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　　Cctv news(Reporter Li Wenxue): On September 21st, the Second People’s Hospital of Bayan County in Harbin reported a new case of Covid-19-positive infection, which was transferred from 120 ambulances to Harbin Infectious Disease Hospital for isolation observation and treatment. Because the activity track of the infected person is mostly in Harbin city, the Harbin Municipal Command for Dealing with Pneumonia Epidemic in novel coronavirus issued Announcement No.28, asking the general public not to leave Harbin unless necessary. Those who really need to leave Harbin need to pass by health code and green code, and do personal protection all the time.

　　Mahjong parlors, baths, cinemas, theaters, karaoke bars, dance halls, pedicure shops, massage parlors, game halls, Internet cafes, indoor sports and fitness places, indoor children’s amusement projects, small hotels in basements or semi-basements, and various offline education and training institutions are closed. Private clinics are closed. All religious sites are suspended from opening to the outside world and collective religious activities are suspended.

　　Scenic spots should strictly implement the requirements of quota, appointment and peak shifting, and implement time-sharing appointment and scanning code (health code and travel code) to enter the park. The number of consumers accepted should not exceed 50% of the maximum carrying capacity, and the instantaneous flow should be strictly controlled; Suspend the internal performance of scenic spots.

　　Suspension of large-scale meetings, activities, forums, training, performances, exhibitions and promotions; Suspension of mass activities such as garden visits, temple fairs, fairs, folk customs, cultural performances and square dances.

　　Welfare institutions, old-age care institutions and mental health institutions are fully enclosed and prohibited from entering or leaving. Old-age care institutions have suspended accepting new elderly people and stopped visiting activities. The public security judicial and administrative supervision office shall be fully closed, and direct contact with family members shall be suspended.

　　Public places (airports, railway stations, passenger stations, hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, supermarkets, agricultural markets, pharmacies, scenic spots, exhibition halls, etc.), government agencies, enterprises and institutions should strengthen control to prevent people from gathering, comprehensively carry out prevention and control measures such as taking temperature at the entrance, checking health code (travel code), checking the wearing of masks, and regularly do a good job in environmental disinfection.

　　Subway, bus and other public transport vehicles are operated in a current-limited mode. Buses, ferries and taxis (including the network car) are all operated with windows open, and drivers and passengers wear masks all the time.

　　Advocate all kinds of social organizations not to hold gathering activities, advocate the broad masses of citizens to establish a new style of festival civilization, advocate delaying red affairs, simplifying white affairs, not getting together, not gathering, not having dinner, and developing good hygiene habits and lifestyles.

　　If there is an intersection with the activity track of the positive infected person, it should take the initiative to report to the local community (village) and work unit, and cooperate with the implementation of prevention and control measures. If you have symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, sore throat, decreased sense of smell, diarrhea, etc., please don’t take the medicine by yourself. You need to wear a mask and go to the fever clinic of the nearest medical institution as soon as possible for investigation and treatment. Avoid taking public transportation during the treatment, and take the initiative to inform you of your living history and contact history.

　　Nucleic acid screening should be carried out in an orderly manner in the areas involved in the activity track of positive infected people. It is strictly forbidden to spread rumors maliciously, falsely report the epidemic situation or publish false information.

　　BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua)-With the widening gap in vaccination rates between rich and poor countries, the World Health Organization has issued the strongest appeal so far, asking rich countries to temporarily postpone booster vaccination. On August 4th, local time, WHO Director-General Tan Desai said that rich countries should wait until at least the end of September before distributing COVID-19 vaccine booster. The move is to ensure that at least 10% of the population in every country can be vaccinated.

　　Tan Desai said: "I understand the concerns of governments about protecting their people from Delta virus attacks. But we can’t accept that countries that have exhausted most of the global vaccine supply use more vaccines. "

　　He said: "We appeal to all influential people — — Olympic athletes, investors, business leaders, religious leaders, and everyone in the family and society support our call to suspend additional vaccination at least before the end of September. "

　　Tan Desai said: "We need to urgently reverse the situation, from the situation that most vaccines flow to high-income countries to providing most vaccines to low-income countries."

　　However, WHO experts believe that it may be necessary to further delay the application of booster shots for a sufficient number of people worldwide to be vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine before the end of 2021.

　　According to WHO, booster shots should be given only after every country in the world ensures that 10% of the population is protected by vaccines. Kate O ‘Brien, Director of Immunization, Vaccine and Biology of WHO, pointed out: "We need to focus on those who are most vulnerable and most likely to suffer from serious diseases and death, and let them get the first and second shots."

　　According to WHO, in May, every 100 people in high-income countries were vaccinated with about 50 doses of vaccine, and this number has doubled since then. Due to the lack of supply, low-income countries only received about 1.5 doses of vaccine per 100 people.

　　In the face of WHO’s appeal, White House press secretary Psaki responded on the 4th that it would be a "wrong choice" to suspend vaccination. The United States can continue to provide fortifiers for its citizens while supplying vaccines to the whole world.

　　In July, the United States signed an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech to order an additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to expand the vaccination rate of children and prepare for vaccination with booster later this year.

　　Fauci, the chief infectious disease expert in the United States, said on August 3 that health experts are still considering the necessity of providing fortifiers for people with weak immunity.

　　At present, some countries have begun to inoculate or study the necessity of fortifier. On the 2nd local time in Germany, it was said that it would start to provide fortifiers for vulnerable people in September. The United Arab Emirates has also started the process of providing fortifiers to high-risk groups such as the elderly. Last week, the Israeli government announced that it would start the third dose of vaccine for people over 60 in August.

Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth DreamWorks North Zone. Nanfang Daily reporter Lu Li photo

　　The Overall Development Plan of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (hereinafter referred to as "Qianhai Plan") approved by the State Council is about to celebrate its first anniversary. In the past year, what changes have taken place in Qianhai, the "special zone in the special zone"? On December 19th, the reporter learned from the Qianhai Administration that focusing on the main responsibility of "reform and opening up", closely following the main line of "Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation" and anchoring the main business of "modern service industry", Qianhai continued to stimulate internal kinetic energy, showing a more dynamic development trend.

　　The data shows that in the first three quarters of 2024, the GDP of Qianhai reached 186.4 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%; Investment in fixed assets reached 110.03 billion yuan, up by 16.5%; The local import and export reached 521.28 billion yuan, an increase of 50.1%. Up to now, nearly 10,000 Hong Kong enterprises have settled in Qianhai, and more than 11,000 Hong Kong people have worked and lived in Qianhai.

　　The total number of institutional innovations reached 882.

　　Qianhai shoulders the mission of carrying out risk stress testing for comprehensively expanding opening up. In the past year, Qianhai has accelerated the benchmarking of international high-level economic and trade rules, attached importance to the connection with Hong Kong and Macao rules and mechanisms, accelerated the transformation from factor-based opening to institutional opening, and strengthened the positioning of Qianhai’s "comprehensive deepening reform and innovation experimental platform" and "high-level opening-up gateway hub".

　　Ma Wei, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Mediation Association, was deeply touched by this. With the approval of Qianhai Court as the first batch of pilot projects "to attract mediation organizations from Hong Kong and Macao to become special mediation organizations in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", Ma Ai became a special mediator.

　　"I was worried at first. After all, there are many differences in mediation culture, ideas and systems between the two places." However, Ma Wei quickly integrated the institutional advantages of the two places. For example, Hong Kong is a facilitating mediation, which can quickly break the deadlock between the parties. On the other hand, there is a judicial confirmation system in the mainland, which can provide an extra layer of legal protection for both parties to perform their duties.

　　Six months after the pilot, three Hong Kong mediation organizations, namely Hong Kong Mediation Association, Hong Kong Reconciliation Center and Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Mediation Center, have registered more than 30 mediators in Qianhai Court, with 159 mediation cases, greatly reducing the time and capital costs of the parties.

　　"Qianhai’s international arbitration rules have been in line with international standards." Wang Guixun, Chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong, said that Shenzhen International Arbitration Court took the lead in applying the procedural guidelines of the Arbitration Rules of the United International Trade Law Commission, creating a "twin cities and two institutes" arbitration model in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, promoting Qianhai to realize "Hong Kong-funded Hong Kong-France-Hong Kong arbitration" and building an international commercial dispute settlement center.

　　Lin Longan, president of Greater Bay Area Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, believes that Qianhai is becoming an important hub of "global buying and global selling". Thanks to the implementation of a series of facilitation measures, such as the guarantee release of goods trade, the clearance time of Qianhai air freight and express goods was controlled at about 2.7 hours, and the level of facilitation was greatly improved. From January to October 2024 alone, the import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce in Qianhai reached 106.2 billion yuan, an increase of 168.3%.

　　"After the release of Qianhai Planning, Qianhai has designed a complete opening-up policy system in finance, logistics and personnel exchanges, so that people, finance, materials and numbers can flow efficiently and conveniently." Qu Jian, vice president of the Comprehensive Development Research Institute (China) and president of Qianhai Branch, said.

　　Up to now, the innovation achievements of Qianhai system have reached 882, and 101 have been replicated and promoted nationwide. From January to October, the import and export volume of Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Zone was 448.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 58.3%, a record high.

　　DreamWorks incubates nearly 70% of Hong Kong, Macao and international teams

　　"Shenzhen-Hong Kong Deep Integration Development Leading Zone" and "High-quality Development Highland of Modern Service Industry" are two new strategic orientations for Qianhai in Qianhai Planning. For the integration of Shenzhen and Hong Kong, in the past year, Qianhai has continuously released the signals of integration and openness from the "Hong Kong people’s tax" to the "1510" which helps Hong Kong entrepreneurs realize their dreams with real money, and innovative measures to benefit Hong Kong in the fields of rules, facilities and people’s livelihood.

　　The so-called "1510" is the development model of Qianhai’s comprehensive upgrading of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth DreamWorks, that is, it introduces "1 yuan’s entry and incubation, 500 million funds and 100,000 square meters of industrial space" for Hong Kong, Qingdao and Hong Kong enterprises, so as to create an innovative and entrepreneurial platform with new quality productivity with international influence. Huang Mingxin, director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong and founder of Dayi Semiconductor Technology, is one of the beneficiaries.

　　"I didn’t expect that the entrepreneurial space applied for in Qianhai only needs 1 yuan property service fee per square meter per month, and you can enjoy 3 years of incubation for free." Huang Mingxin said. The model has only been launched for four months, that is, 66 Hong Kong enterprises have entered DreamWorks through joint evaluation by experts from Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

　　"Qianhai has many policies to benefit Hong Kong in terms of financial, legal, scientific and professional services, as well as facilitating Hong Kong residents’ entrepreneurship, employment and life, which greatly expands the development space of talents and enterprises in Hong Kong, indicating that Qianhai’s Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation is going deeper." Zhuo Yongxing, Deputy Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong SAR Government, said.

　　Up to now, 25 types of professionals from Hong Kong and Macao, including engineering construction, tax-related, cultural and tourism, have been registered and registered in Qianhai. Join hands with universities such as Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and City University of Hong Kong to set up a platform for the transfer and transformation of incubation technology achievements. Qianhai DreamWorks has accumulated 1,374 incubation entrepreneurial teams, including nearly 70% from Hong Kong, Macao and international teams.

　　In order to build a high-quality development highland of modern service industry, Qianhai has issued a "three-year action plan to promote the high-quality development of modern service industry" to accelerate the construction of the "8-3-18" industrial structure, that is, to cultivate and attract eight categories of "Qianhai global service providers", and has introduced 191 companies; Improve the level of three international platforms, including 431 financial institutions in Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Financial City, 245 legal service institutions in Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Legal District and 700 one-stop services in Qianhai International Talent Port; We will speed up the construction of 18 characteristic industrial clusters, of which the asset scale of financial leasing cluster reaches 211.891 billion yuan, and the total assets of leased ships reach 15.4 billion yuan, up 23% from the beginning of the year, ranking first in South China.

　　The data shows that in the three years of "expansion", Qianhai’s GDP and fixed assets investment increased by 10% and 15% respectively, and the number of local enterprises increased from 55,000 to 90,000.

　　Nanfang Daily reporter Theway

On May 8th, 2023 Wuhan Xinzhou Investment Promotion Conference was held in Shenzhen. Located in Xinzhou, named "China Xinggu", Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base has become the "darling" in the eyes of participating enterprises with its good development trend and huge development potential. Many well-known domestic enterprises have signed contracts with Xinzhou District Government for over 10 billion yuan to invest in Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base.

"Meet Greater Bay Area and Seek New Development" 2023 Wuhan Xinzhou Investment Promotion Conference (photo by Ye Donghui from Yangguang. com)

Shenzhen is the first stop of Xinzhou District’s investment promotion in Greater Bay Area. On the morning of May 7th, the main person in charge of Xinzhou District Government led the investment team composed of the heads of relevant functional departments to Shenzhen to inspect the enterprises. On May 8th, more than 50 key enterprises and associations got together to talk about "Xinzhou Opportunity".

Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base in Xinzhou (photo by Yang Guangwang and Wu Yi)

"Xinzhou is a rising new city with a story and a dream, an industrial new city with a wind outlet and a track, a science and technology new city with a chance to have a future, an open new city with a pattern and a width, and a livable new city with quality and value …" A poetic and distant Xinzhou aroused the strong desire of Greater Bay Area entrepreneurs to invest in Xinzhou.

China’s first flexible and intelligent satellite production line has been built in Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base, and the rocket company has been promoted to China Unicorn Enterprise. Since 2022, the "Xinzhou-made" Fast Boat Rocket has been successfully launched in six wars and six victories, and the world-leading new solid rocket Fast Boat No.11 has been successfully launched. The base has initially realized the gathering pattern of stars, arrows, clouds and aerospace materials … The efforts of "China Star Valley" to actively build China Aerospace roof of the world have strengthened Greater Bay Area entrepreneurs’ confidence in investing in Xinzhou.

Eight responsible persons of Greater Bay Area enterprises were hired as "investment ambassadors" in Xinzhou District (photo by Ye Donghui from Yangguang. com).

At the promotion meeting, eight Greater Bay Area entrepreneurs were employed as "ambassadors for investment promotion" in Xinzhou District to speak for investment promotion in Xinzhou District.

Guo Yan, the ambassador of investment promotion and the global human resources director of Shenzhen Feituoke Industrial Co., Ltd., introduced Xinzhou in her eyes to Greater Bay Area entrepreneurs with the company’s successful experience in investing in Xinzhou: "Layout Xinzhou and win in the future."

Tao Siping, the entrepreneur who went out from Xinzhou, solemnly promised: "Invite friendly chambers of commerce and friendly people to start businesses and develop in Xinzhou."

Signing ceremony (photo by Ye Donghui from Yang Guangwang)

At the promotion meeting, seven projects in aerospace, new materials, intelligent manufacturing, big health and other industrial fields signed a contract with Xinzhou, with a total investment of 16.5 billion yuan, of which Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base signed an investment of over 10 billion yuan, accounting for over 60%.

A well-known domestic enterprise will build an aerospace new material industrial park in Xinzhou. The total planned land area of the project is 2,130 mu, and the construction contents include a new material industry manufacturing center, a product and technology exhibition center, a research and development center and a logistics center.

Zhongshang Industrial City Investment Holding Co., Ltd. plans to invest 600 million yuan to build Shenzhen Zhongshang Xinggu Industrial Incubator Project. The planned land area of the project is 136 mu, focusing on the transformation of industrial technological achievements such as aerospace, high-end equipment and new materials, and building the carrier of Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base Industrial Incubation Park with high standards and high quality.

Zhuhai Obit Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd. has joined hands with ICBC Cloud Technology Co., Ltd., which has settled in China Xinggu, to invest in the construction of Obit remote sensing satellite application project. This project uses the satellite remote sensing data of Obit Company, gives full play to the data processing ability of Xingyun Company, and forms various data products for monitoring and early warning management of key industries.

Four units including Shenzhen New Third Board Listed Enterprises Association, Shenzhen Wuhan University Alumni Association, Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology Research Institute and Zhongchuan Huaxia International Cultural Travel Development Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Xinzhou District Government. (Cheng Shuxiong Ba Yangang Wang Jinxia Zhang Zhixue Ye Donghui)

　

　　CCTV News:On November 12, US time, the Academy Awards Dinner was held in Los Angeles, USA. At the awards dinner, the Academy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award was held. Jackie Chan, the only Chinese among the four winners, received the award and the first Chinese to win the award. Jackie Chan attended the awards ceremony and was interviewed.

　　The Academy Awards for Lifetime Achievement are selected by the Board of Directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and cover outstanding individuals or organizations in fields not covered by the Academy Awards. They are designed to recognize film pioneers and legends who have dedicated their lives to the film industry.

　　The four winners are Anna Coats, a screenwriter; Lynn Stamaster, a casting director; Frederick Wiseman, a documentary filmmaker; and Jackie Chan, a Chinese film star who is the first Chinese to win a lifetime achievement Oscar and the fourth Asian to do so. He follows Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese director; Satyajit Rey, the Indian director; and Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animator. Jackie Chan believes that this is the reason for his award.

　　Jackie Chan:This time I won this award, I think it is, it turns out that they are not just looking at my acting skills, but looking at my achievements over the years. Regardless of the film, all the themes in the film, it turns out that I care about children. I often make my movies seem like a joke to others. Big brother is lecturing again. How can I talk about it today? I think my idea is right, because if you make a movie, you have to be responsible for your own movies. You have to make some movies that are worthy of conscience. In addition to giving comedy actions, you have a little good kind of information. You have to care about society, you have to care about children, and you have to care about environmental protection. All kinds of things have to appear in a movie.

　　Jackie Chan admitted to treating Oscar with a normal heart, and he also expressed the hope that Chinese people can have their own Oscars.

　　Jackie Chan:In fact, China is now moving towards cooperation with the world. For a period of time, it is not because we want to cooperate with them. Today, our Chinese films are too powerful. In a few years, it will be the largest ticket cabin in the world. It is a good opportunity to attract filmmakers from all over the world to come to our China to shoot stories. All of them need China.

　　Jackie Chan:In fact, this Oscar is also another award for me. Of course, it is a very important award. I also treat it with a normal heart. In fact, I am the one who has won many awards, but this Oscar, in fact, I hope that one day, we will hold an award in China to make everyone in the world treat the Oscar the same. This is what I hope.

Michelle Yeoh

　　Michelle Yeoh:He already has his own culture, it is like our Chinese Charlie Chaplin, thinking of Jackie Chan will think of laughter, fun, action is very exciting, very dangerous, he brought us many years, a long time of joy, happiness, so I am very, very happy that he got this award.

Alan Eckhart

　　From Aaron Eckhart:Jackie Chan is the lens of the Chinese and Western film industry, through which you can understand what is happening. There are more and more production companies and movies in China now. Jackie Chan is a good connection. He is loved all over the world. In his eyes, there is no real distinction between American movies, Chinese movies, and European movies. They are all good movies. I think this is very good.

　　(CCTV reporter, Yang Qianxi)

In recent years, the wide application of lithium batteries has brought convenience and innovation to our lives. However, the safety of lithium batteries has also attracted widespread attention. Therefore, Xingheng Lithium Battery Company is committed to researching and developing new safety technologies to improve the safety and reliability of lithium batteries.

　

　

As a manufacturer of lithium batteries for head electric vehicles in China, Xingheng Power has always regarded the safety of lithium batteries as the top priority. The original "Six Safety Systems" of Xingheng started from various aspects, including six safety systems, including material safety, battery safety, BMS safety, PACK design, special safety charger and safety standard certification, in order to solve the possible safety hazards of lithium batteries, such as overheating, short circuit and overcharge and discharge. Provide the ultimate safety protection for lithium battery users. While ensuring the safety of products, we will promote the development of lithium battery industry by providing high-quality lithium batteries to the market.

　

　

Xingheng lithium battery has advanced production equipment and technological innovation ability, and is committed to providing high-quality lithium battery products for various industries around the world. In the process of lithium battery production, Xingheng has started the "life cycle quality management" process, and established a perfect enterprise safety and quality awareness, which includes the complete management of supply chain, whether it is product design or production line process quality management. It can be said that the whole system from research and development to production covers the quality and safety inspection of each process. It can be said that the products of Xingheng lithium battery have very strict safety control throughout their life cycle.

　

It is precisely because of this that the reputation of Xingheng lithium battery in the market has always been excellent, and the most advanced battery management system has been adopted to ensure the effective protection of battery overcharge, overdischarge and short circuit, so it has been unanimously recognized by users. The product quality and safety of Xingheng lithium battery has achieved zero major accidents in 20 years, which is the most convincing safety endorsement of lithium battery industry. In addition to focusing on product quality and technological innovation, Xingheng lithium battery also attaches great importance to environmental protection and sustainable development. The company actively promotes low-carbon, energy-saving and environmentally-friendly production methods and is committed to reducing the harm to the environment.

　

　

Xingheng Lithium Battery has been committed to promoting the energy revolution and providing sustainable energy solutions for the society by developing more efficient and environmentally friendly lithium battery technology. The whole team pays attention to the concept of innovation and sustainable development in the research and development process, and constantly seeks breakthroughs to improve the performance and life of lithium batteries and reduce the impact on the environment. The safety problem is the foundation that the whole enterprise of Xingheng Power Supply has been adhering to, which is also the core advantage of the product.

　

　

Special feature of 1905 film network　After waiting for 12 years and 4727 days, it’s finally here!

At present, the film has been officially released nationwide, and the total box office of pre-sale has easily exceeded 100 million.

In this sequel, we will follow the hero and heroine Jack and Neytiri, who are married and have children, to dream back to Pandora, the magical planet, and witness them fighting for their homeland again.

More specifically, the director also unlocked a brand-new map for the audience — — Pandora’s sea world.

Beautiful underwater landscape, various marine life and breathtaking underwater adventure, just like the title "The Way of Water", the film also presents an amazing underwater visual feast.

As we all know, Cameron has a deep emotional connection with the ocean. Avatar: The Way of Water is also regarded by him as "a love letter to the deep sea."

However, Cameron also bluntly said that the difficulty of underwater special effects has increased exponentially. "No matter what problems encounter water, they are ten times more difficult than before."

As a global leader in film technology innovation, how did Cameron overcome many difficulties and create this underwater spectacle for the audience? In order to answer this question, we also specially interviewed Sun Xun, a well-known underwater photographer in China, who was in charge of underwater shooting of such films, and jointly revealed the unknown stories of "water drama" shooting at home and abroad.

Only Cameron can do it.

What are the highlights of the underwater shooting of Avatar: The Way of Water?

Looking back 13 years ago, almost single-handedly, it set off a wave of 3D movies around the world, and also promoted the comprehensive innovation of virtual shooting technology.

Cameron has been at the forefront of film technology for 40 years. When the existing technology can’t keep up with the settings in his mind, it is his methodology to develop new hardware and new systems, and this time is no exception.

The difficulty of Avatar: The Way of Water lies in how to complete large-scale and high-quality motion capture underwater. Before this, a series of blockbusters, such as Avatar, used the method of "dry filming and wet filming".

Sun Xun explained to us that the so-called "dry shooting wet" is actually a kind of "lazy" technology, that is, the actors shoot on the land stage, hang Weiya to simulate the movement in the water, and add smoke, filters and post-effects to create the underwater effect. The advantage is that the operation and cost are controllable, but the disadvantage is that it is not real enough, such as clothes and hair swinging does not conform to gravity.

The behind-the-scenes team also suggested this method to Cameron, but out of the pursuit of realism, Cameron insisted on performing and capturing in the water.

To this end, the team had to spend five years to upgrade a whole system, and it took eighteen months to complete all the underwater performance capture and shooting, with the aim of 100% restoring the expression and underwater state of real actors.

This technique was also tried in Cameron’s production, and the scene where Alita plunged into the water to find the mecha was captured by stuntmen performing underwater.

The main venue for the underwater performance of Avatar: The Way of Water is a huge water tank with a capacity of 900,000 gallons, which can reproduce the real marine environment, including water waves and waves.

The water tank is also equipped with a propeller system called "runway", which consists of two marine propellers with a diameter of 6 feet, and is used to create waves in the water tank.

In order to make the performance capture technology work underwater, the water quality must be clear and transparent. Cameron wanted the actors and the camera crew to shoot in scuba diving suits, but found that the breathing apparatus would cause disturbance to the water body.

In this way, there is only one choice: everyone who works in the water tank must hold their breath. Therefore, the actors learned free diving under the guidance of internationally renowned Kirk craik.

Among them, 73-year-old sigourney weaver can hold her breath statically for 6 minutes and 30 seconds after training. He won the championship in 7 minutes and 14 seconds, which also broke the record of Tom cruise’s single free dive shooting.

Of course, some difficult movements need synchronized swimmers and gymnasts to achieve. According to statistics, the crew, including actors, photographers and security officers, completed 200,000 free dives to make this blockbuster.

The underwater 3D camera used in Avatar: The Way of Water is also very exquisite. It is a DeepX 3D photography system developed by Australian photographer Pavel Acto, which can greatly improve the image quality and clarity, and at the same time reduce the distortion of ordinary underwater cameras.

Later special effects are also essential. Cameron once again cooperated with Vita Studio to restore the subtle expressions of each character and create an immersive water world wonderland.

Cameron described it this way: "Whether tons of water are stirred by the fins of large creatures or small raindrops are trickling down someone’s cheeks, we have to study the trajectory of water. At the time of filming, we were doing water simulation. The complexity of this film goes up five steps. The tools we developed are of great significance to the entire special effects industry. "

No matter in the early or late stage, the efforts of the creative team all point to the same key word, that is, "reality", that is, to bring the audience the ultimate visual experience like a documentary.

However, Cameron also reiterated that technology must serve the arts. "People’s tears when watching Titanic are not for special effects. In Avatar: The Way of Water, we should also strive to balance technology and emotion."

Go ahead in exploration

Underwater shooting in China has "set sail"

There is such a line in the movie: "The way of water connects everything, transcends life and death, and remains unchanged forever." Indeed, the ocean accounts for 71% of the earth’s surface area, and the deep blue sea breeds the source of life, but also hides the infinite unknown.

It is this yearning for the mysterious ocean that drives generations of filmmakers to explore underwater beauty with their lenses. As early as 1954, in the film "Black Lake Demon Pond", pioneers began to try underwater film machine photography. In the following 70 years, technology and equipment have been constantly innovated and upgraded.

In contrast, the underwater photography industry in China started relatively late. Sun Xun told us that when he entered the business around 2014, the domestic underwater photography team was still very scarce.

Over the years, he and his team have participated in the shooting of a series of films such as Shadow and Fire Hero, and witnessed the progress of the industry all the way. Behind the scenes, every play is a process of constantly overcoming difficulties.

　

Underwater lens in Shadow

For example, in "Heroes of Fire", in order to create a realistic explosion effect of oil pipelines, the art and props group "modulated" pieces of sticky oil with starch and pigments, and also put in fresh scallops, oysters and other seafood, and the flame was also really burning.

After two days of shooting, cameras, diving equipment and everyone’s faces were covered with black oil, which was a great challenge for photographers.

Starring "Care for You" is to do enough work in aesthetics. Sun Xun recalled that the director attached great importance to the aesthetic feeling of the lens and showed the emotions of the characters with light and shadow in the water, which was a valuable attempt of domestic films in underwater photography aesthetics.

In the film directed, there are also a lot of real water plays. In order to pursue real visual effects, the crew also made a special trip to the Baja studio in Mexico where Titanic was filmed.

When filming the forced landing of the plane, the team specially purchased a retired Airbus 320 plane and took a real shot in the reservoir, which truly restored the whole process of the plane sinking. Lin Chaoxian also personally dived to 18 meters underwater with him to film the desperate escape process.

Sun Xun said frankly that in daily work, the most common problem is the crew’s lack of experience in underwater shooting and lack of cognition. They often have to communicate with each other from scratch and adjust the shooting plan step by step.

"The simplest example, many directors think that throwing people into the water after murder will sink, but it is not like this. People should be floating. What actions can be done and what can’t be done in the water? Many crews lack pre-evaluation, which is the most common problem we encounter, "Sun Xun said.

Sun Xun in the filming.

Of course, with the continuous enrichment of shooting experience, domestic teams have also made visible progress in this field. For example, in the new film "She Disappeared", there is no small breakthrough in underwater shooting.

"A large part of this play is underwater. On the one hand, there are many scenes, not just a few shots, but the plot of the whole play. On the other hand, the scheduling is particularly perfect and the completion is very high. I am very much looking forward to the release of this film."

He also revealed that the two leading actors went into battle in person and worked together to complete the underwater scene. "Zhu Yilong is quite experienced in diving. NiNi has a collarbone injury, but he also took a shot with diving equipment on his back. Both actors worked hard."

Sun Xun also specifically mentioned that in recent years, the development of underwater photographic equipment in China is remarkable. Many equipment used by foreign filmmakers are made in China, but there is still room for improvement in industrial process, systematization and detail control.

More importantly, he hopes that film creators can boldly fly their imaginations and bravely try things that no one has tried before. "Whether it is the progress brought by hardware upgrade or the upgrade of script creation, we look forward to working with the director to complete something that really makes people shine."

This is exactly what Cameron and Avatar: The Way of Water mean to the film industry. Maybe it can’t surpass the box office peak of its previous work in the end, but it won’t detract from its contribution in the field of technological innovation.

"Cameron is a person who rushes to the front line. He is always exploring things outside the circle and challenging the limits of technology. It’s a very exciting thing for a technical controller like us, "Sun Xun said with emotion.

Just like in the documentary "Deep Sea Challenge", Cameron successfully dived to the bottom of the Mariana Trench by driving the "Deep Sea Challenger" and set a world record for single-person deep diving:

"We have to do what others can’t do."

　　Whenever people mention the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, they can’t help but call it "beautiful". In fact, the beautiful Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, apart from its antiquity and civilization, has a unique flavor for its shiplocks. Especially in the northern Jiangsu Canal, it can be said that there are ten locks and ten landscapes. They are like ten bright pearls embedded in the 404-kilometer Grand Canal, and the ancient Grand Canal is decorated with beautiful scenery, which is particularly enchanting. In the 1980s, as a member of maintaining social order in the northern Jiangsu section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, I fought, patrolled, lived on the Grand Canal, and had zero contact with ten shiplocks along the way, and fully felt their unique scenery, mood and taste.

　　In the spring of 1980, after I retired from the army, I was assigned to the Shao Bo Police Station of Jiangsu Canal Public Security Bureau (No.8 Gangkou Road, Huaiyin City). The police station is located on the bank of Shao Bo Lake in the lower reaches of Hongze Lake with beautiful scenery. Together with Shaobo Ship Lock, it hides in a thick cedar and tall unlined upper garment forest. If it weren’t for the loud "cry" of ships coming and going, it would be a paradise. The police station and the lock management office are located in a small courtyard next to the lock, surrounded by a circle of antique glazed tile walls, fan-shaped wall holes and a small round door, which wraps three rows of bungalows (two rows are the rooms for the lock management office and one row is the place for the police station). Since then, I have camped in the police station and stayed with Shaobo Ship Lock day and night.

　　Shaobo Ship Lock was first built in 1934. Although the old lock has been scrapped, there is still an old lock wall standing along the river on the east bank of the canal. On this site, there is the autograph of "Jiang Zhongzheng", with three Chinese characters one meter square, embedded in the canal bank with cast iron, which fully shows how much attention the Kuomintang government paid to the development of canal transportation and water conservancy. Later, the ship lock was built in 1962. The lock chamber made of reinforced concrete and four watchtowers, like "Four donkey kong", stood on the Grand Canal. Because I was single, I had to take Zhajia as my home and guard the Subei Canal with the "Four donkey kong".

　　The scenery of the ship lock in those days was unique and charming. In the early morning, I can stroll by the Shao Bo Lake near the gate and feel the beautiful scenery of the lake overlooking the lake, with vast smoke waves and little fish sails; Walking up and down the lock, smelling the passing ships burning small stoves and making breakfast, the smoke and rice fragrance floating out are refreshing and appetizing. In addition to its architectural beauty, scenic beauty and greening beauty, the ship lock also has the unique beauty in the lock room, which is constantly presented to me.

　　The first is the beauty of "fishing for money".

　　Unlike now, toll collectors on the gates are all in remote dispatching stations or central command rooms, using computers to complete the tasks of registering and charging passing ships. At that time, the toll collectors on the gates were all beautiful women with special skills. Each of them carried a ballot box, held a wallet and put a long rope (cotton) on their wrists. After calculating the cost of crossing the gates according to the number and tonnage of ships crossing the gates, they tore off the quota invoice and clamped it with iron clips. With the waving of their arms, the long rope flew out of a dazzling arc and landed on the docked bow accurately. The boatmen are always happy to accept invoices, change into banknotes, and then throw them at the toll collectors with iron clips. The beauty toll collectors pulled hard by inertia, and the long rope crossed a beautiful arc in the air and fell into their arms.

　　The second is the beauty of releasing water.

　　The water level difference between the upstream and downstream of a ship lock is usually several meters or more than ten meters. When the ship enters and exits, it must pass through the gate entry, gate closing and water release from downstream to upstream, and then open the gate and leave the gate after the water level is equal to that of the upstream. The release of water from the lock chamber is a scene of the lock. When the lock workers turn on the hoist (the button was manually operated in those days, but now it is controlled by the computer), the river in the upper reaches is like a runaway wild horse, rushing out from the lock wall, and the big waves, the noise and the water mist constitute a symphony of the lock. Under the refraction of sunlight, water mist can sometimes form a seven-color rainbow over the ship lock, which is beautiful and dreamlike. And I often worry about the safety of the ship in the lock room under this beautiful scenery. In fact, there is no need to worry. Before the fleet entered the lock, the broadcast on the watchtower reminded: "Attention, comrades of the crew, the lock is about to release water. Please put on your life jacket, fasten the cable and take the bamboo pick. Pay attention to safety. " The beauty announcer of the ship lock, the gentle and drizzling reminder, made the passing crew full of enjoyment in their vigilance.

　　The third is the beauty of rock climbing.

　　In those days, you had to climb the approach pier of the ship lock and hand in the navigation book to the gate workers before registering for crossing the gate. After entering the lock, you have to climb the lock surface along the lock wall and take away the navigation book. When the ship lock is in low water, it is thirty or fifty meters away from the lock surface. When the crew members walk on the Grand Canal all the year round, they will inevitably climb up and down at the lock. In the long run, they will all practice a unique skill of "rock climbing". Whenever the lock releases water, you can always see many crew members climbing. The simple costume, the vigorous figure, the bronze skin and the protruding muscles, like geckos, walk up and down the lock, vividly showing a "rock climbing map" of the lock.

　　The fourth is the beauty of lookout.

　　There are four watchtowers at the four corners of the lock. The one in the southeast is the command tower, also called the dispatching tower. Climbing to the top of the tower, the surrounding scenery is unobstructed. Looking to the west is the rippling Shaobo Lake, and the derricks of Subei Oilfield are dotted in the distance. Looking eastward, the ancient town of Shao Bo is near by the river, and the big docks, Dawang Temple and Shiban Street where Emperor Yangdi and Qianlong set foot in ancient times can be vividly seen. Looking to the south, the Grand Canal suddenly widened, connecting with Shaobo Lake, and flowing to the ancient city of Yangzhou against the backdrop of the slate of the east bank canal levee. Looking to the north, the Grand Canal floats from the north like a silver ribbon, and flows to the ancient town of Shao Bo in the guise of green trees on the west bank canal levee.

　　The above four beauties can be said to be the common beauty of Subei Canal and ten shiplocks. Of course, apart from the similarities, there are also many characteristics that show the beauty of individuality. As for the difference of beautiful scenery, it should be that ten shiplocks are different. For example, Shiqiao Ship Lock in Yangzhou is famous for its royal garden style. Its rockery pavilion, small bridges and flowing water echo the ship lock architecture, and its pines, cypresses and winding paths add color to Shiqiao Ship Lock. In the last century, she was included in Yangzhou, an important place to receive foreign guests. I also served as the security guard for delegations from Romania, Albania and North Korea under the arrangement of the police station.

　　Our Huai ‘an Ship Lock is famous for its water conservancy hub, and the water interchange upstream of the ship lock is the only one in China. Huai ‘an Fanshui Station is an important project of North-to-South Water Transfer Project, which has made great contributions to continuously transporting Yangtze River water to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shandong. The Siyang Shiplock in Suqian is famous for being located in an orchard. The fragrance of fruits, cherries in spring, peaches in summer and apples in autumn make the past crew linger. The Zaohe Shiplock in Suqian is surrounded by luoma lake on the left and Zaohe Ancient Town on the right. The history that Qianlong stayed in Zaohe Palace for many times added a heavy stroke to the classical beauty of Zaohe Shiplock. The Jietai Shiplock in Xuzhou is full of flowers and trees. Entering a ship lock is like stepping into a world of flowers, a green ocean.

　　This is the canal lock that I remembered more than 30 years ago. Nowadays, many of the ten shiplocks have built three-line shiplocks and double-line shiplocks. Our two shiplocks in Huai ‘an are all three-line shiplocks, and they are the first shiplocks to realize modern management, ranking first in scientific management in China, especially in remote control, which has reached the world-class level. As the heart of ship lock command — — The Subei Navigation Management Office of Jiangsu Provincial Communications Department of Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is located on Yan ‘an East Road in the urban area, which plays an important role in the urban and economic development of Huai ‘an. Although Shidao Shiplock is not what it used to be, its aura is still there, and its scenery is more beautiful.

　　(Source/Huai’ an Literature and History Network Author/Shen Weihua)