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Special feature of 1905 film network In the past two years, generative artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT and Wensheng video model Sora produced by OpenAI have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, causing industry shocks. In the government work report of the two sessions in 2024, the hot word "artificial intelligence+"was also mentioned many times, and an "industrial revolution" led by scientific and technological intelligence has arrived.

The director believes that the development of artificial intelligence technology is quite rapid. In the future, with the continuous maturity of artificial intelligence technology, maybe a few people can complete the production of a movie.

This issue of "Today’s Film Review" will follow his perspective, and from the industrialization exploration of a series of films, look back on how artificial intelligence can better empower China’s film industrialization to move towards a brand-new 3.0 era.

The process of film industrialization under the development of technology

Will the arrival of the era of artificial intelligence make you feel that "the plan can’t keep up with the change"?

Frant Gwo: Yes. With the development of artificial intelligence, the technical tools applied to film production will change, and the corresponding process standards will also change. For example, during the film industrialization 1.0 period, chemical imaging and film imaging were used, and images were recorded through film; Around 2000, director Lucas used a digital camera for the first time in the filming of the fourth film, and digital imaging appeared; Nowadays, the imaging logic of film shooting is changing from digital imaging to algorithmic imaging, which opens the film industrialization 3.0 period.

Artificial Intelligence Application 1: Breaking the traditional production mode, reducing costs and increasing efficiency

Li Dan: During the filming of Wandering Earth series, you and your team made a compilation of wrong questions about the film industrialization process, so what wrong questions did you collect in the practice?

Frant Gwo: A lot, mainly management problems. The traditional crew rules and regulations apply to about 200 to 300 people, but the maximum number of people in The Wandering Earth’s filming process is more than 2,000, so it is difficult for the original system to take care of everyone. For example, the simple problem of eating, the unreasonable setting of the meal intake, will lead to some staff not getting the meal after turning on the phone, which will affect the subsequent work. But at the same time, in order to prevent filmmakers from spending too much energy outside the content creation, we decided to try to use new artificial intelligence to help complete similar mechanical, recording and sorting problems in process optimization and design.

Li Dan: The traditional film production process may go through the whole process from planning, drama, preparation, shooting, editing and later filming. What do you think will happen to the film production structure, including the composition of the crew, after the coming 3.0 era?

Frant Gwo: With the change of technology, film creation and shooting may be integrated into a parallel whole by a linear process. Our previous linear production process always needs to wait for the work results of the previous department, and the overall efficiency is not high. In the future, the production logic of movies will be transformed from "12345" series to a parallel process, so that the work of all departments will be promoted synchronously and the time cost will be saved. In the future, there are many jobs that may be "hit" in the emergence of general artificial intelligence, and they may be assembled into a creator, which also means that the platform for future creation will become wider and wider, and the possibility of creation will become more and more. In the future, irreplaceable creativity and ability will become more and more important. For example, if we have a pen and paper, everyone can write articles, so there will be good novels and mediocre articles, so in the future, everyone will fight for more personal creativity. Do you have any extraordinary ideas? Are your aesthetics and the uniqueness of creating stories touching people’s hearts? These attributes will become particularly important. On the contrary, the threshold of tools will be lowered gradually because of the application of new technologies. This is the essence of our artistic creation.

Artificial Intelligence Application 2: Improve the efficiency of conceptual design and realize efficient sample screening.

Li Dan: You once said that artificial intelligence may be divided into 24 specific application scenarios in the process of film production, so how far have you explored the potential of artificial intelligence applications in film creation?

Frant Gwo: Actually, there may be more now than then. For example, we will have a scriptwriter’s seminar. Now it is more convenient to record it completely through a directional microphone, and it will classify who said it. If we rely entirely on people to record and refine these points and summarize an outline, the staff may not sleep overnight. We are already using similar applications to help us reduce costs and increase efficiency. In this process, we will focus on the creativity itself, and some traditional mechanical recording work will be completely completed by the application of artificial intelligence.

Li Dan: In your creative process, you have tried to change people’s faces and voices through the application of artificial intelligence, and put new ways such as film preview and shooting into your creation.

Frant Gwo: In the past, many AI applications were not designed for the film industry. Film creators need to "translate" the requirements to technicians, and only by adjusting or modifying the code can they form applications that meet the requirements.

With the iterative development of artificial intelligence technology, such as the design of robots in trailers, a conceptual design team of about 10 people is needed in the traditional way, which takes about two weeks to complete. We use AI to quickly screen the sample drawings. AI first quickly generates hundreds of drawings, and we select some of them that are close to the required effect. This is repeated in a cycle until we finally form an effect drawing that meets the concept of demand, and then manually intervene to make the model. This model was finally completed in only one day.

Artificial Intelligence Application 3: Breaking the traditional split-mirror mode and improving the shooting accuracy.

Li Dan: During the production of Wandering Earth III, did our art or special effects team use some artificial intelligence technology?

Frant Gwo: The traditional view mode is to go to the scenic spot, but now we can use NeRF technology to scan it, just like "packaging" the scenic spot and putting it in a virtual environment to relocate it for shooting. There is interaction between the scene and people, which not only serves as a reference, but can be used as a bottom overlay. We can constantly improve its accuracy to match the pictures to be shot and the performances of the actors, so as to present the pictures more efficiently.

The development of artificial intelligence feeds back the creation of Wandering Earth 3

Li Dan: So how is the progress of "Little Broken Ball 3" at present?

Frant Gwo: At present, it is mainly in the stage of script, but it will soon enter the stage of art design.

Li Dan: What is moss doing?

Frant Gwo: I don’t know. Maybe I wrote a script.

Li Dan: Actually, in Wandering Earth 2, the Digital Life Plan has already involved your attitude and thinking about artificial intelligence. Nowadays, sci-fi works have gradually come into reality, so do you think that artificial intelligence will feed back your creation in Wandering Earth 3, including the design of artificial intelligence, and some thoughts about it?

Frant Gwo: We are writing a script now, and if we are not careful, we will find that a certain technical trend is written, or that the technical idea has become a reality, so we are actually imagining as much as possible on this basis to expand its boundaries. In fact, I think for artificial intelligence, you should objectively analyze what can really be used in our actual production stage, because some can reduce costs and increase efficiency, and some may waste your time and resources.

Li Dan: Speaking of the prospect of China’s film industrialization, do you have an ideal blueprint for China’s film industrialization in 2034? What was director Frant Gwo doing at that time?

Frant Gwo: I don’t know. Try hard until then. In fact, what I’ve always wanted to do is because I made a lot of mistakes when shooting the first episode and the second episode of The Wandering Earth. Therefore, we especially hope that we can systematically summarize and share the experience of The Wandering Earth series films, and help young creators in the film industry to avoid the same problems.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 23 (Reporter Luo Zhengguang) The Social Organization Administration of the Ministry of Civil Affairs released a message on the 23rd. According to the relevant briefing materials of the State Council, six associations, including China Machinery Industry Federation, violated the rules to conduct appraisal and commendation fees, and the civil affairs department punished them respectively after verification, such as stopping their activities within a time limit and ordering a full refund.

　　The Social Organization Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Civil Affairs reported that in recent years, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to cleaning up and standardizing the fees charged by enterprises and reducing the burden on enterprises, and issued a series of normative documents, but some trade associations still turned a deaf ear and even charged fees against the wind. According to the announcement of relevant audit results issued by the State Council work briefing to reduce the burden on enterprises, the Ministry of Civil Affairs conducted informed criticism on six cases of illegal appraisal and commendation fees:

　　From January 2015 to September 2017, the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award Office affiliated to China Machinery Industry Federation violated the relevant regulations and illegally collected 1,051,700 yuan from the winners in the selection of China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award.

　　From January, 2014 to December, 2016, China Business Federation violated relevant regulations, carried out appraisal and commendation activities in violation of regulations, and charged 1,927,900 yuan for promotion and publicity from participating enterprises.

　　From January to September, 2017, China Advertising Association violated the relevant regulations, authorized its subordinate advertising companies to entrust Shanghai Bofei Culture Communication Co., Ltd. to carry out the "effie awards in Greater China 2017" selection activity, and illegally charged the participating enterprises 5,875,500 yuan in entry fees, investment promotion and cooperation fees.

　　From January, 2014 to December, 2016, Guizhou Construction Industry Association violated the relevant regulations, and illegally charged the participating enterprises a construction method declaration fee of 294,000 yuan and an award fee of 501,600 yuan during the selection of provincial construction methods, outstanding construction enterprises and outstanding project managers of construction enterprises.

　　From January 2015 to May 2017, Shenzhen Construction Industry Association violated relevant regulations and illegally charged 6,059,500 yuan, including the declaration fee, to the participating enterprises during the evaluation activities such as the selection of construction methods.

　　From January, 2014 to July, 2017, Shenzhen Decoration Industry Association violated the relevant regulations, and illegally carried out appraisal activities such as "Six Excellent" in the industry, and charged appraisal fees of 3,079,500 yuan to participating enterprises and individuals.

　　The Social Organization Administration of the Ministry of Civil Affairs said that in response to the illegal charges of the above six associations, the civil affairs department and relevant departments carefully checked the clues of suspected illegal charges and made serious treatment. Some have been given administrative punishment for stopping their activities for three months within a time limit, some have been ordered to correct relevant illegal acts and replace the directly responsible person in charge, some have been ordered to refund in full, and some have been transferred to law enforcement departments for investigation. Chambers of commerce of various industry associations should take the above six associations as a warning, learn lessons seriously, and put an end to the phenomenon of illegal enterprise-related charges.

1905 movie network news Recently, a group of Reuters photos of Leo and Zifeng Zhang filming "Petty" were exposed on the Internet. Judging from the photos, Leo plays the blind man for the first time in the film. He holds a crutch for the blind and leads a guide dog; Another set of Reuters dressed as a student, wearing sunglasses, stood side by side with Zifeng Zhang on the roadside. It seems that they played the couple of blind high school students in the official film.

It is reported that the film "Pet" produced by Xú Zhēng and directed by Yang Zi was officially launched in April. The cast includes Wallace Chung, Yang Zishan, Leo, Zifeng Zhang, Yu Hewei, Tao Hong Jr., Landy Li, ONER (the fourth son of Kun Yin) and Gaowa Siqin, among which Xu Zheng will also participate.

Previously, the film exposed a hand-painted version of the concept poster. As a romantic comedy, the poster showed the sweet temperament of the film. In the colorful picture, many villains stood on the pets’ backs, which seemed to indicate that the pets would become god’s assists in their emotional development. Not only was it full of creativity, but the romantic atmosphere was even more impressive.

The film "Pet" is not only another commercial blockbuster that started this year after True Music Road, but also Xú Zhēng once again cooperated with young directors as a producer. Last year, works produced by Xú Zhēng and Zhenledao not only gained excellent reputation, but also made outstanding box office results. This also makes everyone look forward to the cooperation between Xú Zhēng and director Yang Zi. The film is expected to be released this year.

1905 movie network news The film directed by Zhang Yimou was short-listed in the main competition unit of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, and Zhang Yi, the leading actor, joined the competition for the best actor in Berlin.

　

Zhang Yimou personally participated in One Second’s screenwriter this time, and co-authored with his old partner Zou Jingzhi. The film tells the story that Zhang Jiusheng, who missed the movie in the mid-1970s, and Xiao Jilin, a homeless child, formed an indissoluble bond because of a movie. The plot was triggered by Zhang Yi’s role as Zhang Jiusheng, and it was also repeated in this role. More interestingly, this story slightly overlaps with Zhang Yimou’s early experience, which is also his consistent style of recalling and seeking roots in social history and culture.

　

　

Before the movie was turned on, Zhang Yi, the star of the movie, showed his diet and weight figures on the Weibo. His height of 178cm was less than 55kg, which made fans feel distressed. At that time, some people speculated that Zhang Yi was preparing for the new play. Until July 10th, last year, One Second announced the startup and announced that actor Zhang Yi played the role of Zhang Jiusheng in first hero.

　

For this work, in addition to losing weight, Zhang Yi shaved his head and grew a beard, and joked that he was "going into battle lightly". The film was shot in Dunhuang desert, and it was hot in July and August, and the temperature often reached 40-50 degrees, which shows the hard work of shooting. Despite the hardships, Zhang Yi did not forget to laugh at himself. He took a selfie on the Weibo, pouted at the camera with his eyes wide open, and wrote an essay, "charred alien".

　

At the beginning of One Second’s shooting, Zhang Yi also claimed that his first movie was Zhang Yimou’s, and since then he hoped to enter the world of light and shadow; Thirty years later, when I was invited by director Zhang Yimou, it was a kind of fate to have the opportunity to tell the story about the film in person.

One Second will be the fifth time for director Zhang Yimou to enter the main competition unit of Berlin Film Festival. In his early years, he won the 38th Golden Bear Award. Won the silver bear award of the 50 th jury; In addition, he won the Alfred Bauer Award for Special Innovative Works.

　

In recent years, Zhang Yi has also made frequent appearances in major international film festivals. The actors who starred in 2015 and those who participated in 2018 were shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes Film Festival, and in 2016, she participated in the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

　

The 69th Berlin Film Festival will wait and see whether One Second can successfully shine in Berlin international films and whether Zhang Yi can win the title of international film emperor with Zhang Jiusheng.

　　On October 26th, 2022, guided by the School of Marxism of Nankai University and hosted by the Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Students’ Propaganda Group of Nankai University’s Supreme Leader in the New Era, "Celebrating the New Era of the Twenty Great Endeavors", the first batch of 20 spiritual theme activities of young students from nine key horse colleges in China were held online, and nearly 200 people attended the meeting. Professor Fu Hong, Party Secretary of Marxist College of Nankai University, Mr. Wang Youjiang, Deputy Secretary and Vice President of the Party Committee, Mr. Cui Yu, Secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee, Mr. Yang Zhidi, the instructor of Nankai University’s Supreme Leader’s New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Student Propaganda Group, and Mr. Bai Yunxiang attended the event online. Under the guidance of the Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress and the spirit of the Congress, this joint study activity is jointly organized by the Marxist College of Nankai University, Peking University Marxist College, Tsinghua University Marxist College, China Renmin University Marxist College, Jilin University Marxist College, Fudan University Marxist College, Shandong University Marxist College, Wuhan University Marxist College and Lanzhou University, with the historical achievements and changes made by the Party leading the people of all ethnic groups in the past ten years as the joint study focus. Young students from nine colleges combine the professional characteristics and specialties of Marxist theory.

　　In his speech, Professor Fu Hong pointed out that The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China（CPC） comprehensively summed up the great achievements that attracted worldwide attention in the cause of the party and the state in the past five years and the great changes with milestone significance in the new era. Scientifically planned the goals, tasks and major policies for the development of the cause of the party and the state in the next five years or even longer. As the young students of the national key horse academy, they should be at the forefront in studying, researching, publicizing and explaining the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, strive to be the benchmark, and take the lead in learning, understanding, grasping, actively publicizing and explaining the spirit of the 20th Party Congress with the high sense of mission and responsibility of the young people of the horse academy in the new era. We should study horses and elaborate thoughts in Ma Yan, and promote the study and implementation of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era. It is necessary to combine learning with lectures, go hand in hand, and effectively promote theoretical exchange and resource sharing through joint learning and preaching in different schools, so as to form a joint force for young students in Ma Institute to study, study, publicize and explain the spirit of the 20th Party Congress. We must work hard and live up to the times, and strive to combine the study and implementation of the spirit of the 20th Party Congress with summing up experience, observing reality, guiding study and promoting implementation, so as to truly learn in the depths, seek for important places, do practical things and be in the forefront, and consciously drive the vast number of young students around us to aspire to be good young people in the new era with ideals, courage to take responsibility, hardship and willingness to struggle. I hope that through this joint learning activity, students can effectively unify their thoughts and actions with the spirit of the conference.Be a pioneer and vanguard in studying, researching, publicizing and explaining the spirit of the 20th Party Congress and Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, and timely and accurately integrate what you have learned into the fiery practice of building a socialist modernized country and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　The joint study session was presided over by Zhao Qi, head of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Students’ Presentation Group of Nankai University’s supreme leader. Zheng Yudie from School of Marxism of Shandong University, Liu Yang from School of Marxism of Nankai University, Chen Yingdan from School of Marxism of Jilin University, Yang Jingxuan from School of Marxism of Peking University, Wang Bangyan from School of Marxism of Tsinghua University, Zang Yumeng from School of Marxism of China Renmin University, Wang Qi from School of Marxism of Fudan University, Liu Wenzhuo from School of Marxism of Lanzhou University, Zhao Yuchen, a student from School of Marxism, Wuhan University, respectively focused on "Five Characteristics of Chinese Modernization", "Writing Satisfactory Answers to Poverty Alleviation and Continuing to Write a New Chapter of Rural Revitalization" and "From Five ‘ Firmly grasp ’ Study and implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress ""Opening, breaking and solving problems — — The historical inevitability and initiative of Chinese modernization ","Promoting the construction of Chinese modernization and creating a new form of human civilization "and" Persistence ‘ Self-revolution ’ : Jump out of ‘ Historical cycle rate ’ The second answer is "We are walking on the land of China" and "Strengthening political guidance,Write the song of youth struggle and other issues to start joint learning and sharing.

　　At the end of the Association, Teacher Yang Zhidi made a concluding speech. She pointed out that the joint academic conference coincided with the first batch of students from nine key horse colleges in China gathered in the cloud to make wonderful joint academic speeches and in-depth exchanges and discussions around the party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress and the spirit of the conference, the key issues and core issues of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. The views were correct, the content was specific, the structure was rigorous, the theme was closely related, and the logic was clear and complete, reflecting the image of young people, reflecting their thoughts and demonstrating their strength, which was very important for learning, research, publicity and interpretation of the party’s 20 great spirits. Nankai University’s top leader, Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Students’ Propaganda Group in the New Era, will continue to go hand in hand with other colleges and universities in the future, and make in-depth contributions to the contemporary youth.

　　Yang Jingxuan said that the activity was rich and colorful, and students from all key horse colleges gathered in the cloud to learn the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, which helped us to comprehensively, completely and accurately study and implement Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, and showed the enterprising face of young students in contemporary horse colleges, who were integrated in learning, thinking and applying, and who knew, believed and acted.

　　Yao Xinchi, a member of Nankai University’s supreme leader’s New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Students’ Propaganda Group, said, "The discussion on the joint academic speech exchange is very exciting. I am deeply encouraged by the clear logic, reasonable and emotional presentations of nine lecturers. As a student majoring in Marxist theory, I will continue to study and study the spirit of the Party’s 20th Congress and contribute to the strength of young students in the new era." (Author: Nankai University School of Marxism Zhao Qi Wang Youjiang Cui Yu)

　　In 2022, the senior high school entrance examination in our province will be held from June 25th to 27th. The examination was organized and implemented under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control. In order to ensure the life safety and health of candidates and examination staff, and ensure the safe, orderly and smooth implementation of the examination, the Provincial Education Examinations Institute reminded us.Before still in the area outside the registration place (outside the province or outside the province)Candidates should pay attention to the following matters:

　　1. Return to the registration place as soon as possible.In view of the current complicated epidemic situation and persistent risks, candidates are requested to arrange their itinerary reasonably, and return to the place where the senior high school entrance examination is registered 14 days before the exam (June 11th), and truthfully report their itinerary to the school (or the county-level entrance examination institution where the enrollment is located).

　　2. Strengthen personal protection.Candidates should know the epidemic prevention and control requirements of their current residence and registration place in advance before returning, and implement epidemic prevention measures according to territorial requirements. To choose the right means of transportation, you should do personal protection in all directions on the way and insist on wearing masks in a standardized manner throughout the whole process.

　　3. Do a good job in health monitoring.Candidates should pay attention to personal protection after returning to the registration place and before the end of the senior high school entrance examination, and do not go out or gather unless necessary. At the same time, candidates should also do a good job in health monitoring, measure their body temperature every day and make records. If the body is abnormal, you must seek medical attention in time and report to the school (or the county-level entrance examination institution where you register) at the first time.

　　4. Cooperate with the information arrangement.Candidates should actively cooperate with the school (or the county-level entrance examination institution where the registration is located) to do a good job of information arrangement and take the initiative to report their personal itinerary. If the candidate fails to report the detention status, falsify information, refuse to cooperate with the school (or the county-level enrollment examination institution where the registration is located) for personal reasons, the consequences of failing to take the senior high school entrance examination will be borne by the candidate himself.

　　fujian provincial education examinations authority

　　May 20, 2022

　　CCTV News:According to the latest data released by China Business Federation, in May, the prosperity index of China’s retail industry was 50.9%, up 0.5 percentage points from the previous month and increasing for two consecutive months.

　　From the perspective of industry classification, the commodity management index was 50.5%, up 0.2 percentage points from last month; The leasing business index was 52.6%, up 2.4 percentage points from last month; The total physical sales index of e-commerce business was 51.8%, up 1.3 percentage points from last month.

　　In May, the retail industry as a whole showed a continuous upward trend.

　　Data analysis shows that the retail industry as a whole showed a continuous upward trend in May due to the obvious pulling effect of holiday consumption on May 1.

　　The passenger flow in the offline commodity sales market has increased significantly, the number of leasing enterprises has been increasing, and the pressure on operating costs has dropped. Leasing enterprises’ expectations for investment promotion and operation in May have continued to improve, and online retail enterprises’ sales growth is expected to be good.

　　Chen Xi, an associate researcher at the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that with the continuous implementation of various policies and measures to promote consumption and the coordinated development of online and offline consumption, the consumption potential will be further released. In the future, the retail market is expected to achieve steady growth, and the basic role of consumption in driving China’s economic growth will continue to increase.

　　In April, the China SME Development Index continued to rise.

　　China Small and Medium Enterprises Association released it on May 9th. In April, the development index of small and medium-sized enterprises in China was 89.4, up 0.1 point from last month, which was the second consecutive month that the development index of small and medium-sized enterprises in China rebounded.

　　Ma Bin, executive vice president of China Small and Medium Enterprises Association, said that in the first four months of 2024, the development index of small and medium-sized enterprises generally showed an upward trend, the production of small and medium-sized enterprises continued to recover, and the operating rate continued to rise. In April, the proportion of enterprises with an operating rate of over 75% was close to 70%, which was greatly improved compared with previous years. Especially in April, the SME development index reached a new high since September 2023.

　　The consumption potential is gradually released and the market of small and medium-sized enterprises is expected to improve.

　　According to the survey of China Small and Medium Enterprises Association, in April, the market consumption potential was gradually released, and the market expectation of small and medium-sized enterprises improved, driven by policies to stimulate consumption such as trade-in of consumer goods. In addition, the financing situation has also improved and the willingness of enterprises to invest has remained stable.

　　Ma Bin said that various localities have introduced implementation plans and operating rules for trade-in of consumer goods and automobiles, and various subsidies have attracted consumers to participate in the exchange. The order volume of trade-in has increased, which has promoted the production and sales of SMEs to improve. Different from the previous index rise mainly driven by industrial rise, the index rise in April was mainly driven by the recovery of service industry, indicating that the recovery of service industry is becoming an important factor driving the recovery of SME development index.

　　China Small and Medium Enterprises Association also believes that at present, small and medium-sized enterprises still face weak demand, high cost and arrears of accounts receivable. In the next step, we need to strengthen innovation ability, accelerate transformation and upgrading, and accelerate the development in a new direction of specialization.

　　In April, China e-commerce logistics index was 113.2 points, and e-commerce logistics continued to develop steadily.

　　China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing announced the logistics index of China e-commerce in April on May 8th. The e-commerce logistics index rose for two consecutive months, among which the rural e-commerce logistics business volume increased rapidly year-on-year.

　　In April, the e-commerce logistics index of China was 113.2 points, up 0.7 points from the previous month, and exceeded 113 points for the first time since December 2019. Among the sub-indices, the total business volume index, logistics timeliness index, performance rate index, satisfaction rate index, personnel index and actual load rate index all increased compared with last month.

　　Specifically, in April, the total business volume index of e-commerce logistics was 127.7 points, an increase of 1.3 points over the previous month. In terms of regions, the total business volume index in the eastern, central and northeastern regions has increased, with the northeast region having the largest increase.

　　In April, the index of rural e-commerce logistics business volume was 127.9 points, 0.2 points higher than last month and more than 25% higher than the same period in 2023. In terms of regions, the rural business volume index in the central and northeastern regions has improved, and the central region is higher than the national average.

　　Cai Jin, vice president of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, said that the data of e-commerce logistics, which is closely related to the people, has rebounded significantly. The development of e-commerce logistics provides a broader consumption scene for ordinary people and improves the quality and level of residents’ consumption.

　　In April, the logistics timeliness index was 101.2 points, 1.4 points higher than last month, rising for two consecutive months and returning to more than 100 points after a lapse of five months. The supply timeliness and business volume of enterprises showed a double growth situation, laying a good foundation for the second quarter of the e-commerce logistics market.

At the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, FAW-Volkswagen’s new generation Magotan (B9) was officially released. As a new generation model, the new car has adjusted its exterior and interior, equipped with the intelligent driving scheme newly released by DJI, and powered by a 1.5T engine and a 2.0T high-power engine. For reference, the price range of Magotan currently on sale is 186,900-253,900 yuan.

In terms of appearance, the new car adopts the latest design language of Volkswagen family, and its shape is simpler and younger. Specifically, the front face of the new car cancels the design method of multi-banner chrome grille of the previous generation model. The new car adopts narrow-banner grille design, adopts black middle net, and is connected with headlight groups on both sides. The center is decorated with a chrome trim strip, and the center is inlaid with luminous Volkswagen brand LOGO, which has high visual effect and recognition after lighting. In addition, the new car also adjusts the shape of the front bumper. The bottom surrounding design with black "C" decoration below makes the new car more sporty. The lower side of the front logo is also equipped with a camera, which has richer visual effects than the old models.

On the side of the car body, the lines of the new car are smooth, and the upper and lower waistlines are designed. The C-pillar has a large inclination, creating a visual effect of a small slip back. An independent small side window shape is designed in the C-pillar area, and the roof is equipped with a shark fin antenna. With the traditional door handle design, the overall look is relatively fashionable. In addition, the new car offers a new 19-inch rim and double color matching, which is matched with Goodyear Eagle F1 tire, with a size of 245/40 R19. In terms of dimensions, the length, width and height of the new car are 4990/1854/1487mm and the wheelbase is 2871mm respectively. In contrast, the length, width and height of Magotan currently on sale are 4866/1832/1479mm and the wheelbase is 2871 mm. In contrast, the length of the new car increased by 124mm, the width increased by 22mm, the height increased by 8mm, and the wheelbase remained unchanged.

At the rear of the car, the new car adopts a penetrating taillight group that echoes the front face, which is similar to the L style of Ling Du. The taillight can also emit light, and the rear bumper is redesigned. The bumper is equipped with red reflective strips to increase the visual layering, and the exhaust is hidden.

In the interior part, the changes in new cars are particularly obvious. The new car uses a large area of plastic-lined and leather-wrapped materials to make the car more comfortable. The new car is equipped with a 12.25-inch full LCD instrument, a 15-inch central control screen and an 11.6-inch auxiliary driving screen. The car system adopts Qualcomm 8155 chip, which supports mainstream interconnection functions such as CarPlay and CarLife. The steering wheel continues to use the semi-touch steering wheel, and the physical buttons and shift lever are cancelled, replaced by the rotary shift lever operation, and the storage space under the central control becomes larger.

In terms of power, the new car offers a high-power version of the 2.0T engine and a 1.5T engine, of which the maximum power of the high-power version of the 2.0T engine is 162kW and the maximum power of the 1.5T engine is 118kW.. For reference, the current Magotan offers 1.4T engine and 2.0T high/low power engine.

Volkswagen Magotan originated from FutureB6, which is closely related to Passat B6. It is the first B-class car produced by FAW-Volkswagen after it built its factory. Starting from B6, Volkswagen B-class cars began to be produced in FAW-Volkswagen, namely Magotan Magotan series. In July 2007, FAW-Volkswagen’s first domestic B-class car, Magotan, was introduced to China. Since then, it has become a classic representative of German medium-sized cars. In 2017 and 2018, it won the B-class car sales crown, when the annual sales exceeded 200,000 respectively. However, with the rise of independent brands, Magotan’s market position has also been shaken to some extent. According to retail data, Camry, Passat and Magotan ranked in the top three in the list of medium-sized cars in 2023, with sales of 225,500, 191,000 and 189,400 respectively.

As a classic model in the field of medium-sized cars, FAW-Volkswagen Magotan and SAIC-Volkswagen Passat are sister models, and they mainly compete with Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and other medium-sized cars in the automobile market. The latest retail data shows that after entering 2024, Passat ranked first for two consecutive months, of which the sales volume in January was 22,313, and in February it was 11,641, but it was replaced by mercedes benz c class in March; The sales of Magotan in January-March were 16,593, 10,217 and 12,252 respectively.

In the first quarter of this year, Passat, mercedes benz c Class and Magotan ranked in the top three in the list of medium-sized cars, with sales of 53,400, 42,300 and 39,100 respectively. It should be noted that the Accord was replaced and listed in May last year, and the Camry was listed in March this year. With the launch of Passat and Magotan, the competition in the medium-sized car field will be more intense.