The Federal Reserve announced that the minutes of the February monetary policy meeting will continue to raise interest rates.

  On February 22nd, local time, the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) monetary policy meeting from January 31st to February 1st. According to the contents published in the minutes of the meeting, the Fed said that although there are signs that inflation is declining, it is not enough to offset the need for further interest rate hikes. At present, the inflation rate is "still much higher" than the Fed’s target of 2%. What followed was that "the labor market is still very tight, resulting in continuous upward pressure on wages and prices." Therefore, the Federal Reserve decided to raise the target range of the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, which is the smallest rate hike since March 2022. According to the minutes of the meeting, almost all the participants supported the decision and agreed to continue raising interest rates until inflation was controlled.

  At the same time, many participants said that the process of raising the debt ceiling in the United States has dragged on for too long, which may pose "significant risks" to the financial system and economy. Some participants believe that the prospect of economic recession in 2023 is rising. Some participants said that the job market is "very tight", the demand for labor exceeds the supply, and the continuous tight job market will put upward pressure on inflation. (CCTV reporter Xu Wei)

The personal pension system is officially implemented, and everything you want to know is here.

CCTV News:The Measures for the Implementation of Individual Pensions, jointly issued by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration of The People’s Republic of China, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and CSRC, was officially released to the public on November 4th. This means that the personal pension system that the society has been paying attention to for a long time has been formally implemented.

So what is a personal pension? Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that personal pension is a supplementary pension insurance system. At present, China’s multi-level endowment insurance system mainly includes "three pillars". The first pillar is the basic old-age insurance, which is the main part, and the current coverage has reached 1.04 billion; The second pillar is enterprise annuity and occupational annuity. By the end of 2021, more than 70 million employees had participated in the two annuities. The third pillar includes personal pension and other personal commercial pension financial services. Why should we develop a personal pension system? What’s the use of personal pension? Let’s listen to the heads of relevant departments in Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Jia Jiang, Deputy Director of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Endowment Insurance Department:Personal pension is a part of the third pillar with institutional arrangements, and it is a supplementary old-age insurance system with government policy support, voluntary participation and market operation. The establishment of the personal pension system will add an accumulation on the basis of the basic old-age insurance, better meet the diversified old-age insurance needs of the people, and make the old-age life more secure and quality.

Workers in China can participate in the personal pension system.

The Measures for the Implementation of Personal Pension clearly states that the personal pension system covers a wide range, and all workers who participate in the basic old-age insurance for urban workers or the basic old-age insurance for urban and rural residents in China can participate, which also makes the personal pension a "universal" system. So why do you make such a rule? 

Jia Jiang, Deputy Director of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Endowment Insurance Department:The first aspect is from the perspective of system function. Only by participating in the basic old-age insurance and realizing the premise of "basic", participating in the personal pension can realize the "supplementary" pension function. Second, from the perspective of coverage, China’s basic old-age insurance system has achieved full coverage of the system. At present, the number of participants has reached 1.04 billion, basically covering the working-age population. Third, willing workers can participate, which can realize long-term payment of personal pension and continuously increase the accumulation of funds in personal accounts.

Personal pension shall be subject to personal account system.

The personal pension is based on the personal account system, including two accounts, one is the personal pension account and the other is the personal pension fund account. The Measures for the Implementation of Personal Pension stipulates that personal pension accounts should be opened on the personal pension information management service platform through the national unified online service portal or commercial banks. Personal pension fund accounts can be opened or designated by a commercial bank that meets the requirements, and can also be designated by other personal pension product sales organizations that meet the requirements.

So, why set up two accounts? What is the relationship between the two accounts? In addition, is there an upper limit for personal pension? Continue to look at the interpretation of experts.

Jia Jiang, Deputy Director of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Endowment Insurance Department:To participate in individual pension, participants must first open an individual pension account. By the participants through the national social insurance public service platform, in the personal pension information management service platform to open. It is used to record the whole process information of participants as the basis for participating in the personal pension system and enjoying preferential tax policies. After opening a personal pension account, it is necessary to open a personal pension fund account, which is designated or opened in a commercial bank that meets the requirements. These two accounts are unique and correspond to each other. Among them, through the channels of commercial banks, these two accounts can be opened at one time.

The "Implementation Measures" clarify that the maximum amount of personal pension paid by participants each year is 12,000 yuan, which can be paid monthly, by installments or by year. The payment amount is accumulated according to the natural year and recalculated in the following year.

Jia Jiang, Deputy Director of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Endowment Insurance Department:In the future, the state will raise the upper limit of the payment level in a timely manner according to the level of economic and social development and the development of a multi-level endowment insurance system. For participants, they can flexibly choose whether to participate every year or in parts of the year according to their own financial affordability, or they can choose the amount of payment they need during the year, which can be paid in one lump sum or in parts.

Personal pension account funds are mostly used to buy financial products.

After the money is deposited into the personal pension account, how should the money be used and how can it be preserved and increased? The "Measures for the Implementation of Individual Pensions" clearly stipulates that the individual pension shall be subject to the individual account system, and the payment shall be entirely borne by the participants themselves. They shall independently choose to purchase financial products such as savings deposits, wealth management products, commercial endowment insurance, Public Offering of Fund, etc. that meet the requirements, implement complete accumulation, and enjoy preferential tax policies in accordance with relevant state regulations.

Personal pension products are safer, more stable and standardized.

In this way, the funds in the personal pension account are mainly used to buy financial products, so what is the difference between personal pension products and general financial products?

Jia Jiang, Deputy Director of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Endowment Insurance Department:Personal pension products are diversified, which is conducive to meeting the investment needs of different groups, and also conducive to promoting market competition, prompting financial institutions to develop better and more financial products and participate in the personal pension system. Compared with general financial products, personal pension products should have the properties of safe operation, maturity and stability, standardized target and long-term value preservation.

The "Implementation Measures" stipulate that participants independently decide the variety and amount of personal pension products purchased from the personal pension fund account. Personal pension product sales institutions should take the principle of "sales appropriateness" as a principle, do a good job of risk warning, and may not actively introduce personal pension products beyond their risk tolerance to participants.

Exempt individual pension fund accounts from multiple fees.

On November 4th, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission issued interim measures to solicit opinions from the public on the management of personal pension business of commercial banks and wealth management companies. The interim measures require commercial banks to waive multiple fees for personal pension fund accounts.

Personal pension fund account is a special account with the functions of personal pension payment, transaction fund transfer, income collection, payment and payment of personal income tax, information inquiry and so on. The fund account will be closed before the conditions stipulated by the state are met.

Dong Ximiao, a researcher at the Institute of Finance of Fudan University:The closed operation of individual pension fund account means that individuals can only make money into the fund account, but can’t transfer it out or collect it before meeting the conditions stipulated by the state. Closed operation helps to ensure that the account funds and income are used for pension purposes, and also helps to guide participants to develop long-term investment habits.

The interim measures also propose that everyone can only choose a qualified commercial bank to open a fund account, and the fund account may not be opened directly in a commercial bank by a personal pension product sales organization. Commercial banks are exempt from annual fees, account management fees, SMS fees and transfer fees for capital accounts.

Personal income tax is paid at the rate of 3% at the time of collection.

Then, what favorable policies can you enjoy by participating in personal pension? First of all, in the payment link, the part that does not exceed the upper limit of 12,000 yuan per year can be deducted before the personal income tax by withholding the comprehensive income of personal income tax or settling it in the next year. Secondly, in the investment link, personal income tax will not be levied on the investment income. Finally, when participants receive personal pensions, they pay personal income tax at the rate of 3%, which is relatively low, regardless of the method and amount of collection. The method of collection is determined by the participants themselves, and they can receive individual pensions on a monthly basis, in installments or at one time.

The assets in the personal pension fund account can be inherited

In addition, whether individual pension can be inherited is also of great concern. It is clearly stipulated in the Measures for the Implementation of Individual Pensions that if a participant dies, the assets in his personal pension fund account can be inherited. If the participant’s social security card is cancelled due to reasons such as going abroad or settling abroad, death, etc., the commercial bank will transfer the funds in the participant’s personal pension fund account to the fund account designated by himself or his successor.

With the breakthrough of optical chips, photonic chips will realize faster and more energy-saving artificial intelligence programs.

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Photonic integrated link driven by Kerr frequency comb. Source: Light Wave Research Laboratory/Columbia Project.

Data centers and high-performance computers running artificial intelligence programs (such as large-scale language models) are not limited by the absolute computing power of their nodes. This is another problem-the amount of data they can transmit between nodes-which is the basis of the "bandwidth bottleneck" that currently limits the performance and expansion of these systems.

Nodes in these systems can be more than one kilometer apart. Because metal wires emit electrical signals in the form of heat when transmitting data at high speed, these systems transmit data through optical fiber cables. Unfortunately, when signals are sent from one node to another, a lot of energy is wasted in the process of converting electrical data into optical data (and back again).

In a study published in Nature Photonics, researchers from Columbia Institute of Technology demonstrated an energy-saving method, which can transmit a large amount of data through optical fiber cables connecting nodes. This new technology improves the previous attempt to transmit multiple signals simultaneously through the same optical fiber cable. Instead of using different lasers to generate light of each wavelength, the new chip only needs one laser to generate hundreds of different wavelengths of light, which can transmit independent data streams at the same time.

Simpler and more energy-saving data transmission method

Millimeter-scale systems use a technology called wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and a device called Kerr frequency comb. These devices acquire light of a single color at the input end and generate light of many new colors at the output end. The critical Kerr frequency comb, developed by Michal Lipson, professor of electrical engineering and professor of applied physics at Higgins, and Alexander Gaeta, professor of applied physics and materials science and professor of electrical engineering at David M. Rickey, allows researchers to send clear signals through individual and precise optical wavelengths, with space between them.

Photonic integrated chip is placed on a dime. Source: Light Wave Research Laboratory/Columbia Project.

"We realize that these devices are ideal sources of optical communication, and people can encode independent information channels on each color of light and spread them through an optical fiber," said Keren Bergman, a senior author, who is Charles Batchelor, a professor of electrical engineering at Columbia Institute of Technology, and the academic director of Columbia Nano Project. This breakthrough can make the system transmit more data exponentially without using more energy in proportion.

The team miniaturized all optical components to chips with each edge about several millimeters, which were used to generate light, encode it with electrical data, and then convert the optical data back to the electrical signal of the target node. They have designed a novel photonic circuit architecture, which allows each channel to encode data separately, and at the same time, the interference to adjacent channels is minimal. This means that the signals sent with each color of light will not be confused, and the receiver will not have difficulty in interpreting and converting back to electronic data.

"In this way, our method is more compact and energy-saving than similar methods," said Anthony Rizzo, the lead author of the study, who did this work as a doctoral student at Bergman Laboratory and is now a research scientist at the Information Council of the US Air Force Research Laboratory. "It is also cheaper and easier to expand, because the silicon nitride comb foundry can be manufactured in a standard CMOS foundry for manufacturing microelectronic chips, rather than in an expensive dedicated III-V foundry.

The compact characteristics of these chips enable them to directly interface with computer electronic chips, which greatly reduces the total energy consumption, because electrical data signals only need to travel to millimeters instead of tens of centimeters.

Bergman pointed out, "This work shows that this is a feasible way, which can not only greatly reduce the energy consumption of the system, but also improve the computing power by several orders of magnitude, so that the application of artificial intelligence will continue to grow exponentially, and at the same time, it will have the least impact on the environment.

The exciting results paved the way for actual deployment.

In the experiment, the researchers managed to transmit 16 gigabits per second for 32 different wavelengths of light, with a total single fiber bandwidth of 512 Gb/s, and the error was less than one bit in the one trillion transmitted data. These are incredibly high levels of speed and efficiency. The silicon chip for transmitting data is only 4mm x 1mm in size, while the chip for receiving optical signals and converting them into electrical signals is only 3mm x 1mm in size, both of which are smaller than human nails.

Schematic diagram of decomposed data center based on Kerr frequency comb driving silicon photonic link. Source: Light Wave Research Laboratory/Columbia Project.

"Although we used 32 wavelength channels in the proof-of-principle demonstration, our architecture can be expanded to accommodate more than 100 channels, which is completely within the scope of standard Kerr comb design," Rizzo added.

These chips can be manufactured by the same facilities as microelectronic chips in standard consumer laptops or mobile phones, thus providing a direct way for volume expansion and practical deployment.

The next step of this research is to integrate photonics with chip-level drive and control electronics to further miniaturize the system.

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Original title: "Optical Chip Breakthrough! Photonic chip will realize faster and more energy-saving artificial intelligence program.

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The US Embassy in Israel moved to Jerusalem? White House: It’s only a matter of time. It will be announced in the next few days.

[Observer Network Comprehensive Report] In the past two days, the Middle East can be described as coming. Whether US President Trump decides to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv has attracted much attention.

According to Agence France-Presse, on Monday (4th) local time, the White House said that Trump suspended the announcement of the decision on the relocation of the US Embassy in Israel, and the time would be postponed until 4th local time. In the past 48 hours, many world leaders, including American allies, have issued warnings to Trump.

"The president’s position on this issue has been clear from the beginning. It’s not a matter of deciding or not, but a matter of time," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said. "It will be announced in the next few days."

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In May of this year, Trump visited Israel and visited the famous Jewish holy land "wailing wall" @ vision china.

In order to win over pro-Israel American voters, Trump made a commitment to this during his presidential campaign last year. American officials said that the fickle president has not made a final decision, but he does not expect to transfer the embassy directly to Jerusalem.

However, Agence France-Presse said that domestic politics may prompt Trump to make Jerusalem the capital of Israel, so as to show his attitude to conservative voters and donors.

Trump’s Commitment to Israel in the Campaign (Video/Liu Chuchu)

The status of Jerusalem is a key issue in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israel annexed East Jerusalem after the Middle East War in 1967, and declared the whole of Jerusalem as Israel’s "eternal and indivisible capital". Palestine insists that East Jerusalem be the capital of Palestine.

When the outside world knows that Trump is about to make a decision, leaders from many countries in the Middle East and other regions have warned that Trump will make a change in American policy for decades.

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In May of this year, Trump visited Israel and visited the famous Jewish holy land "wailing wall" @ vision china.

French President Macron warned Trump that the status of Jerusalem must be "within the framework of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians".

Agence France-Presse said that there were also differences within the White House on this matter, and several US officials were unable or unwilling to make a clear statement on Trump’s decision. "The president will make his decision," said kushner, Trump’s Middle East envoy and son-in-law.

On the 3rd, kushner made a rare appearance at the annual meeting of the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, to discuss the US Middle East policy. In response to the relocation of the US Embassy, kushner said, "He is still considering many situations. Once he makes a decision, he will explain it to you himself, not me."

Although Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman urged Trump to seize this "historic opportunity", AFP said that from the information in other parts of the region, it is clear not to do so.

Under the global trade counter-current, G7 is facing extreme pressure test. With Trump around, can Macron still control the market?

  If the G7 summit does not issue a communique, it will be the first time since the G7 summit was held in 1975 that a joint communique cannot be issued.

  Today (24th), French President Mark Long will face a rather tricky extreme stress test in his presidency: the global trade countercurrent, the uncertain prospect of Brexit, the Trump administration’s promotion of the "American model", the disagreement between France and the United States on the "digital service tax" and the debate on climate change issues, all of which will appear at the G7 summit in biarritz. If not handled properly, a grand event aimed at showing France’s strength globally may be posted.

  The biggest concern of the outside world is whether the G7 Summit will repeat the same mistakes and end awkwardly as the 2018 G7 Summit in Quebec, Canada. With US President Trump present, can Macron still control the audience?

  Before the G7 summit, Macron had an hour-long conversation with Trump, and then Macron told the outside world at a press conference that this summit might not be able to issue a joint communique. "Let’s be honest, no one reads those joint communiques." He said.

  If this happens, it will be the first time since the G7 Summit was held in 1975 that a joint communique cannot be issued.

  Zhao Yongsheng, director of the French Center for Economic Research in university of international business and economics and professor of finance, who is currently doing research in France, told the First Financial Reporter: "For western European countries, the most fundamental issue is trade and climate, but both of them will turn Europe and America against each other. I communicated with some of these officials and thought that the joint communique should not be issued this time because the parties could not reach a consensus. "

Trump visited Paris, France in 2018 Source: Xinhua News Agency

  Trump brings stress tests to G7.

  Judging from the current advance notice given by the US to Trump in France, the topics he wants to discuss have certain conflicts with other countries in the G7.

  Specifically, according to foreign media reports, senior US government officials said anonymously that Trump will attend the G7 summit in France from 24th to 26th, and will discuss the economic model promoted by the Trump administration through tax reduction and deregulation.

  The aforementioned US government officials said that Trump will discuss the US economic policy and the economic growth rate achieved, and compare it with Europe, where the current economic growth is stagnant.

  At the same time, Trump will also discuss with Europe, Japan and Canada how to open the market and increase the channels for American companies to sell goods and services.

  The official also said that Trump would also express his dissatisfaction with the French digital service tax to Macron and hold bilateral talks with the new British Prime Minister Johnson to discuss the US-UK trade agreement and the issue of Brexit.

  In this case, as mentioned earlier, Macron has reduced its willingness to issue a joint communique.

  He said that he himself had stayed up all night to catch up with the publication of the joint communique, but the wasted time could have been better used to formulate strategies. He will hold more "useful" and informal "closed-door meetings" so that leaders can discuss key issues more closely.

  At the same time, France has also set the theme of this session as "Combating Inequality".

  Judging from the agenda of this meeting, France has tried its best to avoid contradictions. Etien, foreign affairs adviser to the French President, said in an interview with China Business News: "Our work should focus on the achievement of concrete results, such as the work in some specific areas, such as environmental equality, gender equality, Africa policy, basic medical services, equality in schooling, tax equality and cyber security."

  In this regard, Zhao Yongsheng commented to the First Financial Reporter: "As far as the theme of the conference is concerned, the French color is too strong. The most serious problem in the world today is trade, such as the trade friction between Japan, South Korea and Europe and the United States. As the group of the most developed countries in the West, G7 should take trade as the theme of the meeting. Now France does not discuss the most important things, but finds an anodyne theme. "

  Zhao Yongsheng analyzed: "the French is more tactful, for example, the theme should have been ’ Combating trade friction ’ , now changed to ’ Combating inequality ’ The theme itself is to reach some consensus. "

  "This summit is a good exhibition opportunity for Macron, and if it ends in discord, it will be very unfavorable for France," Zhao Yongsheng added, "because ’ Yellow vest ’ The movement has basically subsided, and the French economy is also improving. In the second quarter of this year, only France has achieved positive growth in several major European economies, so the G7 (for Macron) must succeed. "

  On the other hand, Trump’s behavior is still unknown. Su Qingyi, deputy director and associate researcher of the International Trade Research Office of the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the First Financial Reporter that Trump would not change his style at this French summit. He said: "Trump will only consider the interests of the United States and target all countries with a tough stance."

  From trade to digital tax, there are many differences between Europe and America in G7.

  Under the theme of tepid conference, great differences between Europe and America on trade, digital tax, climate, Iran and other issues are surging.

  In terms of trade, Trump once again mentioned the car tax recently, and accused the EU of always charging high prices to the United States, which made it difficult to deal with it. However, if the United States only levies a car tax on it, the EU will "give us anything we want. After all, they want to sell a lot of cars in the United States."

  At present, in the "232 investigation" report on imported cars and spare parts, the United States has determined that imported cars and spare parts threaten to damage US national security, and will start the next action around November 14.

  The EU is preparing for a low profile. Cecilia Malmstrom, the outgoing Commissioner of the EU Trade Commission, pointed out at a hearing at the end of July that if the US introduced punitive tariffs on European cars, the total value of US products involved in the counter-measures list prepared by the EU would reach 35 billion euros.

  Her statement this time nearly doubled the "20 billion euro scale list" revealed by the EU in February this year. She later explained to the media that this new counter-measure scale reflects the latest trade data. Mamstrom also admitted that the negotiations between the EU and the United States "have not made any progress."

  Digital service tariff is a thorny thorn between France and the United States. At present, Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on French wines. However, Macron has not backed down in this regard. At the press conference on the 21st, he continued to urge Washington to help reform the existing global corporate tax law, saying that American technology giants pay very low taxes, which is unfair and makes no contribution to common interests.

  "(Most of the technology companies operating in Europe) are registered in Ireland because of their geographical proximity. The tax rate levied by Irish companies is low, but the key point is that G7 is not sure about this issue, and Ireland is not a member of G7." Zhao Yongsheng explained to the First Financial Reporter, "Second, for the United States, Trump was not very happy last time. This time France can only mention digital tax."

  Zhao Yongsheng believes that the issue of minimum corporate tax rate and digital tax will not make much progress at this G7 meeting, because this issue is mainly aimed at Ireland and the United States.

  In addition, on the climate issue, Trump’s resistance attitude is also very clear. Not only did he withdraw from the Paris Agreement in 2017, but he simply did not attend the meeting on climate issues at the G7 Summit in Canada last year.

  Macron also admitted that he knew where the differences with the United States were. If a communique containing the Paris Agreement was written, President Trump would definitely not agree, which was meaningless.

  "Climate issues are the lifeblood of France and Western European countries, but the United States does not take this seriously at all." Zhao Yongsheng compared the attitude of Europe and the United States and said, "Why did the United States withdraw from the Paris Agreement? If we follow the European practice, the United States will not survive. Trump wants to reopen the coal mine because he wants to work. "

Yunnan net: See these key points first when the Division of Planting and Breeding of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Yunnan (2025-2027) is published!

Original title: [Yunxin Release] "Planting and Breeding Division of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Yunnan (2025— 2027) "These key points are released first!

On February 13th, the reporter learned from the press conference on the high-quality development of Chinese herbal medicine industry in Yunnan Province that in order to scientifically and rationally plan the layout, guide and guide all localities to give full play to their distinctive advantages in planting and breeding Chinese herbal medicines according to local conditions, and promote the high-quality development of Chinese herbal medicine industry in Yunnan, the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, together with experts and technicians from Yunnan Baiyao Group, Chinese herbal medicine expert group, provincial science and technology department, provincial natural resources department and other units, studied and formulated the "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine planting and breeding division (2025— 2027) (hereinafter referred to as "Division"). The Division was jointly issued and implemented by the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Provincial Bureau of Forestry and Grass, and the Provincial Department of Natural Resources on December 31, 2024. It was divided into four parts, which clarified the overall requirements, regional layout, planting and breeding models and main measures.

Clarify the overall requirements. With the requirements of scientific authenticity, policy compliance, market orientation and dynamic adjustment, Zoning adheres to local conditions, characteristic development, ecological guidance, green development, market leadership, integrated development, brand-driven, standardized development, scientific and technological support, and innovative development. Through the cultivation and breeding of Chinese herbal medicines, we will continue to improve and strengthen Yunnan’s authentic medicinal materials such as "Top Ten Yunyao" and "Top Ten Health Resources". We will further improve the coordinated development system of Chinese herbal medicine resources, varieties, seed industry, planting and primary processing in producing areas, enrich the ecological planting and breeding model, continuously improve the level of standardization, specialization and greening, make the supporting role of raw materials in the high-quality development of Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine industry more obvious, stabilize its industrial position, continuously enhance its supply, support and leading ability in international and domestic markets, keep the scale of Chinese herbal medicine planting and breeding the first in China, and build the most important high-quality Chinese herbal medicine producing area in China and the world. At the same time, "Zoning" plans to renovate and upgrade 8 Chinese herbal medicine resource nurseries (banks), build 88 improved seed breeding bases, identify 144 GAP bases, renovate and expand and build 250 primary processing points (processing while fresh), build 1 national germplasm resource nursery and 1 provincial Chinese herbal medicine seed and seedling quality testing platform.

Delineate the regional layout. According to the land space planning, land change survey results, the advantages of social and economic development and the industrial base of Chinese herbal medicines, the regional planting and breeding layout of Chinese herbal medicines was carried out according to the five regions of central Yunnan, northeast Yunnan, southeast Yunnan, southwest Yunnan and northwest Yunnan. According to the physical and geographical characteristics, breeding status, development advantages and future potential, the main varieties are arranged according to key varieties and characteristic varieties; Among them, the key varieties are Yunnan’s "Top Ten Yunyao" and Yunnan’s "Top Ten Health Resources", as well as authentic medicinal materials with obvious advantages in breeding scale, yield, output value and development potential. Characteristic varieties are mainly regional specialty medicinal materials with distinctive characteristics, obvious advantages and short supply and demand. Through zoning, a total of 50 main varieties of Chinese herbal medicines in 4 categories have been planned and developed, and they have been refined to counties (cities, districts).

Innovative breeding mode. According to the requirements of keeping the red line of cultivated land, ensuring food security and stabilizing the scale of planting and breeding, "Zoning" explores and innovatively puts forward four ecological compound planting and breeding models of "under forest, garden, general cultivated land and four sides in one hospital" to scientifically and reasonably expand the scale of non-agricultural land planting. First, Chinese herbal medicines under the forest. Make full use of more than 70 million mu of forest land space in the province, and develop three-dimensional planting and breeding of Chinese herbal medicines under the forest and imitation wild planting and breeding. The second is Chinese herbal medicine in the garden. Make full use of more than 30 million mu of garden space in the province to develop ecological cooperative cultivation of Chinese herbal medicines in the garden. The third is the general cultivated Chinese herbal medicine. Make rational use of general cultivated land and develop cooperative cultivation and breeding of grain and medicine. The fourth is a courtyard with four sides. Combined with the construction of green and beautiful rural areas, we will vigorously develop courtyard economy, make full use of farmers’ courtyards, fields, fields, ditches and roadsides, and develop a small scattered and large centralized "one courtyard and four sides" planting and breeding model in key production areas.

Implement safeguard measures. The first is to strengthen the support of seed industry. Promote the construction of modern and industrialized multi-channel breeding system, improve the coverage rate of improved varieties, and set up a new variety evaluation and identification Committee. The second is to do a good job in green planting and breeding. Accelerate the green ecological planting and breeding such as under-forest, imitation of wild and intercropping, and accelerate the construction of green, organic and GAP bases and the use of traceable labels. The third is to do fine processing. Strengthen the infrastructure construction of primary processing (while fresh processing) in producing areas, improve the processing capacity and level of producing areas, and cultivate and expand a number of primary processing (while fresh processing) enterprises in producing areas. The fourth is to implement the service system. Strengthen the construction of modern industrial technical service system for innovative Chinese medicinal materials, and establish and improve the acquisition system for Chinese medicinal materials that takes into account the needs of stability and protection. (Reporter Gao Wei)

Volvo is recalling some XC90 and S90 long-wheelbase vehicles

  China News Service, May 19, according to the website of the General Administration for Market Regulation, recently, Volvo Car Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Daqing Volvo Car Manufacturing Co., Ltd. filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation in accordance with the requirements of the "Regulations on the Administration of Recall of Defective Automobile Products" and the "Implementation Measures for the Administration of Recall of Defective Automobile Products". Decided to recall the following vehicles from July 1, 2021, a total of 85 vehicles.

  (1) Volvo Car Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

  Recall the 2017-2020 imported XC90 vehicles produced from April 15, 2016 to May 18, 2020, a total of 82 vehicles.

  (2) Daqing Volvo Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

  Recall three domestic S90 long-wheelbase vehicles from May 5, 2018 to August 21, 2019.

  For vehicles within the scope of this recall, due to design reasons, when there is liquid on the display screen of the rear seat control module, the module may detect an incorrect continuous touch signal. When the user calls up the seat adjustment interface in the rear seat control module, if there is liquid on the control module display screen and the user attempts to adjust the front passenger side seat, the front passenger side seat may be moved to the limit position. If the liquid is still present, it may not be possible to use the screen to re-control, resulting in the front passenger side seat control may be cancelled. In extreme cases, when the front passenger side seat is moved to the limit position, the person in the rear seat may be stuck and cause injury, which poses a safety hazard.

  Volvo Car Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Daqing Volvo Car Manufacturing Co., Ltd. will upgrade the rear seat control module software for vehicles within the scope of the recall free of charge to eliminate safety hazards.

  Emergency response measures: Before the vehicle is recalled and the software is upgraded, the user should confirm that there is no liquid on the surface of the control module display before adjusting the position of the front passenger seat through the rear seat control module.

Three-minute quick view of News Network April 30, 2020

News of current affairs

1 | The supreme leader wrote back to the workers of Zhengzhou Yuanfang Group, encouraging the broad masses of working people to carry forward the working spirit, overcome difficulties and obstacles, continue to write extraordinary stories in ordinary posts, and extend festive greetings to the working people of all ethnic groups throughout the country.

2 | Qiushi magazine published an important article by General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, Speech at the Symposium on Fighting Poverty with Precision.

3 | Li Keqiang presided over the meeting of the Central Leading Group for Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic, and Wang Huning attended.

4 | Li Keqiang telephoned the President of the European Commission.

5 | Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held a biweekly consultation forum, presided over by Wang Yang.

6 | The General Offices of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council issued the Measures for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Fighting against Pollution in Provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government).

Fight against pneumonia in novel coronavirus.

Joint defense and joint control mechanism conference | The State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Press Conference: Do a good job in medical treatment of existing cases, and insist on external defense input and internal defense rebound.

The international community thanks China for sharing its experience | People from many countries appreciated China’s effective fight against the COVID-19 epidemic and thanked China for sharing its experience and playing an important role in the global fight against the epidemic.

Global epidemic | World Health Organization: The total number of confirmed cases in COVID-19 has reached 3,059,642, with 211,028 deaths.

American epidemic | By 16: 00 Beijing time on the 30th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States had risen to 1,040,488, with 60,999 deaths.

European epidemic | According to data released by Spain on the 29th, the number of newly cured cases in COVID-19 on that day was about three times that of newly confirmed cases. British Foreign Secretary Rab said on the 29th that Britain is currently experiencing the peak of the epidemic and is still in the most dangerous and fragile moment.

Asian epidemic | Japan’s state of emergency will expire on May 6, and the Japanese government intends to extend the national state of emergency for about one month. Turkey continued to implement the "home order" from May 1 to 3, and plans to implement relevant restrictions in the next few weekends.

Current political review

1 | On April 30, CCTV’s quick review "Consolidate the achievements of prevention and control and provide a strong guarantee for the comprehensive recovery of economic and social order" was broadcast.

2 | On April 30th, People’s Daily published a commentator’s article "Open Cooperation, Shared Destiny, Great Practice of Anti-epidemic".

3 | On April 30th, the international critical review "Pompeo who is trying to intimidate WHO is challenging the whole world" was broadcast.

Focus on the "May Day" holiday

Safe and orderly opening of scenic spots | The "May 1" holiday is approaching, and scenic spots around the country are resuming their opening in a safe and orderly manner on the basis of strengthening the prevention and control of the epidemic.

You can’t relax your protection during holidays | The People’s Daily, published on April 30th, published a signed article, "You can’t relax your protection during holidays".

People’s Daily editorial | The People’s Daily, published on May 1st, will publish an editorial entitled "Let’s concentrate on winning a well-off society in an all-round way ―― written on May 1st International Labor Day".

"May Day" Holiday Desk Program | Praise the labor struggle, and the "May 1" holiday general station program is brilliant.

Estimated number of passengers sent | During the "May 1" period, more than 117 million passengers will be sent.

home news

5G construction | China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom have all completed the centralized procurement of 5G base stations in 2020, which means that the construction of 5G network in China has entered the fast lane.

Transportation | The main indicators of transportation have been rising since March.

Automobile consumption | The National Development and Reform Commission promulgated the Notice on Several Measures to Stabilize and Expand Automobile Consumption.

China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index | In April, the purchasing managers’ index of China manufacturing industry was 50.8%.

Implementation of new regulations | From May 1st, the newly revised Regulations on Handling Procedures for Illegal Acts of Road Traffic Safety came into effect.

The seventeenth night dormancy period | The Chang ‘e-4 lander and the Yutu-2 lunar rover entered the sleep period of the seventeenth night at 5: 30 on April 30th and 20: 36 on 29th, respectively.

Put into operation to generate electricity | The first unit of Guangxi Guiping Datengxia Water Control Project, a major water conservancy project in China, was officially put into operation on April 30.

China’s first HTS transmission project started | China’s first demonstration project of 35kV-km high-temperature superconducting cable built by State Grid started in Shanghai on April 30th.

Beijing Daxing International Airport | Langfang Airport Section of Beijing Daxing International Airport North Line Expressway was put into trial operation on April 30th.

Jiangxi Inland Open Economy Experimental Zone | The construction of Jiangxi inland open economic experimental zone was started on April 30th.

Marine summer fishing season | On May 1st, China entered the summer fishing season.

2020 Everest elevation survey started | On April 30th, 2020 Everest elevation survey was officially launched.

international news

The U.S. economy declined in the first quarter | In the first quarter of this year, the real GDP of the United States fell by 4.8% at an annual rate, the biggest decline since the international financial crisis in 2008.

Warehouse fire in Korea | A fire broke out in a logistics warehouse under construction in Lichuan City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on the 29th, killing at least 38 people and injuring 10 others. One of the victims was a citizen of China.

The stock market closed on the 6 th: the Shanghai Composite Index fell 5.58%, and more than 1,000 shares in the two cities fell.

  Beijing, Beijing, May 6 (Xie Yiguan) On the 6 th, the three major stock indexes of A shares gapped lower and continued to fall in intraday trading. Individual stocks generally fell, and the industry sector was exhausted. The three major stock indexes all fell below the 60-day moving average, the Shanghai Composite Index fell below 3,000 points, and the risk was 2,900 points. More than 1,000 stocks in the two cities fell.

  At the close, the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 171.88 points, or 5.58%, to close at 2906.46 points. The Shenzhen Component Index fell more than 700 points, down 7.56%, and then lost 9000 points after falling below the 10,000-point mark, closing at 8943.52 points. The Growth Enterprise Market Index fell 7.94%, falling below the 1600 and 1500 mark and closing at 1494.89. The turnover of the two cities in the whole day was 657.912 billion yuan, which was significantly enlarged compared with previous trading days.

  Today, the A-share sector all fell green. Brokers in the industry sector almost fell, while telecom operations, IT equipment and software services were among the top losers, falling more than 8%. The banking sector with the smallest decline also fell more than 2%. In the concept sector, domestic software, 5G concepts and chip concepts fell by over 9%.

  On the disk, the stocks in the two cities are generally down, with only 109 stocks closing up, 3,467 stocks falling and 1,147 stocks falling. Among the limit stocks, the GEM has become a concentrated place, with over 300 GEM stocks falling. It is worth noting that there are more than 100 5G concept stocks among the stocks that have fallen below the limit.

  Not only A shares, but also Hong Kong stocks were under pressure on the 6th. As of press time, the Hang Seng Index fell more than 3% to 29,062.57 points. The index of state-owned enterprises also fell more than 3% to 11161.9 points; The red chip index fell more than 2.9% to 4,483.47 points.

  On the 6th, the central parity of RMB against the US dollar was lowered by 58 basis points to 6.7344, the lowest since February 20th. In the morning, the offshore RMB fell sharply against the US dollar, falling below the 6.80 mark and once rushing to 6.8211.

  On the same day, the Central Bank of China announced that a lower deposit reserve ratio will be implemented for small and medium-sized banks from May 15, and about 1,000 county-level rural commercial banks can enjoy this preferential policy, releasing about 280 billion yuan of long-term funds.

  It is worth noting that on the 6th, A-shares went northward with a net outflow of 5.188 billion yuan, including 3.072 billion yuan from Shanghai Stock Connect and 2.116 billion yuan from Shenzhen Stock Connect. In the past April, the net outflow of northbound funds was 17.997 billion yuan, the second highest in a single month in history.

  However, MSCI’s first increase in the proportion of A shares from 5% to 10% will take effect at the end of May. CICC estimates that the proportion of passive funds may be around 20%, and about 20-30 billion yuan will enter the market around the end of May.

  According to a recent report of CICC, the short-term pressure of A-shares has been released after previous adjustment, and the overall valuation is not high. Therefore, the future outlook of A-shares should not be overly pessimistic, and structural opportunities may still be positive, focusing on the general trend of consumption upgrading and industrial upgrading.

  On April 30th, the National Bureau of Statistics and China Mining Association released data. In April, the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) of manufacturing industry was 50.1%, down 0.4 percentage points from the previous month, and remained in the expansion range. Guangfa Hang Seng believes that the structural contradiction of China’s economy still exists, and the economy is in transition to recovery, and the market will still repeatedly play games around theme stocks.

  Some securities analysts believe that compared with before and after the Spring Festival, the market’s expectation of economic and policy trends is more uncertain. However, many institutions believe that although the unilateral rise in the first stage has passed, the safer configuration window in the market outlook needs to wait further, and the market is expected to enter the second stage.

  Haitong Securities Strategy Team issued a document saying that this wave of adjustment since 3288 points of the Shanghai Composite Index belongs to the retreat after the first-stage valuation of the bull market has been repaired and increased. In the short term, the phased adjustment has not yet ended, and it is necessary to wait for the fundamental relay when the future rest ends and enters the second wave of the bull market.

  Founder Securities pointed out that the next four weeks will still be an important observation window. In the first week after the May Day holiday, if the Zhouyang line can be closed, it will help to resolve the risk of further decline, which deserves special attention. (End)

The national treasure, the giant panda and the dog used to be "close relatives", and 60% were similar to people.


The giant panda Jingjing. (data picture)



Giant panda genome frame map


  Why are giant pandas "dark circles"? Why don’t you hibernate as a "bear"? Why do you have a soft spot for bamboo? Are giant pandas and "bears" close relatives? What will the giant panda look like in the future? These questions will be answered one by one as the genome of the giant panda Jingjing is interpreted!


  Yesterday, shenzhen huada gene research institute held a press conference on the eve of Hi-Tech Fair, officially announcing the completion of the genome frame map of the giant panda Jingjing. It turns out that the genome of giant panda is the closest to that of dog, and it is 60%~70% similar to that of human.


  Why is the giant panda being interpreted?


  "The most direct reason why we choose the giant panda is that it is cute! It is a national treasure cherished by China people and a world-class animal star, "said Dr. shenzhen huada gene research institute Wang Jun humorously," and there are still many mysteries in it. "


  For example, the mystery of the name of the giant panda, the original name of the giant panda should be called "panda", and the current statement is originally the result of misunderstanding caused by the reading order in Chinese and English.


  So "panda" and "bear" are close relatives? There is also the mystery of the taxonomic status of the giant panda. The species of the giant panda has been debated for more than a century: does it belong to Xiong Ke, or is it close to the family Huanxiong like the red panda, or is it a species of its own? There are also reasons why giant pandas can become living fossils, why they like to eat bamboo, why their reproductive ability is low and so on. Sequencing the genomes of giant pandas and other species will provide the final and definitive answers to these questions.


  What’s interesting is that the lucky one who was selected for sequencing this time is the Beijing Olympic Games mascot "Jingjing".


   The genome of giant panda is similar to that of human.


  The reporter learned that since it was launched in early March this year, the research cooperation team of the project of Huada Gene Research Institute has completed the sequencing of the genome frame map of the giant panda Jingjing, covering more than 98% and covering 99% of the gene region. It has 21 pairs of chromosomes, and its genome is similar to that of human beings, about 3 billion base pairs, including 20,000 ~ 30,000 genes.


  Dr. Wang Jun from shenzhen huada gene research institute said: "If we bind the information in this test into a book, the height of this book is equivalent to the height of Diwang Building." It is understood that Diwang Building is the tallest building in Shenzhen, with a height of 386 meters and a total of 69 floors.


  From the data released yesterday, we can know that among the species that have been sequenced, the genome of giant panda is the closest to that of dog, and it is also similar to that of human, about 60%~70%, which is quite different from that of mice in mammals. At the same time, the data analysis results further support the view that the giant panda is a subspecies of Xiong Ke held by most scientists, and prove the classification of various groups in Xiong Ke.


  Provide an example for animal protection and research.


  In a scientific sense, this research achievement fills the gap in the study of giant panda genome and molecular biology, and will provide a scientific basis for the protection, disease monitoring and artificial reproduction of this endangered species of giant panda from the level of genomics, and provide an example for the protection of other first-class protected animals in China.


  The drawing of this genome sequence diagram adopts new sequencing technology, which greatly improves the sequencing speed and reduces the cost. This is the world’s first iconic large-scale genome sequence map completed by this new technology.


  According to reports, the giant panda genome is only the starting project of shenzhen huada gene research institute’s "Tree of Life" project, and a detailed map of the giant panda genome will be completed within this year. The project will interpret and analyze the genome sequences of all major species with economic, social and scientific values in the three life sciences of animals, plants and microorganisms. (Reporter Wang Na, Bao Wenjuan, Liao Jiaming)


 

Editor: Fan Jing