Front door ecological farm, back door sewage is discharged directly! Farmhouse becomes a blind spot of pollution supervision

An ecological farm built on the river bank, in the form of quadrangle dwellings, has green grass in the yard, and a sewage pipe is connected from the kitchen behind the yard to the river. Reporter Bai Tiantian photo

  Imagine a family driving to an ecological farm far away from the city on a weekend, experiencing country life and tasting delicious farmhouse food. How do you feel when we leave comfortably, but leave behind the black and smelly wastewater that is directly discharged into farmland and rivers?

  Nowadays, all kinds of farmhouses and ecological farms are blooming everywhere, becoming the hot spots of rural tourism. Half-monthly reporters have recently conducted field investigations in many places and found that many farmhouses have outstanding problems of "front door ecology and back door sewage discharge", and pollution prevention and supervision are lagging behind. Some farms that flaunt "ecology" are not worthy of the name, and the sewage discharge place has become a stinking ditch, and the lampblack discharge place has become a "black land".

  Ecological farms are not necessarily "ecological", and waste water and oil are discharged at will.

  Pastoral scenery, green ecology, native dishes … … This is a "propaganda language" played by many farmhouses and farms. Recently, a semi-monthly reporter walked into an ecological farm built on a river bank in a county in Dongting Lake area. The farm is a courtyard house with more than 10 boxes, green grass in the yard, cool breeze on the terrace near the river and pleasant environment. Walking through the yard to the back of the kitchen, you can see a 4-meter-long, covered with blue colored steel tiles, and some hidden pipes lead directly into the river. The water flowing out of the pipe is obviously dirty.

On a farm around a county town, kitchen sewage and waste were discharged into a small pond for a long time, filled with black or yellow wet and sticky dirt, next to a rice field and an irrigation canal. Reporter Bai Tiantian photo

  In this regard, the farm staff disapprovingly said: "The sewage in the kitchen is discharged like this, and it is washed away as soon as it rises."

  A farm close to a county town, the scene of sewage discharge is even more shocking. When the reporter asked the farm owner for half a month, how to discharge the sewage? The female boss’s answer is: "We discharged into the sewer." But when the reporter went to the back of the kitchen, a bad smell came head-on, and I saw a small pond next to it, full of black or yellow wet and sticky dirt. On one side of the pond, there are paddy fields and an irrigation canal — — It turns out that this is the so-called "sewer".

  In another mountainous town, the annual spring flower viewing season is the tourist peak season, and tourists come here in an endless stream. A farmhouse named "Central Local Restaurant" has a reception capacity of more than 20 tables. Half a month, the reporter saw that the oil pollution, dishwashing water and toilet sewage of this farmhouse lampblack machine all merged into the next canal. The farmhouse is surrounded by farmland, and the early rice is growing green. These blackened wastewater turns into irrigation water and flows into the fields.

  Similar pollution phenomenon is not a case. A person in charge of the environmental protection department said frankly that in the current rural environmental pollution, the wastewater, exhaust gas, lampblack and solid waste from farmhouses and farms are important sources of pollution. "Many farms are directly discharging pollutants in order to maximize their interests."

A farmhouse that focuses on "local dishes", the kitchen waste water is directly discharged into the canal behind the house, forming a black greasy dirt for many years. Reporter Bai Tiantian photo

  Shuguang Environmental Protection is a non-governmental environmental protection public welfare organization in Hunan. This year, they launched a survey on the water pollution in farmhouses. Tan Yongchao, director of water project, said that at present, his team members have visited more than 20 farmhouses on the spot and found that toilet sewage is generally treated by septic tanks, while most kitchen wastewater is "directly discharged".

  In April, Shuguang Environmental Protection conducted a sampling inspection of wastewater samples from the outlet of an ecological farm around Changsha. The test items included suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand, total phosphorus, total nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen. According to the test report, if compared with the pollutant discharge standards of urban sewage treatment plants, many indicators of the samples seriously exceed the standard. For example, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) is 373 mg/L, which is more than seven times that of Grade A standard and three times that of Grade III standard.

  "I pollute but I don’t control it", and environmental protection can only rely on "awareness"?

  During the tourist season or weekends and holidays, some farmhouses and ecological farms are bursting with popularity, and operators earn a lot of money. But when it comes to environmental protection, they often "have nothing to do with themselves and hang high", and the prevention and control of pollution can only rely on "awareness".

  In the interview, farmhouse operators generally showed two typical mentalities. One mentality is that "the law does not blame the public." An eco-farm owner pointed to the pipeline leading directly to the village canal and said without hesitation: "Sewage is directly discharged into the canal without treatment. In rural areas, everyone does this and it has no impact."

  One mentality is "I pollute and the government pays". After a half-month talk, reporters asked a number of operators and found that they generally lacked the concept of "who pollutes, who governs", and thought that pollution control is a matter for the government. The owner of the farm near the county said that it would cost thousands of dollars to remove waste water and waste oil once, which was not cost-effective, and should be paid by the government. Before the village dredged the canal, she didn’t clean the sewage pond of her farm by the way, and she still complained about it.

In a village famous for enjoying flowers in spring, the oil pollution, dishwashing water and toilet sewage of a farmhouse lampblack machine in rice fields are "three in one", and the blackened wastewater is directly discharged into the irrigation canal. Reporter Bai Tiantian photo

  On the other hand, some places lack restraint and supervision on the pollution of farmhouse music. A person in charge of the local environmental protection bureau said that in the past, rural environmental improvement focused on "visible garbage" and carried out cleaning projects for villages, schools and roads, but not enough attention was paid to the "root cause" of air, water and soil pollution. According to the regulations, environmental impact assessment should be carried out in the construction of ecological farms, but the local area is basically blank.

  In 2017, the Environmental Protection Bureau of Linyi County, Hunan Province investigated an ecological farm project and found that it was built without going through the EIA approval procedures, put into operation without supporting pollution control facilities, and made administrative penalties. However, similar cases are rare. Most of the farm operators interviewed by reporters in half a month said that they did not conduct environmental assessment, and the inspection of environmental sanitation rarely involved smoke exhaust, drainage and exhaust.

  Relatively speaking, star farms have done a good job in environmental protection. In a five-star farm with an area of more than 80 mu and an investment of tens of millions, facilities such as sewage purification tanks and fume purifiers are readily available, designed and installed by professional environmental protection companies. The owner of the farm said that the star rating has clear environmental protection requirements, so they conducted an environmental assessment and built pollution control facilities.

A five-star farm has done a good job in environmental protection, and built facilities such as sewage purification pond and lampblack purifier. Reporter Bai Tiantian photo

  Farmhouse "blooms more", and environmental protection should also "keep up step by step"

  With the rise of rural tourism and global tourism, farmhouses and ecological farms are showing the trend of "multi-point flowering". The reporter learned from the semi-monthly talk that in recent years, in key areas such as urban suburbs, reservoir wetlands and scenic spots, farmhouse music is gradually being brought into the scope of supervision and rectification, and environmental pollution problems have begun to spread to some remote counties and townships and emerging rural tourist spots.

  Liu Shuai, director of the Supervision Department of the Environmental Protection Committee of Hunan Provincial People’s Congress, said that at present, pollution prevention and control of farmhouse music is well done in developed areas such as the Yangtze River Delta and around big cities, but it is still weak in many other places, which should be further paid attention to and strengthened management.

  Liu Shuai believes that it is necessary to explore rural pollution control modes according to local conditions, such as building "upgraded versions" of constructed wetlands and septic tanks in villages with scattered populations. In the construction and operation of farmhouse music, the environmental impact assessment system should be implemented at the front end, and the departments of agriculture and tourism should be combined at the end to strengthen environmental law enforcement.

  Wang Gaoliang, deputy director of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Hengyang County, said that this year, the local environmental protection department will focus on rural environmental improvement, requiring farmhouses to standardize the installation of lampblack and sewage treatment facilities, and promote the construction of four sewage purification ponds and "constructed wetlands+oxidation ponds" suitable for rural areas. The basic requirement is that they cannot be discharged directly. If the farmhouse fails to meet the environmental protection requirements, a rectification letter will be issued and penalties will be imposed.

  Liu Hongli, Director-General of Shuguang Environmental Protection, suggested that the principle of "whoever pollutes should treat" should be adhered to for farmhouses and ecological farms. At the same time, the government can also introduce guiding measures, like remediation of aquaculture pollution, and give certain subsidies to the construction of pollution control facilities according to the scale of farmhouses, starting with newly-built farmhouses and star-rated farms, and then gradually solving the problem of stock pollution. (Talk to reporter Bai Tiantian for half a month)

Experts’ Interpretation: Working with the international community to control the environmental problems of new pollutants

  New pollutants endanger the ecological environment and human health, which is one of the global environmental problems. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to the treatment of new pollutants. Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the Action Plan for the Treatment of New Pollutants (Guo Ban Fa [2022] No.15, referred to as the Action Plan), which pointed out the direction for the treatment of new pollutants in the future. The Action Plan embodies China’s idea of actively participating in global environmental governance, which is of great significance for building a beautiful China and building a community of life on earth.

  First, new pollutants are a common challenge facing the world.
  The environmental risk of new pollutants is an environmental problem faced by all countries in the world. The new pollutants mainly come from synthetic chemicals. DDT revealed by Silent Spring is one of the chemicals with typical new pollutant characteristics, and its harm spans half a century and involves every corner of the world. In order to protect the ecological environment and human health, developed countries such as Europe, America and Japan have been legislating to control the environmental risks of toxic and harmful chemicals since the 1970s. In 1992, Agenda 21 of Rio Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil defined the plan to reduce the global environmental risks related to chemicals, and then the world gradually took action and controlled some new pollutants with long-distance migration that may cause environmental and health hazards to the world. Among the 17 sustainable development goals for 2030 reached by the United Nations in 2015, Goals 3, 6 and 12 all involve the treatment of new pollutants, such as drastically reducing the number of deaths and illnesses caused by toxic and harmful chemicals and air, water and soil pollution by 2030.
  The treatment of some new pollutants needs global action. Besides being persistent, bioaccumulative, carcinogenic and teratogenic, some new pollutants also have the potential of long-distance migration, which can migrate across international boundaries with air, water or migratory species and be deposited in areas far away from their discharge points, causing worldwide environmental pollution problems. The treatment of such new pollutants requires global joint action. Therefore, the international community adopted the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001. At present, there are 30 categories of persistent organic pollutants controlled by Stockholm Convention. Through global action, more than ten kinds of production and use have been eliminated all over the world.
  Second, controlling new pollutants will be a long-term task.
  New pollutants cover a wide range and are closely related to economic development and production and life. China is a big producer and exporter of chemicals. According to UNEP’s Global Chemicals Outlook, China’s chemical sales accounted for 37.2% of the world’s total in 2017, and it is expected to reach 50% of the world’s total in 2030. China is the main producer of chemicals newly listed in Stockholm Convention and under evaluation, such as short-chain chlorinated paraffin, decabromodiphenyl ether, DechloranePlus, chlorpyrifos and ultraviolet absorber (UV-328). These chemicals are consumed and used in many industries, and some chemicals are closely related to necessities such as agricultural production, daily necessities, semiconductors, aerospace products, etc. For example, the annual production scale of short-chain chlorinated paraffins can reach millions of tons, and chlorpyrifos is related to agricultural production and food security. However, it is difficult to develop their substitutes, and there may be conflicts in availability, performance, cost, environment and safety, so it is difficult to achieve perfection, which brings great challenges to the control of new pollutants in the future.
  One of the greater challenges to control new pollutants is to identify, evaluate and control the chemicals being produced and used. Both the Toxic Substances Control Act of the United States and the Regulation of Registration, Evaluation, Licensing and Restriction of Chemicals of the European Union have been faced with huge data and research and evaluation needs since their implementation, and have not fully achieved the control objectives of the original design regulations on new pollutants. At the level of international conventions, the Stockholm Convention only added 18 categories of persistent organic pollutants in 17 years. China is one of the countries with the richest types of chemicals. The existing chemical list includes more than 40,000 kinds, and nearly 100 new chemicals are listed every year. Limited research information shows that according to the screening criteria of Stockholm Convention, there are more than 100 chemicals in the above list that meet the screening criteria of persistence and bioaccumulation at the same time, and these hundreds of chemicals are potential new pollutants that need to be controlled. Although the contribution of China’s research results has been increasing in the process of adding new controlled substances to the Stockholm Convention, China still needs to carry out a large number of data surveys, environmental monitoring, environmental risk assessment and control in the future, and increase the pace of controlling the environmental risks of new pollutants.
  To sum up, new pollutants involve substitution and emission reduction, large industrial scale and long industrial chain, and are closely related to industrial and agricultural production and life. Protecting the ecological environment and human health and balancing the needs of economic development is an important basis for formulating and implementing new pollutant control programs. The identification and assessment of new pollutants that potentially need to be controlled depends on data investigation, a large number of scientific research results, environmental risk assessment and socio-economic impact assessment of control. The task of controlling new pollutants requires all-round coordinated promotion, which is extremely arduous.
  Third, work with the international community to prevent environmental risks of new pollutants.
  As early as 2001, China and the international community jointly promoted the formulation of the Stockholm Convention, and started cooperation with the international community to jointly control new pollutants. In the past twenty years, China has eliminated the production, use and discharge of a large number of new pollutants, protecting the global ecological environment and human health. During the same period, the national economy grew rapidly, and the share of chemicals produced increased from about 5% in the world to 37.2% in 2017, making it one of the countries with the largest chemical production and the most varieties, and people’s lives have been improved. At the same time, China is also facing new challenges and pressures. With the progress of scientific cognition and the demand for higher quality of life, some chemicals that we used to think were harmless are gradually considered unsuitable for further production and use. By implementing the Action Plan, China will work with the international community to prevent the environmental risks of new pollutants.
  First, learn from the existing international convention mechanism and implement the control of new pollutants in accordance with international law. While perfecting China’s laws and regulations, establishing and perfecting the new pollutant control system, we should use the mechanism of international conventions to identify, evaluate and control the environmental risks of chemicals together with the international community, which will not only realize the control of new pollutants in China, but also promote the action of new pollutant control on a global scale, promote the green development of the global chemical industry and realize global environmental governance.
  The second is to increase the scientific and technological investment of the state and enterprises in the treatment of new pollutants, scientific decision-making, and precise control. Fully understanding the decision-making information such as scientific research is the foundation of controlling new pollutants, continuously increasing the scientific and technological investment of the state and enterprises in controlling new pollutants, mastering the source, fate, harm and control technology of potential new pollutants, making scientific decisions, and realizing accurate and effective control.
  The third is to make use of international scientific research and management experience, evaluate and screen out key new pollutants as soon as possible, and establish a mechanism to implement control. Actively carry out international cooperation, and make full use of global forces, especially scientific research and management experience, to promote and accelerate the screening of new pollutants and environmental risk management and control in China, in view of some potential new pollutants that may not meet the global migration attributes, in the case of insufficient research information in China. At the same time, learn from the financial mechanism of international conventions, and establish international, national, local and enterprise financial mechanisms to control new pollutants.
  Fourth, we will continue to help other developing countries strengthen their ability to control new pollutants, spread China’s knowledge and China’s experience, and prevent the transfer of new pollutants. As a developing country, China’s experience in the discovery, research and management of new pollutants may be suitable for other developing countries. China can continue to provide technical training and capacity building for developing countries, help other developing countries to prevent the transfer of new pollutants as products or wastes, and contribute China’s strength to building a life community on Earth.
  The new pollution control action reflects the historical responsibility of the CPC Central Committee to participate in, contribute to and lead global environmental governance, and will continue to contribute China’s plan, China’s wisdom and China’s strength to global environmental governance. The new pollution control action is also the need to build a beautiful China and maintain sustainable green chemistry and economic growth in China. Building a new pollution control system in China and protecting the earth’s homeland will help to realize the global pursuit of high-quality life, achieve the goal of sustainable development in 2030, realize the harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and build a community of life on earth.
  Author: Hu Jianxin (Professor, Peking University Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering)

Does the Foreign Sanctions Law have an impact on foreign investment? Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded

  On June 11th, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin held a regular press conference. A reporter asked whether the spokesman was worried about the negative impact on foreign investment after the passage of the Foreign Sanctions Law.

  Wang Wenbin said that the Legal Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), China has introduced the relevant situation. Around the two sessions this year, some NPC deputies, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference members and people from all walks of life put forward opinions and suggestions that it is necessary for the state to formulate a special anti-foreign sanctions law to provide strong legal support and guarantee for China to counter foreign discriminatory measures according to law. According to the relevant work arrangement, the the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Law Committee carefully studied the legislative suggestions put forward by various parties, summarized the counter-measures practice and related work practices in China, sorted out the relevant situation at home and abroad, solicited the opinions of relevant departments and experts of the central and state, and drafted and formed the draft of the anti-foreign sanctions law. According to the legislative procedure, China the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) deliberated the draft twice in April and June, respectively. The Law Working Committee solicited the opinions of the central and relevant state organs on the draft, and the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People’s Congress revised and improved the draft according to the deliberation opinions of the Standing Committee and opinions from all sides. At present, the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law has fully absorbed opinions from all sides, reflected the common wishes of the people of China, and conformed to the basic norms of international law and international relations.

  Wang Wenbin pointed out that regarding the influence of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law on foreign investment, I don’t see an inevitable connection between the two. If there is, it is the enactment of the Foreign Sanctions Law, which provides a predictable legal environment and a stable and predictable business environment for enterprises from all countries to develop in China. At the 29th meeting of the 13th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), the Hainan Free Trade Port Law and the Decision on Authorizing the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress and its Standing Committee to Formulate Laws and Regulations of Pudong New Area were also passed, which are new measures for China to deepen reform and open wider to the outside world.

  Wang Wenbin emphasized that China has always welcomed and supported foreign enterprises to conduct business and cooperation in China and protect their rights and interests according to law. China will only open wider to the outside world, and we will continue to strive to create a better business environment for foreign enterprises and share China’s development opportunities with the world. (CCTV reporter Huang Huixin Kong Luyuan)

China CDC: Dinner is not recommended, and it is not recommended to bring infants to eat in the hall.

  Cctv newsOn April 23rd, the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference to introduce the popularization of scientific knowledge of prevention and control in COVID-19 and answer questions from the media.

  The reporter asked whether it is still possible to eat in restaurants, and if so, how to protect them.

  Feng Luzhao, a researcher at China CDC, said that at present, large-scale dinners are still not recommended, and it is not recommended to bring infants who have no self-care ability to eat in class. It is recommended to choose some restaurants with good sanitary conditions for ordinary dining, make an appointment before eating, and eat at the wrong peak to avoid crowding.

  Before entering the restaurant, you should cooperate with the staff to take temperature measurement and register. If you have fever, you should not enter the restaurant. During your stay in the restaurant, you should minimize contact with those public facilities, do a good job of hand hygiene, and wash your hands before meals and after going to the toilet. In the process of eating, try to keep interpersonal distance with others and pay attention to cough etiquette. When many people eat together, it is recommended to use public chopsticks and spoons to reduce the chance of contact and transmission and reduce the risk of infection.

Beijing’s key monitoring businesses recorded 9.27 billion yuan in two holidays, and more than 500 activities stimulated consumption vitality.

  BEIJING, Beijing, October 6 (Reporter Lu Shaowei) During the Mid-Autumn National Day holiday in 2023, the department stores, supermarkets, specialty stores, restaurants and e-commerce enterprises monitored by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce achieved sales of 9.27 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.8%. The passenger flow of 60 key business districts in Beijing reached 45.092 million. The "Beijing Consumption Season" series of activities linked consumption resources in various fields, such as cultural tourism, sports and rural areas, and held more than 500 consumption promotion activities together with market operators, effectively stimulating the vitality of holiday consumption.

  On the 6th, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce said that the consumer market in Beijing was prosperous and active during the two holidays. Commercial departments at all levels co-ordinate production safety and daily necessities, carefully organize market supply and service guarantee, and the supply of grain, oil, vegetables, pork, etc. is sufficient and the price is stable.

  Various districts launched special theme activities.

  The three major activities of Beijing Consumption Season combine the diverse scenes of business travel style to create a rich holiday atmosphere. The special activities of Xicheng District’s "Welcome to Golden Autumn Tesco Festival", Haidian District’s "Community Consumption Festival", Fengtai District’s "Shopping Carnival" and Yanqing District’s agricultural special coupons were launched simultaneously, Dongcheng District’s "East of the Forbidden City" issued tens of millions of travel subsidies, and Pinggu District’s "Buy Good Gifts and Enjoy Pinggu" sent out 1.5 million yuan of general coupons.

  The consumption scene is renewed and upgraded.

  The first store is popular for the first time, and new landmarks are consumed to lead the fashion. Five shopping malls, namely CITY PARK in Lin ‘ao, Wanda in Wukesong, wanda plaza in Dongba, LOMO in Kunxihui, and Tangu Slow Flash Plaza, opened simultaneously to attract customers and drain, with an additional commercial area of over 600,000 square meters. More than 130 brands of Longhu Beijing Beiyuan Tianjie improved the consumption experience, the first store of British suitcase brand Globe-Trotter appeared in mainland China, and the first store of street fashion brand BONELESS in Beijing settled in THE BOX to enrich the holiday consumption supply. Chaoyang Joy City’s "Traveling Around the World Art History", INDIGO’s "Elephants from the Heart Wandering with Flowers", Blue Harbor’s "Cats and Miaomiao Interactive Space", Oriental Xintiandi’s "30th Anniversary of Jurassic Park" and Beijing’s "Phantom of the Theater" are the first exhibitions that combine art, trends and interesting elements to start an immersive experience and stimulate new vitality of holiday consumption.

  The "national tide" and "national wind" are heroic, and the charm of new consumption scenes is highlighted. The "MADE BY Beijing" market on the banks of Liangma River gathers more than 30 time-honored and trendy products to become holiday punching places in online celebrity. Fengke Wanda National Tide Cultural Show, Kaide MALL Sun Palace Poetry Gallery, Chaoyang Heshenghui Mingyue Huazhang Garden and Huaxi LIVE Lantern Parade bring immersive national tide experience. Time-honored shops in Qianmen Street joined forces with the "punch card seal" to stop, and Beijing Square "Free FUN Market" and Longfu Temple "Sanxingdui Immersed Light and Shadow Exhibition" created a consumption scene of "fireworks+new national tide". Sanlitun Taikooli’s "Rhythmic Fantasy Art Exhibition", Xidan Renewal Field’s "Miracle Coffee Flash Exhibition", Longhu Changying Tianjie’s "Urban Fashion Season" and COFCO Xiangyun Town’s "Outdoor Art Season" create a rich holiday atmosphere.

  The heat of automobile consumption is rising

  Multi-preferential car purchase boom, Haidian District "Car Theme Life Festival", Chaoyang District "Chaochaoyang" car purchase, Mentougou District "New Car Happy Purchase and Huiju Mentougou" exhibition and sales collection meet diverse car purchase needs, Fengtai District and Changping District launched disaster-stricken special car consumption subsidies, Tongzhou District, Daxing District, Pinggu District, Economic Development Zone and other seven districts issued a total of over 30 million car coupons, and the leverage effect continued to release to help car consumption heat up. During the holiday period, the sales of monitored automobile sales enterprises increased by 69.9% year-on-year.

  Green consumption becomes a fashion.

  During the "2023 Beijing Consumer Season Home Rejuvenation Festival", four sections of "Smart Home", "Green Living", "Comfortable Living" and "Huili Warm Living" were built. The applicable products of "Jingcai Green" coupons were increased to 62 categories, and the distribution platforms were expanded to 24. Many financial institutions simultaneously carried out activities and superimposed concessions, and high-quality experiences promoted the release of home consumption potential. Haidian District "Brand Consumption Festival", Fengtai District "Warm Heart Community Tour" and Changping District "Home Appliances Rejuvenation Season" linked more than 100 brand services to upgrade. IKEA’s "Huanxin Shopping Festival" promotes the storage of good things. Suning Yijia Madian Store focuses on family scene solutions and creates a new hot spot for home decoration consumption. Since its opening on September 28th, its sales have exceeded 35 million.

  Tourism heats up, and foreign consumption peaks.

  During the two holidays, city tours, Beijing outings and micro-vacations have significantly warmed up, and foreign consumption has reached its peak. 30 theme routes of "Walking in Beijing" and 6 micro-holiday destinations deeply experience the connotation of the city, 41 leisure agricultural routes in autumn promote beautiful countryside, and the series of activities of "China Farmers Harvest Festival" in Beijing promote the harvest and beauty.

  Around the theme of folk culture, flower exhibition, popular science experience and festival performances, more than 100 special cultural activities have been held in Beijing’s parks to create a festive atmosphere. Changping District’s "Traveling in the suburbs of Beijing", Pinggu District’s "Enjoying Farming" and Mentougou District’s "Jazz Festival of Good Things" have created a new scene of integrated consumption. Universal Studios and POP MART City Paradise enjoy exclusive discounts, and the Grand Canal Music Festival, Happy Valley "Guochao Street Art Festival", Liangmahe "International Waterfront Night Tour", Yanqi Lake "China Theme Festival Exhibition" and World Garden Park "Lantern Art Festival" enrich holiday experience.

  During the two festivals, Beijing held 43 sports competitions and group activities, such as football and tennis. The 27th round of the 2023 Super League attracted 41,000 spectators, and the ticket sales of the 2023 China Tennis Open reached 33 million yuan. The top flower-sliding show of Ice Dreams and Rain made its debut in the "Ice Ribbon", leading the new trend of sports consumption. According to the business data of UnionPay, the consumption of accommodation and travel ticket sales increased by 30.1% and 20.2% respectively year-on-year, among which the consumption of accommodation and travel ticket sales by foreign tourists increased by 35.2% and 46% respectively.

  3630 cultural and artistic activities enrich holiday life

  During the two festivals, Beijing launched 3,630 cultural and artistic activities to enrich holiday life. Quyi, drama, musicals and concerts showed the style of the new era of the capital in various forms. China Opera Culture Week, beijing music festival and "Double Olympics City" stage art performance season show the charm of cultural consumption, and a series of activities such as Xinhua Bookstore, Book Building and People’s Literature Publishing House add color to holiday life. More than ten multi-theme films, such as Rock-solid, Volunteer Army: Attack by Heroes, and Moscow Action, competed for the National Day file. barley net, Cat’s Eye, Alipay and WeChat offered discounts to lift the whole city’s viewing craze. According to Dengta Data, as of 12: 00 on the 6th, Beijing’s box office revenue exceeded 100 million yuan. According to the business data of UnionPay, the consumption of culture and entertainment increased by 18% year-on-year. (End)

Anaya, which was hard to get a ticket, was once an unfinished building that no one cared about.

Speaking of Anaya, you probably didn’t know what it was a few years ago.But in the last two years, it can be said that the fire is outrageous.The circle of friends and various social networks in Weibo are full of people punching in to play.

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Because it’s only 3 hours’ drive from the Imperial Capital, it’s also a middle-class family in Beijing, and it’s the best vacation place to escape from the noise and the city.The most humanistic seaside community in legend.

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House prices here are soaring, and they can’t be sold at all.Several developers abandoned them and left.Up to now, house prices have soared to more than 30,000/flat.It costs 3,000 yuan to stay in a homestay in the peak season, and the annual sales are about 3 billion.

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Why is Anaya on fire?

In 15 years, a video "The Loneliest Library in China" completely caught Anaya on fire.Set a hit rate of 600 million,Overcrowding Anaya overnight,At most, there are more than 2,000 visitors a day, and the most lonely library has become the most lively library.

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Although it is only over 450 square meters, it has a sense of design.And you can see it when you look upThe endless sea,Completely in line with the preferences of contemporary young people.

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GO is in the place of nowhere.

On the entire coastline

Just this one building

When the sea breeze blows, it is full of desolation.

It does look lonely enough.

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But you know what?

Before the lonely library became a phenomenal explosion

Anaya is a place that everyone dislikes.

There are no shopping malls, hospitals or even locals nearby.

Whether it is from Beidaihe Railway Station

Or Qinhuangdao city is very far away.

There is only an endless "gold coast"

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Anaya property at that time

Besides being a sea view room,

Actually, there is no outstanding advantage at all.

Naturally, it can’t be sold and nobody cares.

Developers have changed wave after wave.

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Until the emergence of Ma Yin, the "taker"

He completely revitalized Anaya.

Take a fancy to wenlv real estate in the past

Rich and idle people are different after 60 and 70.

He focused on the new middle class aged 25-35.

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In fact, the word Anaya

It was Ma Yin who put it forward.

Anaya is a transliteration of aranya in Sanskrit.

It means "the quiet place on earth, the place to find the id"

As for why it’s called this

It is because it is literary and tonal!

The name alone distinguishes it from ordinary real estate.

Naturally, it is also the new middle-class literary youth who are attracted.

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Whether it’s geographical location or seaside scenery.

Anaya is not even the best.

Compared with ordinary real estate

Ma Yin is actually selling.

The values of the ideal life of the new middle class

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Ma Yin passed a series of reforms

Completely put Anaya

Become a community of spiritual space

There are not only markets, bars and golf courses here.

Gallery, bookstore, sports center …

Anaya racecourse

Anaya children’s activity center

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Anaya canteen

While meeting the needs of residents’ lives

A series of artistic landmarks have also been established.

Free for tourists.

Take Anaya from ordinary real estate

It has become a place for online celebrity to punch in.

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Anaya auditorium

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What did you do after the fire?

Ma Yin’s appearance

It can be said that the real estate of Anaya

Play a king’s bomb from a bad hand

In these five years of operation,

From selling houses to selling services.

From selling services to selling lifestyles.

From selling lifestyle to selling values.

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Anaya life element supermarket

Anaya is no longer today.

A traditional real estate project

But became aBrand of great lifestyle

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Anaya Sports Center

From the invitation of Ma Yin in 2014

Dong Gong, Architect of Straight Building

On Anaya beach

Designed two artistic landmarks to begin with.

(Lonely Library and Anaya Auditorium)

After that, all the landmarks here

Almost all of them are written by masters in the architectural field.

Have a very high tonality

And full of artistic and design feelings.

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Anaya auditorium

Straight building

Anaya auditorium distance

Lonely library is only 300 meters.

Staring at each other with the library.

Both are the spiritual heights of Anaya.

Let people calm down at the seaside.

Feel nature, feel yourself.

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From a distance

Anaya Auditorium is like a boat.

Suspended on this beach

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Although it’s called the auditorium

But there is no priest here.

You can’t have a wedding

I want to punch in the auditorium and take photos.

Remember to make an appointment in advance.

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Dune art museum

OPEN construction office

In 2018, it is still on the Gold Coast.

A building was born

Dune Art Museum, the only one in China.

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This art gallery is from OPEN architecture office.

The design was inspired by digging sand in caves and children’s beaches.

Much like the most primitive living form of human beings

Perfect and natural integration.

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It took more than two years to finalize the design scheme.

Because the facade of the whole building is curved

The later construction is even more difficult.

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Overlooking the completed Dune Art Museum.

Covered with vegetation and sand.

There is no roof, only skylights, holes and sea viewing platforms.

Give people a feeling of being between the sea and the sky.

It’s so romantic.

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Anaya art center

Ruen design

In addition, Sean and Hu Rushan designed by Ruen.

Also received an invitation from Anaya.

Among the many residential buildings in Beidaihe town, Anaya

Designed an art center.

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The facade of the building consists of

Cut concrete bricks are spliced together.

Windows are inserted in it.

The most shocking thing is that

In the center of the building

Dig a frustum of a cone space

Form an annular stepped theater

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While satisfying the art exhibition

Can be used as a public activity space for community residents.

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In addition to exhibiting designs, the Anaya Art Center

Architecture itself is like a work of art.

The same existence

At the same time, this building also won this year’s

DFA Asia’s Most Influential Design Award!

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Exhibition, performance and installation art of Anaya Art Center

Anayayun exhibition center

mad architects

Look at this streamlined design

Did you also guess?

This building comes from China.

Famous architect Ma Yansong

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Perfect white tone

Hyperbolic glazed glass facade

As if it were really a white cloud.

Fall from the sky to the grass slope

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It’s like walking into the sky

However, Anayayun only started construction in August 2019.

Those who want to punch in will have to wait until next year.

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Paopao children restaurant

Wutopia Lab office

This children’s restaurant used to be a clubhouse.

Architects and couples file Yu Ting and Min Erni.

It has been rebuilt.

On the basis of the original facade

Re-covered with a layer

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Outdoor yellow spiral staircase

Can directly enter the "forest of light" space on the second floor.

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The interior of the restaurant is mainly white.

Paired with bright yellow.

It’s simply beautiful.

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Go downstairs after dinner.

Is the children’s play space.

It seems to be placed in an immersive starry sky pavilion.

Countless bubble balls not only make children enjoy it

Even adults should be moved!

Anaya coffee house

Odd design office

This coffee shop is located in Anaya Park.

Smooth surface design is like a big hat.

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The whole coffee shop has no walls.

But all the glass facades are used.

Let you sit in it and you can

Enjoy the beauty brought by nature and sunshine.

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Coffee shop under the night

Under the care of lights and water.

Like a boat floating in the air.

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It’s hard to imagine that even a small cafe

Are designed so tastefully.

What is impossible in Anaya?

Look at Anaya now.

It reminds me of Seto Inland Sea in Japan.

Because artists such as Tadao Ando

A series of designs on the island

Let an island polluted by garbage

It has become a tourist attraction full of artistic flavor now.

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In fact, Anaya is the same

From the original unattended Wenlv real estate

Now it has become a holy place for punching cards in online celebrity.

Although there are still many netizens who don’t recognize it

I think Anaya is made by marketing.

There are a lot of people in the peak season, the house price is very expensive, and there is nothing interesting.

But you should know that Anaya is not really a scenic spot.

It is the tourism real estate project in itself.

The main business is "selling houses" and the sideline business is sightseeing.

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There is no denying that Anaya’s development model

It is definitely a clear stream in the real estate industry.

Using architecture and art to promote local development

Not only makes the whole community become advanced and tasteful

It also proves that Chinese.

It’s not without good aesthetics and good design!

Anaya now

It’s like a paradise for urbanites

Full of artistic spiritual space

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ACE2 receptor protein "nanobubbles" can prevent and treat COVID-19.

  Science and Technology Daily, Beijing, January 23rd (Intern reporter Zhang Jiaxin) According to a paper published in the journal Nature Communication on the 20th, scientists from Northwestern University School of Medicine and the University of Texas, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, found in preclinical research that there are natural nano-sized bubbles containing angiotensin converting enzyme 2 protein in the blood of COVID-19 patients, and found that it can prevent a wide range of Covid-19 strains from being infected, including many current Covid-19 variants and possible coronaviruses in the future. Once developed into a therapeutic product, it can be used as the least toxic biotherapy method to benefit mankind.

  EvACE2 protein is a tiny lipid (fat) vesicle with the size of nanoparticles, which expresses ACE2 protein (the receptor of Covid-19). Scientists say that these bubbles can be used as bait in the body to "lure" Covid-19 away from the ACE2 protein on the cell.

  Covid-19 spike protein "grabs" the "handle" of evACE2, but not the intracellular ACE2, which can prevent the virus from entering human cells. Once caught, the virus will either float around harmlessly, or it will be cleared by macrophage immune cells, and it will never cause infection again.

  Dr Lagu Karuri, co-senior author of the study and chairman of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Cancer Biology, said that the key of this study is to identify the naturally occurring extracellular vesicles in the body, and these vesicles express ACE2 receptors on their surfaces, which is part of the normal adaptive defense against Covid-19. On this basis, they found a new potential therapy to use this natural defense against Covid-19.

  This study shows for the first time that evACE2 protein can block the original strain with the same or better effect against the new Covid-19 variety. The researchers found that these evACE2 nanobubbles exist in human blood, which is a natural antiviral reaction. The more serious the disease is, the higher the level of evACE2 detected in the patient’s blood.

  "Whenever new Covid-19 variants proliferate, the initial vaccines and therapeutic antibodies may lose resistance to Alpha, Beta, Delta and the latest Omicron variants." Dr. Liu Huiping, associate professor of pharmacology and medicine at feinberg Medical College of Northwest University, said, "However, the beauty of evACE2 lies in its super ability to prevent a wide range of coronavirus strains, including the current Omicron, and even the future coronavirus from infecting humans."

  Studies on mice show that when Covid-19 spreads to the airway through droplets, evACE2 has therapeutic potential to prevent or block infection.

  One of the biggest challenges in fighting the COVID-19 epidemic is the moving target of the virus, which constantly evolves into a new virus strain (variant) with mutation. There are various changes in the spike protein of these new virus strains, which may lead to an increase in infection rate and breakthrough infection.

  At present, the team is applying for a patent on evACE2, with the goal of cooperating with industry partners to develop evACE2 as a biotherapy product (nasal spray or injection therapy) to prevent and treat COVID-19.

The chaos of Foxconn’s centralization: the beginning of the "bribery door" case

The empire of Guo Taiming, chairman of Hon Hai Group (2317.TW, known as "Foxconn" in mainland China), is experiencing the torment of "bribery door".

When the successive incidents of jumping off buildings made Hon Hai Group a public focus, new troubles "patronized" Hon Hai. Recently, the news that Hon Hai Group broke the news that high-level officials were suspected of asking for bribes from suppliers was disclosed by the media. Regarding the media reports, Hon Hai Group claimed that most of them were not true, and promised to disclose them within one month.

However, according to the China Business News reporter’s exclusive knowledge from authoritative sources, the mainland police accidentally seized the criminal fact of Deng Zhixian, director-general and manager of SMT(Surface Mount Technology) Technical Committee of Hon Hai Group during the handling of the case, which also triggered a wave of anti-corruption in Hon Hai Group.

Why did this "bribery door" trigger? Why are there loopholes in Hon Hai’s seamless procurement management system? After nearly a month of continuous investigation, our reporter tried to peel away the layers of fog.

The suspect "shakes" out of the "bribery door"

In 2012, Deng Zhixian’s SMT involved a purchase amount of up to 10 billion yuan, and Deng Zhixian, who has been in charge of SMT for many years, has therefore become an important part of the "supply" of various suppliers.

"Deng Zhixian’s fall is very accidental." On January 24, 2013, the reporter learned exclusively from an authoritative insider: "He was reported by a person involved in other cases and was controlled by the mainland police."

Deng Zhixian, who is in his fifties, is the director-general and manager of SMT(Surface Mount Technology) Technical Committee in Hon Hai Group. According to the reporter’s understanding, in addition to Deng Zhixian’s arrest, several cadres of the Technical Committee were assisted in the investigation, and Liao Wancheng, a former senior vice president of SMT and vice chairman of the SMT Technical Committee, did not know where to go because he was closely related to the case.

It is reported that Hon Hai Group has more than 30 technical committees, which are responsible for procurement and project audit in a certain professional field. In addition to SMT technical committee, there are IE (production engineering) technical committee, automation technical committee and institutional product technical committee. The personnel of these technical committees have certain decision-making power in procurement.

A person familiar with the operation of Hon Hai Group’s Technical Committee revealed that the role of the Technical Committee in procurement is similar to the "expert committees" of many domestic bidding centers. When it comes to the production technology and production technology in the professional field, it is necessary for the Technical Committee to review the rationality of the product production technology.

It is this system design that invisibly gives Deng Zhixian and other key people of the Technical Committee the core purchasing power. It is reported that in 2012, the purchase amount of SMT where Deng Zhixian was located was as high as 10 billion yuan, and Deng Zhixian, who has been in charge of SMT for many years, has thus become an important link for suppliers from all walks of life to "supply".

However, walking too much at night is easy to hit ghosts. Authoritative sources told reporters exclusively that because the people involved in other cases disclosed the details of Deng Zhixian and others’ demands for bribes in order to make meritorious deeds. In September 2012, the Shenzhen procuratorate arrested Deng Zhixian. It is reported that after learning the case, Guo Taiming, chairman of Hon Hai Group, made it clear that he hoped that the mainland police could dig deep and completely eradicate the "moths" in the procurement process of Hon Hai Group.

At the same time, Shenzhen government officials also attached great importance to this case. An ordinary bribery case is particularly sensitive because of Hon Hai’s important position in Shenzhen’s economy. It is reported that all parties are fully investigating the involvement of other higher-level personnel behind Deng Zhixian. As the case is still in the detection stage, the reporter’s interview was also declined by the relevant departments in Shenzhen.

Earlier, Taiwan Province media reported that Li Jinming, chief executive and commercial officer of Hon Hai Group, received a report letter in September 2012, accusing SMT executives of soliciting bribes from suppliers for a long time. So Guo Taiming asked to report the case to the mainland public security department, and asked Li Jinming to form a project team to conduct an internal investigation. The local criminal bureau in Taiwan Province has received a report from Hon Hai, and has consulted the mainland public security bureau to assist in the investigation, and more than 10 Hon Hai executives have been assisted in the investigation.

Hon Hai Group issued a statement on many cases involving senior officials of Hon Hai disclosed by Taiwan Province and other media before, saying that most of them were not in line with the facts. However, Hon Hai also said that Chairman Guo Taiming had instructed that the fraudsters and their reasons would be strictly investigated, and the related incidents would not be allowed to happen again.

There are loopholes in the "perfect" procurement system

"In addition to colluding with the business group bosses, technical committees like SMT also have the dominant position in equipment procurement."

On the surface, Hon Hai’s procurement system is standard.

A former Hon Hai employee who has been engaged in procurement told reporters that its procurement system is mainly divided into BOM (Bill of Materials) procurement and non-BOM procurement. Among them, the BOM part is the accessories and raw materials needed to produce products, and most of them are consumables; Non-BOM procurement refers to the production materials needed in the production process, including equipment, accessories and so on.

The standardization of Hon Hai’s procurement system is reflected in the strict screening of suppliers. Before purchasing all products (BOM and non-BOM), the supplier must have complete legal person qualification, and the product safety must meet various certification requirements. During the screening process, the supervisors of the four departments, namely, production management, quality control, industrial management, and financial management, will be arranged to inspect the factory. However, if the procurement involves non-BOM equipment or products with specific production process on BOM, the Technical Committee will conduct the final review. Only after passing the examination can the supplier be issued a code, which means that it has obtained the procurement qualification.

After screening the suppliers, the products must be tested. After the sample is qualified, the quotation will be started. Hon Hai is good at price comparison, so buyers will often ask for COST DOWN, which will bring greater profit pressure to suppliers.

After a supplier signs a supply contract with Hon Hai, he can get the supplier code, but this does not mean that he can be a Hon Hai supplier safely. The quarterly evaluation will directly affect the qualification of its suppliers. Every evaluation is still the responsibility of the people on the four pipelines: production management, quality management, industrial management and management.

The four pipelines are a unique management method creatively established by Hon Hai. These four management departments are independent but closely coordinated to monitor and manage the daily production and operation of the enterprise. This management system seems to be "perfect", and it seems difficult for suppliers to handle four responsible persons at the same time. But it’s not. Usually, the heads of the four major pipelines are subordinate to the vertical departments under the business groups (there are many business groups under Hon Hai Group, which are in charge of different sectors). "If the boss of the business group says hello, the situation will be different."

"In addition to colluding with the business group bosses, technical committees like SMT also have the leading role in equipment procurement. Although the people of the four major pipelines must check, the technical Committee is the last to sign. Moreover, if any one of the four major pipelines does not sign, the Technical Committee can put pressure on them to push the procurement through. " An employee who has worked in Hon Hai for many years in production management told reporters.

Jia Su (a pseudonym), a senior official of a Shenzhen enterprise who has cooperated with Hon Hai for more than ten years, admitted to the reporter that Taiwan Province enterprises such as Hon Hai and Inventec are different from Taiwan Province family enterprises that entered the mainland in the early days. "In Taiwan Province family enterprises that entered the mainland in the early days, from the finance to the boss, they rarely choose bribery to get purchase orders, but now Taiwanese cadres (Taiwan Province cadres) who have great power in Hon Hai enterprises can become a shortcut for suppliers to get orders. In Hon Hai, as long as you dare to spend money on Taiwan, many things are easy to handle. "

Under the circumstances that power is too centralized and cadres lack self-discipline, Hon Hai’s strict procurement system encounters great challenges.

Anti-corruption shock wave

Hon Hai’s supplier system is experiencing not only shocks, but also internal adjustments.

After Deng Zhixian’s bribery incident was exposed, some enterprises that have cooperative relations with Hon Hai are also suffering from the impact.

It is reported that Hon Hai has terminated its cooperation with the supplier Shenzhen Telu. Shenzhen Delu mainly produces electronic product testing equipment, etc. However, at present, German law does not recognize bribery. However, after many investigations by reporters of China Business News, it can be confirmed that the SMT supporting enterprise located in Dongguan for Hon Hai has been involved. It is reported that with the further investigation of Deng Zhixian’s case, Hon Hai’s supply chain will be adjusted accordingly.

Hon Hai’s supplier system is experiencing not only shocks, but also internal adjustments. Recently, Hon Hai employees disclosed to reporters that the IGDBG (New Green Number) business group has been dissolved in Hon Hai’s bribery storm, and the personnel diversion has basically ended.

"I have already agreed to leave my job. At present, many people have left, and I am the only one left in our department." An employee of the original IGDBG (New Green Number) business group told the reporter, "It is said that the reason for the dissolution is the commercial crime of the relevant person in charge of IGDBG. The business group has suffered losses for two consecutive years, but he and several of his best friends have eaten kickbacks. Eating too much made Guo angry. "

According to insiders, after the notice of dissolving the business group was issued, the employees of IGDBG’s original production line responsible for TV and LED were all diverted to CCPBG (consumer electronics products) business group, and the employees of tablet computer production line were diverted to FIH (Foxconn International). Some employees said that the treatment given by CCPBG was unacceptable. In just over two months, thousands of people left their jobs in the diversion.

IGDBG new green number business group was established in early 2012, which was reorganized and renamed from TMSBG business group (Technology Merging Services Business Group) established in June 2009. Since 2009, a production and research base has been established in Hengyang, Hunan. Our main business is to develop and manufacture e-books, tablet computers, electronic photo frames, LED energy-saving lamps, smart air filters and other products, and we are a global supplier of E-Ink e-books and digital photo frames. IGDBG was originally an important business group of Foxconn’s product innovation and transformation, but since its establishment, it has suffered losses continuously in the past two years. Guo Taiming has repeatedly warned that he hopes to turn losses into profits.

The new green number business group, which was established less than a year ago, was abolished. For Hon Hai, is it to adjust the department by fighting corruption, or are there other considerations? In this regard, as of press time, Hon Hai has not yet responded.

Hon Hai said a few days ago that it has revised the procurement procedures and strictly controlled the supervisor’s ethics, and will not allow similar incidents to happen again. However, in the supply chain management department, there is no institutional revision document released on a large scale. "Foxconn’s regulatory system has been standardized, but corruption cases still need to be reflected from the institutional level." A Foxconn management cadre said.

Speeding up intelligent upgrading and alleviating the pressure of returning to work in construction sites

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The orderly return to work of more than 50 million migrant workers in the construction industry is related to the overall situation of economic and social stability. China Economic Information Agency, china construction news Agency and china association for labour studies recently conducted a joint survey on local government departments, construction enterprises and construction workers. The results show that at present, the rate of major projects in various places is relatively high, and the support policies and related guarantees are relatively adequate. However, most non-major projects still face outstanding problems such as low rate of workers returning to work, poor accommodation conditions on the site and rising prices of building materials, which greatly restricts the resumption of work and production. Since the first quarter is not the peak season of construction industry, many interviewed enterprises said that if the orderly resumption of work and production is realized as soon as possible, it is expected that the construction gap in the first quarter will be made up in the last three quarters.

Experts believe that the working environment of construction sites is low in standardization, the mobility of construction workers is high, the degree of professionalism is low, the level of standardized management is low, and there are big shortcomings in emergency response capacity. It is suggested that all localities should comprehensively consider and make precise policies on personnel prevention and control, transportation of epidemic prevention materials and building materials, and realistically adjust the corresponding charging standards in the cost quota for the shortage of labor and the increase of labor costs, so as to reduce the burden for enterprises reasonably and legally, and avoid enterprises from making subtraction on the project quality to make up for the losses under the dual pressure of labor shortage and time limit.

At this stage, we should accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional construction methods, vigorously promote prefabricated buildings and industrialized construction methods, take this epidemic as an opportunity to build an online employment information platform, and formulate relevant professional skills standards and evaluation norms for construction workers. The professionalization of construction workers can solve the problems of high turnover rate, high mobility and low sense of gain in the construction industry to some extent.

First, the construction site is facing multiple unfavorable factors.

In order to ensure the normal operation of the economy, all localities attach great importance to epidemic prevention work and actively guide construction sites to resume work in an orderly manner. However, due to multiple unfavorable factors, the resumption rate of projects under construction in many places is not high, the construction period is generally delayed, the payment of construction enterprises is not timely, and some enterprises even face the risk of capital chain breakage.

(1)The progress of resumption of construction in many places is slow.

According to the investigation, construction enterprises play a major role in the prevention and control of epidemic situation on site, and local governments are also continuously strengthening the guidance and supervision of epidemic prevention work on site and giving policy support to enterprises.

With the promotion of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other local government departments, as of March 8, 111,900 of the 192,500 housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects in China have resumed work, with a resumption rate of 58.15%.

Compared with previous years, the downtime of this construction site has been significantly prolonged, and the project period has been generally delayed. Xinhua News Agency economic analysts believe that the slow progress of resumption of work will lead to delays in the construction period, project breach, pressure on construction enterprises, and the longer the shutdown time, the greater the adverse impact on enterprises and industries.

(1)The delay in construction period leads to a substantial increase in project cost.

According to industry insiders, the delay in the construction period will lead to the project not being delivered as scheduled, and the construction unit needs to pay liquidated damages to the construction unit according to the number of days of delay. The liquidated damages of individual projects are as high as tens of thousands of yuan per day, which directly leads to a substantial increase in the project cost.

There are two kinds of delays. First, the local government of the project explicitly requested to postpone the resumption of work, which led to the delay of the construction period. In this case, if the losses and expenses caused by epidemic prevention and control increase, the relevant clauses of force majeure in the contract shall apply, and the liquidated damages may be exempted if the delay is within the specified time. Affected by the epidemic situation, the possible price fluctuation of labor, materials, equipment and machinery shall be jointly borne by the contracting parties according to the actual situation of the project.

Second, there is no mandatory requirement to postpone the resumption of work at the location of the project, but the labor or materials needed for the project are suspended, which indirectly affects the resumption of work. In this case, although according to the provisions of the contract law, the epidemic constitutes force majeure, and the construction unit has the right to waive its liability for breach of contract by claiming to postpone the construction period, it needs to be within a certain range, and the procedure is complicated and takes a long time. As a result, most construction units still have to pay a lot of liquidated damages.

According to Shanghai Jianling Chengda Law Firm, it is necessary to prove the existence of force majeure, the causal relationship between force majeure and the delay of the construction period, and the rationality of applying for the extension of the number of days. Considering the discretion of local courts and different judgment tendencies, the construction period that the contractor can claim to postpone can only be listed to the greatest extent, and it is uncertain whether the construction period can be fully supported by the employer or the referee.

In addition, even if we resume work as scheduled, the investigation and disinfection of epidemic situation at the construction site, the purchase of medical protective equipment, the isolation and disposal of suspected infected personnel, the shortage of labor and materials and the rising cost will push up the project cost. It is understood that most construction engineering materials implement information price, and the current market price has risen sharply. Once the information price adjustment is too low or lagging behind, it will lead to the inversion of information price and material purchase price, resulting in a large number of engineering losses.

(2)Some enterprises are facing the risk of capital chain breakage.,Migrant workers face the risk of unpaid wages.

Some construction enterprises are facing the risk of capital chain breakage, such as shrinking contract output value, idle materials, rising labor costs and untimely payment due to delayed resumption of work. Pay attention to the risk of wage arrears faced by migrant workers after returning to work.

Affected by the epidemic, enterprises were unable to participate in market bidding, and the contract output value shrank. Many expenses, such as damage (repair) expenses of materials and engineering equipment that have been transported to the construction site, rental expenses of engineering machinery and equipment, office rental expenses, wages of managers and left-behind workers that must be paid, and safety maintenance expenses on the construction site, have caused enterprises to face a lot of losses. The suspension and extension of the construction period lead to the failure of enterprises to recover the project funds on schedule, which makes the cash flow of enterprises more tense and the financial expenses increase. Some private construction enterprises’ funds can’t operate normally, and they are in danger of breaking the capital chain. Affected by this, migrant workers face the risk of unpaid wages, and it is more difficult to recover the previously owed wages.

Two or four problems restrict the construction site from returning to work.

On the whole, housing and urban-rural construction departments, construction enterprises and construction units all over the country have invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to carry out site resumption and on-site epidemic prevention work, but at present, site resumption still faces problems such as shortage of workers, insufficient prevention and control materials and rising prices of building materials.

(A) the shortage of construction workers, it is difficult to recruit workers and it is difficult to return to work.

Fan Jun, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of Beijing Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd., said that in recent years, industries such as express delivery have become more attractive to young laborers, and the difficulty in recruiting workers in the construction industry has become increasingly prominent due to problems such as high work intensity, low remuneration level and poor working environment. During this period, affected by the epidemic, some workers were unable to return to Beijing, and some workers needed to be temporarily isolated after returning to Beijing, making it difficult for them to take up their posts for a short time, which led to a more severe situation of "employment difficulties" for enterprises.

Major cities in China are still at high risk and high risk level, and risk prevention and control is strict. Migrant workers need to be isolated for 14 days, and enterprises bear their own costs, which greatly limits the return of workers.

(2)The accommodation conditions on the construction site are difficult to meet the standards, and the construction unit dare not take risks.

Many people in the industry reported that some local governments funded workers to return to work, which eased the pressure on enterprises to some extent. However, after workers reworked, most of them lived in collective dormitories, and the accommodation problem during the 14-day isolation period was difficult to solve.

"Who is the salary during the isolation period after the workers return to Tianjin? Where to isolate? How do workers eat and stay alone? According to the characteristics of site construction, most small and medium-sized enterprises are difficult to do. " Qin Jianfa, chairman of Tianjin Wenling Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., said that once a confirmed case is found on the construction site after the resumption of work, it will immediately stop work and be handled as an accident. Developers and construction units dare not take risks, and everyone is generally cautious about resuming work, preferring to delay the construction period.

(3)Lack of epidemic prevention materials makes it difficult to put prevention and control measures in place.

In the survey, enterprises generally report that there is a big gap in protective materials such as masks, protective clothing and infrared thermometers, which is a common problem that restricts the construction site from returning to work.

The National Development and Reform Commission announced on March 2 that on February 29, the national daily production capacity of masks will reach 110 million, and the daily output will reach 116 million. According to the prediction of the Safety and Health Protection Articles Committee of China Textile Business Association, if the whole country resumes production, the daily demand for masks will reach 500 million. There is still a big gap between supply and demand of epidemic prevention materials.

In Xinxiang City, Henan Province, although there are many manufacturers of epidemic prevention materials, such as masks, which are the main concentration of protective materials manufacturers in Henan Province, after the enterprises fully resume work, the number of employees of industrial enterprises above designated size is about 300,000, and the demand for masks is about 600,000 per day, so the output cannot fully meet the demand.

(4)Unbalanced supply and demand of building materials increases construction cost.

Economic operation is a complete industrial chain cycle. If any link is blocked, upstream and downstream enterprises can’t operate normally. At present, the levels of epidemic prevention and control are different across the country, the conditions of enterprises are different, and the progress of resuming work and production is also different.

According to the investigation, the imbalance between supply and demand of building materials is widespread, and raw materials such as steel bars, cement, sand and gravel are in short supply and prices are rising in some areas. Chen Guoqing, full-time vice president of China National Building Materials Federation, said that it is estimated that the output of cement above designated size will drop by 49% in January and February this year, and the output of commercial concrete, cement concrete products, technical glass, ceramic tiles, building stones and other products will drop by more than 30% compared with the same period of last year.

According to Zhou Xin, deputy chief engineer of Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Southern Expressway, during the epidemic, sand mining and quarrying companies in Jiangxi and Chongqing stopped production, and building materials could not be put in place for a long time. At present, the upstream production capacity is gradually recovering.

Third, speed up the intelligent upgrade to ease the pressure of returning to work on construction sites

Experts pointed out that the working environment of construction sites is low in standardization, the mobility of construction workers is high, the degree of professionalism is low, the level of standardized management is low, and there are big shortcomings in emergency response capacity. All localities should make overall arrangements and precise policies, reasonably and legally reduce the burden on enterprises, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional construction methods, vigorously promote prefabricated buildings and new industrialized construction methods, and take the epidemic as an opportunity to build an online employment information platform and formulate relevant professional skills standards and evaluation norms for construction workers.

One isAdjust the corresponding charging standards in the cost quota realistically, so as to avoid enterprises from making subtraction in the project quality to make up for the losses under the double pressure of labor shortage and time limit.

For the increase of epidemic prevention cost, labor cost and raw material cost after the resumption of work, government departments should adjust the corresponding charging standards in the cost quota realistically, reduce the burden for enterprises reasonably and legally, and guide all participants to supplement the agreement according to the actual situation, jointly safeguard a fair and orderly market environment and ensure good project quality.

Hunan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has clearly stipulated that a supplementary agreement can be signed according to the provisions for the changes in project price caused by epidemic prevention measures, changes in labor wages and material prices, and the expenses will be confirmed by the visas of both contracting parties and adjusted according to the actual situation.

During the epidemic period, construction enterprises are under great financial pressure, and the wage deposit for migrant workers can be appropriately reduced or exempted. At present, Chongqing has implemented the policy of reducing and exempting migrant workers’ wage deposits, with 50% reduction for construction units and general contracting enterprises that have not defaulted in Chongqing in the previous year, 60% reduction for two consecutive years, and exemption from migrant workers’ wage deposits for three consecutive years.

Regarding the risk of wage arrears faced by migrant workers, it is suggested that local people’s organizations, development and reform departments and other departments rely on the information platform to sort out and collect relevant information on wage payment of migrant workers, and regularly publish "credibility index for Wage Payment of Migrant Workers" and "Red and Black List of Enterprises"; For enterprises that fail to pay back their wages, we can increase the warning and punishment by means of informed criticism and credit evaluation deduction, so as to promote the formation of a social atmosphere in which they dare not, cannot and do not want to pay back their wages.

In addition, the corresponding local management agencies should take the initiative to strengthen the monitoring of labor and material prices of construction projects and the cost of epidemic prevention and control measures during the epidemic prevention and control period, timely and accurately release and adjust the cost information of various construction projects, and provide a basis for both contracting parties to reasonably determine the project price.

The second is to speed up the transformation of traditional construction methods and vigorously promote prefabricated buildings; Improve the intelligence level of the whole industry and ensure the smooth flow of information and logistics.

Under the epidemic situation, the advantage of factory production of prefabricated buildings is less than that of traditional construction sites, and it is easier to achieve factory resumption than site resumption. The industry believes that the epidemic has had an impact on the construction industry, but it is also an opportunity for industry transformation.

In the future, prefabricated construction enterprises will be divided into two development models. One is a comprehensive large-scale industrial group, which manages the whole process of construction projects from planning to construction to final operation and maintenance; The other is a "specialized", "refined" and "sophisticated" professional enterprise, which is excellent, refined and specialized in a certain field and forms standardized and universal products under the condition of marketization.

Fan Jun believes that the potential of prefabricated construction projects in saving labor has not been fully exerted, mainly because the construction technology is not mature enough, the industrial workers are insufficient, and the quality and supply capacity of prefabricated components still need to be improved. "Therefore, at this stage, the government needs to continue to introduce preferential policies and incentives to promote the sustainable development of prefabricated buildings."

Yuan Zhenggang, president of Guanglianda Technology Co., Ltd. suggested that construction enterprises should actively use digital technologies such as cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, and adopt more online coordination methods to organize production to ensure the smooth flow of information and logistics. In the information flow part, it is necessary to improve the collaborative business management system and realize the integration of project and enterprise management; In the logistics part, enterprises can establish their own centralized procurement platform by improving the supply chain, and grasp the trends of supplier’s product processing and transportation in real time through other information technologies, so as to effectively ensure smooth logistics on the basis of full and effective linkage with suppliers.

The third is to deepen the reform of the labor employment system, build an online employment information platform, establish a construction worker training system and a vocational skill appraisal system, and effectively solve the labor shortage problem.

The insiders believe that the construction unit can be guided to train its own construction workers, mainly special jobs and high-skilled construction workers, as the technical backbone to undertake the work of shift or supervision on the construction site; Encourage construction enterprises to establish their own assembled professional workers and improve the professional construction ability and level of assembled buildings. Large and medium-sized labor service enterprises can make full use of their own advantages to build an online labor service platform and provide qualified construction workers for construction enterprises. Small and micro labor service enterprises should transform and develop into professional operation enterprises and do specialized professional operations.

Xinhua News Agency economic analysts believe that the professionalization of construction workers can solve the problems of high turnover rate, high mobility and low sense of acquisition in the construction industry to some extent. Large and medium-sized general contracting enterprises with conditions can establish training and assessment institutions for skilled personnel, and independently carry out training, assessment and certification of enterprise workers. Government departments should guide construction enterprises to carry out pre-job training and skills upgrading training by strengthening school-enterprise cooperation, new apprenticeship and other forms, and establish a skill-oriented incentive mechanism. Enterprises and government departments should jointly do a good job in the formulation of relevant professional skills standards and evaluation norms for construction workers, and promote the professional appraisal of construction workers in accordance with the occupational types specified in the national vocational qualification catalogue.

planrow: Kuang Lecheng Wang Shengjun Jinlei

holdpen: Li Anran Xiao Zhenghua

Research cooperation unit: china construction news, china association for labour studies

Participate in researchpersonnel: Juck Zhang Yuan Bo Wang Ning Zhu Cheng Sun Yin

Zhang Lei Cui Lu Yang Youzong Li Wenzhe Gao Yangyang Cheng Xiaoli Lan Haixiao

editvolume: Zhang Changan Wanli Li Wei Li Zhen

Shanghai has introduced some measures to increase the attraction and utilization of foreign capital and promote the stable scale and quality of foreign trade.

  Today (4th) morning, the Shanghai Municipal Government held the first press conference of the theme series "Building a First-class Business Environment, Serving and Building a New Development Pattern", introducing the relevant contents of "Several Policies and Measures for Promoting the Stable Scale and Improving the Quality of Foreign Trade in Shanghai" and "Several Measures for Increasing the Attraction and Utilization of Foreign Capital in Shanghai".

  It is understood that Shanghai resolutely implements the deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and always takes high-quality foreign trade and foreign investment as the top priority. In recent years, it has successively issued several rounds of policies to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, and achieved positive results. The function of the trade hub has been further enhanced, and the position of the first choice for foreign investment has been further consolidated. In 2022, both the import and export of goods and the actual use of foreign capital in the city reached record highs. The import and export of foreign trade in the city was 4.19 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.2%, exceeding 4 trillion yuan for two consecutive years; The actual use of foreign capital was US$ 23.956 billion, which remained stable at over US$ 20 billion for three consecutive years. Since the beginning of this year, Shanghai’s foreign trade and foreign investment has achieved steady growth, showing strong development resilience. 1— In February, the import and export of goods in the city was 681.56 billion yuan, an increase of 0.7% on the basis of high base and high growth rate in the same period last year; The actual use of foreign capital was 4.961 billion US dollars, an increase of 18%; Eleven regional headquarters of multinational corporations and five foreign-funded R&D centers were newly established, reaching 902 and 536 respectively.

  In order to further consolidate the stable trend of foreign trade and foreign capital, at the same time, actively respond to various challenges faced by the complex external situation and continue to promote the high-quality development of foreign trade and foreign capital, Shanghai has formulated and formed "Several Policies and Measures for Promoting the Stable Scale and Quality of Foreign Trade in Shanghai" and "Several Measures for Increasing the Attraction and Utilization of Foreign Capital in Shanghai".

  "Some Policies and Measures for Promoting the Stable Scale and Quality of Foreign Trade in Shanghai" focuses on promoting the stable scale of foreign trade, promoting transformation, expanding the market and improving the environment, and mainly puts forward 21 measures in four aspects.

  First, promote the steady growth of foreign trade scale.Focus on key enterprises and products, and increase support in customs clearance, finance and tax refund. Mainly put forward: support electromechanical and high-tech products enterprises to expand diversified international markets. Medical device products with "two ends outside" can enter the special customs supervision area or bonded logistics center without Chinese label. Encourage the expansion of imports of key energy minerals and important agricultural products. The Export-Import Bank Shanghai Branch set up a special credit line of 10 billion yuan for small and micro foreign trade enterprises. The annual underwriting scale of China Xinbao Shanghai Branch is not less than US$ 50 billion.

  The second is to promote the innovation and development of foreign trade., increase innovation support, promote the development of new formats and new models, and release new kinetic energy for foreign trade development. Mainly put forward: accelerate the third phase expansion of Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and study the expansion of Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone to the release port. Support enterprises to carry out cross-border e-commerce retail import of drugs and medical devices. Accelerate the pilot supervision of remanufactured products according to the import of new products. Support the cross-currency payment and receipt of offshore trade settlement by banking institutions. Actively and steadily carry out bonded oil filling business for international navigation ships in Shanghai anchorage.

  The third is to support the development of diversified markets.With the in-depth implementation of RCEP as an opportunity, support enterprises to explore the international market. Mainly put forward: hold the offline exhibition of East China Import and Export Fair, and organize more enterprises to participate in the offline exhibition of Canton Fair. Increase the support for enterprises to participate in overseas key exhibitions. Strengthen the cultivation of approved exporters and guide enterprises to make good use of the facilitation measures of independent declaration of origin. Build a comprehensive service platform for overseas warehouses. Encourage cross-border trade in goods to give priority to RMB settlement.

  The fourth is to optimize the business environment of cross-border trade.Around the border and post-border measures, we will increase the protection of public services in foreign trade and economic cooperation. Mainly put forward: support compliance enterprises to apply for general licenses for specific dual-use items. Expand the business of different cargo terminals in the Yangtze River Delta region. Support enterprises to deal with overseas intellectual property cases. Expand the business scope of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Shanghai Center. Support overseas arbitration institutions to set up business institutions in Shanghai.

  "Several Measures for Shanghai to Increase Attracting and Utilizing Foreign Capital" focuses on promoting the expansion of foreign capital, stabilizing the stock and improving the quality, and mainly puts forward 20 measures in four aspects.

  The first is to promote high-level opening up.Focus on key areas and regions, and improve and expand the level of opening up. Mainly put forward: support foreign securities, funds, futures, personal insurance, pension management, wealth management, financial companies to take the lead in settling in Shanghai. Encourage more qualified international container liner companies to carry out pilot coastal piggyback business. Actively strive for measures to expand opening up in the fields of telecommunications, Internet, education, culture and medical care. Docking high-standard international economic and trade rules, taking the lead in promoting institutional opening of rules, regulations, management and standards. Promote Hongqiao International Central Business District to explore measures to expand opening up in the fields of digital trade, financial services, information services and exhibition services.

  The second is to raise the level of introducing foreign capital.Focusing on supporting and guiding foreign investment in high-end manufacturing, modern services, high-tech and energy-saving and environmental protection industries, we will improve the quality of foreign investment utilization. Mainly put forward: support foreign-funded enterprises to enjoy all kinds of industrial policies, technological transformation and digital transformation on an equal footing. Eligible headquarters enterprises can enjoy funding and rewards according to laws and regulations. Implement the national tax policy for scientific and technological innovation. Encourage foreign investors to set up an open innovation platform and promote the establishment of collaborative innovation projects of foreign R&D institutions. Support more high-energy first stores and new products to settle in Shanghai. Support foreign-funded enterprises to participate in the research and development, promotion and application of green and low-carbon technologies.

  The third is to increase the support of foreign investment development factors.Put forward support or facilitation measures around finance, taxation, finance, personnel exchanges, import and export, etc., and promote the landing of foreign-funded projects. Mainly put forward: strengthen the special class of foreign-funded projects and the service mechanism of commissioners. Support all districts to reward foreign-funded enterprises, new foreign investment projects and profit reinvestment projects of foreign-funded enterprises that meet the industrial development orientation of Shanghai. Broaden the channels for foreign investment of QFLP funds on a city-wide basis. Expand the scope of identification of foreign high-end talents (Class A) and foreign professionals (Class B). Provide entry, exit and residence convenience for senior executives of foreign-funded enterprises, foreign technicians themselves and their families.

  The fourth is to optimize foreign investment services.Focusing on strengthening investment promotion services, protecting legitimate rights and interests and creating a good investment environment. Mainly put forward: to carry out "investment in Shanghai" domestic and foreign investment promotion activities. Hold a round table meeting on communication between government and enterprises, and establish a docking mechanism for commissioners of foreign business associations in Shanghai. Expand the function of Shanghai’s foreign investment promotion service platform and provide multilingual services. Realize the online processing function of high-frequency matters such as entry and exit, work permit and so on for foreigners outside the foreign-related service special window in Chinese and English. Smooth the complaint channels of foreign-funded enterprises. Ensure that foreign-funded enterprises participate in government procurement on an equal footing. Strengthen the construction of a rapid collaborative protection mechanism for intellectual property rights.

  In the next step, Shanghai will focus on promoting the accurate release of policy dividends, direct access to enterprises, and implementation, maximizing the policy effect and boosting Shanghai’s foreign trade and foreign capital to continue to achieve higher quality development under the new situation.

  (Headquarters reporter Weasion Wei Cheng Yulin)