one of the main groups traveling in the Dragon Boat Festival, accounting for 41% of the trips. According to the data of Ma Honeycomb, the average heat increase of parent-child tour in Ma Honeycomb Station is 135%.

  In terms of graduation tour, flying pig data shows that this year’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday is catching up with the college entrance examination, and some schools are starting to have summer holidays. The scale of travel users of college entrance examination students and college students has increased significantly, and the booking volume of parent-child and research tour products has increased by more than three times year-on-year.

  During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year, many places in the north continued to experience high temperatures. According to the data of the US Mission and the public comments, in the high temperature, summer vacation and cooling have become the key words of travel. The tourism popularity of northern coastal cities such as Qingdao, Weihai, Qinhuangdao and Dalian has increased significantly.

  The travel data of the same journey shows that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the booking volume of hotels around domestic concerts and music festivals increased by more than 300% year-on-year.

  "The Dragon Boat Festival is often the weather vane of the summer tourism market. Judging from the fiery degree of more than 100 million trips this year, the next summer market is expected to usher in a new round of tourism peaks, and tourism will also enter a new stage of structural recovery." Feng Rao, dean of the Ma Honeycomb Tourism Research Institute, said.

618× Father’s Day promotes the market of men’s faces, and domestic skin care Ximuyuan becomes a dark horse.

This year’s Father’s Day is June 18th, which coincides with the promotion of June 18th. For many people, the best way to express "love" should be that buy buy bought it, and so does his love for his father. It is reported that 64.4% of female netizens interviewed are willing to buy Yan value products as gifts for men, which pushes the "male beauty economy" to the focus of this year’s 618.

Recently, the official list of Tmall 618 shows that four hours before the pre-sale of Tmall 618, brands such as L ‘Oré al Men, biotherm, Gillette and Ximuyuan were on the TOP10 of Tmall’s men’s care industry list, among which Ximuyuan ranked first among domestic brands.

Four hours before the pre-sale of 618, Ximuyuan Aurora Black Spruce men’s specialized skin care suit won the first domestic product in the men’s care industry.

As of June 14th, Ximuyuan’s Aurora Black Spruce Men’s Skincare Series, which has been on the market for only six months, surpassed Kiehl’s and L ‘Oreal in the hot list of Tmall’s "Men’s Gift Box" and "Men’s Skin Care Set", ranking first in the men’s skin care industry. As early as more than one month after the launch of Aurora Black Spruce men’s skincare series, Ximuyuan has surpassed L ‘Oré al and biotherm, and also surpassed some cutting-edge brands specializing in men’s products, ranking first in the men’s skincare list.

This is the development trend that the domestic male skin care market has not had in the past ten years, and it also indicates the emergence of new match points. The strong breakthrough of Ximuyuan is closely related to its accurate insight into the underlying logic of men’s skin care track and the scientific and technological strength of intensive cultivation.

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Ximuyuan Aurora Black Spruce Men’s Skin Care Series ranks first in Tmall 618 "Men’s Gift Box" and "Men’s Skin Care Set"

On the one hand, Ximuyuan’s product development is based on keen market insight: on the core demand, through in-depth investigation and study of consumers, Ximuyuan found that men tend to be "rational" and "effective" in product selection, and solving skin pain points such as acne, oily skin and redness sensitivity is the main motivation for choosing skin care products. However, in the existing categories on the market, there is a big supply gap for men’s basic nursing categories such as water, milk and cream, which leads some male consumers to flow to "sexless" products or women’s products. At the same time, male consumers are different from female consumers in skin care habits. They generally want to simplify skin care, make quick purchase decisions, and prefer fast and convenient shopping experience.

On the other hand, the continuous construction of scientific research moat has laid a good foundation for a series of explosive products of Ximuyuan. Since its establishment four years ago, Ximuyuan has set up its own laboratory Simpcare Lab, and has also carried out in-depth cooperation with first-class scientific research institutions such as the National Engineering Research Center for Genetically Engineered Drugs, Sanli Huiping Testing Technology Center of Beijing Technology and Business University, and Tsinghua University Pearl River Delta Research Institute, creating a five-dimensional scientific research model, opening up the path from science to clinic, satisfying consumers’ needs with "exquisite formula", polishing product strength and providing consumers with a safe, effective and pleasant product experience.

The research and development cycle of international big-name new products is mostly 3-5 years, but the average development cycle of domestic beauty industry is only 3-4 months, and Ximuyuan’s research and development of men’s series products started as early as 3 years ago, and it took 3 years to launch at the end of 2022, which far exceeded the average development cycle of beauty and skin care industry.

Inhibition of 5&alpha in skin based on the extract of black spruce with aurora; Reductase and reduce excessive sebum secretion, Ximuyuan R&D team added a patented ingredient "MATMARINE" imported from Spain and Simpcare 1609 specially developed by Ximuyuan to the product: the former can refine pores and smooth skin by reducing sebaceous gland cell differentiation; The latter can relieve irritation and solve sensitive problems such as redness, heat, itching and pain by slowing down the excessive activation of TRPV-1 in the nerve.

In order to meet the needs of men’s minimalist skin care to a greater extent, Ximuyuan has also built a [6: 3: 1] cleaning system specially developed for men, which can dredge pores and take away dirt, and at the same time, use a simplified amino acid to balance the formula, prevent the skin from being tight and false red due to excessive cleaning, and solve men’s skin problems in one step.

Relying on the long-term layout of scientific research technology and channel resources, Ximuyuan has become a leader in men’s skin care track in just six months by understanding the needs of men’s consumers and making up the market gap, and achieved "overtaking in corners".

It is reported that the market for men’s grooming has reached nearly 10 billion. According to the White Paper on Tmall Men’s Care in 2023, the market for men’s skin care in China is still expanding, and it is expected to reach more than 20 billion yuan by 2026. With the change of social concept and aesthetic consciousness, more men began to pay attention to their appearance image, and more women began to pay attention to men’s needs in this field, which jointly promoted the cultivation of this market. It is foreseeable that the "other economy" will continue to release its growth potential in the next few years. In this case, it is necessary to have a deep insight into consumer demand, continuously polish product strength, and do a good job in market education and product science popularization at the corresponding stage, and Ximuyuan is obviously one of the strong competitors.

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A fine rice variety is bred in this way (first-line investigation)

  Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, etc.

  In April 2022, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Hainan and came to the "brain" of Nanfan Scientific and Research Breeding Base — — Sanya yazhouwan seed laboratory. The general secretary said: "Only by grasping the seeds of China with your own hands can you stabilize China’s rice bowl and achieve food security."

  Nanfan, a large number of agricultural workers’ repeated migration journey. From September every year to May the following year, they come to Hainan from all over the world to take advantage of the unique tropical climate conditions here to carry out a series of scientific research activities such as crop seed breeding, hence the name "Southern Breeding".

  At the moment, it is the season of the south. Let’s follow a rice seed to observe how it will grow from creating materials to breeding and seed production.

  Sampling — — Sanya, Hainan

  It took 10 years to produce a good variety.

  Some have just been sown or seedlings, some are heading green, and some are golden to be harvested — — Walking into the Nanfan Base in Sanya, Zhongzhong Group, you can get a glimpse of rice at all growth stages.

  "The advantage of Hainan is that there are abundant light and temperature resources, and we will sow here every one or two months." Shi Yitao, assistant of rice breeding in Zhongzhong Group, is a good way in the crop field. "Farmers will, we will;" Farmers won’t, and we understand. "

  For a year, he guarded the experimental field like a child, and his broad face was tanned. "Water carefully every day to observe, prevent snails, birds and mice. I want every seedling to sprout and thrive. " Shi Yitao said.

  It’s windy, rainy and sunny, which is a summary of the local climate by Nanfan people.

  Sowing in the hot sun, sometimes, you have to hide from the rain four or five times for half a day. Whenever it rains, Shi Yitao is on tenterhooks: when the seedlings were young, he was afraid of the heavy rain and washed up the nutrient soil and washed away the seedlings; The rice is a little longer, catching up with the typhoon. The water in the field is more than 60 centimeters, leaving an ear on the water surface. It is raining against the wind and drowning again and again. "Danger is not afraid, and nothing is important to keep the seedlings."

  In the corner of the experimental field, the iron fence was deeply embedded in the soil, and a small rice field was specially taken care of. "Specially rat-proof, afraid of gnawing materials." Shi Yitao gently pulled open the iron door and walked through a ridge, and the green and tall seedlings came into view.

  "these are breeding materials R1607 with low cadmium gene introduced, which is already in tillering stage." Shi Yitao bowed down and took off a piece of leaf with tweezers, about 1 cm long, and carefully put it in a deep hole plate. "I hope it will be successful in one sampling."

  From the summer of 2021 to now, this batch of materials has been planted in Hainan for three consecutive seasons, plus one season in Hainan in winter of 2020 and one season in Hubei in early 2021. It has been crossing, backcrossing and selfing for more than two years, and it has been five generations. Preliminary laboratory data show that the genetic traits of low cadmium gene have already appeared in future generations.

  "If there is no problem with the re-inspection data, after maturity, you can select a trial plant with the best growth and the best laboratory genetic data from these 2000 strains." Shi Yitao said.

  Just pick one plant, will it be too few?

  "You don’t look down upon it, the seed setting rate is very high, one plant also has one or two thousand grains, and the ear of rice is half an arm long. This is also the reason why the rice variety Youyou 607 is favored by the market. "

  "If you compare Quanyou 607 to an excellent ‘ Baby ’ Then R1607 is like an excellent ‘ Father ’ 。” Zhou Hua, director of rice testing of Zhongzhong Group, said that R1607 not only aggregated 8 rice blast resistance genes and 3 lodging resistance genes, but also aggregated 17 genes of sheath blight resistance, cold tolerance, flood tolerance, nitrogen efficiency and yield. Now, after introducing the low cadmium gene, even if rice is planted in fields with excessive cadmium content, it is low in adsorption or insensitive to cadmium.

  How long does it take to breed a fine variety like Quanyou 607?

  "It took 10 years from breeding to variety approval!" Zheng Ruifeng, the head of the R&D team of Quanyou 607 and the director of rice breeding of Zhongzhong Group, said that the creation of new materials is very uncertain. "There have been 52 cross combinations, and finally only R1607 was bred."

  The R&D team will then introduce genes against bacterial blight, rice planthopper and fragrance, etc., and constantly upgrade and transform R1607 to become an all-around champion, so that the "baby" born will be better.

  What is the most difficult thing in breeding?

  Zheng Ruifeng replied in this way: if the varieties that show "leverage" are planted in other places for trial planting, some unexpected situations may occur, such as not resisting high temperature, low temperature, lodging, a certain disease, or a certain climate. Sensitive, "this will make all previous efforts and investments zero."

  The early research and development is difficult, but the heart is still not hanging. Once it enters large-scale production, the strings in the heart will be tightly stretched. The bigger the promotion area, the more worried it is. "If farmers fail to harvest food, we will have trouble sleeping, and we will be relieved when we harvest it." Zheng Ruifeng said.

  Detection — — Wuhan, Hubei

  Breeding experts wear "gene glasses"

  In Wuhan, Hubei Province, the genotyping laboratory of the Life Science and Technology Center of China Seed Group, the low cadmium sample sent from Sanya base, finally ushered in the key experimental link — — DNA genetic material was extracted and analyzed.

  Zhang Xiaobo, the head of the laboratory, tapped the button, and the shaker, centrifuge and PCR instrument ran one after another. The data showed that the recovery rate of differential loci was 88.7%, and the recovery rate of whole genome reached 97.5%.

  What do these data mean? "This shows that the low cadmium gene has indeed been stably passed on to the offspring of R1607. After the upgraded version of R1607 matures, a new trial production process can be started." Zhang Xiaobo explained.

  "In the breeding process, the laboratory and the experimental field are closely linked." Ye Rongjian, deputy director of the Technology Platform Department of the Science and Technology Center of Zhongzhong Group, said that the genetic performance after the introduction of low cadmium gene is difficult to observe by experience. "Is cadmium adsorbed into rice seeds? The naked eye can’t see it at all."

  "When R1607 was first created, molecular biological breeding technology was just beginning, and we took the path of traditional cross breeding combined with molecular breeding assisted selection. Nowadays, molecular marker detection and genome breeding technology have become very common, which is like wearing a pair of glasses that can see through the function of genes for breeding experts. " Zheng Ruifeng said that intelligent breeding in the future, relying on artificial intelligence, big data and biotechnology, will be more efficient and accurate.

  Of course, the powerful function of this pair of glasses depends on the breakthrough of basic research. "The reason why the introduction of low cadmium gene has achieved results for more than two years is because the functional sequence of low cadmium gene is very clear." According to Ye Rongjian, there are about 50,000 genes predicted in rice. At present, about 4,000 genes are cloned and their functions are clear. It may take many years for a gene to know its functions, and the road ahead is still very long.

  "The laboratory not only undertakes the task of detection and analysis, but also explores the mystery of genes." Nie Dongming, the seed administrator, pushed open the heavy security door, and a germplasm resource bank with more than 100,000 rice materials was presented. Here, at the temperature of 4 degrees Celsius, the seeds enter a dormant state and can be safely stored for 5-mdash; Ten years.

  Zhou Hua said that the germplasm resource bank is a treasure house for creating breeding materials. At that time, Academician Yuan Longping discovered the special material of wild rice sterile plant "Wild Abortion" in Sanya, and achieved the breakthrough of hybrid rice breeding.

  R1607′ s breakthrough in rice blast resistance is also due to the germplasm resource bank. "At that time, we were making a breakthrough in the technology against rice blast. I heard that the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a gene with strong resistance, but breeding experts did not have this material at hand. We went to the germplasm resource library to search and found the original material. " Zheng Ruifeng introduced that this peasant variety was used to cross and backcross with indica rice varieties, and a series of materials containing rice blast resistance genes were bred.

  "If things in nature are lost, you may not find them when you want to use them in the future. The importance of the germplasm resource bank is now more and more deeply understood. " Zheng Ruifeng said that it is a source protection when its value is not clear and the advantages of germplasm resources are not tapped.

  Zhou Hua introduced that China Seed Group and Yazhouwan Seed Laboratory jointly issued a list for the first-class scientific research institutes and universities in China, and Industry-University-Research jointly integrated gene resources, and there were more than 10 topics in the field of rice alone. In addition to further cooperative research on low cadmium genes, there are also cooperation in herbicide resistance and rice false smut resistance. "The goal is to make excellent rice varieties full of treasures."

  Seed production — — Hainan dongfang

  One mu of seed production can be used for more than 100 mu of fields.

  "Yanmei, throw me the seedling!" "Good, then!" Fu Yanmei didn’t lift her head. A bunch of tender rice seedlings came out and flew over eight or nine women who worked hard, drawing an arc over the paddy field and accurately "delivering" it to Zeng Yabei.

  On February 3rd, gancheng town, Dongfang City, Hainan Province, after the Spring Festival, seed production and rice transplanting have been busy for more than a week. The villagers cooperated skillfully, transplanting rice in the field, and there were bursts of laughter from time to time.

  Such busy and cheerful scenes often appear in the process of seed production. In the whole seed production process, the most attractive thing is heading and flowering, which is also called catching powder.

  At the end of October last year, in this field, the reporter witnessed a scene of catching powder. The sky clears up, the temperature rises, the male parent and female parent materials in the rice field bloom and spit, and pale yellow flowers are dotted with light green ears of rice swaying gently in the breeze. A 40-meter-long rope hangs in an arc on the ear of rice. The two workers each held one end and walked quickly forward in parallel. Where the rope passed, the ears of rice touched, the stamens trembled, the pollen floated to the pistil of the female parent, and suddenly a pale yellow powder fog was stirred in the field.

  Wang Shiming, general manager of Hainan Nongle Nanfan Technology Co., Ltd. said: "Breeding is to bring a bag of seeds and carry a bag of seeds back. Seed production is different. One acre of seed production can be used for more than 100 acres of fields. "

  There are many seed production processes, so it is necessary to plant seeds in reverse order to let parents meet this flowering period. For example, it takes 100 days for the male parent of Quanyou 607 to plant and 80 days for the female parent, so the male parent should plant 20 days in advance; After that, we constantly observe the leaf period, analyze the flowering period, and sometimes adjust it through water and fertilizer to ensure that the flowering period meets.

  "Artificial powder driving can improve the seed setting rate of hybrid rice." Wang Shiming introduced that many years ago, there were as many as 100,000 people in Hainan from Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province. In recent years, the country has revitalized the seed industry, and Pingxiang has also introduced measures such as subsidies for large seed producers and subsidies for grain production. Encouraged by this, many Jiangxi farmers who have produced seeds in Hainan have returned to their hometowns for development.

  "Raising seedlings, transplanting seedlings, heading and pollination, harvesting and drying seeds, selecting seeds and packaging, I can play when I am young." Wang Shiming has been following his parents to Hainan for more than 20 years. His skin is tanned and he speaks slowly. In 2022, Dongfang City, where he lives, was recognized as a national seed production county, with a million mu of fertile land in Thanksgiving Plain. "Winter seed production starts at the end of December every year, and the seeds are harvested in April and May of the following year, which is just the time for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River."

  Affected by rising land rent and labor costs, Hainan rice seed production has been moving westward, from Sanya to Ledong Li Autonomous County, and then to Dongfang City. "The average annual land circulation per mu in the East is 1,300 yuan, but it has already exceeded 3,500 yuan in Sanya." Wang Shiming said.

  In the middle and late September of 2022, Wen Mincao, deputy manager of the production department of Zhongzhong Agricultural Science and Technology Company, received an urgent task. When the seed production area of Quanyou 607 Hainan suddenly increased from the original six or seven thousand mu to more than 20,000 mu, his head was buzzing. Where can he find the producer and production base?

  The Chinese company implements the order system and gives plans to manufacturers and professional teams all over the country every year. However, the farming season in the mainland has passed in winter and it is difficult to produce seeds; Although Hainan can produce seeds, it is also the winter melon and vegetable season, with less open space, high land rent and early seed delivery time. At one time, it is a bit intense to "grab the base".

  Thanks to Wang Shiming’s contacts in many ways, Wenmin Cao took only one week to reach an intention on 6,000 mu of land and finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Seed production counties support the integration of production, processing, warehousing, packaging and logistics. With favorable policies, we have signed a cooperation framework for the integration of production and supply chain with local manufacturers, which can be produced locally, packaged locally and sent to the market, and can be stored locally if they are not sold out."

  All the efforts are worthwhile.

  In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, farmers who have tasted the sweetness have long been thinking about good seeds. In Shilou Village, Wudian Town, Zaoyang City, Hubei Province, Chen Bangguo, a large grain grower, called Qiu Yunze, a seed dealer in Wudian Town, after planting winter wheat.

  "Good seeds are in demand! When we tried to plant Quanyou 607, it was Laoqiu who came to sell it, and he guaranteed it, saying that it was not good to compensate my output. As a result, two or three hundred kilograms of rice were added to an acre of land. I am happy to invite Laoqiu to eat! " Chen Bangguo said.

  "In the early stage, we will build a model field display, and invite large households to go to the scene to observe the harvest and yield measurement, so that more farmers can see the comparative advantages of varieties. In the later stage, collect information about high-yield farmers, make posters, and organize seedling meetings from seedling stage to heading stage to expand influence. " Speaking of the promotion experience of good seeds, Wang Hanyong, deputy sales manager of Hubei Branch of China National Seed Group, talked endlessly.

  The field of hope, season after season, the story of a fine variety will be told constantly.

  Planning for this issue: Yin Xinyu, Wu Yan and Cheng Juxin