One is twenty or thirty yuan at a time! Why is it difficult to get cheap toothpaste on supermarket shelves?

  BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Yiguan) Toothpaste is a necessity in life, but recently many people have found that toothpaste sold in supermarkets is becoming more and more expensive. "I remember that in the past, the most expensive toothpaste was only a dozen or twenty pieces. Now the toothpaste is generally twenty or thirty pieces." Some consumers spit.

  Why did two or three yuan toothpaste disappear?

  It costs twenty or thirty yuan, but toothpaste under ten yuan is hard to find.

  Regarding the rising price of toothpaste, Xiao Ni, a consumer who recently went shopping in the supermarket, has a deep understanding.

  "Looking around, most of them are toothpaste of twenty or thirty yuan, and the better ones are thirty or forty yuan. The cheapest Crest salt white toothpaste also needs 6.9 yuan, and the price is too outrageous."

  As Xiao Ni said, recently, Sino-Singapore financial reporters visited a number of supermarkets, and the price of toothpaste was generally above that of 10 yuan. Among them, the range from 15 yuan to 40 yuan was relatively concentrated, and the price of a few brands of toothpaste such as Shushida could reach above 40 yuan, while only two or three models were below 10 yuan.

  This is also consistent with the data of the offline research of Ai Media Consulting. According to previous research, among the 40 or 50 kinds of toothpaste sold by large supermarkets, the price of a toothpaste is 10-mdash; 20 yuan accounts for 60%, 20 yuan or above accounts for 35%, and there are only two or three kinds below 10 yuan.

  In addition to the disappearance of low-priced toothpaste on supermarket shelves, many consumers have also found that the price of some toothpaste has doubled.

  "This cold sour toothpaste is now selling for 7.58 yuan. I remember that it only costs two or three yuan; Chinese toothpaste, which once cost a few dollars, is now ‘ Upgrade ’ Later, it was also sold to 20 yuan. " Xiao Ni mentioned.

  According to Huaxi Securities Research Report, the average price data of ordinary toothpaste of about 120g released by the National Development and Reform Commission showed that its price increased from 8.38 yuan/box on June 30, 2015 to 10.61 yuan/box on February 28, 2021, and the overall price of the industry showed an upward trend. This also proves that the price increase of toothpaste is not "somatosensory".

  Why is toothpaste more expensive?

  Toothpaste, which used to cost tens of dollars, was called "Hermes" in the toothpaste industry. Nowadays, the average person in the toothpaste industry is "Hermes". What caused the toothpaste to become more and more expensive?

  Many people may consider the cost factor. According to national standards, toothpaste is mainly composed of friction agent, humectant, thickener, foaming agent, fragrance, water and other additives. Although corresponding effective ingredients will be added based on different efficacy, according to published data, the production cost of raw materials is relatively low.

  Dengkang Dental owns brands such as Lengsuanling, and its prospectus shows that from 2019 to 2021, the unit cost of the company’s adult toothpaste was 1.53 yuan, 1.47 yuan and 1.50 yuan respectively.

Screenshot from Dengkang Dental Prospectus.

  Screenshot from Dengkang Dental Prospectus.

  Although the unit cost remained stable, its sales unit price increased year after year, driving the gross profit margin to increase year by year.

  In this regard, Denkang Dental said that the company has grasped the trend of consumption upgrading, complied with the development direction of diversified demand for toothpaste and high-end products, continuously carried out research and development upgrades on the basis of existing products, and continuously expanded its market share in mid-to high-end adult toothpaste. The unit price of product sales has increased year by year.

  Denkang’s remarks also unveiled the tip of the iceberg of toothpaste brand collective "momentum".

  In recent years, toothpaste enterprises are addicted to product upgrading, promoting whitening, anti-allergy, anti-sugar, refreshing breath and other effects by adding enzymes, probiotics, hyaluronic acid, amino acids and other ingredients, and even refining the use scenarios, on the one hand, catering to consumers’ demand for toothpaste functionality, on the other hand, because there is huge profit space behind all kinds of "gimmicks".

  All along, the toothpaste market is in a fierce competition situation. At one time, the domestic toothpaste market was occupied by two-faced needles and cold acid spirit. Later, foreign-funded enterprises poured in. Under the circumstance of "attacking the city slightly", the industry once fought a price war, coupled with the rising price of raw materials, the gross profit margin continued to decline. The sudden emergence of functional toothpaste such as Yunnan Baiyao has enabled the industry to find a "wealth password".

  "As a result, toothpaste companies have stopped producing traditional toothpastes that don’t make money and started to focus on functional toothpastes. The pricing of functional toothpastes far exceeds that of traditional toothpastes before, so that many toothpaste manufacturers introduce a new efficacy every once in a while, and then mention a price by the way. In this case, it is a natural trend for toothpaste to become more expensive. " Jiang Yan, a senior researcher at Pangu think tank, believes.

  With the continuous "upgrade" of products, we still need to make great efforts to carry out marketing, and please all the stars to speak for us. From the research report of toothpaste listed companies, the sales cost of toothpaste has been rising all the way. These marketing costs ultimately require consumers to "pay the bill".

  Can you still buy cheap toothpaste?

  During the reporter’s visit to the supermarket, a male customer was shopping for toothpaste. After looking at the price, he chose the favorite one between the two toothpaste with the lowest price. At the same time, the reporter noticed that the special price of Shuke baking soda toothpaste in 10 yuan in a supermarket in Beijing was sold to only one.

  The demand for low-priced toothpaste is still strong. Nowadays, the price of toothpaste is tens of yuan, which also makes many netizens miss the days when they bought a toothpaste for two or three yuan. Where did the cheap toothpaste go?

  The reporter’s online search found that domestic old-fashioned toothpastes such as Baiyu and Tianqi are still on sale, and the price of a single one is mostly below 10 yuan; A Crest toothpaste with strong roots and strong teeth is sold at a high price only in 4.5 yuan. In addition, some unknown brands of toothpaste are also cheaper.

  People who stay in the hotel will find that toothpaste, such as double-sided needles, which we are familiar with, frequently appears in disposable articles in the hotel. But these low-priced products are hard to appear on supermarket shelves.

  Jiang Han said that for most supermarkets, the cost of each shelf is basically fixed, and the cost of selling various toothpaste products is similar. Therefore, toothpaste with higher profit level is often more attractive to supermarkets, and more and more supermarkets tend to sell high-priced toothpaste.

  Xiao Ni once mentioned that low-priced toothpaste is mostly displayed on the lower shelf. This is also consistent with what the reporter observed in some supermarkets.

  With the increasing "efficacy" of toothpaste, the publicity is increasingly "cosmetic" and the industry supervision is also improving.

  The Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Toothpaste issued by the State Administration of Market Supervision this year clearly stipulates that toothpaste shall be put on record, and the toothpaste filer shall be responsible for the quality, safety and efficacy of toothpaste. In the industry’s view, after the implementation of the "Measures", it may be possible to publicize the efficacy of various toothpastes to "lower the fire". (End)

Notice of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for Accelerating the Construction of Information Software Industry in Beijing to I

Jing Jing Xin Fa [2024] No.22

All relevant units:

  The "Beijing Action Plan for Accelerating the Construction of Information Software Industry Innovation and Development Highland" is hereby printed and distributed to you, please implement it carefully.

Beijing Bureau of Economy and Information Technology    

April 19, 2024  

  (This piece is publicly released)

Beijing’s Action Plan for Accelerating the Construction of Information Software Industry to Innovate and Develop Highlands

  At present, the big model of artificial intelligence and the dual-core drive of new production factors of data, combined with multiple factors such as Internet technology innovation, the emergence of new hardware iterations, and the close integration of finance and information, jointly promote the reshaping of the global information software industry. In order to seize the opportunity of industrial transformation and accelerate the construction of a highland for innovation and development of the information software industry, this action plan is formulated.

  I. General requirements

  Accurately grasp the development trend of the information software industry, adhere to the comprehensive system concept, take the global competition as the guide, fully embrace the big model, ensure the safety of the industrial chain, seize the development opportunities of new formats, build a new data-driven mechanism, strengthen international expansion, promote regional synergy, create an open and inclusive new situation of high-quality development of the information software industry, and strongly support the construction of a global digital economy benchmark city.

  Innovation leads. Take technological innovation as the starting point of high-quality industrial development, give full play to the leading role of disruptive technologies and cutting-edge innovations in new industries, new formats, new products and new models, and accelerate iteration to form new quality productivity of information software industry.

  Prospective layout. Facing the future, lay out the key nodes of the information software industry, strengthen the overall judgment of the global industrial development trend, identify the key technologies that may cause industrial changes, clarify the strategic objectives, key areas and key paths of industrial development, appropriately lay out industrial infrastructure in advance, and do a good job in industrial risk assessment.

  High-end intelligence. Continuously improve the technical level of the industry, iteratively optimize the service value, and promote the industry to continue to move towards the high-end link of the value chain. We will continue to promote the high-end intelligent development of the industry, use information software technology to empower the manufacturing industry to "change intelligence into digital transformation", promote the supply of high-quality digital consumption, and effectively improve the level of industrial intelligence.

  Data driven. Promote the application of data elements and industrialization, and improve data development tools and infrastructure. Explore the data entry mechanism to form a closed loop of data production and consumption. Use data to improve the level of intelligence in the industry, promote a substantial increase in production efficiency, and optimize social governance capabilities.

  Global governance. Integrate into the innovation and application ecology of the global information software industry, adhere to the principle of improving science and technology, consolidate the industrial safety base, explore the governance and supervision system suitable for emerging technologies, actively participate in international open source governance, and comprehensively shape the expected stable and good innovation environment.

  Second, the main objectives

  By 2027, the operating income of Beijing’s information software industry will reach 4.8 trillion yuan. There are not less than 4 information software enterprises with a level of 100 billion and not less than 35 information software enterprises with a level of 10 billion. Cultivate world-class information software enterprises and build an internationally competitive information software industry cluster.

  -The applied ecology of large-scale models has taken initial shape. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) technology has reached the international leading level, and about 20 internationally competitive software Agents and industry models have been formed in 10 fields, including education, medical care, science and technology, culture, finance, telecommunications, transportation, automobiles, semiconductors and urban governance, and agent and industry model application stores have been built. Build the leading cloud computing infrastructure of model as a service in China. Set up about 10 artificial intelligence scene application laboratories and build an artificial intelligence open source community with extensive participation of international developers.

  -comprehensive reconstruction of key software. Basic software, industrial software and network security software are upgraded by using large models. The performance of key products has reached the international advanced level, and the user experience has been significantly improved. 30% of key software enterprises above designated size launch software products that integrate large model capabilities, and key software enterprises introduce large model-aided programming development paradigm.

  -New software formats have emerged. The layout adapts to new hardware products such as body intelligence, XR head display, vehicle terminal, intelligent computer (AIPC) and key software of the terminal. Cultivate more than 10 enterprises with revenues exceeding 1 billion yuan in the field of digital people, digital space and digital goods, and create about 10 information consumption experience points such as business districts, blocks, cultural attractions and stadiums in the meta-universe.

  -data governance capabilities have improved. Explore several new formats, cultivate more than 1,000 models and 100 service providers, promote the integration of several products into the manufacturing process, and build several production bases in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

  -the global competitiveness of the industry has been significantly improved. Cultivate more than 50 overseas software explosions in cross-border e-commerce, short videos, games and other fields, and promote Beijing enterprises to participate in the construction of global information projects. Promote Beijing enterprises to join international open source organizations, contribute about 10 world-renowned open source software, and cultivate more than 20 benchmark enterprises for commercial R&D of open source projects.

  Third, key tasks

  (A) fully embrace the big model

  1. Cultivate large-scale model application ecology

  Improve the theoretical research and engineering capabilities of large models, explore the cutting-edge technologies of artificial general intelligence (AGI), and support large model tools such as content generation (AIGC), retrieval enhanced generation (RAG), content security identification of artificial intelligence, deep learning framework, vector database, and artificial intelligence-aided programming. Build a large model native software application store, including agents and industry models in education, medical care, science and technology, culture, finance, telecommunications, transportation, automobiles, semiconductors, urban governance and other fields. Build a large-scale model safety shooting range, and organize the establishment of a large-scale model performance and safety rating and evaluation mechanism.

  2. Building a model as a service cloud computing infrastructure

  Encourage enterprises to build a service cloud computing platform that covers the functions of model selection, code hosting, data supply, parameter fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, prompt engineering, semantic engineering, model deployment, operation monitoring, model governance, model security, etc. Support cloud computing platforms to carry out business docking with user units, and promote government platforms such as Jingtong, Beijing Office and Jingzhi to adopt large-scale cloud computing services. With the goal of building a single Wanka intelligent computing center, the key technologies of cloud computing, such as computing chip, high-performance communication, scheduling system and container arrangement, are organized to master the ability of super-large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure construction.

  3. Promote the landing of large model scenes

  Support the construction of artificial intelligence scene application laboratories in the fields of education, medical care, science and technology, culture, finance, government affairs, industry, energy, biomedicine, etc., and create demonstration scene landing projects. Encourage primary and secondary schools to connect with large model enterprises, train teachers’ vertical models and agent applications around specific subjects, provide students with personalized, high-quality, low-cost and convenient auxiliary teaching services, and reduce teachers’ teaching workload. Strengthen the collaborative innovation of general large model and medical vertical model, and explore the auxiliary diagnosis ability of artificial intelligence for professional diseases in specialized hospitals; Using internet hospitals to explore large-scale model guidance and consultation services. Set up a large model to assist scientific research projects of basic disciplines, and lay out the research system of AI for Science. Relying on the strategy of cultural digitalization, the technology of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AIGC) is used to improve the efficiency of digital innovation of cultural products. Promote large-scale models to improve the performance of financial technology and strengthen the ability of safety supervision. Provide convenient government services such as policy interpretation, rule consultation, work guide and official document writing based on big model technology. Using the large model to continuously optimize the robot’s ability to handle complex tasks, and promote the deep integration of robot and intelligent large model with body. Support the development of small and medium-sized enterprise model training, study tours and other activities.

  (2) Build a solid foundation for key technologies.

  4. Improve the quality of basic software

  Encourage leading enterprises and management departments in the industry to be the chain owners of the industrial chain, and optimize the performance of basic software such as operating system, database and middleware by using the method of chain owners giving questions and enterprises answering questions. Accelerate the iterative efficiency of basic software, promote the new paradigm of large model-aided programming, support enterprises to use large models to develop software tools such as software and hardware adaptation, code migration, operation and maintenance management, and low-code development, and build a research and development system for the safe linkage between large model public cloud and enterprise private domain code base. Improve the usability of basic software, seize the new track of large model based on domestic operating system, and encourage the layout to develop artificial intelligence native software such as intelligent operating system, intelligent assistant, intelligent office and intelligent entertainment. Support domestic enterprises to cooperate with international leading large-scale model and basic software enterprises, promote technology linkage, accelerate product innovation, and achieve a win-win situation in the industry.

  5. Consolidate the foundation of industrial software

  Accelerate the convergence of industrial software data, promote the intelligent upgrade of industry users and manufacturing enterprises, promote the deepening application of industrial Internet, and accelerate the automatic data collection. Support the transformation of massive and fragmented industrial knowledge and experience into industrial software models and cultivate industrial knowledge processing enterprises. Strengthen the collaborative research and development of industrial software, support Beijing industrial software enterprises to tackle key problems in pairs with global industry users, and redevelop industrial software such as industrial operating system, CAD, CAE, EDA, PLC, DCS, ERP, PDM, MOM, PLM by using big model technology.

  6. Tackling new network security software

  Support the establishment of a large-scale network security laboratory, tackle key problems of artificial intelligence full-stack network software and systems, actively respond to new threats such as large-scale production viruses and ransomware, and improve the automation level and traceability of actual combat attack and defense. Strengthen the offensive and defensive drills of key information infrastructures such as finance, telecommunications and energy. Build an open source security detection platform for Xinchuang, and carry out security risk detection for Xinchuang products and open source codes. Promote the preparation of network security standards for new hardware terminal equipment such as self-driving cars and industrial equipment. Organize cyber security attack and defense competitions to attract internationally renowned cyber security events to be held in Beijing. Carry out network security insurance pilots to guide users to purchase independent innovation network security software.

  (C) seize the opportunity to cultivate new formats

  7. Layout new software with software and hardware cooperation.

  For new terminals such as personal intelligence, XR equipment, intelligent computers, vehicle-mounted terminals, and Internet of Things equipment, we will guide the collaborative innovation of software and hardware. Forward-looking layout with intelligence, strengthen the docking of artificial intelligence enterprises with robots and major equipment manufacturing enterprises. The key technologies, such as space computing and content rendering, are organized by the way of equipment manufacturers issuing questions and enterprises revealing lists. Take the head PC manufacturer as the chain owner, promote the innovation of chip instruction set, promote the adaptation and optimization of new chips, motherboards and other hardware, and support the research and development of new software such as agent operating system and PC-side intelligent applications. Organize car companies and information software companies to tackle key problems in pairs, strengthen the integration and innovation of car-level chips, on-board software and large-scale model technology, promote the landing of autonomous driving middleware, accelerate the boarding of intelligent interface software, and develop large-scale model development tools for car software. Establish technical standards for interconnection of IOT devices, support the open source of the underlying IOT operating system, and develop software middleware by combining high-end sensors, IOT chips, new short-distance communication, high-precision positioning and other devices. Plan and organize research on the operating system kernel, compiler and other underlying software of RISC-V chip in advance to realize the synchronization of chip development and software iteration.

  8. Develop new Internet 3.0 formats.

  Relying on the industrial innovation center and other institutions to issue cross-platform and cross-terminal digital content interconnection technical standards, digital content such as digital people and digital goods can be reused and re-created between different platforms such as the virtual space of the meta-universe and XR terminals. Establish a service platform for digital people, explore the rules of digital people’s application, circulation, transaction and copyright protection, carry out classification and evaluation of digital people, and build a digital content warehouse with rich quantity and good circulation. Support around the light field, moving capture, XR studio and other large-scale devices and equipment, supporting the functions of deposit, display, new product release, investment and financing, building an Internet 3.0 enterprise innovation incubator cluster and building a benchmark digital human base. Encourage the use of metacosmic technology to enhance the service experience of offline places such as business districts, scenic spots, museums, sports venues and industrial sites, and adopt the model of "front store and back factory" to cultivate a number of content creation enterprises around the offline metacosmic experience scene. Encourage leading enterprises in sub-sectors such as electronics, automobiles, petrochemicals, aviation, metallurgy and urban construction to take the lead in exploring industrial metacosmic solutions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

  9. Improve the governance capacity of the Internet platform.

  Promote the steady development of the Internet platform, promote the improvement of science and technology, protect users’ privacy, and create a good environment for innovation. Support platform enterprises to give full play to their technological advantages and carry out hard science and technology innovation for key software and emerging fields. Optimize the coordination mechanism of management departments, and strengthen the exploration, trial, pilot verification and popularization of new technologies and new formats. Explore the construction of a domestic "regulatory sandbox" environment and build a data flow regulatory sandbox.

  (D) Explore new data-driven mechanisms

  10. Foresight leads several innovations.

  Several pieces are new software based on data independent decision-making. Strengthen the insight and judgment on the new form of data application, and actively explore several standards, development processes, safety specifications and quality evaluation systems. Encourage Beijing’s data-dominant industries such as education, medical care, scientific research, culture and finance, as well as key manufacturing industries such as electronics, automobiles, equipment, biomedicine and materials, and process data such as industry knowledge, expert experience and industrial mechanism models into several pieces through large-scale model training and software programming. Encourage research on data identification and compliance technologies such as data consanguinity analysis and automatic content identification (ACR). Build several cloud service platforms covering several functions such as distribution, code management, online simulation verification and security vulnerability scanning.

  11. Cultivate several pieces of applied ecology.

  Support the research and development of several underlying systems for industry scenarios, accelerate the integration of several pieces into the production process, promote the digitalization and intelligent upgrade of the production process, and realize flexible production mode. Mining several application cases in the fields of education, medical care, scientific research, culture, finance and manufacturing. Strengthen the convergence of several cities, build a city-wide awareness communication network, and build a city-level data production network system with global influence. Encourage traditional software enterprises and system integrators to transform into several pieces of service providers, cultivate a group of technical and service-oriented data service enterprises with international vision, and build several pieces of production bases in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

  (V) Promoting the global distribution of China software.

  12. Support domestic software to go international.

  Encourage the internationalization of software, adopt overseas market classification strategy, deploy cross-border internet applications such as e-commerce, short plays, videos and games in Europe, America and Southeast Asia, and export overall information solutions to Europe and Asia. Organize information software enterprises to cooperate with cross-border cloud computing service providers and internet platforms to reduce the cost and technical threshold for enterprises to go to sea. Encourage enterprises to build overseas R&D centers and public service platforms. Relying on professional organizations and alliances, we will improve the cross-border consulting service system and actively provide services such as laws and regulations, cross-border payment, data security, privacy protection, market access, overseas market environment assessment, and market risk early warning. With the help of overseas exchange platforms such as the global digital economy conference, we will promote domestic high-quality software. Explore the establishment of software industry incubation bases and industrial investment funds with international sister cities. Continue to optimize the network environment, strengthen technical exchanges at home and abroad, and explore the cross-border flow of data.

  13. Participate in global open source governance.

  Strengthen cooperation and exchanges with international open source organizations, encourage enterprises, institutions and experts to participate in global open source organizations, attract internationally renowned open source activities and conferences to Beijing, and cultivate professional domestic open source community operation teams. Encourage leading enterprises to release full-stack open source solutions covering basic software, application software and hardware facilities. Support enterprises to carry out commercial secondary development around open source software and cultivate open source software commercialization enterprises. Use blockchain, smart contracts and other technologies to explore a new revenue sharing mechanism for open source software and attract global talents to participate in Beijing’s open source solution innovation. Strengthen the protection of open source intellectual property rights, promote the formulation of software bill of materials (SBOM) standards, and develop software tools such as traceability, quality control and safety analysis of open source software. Promote open source products and activities into the campus.

  (VI) Deepening inter-regional coordination and linkage.

  14. Continue to strengthen cooperation between the central and local governments.

  Strengthen cooperation between ministries and cities, and actively strive for major national software tasks, projects and projects to land in Beijing. Give full play to the respective advantages of central enterprises and local governments, promote regional coordinated development, implement major regional strategies, support large and medium-sized central enterprises as the main enterprises in the industrial chain, actively open their own scenarios, and jointly promote the iterative upgrade of the whole chain of software in sub-sectors with information software enterprises.

  15. Promote the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei

  Expand the information software industry sector in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and build an emerging software industry ecosystem with Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cooperation around new software fields such as large models and several pieces. Improve the supply level of network security capabilities in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and promote the construction of network security industry clusters. Relying on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Industrial Internet Collaborative Development Demonstration Zone, we will accelerate the innovation and development of industrial Internet and build a demonstration project for the integration and development of industrial Internet. Actively deploy the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Digital Transformation Promotion Center to promote the digital transformation and high-quality development of key industries in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

  Fourth, safeguard measures

  (A) to strengthen overall coordination

  Establish a joint working mechanism with the participation of relevant municipal departments and district governments, coordinate and solve major problems across fields, departments and regions, increase the promotion of major projects, and refine the task list and time nodes. Invite leaders of head enterprises, research institutes and think tank experts to set up software industry think tanks. Give play to the role of industry associations and industry alliances as bridges and ties, and promote all parties concerned to build consensus and strengthen joint efforts.

  (2) Do a good job in ensuring talent funds.

  Actively introduce leading software talents at home and abroad. Relying on the institutions in Beijing, such as the characteristic model software college, the State Key Laboratory, the National Manufacturing Innovation Center, and the Engineering Research Center, we will promote the integration of production and education, science and education, and accelerate the training of talents such as large models, key software, and software internationalization. Make good use of the information industry development fund, focusing on industrial internet, network security and innovation, Beidou, Internet 3.0 and other fields. Strengthen the cultivation of waist enterprises, encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to actively integrate into the development of sub-industrial chains, and support unicorn enterprises, single champion enterprises and "little giant" enterprises specializing in special innovation in the software field to be listed on the New Third Board and the North Stock Exchange.

  (C) Optimize the industrial spatial layout

  Support Zhongguancun Software Park to continue to build a national software park benchmark, and promote Xinchuang Park in Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone to create a national software park. Promote the construction of a national cyber security industrial park and build a cyber security barrier. Strive for a national data security industrial park and improve the supply capacity of the data security industry. Construction of "Industrial Internet, Shunyi District, Haidian District, Chaoyang District, Shijingshan District, Beijing" national new industrialized industrial demonstration base. Create "maliandao Tea China Data Street" and build a highland of data industry. Accelerate the cultivation of digital people industry and do a good job in the operation of digital people innovation base. Strive for a national-level meta-cosmic industry pilot zone and explore the construction of an Internet 3.0 demonstration zone.

Movie Guide | Nearly 30 new films are queued for release. The most complete April film list is here.


Special feature of 1905 film network Haven’t you fully satisfied your pursuit of excellent works? The cinema in April will continue to bring you wonderful things! At the beginning of the month, the Qingming file was welcomed, and at the end of the month, the May 1st file was followed. Nearly 30 new films will land on the big screen in April.


There are not only outstanding works in international film festivals, but also posthumous works, as well as high-profile documentaries that are expected by fans. The audience who love movies will celebrate the New Year.


In addition, animation fans can also feast their eyes! The director’s relay release will awaken the childhood DNA of countless audiences, and the spy play house, which is popular among the "Z generation", will also be the first film version. Do you want to see a good movie? Let’s take a look at the film list we prepared first!



Live movie


Between trees and grass

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Release date: April 3, 2024


Gu Xiaogang became famous for his first feature film, but at the same time, he also started the creation of a series of films called "Landscape Map". Now, the second film in this series, "Between Plants and Trees", is about to unveil the mystery. The film revolves around the West Lake and Chashan, and the main characters are a mother and son, starring Leo and Angel.



"Spring River Plumbing" is based on many real cases. He Mulian (Leo), a newly graduated college student, gave his life to save his mother when he found that his mother Wu Taihua (Angel) was caught in the mire of pyramid schemes.


The name of "Moss Flower" is taken from a sentence in Yuan Mei’s famous poem "Moss", "Moss Flower is as small as rice, but it also blooms like peony", and the name of "Mulian" is taken from the traditional folk story "Mulian Save Mother" in China. In this way, director Gu Xiaogang intends to use vegetation to describe people and explore China culture.



Snow leopard

Director: Pema Tseden

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Release date: April 3, 2024


On May 8, 2023, a generation of Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden passed away. Without warning, China film industry lost its leading talents, leaving endless regrets.


Snow Leopard, written and directed by Pema Tseden, lasted for three years from its production to its completion. Based on the fact that a snow leopard killed nine goats, it explored the way of coexistence between human beings, nature and animals.



The film not only uses CG technology on a large scale, but also creates a rare digital image of Snow Leopard. Pema Tseden also uses a unique black-and-white image style to distinguish between reality and spiritual world.


Even though the director left, the art of light and shadow under his lens is still bright and inspiring.



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Release date: April 3, 2024


Director Xu Wei has released a new work after that, "The Yellowbird is Behind! The painting will be opened in the Qingming Festival, and William Feng and Tao Hong will cooperate again after 14 years, and "Fengshen Proton" will make a surprise appearance in the film.


The original name of "The Victim" is "The Yellowbird Behind"! The creation time was much earlier than the director’s last released work, Brilliant She, which was originally scheduled to be released in Qingming in 2021, and now it is considered to be "late" for three years.



The film revolves around a robbery and murder case on a summer night ten years ago. It combines suspense, reasoning, crime and family elements, foreshadowing everywhere and reversing at different levels. It won the Venture Capital Award of the 9th Beijing International Film Festival, and the jury commented: "The story is full of dramatic tension, unique and ingenious narrative structure, and shows a strong emotional concentration. It is a genre film with very good commercial market potential."


Great "anti-"faction

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Starring: Bao Beier/

Release date: April 4, 2024


Bao Beier vs comedy! "The Great Anti-school" is directed and performed by him, and tells the story that the little actor Bi Chao (Bao Beier) finally got the chance to play the great villain after all kinds of hardships. However, when he accidentally lost his memory, he mistakenly thought he was a suspect in the kidnapping case, so he continued his plan of "kidnapping the richest man", which triggered a series of ironic stories.



There are many high-burning moments in the film, such as blasting scenes, speeding scenes and chasing scenes, and "comedians" such as,,,, and will also appear to help out.



Under the sun

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Release date: April 12, 2024


Produced by producer, Under the Sun is the masterpiece of the new director of China and Hong Kong, Jane Junjin. It has been acclaimed and a box office success in Hong Kong, China in 2023. At the same time, it has been nominated for 16 Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor and Actress, and it is a "big hit" in the award season.


The film is adapted from a real event, telling a reporter’s in-depth investigation into the abuse of disabled homes and exposing little-known stories hidden behind the news. Previously, Yu Xiangning, who played reporter Liang Xiaoqi, won the Best Actress Award at the 30th Hong Kong Film Critics Association Awards and the 2024 Hong Kong Film Directors Association Annual Awards.



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Release date: April 12, 2024


Aaron Kwok followed up with comedy. He will play a cross-time father and daughter with Lyric. In addition to appearing as a father, Wang, a "puppy", will meet the audience.


You from Wang Xing tells the story of Jiang Siwang, a sugar factory worker, who raised his daughter Jiang Lu alone, only to become a puppy by mistake. Dad decided to start a "guardian journey" as a puppy Wang, and a fantastic healing story was about to begin.



Golden video store

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Starring: David Redmond//vittorio Scobie

Release date: April 19, 2024


"The film is a record of existence, dedicated to the soul of the film!"


Douban 8.8′ s highly acclaimed documentary "Golden Video Store" focuses on the story behind a video rental store in new york, paying tribute to many classic movie scenes, and the finalized posters can be seen in many world-renowned movie master.



Director David Redmond bluntly said: "There will always be a large number of movies that will be forgotten by the world forever, but when the love for movies comes together to rescue movies, that belongs to the tenacious vitality of movies and will never give in, erin brockovich". The film is scheduled to be shown on the special line of the National Art Film Projection Alliance on April 19th.


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Release date: April 30, 2024


"Stunt Madman" is adapted from the drama series of the same name in 1980s. Gosling plays a stuntman and Emily plays a former camera operator. After many years of filming, the two men who once had a love affair are on the same stage. The former wants to win back his beloved heart but accidentally finds himself involved in an evil criminal plan.



David leitch, a former stuntman, tried to integrate his own experience and observation into the film, and the filming process once broke the Guinness World Record for the most tumbling laps of stunt cars.


 animated movies


What kind of life do you want to live?

Director: Miyazaki Hayao

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Release date: April 3, 2024


What kind of life do you want to live? Miyazaki Hayao wrote down his answer first. At the age of 83, he painted his personal experiences and close friends in the film one by one, returning to past regrets and looking forward to the future, encouraging everyone to move forward bravely in the journey of life.


The soup house in the middle, the tree essence in the middle and the red pavilion in the middle … … Miyazaki Hayao buried a lot of surprise eggs in the film, which is expected. In addition, the original Japanese version was dubbed by Suda Masaki and Kimura Takuya, while the Chinese version was voiced by,,, and so on.



Digital Baby 02: The Initial Call

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Voice: Katayama Fukujuro/Junko Noda/Arthur Langsberg

Release date: April 20, 2024


V-Beast, Bug Beast, Eagle Beast … When the digital beast appeared, whose childhood DNA was evoked? It coincides with the 25th anniversary of the animation of Digital Baby, and a new theatrical version of Digital Baby 02: The Initial Call is about to appear.


The film revolves around the story that happened between Daiwada, the first human who came into contact with the digital baby, and his digital baby Vucko beast after the "Light Hill Incident". The appearance of the main characters headed by Motomiya Daisuke has been adjusted to reflect their adult changes.



Hal’s Moving Castle

Director: Miyazaki Hayao

Voice:/Kimura Takuya/Akihiro Miwa

Release date: April 30, 2024


Douban 9.1, Miyazaki Hayao once said that his most satisfying work is "Hal’s Moving Castle", which is an animation he tried to create for the elderly. Sophie, a young girl, was cursed by a witch in the wilderness and turned into a 90-year-old woman. Hal’s Moving Castle was nominated for the best animated feature film at the 78th Academy Awards.


From 2004 to 2024, after 20 years’ waiting, the "Goddess-sealing Work" finally landed in the cinema in China. When you grow up, will you still walk into the cinema for it?



Spy play house code: white

Director: Pan Tongchong

Voice: Eguchi Takuya///Yoshinoyu

Release date: April 30, 2024


"Spy × Play House" is adapted from the comic book of the same name created by Tatsuya Endo, which has been highly sought after by Generation Z in recent years. "Spy Play House Code: White" is the first big movie of the IP, which continues the style of "Spy × Play House" which combines family and adventure elements, and creates the story of the "disguised family" Fujie family’s first group outing.


Whether the lovely Ania can set off a whirlwind on the mainland big screen remains to be seen.



So, what’s your favorite movie in April?


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Deng Zongjue, professor of biology at Nanchang University: Forging an indissoluble bond with the Chinese sturgeon

A giant Chinese sturgeon specimen is now on display at the Biological Museum of Nanchang University. Courtesy of Nanchang University Archives

1986年,邓宗觉教授(右一)陪同外国学者考察鄱阳湖鸟类。 南昌大学档案馆供图

1986年,邓宗觉教授(右一)陪同外国学者考察鄱阳湖鸟类。 南昌大学档案馆供图

  Archive story 70 years of glorious history 70 years of unforgettable memories

  One morning in 1952, Deng Zongjue, who was shopping at the Zhongshan Road vegetable market in Nanchang, saw a fishmonger selling a huge fish. Since it was nearly two meters long and no one wanted it for a while, the fishmonger decided to divide the fish into several pieces and sell it. Due to professional sensitivity, Deng Zongjue quickly stopped it, paid a "huge amount" of 100 yuan to buy the fish back, and made it into a specimen in the laboratory. This is the "treasure of the town hall" now on display in the Biological Museum of Nanchang University – the giant Chinese sturgeon specimen.

  The Chinese sturgeon and dinosaurs lived in the same period and were called "living fossils" in water. It was an important reference for studying the evolution of fish. It had important scientific value and incalculable ecological, social and economic value in the study of biological evolution traces, geology, landforms and other aspects of earth changes. However, due to human factors such as hydropower projects, water pollution, mechanical trauma, and overfishing, the wild Chinese sturgeon was in danger of extinction.

  Deng Zongjue, a professor of biology at Nanchang University, has been teaching at the school since 1949. The specimen he found of the Chinese sturgeon is of great significance. It reflects the survival status of the Chinese sturgeon in the wild at that time, the population status and the ecological environment of the Yangtze River, which is conducive to human scientific research, experimental teaching and species protection.

  这尾中华鲟标本的出现,无疑给当时生物系的教学带来了“惊鸿一瞥”,为人类对中华鲟的科学研究奉献了一组组生动具体的数据,更为之后制作各类动植物标本提供了实践经验。当年生物系师资力量虽然严重不足,但邓宗觉克服重重困难,一边制定教案、寻找标本,一边努力培养生物科学的好苗子,南昌大学生物系也随之不断发展壮大。

  在邓宗觉的坚持和带领下,他和他的学生们将鄱阳湖里的其他鱼类标本基本收集齐全了,为出版《江西鄱阳湖鱼类志》奠定了坚实基础。

  邓宗觉一直奋斗在南昌大学生物系教学第一线,教龄62年。在科研上,他也硕果累累,在国内首次选育成功了淡水鱼类新品种,建立了原种场,提供杂交用原种,获江西省科技成果二等奖,1981年获国家水产总局技术改进一等奖。他还参加鄱阳湖综合考察的治理研究,获1990年度国家科技进步一等奖;参加完成国家“七五”攻关项目《兴国红鲤人工生态库的设计与建设》;主持完成国家科委的120万亩池塘养殖高产模式化推广研究,获1991年江西省教委颁发的科技兴农先进个人奖。

  积沙成塔,集腋成裘,2006年对外开放的南昌大学生物博物馆,有相当数量的国家一级、二级保护动植物以及珍稀物种标本,如国家一级保护动物灵猫、中华鲟、华南虎、白鳍豚、金丝猴等,这些标本尤为珍贵。诸多馆藏动物标本都是由邓宗觉和他的学生们在野外采集并亲手制作而成。在这里,中华鲟标本和其他珍贵标本,不仅给人们提供了科学研究价值,更似乎在提醒人们这些是濒临灭绝的或已经灭绝的生物,激发了人们尊重自然、热爱生命、保护环境的责任感和使命感。(钟昕)

Jacky Bea Hayden is getting married! The third variety show witnessed the whole process of love, and the dog food was full.

Jacky and Bea Hayden are getting married on the Italian island of Capri! According to an insider, the wedding was organized by Xiangtai Chen Lan, and the scene was completely closed. Only some relatives and friends were invited, and a mothering banquet might be held in Taipei at the end of the year.

This morning, there was a picture of the welcome dinner, which was not clear, but Jacky and Bea Hayden were smiling like flowers.

Yesterday, Jam Hsiao’s agent Summer also showed a menu with "B&J" and "Bea & Jacky" written on it, which are English names of Jacky and Bea Hayden. There are appetizers, pasta, main courses (asparagus and perch slices, Palmi style eggplant), cakes, fruits and ice cream on the menu, and the date at the bottom of the menu is September 9th.

Because Jam Hsiao and Jacky look like brothers, Xiang Huaqiang and Xiangtai recognized Jam Hsiao as their adopted sons. Jam Hsiao and agent Summer Lin Youhui are lovers, and Jacky and Bea Hayden will naturally invite Jam Hsiao and Summer to their wedding.

On September 4th, there were also suspected wedding photographers who took photos with Jacky and Bea Hayden respectively.

In the past less than a year, the people who ate melons witnessed the love process of Jacky and Bea Hayden through the third variety show, and the dog food was almost full. Some netizens in single dog even said in despair that they never wanted to see their love again. However, now that they have finally entered the marriage hall, everyone is still very happy for the couple and sends their blessings one after another.

At the end of last year, Jacky, Xiang Tai, Bea Hayden and his father participated in the variety "The Most Beautiful Time". It was in this program that Jacky and Bea Hayden fell in love. They talked about their son’s ideal girlfriend and told Mrs Xiang bluntly that "Bea Hayden is more suitable".

With the "God’s assistance" from Xiang Tai, the relationship between Jacky and Bea Hayden developed rapidly. In January this year, they were photographed shopping hand in hand, and then they acquiesced in their relationship. In March, they held an engagement ceremony.

After the engagement, Jacky took Bea Hayden to meet michel platini and yohji yamamoto, the godfather of fashion.

Then they went to Japan to see cherry blossoms, visit art galleries, and do charity work in Nepal … and spread dog food all over the world.

Every combination is a full screen of pink bubbles.

In the variety "My Young Couple" broadcast in July, Jacky and Bea Hayden experienced the grassland wedding. At that time, Jacky called Bea Hayden "wife" and said: "I am looking forward to the real day."

At that time, Xiang Tai said that the wedding "would not be a big deal" on the grounds that "many centuries of weddings ended in haste".

In fact, in the recent hit variety "Daughters’ Love", Bea Hayden once revealed that the wedding has been prepared for "July 788", and she also said: "Most of them are handled by my mother, and I like to help us prepare with my mother and father." Before the wedding, Bea Hayden changed her name to Xiang Tai’s "mother", and the family was very intimate.

Jacky has also changed her name to Bea Hayden’s father "Dad". In order to make life in Bea Hayden more comfortable, Jacky also decided to make her home in Taipei. "We will have our first home in her most secure and safe place."

In "Daughters in Love", Bea Hayden’s father said to his daughter, "You only care about your husband now" and said to his son-in-law Jacky, "Thank you for helping me out of my misery. No one will take care of me in the future."

Guo’s father said with a little sadness, "Don’t worry, I am good at managing myself." Then I wiped my tears … Bea Hayden grew up in a single-parent family, and it was not easy for her father to raise her daughter. The mood of marrying a daughter and a daughter-in-law is completely different. Even if Bea Hayden marries so well, Guo’s father still has mixed feelings.

In the program, Jacky and Bea Hayden also wore headscarves to each other and rehearsed the wedding, showing their expectations for the wedding.

The young couple also revealed that they want to have two babies after marriage, "having both children". Bea Hayden and Jacky are both 35 years old, so the issue of having a baby should be put on the agenda soon after marriage.

I have witnessed the sweet marriage and love of Jacky and Bea Hayden all the time, and wish them happiness all the time!

Investigation on "Punching in online celebrity": Many serious cases of disturbing the people can be detained.

       CCTV News:In the last year or two, a very popular word on the Internet is: online celebrity punched in, which means that a video of a certain place was broadcast on the relevant platform, which aroused widespread concern, and then a large number of tourists and photographers went to the place to shoot and remember. The influx of people may have boosted local tourism revenue, but some uncivilized phenomena have also embarrassed these places with hot networks.

       Tongdeli is an alley in Suzhou, about 2 meters wide and more than 200 meters long. The 19 western-style houses here constitute the most typical buildings of the Republic of China in Suzhou. The old house named after a TV series is here. Thousands of tourists come here to take photos and punch in every day, and the lives of more than 100 households have changed.

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       Aunt Xu is an old resident of No.8 in Tongli. In the past two months, she has received a large number of tourists to visit, take photos and consult every day. Her home was originally an actor’s rest area, and No.7 was the prototype of Su’s old house, but because the layout of the two houses is the same, Aunt Xu often takes the initiative to open the door to receive visitors in order to alleviate the pressure next door.

       Xu Lifang, a resident of Tongli, said: "There are very few uncivilized tourists who are still knocking at the door of Su’s old house in the middle of the night."

       Aunt Xu said that she actually welcomes everyone to visit, but there are some problems, and even the house number of her own "No.8 Tongdeli" has disappeared a few days ago. The location of the actor lounge in the play has also been affected by the large passenger flow.

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       Lin Shengguo, a resident of Deli, said: "When someone opens the door in the whole community, once a person takes the lead to rush into the owner’s room, all the tourists will file in, and people will be packed around their homes in the morning. This situation is very common, just like my place, where I used to sit, and so are the tourists. Even the floor of my place was trampled, the board was broken, and some people fell in my place."

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       On the roadside of Pingjiang, Suzhou, a small courtyard called Haneryuan is the prototype of the restaurant "Meat eater" where the hero and heroine of this hit TV series met. A large number of tourists have been jammed at the door for two months.

       CCTV reporter Wang Shengdong: "The surge of photo-punching passengers has also brought unprecedented pressure to the garden. For example, this century-old wall around me, many tourists have taken photos with their hands, and the wall has been destroyed. The garden has to arrange special personnel to maintain order at the door."

       Haner Garden staff: "Some of them are for consumption, but more people simply punch in for taking pictures, which will lead to many people trampling on the flowers and plants in our garden, and throwing garbage everywhere, which will affect the environment of our whole garden and elegance. There are stone bridges and Ping Jianghe, which are actually very dangerous for everyone."

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       Destruction of flowers and plants is even more common in other places in online celebrity. Chengdu Airport Flower Field is an open sightseeing area built by Chengdu Shuangliu District in the landing area of the east runway of Shuangliu Airport. It has become a place for many tourists to punch in because it can photograph flowers and planes at the same time. The reporter saw at the scene that most tourists can enjoy the flowers on the observation deck, greenway and other places. However, many tourists ignored the fence, and even the staff dissuaded them, insisting on taking photos and playing in the flower planting area. Some flower fields near the sightseeing channel have been trampled by tourists, which is very conspicuous.

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       The "online celebrity punch card place", which suddenly rises in heat, can be said to be an embarrassing problem for the local area. There are more tourists, and their popularity has been greatly improved; But the uncivilized behavior of tourists interferes with everyone’s normal life. The Dragon Boat Festival holiday is approaching, and relevant departments in some places have prepared emergency plans for the upcoming large passenger flow.

       Li Jun, a member of the comprehensive administrative law enforcement brigade in the Fengmen area: "Our urban management department has also joined forces with the public security traffic police, transportation and other departments to cope with the peak passenger flow during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. We have put forward corresponding measures, such as one-way circulation of vehicles, and then our passenger flow has also gone from left to right, and timely guidance has been made to deal with the unexpected incident that happened to some tourists. For these uncivilized behaviors, we first educate them through community volunteers. "

       Ji Zhaoliang, secretary of the Party Committee of Jinfan Road Community, said: "One is the combination of dredging and blocking. If it is sparse, it is mainly because we have also made a hand-painted map, then we will divert residents or some tourists and go to other places to have a look. On the other hand, we have also posted some soft guiding signs at the exit of Tongli, so as not to disturb some normal lives of our residents. "

       In fact, these places in online celebrity are not the tourist attractions in our strict sense, and the short-term gathering of passengers by punching cards will bring great pressure to the local area. On the one hand, we call on tourists to travel in a civilized way and punch cards rationally; On the other hand, for uncivilized behavior, some legal experts said that excessive disturbance to the people and damage to the environment should bear the responsibility.

       Lawyer Cheng Xiaowen: "First of all, it is the provisions of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment. Once there is a corresponding actor who disturbs some lives and normal life order of others, the public security organs can give warnings and punishments after reporting to the police, and in serious cases, they can be administratively detained."

       According to the lawyer, knocking at the door in the middle of the night and shouting the names of the characters in the TV series are also suspected of infringement. On the one hand, they disturb the normal rest of others. On the other hand, if residents can prove that this behavior has caused their physical, mental or health damage, then the actor should not only apologize, but also make financial compensation.

       Lawyer Cheng Xiaowen: "As a tourist, it’s good to visit people’s private houses, or other places in online celebrity, or to punch cards. First of all, you should travel in a civilized way, respect others, and you respect others, so you can get others’ respect for you."

       Some experts in the field of tourism also said that online celebrity’s punch-in fires quickly and the fever drops quickly, which often caught the local residents and functional departments off guard. Therefore, in addition to on-site emergency coordination due to too many tourists, various means can be used to keep the passenger flow in online celebrity stable, orderly and long-term.

       Deng Ning, vice president of beijing international studies university Institute of Tourism Science, said: "We can relatively explore some of its tourism products, or some tourist routes, and explore its connection with the so-called online celebrity land, so that this kind of people flow can have other places to visit, spend money and experience some local elements with more humanistic care besides punching in. In this case, In order to form a so-called complete tourism experience, it is especially necessary to combine with other local things, such as cultural and creative products, catering, performing arts and so on. It does not have to be physically focused on a certain point, and it can be extended a little more. "

Goodbye "local chicken", the English name of Turkey will be changed from Turkey to Turkey?

Original global intelligence agent, global intelligence agent

Turkey changed its English name

Author | Blue Sky and Clear Away

Editor | |Thomas

Turkey’s English country name "Turkey" also means "Turkey" in English. The United States has the habit of eating turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Turkey thinks that its country name is linked to turkey, which affects its national image.

Not only that, Turkey also derives the meaning of "idiot, fool" in English. In Chinese, Turkey also has a nickname called "native chicken".

Turks can’t stand their country name being used as a joke. At the beginning of 2022, Turkish President Erdogan signed a communique to change the spelling of English country names from Turkey to Turkey. The Turkish government indicated that it would register a new English name with the United Nations as soon as possible.

▲ The official Turkish travel website has been renamed.

How did Turkey’s English country name "Turkey" come into being? Why is it linked to "turkey"?

▲ Eating "turkey" becomes a Thanksgiving ceremony in the United States.

First, the "trouble" guinea fowl

In modern Turkish, Turkey is written as Türkiye (Land of Turks). The country name of Turkey evolved from the word Turk, which means "brave" in Turkic, and Turks also consider themselves direct descendants of Turks.

In the 3rd century BC, Huns first occupied the Mongolian Plateau. After the Han Dynasty weakened the Huns, Xianbei and Rouran successively occupied the Mongolian Plateau from the 2nd century to the 5th century. At the same time, there were other nomadic countries in Central Asia, and Turkey believed that its history was inextricably linked with these nomadic countries.

▲ The troubles of Sui and Tang empires.

In the 6th century A.D., Rouran’s Turkic tribe defeated Rouran and established the Turkic khanate in the Mongolian Plateau. However, under the attack of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Turkic khanate was split in two.

A large number of Turks migrated from Central Asia to West Asia, and the Turkic ministries who moved to West Asia converted to Islam and became an important political force in West Asia.

In 1299, Osman I, the leader of Kaye tribe of Ugus, a branch of Turkic, established political power in Asia Minor Peninsula, namely the Ottoman Empire.

In 1453, the Ottoman Empire occupied Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, and the Roman Empire, which lasted for thousands of years, died. After the annexation of the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire launched several rounds of invasions on Central Europe, and the imperial army became the nightmare of the Christian kingdom in Europe.

▲ Osman I

The word Turkey was originally transliterated from the Latin Turcae, referring to the nomadic people along the Black Sea. After the Turkic people came into contact with Europe, this word began to be used in a series of Turkic countries.

As early as before the establishment of the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Empire (395- 1453 AD, the common language was Greek) once called the Seljuk Empire, another regime established by Turks in West Asia, Tourkia.

▲ Seljuk Empire was once the overlord of West Asia.

Since the Middle Ages, Europeans used to refer to the Muslim areas of the Ottoman Empire as "Turchia" or "Turquia", which means the land of Turks and Turks. These words can be found in the Book of the Duchess published by the British poet geoffrey chaucer in 1369.

After development, at the latest in 1719, the English spelling of "Turkey" was solidified into Turkey. Correspondingly, the ruling people of the Ottoman Empire were called "Turks". The Ottoman Empire is often called the "Turkish Empire". Since the Ottoman Empire is the core of the Islamic world, Europeans also use "Turkey" to refer to the Islamic world.

▲Turkey is a "common name" given by Europe to the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire likes to use the title of "Ottomans", but the title of "Turkey" is not popular.

Although there are many ethnic groups in the territory, the Ottoman Empire is more accustomed to roughly dividing its subjects into Muslims and non-Muslims based on religion. In 1517, the Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk dynasty that ruled Egypt and extended its rule to North Africa.

▲ Mamluk dynasty that once ruled around Egypt (red)

The Ottoman Empire controlled the trade routes from North Africa to Europe, and many products had to go through the Ottoman Empire to reach Europe, which inevitably led Europeans to have a misunderstanding-the Ottoman Empire was the origin of goods, and Guinea fowl was one of many misunderstandings.

▲ Guinea fowl

There are about 10 different species of guinea fowl, most of which live in sub-Saharan Africa. Its meat quality is drier and tougher than that of domestic chickens, with less fat and rich in protein.

After the Ottoman Empire conquered North Africa, Guinea fowl followed the footsteps of African businessmen and crossed the Sahara desert to North Africa, where it was transported to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, via Arab or Greek businessmen in West Asia.

▲ Ottoman Empire before 1878

As the core of a huge empire, Istanbul is also a commercial center of the empire. Since the 16th century, people can see all kinds of guinea fowl in the bustling bazaar (market) in the city. These African-born birds are huge, their feathers are dotted with spots, and they are also very conspicuous in the bazaar.

Guinea fowl comes from far away sub-Saharan Africa, which is not the territory of the Ottoman Empire, but British businessmen in the Ottoman Empire still call it "turkey cock" or "turkey coq", that is, Turkish cock.

▲ Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire

From the 16th century, guinea fowl came to western Europe from the ports of North Africa with merchant ships. People in Britain and France did not deliberately explore which tribe the merchants bought these species from. The British people also imitated the merchants and called the guinea fowl "Turkish cock".

Compared with the British who try to save trouble, France, the Netherlands and other countries are more strict in naming. They know that the Ottoman Empire is not the origin of guinea fowl, but the "shrewdness" of countries such as France and Holland will stop here. They think that guinea fowl comes from distant India, and the French guinea fowl is called "Lepoulet indien" (Indian chicken).

It is precisely because of the British "trying to save trouble" that the guinea fowl originated in Africa has inexplicably become "made in Turkey". This misunderstanding became more and more serious. With the rise of the European colonial empire, Turkey was finally bound to turkey in the process of spreading English.

Second, in the name of Turkey

After the Ottoman Empire controlled the Middle East and North Africa, the traditional trade routes were controlled by it. Encouraged by opening up new trade routes to the East and spreading Christian beliefs to the outside world, Europeans ushered in the era of "great geographical discovery".

In 1492, although Columbus didn’t reach the East where he wanted to go, he let Europeans first touch the American continent. Countries such as Spain, Portugal, Britain and France have successively launched colonial activities in America.

▲ new route opening

In September 1620, a sailboat named "Mayflower" carried 102 passengers from England to Virginia Colony. Because the ship deviated from the course, may flower was forced to dock in today’s Massachusetts, which was far less developed than Virginia.

In order to survive, people decided to build a new town in Massachusetts and named it New Plymouth after the sailing place.

▲ Come to the New World

There is a widely spread story that neighboring Indians lend a helping hand to British immigrants. They sent all kinds of food, including turkey, and taught British immigrants how to fish and build houses.

In the autumn of 1621, New Plymouth ushered in a bumper harvest. In order to show gratitude, British immigrants invited Indians to celebrate together. Indian leader Massasso led his people to a banquet, and people sang and danced for three days, which was the embryonic form of Thanksgiving.

▲ Thanks to the Indians

In fact, there is no record of this carnival in the diaries of the first immigrants from New Plymouth. On the contrary, in 1637, john winthrop, the governor of Massachusetts, launched a war against Indian tribes. After killing hundreds of Pecots, Winslow announced to British immigrants that "this day should be a Thanksgiving Day. Thank God, we conquered Pecots".

The origin of Thanksgiving Day is not as beautiful as the legend, but the turkey was indeed obtained from the association between British immigrants and Indians. Before the arrival of European colonists, Indians had raised turkeys for hundreds of years.

▲ Winslow

In the eyes of British immigrants, turkey and guinea fowl are the same species. With a fat body and a colorful head, the name of the Turkish rooster was put on the turkey. Since then, the name "turkey fowl" has come into being.

Turkey, with its plump meat, soon became an important food for the colonial people in North America. The name of the turkey is also simplified, and the fowl (bird) used to indicate the attribute is omitted, and only the name of "origin" is retained (even if the turkey has nothing to do with Turkey).

"Turkey" has become the official name of turkey, and there is no difference between them except the case of the first letter.

▲ Turkey (left) and Guinea fowl (right)

The name of Turkey in English changed from guinea fowl to turkey, and so did the name of "Indian chicken" in French.

In addition to foreign countries, Polish, Hebrew, Catalan and other languages also call turkey "Indian chicken".

After the great geographical discovery, turkeys also appeared in the markets of the Ottoman Empire along with commercial activities. The Ottomans knew that this kind of chicken had nothing to do with themselves, so they learned from the French that turkey was called "hindi" (Indian chicken). India, however, was ruled by Britain in modern times. In local languages, most turkeys are called "Turkish chickens" like English.

▲ The Ottoman Empire in the 19th century

This story is somewhat similar to the fact that the Dutch bean in China population becomes China bean in the Dutch mouth, and the charm and fun of language are contained in it.

Looking at the essence of the problem, turkeys originating in North America have many names among the Indian population, meaning mostly "big bird". However, Indians have no right to speak, but Britain and the rising United States spread the name "turkey" all over the world with colonial expansion and cultural export.

▲ The British navy is strong.

Third, we are not "native chickens"

Almost every language has polysemy, and it is not surprising that country names have the same names as other things. "China" means porcelain, but few people compare China with porcelain.

However, turkey, as a necessary food for Thanksgiving in North America, is not only a little too ordinary, but also represents the meaning of being "eaten" by human beings, which cannot reflect the "sense of power" of the Ottoman Empire.

In the 18th century, the Ottoman Empire began to decline and became the target of aggression by European powers. At the same time, the colonial people in North America started the war of independence, and Britain was forced to recognize American independence in 1783.

▲ Thanksgiving Day

After 1800, turkey gradually became a regular dish on Thanksgiving Day. In 1863, President Lincoln set the date of Thanksgiving as the last Thursday in November. In English, the name of turkey solidified into turkey. Because the first impression of turkey seems to be not very smart, Turkey also extended "idiot, straw bag".

Britain is developing colonies all over the world, and the national strength of the United States is also booming. With the spread of English, turkey is known by more and more people, but most people know the word through turkey, and the original meaning of the word "Turkey" is not so important.

On the other side of the globe, the Ottoman Empire has indeed gone from bad to worse, becoming a "straw bag" bullied by the great powers.

▲ Russia invaded the Ottoman Empire.

By the end of the 19th century, Austria and Russia had turned the land of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans into their sphere of influence. Britain, France and Italy carved up the North African territory of the Ottoman Empire, and the weak Ottoman Empire really became a turkey in front of the big powers’ knives.

With the increasing influence of the west in the Ottoman Empire, the way that westerners equate "Turkey" with "Ottoman" also affected the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire began to accept the word "Turkey".

But until the end of 19th century, "Turkey" still had no meaning of modern nation or country. In the Ottoman Empire, "Turkey" has a certain derogatory meaning, usually referring to farmers in plateau mountainous areas.

The upper classes still call themselves "Ottomans" (Ottomans). The "Turkish" in the European and Ottoman populations do not refer to the same group of people.

▲ subjects of the empire

The great powers’ carve-up frenzy gave the Ottoman Empire a deep sense of crisis. From the end of 19th century to the beginning of 20th century, a "pan-Turkic" ideological trend rose in West Asia, advocating the union of turkic peoples and the leading role played by the Ottoman Empire in it, driving turkic peoples to become self-reliant, and Turkey began to become the representative of the Turkic nation.

This collided with another trend of thought at that time, "Ottomanism" (revitalizing the Ottoman Empire and highlighting Ottoman identity). Ottoman (Ottoman), Turkey (Turkey) and Islam (Islam) together constituted the identity of the empire.

In 1914, the Ottoman Empire put all its eggs in one basket and joined the First World War against the background of alliance with Germany and Austria. As a result, the Allied Group was defeated in World War I, and the Ottoman Empire was forced to sign the harsh Treaty of Sevres.

The Arab settlements controlled by the Ottoman Empire were ceded to Britain, France and other countries, and even the western part of Asia Minor Peninsula, where the main ethnic group Turks lived, was ceded to Greece.

▲ Autumn in Danger

The Ottoman Empire slipped to the brink of national subjugation, and young officers headed by Kemal organized a resistance struggle. Kemal said that "the independence of the Ottoman nation should be maintained".

During the war, there was a wave of referring to the country as "Turkey" in the Ottoman Empire. Amir Pasha, a government official, opposes the use of Turkey to address a country or a nation.

He said, "We have established the caliphate system in the name of Islam … We are not just gathered here in the name of Turks. It is more appropriate to say Muslims or even Ottomans than Turks. In our hometown, there are Caucasians, Chechens, Kurds and other Muslims. The use of Turkish appellations will exclude (these groups). "

▲ The Last Sultan of the Empire

After more than two years of life-and-death fighting, Kemal defeated the invading army headed by Greece and re-signed the fairly Lausanne Treaty with western countries. The core territory of the former Ottoman Empire was preserved, and the Turks became the absolute subject nation of the qualified new country. After the victory of the war, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was expelled and the empire came to an end in 1922.

In order to make a thorough cut with the Ottoman Empire and break the state system of the integration of politics and religion that lasted for hundreds of years, Kemal initiated the secularization reform, and the importance of religion in social life decreased greatly. He argued that "Turkey" should be the name of the new country. "Turkey" has changed from a vague political term to the name of a country, but it is still written in Arabic characters during the Ottoman Empire.

▲ Kemal, who is honored as the father of Turkey.

During the secularization reform, Turkey established a representative democracy by learning from the West, Latin letters replaced the original Arabic writing system, and Türkiye ("Turkey" in Turkish) became a new way to write country names.

After the establishment of the brand-new Turkey, Turkey has developed into an important country in West Asia from the 20th century to the 21st century. By 2020, the country’s GDP totaled 720 billion US dollars, ranking 19th in the world and 1st in West Asia. The standing army of more than 600,000 makes Turkey a NATO country second only to the United States in terms of strength.

However, with the stagnant economic situation in Turkey in recent years, nationalism has begun to rise. Especially since the current Turkish President Erdogan took office in 2014, the strengthening of religious forces has also worried the outside world that Turkey will have a wave of "anti-secularization".

In addition, Turkey is also actively involved in the affairs of surrounding areas. Under the background of national strength, many Turks express their dissatisfaction with the English spelling of country names. How can the country name be associated with the food on the table? Moreover, this name has been ridiculed by the world from time to time, and serious country names should not be regarded as the object of playing tricks.

▲ The Turkish army entered Syria

In 2021, Turkey launched the English country name adjustment action. In January 2022, Erdogan signed a decree to change the English spelling of the name of Turkey from Turkey to Turkiye(Türkiye). Turkey has also launched a publicity and public relations campaign called "HelloTürkiye" on social networks and TV media at all costs.

▲ Renaming activities

In addition to adopting relevant resolutions at home, changing the English spelling of country names needs the cooperation of the international community. Turkish officials said that they would apply to the United Nations to urge the international community to accept new English names as soon as possible.

There are many precedents for changing foreign translation names, and most of the reasons are to erase colonial marks (for example, Ivory Coast is changed to C? te d ‘Ivoire); Promote national unity (for example, Myanmar has changed Burma with great Burmese color into Myanmar that can refer to all ethnic groups); Pronunciation in line with the national language (for example, South Korea changed Seoul to Seoul).

But like Turkey, the name is changed because the name is tied to poultry, but it is unique in the world.

However, modern Turkish is also spelled with Latin letters. The so-called change of English country name is only the transplantation of Turkish spelling into English. "Turkey" in English and "Türkiye" in Turkish actually sound almost the same, which is difficult to distinguish in spoken English. It also makes people suspect that renaming will not actually achieve results.

In the eyes of some people, Turkey’s change of English-speaking countries is more about service politics. At present, Turkey’s economy is in recession, the Turkish lira has depreciated sharply, and domestic inflation has risen sharply. The Turkish domestic opposition criticized Erdogan for "putting on a show" and accused him of using the name change to stir up national sentiment to divert people’s attention to the economic downturn and shift the accusation of his ineffective governance.

▲ In Turkey, money is becoming less and less valuable.

Supporters believe that it is necessary for Turkey to correct Türkiye’s name, and they praise the government for showing Turkish culture and values in the best way. After all, having the same name as "Turkey" is detrimental to the national image, and they think their country name should be respected.

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Children should pay attention to these things when the age of vaccination is prolonged.

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Children's vaccination is extended to 18 years old. Experts interpret the latest version of children's immunization program for you.

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Children's vaccination is extended to 18 years old. Experts interpret the latest version of children's immunization program for you.

Lu Mingxia, Director of Monitoring Room 1, Institute of Immunization Planning, Henan CDC

  Vaccination is the most direct and effective measure to prevent infectious diseases. National Health Commission recently published "Procedures and Instructions for Children’s Immunization under the National Immunization Program (2021 Edition)", which made the latest planning and adjustment on vaccination age, vaccination site, replanting principle and other contents. On the afternoon of March 18th, Lu Mingxia, director of the first monitoring room of the Institute of Immunization Planning of the Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, made a guest visit to the online interview program of Henan government website to interpret the new national immunization program and introduce the vaccination situation of children in Henan province.

  There are four changes in the new immunization program, and the supplementary vaccination of children is extended to 18 years old.

  "Vaccination is the most direct, effective and economical measure to prevent infectious diseases, and immunization planning vaccine refers to the vaccine that is vaccinated for school-age children free of charge according to national procedures, and it is also a vaccine that must be vaccinated." Lu Mingxia introduced that the National Immunization Program for Children (2021 Edition) is the latest version of the children’s immunization program in our country. Compared with 2016, there are four main changes.

  First, the age of replanting is prolonged. The age range of coverage has been expanded from 14 years old and below to 18 years old. On the one hand, the definition of adults in China is over 18 years old, and on the other hand, it has laid a foundation for promoting vaccination and replanting of adolescents in the future.

  The second is to clarify the inoculation site. When a variety of vaccines are inoculated at the same time, they can be inoculated in the left and right arms and the left and right thighs respectively, which is more specific than the 2016 version of "Two or more vaccines should be inoculated in different parts".

  Third, the use of vaccines is more operational. For example, in the part of hepatitis B vaccine, it is more operable to vaccinate newborns and low-birth-weight infants born to mothers with positive or unknown hepatitis B surface antigen, and in the part of BCG, the principle of BCG vaccination for premature infants has been added.

  Fourth, the vaccination guidelines for children with special health status have been added. Detailed guidelines are defined for vaccination of children with premature delivery, low birth weight, allergy, abnormal immune function, jaundice, liver disease, encephalopathy and common congenital diseases.

  "In short, the new national immunization program is more detailed, which is conducive to the implementation of vaccination doctors and the healthy growth of children." Lu Mingxia said.

  Vaccination should be kept on time and throughout the whole process.childrenVaccination certificate

  According to Lu Mingxia, since 1978, the state has been vaccinating people in a planned way to prevent infectious diseases. According to the needs of infectious disease prevention and control, the content of children’s immunization program has been increased and adjusted several times. At present, there are 11 kinds of vaccines for children in Henan Province to prevent 12 kinds of infectious diseases, that is, "11 vaccines against 12 diseases". "There are more than 1 million newborns born every year in the province, and the vaccination rate is over 90%. An immune barrier has been established among the population. The incidence of these 12 vaccine-targeted infectious diseases is very low, such as polio, also known as polio. There have been no cases in Henan for 28 consecutive years."

  Lu Mingxia reminds parents that vaccine is the best health gift for their children. They should take their children to be vaccinated in time and vaccinate them on time and in the whole process according to the provisions of immunization procedures. If you miss the vaccination time for special reasons, it will increase the risk of disease exposure, and replant it in time when conditions permit. In addition, we must keep the vaccination certificate well, so as not to affect children’s normal attendance at kindergarten and primary school. (Text/Yin Xinyu Zhu Ping Zhao Meng Camera/Mu Yu Wang Shuangfei Jia Zhihao Clip/Jiang Yuxi)