According to reports, on 26th, US President Trump said in an interview that the US and China have exchanged views on economic and trade issues in the past few days, and the two sides may reach an agreement during the G20 summit. If no agreement can be reached, he will impose additional tariffs on China. At today’s (27th) regular press conference of China’s Foreign Ministry, Geng Shuang, a spokesman, said that the US threat could not scare the people of China, and a trade war would harm others and harm themselves, which could not solve the problem at all.

　　Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang:China has always advocated resolving Sino-US economic and trade frictions through dialogue and consultation, but at the same time it will firmly defend its legitimate rights and interests. The US threatened to impose additional tariffs on China, which did not scare the people of China. Chinese believes in no evil and is not afraid of pressure. He never buys it. I would like to advise the US side once again that a trade war and tariff increase will not solve the problem at all. I hope that the US side will listen carefully to the opposition of different groups and the general public in the United States to trade wars and tariff increases in recent days, and also listen carefully to the resistance of the international community to unilateralism, protectionism and bullying during the G20 summit.

　　Geng Shuang expressed the hope that the US and China will move in the same direction, take care of each other’s reasonable concerns on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and strive for mutual benefit and win-win. This is not only in the interests of China and the United States and the two peoples, but also the general expectation of the international community.

　 　 [XCAR domestic new car, original]

　 　 After a long period of warm-up in the early stage, recently, we finally learned that the new GLE will be officially launched on October 19. As the successor model to the previous ML class, the new Mercedes-Benz GLE will undergo a series of adjustments to the appearance, interior and configuration. It is equipped with 3.0T and 5.5T power, and is matched with a 9-speed automatic transmission.

　 　 Tips: The new car is a facelifted model of the current ML and will replace the ML; it was first launched in Asia at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show; its four-door coupe version, the Mercedes-Benz GLE sports SUV, has been launched one step ahead on September 3

　 　 Although the new car has not yet been launched, I believe everyone should have heard of this model. Since the world premiere of the 2015 New York Auto Show in March this year, the launch of the GLE model means that the ML model will officially withdraw from the historical stage and completely replace its position. What changes have been made by the GLE with the new name compared to the ML model?

　 　 First of all, let’s take a look at the appearance. In the face of the exterior design of the new car, compared with the current ML, the GLE model gives people a more rounded overall feeling. The newly designed middle net and the more meticulous and delicate air power kit make the model more suitable for the family-style front face of Mercedes-Benz, and the overall appearance also reveals a slight crossover design style.

　 　 In the rear part of the car, the new car has adjusted the internal structure of the taillights, and the design of the rear bumper has also changed. It also uses a built-in two-sided polygonal exhaust pipe.

　 　 In terms of interior, referring to the new car released at the 2015 New York Auto Show, the GLE’s interior is roughly the same as that of the earlier Coupe models. In addition to the steering wheel differences, the electronic devices have also been improved. The human-machine interaction system with a larger screen and the new version of the dynamic control system (DYNAMIC SELECT) are also implanted. It is reported that this system can provide six different driving modes to choose from.

　　　　In terms of power, according to the previous declaration information in China, the new car will be equipped with 3.0T and 5.5T engines, and the transmission part will be fully matched with a 9-speed automatic transmission. At the same time, the new car will also be matched with a four-wheel drive system. The specific details are yet to be officially announced on the day of listing.

　 　 Editor’s comment:The upcoming launch of the new Mercedes-Benz GLE model will replace the original ML model to continue to complete the tasks it has undertaken in the family tree, and will try to further expand the client base with a new look. As for the follow-up efforts, we can only wait and see for the time being. It is expected that it will effectively hit competitors.

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On December 28th, some bloggers exposed more spy photos of M8, a brand-new model in the world, mainly showing the tail shape of the new car. According to the picture, the tail of the M8 is designed with a penetrating taillight, and the light strip forms a linear effect after lighting. After careful observation, we can find the overall outline of the taillight module, which is similar to the taillight shape of Jiejie M9. It is expected that Jiejie M8 will adopt the same design of Xinghe headlight as M9.

Later this month, the spy photos of the front face of the M8 were also exposed. This model uses a dark red body color scheme, with a rounded front face and split headlights, which continues the family-style design style. Although the pictures of the side and back of the vehicle are not clear, it can be seen that the design of the door handle is relatively flat, and it is expected to adopt a semi-hidden design.

According to previous reports, HarmonyOS Zhixing plans to sell more than 10 models next year, including the M5, M7, M8 and M9. Enjoy the extended range power version of S9, and the models are divided into extended version and travel version; Wisdom S7, r7; Zunjie S800 and the second model of Zunjie. According to the report, as a brand-new model, the Wenjie M8 will be launched in the first half of 2025, and one of its benchmarking roles is the ideal L9.

The exposure of spy photos of the M8 in the world of inquiry not only attracted great attention from the industry and consumers, but also indicated the further expansion of the brand of inquiry in vehicle layout. With the launch of M8, the product line of the brand will be more abundant, providing consumers with more choices. At the same time, the listing of the M8 will also intensify the competition in the medium and large SUV market, especially the competition with the ideal L9 equivalent model.

Nowadays, the first thing for consumers to buy a car is to see whether this car is rich in configuration, and it is no exception to nature. Let’s look down with Xiaobian.

Let’s take a look at Komik’s appearance first. Komuk’s front face looks very clean and refreshing as a whole, and the air intake grille uses a straight waterfall shape, which is very recognizable. Coupled with fashionable headlights, it has a great visual impact. The car is equipped with LED daytime running lights, automatic opening and closing, delayed closing and so on. Coming to the side of the car body, the size of the car body is 4409 mm * 1781 mm * 1606 mm. The car adopts fashionable and dynamic lines, and the side circumference looks very sharp. With large-sized thick-walled tires, the shape is quite simple. In the design of the rear end, the rear end looks very comfortable, the taillights look very simple, and with the unique exhaust pipe, it is very simple and fashionable.

Coming to Komuk, Komuk’s interior looks solid and the visual effect is very good. The car looks very good outside the steering wheel, made of plastic, and looks a little more unique. Let’s take a look at the central control. The design of the center console is reasonable, which makes the interior design quite layered and conforms to the mainstream aesthetics. The dashboard and seats are equally eye-catching, and the car is equipped with a stylish dashboard with excellent display effect. The car adopts imitation leather seats, which are wrapped in place, with exquisite materials and comfortable ride.

Komik is matched with an automatic manual transmission (AT) gearbox, with a maximum power of 80KW and a maximum torque of 141N.m, with good power performance.

The car is equipped with driving mode selection, remote control key, rear wiper, engine start and stop, traction control (ASR/TCS, etc.) and other configurations, which greatly improves the convenience of using the car.

The car introduced today is remarkable in terms of space, configuration and power, and home travel is also a good helper. If you are interested, you might as well experience it.

A few days ago, overseas media once again exposed the latest rendered pictures of a new generation of BMW 3 Series models. The new car is scheduled to debut in 2026 and will be put on sale in 2027. At the same time, a new generation of domestic 3-Series models is expected to be launched one after another in the same year, and the size will be upgraded and optimized, which is more advantageous than the current G chassis series models. The main competitors at the same level include mercedes benz c-Class, Cadillac CT5 and the upcoming A5L models.

According to the introduction of overseas media, BMW’s new generation of 3-series models will adopt many design elements of the current 5-series models, and the head is equipped with a brand-new LED headlight group. The two sides of the car body adopt the same design of 5-series models and provide hidden door handles. The rear part of the car is also equipped with a 5-series LED taillight group, and the hidden exhaust layout is selected below.

In terms of power, BMW’s new generation 3 Series fuel version will continue to be built on the CLAR platform, and 2.0T and 3.0T turbocharged models will be launched simultaneously for consumers to choose, and all of them will be adapted to the 48-volt light mixing system. The original M340i model will also be renamed M350i, the transmission system will be matched with the 8-speed automatic manual transmission, and some models will also be adapted to the four-wheel drive system. The new BMW i3 model will be built based on the new Neue Klasse architecture platform, and the single-motor and dual-motor four-wheel drive models will be launched simultaneously for consumers to choose, and the M3 pure electric model is also expected to be the first to be launched in 2025.

The Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza has lasted for 20 days. The scale of this round of air strikes and the heavy casualties have attracted worldwide attention, and the Palestinian death toll has surpassed the fifth Middle East war.

The Israeli military has attacked more than 7,000 targets in Gaza.

The Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza lasted for 20 days, and it has become one of the most intense bombing campaigns in the 21st century, which has attracted increasing global attention to its scale, purpose and casualties. The Israeli military says it has attacked more than 7,000 targets in Gaza. This figure is higher than any previous Israeli military action in this narrow flying field.

Communication and Internet services in Gaza were completely disrupted.

On the evening of 27th, the Palestinian Telecommunications Company announced that all communication and Internet services in the Gaza were completely cut off due to intensive bombing by Israeli warplanes.

Israeli Army 27 expanded the scale of ground operations in the Gaza.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on the 27th that it has lost contact with its staff in Gaza and other local humanitarian partners. Due to the interruption of communication, the ambulance could not reach the bombing site. At present, there are no specific statistics on casualties. On the 27th, the Israeli military expanded its ground operations in the Gaza and intensified its air strikes in the Gaza.

The Israeli army said that the main operation base in Hamas is located on the ground floor of Shifa Hospital.

According to the Israel Times reported on the 27th, Daniel Hagari, the chief spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces, said that Hamas’s main operation base is located in the underground of Shifa Hospital in Gaza. According to Hamas, according to the information available, there are several tunnels leading to underground bases outside the hospital, so Israeli officials can access them without entering the hospital.

Israeli army spokesman Hagari:

Hamas has turned hospitals into command and control centers and hiding places for terrorists and commanders in Hamas. Besides, according to the information we have, I can confirm that there is fuel in hospitals in Gaza. I repeat, there is fuel in hospitals in Gaza, and Hamas is using it to maintain its terrorist infrastructure.

An IDF spokesman warned Gaza Hospital.

Hamas later issued a statement saying that Israel’s claim that Shifa Hospital was used for military purposes or as an organizational base was false, and called on the United Nations and Arab countries to intervene immediately to stop Israeli air strikes and damage to the medical system.

According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli Air Force bombed the vicinity of Shifa Hospital and an Indonesian hospital on the evening of 27th.

Israeli army spokesman Peter Lerner:

What I want to say is that if hospitals continue to take these actions under certain circumstances, hospitals may indeed lose the protection they have obtained.

The Palestinian death toll has surpassed the fifth Middle East war.

Since the outbreak of the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel’s bombing of Gaza has lasted for nearly three weeks, and its scale and heavy casualties have attracted worldwide attention. According to the data of the British Conflict Monitoring Agency, this round of air strikes by the Israeli army even exceeded the one-month heavy bombing of the Iraqi city of Mosul controlled by extremist organizations by the US-led military alliance. In March 2017, the military alliance against extremist organizations fired about 5,000 artillery shells, and Israel fired at least 2,000 more in less than three weeks. Health authorities in the Palestinian Gaza said that more than 7,300 people had died in the Gaza since the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out. This is the conflict with the largest number of Palestinian deaths since the fifth Middle East War in 1982.

The General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for a humanitarian truce between the Israeli and Palestinian parties to the conflict.

On 26th local time, in view of the tension in Gaza, the United Nations General Assembly resumed its tenth emergency special session on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations:

In the past three weeks, 7,000 Palestinians in the Gaza were killed by Israelis, and 70% of the victims were women and children. Why can some people feel the pain of Israelis, but not the pain of Palestinians? What the hell is going on here?

On the 27th, the emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution with 120 votes in favor, 14 votes against and 45 abstentions, calling on the Israeli and Palestinian parties to the conflict to immediately implement a lasting and sustained humanitarian truce, thus contributing to the cessation of hostilities.

Israel refused to accept the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly.

Israel said it refused to accept the relevant resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly and would use "all means" to attack Hamas.

US media: The Israeli army is conducting simulation training in the southern "Little Gaza"

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Israeli army has been training in a simulated Palestinian town in southern Israel, which is equipped with a tunnel network and officially called an urban training center. The soldiers called it "Little Gaza".

Wall Street Journal reporter:

This simulated small town is located in the middle of the desert. It has minarets of mosques, simulated schools and hospitals, and completely reproduces the enemy towns that the IDF is about to infiltrate and fight in.

Israeli gun shops and shooting training grounds have seen a sharp increase in customers.

After the new round of conflict between Palestine and Israel broke out, the number of customers in Israeli gun shops and shooting training grounds surged to a record high. The Israeli authorities have set up hundreds of voluntary security groups composed of civilians throughout the country and equipped them with weapons such as guns. These members of the civil security group patrol the streets and cooperate with the police. The purpose is to prevent conflicts between Arabs and Jews in Israel. Ithama Ben-Gewell, Israel’s Minister of National Security, has ordered the relaxation of restrictions on Israeli citizens’ obtaining gun licenses.

Expert: The game between the international community and Israel will continue.

1905 movie network news People are never short of police comrades who "cut the demon and get rid of the demon" all the way like "Monkey King". Song Rukun, the Weifang Public Security Bureau, has been fighting in the front line of criminal investigation to crack down on serious violent crimes since he joined the company in 1997. He has participated in the organization and detection of more than 220 serious criminal cases and arrested more than 2,000 criminal suspects in various criminal cases, playing an indispensable and key role in detecting a series of serious and serious cases such as intentional homicide, kidnapping and robbery.

There is also such a "Sun Dasheng" in a movie to be released on December 21st. In the trailer of the "Demon-slaying and Demonizing" version, Sun Dasheng, a criminal justice policeman played by Wang Qianyuan, took the "the Monkey King" key chain in his hand and comforted the children whose father was bullied by evil forces in the canteen: "Uncle, it’s the police who specialize in catching bad guys." The next part of the trailer shows standing up for justice,

Sun Dasheng, who "killed the demon" all the way: In the old garage, facing the vicious gangsters with sticks, Sun Dasheng responded tactfully, flew over the car to avoid pursuit and fought fiercely with the gangsters; On the rooftop, on the way to hunt down Zhao Tai, a sinister rich second generation played by Bao Beier, he was violently blocked by Zhao Tai’s bodyguards, and Sun Dasheng mercilessly grabbed the gangster’s head and gave him a beating; In the square, Zhao Tai had no way to escape, but still insisted on resisting arrest. Sun Dasheng stepped forward to fight for his life, and he must carry out the "demon-cutting and demon-removing" to the end!

Those powerful "monsters" are not "big shots", but "big shots" should be those police comrades who "cut off demons and get rid of demons" all the way. It is precisely because these people’s policemen like Sun Dasheng fight to the end for justice and evil forces that people can enjoy a peaceful and harmonious life with peace of mind. I also hope that the police uncles can protect themselves and pay tribute to the people’s police in the process of eliminating evils!

　　On the afternoon of March 30th, the 2022 excellent network audiovisual works selected by the State Administration of Radio and Television were announced at the 10th China Network Audiovisual Conference. As a comprehensive selection activity for the whole industry, the "National Excellent Network Audio-visual Works Selection Activity" aims to play a leading role in demonstrating excellent network audio-visual works, better meet the new expectations of the people for a better audio-visual life, and gather together the majestic power of struggling for a new era and forging ahead in a new journey.

　　中央广播电视总台央视网共10部作品入选，分别是特别节目《最高领袖与乡村振兴的故事》；网络综艺节目《中央广播电视总台2022网络春晚》；短视频《最高领袖擘画的现代版“富春山居图”》《家风世泽长》《跟着习主席看世界｜最高领袖“典”亮命运共同体》《2021年版清明上河图 藏了一年的彩蛋》《熊猫终极治愈行为大赏》《以梦为马》《好久不见！沉浸式重温70、80、90回不去的童年》;网络直播节目《“中国比利时两国共庆旅比大熊猫双胞胎三岁生日”主题直播》。

特别节目

《最高领袖与乡村振兴的故事》

　　党的二十大召开前夕，乡村振兴战略实施五周年之际，央视网策划推出系列时政微纪录片《最高领袖与乡村振兴的故事》(全5期)，以“山、河、湖、海”作题眼，立足中国版图，围绕最高领袖跨越山海、关心农业农村发展的足迹，展现新时代乡村振兴战略实践成果。尤其《在希望的田野上》一集，采用一镜到底的创意表达，带领观众展开一场穿越之旅，打开振兴之门，看见希望的田野。

Network variety show

CCTV 2022 Network Spring Festival Gala

　　With the theme of "youth is just right, when it is new", the 2022 Internet Spring Festival Evening at the reception desk vividly shows the youthful style and struggle story of the "net-born generation" with the expression of networking and youthfulness, and gathers youthful strength. The party will be broadcast simultaneously through CCTV-1 integrated channel and new media matrix of CCTV, CCTV news, CCTV video, CCTV finance, CCTV literature and art, etc., to achieve cross-circle communication effect.

　　The number of TV viewers reached 143 million, the number of live broadcasts of related content and new media matrix was 150 million, and the number of video broadcasts was 1 billion. It triggered 260 hot topics in the whole network, including 151 hot searches in Weibo.

short video

The modern version of "Fuchun Shan Jutu" painted by the Supreme Leader.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader used the modern version of "Fuchun Shan Jutu" as a metaphor to describe the beautiful vision of rural revitalization in the new era. Based on Fuchun Shan Jutu, CCTV copied and innovated, drew a 6-meter long scroll of traditional Chinese painting, and launched a heavy micro-video, showing the rural butterfly changes under the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought.

Family style is long.

　　Deze has a long history and a long family tradition. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "family is the first classroom in life, and parents are the first teachers of children". Xi’s family style, adhering to "keeping the family in order" and then "governing the country", comes down in one continuous line and is dedicated to the people. CCTV plans to launch "Family Style and Prosperity" and feel the general secretary’s fiery national conditions.

《跟着习主席看世界｜最高领袖“典”亮命运共同体》

　　2013年，最高领袖主席首次提出人类命运共同体的理念。如今，该理念已成为引领人类文明进步潮流的旗帜。央视网推出微视频，通过VR绘画，带领网友品读习主席阐释命运共同体理念时引用的典故，感悟其中蕴含的中国智慧。

《2021年版清明上河图藏了一年的彩蛋》

　　该片将2021年众多瞬间和元素以彩蛋的形式藏在全图，彩蛋包括人物形象、声音素材、关键物件等，据统计超过200个。彩蛋元素从二次元到三次元，从游戏、动漫、电影、热梗到时政新闻均有涵盖，正如网友评论这是最用心最贴近当代年轻人的一版年终盘点。

《熊猫终极治愈行为大赏》

　　2022年10月27日国际大熊猫日，央视网推出混剪短视频《熊猫终极治愈行为大赏》，记录整合萌宠界各大“顶流”熊猫高萌瞬间，画面更具喜感和萌感，广受海内外网友的喜爱。

《以梦为马》

　　香港回归25周年之际，央视网推出原创动画《以梦为马》，通过举世闻名的“人骑图”和“狮子玉”两匹马从北京南下香港的一路见闻，轻松幽默传播中华传统文化，进而增强文化自信，增进民族认同感。

The miniature scene freeze-frame short film | Long time no see!Immerse yourself in reliving the childhood that you can’t go back to in 70, 80 and 90.

　　The so-called growing up is a journey with no return. In order to welcome the arrival of Children’s Day in 2022, CCTV and the post-1995 miniature landscape creators spent two months recreating the childhood scenes of three generations with a scale of 1:20, and launched a creative miniature scene stop-motion short film "Long time no see! Immerse yourself in reliving the childhood that you can’t go back in 70, 80 and 90.

Webcast program

"China and Belgium celebrate the third birthday of the giant panda twins".

　　On the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Belgium, CCTV Panda Channel, together with many authoritative organizations, launched the world’s first live broadcast of the theme of "China and Belgium celebrate the third birthday of the giant panda twins", and the overseas connection for the celebration of the giant panda’s birthday caused a topical discussion, which set a new high in the live broadcast effect of the overseas account of Panda Channel in 2022. This live link between China and Belgium shows a colorful and vivid image of China, and promotes cultural and cultural exchanges between China and Belgium.

　　Guided by the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, CCTV, the General Station of Central Radio and Television, will always take innovation as the main theme, vigorously promote the integrated communication of "thought+art+technology", and strive to create more excellent network audio-visual works with both positive energy and large flow, serving the country’s governance, a better life and economic and social development.

　　Recently, the General Office of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job during the Spring Festival of New Year’s Day in 2024, requiring all localities and departments to conscientiously implement it. The full text is as follows.

　　The year 2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC), so it is very important to do all the work well during New Year’s Day and Spring Festival. All localities and departments in the province should adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implement the requirements of the Notice of the General Office of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council on Doing a Good Job during the Spring Festival of New Year’s Day in 2024, implement the "1310" specific deployment of the provincial party committee, and earnestly do a good job in the work during the festival from the political height of adhering to the "two establishment" and "two maintenance" to ensure that the people spend a happy and peaceful time.

　　First, increase assistance and care for people in need.Hold fast to the bottom line of basic livelihood security, and pay basic pension, unemployment insurance, subsistence allowance, destitute support and basic living allowance for orphans (in fact, there is no one to raise children) on time and in full. Where conditions permit, the relief funds during the "two festivals" can be paid in advance or a one-time living allowance can be added. We will do a good job in helping the needy people in send warm, increase visits, condolences and assistance to the homeless and beggars, the disabled, all kinds of children in distress and other special hardship groups, strive to solve the production and life problems of the urban and rural needy people, and send the care and warmth of the party and the government to the hearts of the needy people. In-depth visits to party member, old party member, veteran cadres and retired military cadres, Red Army veterans, old demobilized soldiers, disabled soldiers, families of martyrs, etc. Solidly carry out the special campaign to eradicate wage arrears in winter, strengthen the classification, verification and disposal of clues reflecting the platform problems of the national wage arrears, and quickly check and settle the discovered wage arrears clues to protect the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. All localities should strictly implement the assistance system for families living on the edge of subsistence allowances and families with expenditure difficulties, strengthen active discovery, monitoring and early warning, promptly accept and respond to people in need for help, and do urgent things for the newly verified minimum living allowances, increase the intensity of temporary assistance, and timely solve the sudden and urgent basic living difficulties encountered by urban and rural people.

　　Second, strengthen market price stability and supply to meet holiday consumption demand.Strengthen the protection of important living materials, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of the supply and demand of coal, electricity, oil and gas transportation, scientifically dispatch resources, enhance the peak power generation capacity, and compact the main responsibility and territorial responsibility of the enterprise to ensure the stability of power supply and gas supply. We will implement the responsibility of the party and government for food security and the mayor’s responsibility system of "vegetable basket", do a good job in ensuring the supply and price stability of important livelihood commodities such as grain, oil, meat, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables, strengthen the connection between production and marketing, inventory scheduling and logistics distribution, and ensure that the supply of daily necessities is not out of stock. Formulate emergency supply plans for daily necessities, closely track daily supply and prices, strengthen market price inspections on holidays, and increase reserves in a timely manner. Standardize the market order of cultural tourism holidays, strengthen price supervision in key areas of people’s livelihood such as catering accommodation, scenic spot tickets and parking fees, and promptly investigate and deal with illegal acts such as price gouging, price collusion and price fraud. Standardize promotional activities, urge online trading platforms to implement the main responsibility, strengthen online trading and service supervision, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers. Strictly implement the "four strictest" requirements of food safety, continue to promote the work of fasting wild animals, and ensure "safety on the tip of the tongue".

　　Third, enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the masses and actively create a festive atmosphere.Focusing on the full implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, we will strengthen publicity and guidance with strong confidence as the focus, organize various cultural and artistic activities with rich connotations, arouse the enthusiasm of the broad masses for loving the Party, the motherland and socialism, consolidate and expand the mainstream ideological public opinion in the new era, carry forward the main theme, and gather the powerful forces of unity and forge ahead of the whole society. Do a good job in the free opening and service of public cultural places such as libraries, cultural centers, museums and art galleries. Vigorously carry forward the socialist core values and Chinese excellent traditional culture, eulogize the new era, and constantly meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people.

　　Four, do a good job in Spring Festival travel rush security, to ensure the safe and orderly travel of the masses.Make a service guarantee work plan for Spring Festival travel rush as soon as possible, and do a good job in Spring Festival travel rush. Analyze and judge the changing trend of passenger and freight flow, strengthen the propaganda and guidance of off-peak travel, and optimize the transportation capacity for key periods such as college students’ school holidays and migrant workers’ return to their hometowns, as well as key areas such as passenger hubs, railway stations, port passenger stations, airports and tourist attractions, so as to improve the passenger collection and distribution capacity. Cooperate to promote cross-transport mode cohesion organizations, strengthen the overall arrangement of different modes of transport such as roads, railways, civil aviation and waterways, strengthen coordination and cooperation between intercity transport and urban public transport, improve coordination and liaison mechanisms, broaden information exchange channels, and promote open sharing of resources. Strengthen the operation and management of expressway service areas, improve the quality of services such as charging, dining and going to the toilet, strictly implement the policy of free passage of minibuses during the Spring Festival holiday, further sort out easy-to-block sections and expressway toll stations, and implement anti-blocking measures in advance. Strengthen road network operation monitoring, optimize dispatching management, strengthen on-site duty, and strengthen on-site guidance and special handling. Strengthen the smooth transportation and logistics, and ensure that the transportation services of important materials such as energy, food and medical care are not interrupted. Carefully formulate emergency plans to deal with emergencies, actively guard against the surge in passenger flow, freezing rain and snow, etc., strengthen inspection and control of key sections in mountainous areas of northern Guangdong, Qiongzhou Strait, inland river routes, etc., and do a good job in emergency rescue preparations and emergency material support. Strengthen departmental cooperation and regional joint law enforcement, severely crack down on acts such as overloading and speeding, illegal operation, illegal manned vehicles and trucks, and prevent serious traffic accidents.Ensure the safety of people’s travel.

　　Fifth, strengthen the investigation and rectification of potential risks and resolutely hold the safety bottom line.Adhere to the people first, life first, strictly implement the safety production responsibility and management system, pay close attention to various control measures, strengthen the investigation and rectification of key safety hazards, compact the main responsibility of enterprises, and resolutely curb the occurrence of serious accidents. Pay close attention to safety precautions in key industries, strengthen safety supervision of special equipment, construction, dangerous chemicals, non-coal mines, metal smelting, town gas, fireworks and firecrackers, fishing vessels, offshore wind power, religious places, and solidly carry out special actions on fire prevention in winter and spring for large-scale complexes, high-rise buildings, restaurants, "three small" places, and self-built commercial houses. Strengthen the deployment of low-temperature freezing safety precautions, encrypt meteorological monitoring and forecasting, and release early warning and forecasting information such as extreme weather, freezing frost and road icing. Strengthen the safety improvement of all dangerous operation links of dangerous projects, as well as limited space, temporary electricity consumption, cross-fire and other operations. Strictly prevent and strictly control forest fire risks, fully implement the work measures of "covering the mountain, guarding the intersection, focusing on key points, signing responsibilities, and fighting early and small", strictly control the fire sources such as returning home people entering the mountains to sacrifice graves, setting off fireworks and firecrackers, and burning in the wild to warm up, strengthen mountain patrol and forest protection, and improve the ability of monitoring and extinguishing. Closely combined with the characteristics of social security at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, we will severely crack down on "pornography, gambling and drugs", "robbery and fraud" and prominent illegal crimes in the fields of telecommunication network fraud, black and evil, food and drug environment, and strictly examine and approve large-scale activities such as New Year’s Eve, fireworks parties and temple fairs, and monitor the flow of people, so as to prevent major public safety incidents and earnestly safeguard the overall harmony and stability of society.

　　Six, strengthen the prevention and control measures of infectious diseases, and effectively protect the health of the people.Coordinate the prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza, increase the overall planning of medical resources, enrich the medical strength of key departments such as outpatient, emergency, pediatric, respiratory and severe diseases in medical institutions, strengthen the preparations for commonly used drugs, testing reagents, medical equipment and beds in medical institutions, optimize the diagnosis and treatment process, shorten the waiting time and reduce cross-infection. Continue to strengthen the monitoring of the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases and the judgment of the situation, do a good job in epidemic monitoring, early warning and risk assessment, strengthen epidemic reporting, and release information in a timely manner. Scientifically publicize the knowledge of prevention and treatment of acute respiratory infectious diseases, continue to strengthen vaccination work, and advocate people to wear masks, do personal protection and maintain good hygiene habits.

　　Seven, advocate thrift and civilized holidays, adhere to the rectification of the "four winds".Persevere in implementing the spirit of the eight central regulations and their implementation rules, grasp the changes and trends of the "four winds" during the holiday season, strictly investigate the problems of illegal eating and drinking, illegal receiving and delivering gifts and gifts, illegal use of buses, public travel, etc., vigorously rectify the phenomena of high-end tobacco, alcohol, tea, "luxury New Year’s Eve", excessive packaging of festivals and gifts, and invisible variation behaviors such as express gift giving, receiving and delivering electronic red-envelope, "not eating public money to eat the boss" and using private cars for public support, and severely punish outstanding subsidies and subsidies. Keep a close eye on the formalism and bureaucracy that increase the burden on the grassroots, resolutely correct and punish the random assignment of tasks to the grassroots in the name of summing up and promoting the work, and set up video conferences with the same theme at different levels. Many people repeatedly ask for materials and fill out forms, supervise and check too much, leave too many marks, and engage in "formalism at the fingertips". Vigorously correct the problems of inaction and chaos in people’s livelihood security, assistance and relief, and safety in production, and promote the solution of the people’s urgent problems. Adhere to and carry forward the fine traditional style of the Chinese nation, solidly promote the change of customs and traditions, strictly educate family members, oppose bad habits such as ostentation and extravagance, showing off wealth by comparison, extravagance and waste, and advocate good social customs. Strengthen pre-warning, in-process supervision, and after-the-fact investigation, increase the investigation and exposure of violations against the wind, and create a festive atmosphere.

　　Eight, do a solid job on duty, to ensure the orderly operation of all work.Strictly implement the system of 24-hour special personnel on duty and leading cadres taking classes on the job and going out to report. Strictly implement the system of asking for instructions and reporting, and in case of sensitive incidents, serious emergencies or other important emergencies, ask for instructions and report at the first time and properly dispose of them in time. Emergency rescue teams should always be in an emergency state and preset rescue forces in advance to ensure timely and effective handling of emergencies. Units that directly serve the masses should reasonably arrange duty during the festival to ensure the quality of service. Strengthen the judgment of government affairs in public opinion monitoring, be good at capturing "weak signals" and strengthen information submission.

　　All localities and departments should improve their political positions, strengthen their organization and leadership, carefully and orderly do all the work during the Spring Festival on New Year’s Day, and ensure that the central decision-making arrangements and the implementation of the spirit of this notice are in place.

In March 2021, when the financing was announced, media reports showed that there were more than 1 million riders in the flash.

Just over three years later, the flash prospectus shows that there are 2.7 million registered riders, an increase of nearly 1.7 million.

However, during this period, the revenue of flash delivery only increased by about 50%, far less than the growth rate of riders.

The result can only be the compression of delivery time and the decline of revenue per order.

Just needed, small track

Express delivery, logistics, take-out and instant delivery are essentially the exchange of money and time. It takes some people’s time to help others complete time-consuming and labor-intensive things.

Express delivery and logistics are long-distance delivery, take-out is short-distance delivery, and running errands and the same city are in between. Flash is located on this track. Because Dada occupied the "first share of instant retail" and SF City became the "first share of third-party instant delivery", Flash delivery had no chance to become the "first share", so it was necessary to emphasize its uniqueness, so it became the "largest independent on-demand delivery service provider".

The so-called on-demand courier service is one-to-one express delivery, and the flasher only serves one customer at a time from picking up to delivery, and delivers it point to point. In this mode, flash has several core advantages.

First of all, one-to-one service, each important document has a direct person in charge, and there are almost no problems such as lost parts and damage. The flash prospectus shows that in 2023 and the first half of this year, its loss rate is very low, only 0.01%.

Secondly, compared with other distribution, one-to-one service naturally costs more. According to the prospectus, customers are willing to pay a high price for the service experience. According to iResearch, the average price per order in the first half of the year was 16.5 yuan, which is a significant premium compared with other major participants in the on-demand distribution industry.

Third, just need. In the case of safety requirements, one-to-one distribution is naturally more secure than centralized distribution, especially for items with strong timeliness and great importance. For first-tier cities, although such scenes do not often appear in work and life, most people will have demand more or less.

The story of "saving" the marriage between Justin and Zhang Xinyi is often mentioned. In 2016, Zhang Xinyi and Justin will hold a wedding in Germany. At the airport, because Zhang Xinyi forgot to bring his mobile phone and wedding veil, thanks to the timely delivery of the younger brother, the trip was not delayed. This aspect reflects the value of instant delivery.

According to the prospectus, on this track, flash has occupied 33.9% market share. However, this is not a big track. In 2023, the revenue of flash delivery was 4.5 billion. From this calculation, the whole market was only 13.2 billion, and it was a small track with a very obvious ceiling.

Focus is the key to the success of flash.

The flash startup team lacks "star flavor". Founder Xue Peng graduated from the School of Science of North China University of Science and Technology in 2005, majoring in information and computing science, and then went to the Royal holloway College of University of London to study for a master’s degree. He has very little information. It is reported that his family conditions are good, and his family involves many enterprises such as real estate, taxis and driving schools, but this low-key "rich second generation" finally chose to start a business. In 2007, Xue Peng returned to China to start a business and founded an integrated service platform for express logistics-Easy Post.

In contrast, Kuai Jiaqi, founder of Dada Group, graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds a bachelor’s degree in logistics engineering from Tongji University and a master’s degree in logistics engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

However, Flash finally broke through in the fierce competition and once became the "leader" of the industry. It has successively completed 11 rounds of financing, attracting many well-known investment institutions such as Lei Junshun Capital and Jingwei Venture Capital, and Pusi Capital, a subsidiary of Wang Sicong, has also participated in the investment for two consecutive rounds.

Listing is capital.

Flash delivery has always been the main on-demand mail service, and today, it still maintains a good development situation.

According to Xue Peng’s understanding, once the city-wide real-time distribution mode from person to person forms a scale, it will form a strong competitive advantage and the entry threshold is relatively high. Flash delivery has indeed built a certain industry barrier for itself. For example, there are 2.7 million registered riders, 88.9 million users, more than 270 million orders a year, and higher customer unit prices in the industry. In terms of rider and user scale, brand awareness, customer consumption willingness, etc., flash delivery does have a good accumulation.

In terms of performance, the development of flash delivery is in good condition. The overall order volume of flash delivery keeps increasing. The orders in 2021-2023 and the first half of 2024 were 159 million, 213 million, 271 million and 138 million respectively. With the increase of orders, the revenue also keeps growing, which is 3 billion yuan, 4 billion yuan, 4.5 billion yuan and 2.3 billion yuan respectively. Under normal circumstances, it is highly probable that this year’s growth will continue to be positive, but the growth rate continues to slow down.

Flash also maintained a stable profit. In 2023, the profit was 110 million, and in the first half of this year, the profit was 120 million, which had the effect of government subsidies, but it was still profitable if this factor was excluded. In contrast, Dada Group has never made a profit, losing 600 million yuan in the first half of this year.

Cash flow has also steadily turned positive in the last year and a half. The inflow was 45.71 million yuan in 2023 and 20.67 million yuan in the first half of this year. Cash increased from 690 million in the same period last year to 710 million in the middle of this year, which has increased steadily in recent years.

As early as 2020, Flash executives said in an interview with the media that the company may go public soon. At that time, Flash was in a state of loss, and perhaps it really needed listing financing, but the financing was received in the following year, and it was profitable again in 2023. Flash has entered a relatively positive track, and the urgency of the company’s listing financing is not strong, more like listing to meet the requirements of the capital side.

In mid-2020, Dada Group became the first share of instant delivery. After more than four years, its share price has shrunk by 90%. At the end of 2021, SF Express, an independent company, went public in Hong Kong, and its share price was slightly better, shrinking by 30%.

With the previous reference, Flash was broken on the second day of listing and once fell to $11.47, which was not sought after by the market.

The problems faced by flash at this stage make the future more unknown.

Struggling 2.7 million riders

Focus is the key to the listing of Flash, but it is also the reason why Flash can’t open the situation.

There are few companies that don’t make any kind of distinction between revenues, and flash delivery is one of them. A single business is closely bound to the order volume, and the revenue will increase when the order volume is high. After 10 years of development, the on-demand courier service has entered a gentle development period, which is also the reason why there has been no financing for flash delivery in the last three years. If you want to increase orders, you need to reduce prices and expand the market.

According to the order volume and revenue, the average revenue per order in 2021-2023 and the first half of 2024 was 19.12 yuan, 18.79 yuan, 16.71 yuan and 16.55 yuan respectively. In a state of continuous decline.

In addition to price reduction, flash delivery is also increasing consumption scenarios. At first, the main scenes were urgent matters, important documents, etc. Later, Flash began to provide expedited delivery services for customers of local restaurants, flower shops and bakeries, and to distribute valuable electronic products to consumers.

The expansion of the scene will indeed increase the order volume, but as mentioned above, the space in this market is too small. Instant delivery can be divided into four categories, namely, food and beverage takeout represented by Meituan and Hungry, which is high frequency, strong demand and most valuable. Fresh home delivery and Shangchao, represented by Dada, are equally high-frequency and just needed, but to a lesser extent than takeout. The logistics in the same city, represented by SF Express, is not high-frequency, but it faces more scenes and has stronger carrying capacity. Finally, there is the running errands represented by flash, and the demand frequency is lower than other modes.

Without the high-frequency feature, flash can’t use full-time riders like Meituan and Hungry, so it can only adopt crowdsourcing mode. Therefore, there are a large number of riders, with 2.7 million riders far exceeding 1.2 million in Dada Group and 950,000 in Shunfeng City, almost reaching the scale of being hungry. But obviously, the presence of the flash rider is far lower than that of hungry.

The advantage of flash delivery is that the customer unit price is high, and there is a lot of room for operation. However, crowdsourcing riders are not loyal, and they often take orders from multiple platforms at the same time, resulting in high personnel mobility. This requires flash delivery to benefit riders as much as possible. In 2021-2022, the salary and reward paid by flash delivery will exceed 90.5% of the revenue. However, the flashing needs to be profitable, and it has to be directed at the rider. In 2023 and the first half of this year, the proportion dropped to 85.4%.

To sum up, on the one hand, it is necessary to reduce the price and increase the order, on the other hand, it is necessary to maintain a high share for the rider, and on the other hand, it is necessary to consider its own operation and reduce the cost from the rider as much as possible. According to the scale of 2.7 million riders, combined with revenue, order volume and unit price, in 2023, there will be 740,000 orders per day, generating revenue of 12.41 million yuan, and the reward allocated to riders will be 10.9 million yuan. By this year, although there are 770,000 orders every day, the reward allocated to riders is only 10.84 million, with the increase of orders and the decrease of rewards.

At the same time, the prospectus shows that in 2021-2023 and the first half of this year, the average delivery time of orders was 35 minutes, 31 minutes, 29 minutes and 27 minutes respectively, which has been compressed, and the delivery pressure of riders continues to increase.

The rider’s income drops, the pressure of order limitation continues to increase, the competition becomes cruel, and the living environment is very difficult. At the present stage, it is no problem for riders to increase their income sources, but after all, they can’t keep the platform running by squeezing riders.

Of course, rider ecology is not a serious problem, and the real challenge comes from the external environment.

Small and beautiful, false proposition

Without backing the giants, the most well-known employer is Shunwei Capital of Xiaomi, accounting for only 7.8% of the shares. Although it is known as the largest on-demand delivery service platform, the scale of flash delivery is only half that of Dada and less than 40% of that of SF. Such a "small but beautiful" platform is often difficult to maintain for a long time in China Internet market.

The so-called moat flashing is more relative to the start-up platform. At this stage, it is not a small platform that competes with flash. Meituan’s errands, hummingbirds, SF Express and Dada are all backed by super platforms, and the order volume is incomparable. These platforms are involved in the field of flash, which is just a supplement to the business. Taking SF City as an example, getting involved in the same city business is only to supplement the short-distance delivery business and improve the choice of customer unit price, which can increase the income of the courier brother, and also expand the fresh home delivery, Shangchao and even take-away business when necessary, and improve the human efficiency without harm.

Giants not only have traffic, brands, service guarantees, but also the ability to price war. Previously, SF executives in the same city mentioned that the price is expected to fall this year, and the price is its core competitiveness. There is no doubt that in the face of price war, flash has basically no ability to parry. Flash delivery has almost no counter-ability, and it can be said that it is difficult for flash delivery to enter the take-away and logistics markets.

In fact, flash delivery is in a state of being a fish. In 2021, after the D2 round of financing, the flash valuation reached 2 billion US dollars. In 2024, the Hurun Global Unicorn List, the flash valuation was 7.1 billion yuan. After listing, the market value of Flash is only $1.07 billion. The downward adjustment of the flash valuation in the capital market has already explained many problems.

Flash delivery is actually a microcosm of the economic development of the Internet platform. Small and beautiful is a false proposition. If the scale is not reached, it will be impossible to compete with the giants. We can only pray that the giants will despise the "fly legs". An action of a giant that is often completely irrelevant may directly determine the life and death of a platform.

References:

1. A single income in 16 yuan, 2.7 million riders sent to the market, source: fixed focus.

2. Before going to the US IPO, flash to deal with the "same paragraph" problem of SF. Source: Wall Street.

3. Flash IPO to the United States: the price of a single customer has been declining year after year, and the unicorn valuation is "big waist" | BUG, source: Sina Technology