Text | Rhino Entertainment Shen Wanting

Editor | Park Fang

In this Spring Festival drama market, short plays are a bit popular.

First, a small program short play "I became a stepmother in the 1980s" overtook on social media, then Tencent’s video short play "Give her a handle" rushed to the top two in Weibo’s hot search list, and Rainbow starred in Tik Tok’s short play "Big New Year’s Day", which triggered a heated discussion …

Behind the heat and traffic is the high demand for short drama content, and the scheduled operation of short drama Spring Festival files by platforms, content companies and other parties.

A short program to recreate the myth of "getting rich"

After a period of silence, the short play of small programs took on a "splash of wealth" during the Spring Festival in 2024. What I have to mention here is "I became a stepmother in the 1980s" (hereinafter referred to as "stepmother"), which rushed to the second place in the DataEye short play heat list on February 12th.

This is a paid vertical screen short play, each episode lasts for 1-2 minutes, with a total of 82 episodes, which can be finished in two hours. To put it simply, "Stepmother" is a female short drama that makes people "go to the top". It belongs to the rural love theme in the era when the short drama market is scarce. It is probably about a female college student who went back to the second marriage pig farmer who married in the countryside in the 1980s and became the stepmother of two children. The two of them went through five hurdles and cut six generals all the way and lived a happy life.

Since the show was launched, the related content has quickly attracted widespread attention on social platforms such as Tik Tok and Weibo. As of February 19th, the topic # I became a stepmother in 1980s has been played 500 million times in Tik Tok. And according to the data released by New Wrist and Whip Cowboy, the drama topped the list of short plays in Tik Tok on the second day after its launch. On the Weibo, actor Su Lihe, who plays the male lead, also attracted a lot of "face powder" because he bumped into male stars such as Wallace Huo and Sean Xiao.

Not only that, this drama once again shows the myth of "getting rich" in the short drama industry. According to industry sources, the shooting cycle of "Stepmother" is only 10 days, and 80,000 yuan was invested in the later period, but the single-day recharge was as high as 20 million yuan. This input-output ratio is really amazing.

The reasons for its going out of the circle are as follows: firstly, it is attributed to the fact that it has no "urine point" feeling in the whole process and the people who are in line with the aesthetics of the majority of the audience. The female host is full of firepower and never has internal friction. The male host has the face and money and unconditionally trusts the female host, giving the audience a "breast-opening" viewing experience. Secondly, the male and female protagonists are online, and the drama party makes full use of this to make a big fuss about the publicity. In addition to the male coach being like a "top-notch", the female protagonist looks a bit like Han Xing Sulli in those days. In short, this wave of popularity was "rubbed" by Stepmother.

Of course, the offensive of short programs during the Spring Festival is not limited to this. Many short plays, including "Mr. Li, you are looking for the wrong wife", "The Attack Plan of Ill-tempered Villains", "the Year of the Loong’s Return to the Home with Great Prosperity" and "Emperor of Kowloon", are widely circulated on various social platforms. Among them, the urban romantic comedy "Li Zong, you have the wrong wife" from the same producer as "Stepmother" ranked first in the DataEye short drama thermal list for three consecutive days, which is also simple and rude "cool" and high configuration of handsome men and beautiful women.

However, objectively speaking, no matter the content or production, these short programs are still far from the short dramas of various video platforms, and problems such as routinization and roughness still exist. However, we must also admit that the creators in this field are always good at providing immediate emotional value to the current audience. If we find the key points of publicity again, it should not be difficult to obtain short-term high returns.

Long and short video platforms "align" with fine short plays

Small programs and short plays are hot in the Spring Festival file, and the long and short video platforms are also full of smoke.

Before the Spring Festival, the Network Audio-visual Department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television focused on promoting 16 excellent mini-short plays launched during the Spring Festival, and Tik Tok and Aauto Quicker also officially announced the film list in advance. At present, all platforms have come up with projects at the bottom of the box to welcome the first Spring Festival file belonging to short plays, and the market response of many works has reached the level of hit.

The long video platform represented by Aiyou Tengmang has not promoted short plays as much as long ones, but there are still short plays that give surprises in terms of popularity and word of mouth.

In terms of popularity, Tencent video’s costume love miniseries "Give her a handle" is outstanding. After it was launched, the popularity in the station quickly broke through 20,000 and reached the top of the cat’s eye short drama list for several days in a row. # Jewel Lee gave her a handle #, # gave her a handle with great stamina #, # gave her a handle he or be# and other topics have repeatedly boarded the hot search in Weibo.

The play is directed by Zhou Xiao, the director who has created many well-known short plays, such as "This man is a little cold" and "Ten Thousand Slags at the Phoenix", and starred by Jewel Lee, a popular actor in the short drama industry. The plot focuses on sadism, complicated relationships between characters, crazy literature, and a lot of other elements.

In terms of word-of-mouth, "Young Master and Me" of iQiyi’s "Little Funny Theater" got a score of 7.4, which is a good result in the short drama market. As a derivative customized short drama of the Aiqiyi ace comedy variety "The Annual Comedy Contest", the drama was created by the Aiqiyi Sesame Pod Studio, which produced many comedies such as "Broken Elite" and "Love Apartment 5", and incorporated many elements such as the Republic of China, modernity, martial arts, infinite flow, etc., so that the industry can once again see the feasibility of the linkage between variety and drama.

On February 8th, the mini-drama "Aunt’s World New Year’s Eve" focusing on the elderly was jointly broadcast on Mango TV and Tik Tok, and then landed on Hunan Satellite TV, which became the first work of both sides after the release of the "Excellent Short Drama Support Plan". The drama was once on the hot list of Tik Tok during the Spring Festival. In addition, The Little Beast and the Demon Catcher, which was created by Escape from the British Museum’s creative team, has been broadcast on Mango TV, Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker, Bili Bili and other platforms. As of February 19th, the average praise of the drama in Tik Tok has exceeded 1 million.

On February 17th, the micro-short drama "Flying Youth" launched on Youku focused on the theme of rural cultural tourism in the new era, and deeply integrated the beauty, food, culture and plot, which conformed to the mainstream trend of the short drama industry.

Short video platforms, represented by Tik Tok and Aauto Quicker, pay more attention to the Spring Festival file of short plays, including single-film publicity, in-station drainage, and the participation of head film and television companies and famous actors.

Tik Tok is dominated by short dramas derived from popular movies or long dramas, such as "Beyond it" derived from the animated film "The Lion Boy". A Juan, My Way Home is Windy, which is adapted from the hit TV series Go to a Windy Place, and Tianya little nyonya, a derivative of the long drama little nyonya, etc. There are also many production companies behind them, such as Baina Qiancheng, Huace Film and Television and Changxin Media.

It is noteworthy that the urban family short play "The Great New Year’s Day" starring Rainbow and Li Chuan has caused extensive discussions after it was launched in Tik Tok, and most of them focused on the disputes on topics such as "Rainbow went to play a short play" and "Rainbow responded to play a short play". The play, jointly produced by Perfect Film and Tik Tok, is the perfect follow-up to "Full-time husband training plan" and "Wake up! Another short drama with realistic theme after "Love Brain", the production standard is a long drama.

The star effect is even more obvious in Aauto Quicker. Four of the six short dramas of the Spring Festival are performed by stars. Among them, three short dramas of stars, I Open a Bar in Dasong, Yuanyang Duane and Super Sitting Class, which are co-operated with Tmall, have assembled a number of long dramas such as Zhang Xiaolong, Xi Lan, Chun Li, Andrew and Guo Xiaoting. Song Muzi and Qiao Shan were invited to the star short play "All the Way Home" by JD.COM Auto and Aauto Quicker. However, compared with Tik Tok, the short plays launched in Aauto Quicker before and after the Spring Festival are not strong in overall popularity, but they are still profitable in business.

The Spring Festival holiday has ended. Judging from the competition pattern of short dramas in this year’s Spring Festival, short dramas will still be the focus of all platforms in 2024, and "quality" will become more and more mentioned words. What needs to be vigilant is that quality is the general trend, but we should also avoid putting the cart before the horse. The investment in stars, clothing and other aspects can certainly be icing on the cake, but the improvement of content quality is the most important thing.

　　CCTV News:In response to the news reported by the US media on the 14th that the Ukrainian Southern Design Bureau sold missile engines to North Korea, the Ukrainian side voiced for two consecutive days, firmly denying the incident and suggesting that Russia was behind the scenes. In this regard, Russia also responded strongly: criticizing Ukraine for wanting to "shabu-shabu".

RD-250 engine

　　On 14th, The New York Times quoted a military expert as saying that North Korea successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile last month, probably because it bought missile engines from Ukrainian enterprises in the arms black market. A research report published by the Institute for International Strategic Studies in London, UK, further pointed out: "No other country can develop from having medium-range missiles to having intercontinental ballistic missiles in such a short time. This speed means that North Korea has obtained a high-performance liquid fuel engine from abroad, and only the RD-250 engine manufactured by the Southern Design Bureau of Ukraine meets the external characteristics of North Korea’s new engine. "

　　In this regard, the Ukrainian side voiced for two consecutive days and denied the incident.

　　Ukrainian Prime Minister Groisman said that this is aimed at sowing dissension against Ukraine. I believe the statement of the National Security and National Defense Commission, and I can assure you that there is no such thing at all.

　　The Southern Design Bureau of Ukraine was established in 1954, and its full name is the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Scientific Research and Production Consortium, located in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Its original purpose was to design ballistic missiles for dropping nuclear warheads. After the American media reported, the Southern Design Bureau has issued a statement that Ukraine has not provided military missile engines to any country since its independence in 1991.

　　The Ukrainian Space Agency hinted that Russia was behind the scenes.

　　The Ukrainian National Space Agency further issued a statement, suggesting that Russia is behind the scenes.

　　Yuri Radcenco, head of the Ukrainian National Space Agency, said that this kind of engine was produced in Ukraine before 2001 and was widely used in two projects, namely "Cyclone 2" and "Cyclone 3", which were supplied by the Southern Machinery Factory for Russian projects, but not produced for Ukraine itself.

　　When this statement came out, it was immediately countered by the Russian side.

　　The host of Russia’s first channel reported that what they mean is that Russia disassembled the "Cyclone" missile into components and gave the most precious engine to North Korea without feeling distressed. That’s ridiculous!

　　On 15th, the general manager of Southern Design Bureau suggested that RD-250 could be "copied" by 3D printing technology to meet the demand of North Korea. In this regard, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry rogozin said categorically that this is absolutely impossible.

　　Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry rogozin said that some portraits can be reproduced, but the engine is the most advanced technical structure, which requires not only detailed technical documents, but also test stands and various tests. Strictly speaking, what is needed most is professionals who know everything about engines, so this time either the technical documents were leaked or someone sold them directly.

　　Just as the two sides were at loggerheads, a piece of news disclosed by the British Reuters on the 16th was quite a "rescue". According to Reuters, Pyongyang may already have the ability to manufacture missile engines, and it does not need to rely on the support of other countries at all.

　　A reporter from Reuters, UK, said that the research of the London Institute for International Strategic Studies was only based on the measurement of the engine photos released by North Korea, and there was a heated discussion among experts who had been concerned about the North Korean nuclear issue. Some experts’ judgments were consistent with the assessment of American intelligence agencies, that is, North Korea may have the ability to independently develop and build missile engines.

1905 movie network news 　On the Easter holiday weekend (03.30-04.01), the box office revenue in North America totaled $132.4 million, up 1.9% from the previous month. Ready Player One, Spielberg’s latest film about VR virtual world, grossed $53.21 million at the local box office in 4,234 cinemas in the first week, which was close to $50 million in Jurassic Park in 1993, but not as good as $64 million in War of the Worlds in 2005. With a good reputation, it is considered as a "noisy adventure". At present, the global box office of the film has reached 180 million US dollars. The other two new films are relatively weak. tyler perry’s all-black marriage revenge drama "The Endless" cost $17.1 million in the first week, which was considered as "a waste of Taraji P hansen’s acting skills" (the film critics of "Proud Mary" also said so); The belief theme "God is not dead: light in the dark" fell below the new low of three series in the first week, reaching 2.63 million dollars, and was accused of being "completely boring".

It is worth mentioning that Marvel superhero Black Panther, who has been in the cinema for the seventh week, has made a domestic box office of 650 million US dollars this week, becoming the fastest film in the history of cinema to achieve a domestic box office achievement of 650 million US dollars after Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is expected that this week will surpass the 652 million US dollars of Jurassic Park in 2015 and become the fourth highest domestic box office.

Ready Player One’s $180 million global media refers to "targeting adrenaline"

Recommended star rating: ★★★★☆.

Ready Player One

The dystopian sci-fi novel by Warner and Weixiu Pictures won $41.21 million at the box office in North America in the first three days of the weekend, plus a total of $53.21 million at the box office on Thursday, of which 35% came from 3D screening. This figure makes it the highest box office movie in Steven Allan Spielberg in the first week after 2008, slightly exceeding the box office of $40.5 million (three days) in the first week of "Special Forces 2: Total Strike Back", close to $50 million in 1993, but less than $64 million in 2005. The production cost of Ready Player One is between $150 million and $175 million, and the global publicity cost exceeds $100 million. At present, the global box office has reached US$ 181 million, which is particularly popular in China. The box office on Saturday is 80% higher than that on Friday, and the box office on the weekend is US$ 61.7 million. The US media expects that Ready Player One may reach US$ 250 million in China, which is about 1.55 billion yuan.

Although Spielberg’s biographical themes, such as The Post and bridge of spies, have been remarkable at the box office in recent years, his fantasy themes, such as The Dream of a Giant and The Adventures of Tintin, have failed one after another. This time, Ready Player One is the first time that Spielberg has chosen to open a film in the spring when the competition is not so strong after "Running on the rampage" in 1974. This strategy not only makes it win back a city at the box office, but also causes heated discussion and public praise, and also becomes his highest and best film after "Minority Report" in 2005.

At present, Ready Player One’s cinema score in North America is A-, IMDb score is 8.0, MTC score is 64, and the freshness of rotten tomatoes is 76%. The Wall Street Journal said: "Ready Player One is aiming at your adrenaline." Hollywood Reporter: "A noisy adventure between desolation and fantasy. Although Spielberg has made great changes to Ernest Klein’s original work, it still retains the complete main spirit and thrilling elements." Variety: "This is a very complete and occasionally intoxicating film. But you feel occupied more often than you are involved. "

"The last straw" makes people "the last straw" and "God is not dead 3" come to an end.

The last straw recommended star rating: ★☆.

"God is not dead: light in the dark" recommended star rating: ★

The last straw

Second in the new film is tyler perry’s latest all-black movie "The Endless", which grossed $17.1 million in 2,006 theaters in North America last weekend. It was lower than tyler perry’s first week box office of 21.64 million (the final box office was $51.97 million) in 2013. However, it is much higher than Taraji P hansen’s earlier "Proud Mary". The first week of "Proud Mary" in North America was only 9.95 million US dollars, and the final box office was 20.87 million US dollars. The last straw will be the last film released by Lionsgate in tyler perry, and they will cooperate with Paramount instead. At present, the reputation of "The Endless" is not high. IMDb score is 4.7, MTC30 score is 30, rotten tomato freshness is 28%, and audience freshness is 50%. Entertainment Weekly believes: "Hansen’s anger for more than 20 minutes is not enough to keep the film’s reputation or worth the ticket price." Rolling Stone magazine said: "The last straw will make you unbearable, so it wastes Hansen’s acting talent and your ticket money." The New York Times: "In addition to endorsing the explanation of Stockholm syndrome in marriage, it also provides you with a guide to survival in a bad economic environment."

Last week, the last large-scale new film was God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, which earned $2.63 million in 1,693 theaters in North America last weekend. It is not as good as the first box office of $9.16 million in 2014, and it is not as good as the $7.62 million in "God is not dead 2" in 2016. In recent years, movies with good faith themes have basically come from major studios such as Fox, Sony and Lions Gate, such as the current list and the previous "Paradise Really Exists", which have relative box office potential. God is not dead: light in the dark. At present, IMDb score is 3.1, MTC score is 33, and the freshness of rotten tomatoes is 15%. "Hollywood Reporter" thinks: "Although this film is not as strong as the first two, it is also completely boring."

This week’s preview: Escort Parents, Quiet Place, Chappaquiddick, Miracle Season, etc.

This weekend (04.06-04.08), Escort Parents, Quiet Place, Chappaquiddick and Miracle Season will be widely opened in North America. Warner Bros.’ documentary "Pandas" and andrew haigh’s "Horse Racing Pete" will be shown on a small scale.

Escort parents

The R-rated comedy "Escort Parents" is the director’s debut of a series of screenwriters kay cannon. It tells the funny story that the parents of three high school girls start their detective nerves and monitor that their daughters plan to give their first night at the graduation dance, so they rush to the party to stop it. Because it involves the topic of sex and growth, the words are more explicit. The production cost of the film is $21 million. A few days ago, the film was shown at the South-by-Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) and won a lot of praise from the media. "Variety" commented: "This is a dance comedy that combines elegance, humor and vulgarity." It is estimated that the box office of the film will be between 13 million yuan and 21 million dollars in the first week. Universal Pictures has had many successful R-rated comedies earlier, such as the cost of $32.5 million in 2011 and the local box office of $169 million. The cost in 2015 was $35 million, and the local box office was $110.2 million; Last year, the cost was $19 million, and the local box office reached $115.1 million.

Quiet Place, a Paramount horror film, also won a good reputation at the South-by-Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), which depicts a dystopian world in the future, in which giant insect monsters who have lost their vision hunt humans through their super-sensitive response to sound. A year after most human beings were extinct, only the remaining people learned to adapt to life without sound. A family of five in the movie basically relies on sign language to complete daily communication. Forbes commented: "The film allows you to see humanity and goodwill in danger, especially the warmth between father and daughter." Quiet Place will open paintings in 3,200 theaters in North America this week.

Director John Curran’s new film is a political biographical film, which tells how Ted Kennedy, the youngest of the Kennedy brothers, ruined his political future because of a car accident on Chappaquiddick Island. The film will open in 1500 theaters in North America this week. Sean mcnamara, the director of Soul Surfer, is a new work, which tells the inspirational story of how an American high school volleyball team rallied to win the state championship after the unexpected death of its main player Caroline. The film will open in 1700 theaters across the United States this weekend.

　　Cctv newsOn March 30th, the the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology introduced the situation of the manufacturing industry’s resumption of production and answered questions from reporters.

　　journalistThe industrial chain of electronic enterprises is relatively long. What is the current situation of this kind of enterprises returning to work and production? What measures will be taken to support the coordinated resumption of production in the industrial chain?

　　Xu Kemin, Director of Industrial Policy and Regulation Department of Ministry of Industry and Information TechnologyAt present, the average re-employment rate of the electronic information industry has reached 95%. From the perspective of key enterprises, the re-employment rate of SMIC, BOE, Huaxing Optoelectronics and other enterprises has exceeded 90%; Huawei has resumed work in an all-round way, and the compound yield is stable at 90%; 810,000 people have resumed work in 27 major factories of Foxconn, with an overall resumption rate of 93.7%. Nearly 100 core supporting enterprises have resumed work and production, which has driven more than 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in the upstream and downstream to resume work and stabilize the global supply chain. From the perspective of major projects, major projects such as Changjiang Storage, Changxin, Huaxing Optoelectronics and Visionox are progressing smoothly.

　　The electronic information industry has the characteristics of a long industrial chain, which is highly dependent on the supply chain system. The upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain need to work together to resume production. In this regard, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has mainly taken three measures: First, providing accurate services for enterprises. Establish "early communication" with key enterprises — The "late feedback" mechanism, through telephone, WeChat and video conference, can grasp the first-hand situation and enterprise demands in real time, coordinate and solve problems in a targeted manner, and provide accurate services.

　　The second is to promote the resumption of production across regions and the entire industrial chain. Establish a cross-regional daily coordination and communication mechanism, guide local authorities at all levels to solve the problem of enterprises returning to work in real time, and follow up and implement them one by one. For example, in some areas, three-level work classes have been set up in provinces and cities. In solving the problem of returning to work, foreign employees are brought back to work through special trains and buses, and professional forces are coordinated to conduct nucleic acid testing on isolated employees, providing isolated buffer dormitories.

　　The third is to coordinate and solve the demand for epidemic prevention materials. Help enterprises coordinate the urgent need for epidemic prevention materials such as forehead temperature guns, automatic thermometers and masks. At the same time, promote enterprises to use the Internet, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other new generation information technology means to ensure the resumption of work and production.

　　Container ships berthed at Shanghai Yangshan Port. People’s vision

　　"Blocking points" increase, one cabin is hard to find, and one box is hard to find … … Since the second half of last year, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the international container shipping operation is not smooth, the transportation capacity is tight and the freight rate is rising, which has brought a lot of pressure to some Chinese enterprises, especially foreign trade enterprises. In view of this situation, relevant departments such as transportation, commerce, industry and information, as well as shipping, ports, container production and other enterprises have taken action to help foreign trade enterprises solve problems. What have all localities, departments and related enterprises done? What is the current effect? The reporter conducted an interview.

　　Tight transport capacity and rising freight rates

　　Poor shipping has put a lot of pressure on foreign trade enterprises.

　　"In early June, I was very nervous and the production line was almost forced to stop!" Zhejiang Juyi Group is a foreign trade enterprise that produces footwear products, with an annual export volume of nearly 100 million US dollars, and its products are mainly sold to European and American countries. The main reason that makes Pan Jianzhong, the chairman, nervous is the poor international shipping. "There is no shortage of orders, but there are 200 containers of shoes in the factory. First, the storage space is limited; Second, if you can’t get the money back, the funds will become a problem. "

　　Like most export enterprises in China, Juyi Group signed a trade contract with foreign customers on FOB terms, that is, overseas buyers were responsible for logistics and paid freight, which was not affected by freight fluctuation in theory. "In the past, we didn’t have to worry about export logistics. But now the global shipping is not smooth, and it is difficult for foreign customers to solve it. We have to find our own way. " Pan Jianzhong told reporters that when there was an urgent need, COSCO Shipping extended a helping hand to enterprises and arranged transportation capacity under the active coordination of transportation, commerce and other departments. "From the end of June, 10 to 15 containers will be arranged to go to sea every week. In August, production basically returned to normal, capital turnover was smooth, and we dared to take orders again. "

　　International shipping plays an irreplaceable role in serving economic and social development and smoothing global trade. In China, about 95% of international trade goods are completed by sea. However, since last year, the global spread of the epidemic has kept the international shipping market under pressure.

　　The most direct impact is poor turnover and tight transportation capacity.

　　"Affected by the epidemic, the ports in some countries are seriously congested, the inland transportation cycle is blocked, and the supply of crew members continues to be tight. The time for ships to stay in Hong Kong, including anchorage waiting time and terminal operation time, has been greatly extended." Jia Dashan, vice president of the Water Transport Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, said that in August and September this year, the quasi-scheduled rate of global trunk routes has dropped from over 70% under normal circumstances to less than 20%. According to statistics, in the past, the round-trip time of liner from Shanghai to ports in western America, eastern America and northwestern Europe was about 46 days, 76 days and 82 days respectively, but since July this year, the time has been lengthened to 61 days, 87 days and 99 days respectively.

　　While the long ship turnover time leads to the shortage of transportation capacity, the container turnover is also greatly affected, and a large number of empty containers are overstocked in some overseas ports and freight yards. For a period of time, "one cabin is hard to find" and "one box is hard to find" in the market, which has become a bottleneck restricting international trade.

　　Strong foreign trade demand and insufficient effective supply of transportation capacity have caused the freight rate to rise.

　　"In the first half of last year, the demand in the shipping market declined and was at a low point. Since the second half of last year, with the recovery of global trade, the maritime demand of various countries has recovered rapidly. " Jia Dashan said that compared with the situation that supply and demand were basically balanced and slightly surplus in 2019, due to the decline of turnover efficiency, the supply of effective transport capacity was lost by more than 15%, which had little impact on about 60% of long-term transport agreements and contracts in the market, and the shortage of transport capacity was concentrated in 40% of the spot market, resulting in a sharp increase in global shipping container freight rates.

　　According to Jia Dashan, from the Spring Festival this year to the end of March, the contradiction between supply and demand eased relatively, and the freight rate in the international container market dropped for eight consecutive weeks. However, after April, due to the Suez Canal blocking incident and the epidemic situation in some countries and regions, the capacity of major routes in the world continued to be tight, and the freight rate generally increased.

　　"The government departments have promoted the cooperation between port and shipping enterprises and import and export enterprises, and advocated mutual benefit and win-win, which has benefited us." To Pan Jianzhong’s peace of mind, the price offered by COSCO Shipping has obvious advantages compared with the average freight rate in the market.

　　Increase transport capacity and stabilize the market

　　Government departments and related enterprises take active actions to ensure smooth shipping.

　　Behind the steady operation of foreign trade enterprises and the rapid growth of China’s foreign trade are a series of measures taken by government departments and related enterprises.

　　— — Increase the supply of transportation capacity and resolve the "one cabin is hard to find".

　　"Since the third quarter of last year, COSCO Shipping has put all its transportation capacity into the market, and the company’s transportation capacity has reached a historical peak." The relevant person in charge of COSCO Shipping told the reporter that while actively increasing the market charter efforts, COSCO Shipping accelerated the ships on existing routes, freed up the capacity, increased the supply of shipping spaces on trunk lines in Europe and America, and organized the capacity to provide overtime ships and open special lines to provide more shipping spaces.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport said that it has actively coordinated and guided liner companies to increase investment in China’s export routes with relevant departments. In the first three quarters, the number of shipping spaces invested by major liner companies in China’s main export routes increased by more than 27% compared with the same period in 2020, which was significantly higher than the 4.5% increase of global shipping spaces in the same period.

　　Port enterprises have also taken active actions. Since the second quarter of last year, Zhoushan Port in Ningbo has taken some measures for foreign trade liner companies, such as giving priority to the berthing of ships, reducing the pilotage fees of tugboats, and extending the stacking-free period, so as to strive for foreign trade ships to berth and adjust containers.

　　— — Actively dispatch and produce empty containers to solve the problem that "one box is hard to find".

　　On the one hand, speed up the return of overseas empty containers. Cosco Shipping made full use of the return shipping space by adding ports and other means to speed up the return of overseas empty containers. In the first 10 months of this year, the cumulative return of empty containers from overseas exceeded 4.9 million TEUs, an increase of 23.6% year-on-year.

　　On the other hand, speed up the production of new boxes. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Transport actively coordinated China’s container manufacturing enterprises to fully expand production, so that the monthly production capacity increased from 200,000 TEUs to the highest in history of 500,000 TEUs. With the release of new container capacity in China, the turnover of empty containers has accelerated, and the shortage of empty containers has basically been alleviated. At present, the inventory of new containers in China’s major container manufacturers has exceeded 700,000 TEUs, and the supply of new containers is fully guaranteed.

　　— — Strengthen the docking of supply and demand and maintain market stability.

　　In China, many foreign trade enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, are unfamiliar with export transportation and often entrust freight forwarding enterprises to go through the formalities. In the case of tight shipping space, some freight forwarders have increased the price of sea freight, which has increased the pressure on SMEs. In order to solve this problem, COSCO Shipping has broadened the channels for directly serving the majority of small and medium-sized shippers with the help of Syncon Hub foreign trade e-commerce platform. At present, the platform has covered all foreign trade routes in China, and realized the functions of self-service price inquiry and online confirmation of booking. Cosco Shipping also introduced some warm-hearted measures, such as increasing the number of small and medium-sized direct passenger overtime boats, establishing a supervision mechanism for small and medium-sized customers to give priority to cabin release, and opening an e-commerce line for small and medium-sized customers. The number of small and medium-sized customers served in the first 10 months increased by 9.5% year-on-year.

　　Effective response to stable recovery

　　Successfully coping with the changes in international shipping can not only save the day, but also turn the crisis into an opportunity.

　　In the first three quarters of this year, China’s port cargo throughput and container throughput reached 11.55 billion tons and 210 million TEUs respectively, up by 8.9% and 9.5% respectively, with an average increase of 5.9% and 4% respectively in two years. The throughput of foreign trade goods reached 3.54 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%— — According to the data of the Ministry of Transport, China’s shipping market is recovering steadily.

　　In the interview, the reporter found that for Chinese enterprises, successfully coping with the changes in international shipping can not only save the day, but also turn the crisis into an opportunity.

　　The competitiveness of foreign trade enterprises is expected to be further enhanced.

　　"Some competitors are affected by the epidemic, or they are unable to start work or are difficult to export, and we can carry out normal production and export, thus obtaining a large number of orders." Zhang Meili, vice president of Zhengte Co., Ltd., Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, told reporters that the company mainly produces and exports outdoor leisure furniture. In the past two years, although the international shipping price has increased the product price, the demand in Europe and the United States is still strong. "We can even ‘ Select ’ Customers. "

　　China is at the forefront of the world in epidemic prevention and control and economic recovery, allowing foreign trade enterprises to gain more market opportunities. In the first half of the year, the international market share of China’s import and export, export and import was about 13.2%, 14.5% and 12%, respectively, up by 0.8, 0.9 and 0.8 percentage points year-on-year, and China continued to maintain its position as the largest country in goods trade.

　　The close cooperation between foreign trade enterprises and shipping enterprises is expected to be further deepened.

　　"Using FOB method, marine logistics is handed over to overseas customers. Now, we are more inclined to sign CIF trade contracts (export enterprises are responsible for transportation and payment of freight), set up overseas warehouses and organize logistics. " Zhang Meili said that under the test of the epidemic, China’s backbone shipping enterprises have won more recognition for their stable and efficient performance.

　　During the interview, some insiders expressed their concern about the uncertainty of the shipping market. From the demand point of view, with the gradual recovery of national economies, international trade has picked up, and some institutions predict that the global container freight volume will increase between 6% and 9% this year. From the perspective of capacity supply, most of the existing 24 million TEU container fleet in the world has been put into operation, and the annual capacity growth is expected to be less than 5%, which is less than the demand growth rate. Under the background that the global epidemic is still spreading, the imbalance between supply and demand will continue for a long time.

　　Coping with the changing situation requires enterprises to deepen long-term cooperation. The relevant person in charge of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport said that foreign trade enterprises and shipping enterprises are encouraged to sign long-term transport agreements to ensure the supply of transport capacity and reduce freight rates. COSCO Shipping also actively strengthens docking with leading enterprises in the industry and signs long-term transportation agreements to provide stable long-term transportation prices and capacity support. In January this year, they signed a cooperation agreement with Midea Group to cooperate deeply in container transportation and "end-to-end" logistics supply chain. As of the beginning of November, the cooperation volume of all routes between the two sides increased by more than 600% year-on-year.

　　In addition to increasing the proportion of long-term transport agreements, Jia Dashan suggested that China should take measures in construction and supervision to deal with the challenges brought by the epidemic to the maritime industry: speeding up the construction of port infrastructure and improving the resilience to emergencies; Accelerate the construction of automated terminals and smart logistics to improve the safety and reliability of the supply chain; Strengthen relevant regulatory measures to promote sustained and healthy development of the market.

　　Cctv newsWinter and spring are the high-incidence seasons for some infectious diseases such as influenza, and New Year’s Day is approaching. In order to remind the public to do a good job in health protection during the holiday season, on December 26th, the National Health and Wellness Committee held a press conference on the prevention of common diseases in winter and spring and health tips during the holiday season. At the meeting, Li Zhongjie, director and researcher of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of China, introduced the popular science information on the prevention of common infectious diseases in winter and spring.

　　Winter and spring are the high season for respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza and viral diarrhea such as norovirus. The public can greatly reduce the risk of infection and transmission by mastering the basic knowledge of common respiratory infectious diseases and viral diarrhea and adopting scientific prevention methods.

　　Respiratory infectious diseases are caused by human infection with viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma, chlamydia and other pathogens, which are mainly respiratory symptoms. Many pathogens cause mild symptoms and belong to self-limiting diseases (that is, they can recover without treatment). Some pathogens only cause symptoms of the upper respiratory tract (nasopharynx) (such as sore throat and runny nose), while some pathogens cause more serious symptoms, including bronchitis, pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Some special groups, such as the elderly, young children, pregnant women and patients with basic diseases, are prone to pneumonia, meningitis and myocarditis after being infected with some respiratory pathogens. Respiratory infectious diseases can be spread by droplets or droplet nuclei with germs ejected by coughing and sneezing, and healthy people can also be infected when they touch articles contaminated by pathogens discharged by patients.

　　Norovirus infectious diarrhea (gastroenteritis) is a common acute intestinal infectious disease caused by Norovirus. The transmission route of the virus is easy to realize, mainly through contaminated food and water, but also through contact with patients’ excrement and vomit, contaminated hands, objects and utensils, and aerosol generated by vomiting. Outbreaks mostly occurred in schools, kindergartens, hospitals, nursing homes, factories, large cruise ships and other crowded places, and there were reports of outbreaks on airplanes abroad. Norovirus can be discharged with the patient’s feces and vomit, causing environmental pollution, and can survive for a long time in the external environment, such as the surface of objects, sewage, garbage, surface water and food. Acute gastroenteritis symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea often occur within 48 hours after being infected with norovirus, and vomiting symptoms are more common, so it is also called "winter vomiting disease". The course of disease is usually 2-3 days and the prognosis is good.

　　The most effective and economical way to prevent infectious diseases is vaccination. Influenza vaccination can effectively reduce the risk of infection, onset and severe illness. In addition, maintaining good personal hygiene habits in daily life is also an important means to prevent respiratory infectious diseases. The main measures include the following aspects.

　　1. A healthy lifestyle is an important guarantee to enhance physical fitness and improve physical resistance. In daily life, we should keep enough sleep, adequate nutrition and proper physical exercise.

　　2. Developing good personal hygiene habits can reduce the risk of spreading pathogens through contact, which is an important measure to prevent the spread of respiratory infectious diseases and viral diarrhea. For example, when coughing or sneezing, cover your mouth and nose with paper towels, towels, etc. Wash your hands after coughing or sneezing and try to avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

　　3. Pay attention to keep the home and workplace environment clean, and pay attention to cleaning the room and workplace frequently. At home, if there is a patient with respiratory infection, wear a mask when taking care of the patient. Articles and floors contaminated by norovirus can be disinfected with chlorine-containing disinfectants.

　　4. People with high risk of infection and severe illness should go to crowded public places as little as possible to reduce the chances of contact with sick people.

　　Finally, once the symptoms of respiratory tract infection or acute diarrhea or vomiting appear, patients should rest at home to avoid transmitting the pathogen to other people. If the symptoms are serious, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible and get effective treatment in time.

　　In short, by taking the above preventive measures in daily life and developing good life behaviors and hygiene habits, the occurrence of common infectious diseases in winter and spring can be greatly reduced.

"Overhead Generation": How far are we from the real world?

Brush the sense of existence in the WeChat movement, find love in online novels, and achieve "the glory of the king" &hellip in the game; … When Wifi becomes the "underlying demand", real life is constantly being "binarized". In the overhead world of "I share, therefore I am", people are more closely connected and convenient; But in reality, people are increasingly alienated, lonely and anxious. This is your life and mine. Is it really "overhead"? How far are we from the real world?

Youth stuffed with net articles and "eat chicken"

At 2: 30 in the morning, Hu Xin, a "post-90 s" youth, sent a team invitation in the "Eat Chicken" group. Within ten minutes, three group friends responded quickly. Near three o’clock, the whole city was silent, but four young people lit up their screens and put on headphones in their respective corners, once again immersed in the game world.

"Eat Chicken", which Hu Xin and his teammates are keen on, is a mobile phone game that has recently become popular among young people. A variety of game circles are more magical than the so-called "magic capital" that these young people live in. "All kinds of game groups are day and night." Hu Xin told reporters who talked for half a month that in the dozen game groups she formed or joined, there were many late-night drinks and team brushing games; It is not uncommon to take screenshots all night.

In the daytime, another group of people "took over" to discuss raiders and cheats. In reality, these young people who play tricks online and chat for hours every day have different careers, and they live far apart, so they may never meet for the rest of their lives. But in the game, they fight side by side every day, share jargon that only people in the circle understand, and become the most like-minded playmates.

Hu Xin is regarded as an ashes player among his peers, from simple "eliminating pleasure" to once-popular "the glory of the king" and "Master of Yin and Yang", and then to the newly-popular "Jump" and "Eat Chicken". "What makes people addicted is not a specific game, but the feeling of being immersed in another world. Whether you lose your job today, break up, or have no money to pay the rent, all the troubles in reality can be forgotten. " She said.

"Even if it is not a game, it is also other virtual entertainment. My hobby is going to Jinjiang to catch up with online articles, and one of my roommates spends an hour or two brushing Tik Tok every night, without brushing or sleeping. " Wu Li, a graduate student, said.

Jinjiang and Tik Tok, which Wu Li and her roommate are keen on, are in the limelight in the online world and short video apps. According to reports, Tik Tok, a short video software launched in 2016, has now played more than 100 million videos per day. Jinjiang Literature City, which is known as "the largest female literature base in the world", is an evergreen tree in the "literary circle" — — It claims that there are 2.2 million daily registered fixed users, and more than 10,000 registered users are added every day.

Wu Li is a staunch member of these 2.2 million people. She has a history of pursuing literature for nearly 10 years, and she talks about "crossing", "Xian Xia" and "fantasy", which sounds like a few treasures to laymen. Wu Li said that online platforms such as Jinjiang will launch lists of TOP100 and TOP200 hits on a monthly and quarterly basis. When I am most obsessed, the list of books on the list can be read before the next update.

"It’s really getting up, eating, and lighting a flashlight. Several times, I took the subway and used my mobile phone to chase the text. I sat in the station, fell back and took the subway in the opposite direction, and then chased the text. As a result, I passed the station. " Wu Li said.

Lu Songsen, an 80-year-old special-grade teacher in Jiangsu Province, said with emotion that today’s students are inseparable from mobile phones and social networks. They chat and joke online, instead of going out to play in groups like children used to.

According to statistics on the Internet, as of 2012, all players have spent a total of 5.92 million years on the online game World of Warcraft, which is equivalent to the evolution of the entire human species.

It seems to be stuffed, but it is actually overhead.

Like a miserly businessman, the Internet has given convenience to a generation of young people, but at the same time, it is also quietly asking for it in its own way. Some young people who deeply "touch the net" find that with the deepening of "secondary element", their connection with the real world has been gradually overhead.

— — Virtual beauty, reality a chicken feather. Huang Yu, who works in a logistics company, summed up the pleasure brought by the game as "a sense of accomplishment in sharp contrast with reality". Even though I am not as capable as you in real life, I KO you more times in the game and rank higher than you.

Others like "life in a circle of friends" "I can’t help but send a circle of friends for 3 seconds every day, and I want to see who has commented." Zhao Xinzhi, who works in a public institution, has become accustomed to the life of "taking photos before meals and taking selfies must be beautiful". In her opinion, whether it is true or not, as long as it is a "winner in life" in the circle of friends.

— — Virtual social overhead emotional needs. More and more young people are addicted to ambiguous virtual friendship and love. Shanghai Doumeng Technology once conducted a user survey for 1,000 post-90s generation, asking: Who are your real friends among classmates, friends and relatives and gay friends who met through online reading? Results More than 90% people choose people they know in the virtual world, because they firmly believe that people in the virtual world know their joys and sorrows better.

Wu Li also found that the "literary circle" around him is almost equal to the single circle. As a little girl in her twenties, the single rate who is keen on reading online novels exceeds 70%. This ratio is significantly higher than other girls of the same age and environment.

The high single rate of women who pursue literature is not only because reading books consumes social time. More importantly, online texts and online dramas will create a set of "pink world" with a strong sense of substitution. Girls who are used to seeing all kinds of overbearing presidents and black-bellied affectionate heroes can easily live in this world where perfect men are ready to save ugly ducklings and girls everywhere, but they don’t care about the real world.

"The virtual world really fills the emotional needs of young girls and makes us less eager for love and family." Wu Li described that many girls around him hold the view that money can be earned by themselves and life can be lived by themselves. If you can’t find a better person than the online man, why should you fall in love?

— — The more noisy the online life is, the more lonely the real life is. Lei Gang, a young man born after 1985, lives in Nanjing. Every day, his family is like this: he goes home for dinner on weekdays, puts on his headset to play games, and his wife watches TV and brushes online dramas in the living room. Under the same roof, sometimes I can’t say two words in one night.

"I also feel that it has always been so bad, but it is difficult for both parties not to play or watch at the same time. The later, the more difficult it is to find another lifestyle. "

Lei Gang said that not only the couple, but also their parents and colleagues are more or less troubled by spending more time on the screen and less real face-to-face communication. At family gatherings, each family grabs a red envelope with his mobile phone, and the old man has no chance to talk to his children. Colleagues chat enthusiastically in QQ group every day, but once they meet, they are like strangers, and they don’t know what to say to each other. "Social networks make people thousands of miles away close at hand, but at the same time, people who are close at hand are increasingly alienated."

In recent years, there is a kind of "phone phobia" which is especially suitable for WeChat and QQ communication, but it is a "symptom" when the phone rings. Although there is no accurate conclusion yet, some followers believe that from "fear of meeting" to "fear of voice", the real communication and emotional ties between people are being dissolved and evacuated.

What is overhead is not only reality, but also the mind.

"The Internet provides an exit to escape from reality at any time. In the virtual space, it is easier for people to build their ideal selves, and social interaction becomes simpler, more friendly and more arbitrary." Dong Yizhi, a lawyer in the field of Internet investment finance, believes that many of the words spoken on social networks are for himself. Brushing the track and showing the daily life every day is actually brushing the sense of existence. The reason for this may be that it is difficult to find like-minded people in real organizations, or some real demands cannot be met in time.

"In this seemingly overhead world, people can vent their unconscious tension and anxiety." Dr. Tao Xinhua, the first supervisor of the psychological consultation registration system of the Chinese Psychological Association, said that the impact of scientific and technological innovations such as the Internet on people’s lives has two sides: on the one hand, it better meets people’s living needs, on the other hand, when the needs are over-satisfied and uncontrolled, it will destroy life.

"This is not the result of technological innovation such as the Internet ‘ Side effects ’ However, scientific and technological progress has disrupted the balance of people’s lives, and they are not used to and adapt to the rapid development of science and technology. " Tao Xinhua said.

Lu Songsen, an old teacher, is very worried about the younger generation, especially underage children. Because of the lack of interaction with nature, the immune function will not develop completely. "The overhead of the real world is essentially the disconnection between knowledge and people’s literacy, the disconnection between young individuals and society, and the disconnection between knowledge and action, which makes children unprepared and have insufficient ability to adapt to and cope with the rapid development of science and technology."

As Turkel expressed in the book Group Loneliness, scientific and technological innovations such as the Internet have brought us this new type of loneliness, but this is not the fault of the Internet. On the contrary, the real problem is that we are not fully prepared for the arrival of the Internet.

"People’s desires are infinite, but their abilities are ultimately limited. What is important is to find the true self in their hearts and find their own position in real life." The interviewed experts suggested that it is more important than anything to go out for a walk and play, to embrace nature again in the real world, to establish a thick and intimate social relationship, and to plan a healthy lifestyle to adapt to the new era.

After all, everyone’s specific life is unique, which can’t be replaced by others, and it is impossible to make up for it in the future. Just as Ready Player One, a popular movie recently, said, return to reality and don’t escape, because reality is the only real existence. After all, "the game is always virtual, and only in the real world can you have a full meal." (Talk to reporter Pan Wei and Wang Jue for half a month)

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has accelerated the construction of a new open economic system and made historic achievements in foreign trade development, which not only reflects the expansion in quantity, but also shows the improvement in quality. According to the unified deployment of the General Administration of Customs, the national customs focused on serving the overall economic and social development of the country, strengthened supervision and optimization services, and continued to create a market-oriented and legalized international port business environment, which promoted the high-quality development of foreign trade and greatly improved the level of cross-border trade facilitation.

The data recently obtained by the reporter from the General Administration of Customs shows that in the past ten years, the import and export volume of China’s goods trade has reached record highs, from 24.4 trillion yuan in 2012 to 39.1 trillion yuan last year, with an increase of 14.7 trillion yuan, close to the total import and export value in 2009; The international market share increased from 10.4% in 2012 to 13.5% last year, and the position of the world’s largest country in goods trade was further consolidated.

In the past ten years, the high-quality development of China’s foreign trade has continued to advance, the number of foreign trade business entities has increased by 1.7 times, the "circle of friends" of foreign trade has continued to expand, and trade with countries along the Belt and Road has continued to deepen and flow smoothly.

In the past ten years, the national customs has focused on customs clearance facilitation and issued a series of policies and measures, which has greatly improved the level of cross-border trade facilitation. The number of import and export supervision documents has been reduced from 86 to 41, and the overall customs clearance time has been reduced by more than half in four years.

Structural optimization of foreign trade with rising quality and quantity.

Wang Lingxun, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, said that in the past ten years, the high-quality development of China’s foreign trade was mainly reflected in the simultaneous improvement of quantity and quality and structural optimization.

The structure of export commodities is more optimized, and mechanical and electrical products play the leading role. In 2021, China exported 21.73 trillion yuan, of which mobile phones, computers, integrated circuits and other mechanical and electrical products accounted for 12.83 trillion yuan, nearly 60%; Labor-intensive products such as clothing, shoes and hats are only 3.94 trillion yuan, accounting for 18.1%. The transformation and upgrading of China’s leading export industries from traditional labor-intensive products to high-tech industries fully reflects the continuous improvement of the quality, grade and added value of export products.

The scale of imports is constantly expanding and international economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial and win-win. In 2021, China imported 17.37 trillion yuan, an increase of 51.2% compared with 2012. China is the second largest importer in the world, and its imports of advanced technology and equipment, key components and high-quality consumer goods are constantly expanding.

"The continuous increase in the scale of China’s trade in goods fully demonstrates that China is not only a’ world factory’ but also a’ world market’. While providing the global market with inexpensive and dazzling goods, it also provides countries with broader opportunities for China market development." Wang Lingxun said.

The diversified development of trading partners has made the international market layout more reasonable. China’s traditional market trading partners, such as the European Union, the United States, Japan and South Korea, have a solid position, and the above trading partners will account for 38.3% of China’s foreign trade in 2021. At the same time, actively explore emerging markets such as ASEAN, Africa and Latin America, and the proportion of imports and exports with the above-mentioned trading partners increased from 22.2% in 2012 to 26.2% in 2021. Among them, ASEAN has continuously become China’s largest trading partner in the past two years. It is noteworthy that the scale of trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road has been expanding, and the proportion of China’s total foreign trade has increased from 25% in 2013 to 29.7% in 2021.

The number of foreign trade enterprises is increasing rapidly, and the vitality of market players is competing with generate. In 2021, the number of enterprises with import and export performance in China reached 567,000, including 476,000 private enterprises and 82,000 foreign-invested enterprises. From the perspective of import and export scale, private enterprises became the largest foreign trade subject in China in 2019, and the import and export value accounted for 48.6% in 2021. In the past ten years, China has continuously optimized the port business environment, increased support for small and medium-sized enterprises, and created a good environment for all kinds of market players to compete for development, providing confidence and confidence for enterprises to explore new markets and optimize the global market layout.

The new kinetic energy of foreign trade development is constantly stimulated, and the new advantages of competition are accelerated. The platform for opening to the outside world has played an obvious role. In 2021, the import and export of China’s comprehensive bonded zone, free trade pilot zone and Hainan Free Trade Port increased by 23.8%, 26.4% and 57.7% respectively. In terms of emerging trade formats, the scale of cross-border e-commerce and market procurement in China has expanded rapidly. In 2021, the import and export scale of cross-border e-commerce in China reached 1.92 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.6%.

The level of trade facilitation has greatly improved.

"The gap between us in overseas markets and our competitors in Europe and the United States’ traditional biomedical research and development powers lies in the lack of timeliness. If the import and export approval time is shorter, it will greatly speed up our development." In June this year, Xie Liangzhi, the chairman of Beijing Yiqiao Shenzhou Technology Co., Ltd., was still worried about the approval process for the import and export of special items for enterprises.

After learning about the situation, the leaders of Beijing Customs took the lead in contacting enterprises and implementing the "problem clearing" mechanism. Relevant departments conducted in-depth research and made precise policies, and finally opened intelligent approval for enterprises, including all the more than 60,000 kinds of special items that enterprises mainly engaged in. Now, the approval time has been upgraded from the previous three working days to the second release.

The business environment is of great importance. In Wang Lingxun’s view, in the past ten years, the customs has focused on customs clearance facilitation, and has made great achievements for a long time. It has issued a series of policies and measures and adopted a series of hard measures to continuously optimize the business environment at ports, and the level of cross-border trade facilitation has been greatly improved.

Promote decentralization and decentralization. The customs has made great efforts to cancel administrative licensing items, and the number of regulatory documents for import and export links has been reduced from 86 to 41. Up to now, only 10 administrative licensing items have been retained. At the same time, improve the online processing platform for customs administrative examination and approval, and make it more convenient for enterprises to go through the formalities. Vigorously promote the "double random and open" supervision, covering 28 administrative law enforcement inspection items of the customs.

Carry out special actions to facilitate cross-border trade. Press time, reduce documents, reduce costs, and create a market-oriented legal and international port business environment. In 2021, the overall customs clearance time for imports was 32.97 hours, which was reduced by more than 60% compared with 2017, and that for exports was 1.23 hours, which was reduced by more than 80% compared with 2017. The overall customs clearance time was reduced by more than half in four years. The customs actively coordinated the relevant competent departments to streamline their certificates and basically realized online verification. The list and standards of the national port charge catalogue have been made public.

Comprehensively promote the "single window" of international trade, and basically meet the "one-stop" business handling needs of enterprises. This year, the Customs implemented the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform, and instructed more than 90,000 enterprises to handle the filing of customs declaration units in a "multi-certificate integration" way. We will promote the integrated reform of all business areas and further improve the level of trade facilitation.

Deepen cooperation with "Belt and Road" countries

Recently, 45 tons of fresh Kenyan avocado arrived in Shanghai on the freighter "Pilca Asia". The Customs of Waigaoqiao Port Area, which belongs to Shanghai Customs, opened up a "green channel" at the first time to fully guarantee the rapid customs clearance of fresh avocados that meet the quarantine requirements. "The efficient and convenient customs clearance guarantee has strengthened our confidence in further expanding the import scale of agricultural products in Africa." Liu Mosu, general manager of Shanghai Niuguo Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. said.

The reporter learned that during the "One Belt, One Road" international cooperation summit held in Beijing in April 2019, Kenya signed a bilateral protocol with China, and in June of the same year, the General Administration of Customs issued an announcement to allow Kenya to import frozen avocados that meet quarantine requirements, making Kenya the first country in Africa to export avocados to China. In June this year, with the approval of the General Administration of Customs, Kenyan fresh avocados were also allowed to enter China.

"Since the Belt and Road Initiative was put forward, China’s trade with countries along the route has become increasingly close." Wang Lingxun gave a set of data: from 2013 to 2021, the total import and export value of China and countries along the route increased from 25% to 29.7% of China’s total foreign trade value; Last year, countries with trade volume exceeding 1 trillion yuan with China included Vietnam and Malaysia, and countries with trade volume exceeding 800 billion yuan included Thailand and Indonesia.

With regard to the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", the Customs has continuously deepened its cooperation with the countries of the "Belt and Road" in trade security and customs clearance facilitation, focusing on the mutual recognition of "AEO", the "single window" cooperation and exchange of international trade in China, and the networking of certificates of origin. Of the 48 countries and regions that have signed AEO mutual recognition agreements with China, 32 are countries (regions) that have jointly built the Belt and Road Initiative. At the same time, we will continue to expand the import access of high-quality agricultural products and foods in the "Belt and Road" countries, and from 2013 to 2021, we will promote more than 100 kinds of high-quality agricultural products in countries along the route to realize trade with China. Promote AEO mutual recognition and cooperation. There are nearly 4,000 advanced customs certification enterprises in China, which enjoy the same customs clearance facilities abroad as at home, reducing trade costs and creating a good external environment for China’s foreign trade.

In addition, the customs actively practices the "three intelligences" cooperation concept of "smart customs, smart borders and smart access". Relying on "intelligence", high-tech drives system innovation, advocates customs intelligent governance, border collaborative governance and global cooperative governance, promotes the safe, stable and smooth international supply chain, and promotes the safety and convenience of global trade. Up to now, the national customs has launched more than 140 "Three Intelligences" pilot projects, many of which involve cooperation with foreign customs, mainly those in countries and regions along the Belt and Road. By improving the level of intelligence, the cost of customs clearance for enterprises is reduced and the time limit for customs clearance is improved. (Reporter Cai Yanhong)

And the news of the suspension of production made many consumers feel pity. Recently, Alfa Romeo officially announced that it will stop production.GiuliaAmong the models, the high-performance Quadrifoglio (four-leaf clover) version with a 2.9-liter V6 engine will be the first to withdraw from the historical stage.

It is worth mentioning thatGiuliaLike mazda 6 and Fox, they are all called drivers’ cars. Its curve performance is particularly prominent, but its high price and poor after-sales performance make its domestic sales performance poor.

In 2021, Alfa Romeo entered China.GiuliaIn order to clear the inventory, even a 60% discount was made, but the sales of this car still did not improve.

For many consumers, although it has the best appearance and handling in the B-class car, the conservatism of this Italian car also makes it unpopular with consumers. For example, it has not made localization adjustment for the China market (such as the back row space has not been lengthened), and there is no performance of first-line luxury brands in terms of intelligence that consumers pay attention to.

Moreover, with the unsatisfactory sales volume, its dealer network is scarce. In the case of expensive and slow maintenance, the lack of dealer network makes its after-sales time longer, further discouraging more potential consumers.

After the mid-term change, Alfa RomeoGiuliaAlthough many common problems before the change were rectified, its price became firmer. Basically, the discount is only 30,000-40,000. Compared with the current discount of 100,000 for the same type of luxury brands, this car appears to be "high above".

Therefore, under the superposition of the above factors, this Alfa Romeo, which is talked about by car fans, isGiuliaIt is not popular in China. With the overall contraction of Stellantis Group, the next generationGiuliaWhether the model will be introduced to China again is still a mystery.

CCTV News:Recently, villagers in Lufeng once again discovered dinosaur fossils. Since the first one was discovered in 1938, more than 200 relatively complete dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in Lufeng, Yunnan, spanning three periods of Jurassic. From the discovery of dinosaurs in the war-torn era to the present, many studies on dinosaur fossils have pushed China to the forefront of paleontological research. So, what’s the significance of dinosaur research? Are dinosaurs really extinct?

There were no flowers or grass in the early Jurassic world.

In 1938, the first dinosaur skeleton excavated, studied and assembled by Chinese himself — — Xu Shi Lufeng Dragon comes from Lufeng, Yunnan Province, and Lufeng is therefore known as the hometown of China’s fear of dragons. Recently, two dinosaur fossils have been found here.

According to scientists’ preliminary judgment, one of them is Lu Fenglong, with a height of about 3 meters and a weight of about 4 tons. He is about thirty or forty years old. Sex can’t be judged yet. You need dinosaur eggs or pregnant dinosaur bones to tell.

Through virtual reduction, we can see that there were no flowers and grass in the early Jurassic world, and the plants that grew were ferns that dinosaurs loved, as well as ginkgo and pine and cypress.

Dinosaurs were not extinct, but a branch of dinosaurs evolved into birds.

Are dinosaurs really extinct? Xing Lida, an associate professor at China Geo University, said that scientists found a large number of feathered dinosaur fossils in Liaoning, indicating that a branch of dinosaurs evolved into birds. In other words, dinosaurs did not die out, but flew in the sky. We can see that many behaviors of birds are very similar to those of dinosaurs.

The meaning of "social fear" in ancient times is not quite the same as today.

Dinosaurs living in the early Jurassic, food and clothing is no longer a problem, scientists believe that they have a new social pursuit.

You Hailu, a researcher at the Institute of vertebrate paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that from the fossils of dinosaur skulls, loong had a pair of thin "cockscomb" on his head, which may still be hollow. Obviously, it could not be used as a weapon, but as a decoration to communicate with his companions and show off himself.

In other words, dinosaurs in Jurassic period were actively socializing.

In the movie "Nothing Asked about the West", the prototype of the paleontologist is the discoverer of Lu Fenglong.

Xu Shi Lufenglong is a kind of herbivorous dinosaur that lived in the early Jurassic, and its discovery opened the prelude of dinosaur research in China.

There is such a clip in the movie "Nothing to Ask about the West": under the bombing of Japanese planes, teachers and students in The National SouthWest Associated University hid in caves to attend paleontology classes, and the prototype of the old professor was the discoverer of Lu Fenglong — — Yang Zhongjian, the founder of dinosaur fossil research in China, and this dinosaur model in class is Lu Fenglong.

In those difficult times, scientists in China did not stop exploring dinosaurs. Up to now, scientists in China have named more than 200 kinds of dinosaurs, and the ancient secrets left by those fossils are being revealed more and more. At the same time, the continuous research on these precious fossils has pushed China to the forefront of paleontological research.

What is the significance of dinosaur research?

Regarding the significance of dinosaur research, You Hailu, a researcher at the Institute of vertebrate paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the past is a key to the future, and dinosaurs are only a window to study past life. But through dinosaurs, we can cross these disciplines to really let us understand the process of biological evolution, especially what the nature of life is.

Minimalist dinosaur history

Existing fossil evidence shows that early dinosaurs appeared on land about 230 million years ago.

About 200 million years ago, the earth entered the Jurassic period, and dinosaurs stood out and dominated the land.

A large number of Jurassic dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in China, such as Lufenglong, Yunnanlong, Jinshanlong and loong in the early Jurassic, Chuanjielong and Shidailong in the middle and Mamenxilong in the late Jurassic.

About 140 million years ago, the earth entered the Cretaceous period, and the species of dinosaurs reached its peak.

About 66 million years ago, there was a dinosaur extinction event. All non-bird dinosaurs were extinct in this event, and the land overlord ceased to exist.