Cctv news At that time, Wang Yanliang wanted to be a soldier, but failed. In 2003, at the age of 20, he went out of the mountains to Beijing, entered a security company and became an ordinary security guard. Wearing the newly issued security uniform, Wang Yanliang, who is full of energy, felt full of "soldiers" and took the first shift, secretly vowing to make achievements and realize his dreams!

But the reality is "too skinny." Just a few days after I started my job, I met such a thing at the gate of the driving school:

"hello! The unit has regulations. Please show your valid certificate, work permit or student ID before entering or leaving the unit. Thank you for your cooperation! "

"What certificate is not certificate! No, the coach knows me. " It was a couple who wanted to enter the driving school. The man shouted loudly and forced his way in with his girlfriend, and was politely stopped by Wang Yanliang again and again.

"Security air? I really think I am an armed police! " Women are cynical.

When this was said, Wang Yanliang seemed to be drenched with a pot of cold water, and suddenly woke up-the security guard is not a soldier! He wanted to take off his uniform and leave immediately. Afterwards, leaders and colleagues repeatedly persuaded him that there is no distinction between high and low work, and security work is related to one party’s peace and great responsibility, so he was a little more practical.

In the future, Wang Yanliang gradually understood this truth: "If you want others to look up to it, you must first look up to your own work and make achievements in a down-to-earth manner."

Engaged in security work for more than ten years, Wang Yanliang led security personnel to deal with 364 cases of mass disputes and fights, put out more than 10 fires, saved more than 8 million yuan in economic losses of client units and saved three lives. "Security and soldiers are really different. Soldiers have discipline, and they don’t usually stay with ordinary people. Security is different. We must always be around the people and keep one side safe. " Wang Yanliang began to feel proud of his work.

He declined the reward from the rescuer, refused to be the security captain of the client unit, and wanted to be a good security guard. My girlfriend of five years didn’t understand and broke up with him. He said to his ex-girlfriend with tears in his eyes, "Yan Liang, you are a good man, but I really can’t see any hope for this job you are concentrating on. There are still several people in this society who don’t consider reality like you!"

"Wang Yanliang is a hero who doesn’t wear police uniforms." His ex-girlfriend didn’t understand him, the clients he served understood him, and the people he helped thanked him.

Once on a bus, after bravely fighting a theft gang and helping the female owner successfully recover the gold necklace, this scene appeared:

The female passenger said excitedly, "thank you, young man, you are really a good man!" " At this time, an old man next to him asked, "What do you do, young man?" Wang Yanliang replied: "Security." The car was quiet for a moment, followed by applause. This applause made Wang Yanliang once again feel the glory of the security profession.

Security guards are not soldiers, but they are equally glorious! Wang Yanliang has won the third-class merit six times and won three awards. He is the "Excellent Security Officer of the Capital" of Beijing Public Security Bureau, the "Model Worker of Beijing" in 2015, and the "Fourth National Excellent Security Officer" awarded by the Ministry of Public Security, the National Federation of Trade Unions and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League in 2016. Let’s say thank you to Wang Yanliang, the "desperate Wang Saburo" who is persistent in the security post!

From 1984 to 1986, China experienced a round of Japanese automobile import peak, during which three types of Japanese off-road vehicles were imported; Toyota Land Cruiser LC60, Nissan Toure and Mitsubishi Pajero. Among the three off-road vehicles, Mitsubishi Pajero has a higher exposure, which is the first generation product of Mitsubishi Pajero.

From 1953 to 1973, Mitsubishi has been manufacturing Jeep CJ3 off-road vehicle (introducing production license). From the production of this vehicle, Mitsubishi Motors has accumulated experience and technology, and has the technical strength to develop off-road vehicles with better performance. The first prototype of a brand-new off-road vehicle was launched in 1973, and the second prototype was launched in 1978. In 1982, the first generation Pajero came out. At first, there were only three-door models with short wheelbase. In 1983, Mitsubishi introduced its five-door model with long wheelbase, and the model sold in the United States was called Montero.

Mitsubishi Pajero has got rid of the commercial compartment design of the previous off-road vehicle, and the comfort of the compartment has improved a lot, so it has completely changed from the previous off-road vehicle in function, and some private SUVs taste. The chassis design is also brand-new, giving up the leaf spring and front hard axle suspension design of Jeep CJ3, and using the front suspension design of double wishbone plus torsion bar and anti-roll bar, which is not only suitable for high-intensity off-road but also for highway high-speed driving.

In terms of power, there are three (2.0, 2.0T and 2.6) four-cylinder gasoline engines and three (2.3, 2.3 turbocharged and 2.5 turbocharged) four-cylinder diesel engines. In 1987, Mitsubishi launched a flagship model of Pajero with more luxurious configuration. In 1988, its power was upgraded to a 104 kW 3.0-liter V6 gasoline engine (6G72), which became From 1982 to 1990, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation manufactured 300,000 first-generation Pajeros. Because of Pajero’s success, Mercedes-Benz was invited to talk about cooperation. At that time, Mercedes-Benz did not have an SUV with high taste.

Mitsubishi Pajero, imported from China in 1980s, is widely used in the western region. It is much better than GAZ 69 and BJ212 used in the western region before, and it has more face when going out for business. Compared with the Toyota Land Cruiser introduced at the same time, it is not fast and comfortable. However, after several years of use in the western region, it showed that its reliability and durability were not as good as that of Toyota Cruiser (at that time, there were few roads in the western region and the road conditions were very poor. In Tibet, the failure rate increased obviously after 80,000 kilometers in Pajero, but there was no problem when the land cruiser was 120,000 kilometers). After 1990s, the field in western China was dominated by Toyota Land Cruisers.

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(Article source: Ye Hong 2011)

Compared with the indiscriminate bombing of Hollywood imported films in the mainland film market, sporadic Chinese films that occasionally "go out" have not received much attention in North America, which directly leads to the unsatisfactory or even poor box office performance of most films. However, since 2010, the pace of Chinese films going abroad has obviously accelerated, and the number of films appearing in North American cinemas has increased year by year, reaching a record 22 this year. However, it is worth noting that quantitative change has not contributed to qualitative change, and the status of Chinese films in North America has not been improved much, and their performance has not improved much — — In 2013, Chinese export films were still "looking for feelings". (Editor’s Note: Tai Chi Xia and shanghai calling are jointly produced by China and the United States; The box office list data in this foreign language does not take inflation into account)

Among them, movies with good box office in China, such as "Beijing meets Seattle" and "Search", have suffered from waterloo in the United States. It is decided that the North American box office performance of "Beijing meets Seattle" of the American Empire State Building is only 0.008% of the domestic box office; "Big shot" is the worst result of maintaining the North American box office of Chinese films for many years. "Beijing meets Seattle" and "Search" are all hard to shake their position … …

Beijing meets Seattle’s North American box office? You have to jump from the Empire State Building to "find the feeling"

Although the film shows the American image of a paradise on earth, the height of the Empire State Building can’t prevent the film from becoming a bottomless black hole at the North American box office. Compared with the film’s 500 million yuan in China, its box office in the North American market is like a "free fall" from the Empire State Building. "Beijing Meets Seattle" was released in North American cinemas on November 8th. By the time the film went offline on the 21st, it only earned $6,579, which set a new record for the North American distributor Huashi Company to release domestic films in North America.

North American poster of "Beijing meets Seattle"

North American box office of Chinese export films

"Beijing meets Seattle" is the most unsuccessful domestic film that Chinese lion introduced into the North American market. Among the 29 films that China Lion Company introduced into the North American market, this film is the only one with a box office not exceeding 10,000. In contrast, If You Are the One 2 and 1942 were relatively gratifying at the box office in North America through China Lion. The former reached $426,894, while the latter also recorded $312,954.

Although most of the location of Beijing meets Seattle was shot in Seattle, USA; Although most American media spoke highly of "Beijing meets Seattle", they thought that "it is different from common romantic comedies and restores the real life of American immigrants". Although director Xue Xiaolu personally attended the film’s premiere in Los Angeles … … But judging from the box office, the American audience didn’t care about the kindness of friends in China. The only cinema in Seattle that showed the film hastily took it off the production line after a week … …

The film’s three-day premiere in North America was $3,430, with an average box office income of 1,143 yuan, ranking 80 th in the box office list of 109 films released in North America during the same period. Its first week opened at the box office (11.8— — 11.14) was only $5,371, and the average box office income of a single museum was $1,790, and the box office ranking slipped to 83rd place. It seems that American cinema companies are not very interested in such "small fresh" romantic films as "Beijing meets Seattle", which were only shown in three cinemas in Seattle, Los Angeles and new york in the early stage. To make matters worse, on November 15th, the film was released in Seattle and new york cinemas … … The box office of a cinema in Los Angeles alone was unsustainable after the 15th. 15th — — On the 17th, the film’s three-day box office revenue was only $924; During the period from 15th to 21st, the revenue of all cinemas and single libraries in this film was $1,208 … …

The North American box office achievement of Finding Mr.Right … …

Up to now, in the list of 656 movies with box office income released in North America in the past year, Beijing Meets Seattle ranks 574th at the box office. Since 1980, the United States has introduced 1579 foreign language films. In this box office list of foreign language films in North America, "Beijing meets Seattle" is located at 1411. On December 8, 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the best Oscar foreign language film jointly produced by China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States, appeared in North America. The film finally fought in the cinema for nearly seven months and ended with a record $128 million. So far, it still holds the title of the highest-selling foreign language film in North America — — It can be said that this is the most important "first" for Chinese films in Hollywood. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is far behind Beautiful Life with a box office of 128 million dollars. The latter grossed nearly $57.6 million, less than half of the former. The hero directed by Zhang Yimou followed closely, with a box office score of $53.71 million ranking third in the list of foreign language films in North America.

Nothing is worse, only the worst, and "Big shot" is not without feeling.

Of course, "Beijing meets Seattle" is not the most unsuccessful Chinese film released in North America. Chen Kaige’s "Search" and Xiaogang Feng’s "Big Shot" have even worse box office results in North American cinemas. Search, which was delayed for 10 months, earned $1,067 at the box office in North America this year, almost breaking the embarrassing record of the lowest box office in North America for Chinese films held by Big Shot — — 820 dollars.

Up to now, a total of 656 new films have entered the North American cinema this year. Including Private Custom, which just appeared on the 20th, the number of Chinese films has reached 22, which is also higher than last year (20), creating a new high. In terms of box office revenue, the total box office of all new films was 9.613 billion US dollars, of which 7,639,800 were Chinese films. Although it rose by more than 60% compared with last year in terms of books, we should know that only "The Grand Master" contributed 6.595 million. Apart from The Master, which supports the facade, only four films, Drug War, Private Order (which is being released and the box office will increase), Destiny and Tai Chi Xia, barely passed the box office line of 100,000.

On the other hand, last year, as many as 10 films crossed the threshold of 100,000, mainly distributed in the range of 200,000-300,000, and the relatively average performance was much better than the generally bleak scene of Chinese films this year.

Analysis of Chinese film distributors: although Chinese lions are single-minded, their output is limited

Huashi is a "foreign monk" who devotes himself to making Chinese films distributed in North America. Founded in October 2010, Huashi has successively released two Xiaogang Feng masterpieces, Tangshan Earthquake and If You Are the One 2. In particular, the latter finally earned nearly 430,000 US dollars, which still holds the highest box office record for Huashi’s films.

In 2011-2012, Huashi indirectly released 21 Chinese films in two years, including many romantic films, such as Global Love, Love, love in the buff and Girlfriend • Boyfriend, etc., and the distribution of schedules is relatively even, which can be regarded as finding the rhythm of distribution, and also letting North American audiences develop corresponding viewing habits. However, due to the CEO milt &bull before February this year; Barlow’s resignation led to the reorganization of the company’s management. Until mid-June, China Lion released its first work "To Youth" in 2013, and the audience’s enthusiasm was not high. In the end, it only achieved a single performance of less than $4,000. However, the box office of the following two "Tiny Times" was significantly higher, and the revenue of a single museum exceeded $7,000.

Throughout the past three years, the scale of Huashi’s films has obviously decreased, from the average number of 25 cinemas in 2011 to single digits this year, and the performance of a single museum has also declined. It seems that it will take time to recover. When asked about the challenges faced by the company, Robert &bull, vice president of China Lion North America; Lundberg admitted to the Tencent reporter that "piracy is a big blow and a big problem". In addition, compared with the first two local teams who are willing to spend money on advertising, Chinese lions are also quite restrained in the cost of publicity. In addition to paying for outdoor advertisements for individual films [such as "1942"], they still focus on low-cost social platform promotion and grassroots word-of-mouth marketing.

Of course, talking about the box office can’t just look at the overall performance. When measuring the box office results, North American publishers also value the single-store income (the average box office of each theater) because it can more objectively reflect the performance of the film. For example, the box office champion "The Grandmaster", due to the large-scale release of the film in 804 theaters in the United States, its single-room income ($8,202.7) is not as good as the small-scale release of the well-known masterpiece "Destiny" ($16,853.2) — — The latter was only shown in six cinemas for a short time (recently, IFC Cinema in new york began to show the film at the request of the audience). Looking at the 22 Chinese films this year, as many as 14 films earned less than $5,000 in a single library, while only 6 films did not cross the line last year.

In the past four years, Chinese films have been stumbling forward in North America. From 6 movies in 2010 to 1.093 million, 16 movies in 2011 to 3.072 million, 20 movies in 2012 to 7.64 million this year, although the number has been increasing, the pattern of limited influence, excessive dependence on individual movies and large box office fluctuations has not changed. (Editor’s Note: snow flower and the secret fan is usually counted as an English film, so it is not included in the following table)

Chinese films are struggling.

How much did the North American film market leave for China?

In the entire North American film market, American films account for 92%, European films account for 6%, and only the remaining 2% is reserved for other countries, including India, South Korea and Japan. Many people in the industry believe that even if the 2% market share is completely won, it will not have much effective effect on the development space of China films. Nowadays, Japan and South Korea have gradually lost their local film markets, and all of them have been "occupied" by Hollywood films. China’s film market is also facing the same problem. Therefore, in the face of the dilemma of the loss of the local market, the capital behind the film is even more reluctant to take risks.

Nowadays, a large amount of hot money has poured into the mainland market, which makes more film practitioners turn their attention from export to domestic sales. Some production companies have figured that instead of spending a lot of money to invest overseas, it is better to quickly dig for gold in the domestic market.

Luo Sidian, an expert on film studies in China, once said that such a problem is a structural obstacle for all non-English films to enter the American film market. Because in the eyes of American audiences, non-English movies are "art movies", and "art movies" can only be released in the category of art theaters.

The publisher team has expanded, but it is still a game for a few people.

In North America, cinema distribution itself is a highly competitive and difficult business, while Chinese films are obviously not mainstream films, and the market space is very narrow, so the number of "players" that can be accommodated is also limited. Among them, there are companies like China lion and WellGo that are struggling to survive; There is also the unfortunate Indomina Media who was dragged down after several films were released; The remaining filmmakers with deep pockets only occasionally taste the "freshness" of Chinese films — — In the past four years, although the number of Chinese film distributors in North America has expanded slightly, from the initial five or six to about ten now, its niche market is still an indisputable fact.

　

The impact of "beating" will eventually change, and urban love is difficult to "try and make mistakes"

What kind of Chinese films sell well in North America? I’m afraid the film, the creator and the media people can’t give a standard answer. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and other films have set box office records for more than ten years, but Chinese films are still at the level of "beating" a few mainstream audiences in North America. However, it’s a bit reluctant to let the series of Ip Man and various films around key words such as "Tai Chi" and "Kung Fu" prop up the whole situation. Therefore, it is a gratifying progress to see that the Chinese lion pays attention to developing the market for Chinese students and new immigrants, and tries to introduce various urban youth romance films from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Although the effect is still mixed, no matter how "wrong" it is, you can finally try "right" only if you keep trying.

Schedule? Piracy? It is king to choose the right film and publicize it in place.

Speaking of the reasons for the bleak box office in North America in Chinese films, it is often simply and rudely attributed to the publisher’s failure to choose the right screening date, which made piracy take advantage of the loopholes and lost the box office. However, this year’s sharp contrast between The Master and The Dragon King, the capital of Di Renjie, makes this excuse really untenable: The release date of The Master in North America is seven and a half months later than that in the Mainland, while Di Renjie released by AMC appeared in North America simultaneously with the Mainland; On the one hand, there are theme types with broad market potential, coupled with precise marketing with full firepower, on the other hand, there are stories that are too foreign and appear quietly. In the end, the vastly different box office performances of both sides speak for themselves.

Analysis of Chinese Film Distributors: Varnstam has deep pockets and hard skills.

This year’s 22 Chinese films are distributed by 12 different companies, and they can also be roughly divided into several echelons. First of all, Varnstam, a well-known independent publisher in Hollywood, has always been famous for his "winning a good film", "generous publicity expenses" and "tough public relations skills", and is regarded as the leader in the industry. This time, the release of "The Grand Master", Varnstam not only let director Wong Kar-wai and starring Zhang Ziyi go to all parts of the United States for publicity, but also marked "Martin • Scorsese strongly recommended the localization label, and invited him to attend the grand premiere of the film in new york. In addition, the group went to the San Diego Comic-Con, and of course, the special screening for Oscar held in Los Angeles earned enough attention.

At the same time, Varnstam also cooperated with The New York Times, LA Times and other major media and professional magazines in all kinds of film reviews, advertisements and public relations manuscripts, and created wonderful trailers for North American audiences. Both online and offline, the publicity work was done quite well. On the day of the film’s release in Los Angeles, the author went to watch the movie at the first time and found that most of the audience were Americans. The cinema I went to, which is located in the west of Los Angeles and adjacent to Beverly Hills, rarely showed Chinese movies before because of its superior geographical position. Presumably, only such a strong distributor as Varnstam can seize a place from it.

Even a rough calculation shows that the publication cost of "The Grand Master" is definitely more than one million dollars (the "admission fee" paid to the cinema alone is 8-1,000 dollars/home, and more than 800 cinemas have counted nearly 800,000), but I just don’t know whether the box office of less than 7 million in the end can make Varnstam return to the book. But Varnstam doesn’t seem to care — — It is said that Harvey, the boss of the company, took the film mainly to "please" Megan &bull, the owner of Annapurna Pictures, the nominal publisher of the film; Ellison — — Larry &bull, the founder and CEO of Oracle Bone Inscriptions; Ellison’s daughter is a well-known local tyrant in Hollywood, and she has invested in masterpieces such as The Master, Hunting Bin Laden and american hustle. As an investment and production company, Annapurna Pictures didn’t publicize its resources and experience, but Varnstam’s joining just sold his personal feelings in exchange for further cooperation between the two companies in the future. Therefore, regardless of the film’s profit and loss geometry, Varnstam will bear it.

Medium players have their own main characters.

Secondly, it is a medium-sized independent publisher with a good reputation in North Varnstam, including’s newly established sub-brands, such as Radius-TWC, VarianceFilms, Kino Lorber, First Run and Magnolia (CJ Entertainment, a Korean company, has only released a Chinese-language film of Breaking Up Contract co-produced by China and South Korea, so it is not included). Except for Variance Films, which has a lot of experience in publishing Chinese films, the others have released one occasionally every two or three years, which can be said to be in the stage of cautiously testing the water, but almost every one has its own main genre.

For example, this year brought Keanu • Radius-TWC, the debut film of Tai Chi Xia directed by Reeves, released its last Chinese film at the end of last year, and it seems that it is still conservatively following the traditional blockbuster themes of Chinese films such as "action" and "martial arts". Magnolia’s last film was Warlords in 2010. After three years, it chose the fantasy film The Legend of the White Snake, and still promoted Jet Li, which is quite appealing in North America. Although these companies are a long way behind Vivern Stein in the publicity strength, the number of cinemas is only single digits, and the number of cinemas is only around 30, but due to better control on the scale, almost all of their films released this year have earned more than or close to $5,000. Of course, the performance of Tai Chi Xia is really disappointing — — Because of its global and prestige background, Radius was able to spread in more than 100 theaters in the United States, but as a result, the box office of a single museum was reduced to a pitiful $910, which really lost a lot of money.

In the second echelon, Variance Films should be regarded as a special case. Since 2011, the company has issued Ip Man 2 and Jingwu Fengyun • Zhen Chen, New Shaolin Temple, Revolution of 1911, Let Bullets Fly, Tai Chi 1: Starting from scratch and this year’s Drug War are seven action-oriented films, and their box office results are above average. However, after investigation by the author, it is found that the distribution rights of these films are actually in the hands of another company, WellGo USA, which is good at the distribution of DVDs, VOD and other media platforms. For example, many Chinese films seen by North American audiences on Netflix and other video sites are distributed through WellGo. However, in terms of cinema distribution, WellGo has no advantage, which can be seen from its single-room revenue struggling on the qualified line: Four films released by WellGo this year, Love on the Rooftop, Ip Man: The Last World War, Tai Chi 2: The Rise of Heroes and guillotines, all rank in the middle and lower reaches of the list in terms of box office and single-room revenue.

Therefore, in many cases, WellGo will choose to hire more powerful Variance Films to be responsible for cinema distribution, while focusing on other platforms. Thus, the publishers of Taiji series and Ip Man series jumped back to WellGo from Variance. In fact, the same company was behind it, but the people who came forward were different. Besides Chinese films, WellGo will also release Korean films. In view of the different performances of Chinese and Korean films in North America, WellGo CEO Anne • In an exclusive interview with Tencent reporters, Walker bluntly said, "Chinese people have a poor habit of watching movies."

Analysis of Chinese film publishers: Wanda’s acquisition of AMC has hit a wall.

Finally, AMC cinema is also worth mentioning. Since it was acquired by Wanda Group in May last year, AMC, as the second largest cinema group in the United States, began to try to make film distribution across borders. This year, it released "It’ s too embarrassing for people to stop" and "Di Renjie • Three films: The Dragon King, the God Capital, and the Chinese Zodiac.

Among them, the first two films were screened in its 35 better cinemas, while the last film was spread to 102 cinemas in the United States. However, due to the unclear audience positioning and lack of publicity and promotion, the box office of the three films is not ideal, especially "Zodiac" by Jackie Chan, although it is a good selling theme of action comedy, only earned a mere $100,000 at the box office, and the income of a single museum was only $970.

Closing statement:

Unlike the mainland film market, which has entered a period of rapid and vigorous development, the journey of Chinese films in Hollywood is still in a difficult initial stage. In 2014, a series of works, including Detective, Demon Journey to the West, Magic Police and Frozen, will appear on the other side of the ocean one after another. Although the final box office performance will probably not improve, it will promote the progress of Chinese films in North America again. Chinese export films still have a long way to go. ……

From the perspective of game theory and information economics, involution and lying flat are two sides of the same problem.

First, from eating Chili peppers

So that’s it | How many peppers are you going to eat? The article "Analysis from the Perspective of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics" (2023-12-04, Surging Business School) tells a story: Zhang San, a new classmate in the class, is bullying the weak and afraid of the hard. Zhang San, who just arrived, doesn’t understand the character of his classmates, but he knows that people’s behavior will expose their personality traits. In particular, Zhang San believes that people who eat Chili peppers usually tend to be tough. The next morning, you and Li Si, who usually don’t eat Chili, eat noodles together, and there is a bowl of chopped millet spicy on the table. It’s a coincidence that Zhang Sany, who is bullying and afraid of bullying, is sitting opposite you two. At this time, both you and Li Si need to make a choice: Do you want to add Xiaomi spicy to your bowl of noodles? How much more?

At that time, the thought experiment we did was: it is meaningless to pretend to be tough and add millet spicy to your bowl because Li Si around you will put more peppers than usual in order to send a strong signal to Zhang San until the amount of peppers makes you unbearable. In this way, it is meaningless for you to eat spicy food. So, the final result-Li Si ate "too much" pepper, and you chose not to eat it.

The reason for this result is that there is a typical information asymmetry problem here. Both you and Li Si know their own personality traits, but for Zhang San, this is his information blind spot. Therefore, eating Chili peppers is not only a consumption behavior that increases utility, but also a signal sending mechanism to release his personality traits to Zhang San, who is at an information disadvantage.

If Wang Wu, a classmate who had breakfast with you this morning, usually eats a little pepper, so he is more spicy than you, then Li Si will have to put more peppers.

If a group of classmates like Li Si who are usually addicted to spicy food come at this time, and everyone has learned that Zhang San’s habit is to stop bullying others after finding someone to bully. It is conceivable that there may be a fierce competition about eating spicy food between Li Si and other students who are fond of spicy food. These always spicy people will also secretly scold in their hearts: "It’s too curly."

If the rice spicy on the dining table is replaced by the less spicy Hangzhou pepper, then Li Si may be forced to eat more peppers. So we can say that they "rolled up" even more in the dimension of the amount of peppers they ate.

If there is an involution, there must be a flat one. At this time, you and those students who can’t eat spicy food will definitely choose to stay out of it, while leisurely eating breakfast with the same taste as usual, while watching those students who can eat spicy food "roll" into a ball. You are the so-called "flat" people.

If we first regard Chili as a degree or diploma, and then regard the diploma as a signal that job seekers send to their employers about their own abilities in the labor market, just like spence, the Nobel Prize winner, it is not difficult to understand why the current education field with strong exam-oriented color is involved in all kinds of jaw-dropping strange phenomena.

Second, where did the "volume" come from?

What people usually call involution refers to a special competitive state. The above logic about signaling is not enough to fully explain the involution. In other words, information asymmetry does not constitute a sufficient condition for "involution". In fact, it does not constitute a necessary condition.

So, what is the root of involution?

The root of involution lies in three interrelated basic characteristics of the competitive pattern: first, resources are highly scarce; Second, the track is single; Third, the system is closed.

Look at the scarcity of resources first.In human society, scarcity and competition are synonymous. The higher the scarcity of a resource, the higher its market value, and the fiercer the competition around it. Conversely, the fierce competition in a certain field must mean that there are very scarce resources in this field.

If Zhang San’s so-called "bullying the weak and being afraid of the hard" is actually harmless, but it is only manifested in the size of Zhang San’s voice in daily life, then people like Li Si will lose more by eating too much Chili, so the "involution" around eating Chili will disappear.

Look at the single track.The essence of single track is that the competition around scarce resources has a single dimension. For example, in the above example, an important assumption is potentially implied: the only way to send a signal to Zhang San is to eat Chili peppers. If there are other channels to send signals, such as the size of biceps brachii, the strength of organizational leadership, the atmosphere during the debate, the style of playing cards and chess, the amount of alcohol, the amount of food, etc., then the competition in the dimension of eating peppers will tend to ease.

The above-mentioned resources are highly scarce and the competition pattern of the track is single, which is often accompanied by another remarkable feature: the system is closed. In fact, the reason why it is called "inner" volume is that the system is closed.

The English for "inner volume" is involve. Directly observing the prefix and root of this word, it is easy to remind us of an old saying: "Dojo is made in the snail shell." The prefix in- of Involve means inward, while the root volv stands for "turning and rolling".

Conversely, if it is an open system, the competition between different individuals will naturally not turn inward, but develop outward. The corresponding English is evolve. Its root is the same as involve, except that the prefix is changed to "e-" which means "outward" or "external". The word means "evolution". It is not difficult to understand that on the blue planet where we live, the evolution of organisms presents increasingly complex and diverse characteristics, and the root cause lies in the fact that the biological system is an open competitive system.

3. Roll inward or outward?

The "14th Five-Year Plan" clearly regards "domestic and international double circulation promoting each other" as the basic feature of the new development pattern, which actually reflects the importance of openness to the economic system. Economic system is a typical competitive system.

Traditional farming civilization, as Mr. Fei Xiaotong said, the whole society is divided into small communities. These small communities are formed on the basis of blood and geography, and the relationship between them is isolated and separated. The traditional society based on this closed small community has not surprisingly caused fierce involution, and the whole society has been trapped in the Malthusian trap for thousands of years. Once the economy turned from closed to open, in just a few decades, China’s economic structure and development level have undergone earth-shaking changes.

A study just completed by our research team is also related to this.

Since the reform and opening up, the traffic conditions in the Yangtze River Delta region have been constantly improving, and the traffic from central cities to Shanghai has naturally become more and more convenient.

An easy-to-ignore problem is that this improvement does not naturally mean good for the cities around Shanghai. The reason is intuitive: the transportation to a megacity like Shanghai is more convenient, which not only facilitates the gathering of various resources locally, but also provides convenience for megacities to siphon local resources and economic opportunities. In the latter case, it is often said that megacities have a "siphon effect" on surrounding cities. The former situation corresponds to the positive "radiation" effect of megacities on the surrounding areas, or plays a "leading role".

Our research finds that for the central cities around Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta region, the improvement of traffic convenience may indeed produce both favorable radiation and unfavorable siphon for the development of these cities. Specifically, before China joined the WTO, the "siphon" effect that Shanghai was unfavorable to the surrounding cities played a slight leading role; After China’s entry into WTO, Shanghai’s positive "radiation" effect on surrounding cities has become very significant.

The law revealed by this study shows that opening to the outside world, a major strategy to make China’s economy break away from the involution track and develop towards a more complex, diverse and advanced economic structure, not only makes China’s economy as a whole gain considerable benefits by participating in the international cycle, but also makes our domestic cycle more efficient.

[The author Li Huiwen is a professor of economics at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, director of the Research Center for Regional and Industrial Development, and a distinguished researcher at the China Development Research Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University. His research interests are urbanization and economic development, institutional economics, the history of world economy and economic thought, and he has published Modern Comparative Advantage Theory Research and Economics of Great Powers (co-author). ]

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 1st Question: How effective are these measures to protect minors after one year’s implementation?

　　Xinhua News Agency "Xinhua Viewpoint" reporter

　　Strengthening network protection, preventing and controlling school bullying, and mandatory reporting system … … On June 1, 2021, the newly revised Law on the Protection of Minors and the Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency were officially implemented, protecting "you as a teenager" in all directions.

　　One year later, how effective are these measures? The reporter of "Xinhua Viewpoint" conducted an investigation.

　　Network protection: games and participation in live broadcast are limited, and there are still loopholes to be filled.

　　The new law on the protection of minors adds a chapter on "network protection", which provides for the prevention of network addiction and network consumption management.

　　Over the past year, all relevant departments have made efforts in succession: in August last year, the State Press and Publication Administration issued a notice clarifying that online game services should not be provided to minors unless the time is specified; In May this year, the Central Civilization Office and other four departments issued opinions prohibiting minors from participating in live broadcast rewards and strictly controlling minors to engage in anchor … …

　　Each network platform responds. Tencent prohibits minors under the age of 12 from spending money in the game, and carries out face recognition on night game login of real-name users over the age of 55. In the fourth quarter of last year, the proportion of domestic minors’ game time dropped to 0.9%. In Aauto Quicker, highly suspected minor accounts without parental authorization are included in the youth mode and the broadcasting function is restricted. At present, tens of thousands of users have been forced to be included in this mode.

　　Although many measures have been taken, the reporter found that there are still minors trying to "bypass" the anti-addiction mechanism. Some parents in Fujian reported that children took the opportunity of online classes to "walk away" their parents’ mobile phones and used their parents’ real-name authentication to play games and buy game equipment.

　　In this regard, Zhang Yiteng, a senior partner of Beijing Kangda (Xiamen) Law Firm, suggested to further improve the anti-addiction mechanism for minors and truly build a firewall to prevent minors from internet addiction.

　　In response to the problem of "quietly rewarding" some underage users on short video and live broadcast platforms, Shen Aiguo, a professor at Zhejiang University City College, said that parents should take care of their online accounts and related financial accounts; At the same time, relevant platforms should also upgrade technical measures to find and stop the reward behavior of suspected underage users in time.

　　Bullying prevention and control: the system is gradually improved, and there are still problems such as difficulty in finding and identifying.

　　Violent beatings, verbal abuse and collective isolation … … The problem of student bullying frequently provokes public nerves.

　　The new law on the protection of minors stipulates that schools should establish a system for the prevention and control of bullying by students. Over the past year, from the central government to the local government, a series of measures have been introduced intensively.

　　The Regulations on the Protection of Minors’ Schools, which came into effect on September 1 last year, set up a special protection system for students’ bullying, campus sexual assault and other social concerns. From May 1 this year, every primary and secondary school should be equipped with at least one vice president of the rule of law to participate in organizations such as student protection committees and student bullying management.

　　In terms of local legislation, the "Regulations on Prevention and Control of school bullying in Liaoning Province (Draft)" was first reviewed in April this year; The local laws and regulations of Beijing, Shanghai, Hebei and Gansu also stipulate the school bullying issue.

　　Under a series of combination punches, the problem has improved obviously. According to the statistics of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, in 2021, the number of cases of crimes of school violence and bullying prosecuted by procuratorial organs nationwide decreased by 74.7% compared with the same period in 2018.

　　However, the reporter’s investigation found that there are still problems such as "difficult to prevent, difficult to find, difficult to identify and difficult to deal with". Some teachers have reported that in some "suspected" school bullying cases, the definition criteria are not clear, which brings difficulties to qualitative disposal.

　　In this regard, the "Regulations on Prevention and Control of school bullying, Liaoning Province (Draft)" defines the specific measures for the prevention and disposal of school bullying one by one in the form of a special chapter. Fu Weichuan, president of Shenyang No.134 Middle School, said that on the basis of legislative norms, supporting measures should be formulated to refine the main responsibilities of family, school, society, network, government and judiciary, and to deal with them scientifically according to laws and regulations, so as to make school bullying’s prevention and control mechanism work more effectively.

　　Mandatory reporting: A number of hidden cases were found to increase the rigid constraint on non-reporting.

　　Infringements on minors often occur in "hidden corners" and it is difficult to find them in time. One of the highlights of the new law on the protection of minors is that it has absorbed the compulsory reporting system that has been effective in practice before.

　　In the past year, the system has played an obvious role. A few days ago, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate reported a typical case: when handling a case of rape of a girl, the People’s Procuratorate of donggang city, Liaoning Province found that in October 2021, Ji Moumou, a gynecologist of an outpatient department in donggang city, performed an induced abortion operation for Sun Moumou, knowing that he was a minor, without a guardian to accompany him and sign for confirmation, and did not report it to the relevant departments. The procuratorial organ informed the donggang city Municipal Health Bureau of the relevant situation and suggested that the medical institutions and personnel involved should be held accountable according to law. The outpatient department was subsequently given an administrative penalty of warning, confiscation of illegal income and a fine of 20 thousand yuan, and the relevant departments were cancelled; Ji Moumou, a doctor, was given an administrative penalty of suspending his practice for six months.

　　According to the statistics of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, in the first quarter of this year, the number of compulsory reporting cases in Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jiangxi and Ningxia all more than doubled year-on-year.

　　"Mandatory reporting ‘ Every case must be investigated ’ Since the establishment of the mechanism, 2,854 cases of crimes against minors have been prosecuted by procuratorial organs, and a number of hidden cases of crimes against minors have been discovered in time. " Na Yanfang, director of the Ninth Procuratorate of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, said.

　　Many places have also introduced detailed measures based on their own reality. For example, Xihu District of Hangzhou stipulates that if the front desk staff finds that adults bring minors, especially children under the age of 14, or if minors ask for registration alone or in multiple people, they must ask about the relationship, the purpose of occupancy and whether the guardian knows, and report to the local police station in time.

　　In other fields, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has taken the implementation of the compulsory reporting system as one of the national standards for the protection of minors. The newly revised "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Physician Law" also provides for the implementation of mandatory reporting system in related industries.

　　The relevant person in charge of the procuratorate in Xihu District, Hangzhou suggested that the punishment measures for failing to fulfill the compulsory reporting obligations should be implemented in detail and the incentives for active reporting should be increased; Clear the lead department, set up a report telephone for unified acceptance.

　　Crime Prevention: Strengthening the Construction of Specialized Schools and Solving the Social Problems Behind problem children

　　Some minors who have committed crimes are out of the control of their parents and schools, and they are caught in a vicious circle of "grasping and releasing".

　　The new law on the prevention of juvenile delinquency is clear, and the state strengthens the construction of special schools and provides special education for minors with serious bad behavior.

　　The reporter learned that some specialized schools are exploring a new path of replacing punishment with teaching and intervening in advance to help the delinquent minors return to society better.

　　"In the early days, like some old-fashioned work-study schools, we relied on a huge amount of military training to cultivate students’ awareness of rules." Yin Zhangwei, director of the Academic Affairs Office of Guangzhou Xinsui School, told the reporter that at present, the school vigorously promotes the construction of school-based courses such as aesthetic education courses and mental health courses, and makes students consciously correct their mistakes through the internalization of educational concepts. After the implementation of these teaching methods, some students are promoted to key high schools and universities.

　　Graded intervention to correct the abnormal behavior of minors is an important concept of the new law on the prevention of juvenile delinquency. Guangzhou City is exploring the construction of different types of specialized schools for the three different education and correction objects: minors with general or serious bad behaviors, minors involved in crimes who are conditionally not prosecuted or exempted from prosecution, and juvenile offenders who are serving sentences.

　　Behind the "problem children" are social problems. The relevant person in charge of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said that the procuratorial organs should strengthen the analysis of the causes, laws and trends of cases in handling cases, and cooperate with families, schools and society to solve the deep-seated social problems behind cases involving minors, so as to prevent minors from committing crimes more effectively. (Reporter Bai Yang, Xu Zhuang, Liu Yuzhan, Yan Zhihong, Wang Ying, Wu Shuaishuai, Yang Shuxin)

1. Plot gp2025-01, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province. The project is located in the north of Wulin Street and the west of Poxuequan Road in Jiangnan Development Zone, Mudanjiang City. The land area of the project is about 66,700 square meters, the plot ratio is 1.3, and the floor area is about 86,700 square meters. The land is used for commercial and residential purposes, with a total land price of 97 million yuan. The company owns 100% interest in this project.

2. Tianjin Jinnan International Exhibition East Zone B Phase I residential plot. The project is located in the East Zone of the International Exhibition in Jinnan District, Tianjin. The land area of the project is about 20,100 square meters, the plot ratio is 1.2, and the floor area is about 24,100 square meters. The land use is residential land with a total land price of 133 million yuan. The company owns 40% interest in this project.

3. Tianjin Jinnan International Exhibition East Zone B Phase I commercial plot. The project is located in the East Zone of the International Exhibition in Jinnan District, Tianjin. The land area of the project is about 29,700 square meters, the plot ratio is 3, and the floor area is about 89,000 square meters. The land use is commercial land with a total land price of 149 million yuan. The company owns 10% interest in this project.

(Reporter Wang Xiaobo)

On April 16th, BYD’s personalized brand Equation Leopard officially released a brand-new trendy SUV, with an official guide price of 133,800 yuan. Five versions of the model were launched, and the financial discount policy of up to 5,500 yuan and five major car purchase rights were launched simultaneously.

Titanium 3 is positioned as a "high-tech SUV". Inspired by "Star Wars Aesthetics", it innovatively creates a "one machine, three cabins" trend configuration, equipped with an "E+2C" intelligent three-piece suit and an "iCT" safety three-piece suit, achieving all-round leapfrog in terms of technology, space and configuration, and is committed to making "the whole people share high-tech products".

Three leapfrog experiences to create a new benchmark for "high-tech products" SUV

Titanium 3 opens a differentiated experience with "one machine and three cabins". The "One Machine" refers to the Lingyuan vehicle-mounted UAV system built by BYD and DJI, which supports accompanying shooting and one-click filming to create a new interesting and practical intelligent entertainment experience.

The "3 Cabin" includes a 151L front cabin, an intelligent ecological cockpit and a convenient rear cabin: the central control is equipped with a 15.6-inch large screen and a Divare stereo, and the seat supports one-button tilting and exclusive air mattress to create a mobile "big bed room"; 28L’s rear "small schoolbag" design is both fashionable and practical, meeting the needs of multiple storage.

The "iCT" safety three-piece set escorts travel, including iTAC intelligent torque control system, CTB vehicle safety architecture and TSC high-speed tire puncture stability control system, which comprehensively improves the active and passive safety performance of vehicles.

The intelligent three-piece set is online, and the performance and control are all advanced.

In terms of intelligent driving and control experience, Titanium 3 is equally sincere. Its intelligent EVO+ platform is equipped with iATS system which can automatically identify various road conditions. At the same time, it only takes 18 minutes to support 30-80% fast charging at room temperature, and the charging time at low temperature is shortened by 40%.

The vehicle adopts a million-class McPherson+five-link independent suspension with the same front double-ball joint and the same rear, with a high-performance motor of 20,000 rpm, achieving an acceleration of 4.9 seconds per 100 kilometers. In terms of intelligent driving, Titanium 3 is equipped with "Eye of God" high-order intelligent driving assistance system and Yunqi -C intelligent damping body control system to further enhance the handling fluency and ride comfort.

The five rights and interests are full of sincerity, and buying a car in 0 yuan is not a dream.

Titanium 3 will be delivered as soon as it is listed, providing multiple financial solutions: 0 down payment (up to 5 years’ long loan), 0 interest (50% down payment, 24 interest-free installments) and 0 monthly payment (50% down payment and 50% final payment, up to 1 year’s monthly payment). In addition, car buyers can also enjoy 6,000 yuan replacement subsidy, free 7kW charging pile and basic installation service, 2-year 5G car traffic and OTA upgrade, 6-year/150,000-kilometer vehicle warranty and three-power system lifetime warranty.

Tide reform plan goes online, creating exclusive personalized titanium 3

Titanium 3 also launched the world’s first front face modular dressing system, breaking the traditional design formula and realizing "a variety of titanium". The "Titanium 3 Face Change Plan" and 12 joint schemes of tide reform are launched simultaneously, and users can make one-click appointments and change clothes in stores through the official mall. On April 23, Equation Leopard will also launch the "Titanium 3 Tide Reform Co-creation Competition", set up a dual track for the whole people and professionals, invest millions of bonuses, and invite users to create a feast of personalized tide reform.

Everyone can enjoy the latest technology products. BYD Equation Leopard Titanium 3Strengthen the market layout of compact SUVNow it has been fully listed, and users can make a snap purchase through Equation Leopard Auto APP, WeChat applet or national stores to start a new life.

Also as a BYD SUV model, on April 16th, Tengshi N9 passed the certification of China Automobile Research Institute, an authoritative organization, and once again set a new global fishhook test record at a speed of 180 km/h.. Tengshi N9 has also become the first model in China to obtain the hook test certification from an authoritative organization. The fishhook test, also known as the "dead corner", is the test to maximize the simulation of high-speed obstacle avoidance emergency steering, and it is also the most stringent verification standard for vehicle handling stability and rollover prevention, which can test the emergency steering stability and show the extreme safety performance of Tengshi N9.

▍ Source: Announcement of Pharmaceutical Companies

▍ Finishing: Cypress Blue-Corn

▍ Industry concentration has been further improved.

In 2019, there were frequent mergers and acquisitions between pharmaceutical companies. Observing these cases, we can find that some of them spun off their subsidiaries and some strengthened their own strengths through acquisitions. In addition, the sale of non-core assets by foreign pharmaceutical companies and the takeover by domestic pharmaceutical companies have also caused industry analysis.

In these cases, some of them have been completed and some are still in progress. Through the inventory of one-year acquisition cases, it seems that the industry is progressing in the direction of increasing concentration.

With the deepening of medical reform, the implementation of policies such as consistency evaluation, quantity procurement and DRG, and the improvement of industry access threshold, SMEs will be acquired more frequently by large enterprises.

Of course, this is just like the plan of "supporting the merger and reorganization of pharmaceutical production enterprises, cultivating a number of large enterprise groups with international competitiveness, and improving the concentration of pharmaceutical industry" in the "Several Opinions on Further Reforming and Improving the Policy of Drug Production, Circulation and Use" issued by the State Council in early 2017.

Suzhou Novartis completed the sale.

On December 21st, Zhejiang Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. issued the Announcement on Completion of 100% Equity Delivery of Suzhou Novartis Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., and formally merged Suzhou Novartis into its subsidiary.

Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical announced on November 30 that the board of directors passed the Proposal on Foreign Investment to Buy 100% Equity of Suzhou Novartis Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., and estimated to buy 100% equity of Suzhou Novartis held by Novartis Investment with self-raised funds of about 790 million yuan.

According to the data, Suzhou Novartis acquired by Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. mainly consists of factory buildings, production lines, process equipment, etc. after divesting the technology and drug development assets held by Novartis.

Fosun Pharma sells assets for 3.6 billion yuan

On December 19th, Shanghai Fosun Pharma (Group) Co., Ltd. issued the Announcement on the Progress of Selling Assets and Foreign Investment, intending to transfer all the limited partnership interests of Healthy Harmony Holdings, L.P. (whose main assets are "United Family" hospitals and clinics) and the management partner of Healthy Harmony Holdings, L.P.. The consideration for this transfer is about US$ 523.15 million (equivalent to about RMB 3.6 billion).

Tasly sells Tasly Medicine Marketing Group.

On December 17th, Tasly announced that it had signed the Framework Agreement with Chongqing Pharmaceutical, and made an agreement on selling the equity of its holding subsidiary Tianjin Tasly Pharmaceutical Marketing Group.

According to the Framework Agreement, Chongqing Pharmaceutical intends to acquire 87.47% of the shares directly and indirectly held by the company and the shares held by other shareholders of Tianshi Marketing by paying cash consideration.

Nanjing pharmaceutical holding enhua herun

On December 13th, Nanjing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. issued the Announcement on Completion of Change Registration Procedures for Acquisition of Equity, indicating that the acquisition of Jiangsu Enhua Herun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for 72.24 million yuan has completed the change registration procedures for shareholders and legal representatives. So far, Nanjing Pharmaceutical directly holds 70% equity of Enhua Herun.

China Resources Sanjiu acquires Aonuo Pharmaceutical.

On November 27th, China Resources Sanjiu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. issued the Announcement on Acquisition of 100% Equity of Aonuo (China) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and planned to acquire 100% equity of Aonuo (China) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. held by Yuheng Pharmaceutical for 1.42 billion yuan.

According to the announcement, the core products of Aonuo Pharmaceutical are calcium zinc gluconate oral solution, vitamin C chewable tablets and Shenzhi Dendrobium granules, and its "Aonuo" and "Jinxin Jinjiute" are well-known brands for children to supplement calcium. China Resources Sanjiu said that the acquisition can improve the category layout of self-diagnosis and treatment (CHC), which can be organically combined with the advantages of China Resources Sanjiu in consumer insight, brand operation and terminal coverage.

Pfizer merged with Mylan.

On November 12th, Mylan and Pfizer officially announced the name of the new company-Via Tris, which was formed by the merger of Mylan and Pfizer’s subsidiary Pfizer Puqiang.

The 2018 financial report shows that Pfizer’s global revenue is $12.5 billion, and the China market contributes $2.4 billion. Mylan is a multinational giant, with a global revenue of 11.434 billion US dollars in 2018, and has not yet started business in China.

Da Shen Lin bought 123 chain pharmacies.

On November 7, Dashenlin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. issued the Announcement on Acquisition of 51% Equity of Nantong Jianghai Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd., and plans to acquire 51% equity of Nantong Jianghai Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd., with the target company including 123 chain pharmacies and the acquisition amount of 120 million yuan.

GSK sells Suzhou factory and Hepudin.

On July 8, Fosun Pharma announced that its holding subsidiary, Chongqing Yaoyou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., intends to acquire 100% equity of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. for no more than RMB 250 million. If the transfer is completed, it will hold the drug registration approval of lamivudine tablets (specification: 0.1g) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B and the production license and GMP certificate of its production facilities.

On July 9th, GSK China confirmed to Cyberland that both parties expected the transaction to be completed by the end of November.

Sinopharm Holdings acquired Anhui Pharmaceutical Group

On May 8, the official public platform of Sinopharm Holding Anhui Co., Ltd. released a message: Sinopharm Holdings officially signed a contract to acquire Anhui Pharmaceutical Group. According to public information, Anhui Pharmaceutical Group is a large-scale commercial circulation enterprise approved by the Anhui provincial government in December 2002.

China Resources Medicine Acquires Jiangzhong

On April 17, Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced that the company recently received a notice from the controlling shareholder of the company. With the approval of Jiangxi Provincial Market Supervision Administration, the controlling shareholder completed the industrial and commercial change registration of the enterprise name and business scope on April 8, 2019.

After the change, Jiangxi Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. was changed to China Resources Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical said in its 2018 annual report that the brand value of "Jiangzhong" was 20.715 billion yuan, ranking 231st among the top 500 Chinese brands and 6th in the pharmaceutical industry. For China Resources Medicine, the acquisition of Jiangzhong Group won brands such as "Jiangzhong" and "Chuyuan".

Bristol-Myers Squibb acquires Xinji.

On January 3rd, Bristol-Myers Squibb announced a $74 billion acquisition of Xinji. According to the agreement between the two parties, Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire Xinji Company in the form of $74 billion in cash and stock transactions to build a first-class biopharmaceutical giant that can compete with the world’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer.

In fact, the merger and acquisition of pharmaceutical companies in 2019 is far more than that. By combing the actions of well-known enterprises, the purpose is to find the trend of industry changes under these mergers and acquisitions. In addition, in the announcements of many listed pharmaceutical companies selling assets this year, many properties were thrown out. Some analysts believe that pharmaceutical companies sell houses to survive, but a more rational view should be due to the limited value-added space of real estate.

　　CCTV News:At the beginning of 2024, in Zhejiang, a major foreign trade province, many enterprises have embarked on a new journey of "going out to sea" to grab orders. Not long ago, Zhejiang released the foreign trade data of the whole province in 2023. In 2023, the total import and export volume of Zhejiang reached 4.90 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. Among them, the export was 3.57 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.9%; Imports reached 1.33 trillion yuan, up 6.7%.

　　Zhejiang Province proposes that it will do everything possible to stabilize foreign trade and optimize foreign investment, continue to lay a good combination of "stabilizing expansion and adjustment", further promote the action of "thousands of enterprises expand the market to increase orders", and cultivate new foreign trade formats and models such as overseas warehouses and digital trade to ensure that the share of exports in the country is basically stable. In the new year, Zhejiang government and enterprises joined forces to seize the start, laying a solid foundation for new achievements in foreign trade in the new year.

　　In the past 10 years, the company has seized the opportunity of the rapid growth of textile and garment industry in the countries that jointly built the "Belt and Road", done a good job in market segmentation according to the market characteristics of the countries that jointly built the "Belt and Road", and established extensive cooperative relations with customers in the countries that jointly built the "Belt and Road".

　　Just over 8,000 kilometers away in the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, the first overseas factory of Caidie’s "Belt and Road" countries has officially laid the foundation stone. Compared with Butterfly, China Jushi, located in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, has taken the lead in setting up factories overseas in the Belt and Road Initiative.

　　In 2012, China Jushi set up a factory in Egypt. In 10 years, Jushi Egypt’s glass fiber production capacity jumped from 80,000 tons to 340,000 tons. The rich local mineral resources and human resources have been effectively utilized, which directly promoted local development and directly created more than 2,000 local jobs.

　　Enterprises are in action and the government is not idle. In 2024, Zhejiang Province will launch a new round of "thousands of enterprises" to expand the market and increase orders. In the first quarter, the province planned to organize 385 delegations, and planned to organize more than 4,000 enterprises with more than 6,000 people, including 128 delegations in January, with more than 1,500 enterprises planned. In 2024, we will strive to organize more than 1,000 delegations and more than 10,000 enterprises in the province to expand overseas and support more than 100 provincial-level key exhibitions.

　　In 2023, Zhejiang’s foreign trade withstood multiple pressures such as sluggish external demand and falling prices, and its import, export and import all achieved positive growth. The bright data also shows that the diversified expansion of Zhejiang enterprises in the trade market is effective, and emerging markets are gradually becoming mature markets.

　　According to statistics, in 2023, Zhejiang imported and exported 2.55 trillion yuan to countries that jointly built the "Belt and Road", an increase of 8.2%, accounting for 52.1% of the province’s total import and export value, and contributing 89.5% to the province’s import and export growth.

　　The "second generation of factory" has undergone drastic transformation and upgrading, and foreign trade has made new development.

　　As a big province of private economy, Zhejiang’s "private foreign trade" has distinct characteristics. The data shows that Zhejiang private enterprises continue to play the role of "ballast stone" in stabilizing foreign trade. In 2023, the number of private enterprises with import and export performance in Zhejiang exceeded 100,000 for the first time, reaching 102,000, and the total import and export accounted for more than 80% of the province’s foreign trade for the first time, driving the province’s foreign trade growth rate by 5.6 percentage points.

　　Behind the development of private foreign trade, the reporter found that from the early days of reform and opening up, private enterprises developed and expanded, and the older generation of factory directors seized the opportunity to save their family business to the period of transformation of old and new kinetic energy. A group of "post-80 s" and "post-90 s" young people took over the baton of their parents and became the "second generation of factories". Facing the current complicated foreign trade situation and the new environment of traditional manufacturing industry, how did they break through the trend?

　　Ke Qiao, Shaoxing, Zhejiang is the largest textile trade distribution center in the world. With the change of economic environment, the cost of labor and raw materials has risen sharply, but the order volume has dropped sharply.

　　Shao Lingbin, the second generation of the factory, took over the enterprise in 2016. When it first took over, the enterprise still followed the traditional way of foreign trade development, relying on the mode of "receiving orders and producing" to make profits. However, with the intensification of product homogenization competition and the dilution of profits, the factory has fallen into a dilemma of development. As a last resort, Shao Lingbin began a drastic road of transformation.

　　Shao Lingbin aims to be the top-notch in the industry, investing 10 million yuan in research and development expenses every year, setting up a special team and hiring high-end designers from all over the world with high salaries. After more than three years of research and development, the enterprise finally broke the technical monopoly of foreign enterprises on acetic acid fabrics, and became the national development base of acetic acid and polyester fashion fabrics in one fell swoop, successfully filling the gap in the domestic market.

　　Yang Wei is a "post-80s" and a "second generation factory". At the beginning of the new year, the smart factory built by the enterprise with an investment of 150 million yuan has been partially put into production. During this time, he is busy purchasing equipment and checking the production line.

　　In fact, when he first planned to do intelligent transformation, Yang Wei also encountered many voices of doubt.

　　Yang Wei told reporters that after intelligent transformation, the production capacity of enterprises has increased by 50% and the production efficiency has increased by 30%.

　　Breakthrough of 1% to 10% The number of cross-border online stores in Zhejiang has increased by 20,000 annually.

　　With the rapid development of globalization and Internet technology, cross-border e-commerce has become a new kinetic energy for foreign trade development. At present, there are 199,000 active export online stores in Zhejiang Province, with an increase of 23,000 in 2023. The proportion of cross-border e-commerce goods in foreign trade has also increased from less than 1% in 2015 to nearly 10% in 2023. From "1" to "10", cross-border e-commerce is bringing new business opportunities to thousands of enterprises in Qian Qian.

　　In a scooter manufacturer in Yongkang, Zhejiang, workers are rushing to make a batch of orders sent to Europe before the Spring Festival. In 2024, they just switched from domestic sales to cross-border e-commerce, and have already completed millions of dollars in sales.

　　A cross-border e-commerce "zero-based" enterprise like this can not achieve such results in a short time without the guidance and training of service companies. Ruan Xueqing is the team leader responsible for the operation of this enterprise’s cross-border e-commerce project. In 2024, one tenth of the projects they received were pure domestic trade enterprises transformed into cross-border e-commerce.

　　Nowadays, there are more and more domestic trade enterprises aiming at overseas "track". However, due to the different standards and needs of the domestic and foreign markets, the problem of "acclimatization" will also occur when domestic and foreign trade turn to each other. In the R&D department of this fitness equipment enterprise in Hangzhou, technicians are testing an intelligent spinning bike, which will be sold simultaneously in the international and domestic markets.

　　Since 2022, this enterprise has been "going out to sea" through cross-border e-commerce brands, and its export sales have doubled, which is almost the same as domestic sales. In a promotion activity of overseas e-commerce platform, one of their rowing machine products sold 4500 units in two days, equivalent to domestic sales for half a year.

　　According to the data of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, in 2023, the import and export of cross-border e-commerce in the province was 512.93 billion yuan, an increase of 18.9% year-on-year. Among them, the export was 393.28 billion yuan, an increase of 24%.

CCTV News:In the past ten years, China’s total trade in goods has been continuously improved, ranking first in the world for five consecutive years since 2017, and the total trade in goods and services has also jumped to the top in the world in 2020. While the high-quality development of trade has made historic achievements, the continuous improvement of China’s foreign trade has also played an important role in the development of the national economy and the recovery of the world economy.

At 3 o’clock in the morning, the stall of fruit distributor Zheng Yuqiang became lively. This evening, a new batch of imported jackfruit was welcomed.

Zheng Yuqiang, Beijing fruit distributor:We seldom sold jackfruit a few years ago. Now, if it is normal, it is no problem to sell (sell) more than ten tons a day.

In Beijing’s largest wholesale market for agricultural products — — In Xinfadi market, mid-October is not the peak season for fruit sales, and several imported fruits promoted by Zheng Yuqiang have increased his business.

Beijing fruit buyer Zheng Zhen:I bought some jackfruit and red pitaya today. I come here almost every day and sell everything. There are about 30 to 40 kinds of imported fruits.

In the wholesale market in Beijing, the varieties of imported fruits sold are increasing year by year. Xiao Yang, who just entered the business last year, opened a shop specializing in selling Malaysian Maoshanwang durian. He told reporters that this expensive imported fruit has been selling better and better since it entered the China market in 2019.

Xiao Yang, a distributor of imported fruits in Beijing:Sales are gradually increasing. At the beginning, the people still didn’t approve of it because the price was relatively high. Up to this year, the people’s recognition level is still relatively high, especially people like Beijing who buy more.

In the past ten years, more and more imported fruits such as Philippine avocado, Cambodian banana, Lao citrus and South African pear have entered the mouth of China people. In 2021, China imported more than 7 million tons of fruit, compared with less than 3.45 million tons in 2012, and the import volume doubled in ten years.

Zhang Xiao, Director of the Inspection and Quarantine Department of Animals and Plants and Food of Nanning Customs:At present, the imported fruit varieties from ASEAN have increased from 53 varieties in six countries ten years ago to 77 varieties in the whole ASEAN countries.

Not only high-quality consumer goods such as fruit, but also the import scale of advanced technology and equipment, key parts and other products has been expanding over the past decade, which has better met the needs of domestic production and people’s lives, and also allowed the world to share more dividends brought by China’s economic growth. In 2021, China’s total import value reached 17.37 trillion yuan, an increase of 51.2% compared with 2012.

Professor Cui Fan, School of International Business and Economics, University of International Business and Economics:The country’s opening up, especially (import), includes high-quality products that are beneficial to people’s living standards and meet people’s needs, so that our trading partners can share the fruits of China’s economic development.

In the past ten years, China has taken the initiative to reduce commodity tariffs, and the total tariff level has dropped from 9.8% in 2012 to 7.4% in 2021. New trade formats and new kinetic energy are constantly being stimulated, and the import and export scale of cross-border e-commerce has increased nearly tenfold in the past five years.

High-level import and export will further optimize the trade structure. In a factory in Qingdao, Shandong Province, 10 sets of high-speed EMUs for Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway have been manufactured and are waiting for delivery. Last month, the first batch of Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway high-speed EMUs and comprehensive inspection trains exported to Indonesia arrived in Jakarta Port smoothly, which was the first time that China’s high-speed trains were exported abroad.

Zhang Fangtao, Chief Designer of Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway High-speed EMU:The Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway high-speed EMU will be sent to Indonesia in November, and Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway will be put into operation in 2023 according to the plan. By then, the travel time from Jakarta to Bandung will be shortened from the current three hours to about 40 minutes.

Going out with high-end equipment, there are our supporting services. In the past ten years, the leading export industries have been transformed and upgraded from traditional labor-intensive products to high-tech industries, and the knowledge-intensive service trade has maintained rapid growth.

Ma Qiang, Deputy General Manager of overseas business department of CRRC Sifang Co., Ltd.:We provide maintenance technical support for Argentine national railway company. Up to now, the company’s products and services have been exported to 29 countries and regions around the world.

From 24.4 trillion yuan in 2012 to 39.1 trillion yuan in 2021, in the past ten years, China’s total trade in goods has continued to increase, and its international market share has also increased from 10.4% in 2012 to 13.5% last year, and its position as the largest country in global trade in goods has been further consolidated. Nowadays, there are more and more high-level platforms for opening to the outside world, such as China China International Import Expo(CIIE), Service Trade Fair and Consumer Expo. China has set up 21 free trade zones and one free trade port, with free trade partners spread across five continents. In the past ten years, China’s average contribution rate to world economic growth reached 38.6%, ranking first in the world.