It can be said that Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Meta and Microsoft, the three giants of American AI, have handed over their own stage test scores, but unlike the impression formed by the outside world in the previous paragraph, Google, which has been constantly sung, has seen its share price soar after the financial report, while Meta, which won a heart by Llama 3, has evaporated by 1.6 trillion overnight.

Only Microsoft continued to exceed expectations, watching the other two unreliable rivals smile and get back the top spot in the world market value.

Google, the big brother who is often upstaged by his peers on various occasions, is finally proud this time.

Not only did Q1′ s revenue, advertising and cloud business all increase at a faster speed, but it also crushed all the indicators, with an increase of over 15% after the close, and announced the dividend distribution and $70 billion stock repurchase plan for the first time.After the financial report was published, Google’s market value soared by 300 billion US dollars, making it the fourth largest listed company in the world after Microsoft, Apple and NVIDIA.

In this quarter, the total revenue of Google’s parent company Alphabet was 80.54 billion US dollars, much higher than the market expectation of 79.04 billion US dollars, up 15% year-on-year, the fastest growth rate in two years. Net profit jumped 57% year-on-year to $23.7 billion, and diluted earnings per share was $1.89, up 61.5% from $1.17 in the same period last year.

Despite betting on the big language model Gemini training and infrastructure investment, the AI capital expenditure of $12 billion this season exceeded expectations by $1.7 billion. Closely related to AI, the growth of cloud business, which is regarded as Google’s next growth engine, is still accelerating rapidly. Revenue in the first quarter increased by 28.4% year-on-year to $9.6 billion, which was higher than the analyst’s expectation of $9.37 billion, and doubled the overall revenue growth rate for several consecutive quarters. Although it ranks third in the market share of cloud computing, it is still trying to catch up with Amazon and Microsoft, but it is finally on the right track of turning losses into wins.

"In the past eight months, we have released more than 1,000 new products and functions in the field of cloud computing. At the Google Cloud Next conference, more than 300 customers and partners talked about their success in artificial intelligence on Google Cloud, including global brands such as Bayer, Mercedes-Benz and Wal-Mart. " Google CEO Sandel Pichai said at the earnings conference.

And the credit still has to be given to AI. Like Microsoft, more and more enterprises seek to deploy AI load on public cloud, and Google Cloud also provides customers with various generative artificial intelligence services through the Gemini model. Recently, a new CPU「Axion "based on Arm architecture was launched, aiming at improving the efficiency of cloud computing and reducing operating costs, and further strengthening Google’s competitiveness in the cloud market. Polat, CFO, stressed that "artificial intelligence is making an increasing contribution" to the sales of Google’s cloud division.

Pichai also believes that the transformation of artificial intelligence is a "golden opportunity", and the company is racing against time to integrate this technology into the whole business.At the Google Cloud Conference earlier this month, everything revolved around generative AI, further opened and optimized Gemini 1.5 Pro, and officially launched its own most powerful and expandable AI accelerator TPU v5p P.

In addition, the core advertising industry has also achieved steady improvement this quarter. Total revenue was $61.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13%. Among them, Google search and other advertising revenue was 46.2 billion US dollars, and YouTube advertising revenue was 8.1 billion US dollars, both of which achieved double-digit growth.

However, for Google, which is still positioned as a "search giant" in the market, the boost of generative AI may be a double-edged sword: on the one hand, Google is exploring new income channels such as advertising placement, independent subscription service and enterprise authorization through AI tools such as Gemini to adapt to market changes and needs. On the other hand, improving the generative search experience may affect the original advertising profitability. At the same time, the rookie of AI search engine represented by Perplexity also faces potential challenges.

In fact, compared with Microsoft and Meta, Google has not had an easy time these months. First, Gemini’s image generation function was forced to withdraw from the market because of racial discrimination, which once triggered a controversy about whether Pichai was qualified as CEO of Google. After paying a large amount of severance pay for layoffs, this week, 50 employees protesting against the company’s signing of a cloud computing contract with Israel were fired, causing internal riots.

In the midst of disputes and challenges, this beautiful financial report comes at the right time. Not only has it greatly boosted market confidence, but it also shows that Google has found the right direction in the AI ? ? era. With the recent reorganization of the artificial intelligence department and more attention to product speed, Google’s performance in the second half of the year is still expected.

After experiencing the "efficiency year" of business focus adjustment, department reorganization, artificial intelligence and layoffs and cost reduction, Meta made a beautiful turnaround with a revenue of 40.1 billion US dollars in the last quarter. The share price has soared by 140% in the past 12 months, far exceeding Google’s 50% and Microsoft’s 35%.

In this 2024 Q1, the social media giant, which just released a new generation of open source model Llama3, continued to reap the most brilliant first-quarter performance in history, with revenue and profit higher than Wall Street’s expectations.

The data shows that Meta’s total revenue in the quarter was US$ 36.46 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%, the fastest growth rate in three years. Net profit increased by 117% year-on-year to US$ 12.37 billion, and diluted earnings per share was US$ 4.71, more than double that of US$ 2.2 in the same period last year.

Among them, advertising business is still the core income source of Meta, and the results are gratifying. It increased by 27% year-on-year to $35.64 billion, accounting for nearly 98% of the total revenue. The daily users of FoA increased by 7% year-on-year to 3.24 billion, and the advertising exposure also increased by 20%.

This is mainly due to the application of artificial intelligence technology, which significantly improves the accuracy of targeted advertising. According to Meta, at present, more than half of their advertising recommendations are driven by AI.

After falling to the bottom in 2022, Meta tried to regain the market share of digital advertising. Zuckerberg then launched an initiative to reorganize the advertising business, with the focus on using AI. Susan Li, CFO, once said that the company has been investing in AI models that can accurately predict user-related advertisements and tools that automate the advertising creation process.

In terms of software, Meta recently presented the "GPT-4 level" open source AI model king Llama 3, defeated Gemini 1.5 and Claude 3 in a number of benchmark tests, and upgraded the potential training parameters to 400B b. Widely used in different platforms and scenarios, and vowed to wash off LLM companies and API suppliers with free commercial blood. At the same time, Meta AI is integrated into family applications such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Ray-Ban smart glasses to provide users with more flexible and diverse assistant functions.

In terms of hardware, like every colleague who doesn’t want to be stuck, Meta not only stepped up the storage of NVIDIA chips, but also released the latest version of Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA). Using TSMC’s 5nm process, focusing on strengthening AI reasoning, it is specially designed for the ranking and recommendation system of its social software, and its performance is three times higher than that of the previous generation. They also developed a large rack-mounted system that can accommodate up to 72 accelerators to support self-developed chips. Now they have been deployed in the data center of Meta to complement the commercial GPU.

With the cooperation of AI software and hardware, overseas retailers from China, such as Temu and Shein, also added a fire to Meta’s performance with huge investment in Facebook and Instagram advertisements. And with the approaching of the US presidential election in 2024, political advertising has surged. According to the latest forecast of AdImpact, this year will be the most expensive election cycle in American history, and the advertising expenditure is expected to reach 10.2 billion dollars.

At the same time, due to the annual efficiency adjustment plan, Meta laid off nearly 10% of its employees, and the total number of employees was 69,329 as of March 31, 2024.

In stark contrast to streamlined operations, Xiaozha’s more drastic artificial intelligence layout. In the face of the growing AI war in Silicon Valley, Meta raised its capital expenditure from the expected $30 billion to $37 billion to $35 billion to $40 billion in 2024 to "accelerate infrastructure construction to support the company’s AI roadmap" and continue to compete for top AI talents with high salaries to join the company’s technology research and development.

In addition, he seems to have a "obsession" with the meta-universe, saying that he will continue to invest in long-term goals and "build a virtual world full of incarnations." It should be noted that although the revenue of Reality Labs, which is responsible for VR/AR/MR and Metauniverse development, increased year-on-year, it still lost $3.8 billion, and the total loss has exceeded $45 billion since the end of 2020.

Various unstable factors, together with expanding AI expenditure and a lower-than-expected revenue outlook for the second quarter, have caused the market to worry about Meta’s future sustainable profitability. Despite handing over a super-bright performance answer sheet, Meta’s share price still fell.

And this does not seem to shake Zuckerberg’s determination to push AI. Just as the stock price is diving, the financial report phone will be opened as scheduled.

He firmly told investors that he would spare no expense to build Meta into "the world’s leading artificial intelligence company". It also revealed that Meta is actively exploring a variety of AI revenue-generating strategies, including providing enterprise-level services, introducing advertisements into AI interactions, and allowing people to pay for larger AI models and more access to computing resources. AI has also helped Meta to increase application participation, thus allowing more advertisements to be seen and directly improving advertisements to bring more value.

However, Xiaozha also bluntly said, "Building a leading AI will be a more arduous task than optimizing the application experience, and it may take several years."The implication is that although the long-term value of taking AI is full, don’t expect it to make big money immediately. The words directly scared the market to collapse. Meta’s share price plummeted by 18% after hours, and its market value shrank by nearly $200 billion.

This unexpected trend just reflects the current general attitude of Wall Street towards artificial intelligence: compared with a lot of AI investment, the market wants to see the balance between expenditure and growth, and looks forward to a clearer monetization signal.

However, for Meta, fully embracing AI technology and then applying it to social networks, advertising, metauniverse, wearable devices and other fields, even if it takes several years to turn into considerable profits, it is also determined to pay and wait. Zuckerberg blocked his future this time, and he won’t go back when he opens his bow.

Unlike Meta, which was plunged by the Nasdaq market, Microsoft gained momentum after its financial report was released. It rose by 5% after hours, and overtook Apple for the nth time to become the highest value company in the world.

As the first commercial track leader to bet on generative artificial intelligence, Microsoft’s performance is still firm, and all business indicators have exceeded expectations:

The total revenue was $61.86 billion, up 17% year-on-year, exceeding the previous official guideline of 14.5%. The net profit was $21.94 billion, up 20% from $18.3 billion in the same period last year. The adjusted earnings per share was $2.94, higher than the market expectation of $2.82.

Driven by the strong demand of AI, Intelligent Cloud, including Azure public cloud, Windows server, voice recognition software Nuance and GitHub, continued to live up to expectations, with revenue increasing by 21% year-on-year to $26.7 billion, higher than the market expectation of $26.25 billion. The growth rate was the highest in five fiscal quarters, and it also surpassed rivals Amazon AWS and Alphabet Google Cloud.

Among them, Azure and other cloud services increased by 31% year-on-year, and 7 percentage points came from AI contribution.

In this regard, CEO Nadella pointed out in a conference call that "Azure has become the center of AI projects, involving not only AI models, but also databases and other services. Many customers are using Microsoft platforms and tools to build their own AI solutions:

More than 65% of Fortune 500 companies are using Azure OpenAI service, and GitHub Copilot for developers has 1.8 million paid subscribers. 30,000 customers use Copilot Studio low-code tools to customize their own Copilot. "

In addition to intelligent cloud, since this is the first full quarter since Microsoft launched 365 Copilot generative artificial intelligence assistant to commercial customers last November, the market is also very concerned about the sales performance of Office suite.

Nadella said that Copilot has embedded the latest technology of OpenAI into Microsoft’s entire product line to provide customers with various value-added services. The data shows that the revenue of productivity and business process departments increased by 12% year-on-year to $19.6 billion in this quarter, of which the revenue of Office 365 increased by 15%, and the number of paid subscribers has reached 80.8 million. It is expected that it will continue to achieve steady growth in the next fiscal quarter-which shows that Microsoft has a solid foundation and remarkable achievements in the commercialization of AI software.

In addition, thanks to the acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October last year, Microsoft’s personal computing revenue, including game business, also achieved double-digit growth to $15.6 billion, and Xbox performance increased by 62% year-on-year.

Nadella confidently said: "Microsoft is leading a new era of AI transformation, bringing better business results to various roles and industries."

Since the beginning of this year, Microsoft has been making great moves in the field of AI. On the eve of the financial report, an exciting news was announced: on the basis of the 2020 cooperation agreement with Coca-Cola Company, we will continue to sign a five-year strategic contract worth $1.1 billion. Help it achieve further digital transformation through Microsoft Azure Cloud, Microsoft 365 Copilot tools and leading generative artificial intelligence technology.

Last week, Microsoft’s artificial intelligence empire expanded to the Middle East for the first time: it invested $1.5 billion in G42, an AI company in the United Arab Emirates, and obtained its minority stake and board seats. Meanwhile, G42 will run its AI applications and services on the Azure cloud computing platform.

In the layout of the big model, after spending $13 billion on OpenAI, Microsoft also decided not to spoil ChatGPT alone, but to open up more possibilities. In February, it was announced that it had reached an in-depth cooperation with Mistral AI, a French star AI startup, investing 150,000 euros and providing computing infrastructure to assist in large-scale model training and reasoning. Mistral has also become the second commercial closed-source model supplier of Microsoft besides OpenAI.

In March, after leading the latest round of financing for the artificial intelligence unicorn Infection AI, Microsoft directly poached its two co-founders and most of its technical staff. Mustafa Suleyman, the former CEO of Influence, was appointed as the CEO of Microsoft AI, a newly established artificial intelligence department, responsible for integrating consumer toC products, including Copilot, Bing and Edge, and reporting directly to Nadella. Another co-founder Karen Simonyan joined as the chief scientist. One operation not only obtained the authorization of Influence technology, but also completed the talent acquisition of "hollowing out" level, which once shocked the industry.

In terms of hardware, in addition to introducing two new Surface as the next generation AIPC, Microsoft is also developing a new network card similar to NVIDIA ConnectX-7 to support the self-developed Maia 100. It also plans to hoard 1.8 million AI chips by the end of this year and triple the number of GPUs. Significant progress has also been made in building a data center worth up to $100 billion with OpenAI and building a supercomputer called "Stargate".

Bet on a number of mainstream large model development teams, make great strides in data processing capabilities, coupled with the stronger technical advantages after the launch of GPT-5, Microsoft has a stable position in the Jianghu.

Looking at the new round of financial performance of Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft, it is not difficult to see that generative artificial intelligence has penetrated into all aspects of the business pipeline and become the core engine driving enterprise growth.

Microsoft’s success is particularly typical, with a number of AI software and hardware forward-looking layout firmly in the top spot, and various businesses take off at high speed.

Although Meta’s huge AI investment makes investors jumpy, it is still unknown whether it can realize commercial profit as soon as possible, but the advertising revenue boosted by AI has achieved initial results. With Llama’s big model and computing power blessing, Zuckerberg’s determination and ambition to build a global AI leader should not be underestimated.

As for big brother Google, it finally found its own rhythm in the AI ? ? war. Weapons such as Gemini and TPU have sharpened their swords and are ready to accelerate the search for new growth points in the AI wave.

The judgment of the three giants on the development direction of artificial intelligence is surprisingly consistent, and they all offered a gamble of real money to invest in this future technological change. Standing on the cusp of the times, how high and how far AI can finally take them, the eyes of the global technology industry will look here.

(The cover picture is from Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

Yu Wei, who won four Oscar statuettes (best actor, best editing, best sound effect and best sound effect editing) in one fell swoop, is based on the film Bohemian Rhapsody, the life story of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury, which landed in major cinemas in China on March 22nd. Since the film was released in the United States and other places last November, it has won $870 million at the global box office, ranking first in the history of box office music biographies.

At the same time of box office sales, critics did not agree with Bohemian Rhapsody. On the film review website "Rotten Tomato", its favorable rate barely passed the passing line (61%). The film is co-produced by two members of the band, Brian May and Roger Taylor. Although the authenticity of the content is guaranteed, it can also save troubles such as subsequent lawsuits, but it is also inevitably limited and tied. Simran Hans, a film critic of the British Observer, criticized the scripts written by Anthony McCarten (Dark Hour, The Theory of Everything) for being too plain.

In fact, it is always a thankless attempt to shoot biographies of rock musicians, and polarized comments are sparse and common. Although the life experience of rock musicians is often passionate and magnificent, it is an excellent material for movies; However, in view of their high public awareness, there are not a few diehard fans who think they know idols like the back of their hands, so it is inevitable that people are unable to agree. However, the rock biographies that can be recognized by most fans are not unique. For example, the following ten films, the first nine of which are from the "Top30 Best Music Biography in History" selected by Rolling Stone magazine in 2016, and Nicole in 1988 are among the best rock biographies born in recent years. It is worth mentioning that "The Rose" alludes to Janis Joplin’s life, and "Velvet Goldmine" alludes to David Bowie’s contacts with Mick Lan Sen, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.

The Buddy Holly Story) 1978).

In this film about the late Texas great rock musician buddy holly directed by Steve Rash, Gary Busey, the leading actor, sang Holly’s masterpieces in person, and was well-deserved to be nominated for an Oscar. The rock spirit injected by Busser in the film is quite pure, which is rarely seen in similar works in Hollywood. Fundamentally speaking, the most far-reaching influence of this film lies in its successful re-introduction of Holly’s music to American audiences. In the hottest age of disco, the topic triggered by this film pushed Buddy Holly Lives, a selected record, to the 55th place on Billboard.

Elvis elvis presley (1979)

Since the premature death of Elvis Presley in 1977, many biographies of Elvis Presley have been produced in the film and television industry, but today, this TV movie directed by John Carpenter is still one of the best. Prior to this, Kurt Russell, the leading actor, was mainly known for his role in Disney live-action movies such as The Computer Wore Tennessee Shoes, but he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his wonderful performance as Elvis Presley. He perfectly captured the depth of the superstar in a way that was completely irrelevant to parody. He didn’t really sing in this movie-he was only in charge of lip-synching, and Ronnie McDowell, a country music singer, was in charge of the voice, but his stage performance did highly reproduce the power and shock that Elvis showed when he was on stage. For the darker side of Elvis Presley’s personality, the film has not lightly weakened it; The scene where Russell shot and smashed the hotel TV set is the most unforgettable scene in all Elvis Presley movies.

Sid and Nancy) 1986)

The film records how Sid Vicious, a member of the British rock band Sex Pistol, slipped down the drug abyss step by step until he finally killed his girlfriend and died of an overdose himself. In fact, the relationship between this film and music is not so close. Now, Sid Vicious’s music is not even like punk music, but more like progressive rock’s: look at the slow motion of him and Nancy kissing in the garbage rain next to the trash can, and you will understand that his music is similar to orchestral music compared with the roar that gushes directly from the depths of his throat.

Apart from music, Gary Oldman’s self-destructive personal charm on Sid is so magical that even John Lydon, the lead singer of "Sex Pistol", angrily cursed the director Alex Cox to die after watching the movie, but he was still moved by Odeman’s performance and gave him high praise.

La Bamba) 1987)

With the superb acting skills of Lou Diamond Phillips, who plays Mexican-born rock star Richie Valens, and Esai Morales, who plays his brother Bob, the film Legend of Youth reproduces the ups and downs of the last eight months of 17-year-old Vallans’s life in detail: an ordinary high school student became legendary overnight and soon became a tragic plane crash.

This film not only records his early death, but also touches on the racial conflicts throughout Los Angeles in the late 1950s and the hardships of Hispanics. However, the core of the film is to reiterate Vallans’s enduring influence on pop music: as a result, the film did make Los Lobos’ reinterpretation of Vallans’s classic music reach the top of the record charts.

The Doors) 1991)

When the film was released, the late Roger Ebert, a well-known film critic, complained: "The process of watching this film is like a person who doesn’t drink and is forced to sit in a bar with an annoying drunk." It may be true, but director Oliver Stone has a magnificent sense of movement and absurdity for the commemoration of Jim Morrison, the lead singer of the "Gate" band. The film shows rock and roll to the extreme, and even if it is destroyed, it will be destroyed spectacularly.

Morrison, played by Val Kilmer, is the most wonderful performance in his career. Instead of mythologizing the singer who died young at the age of 27, he represented the hedonism of Los Angeles in the 1960 s by portraying him after being drugged by hormones, alcohol and drugs. His interpretation of Morrison is both like a hero and absurd, full of nonsense and poetic.

As for Morrison, director Si Tong didn’t judge him, but only created a psychedelic voice and a picture of ecstasy. However, the audience who experienced a crazy trip in the film should not want to imitate Morrison’s self-destructive behavior.

Although the soundtrack of "Years of Passion" can’t be said to be a real reproduction of the original sound-those songs were re-interpreted by a super group including Thurston Moore, Dave Grohl, Mike Mills and Greg Dulli, but the anarchic energy they burst out was enough to make up for this shortcoming. The film focuses on The Beatles’ early experience of singing in Hamburg, Germany. At that time, they were still covering other people’s works, which also made it less regrettable not to use the original sound.

This film focuses on the story of idol characters before they become idols, focusing on finding those personality characteristics in them that will make them immortal soon. Ian Hart plays John Lennon, the lead singer of the Beatles, for the second time after The Hours and Times directed by Christopher Münch. His feeling is a little weird, which is not just a simple imitation, but an introduction of thoughts and feelings.

However, the focus of the film is not only on John Lennon. Director Iain Softley wisely focused the spotlight on the forgotten early members of the Beatles, especially the hapless bassist Stuart Sutcliffe played by Stephen Dorff.

The Last Days) 2005)

When Nirvana’s lead singer Kurt Cobain died, he did not forget to tell us that "better to burn out than fade away". However, the doppelganger of Kurt Cobain shown by director Gus Van Sant in "The Last Days" has faded so much that he is almost an invisible man.

In that big empty house in the forest of Washington State, Blake, the hero played by Michael Pitt (Kurt Cobain’s name is not used in this film), walks slowly back and forth, surrounded by a group of parasites who only notice his existence when he reaches out and asks for money or drugs. It seems that he doesn’t look like a person who is about to commit suicide, but more like a walking corpse who has already lost his life-the soul is dead, just waiting for the body to end.

The film imagines a rock star’s suicide path, replaces the explanation with ambiguity, explains everything clearly and tells the whole story so that the audience can feel comfortable, thus launching a challenge. The film itself is as confusing and fragmented as those lyrics written by Kurt Cobain, but there is no cathartic anger in his lyrics at all.

I’m not there (2007)

Bob Dylan can be said to be one of the greatest "chameleons" in the history of rock music. It is not easy to cover his whole life with one movie. Therefore, Todd Haynes, a director who knows the spirit of rock and roll, adopted such an approach. He divided Dylan’s whole life into several parts according to different times and influences, and invited Cate Blanchett, richard gere, Christian Bale, Ben Whishaw and others to interpret every different fragment of Dylan’s rich and colorful life mosaic respectively.

After watching this movie, it will undoubtedly make the audience have no idea about Bob Dylan’s life, but it will make them more curious about him. Instead of adopting the traditional biographical film method of chronological memorabilia, it captures the essence of Dylan at a higher level: for so many years, he constantly reformed himself and rebuilt the whole world. On a certain level, it seems that this film only dabbles in a variety of film styles-imitating the looks and feelings of Ge Daer, A Hard Day’s Night, Eight and a Half, and the American New School Westerns in the 1970s, respectively, but on a deeper level, the film’s wonderful exploration of Dylan himself is as energetic as Dylan himself.

Control) 2007)

Anton Corbijn, a photographer, has been dealing with rock stars for a long time, taking photos for rock musicians with different styles, from U2 to "Depeche Mode" to Tom Waits. Therefore, it’s not surprising that his directorial debut is aimed at rock musicians.

In this biopic of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, the hero played by Sam Riley was a melancholy young man long before he killed himself at the age of 23. However, this drama, which focuses on simplicity, can really make people realize that kind of sadness because it shows the depression that Curtis can’t get rid of all his short life without creating any illusion. In this way, the film avoids the typical route of "from poor to rich and then back to poor" in biographies: Curtis of Riley is not an angry egoist, on the contrary, he is a tortured soul in his heart, and he turns his pain into beautiful music until he is finally swallowed up by it. Like the record of "Happy Team", the film itself has a most direct and diffuse sense of desolation.

Nicole in 1988 (Nico, 1988) 2017

The film focuses on the last year of a woman named Christa P?ffgen (Nicole’s real name), rather than Nicole’s lovely eyes and graceful figure when she is with The Velvet Underground. At the age of 49, she tried to get rid of the label of "Nicole", so she declared: "My life began with leaving underground velvet." She said that she originally wanted to grow old gracefully and calmly, but there were ugly wrinkles on her face and fat on her body. While being trapped by drugs, he is worried about his son who has a tendency to self-destruction; The only constant is that her voice is still hoarse and deep, and she still uses up all her strength when singing. Through this movie, we understand that this woman can never be who she really wants to be throughout her life.

In addition to the excellent atmosphere control of Italian female directors Susanna Nicchiarelli, the interpretation of Danish actress Trine Dyrholm is also the essence of this film: she not only has the right expression and manner, but also has a high degree of restoration when she personally sings Nicole’s masterpieces such as "These Days", "My Heart is Empty" and "Big in Japan".

Journal No.2704 on April 4, 2022

Mar.The film market as the Spring Festival after the file.Fluctuation troughIt has always been dull, but in March this year, three Hollywood blockbusters with high expectations crowded in. However, after the release, the performance was not as good as expected. Although "New Batman" won the first weekend box office without any suspense, it only took 9 days to break through 100 million yuan, and the other two "Mysterious Seas" were not satisfactory at the box office and word of mouth in Moonfall. Compared with the North American market, the mainland audience doesn’t seem to buy the three blockbusters.

upcomingAprilOriginally, there was also a good reserve of new films, including the literary film Life Events, which was led by popular actor Zhu Yilong and made fans look forward to it for a long time, the crime suspense movies The Last Truth and The Victim, starring two senior male gods, Huang Xiaoming and William Feng, respectively, as well as the sequel to the classic work Detective, Detective Wars, brought by the long-lost Hong Kong "old play bone" Liu Qingyun. According to the original plan, these films will be released at the same time on April 2, kicking off the "Qingming File".

But on March 25th, Life Events, Detective Wars, You Are My Spring, The Last Truth, Victims and Friends of the Week.6 moviesAnnounce one after anotherWithdraw gear. So far in April, it seems that only a series of imported films such as Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’s Elf Hostel 3 and Fantastic Animals 3 are left in the movie market.

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions-The Fast and the Furious series

Gold medal producers made great efforts.

Director:Adam Robitel

Starring:Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Holland Roden.

Show:April 2

Recommended reason:Created by a series of gold medal producers in The Fast and the Furious, his previous film once won the box office title of imported thrillers in China film history. The sequel is fully upgraded in terms of difficulty and thrills, gathering the top players in the world to jointly unlock the ultra-difficult secret room and open a cruel battle for survival.

Elf Hostel 4: Transformation Adventure-

Hotel Transylvania series finale.

Director:Derek Delemon, Jennifer Crusca

Dubbing:Brian Hall, andy samberg, Selena Gomez, kathryn hahn, steve buscemi.

Show:April 3 rd

Recommended reason:The Elf Hostel 4: The Great Adventure of Transformation is the final chapter of the Elf Hostel, directed by Derek Delemon and Jennifer Crusca, written by Amos Vernon, Nuzio Randazzo and genndy tartakovsky, and sung by many Hollywood stars such as Brian Hall, andy samberg, Selena Gomez and kathryn hahn. At the 125th anniversary celebration party of Elf Hostel, an accident turned the Elf family led by Dracula into an adult for the first time, while Johnny became a monster. In order to find a cure, Weng Xu, an enemy, went to the crisis-ridden rain forest in South America for a joyful and exciting adventure, and encountered all kinds of embarrassing situations.

Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of Dumbledore—

J.K. Rowling’s new adventure chapter of "Magic World"

Director:David Yates

Starring:Eddie Redmayne, katherine waterston, Jude Law

Show:April 8

Recommended reason:The film was created by J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter. "Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of Dumbledore" tells that Dumbledore realizes that the powerful dark wizard Grindelwald is trying to seize control of the magical world, so he entrusts a magical zoologist Newt to lead an excellent team to perform a dangerous task against Grindelwald, and they will meet new and old magical animals.

"Noah’s ark 2"—

Animal Federation "Meng" opens a new copy of adventure

Director:Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack.

Dubbing:Dermot Morganis, Tara Flynn, Mary Murray

Show:April 8

Highlight: The previous series was released in mainland China in 2016, with a box office of 12.369 million yuan. This time, in "Noah’s Ark Wandering 2", the animals that have been marching for 147 days have been tired of sailing life. Dave the Elephant Trunk and Heisel the Bobcat were appointed as Chefs, and the Ark’s food reserves were about to run out, but everyone knew nothing about what would happen in the future.

"To My Stranger Lover"-

Looking for a former lover across a long time.

Director:Hugo Gelin

Starring:Fran? ois Civil, Joséphine Japy, Benjamin Lavernhe

Show:April 14th

Recommended reason:Through the Qian Qian time line, across a long time to find my former lover. Just parallel time and space, re-understanding, will she still fall in love with him? After a fierce quarrel and an unexpected time travel, Raphael changed from a successful best-selling author to a mediocre middle school Chinese teacher. His wife Olivia became a famous pianist in Starlight Glimmer from a housewife. Meet again, reverse identity, no longer husband and wife, another romantic encounter in parallel time and space, can Raphael keep his original love?

"manslaughter"—

Indian version of Sheep Without A Shepherd

Director:Nishikant Kamat

Starring:Ajay devgan, Tabu, Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor.

Show:April 15th

Recommended reason:The China version of Sheep Without A Shepherd once made a box office record of 1.333 billion in China, and the original release attracted a lot of attention. The film tells the story of how the family of four fought back when faced with despair. A kind and law-abiding family killed their eldest daughter Anjiu by mistake because she couldn’t bear the harassment of the boy Sam. After learning of the boy’s strong family background, her father Wei Jie decided to defend his family. Although he only has a primary school diploma, Wei Jie is a movie fan who loves movies. With the knowledge he learned from movies, he began to plan how to make a "perfect alibi" for his family.

The desperate ambulance—

An earth-shattering robbery

Director:Michael Bay

Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Maidin, Eiza González

Show:April 22nd

Recommended reason:A remake of the Danish film of the same name from 2005 tells the story of a veteran who came back from Afghanistan and was dragged into the water by his brother to rob a bank. When something terrible went wrong, they seized an ambulance, but there was already a medical staff in the car giving first aid to the patient. With the escalation of the situation, the old contradiction between brothers reappeared, and they had to work hard to survive in a difficult environment.

I really hate long-distance relationships—

The first long-distance love topic movie in China

Director:Wu Yang, Zhou Nanxuan

Starring:Ren Min, Xin Yunlai, Li Xiaoqian, Zhou Yutong, Chen Youwei.

Show:April 29

Recommended reason:The film tells a true long-distance love story: after the college entrance examination, Zhao Yi has been secretly in love with Xu Jiashu for many years, but fate makes people start a long-distance love. They firmly believe that surviving a different place is a lifetime. As long as they love each other, distance is not a problem. But the natural obstacles of long-distance love test them. The appearance of Saikh and the twists and turns of love between girlfriends Jojo and Li Tang also give them a new understanding of "long-distance love" and are more determined to meet the challenges in the future.

Keep you safe—

Dapeng and Li Xueqin burst into laughter.

Director:roc

Starring:Dapeng, Li Xueqin, Andrew, Wang Xun, Wang Shengdi

Show:April 29

Recommended reason:The movie "Keep You Safe" tells the story of Wei Ping, a former "Jianghu tycoon", who became a graveyard salesman in middle age. After his client Han Lu moved in, he was involved in a rumor storm and faced with the forced demolition of the cemetery. In order to complete the sales performance, Wei Pingan tried his best to "whitewash" Han Lu and made many jokes. Wei Ping-an tried to find the source of the rumor and find out the truth, only to find that those who spread the rumor didn’t care about the truth, but only cared about what they believed.

League of Bad Guys—

It’s never too late to change for the better.

Director:Pierre perrifel

Dubbing:Sam rockwell, Awkwafina, Antonio Ramos

Show:April 29

Recommended reason: Gray wolves, spiders, sharks, piranhas and snakes have formed a criminal team "Bad Guys Alliance". Over the years, they have committed many cases of theft and robbery, and they have become the targets of the police. One day, when they tried to steal a gold trophy, they failed unexpectedly. They should have been jailed from then on, but Professor Orange Jam, a famous guinea pig, proposed to give them a chance to turn over a new leaf and suspend their imprisonment. Grey Wolf, the leader of the Bad League, originally wanted to pretend to agree, but in the process of pretending to be a good person, he found that he found unprecedented happiness, which also contributed to the opportunity for the Bad League to become a good person.

"Hello, Brother"—

Changyuan Online Matches Mary and Wei Xiang for Dating.

Director:Zhangluan

Starring:Mary, Changyuan, Wei Xiang

Show:April 30th

Recommended reason:The story tells the story of an idle e-sports substitute Xiao Wu (Chang Yuan) who inadvertently turned out a diary and a simple ring that had been dusty for many years, and even gained the ability to travel back to the 1980s. The fate of parents and old friends has also undergone earth-shaking changes due to the arrival of Xiao Wu. Zhang Luan, the director of the film, vividly and accurately portrayed a beautiful feeling of wits and courage, joy and warmth between teachers and students in the 1980s in his previous work "Teacher Good", and the strong campus youth resonance attracted numerous affirmation from the audience.

Check the Wind and Cloud —— Adapted from a real case

Director:Siu Fai Mak

Starring:Johnny, Bai Baihe, Claudia

Show:April 30th

Recommended reason:Based on a real case, the film mainly tells the story of how prosecutors act in the fight against evil. This film is the first film on the theme of criminal trial from the perspective of China prosecutors, and its original screenwriter is Zhao Peng, a third-class senior prosecutor in Tsinghua University. Siu Fai Mak, the film director, said that this film is in line with China’s national conditions, and a large number of real litigation plots are adopted. With the help of professional scripts, it will definitely add icing on the cake to China’s procuratorial film.

"Hello, Beijing"-Give ordinary people chicken blood

Director:Cao qianqian

Starring:An Zehao, Liu Ben, Li Feiran

Show:April 30th

Recommended reason:"Hello, Beijing" is a film of little people, telling the stories of three ordinary North drifters of different ages. After experiencing setbacks, difficulties and confusion, fortunately, the three protagonists never gave up, always stuck to their dreams and finally reached their ideal state.

Eight imported films lead the film market in April.

April almost became the world of imported films, and almost all the films that went online from the beginning to the middle of the month were imported, among which Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’s Elf Hostel 4: The Great Adventure of Transformation and Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of Dumbledore had the highest expectations. After "Escape from the Chamber of Secrets" was released in the mainland in 2019, it earned a good box office of 231 million yuan.Escape Room: Tournament of ChampionsWith the participation of producers of The Fast and the Furious series, it was released in North America on July 16th, 2021, and gained a good reputation on the Internet.

And another new filmElf Hostel 4: Transformation AdventureIt has not been shown in cinemas in North America, and the film was broadcast on streaming media in January this year. As the only Hollywood animated film during the Qingming small holiday, Elf Hostel 4 is the finale of the series, and continues to feature classic monster characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and Mummy. The sincere fathers and daughters, cross-racial love and hilarious friendship in the film add warmth and thinking space to the film.

Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of DumbledoreIs from the author of Harry Potter.j.k. rowlingHand, in the wizarding world, since Dumbledore first appeared more than 20 years ago, he has always been one of the highly respected and respectable characters in the wizarding world. Although everyone has long been familiar with the warm, humorous and intelligent principal Dumbledore in Harry Potter films, this beloved great wizard also has an intriguing past, which will be shocked and revealed in Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of Dumbledore. It is a good gift for fans who love Harry Potter.

Comedy movies started the May Day carnival in advance.

After a number of new films originally scheduled for the release of Qingming File were postponed, the domestic films of May 1st File began to be released together, and the carnival was started in advance from April 29th. I really hate long-distance relationships, Hello, Brother, Keep You Safe, The Prosecutorial Storm, etc. In order not to compete with other films for the May 1 ST file, the release date was set at the end of April.

Among them, "Hello, Brother" and "Keep You Safe" are the most attractive comedies.Hello, brotherMahua FunAge Mary, Chang Yuan and Wei Xiang reunited after Warm Hug. No matter the movie name or the story form, they are said to be somewhat similar to Hi, Mom. Hello, Brother is also a comedy that crosses the theme, and the background of the story also takes place in the "factory", but this time the characters are changed from mother to father.Keep you safeDirected by Dapeng, written by Su Biao and Dapeng, with Chen Zhixi as the chief producer, starring Dapeng, Li Xueqin, Andrew, Wang Xun and Wang Shengdi, starring Mary, Victoria Song, Jia Bing, Yang Di, Pan Binlong and Ni Hongjie, starring Qiao Shan, Yu Yang, Liu Jinshan, Cao Bingkun and Liang Chao, the lineup is already very eye-catching.

It is worth mentioning that according toReal caseAdapted, directed by gold medalSiu Fai MakDirected by Johnny, Bai Baihe and Claudia.Prosecutorial wind and cloudAlso scheduled for the last day of April. As the first partProsecutor China’s perspectiveThe crime-themed film, which was produced by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate Film and Television Center, is believed to attract a wave of movie-watching.

Generally speaking, from mid-March, the film market was almost all imported films, and this phenomenon continued until mid-April. Domestic films did not start the return mode until the end of the month, while the film market in AprilMovie crazeMay focus onend of a monthAs for whether there is a dark horse movie, it depends on the quality of the film.

　　BEIJING, Beijing, June 22 (Qiu Yu) In the rapidly developing health care industry, the elderly have become the main force of consumption. According to the data of china health care association, the annual sales of health care products in China is about 200 billion yuan, of which the consumption of the elderly accounts for more than 50%.

　　According to the report released by China Consumers Association, about 70% of consumers are not satisfied with the domestic health food market. According to a survey conducted by a reporter from Zhongxin. com (WeChat WeChat official account: cns2012), many health care products companies play the family card and use false and exaggerated marketing methods to fool the elderly into buying products. When the elderly find problems, they fall into the dilemma of safeguarding their rights.

　　[event]

　　University retired teachers and couples spend 500,000 yuan on health care products.

　　Ms. Liu’s mother is 78 years old. She and her wife are both retired university teachers. They receive a total pension of 15,000 yuan per month, but they have bought all their savings for health care products. "In eight years, the two old people spent at least 500,000 yuan on health care products, and even secretly borrowed money from old colleagues to buy them."

　　"Parents buy health care products to save money, and they only eat one meal when eating out. But now you must drink 100 ml of oral liquid after meals, just like soup, "Ms. Liu said." However, my father is getting thinner and thinner, and the doctor has repeatedly mentioned that he is malnourished. "

　　"Mother’s leg joint is not good, and she insists on not going to the hospital. However, she spent at least 100,000 yuan in a health care product company, saying that she could support the elderly and eat health care products for free. "She questioned that the health care product company did not even issue a contract, let alone mention how to provide for the elderly. Ms. Liu is somewhat helpless about this.

　　As for the reason why her mother is addicted to buying health care products, Ms. Liu said that the health care product salesman went door-to-door every day and "washed her brain".

　　[Secret]

　　Salesmen play the "family card" and kneel down to market.

　　Why are the elderly easily fooled by health care product salesmen? Wang Dahong, secretary-general of china health care association Health Products Market Working Committee, told reporters that the elderly are eager to be cared for and afraid of loneliness, but many elderly people’s children are not around and don’t have enough time to take care of them. Some illegal marketers take advantage of the psychological vacancy of the elderly and induce them to buy products through spiritual comfort and other means.

　　According to recent media reports, an old man in Guangdong spent 200,000 yuan on health care products in four years, saying that "because of loneliness and money, I hope someone will spend more time with me".

　　A health care product salesman revealed that core information can be obtained from the elderly through home visits, including their economic conditions, physical condition and who is in charge at home.

　　Ms. Liu said that the old couple is usually the mother. More than a dozen salesmen from different health care products marketing companies frequently visit their homes and sometimes send some cheap flour and fruit. Mother’s knees were not good, and a female salesman even knelt on the ground to apply essential oil and massage to the elderly, which made her very moved.

　　The reporter learned that "family offensive" is a common means for some health care product salesmen. Many salesmen even call "mom and dad, grandparents" as soon as they come to the door, and also help the elderly to do housework and chat.

　　Brainwash the elderly by organizing meetings and traveling.

　　After playing the "family card", health care products companies will further brainwash the elderly by sending product benefits, organizing meetings, and free medical treatment.

　　The reporter found that some health care products companies sent a variety of "benefits", including "old cadres’ special medicine and food homologous products ‘ Fengling Capsule ’ " "Life Soft Rubber Magnetic Energy Watch" and "Human Meridian Acupoint Physical Therapy Pen".

　　Ms. Liu’s mother has a special health notebook with the time and place of various health care products marketing activities written on it, as well as celebrity lectures with titles such as "academician, tutor, professor and doctor". Ms. Liu said that in an activity, a famous doctor who claimed to have seen the doctor for the leader knelt on the stage and kowtowed to the old people and shouted "Mom and Dad". As a result, her mother spent 10,000 yuan to buy "egg albumin that can save lives".

　　The reporter contacted a health care product salesman. From the video sent by his WeChat circle of friends, a middle-aged man introduced the product impassioned on the stage, and dozens of old people raised their hands enthusiastically.

　　However, many health care products marketing places prohibit young people from entering, on the grounds that "services are only provided to the elderly". The reporter tried to contact several salesmen in the name of buying products, but they were very vigilant and asked for the name of the "introducer" and refused to disclose the venue of the event.

　　[investigation]

　　Some health foods purchased by the elderly are fakes.

　　The photos provided by Ms. Liu show that all kinds of health care products are piled up on the floor of her parents’ home, including 50,000 yuan magnetic therapy mattress and bedspread, 8,000 yuan box of ant Polygonatum, thousands of yuan of sea bird’s nest, formula goat milk powder and anti-radiation oral liquid, bone collagen capsules, etc.

　　The reporter found that some of the "health food" purchased by the elderly did not have the "blue hat sign" approved by china food and drug administration. For example, a salesman’s so-called "blood bird’s nest" bought by the elderly costs 5,000 yuan for two boxes, which not only lacks the logo, but is actually a bird’s nest under the sea, that is, coral grass, which is not a bird’s nest at all.

　　The old man also bought a 15,000 yuan "optical quantum chip" underwear. According to the specification, this chip is made according to Einstein’s quantum physics and imported from Japan. Previously, the media had exposed the so-called "optical quantum chip" scam, saying that it was impossible to find the medical device registration number marked in the manual in china food and drug administration.

　　"Anti-tumor, Longevity" Some advertisements for health products exaggerate their efficacy.

　　China food and drug administration issued circulars in November last year and April this year, saying that several health food advertisements were monitored and all contained unscientific efficacy assertions. And using the patient’s name or image to prove the efficacy, which deceives and misleads consumers and seriously endangers the public’s food and drug safety.

　　The reporter found that some health care products companies printed words such as "anti-tumor", "longevity" and "energy" on their leaflets. However, regarding the "healing" effect of health food, the Food Safety Law clearly stipulates that "the labels and instructions of health food shall not involve the functions of disease prevention and treatment."

　　The China Consumers Association recently released a report saying that for the elderly and patients, the role of false propaganda and health care treatment is exaggerated by conference marketing, and many of them are not health foods, such as edible fungi products promoting tumor suppression and endocrine regulation, and "clearing food" fruit and vegetable juice claiming detoxification, beauty care and weight loss.

　　[Expert statement]

　　Which health care products marketing methods are suspected of being illegal?

　　Is it legal to conduct marketing in the form of lectures and conferences? Yan Bing, a lawyer of Beijing Times Jiuhe Law Firm, pointed out in an interview that this marketing method itself is not illegal, but it does have the phenomenon of "using legal forms to cover up illegal purposes", such as giving lectures by people without medical qualifications, fabricating or exaggerating the diseases of the elderly during free clinics, and publicizing the curative effect of health care products. These are all illegal acts, and even criminal offences in serious cases.

　　According to "Regulations on the Implementation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law (Revised Draft for Comment)", those who make false, exaggerated or deceptive propaganda and sales of health foods, formula foods for special medical purposes and other foods and food additives by telephone, lectures, meetings, organizing tours, etc., shall be confiscated by the food and drug supervision and administration department of the people’s government at or above the county level, and the organizer shall be fined between 50,000 yuan and 200,000 yuan; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

　　Wang Dahong also told reporters that the essence of marketing such as lectures and conferences is a business model, and this model itself is not right or wrong. He emphasized that "lectures, conferences and other marketing are like a kitchen knife. If it is used to cut vegetables, it is a good deed; If it is used to kill people, it is evil. "

　　Consumer rights protection faces difficulties in obtaining evidence.

　　The Law on the Protection of Consumers’ Rights and Interests stipulates that consumers may demand compensation from operators if their legitimate rights and interests are damaged because they use false advertisements or other false propaganda methods to provide goods or services. But in reality, consumers are facing difficulties in defending their rights, and the difficulty in obtaining evidence is one of the problems.

　　Regarding the damage to consumers’ rights and interests caused by false propaganda, the reporter called the "12315" consumer complaint reporting hotline set up by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce for consultation. The staff said that if only the salesman verbally exaggerated the efficacy of health care products, and there was no problem with the product manual, it would not be accepted. She said that even if consumers have recorded evidence, it will not work, because the industrial and commercial departments "only look at written documents."

　　The reporter then called the "12331" food and drug complaint hotline. The staff said that if there is a complaint, the specific location and name of the merchant should be provided, otherwise it will not be accepted. She suggested that consumers go to regular pharmacies to buy health care products, because many salesmen have no fixed places.

　　Yan Bing said that if the health care products themselves have no quality problems and consumers have no written evidence, there is indeed a problem of safeguarding rights. If consumers think that they have bought health care products with "inflated prices", although legally speaking, they can terminate the contract with the seller, but the seller has the right to set prices independently, so it is difficult to defend their rights in reality. If you bring a lawsuit to the court, you have to bear higher costs.

　　According to the report released by China Consumers Association, as many as 76.03% of consumers are most looking forward to "strengthening government supervision and law enforcement and cracking down on false propaganda". At the same time, they hope that the competent authorities will improve laws and regulations and increase scientific consumption propaganda, and actively respond to the doubts and concerns of consumers. (End)

By the end of the year, people go shopping more and more times. Not long ago, in the Michelin list in Beijing, many restaurants on the list are located in shopping malls. Buy what you like, and make a card at Michelin restaurant by the way. The joy of killing two birds with one stone is a good mood to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

[Michelin one star]

◆ Beijing kitchen

The main Cantonese cuisine is called "Beijing Kitchen", and Michelin judges think that this naming method is "hoping to increase intimacy", so that guests can enjoy the food as happily as they go home. An experienced chef and boss from Hong Kong adds seasonal and innovative dishes from time to time on the basis of traditional Cantonese cuisine and Hong Kong dim sum. Michelin suggested that you don’t miss the stew and roast. Among them, the young pigeon emperor chose a 30-day-old young pigeon, which was made of three layers of epithelium, and its skin was fragrant and crisp, which was particularly excellent. Finally, you can also use the secret poplar nectar here as a sweet "full stop" for a meal.

▎ Address: D6007, Floor 6, SKP, Beijing, No.87 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District

Figure/Beijing Kitchen WeChat WeChat official account screenshot

◆ Xinrongji (Jianguomenwai Street)

Xinrongji can be described as the biggest winner of the Michelin list in Beijing, and this Xinrongji located in Yintai Center won one star. Like other new honors, the interior design here reveals low-key luxury in fashion. Choosing high-quality ingredients is the unified standard of each new honor. Every day, Taizhou’s ingredients are airlifted to the store to ensure freshness. Taizhou cuisine-wild yellow croaker is the treasure of the town store, and there is also a team of chefs with solid skills to produce high-quality side dishes and snacks. Michelin’s recommended dishes include "Wangchao", which tastes crisp, that is, small octopus, fried bean noodles with garlic and rich soup, and home-cooked radish slices with fresh and sweet taste.

▎ Address: Floor 5, Block A, Yintai Center, No.2 Jianguomenwai Street, Chaoyang District

Figure/Xinrongji WeChat WeChat official account screenshot

◆ Cuihua Building

Cuihua Building, founded in 1940, is a popular restaurant with a long history. The chef team is not only experienced, but also selects fresh ingredients to create authentic Shandong taste. Michelin suggested not to miss the signature dishes, such as Jiuzhuan large intestine, crispy ears stuffed with fresh squid, mandarin fish in sauce, jujube roast duck and so on. The interior design adopts Chinese style, and the paintings of bamboo forest and carp make the environment antique and the dining environment comfortable. Michelin suggested that it is best to pick up tickets and other seats at the store early.

▎ Address: Floor 2, Phase I, New World Shopping Mall, No.3 Chongwenmenwai Street, Dongcheng District

Figure/Cuihualou Restaurant WeChat WeChat official account screenshot

"Michelin plate"

◆ Lucai

The distinctive hometown dishes created by Shandong chefs are an important reason for Lu Cai to win praise. Sixteen kinds of seafood from Weihai are selected and can be cooked according to guests’ favorite methods. Michelin’s suggestion is not to miss the delicious Bohai Bay prawn roasted cabbage, and the golden soup base cooked with shrimp yellow and cabbage is fresh and sweet. You can also try the traditional home-cooked pancakes in Yimeng Mountain area, which are rich in materials and taste.

▎ Address: Floor 5, Huanyuhui, Building 6, Yard 5, anding road, Chaoyang District.

Figure/Lu Cai LU STYLE WeChat WeChat official account screenshot

◆ OPREA BOMBANA

The restaurant opened by Italian chef Umberto Bombana is located in Qiaofufang Grassland with strong sense of fashion and art, with beautiful appearance and full of style. Many giant portraits of famous movie stars are unforgettable. The Italian cuisine here adds a subtle modern flavor to the tradition. Michelin praised the freshly baked bread here, saying, "Don’t miss it, you might as well take some with you to share with your relatives and friends." The wine list here is also very rich, offering a variety of wines from Piedmont and Tuscany.

▎ Address: No.21, LG2 Floor, Qiaofufang Grassland, No.9 Dongdaqiao Road, Chaoyang District

Figure /OpreaBOMBANABeijing WeChat WeChat official account screenshot

◆ Sanqingtan

In Beijing, which is famous for its roast duck, Sanqingtan has a good reputation for its signature dish-roasted goose, as well as fragrant honey foie gras, stewed goose head and wings. Guangdong black brown geese are selected here, each weighing 7.2-7.6 kg, and are regularly airlifted to Beijing to keep the freshness and taste of the geese. Diners are free to choose the fat, thin and parts of the roast goose, but due to the limited quantity, Michelin recommends that diners make reservations. In addition to roast goose, the stew soup that needs to be reserved is also excellent. Other classic Cantonese dishes, dim sum and clay pot dishes are recommended to try.

▎ Address:No. NLG-09A, B1 Floor, Taikooli North District, Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District

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◆ Crossing Jinhu Lake

Although it has gone through two relocations and closures, the team of the boss and chef remains unchanged. In addition to not adding monosodium glutamate, the dishes here are also different from ordinary Sichuan cuisine, such as Ma Erdun sea salt boiled fish, made of Ma Erdun sea salt and perch; Braised pork is seasoned with cognac and Pu ‘er, injecting new ideas into traditional tastes. The overall environment of the restaurant is also young and fashionable, with a bar area serving different types of cocktails, and the atmosphere at night is very good.

▎ Address: N4-36, Taikooli North District, Sanlitun, No.11 Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District

Figure/Crossing Jinhu TRANSIT WeChat WeChat official account screenshot

◆ Xinmingyuan

Michelin believes that the interior decoration here is elegant, the combination of Chinese and western, and the dining environment is spacious and comfortable, which is suitable for all kinds of dinner guests. The Hong Kong chef is in town and is committed to promoting traditional Cantonese cuisine. The signature dishes include crispy chicken with crispy skin and tender chicken. In order to take care of the needs of different guests, although Cantonese cuisine is the main dish, other specialties such as Beijing roast duck and steamed buns are also available.

▎ Address: Unit L1-12, Floor 1, Block C, Qiaofufang Grassland Shopping Center, No.9 Dongdaqiao Road, Chaoyang District

Figure/Qiaofufang Grassland-Beijing Yiheng Hotel WeChat WeChat official account screenshot

◆ Lotus Space (Jinchengfang Street)

This vegetarian restaurant located in the financial street shopping center has an elegant and comfortable environment, which can make people calm down and enjoy food. Michelin believes that the cuisine here is full of characteristics, besides the signature dishes of Jiangsu and Zhejiang styles, such as vegetarian lion head, lotus crab roe, golden soup and jade tofu, there are also some Sichuan cuisine and Beijing cuisine, such as the flooded seven armies with spicy taste and the dessert platter made up of traditional sweets.

▎ Address: L220, Floor 2, Phase 1, Financial Street Shopping Center, No.2 Jinchengfang Street, Xicheng District

Figure/official picture of Lotus Space

[Michelin bibendum]

　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　

◆ KEAAMI

KEAAMI, who was selected for bibendum, was controversial because it entered the Beijing list as a Thai dish, together with Beijing delicacies such as bean juice and braised pork, but in itself, it is a very good Thai restaurant. The name of the restaurant is based on Shenmu Island, a Thai island. The interior decoration and tableware are also colorful, creating a dreamy scenery in Southeast Asia. Michelin recommended that you can try the experienced Thai chef’s "Six-course Royal Flower Banquet for the Royal Family of Thailand". In addition, we also recommend the pungent Dongyingong seafood soup and green curry chicken, as well as the fragrant and smooth golden cat mountain Tiramisu.

▎ Address: No.25, Floor 6, Chaoyang Joy City, No.101 Chaoyang North Road, Chaoyang District

Figure/TIGO WeChat WeChat official account screenshot

Beijing News reporter Wang Ping

Editor Peng Yali proofreads Liu Jun.

　　On February 28, farmers drove a self-propelled high-pole sprayer to spray wheat in the Emperor’s Temple Village, Yuyue Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Xie Shangguo)

　　Self-reliance of agricultural science and technology is the only way to achieve a strong agricultural country, the key to ensuring national food security, and an important measure to accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas and comprehensively promote rural revitalization. To achieve high-level agricultural science and technology self-reliance, we should base ourselves on China’s national conditions and agricultural conditions, keep a close eye on the forefront of world agricultural science and technology, speed up key core technology research, and shape new kinetic energy and advantages of high-quality agricultural development with scientific and technological innovation.

　　◎ Our reporter Ma Aiping

　　The most arduous and arduous task of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way is still in the countryside.

　　The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China drew a grand blueprint for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, and proposed for the first time to accelerate the construction of an agricultural power. In 2023, the No.1 Document of the Central Committee anchored the goal of accelerating the construction of an agricultural power and released a strong signal of accelerating the construction of an agricultural power.

　　"Facing the future, on the new journey of modernization, implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and adhering to the road of Chinese-style agricultural and rural modernization is the only way to build an agricultural power." Zhang Fusuo, deputy to the National People’s Congress and academician of China Academy of Engineering, said in an interview with the reporter of Science and Technology Daily.

　　Agricultural power is rich in connotation.

　　"Accelerating the construction of an agricultural power is the overall plan of the CPC Central Committee ‘ Two overall situations ’ , focusing on building a socialist modernization power in an all-round way, for a new era and a new journey ‘ Agriculture, countryside and farmers ’ The strategic deployment made by the work points out that ‘ Agriculture, countryside and farmers ’ The historical coordinates and the direction of endeavor. " On February 14th, Tang Renjian, director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Rural Work and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said at a series of press conferences on the theme of "Opening by Authorities" held in the State Council Press Office.

　　"China is a big agricultural country, but it is not a strong agricultural country, mainly because our competitiveness is not very strong, and there is still a gap between some essential requirements of agricultural modernization. Therefore, the goal of accelerating the construction of an agricultural power is in line with the reality of China and our future development direction. " Li Chenggui, deputy to the National People’s Congress and president of the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, said.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s agricultural and rural modernization has made historic changes. The grain production capacity has stabilized at more than 650 million tons, the contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress has exceeded 61%, the coverage rate of improved varieties of crops has exceeded 96%, and the comprehensive mechanization level of crop cultivation and harvest has exceeded 72%… …

　　"But compared with the international developed level, there are still many shortcomings and gaps in China. Generally speaking, China’s agricultural modernization is in the process of accelerating the expansion from agricultural modernization to rural modernization ‘ Meeting period ’ , the driving force of development is in the drive from factor to innovation ‘ Transition period ’ 。” Shen Jianzhong, member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and academician of China Academy of Engineering, said.

　　Tang Renjian said that the connotation of an agricultural power is very rich, including both the development of productive forces and the transformation of production relations; It includes not only the all-round upgrading of agriculture, but also the all-round progress of rural areas and the all-round development of farmers. On the one hand, we must have the common characteristics of a strong agricultural country. It is necessary to follow the general law of agricultural modernization, find gaps, make up shortcomings, promote advantages, and build an agricultural power with strong supply security, strong scientific and technological equipment, strong management system, strong industrial resilience and strong competitiveness. On the other hand, we should reflect the characteristics of China based on the national conditions. China’s resource endowment with a large population and a small land, the historical background of farming civilization and the requirements of the times of harmonious coexistence between man and nature determine that we must rely on our own strength to secure our rice bowls and strive to embark on a road of agricultural modernization with China characteristics.

　　Science and technology empower agricultural power

　　"The process of building an agricultural power is also a process of applying modern technology and modern equipment, and a process of deeply tapping the development potential of agriculture. Science and technology is a key factor affecting the competitiveness of a strong agricultural country, and science and technology can move up the possibility boundary of production. " Li Chenggui told reporters that the most fundamental thing to build an agricultural power is to realize science and technology to empower agriculture and arm agriculture with agricultural science and technology.

　　The most essential feature of building a new development pattern is to achieve a high level of self-reliance. Without first-class agricultural science and technology, it is impossible to build a world agricultural power.

　　"Compared with developed countries, China’s agricultural science and technology independent innovation ability is still insufficient, the intensity of scientific and technological investment is low, and the efficiency of scientific and technological innovation system is not high, which has become an important shortcoming that restricts the high-quality development of agriculture. It is necessary to further enhance the strategic position of scientific and technological innovation in national agricultural and rural work, establish the priority development strategy of agricultural scientific and technological innovation, vigorously strengthen government support, accelerate independent innovation, give play to the advantages of the new national system, focus on breaking through the subversive and original frontier theory of major agricultural foundations, make every effort to win the tough battle of key agricultural technologies, strive to seize the commanding heights of world agricultural scientific and technological competition, and build a food security system and a high-level scientific and technological support system of self-reliance. Only by firmly grasping the initiative of China’s agricultural science and technology development can we ensure that China will move from an agricultural power to an agricultural power. This is both a key move and a decisive one. " Shen Jianzhong said.

　　Grain is safe in the world, and the cornerstone is planted. "Seed industry has made an important contribution to the agricultural development in China. The coverage rate of improved varieties of crops in China is over 96%, and the contribution rate of improved varieties to yield increase is 45%. As a whole, the seed industry has made rapid progress. However, there are still some structural problems, such as rapid progress in planting and breeding, and relatively lagging behind in animal husbandry breeding. " Li Chenggui said that from the perspective of development goals, crop breeding needs to be further strengthened and strengthened, and international competitiveness should be strengthened. In the future, animal husbandry should be more self-reliant and strengthen its independent research and development capabilities; From the perspective of path and policy, crop breeding needs more research and development in the form of cooperation between science and enterprises, while animal husbandry should stick to enterprises as the main body, because animal husbandry breeding needs quantitative genetic observation of large populations, and enterprises have more advantages in this respect. In addition, the development of animal husbandry should focus on introduction and improvement, and at the same time tap some local genetic resources, and gradually form independent varieties in the process of improvement. In seed industry management, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, further stimulate the enthusiasm of scientists and breeders, and further standardize market behavior to make enterprises develop healthily.

　　Reasonable layout and solid progress

　　Building a strong agricultural country is a long-term task and systematic project, so we should pay attention to methods, especially to grasp the timing and efficiency.

　　Tang Renjian said that to speed up the construction of an agricultural power, first, we must accurately understand the work layout of agriculture, rural areas and farmers. Building a strong agricultural country is in the same strain as comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, with the same goal and unified process. At present, we should focus on promoting rural revitalization in an all-round way, do a good job in connecting the policy system with the work system, keep the focus unchanged, change the theme, adjust the channels, and maintain the continuity of work. The second is to strengthen overall planning. We will promptly study and formulate plans for the construction of a strong agricultural country, make overall planning and systematic arrangements, clarify road maps and construction drawings, and make solid and powerful progress. The third is to highlight the actual results. Focus on solving the practical problems that are most urgent in the development of local agriculture and rural areas and most strongly reflected by farmers, so that farmers can feel a real sense of gain, happiness and security in the process of rural revitalization.

　　Specifically, agricultural modernization depends on science and technology, and science and technology ultimately depends on people. "China’s agricultural science and technology workers group is the largest agricultural research group in the world. Report to the 20th CPC National Congress mentioned that science and technology are the primary productive forces, talents are the primary resources and innovation is the primary driving force. This is completely in line with the basic laws of human progress. " Li Chenggui believes that today, Chinese scientists enjoy excellent scientific research conditions and environment, and the vast number of agricultural science and technology workers should carry forward the scientific spirit, learn from the fine qualities of the older generation of scientists, and concentrate on scientific research around the high-quality development of agriculture and rural revitalization.

　　The Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress pointed out that it is necessary to promote green development and harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

　　"China is a big agricultural producer, and agriculture shoulders a very important and arduous task in promoting the harmonious and symbiotic development between man and nature and promoting carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions. China’s agricultural development faces various risk pressures, such as farmland degradation, biological disasters, water and soil resource constraints, agricultural pollution, food safety, and ‘ Double carbon ’ Target pressure, agricultural green transformation is imperative but very difficult. It is necessary to give priority to the development of green agriculture in the transformation and upgrading of agricultural modernization, increase institutional innovation and policy innovation in agricultural green development, form a green agricultural technology support system and policy guarantee system with China characteristics, and make every effort to build a new modern agricultural development pattern with carbon reduction, foreign exchange increase, green, high quality and increased production. " Zhang Fusuo said.

　　Cctv newsThe Department of Veterans Affairs held a press conference in the State Council Information Office this morning. Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs, said that the relevant work of the Law on the Protection of Veterans has been started.

　　This is the first press conference held since the establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs, introduced that since the establishment of the Veterans Affairs Department on April 16 this year, in view of the actual situation of some veterans being laid off, unemployed and living in difficulties, the Veterans Affairs Department, together with 12 military departments, has issued four policy documents, including increasing support for retired soldiers’ employment and entrepreneurship, improving the resettlement quality of retired soldiers, standardizing and broadening the work of hanging glorious cards, and raising the standard of pension subsidies; A number of policy documents, such as helping and assisting retired soldiers with difficulties, handing over retired cadres and disabled soldiers who are stranded in the army, and the treatment of special care recipients, are being studied and formulated.

Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs

　　Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs(Veterans Affairs Department was established) Over the past three months, all aspects of work have been carried out in an orderly manner, and major issues concerning the service management of veterans have been deeply analyzed and studied, 13 major topics have been set up, technical research has been carried out, and all policies and regulations concerning veterans have been comprehensively sorted out since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Now we have begun to draft the Law on the Protection of Retired Soldiers, that is, we have begun to build the four pillars and eight pillars of the overall thinking of the work of retired soldiers.

　　In addition, Sun Shaocheng said that the Department of Veterans Affairs is still systematically sorting out the demands of various objects, studying and proposing measures one by one, strengthening the supervision of letters and visits, and organizing forces to urge places with more problems to implement policies.

　　Retired military personnel enjoy preferential treatment in employment and entrepreneurship.

　　Qian Feng, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs, said today: Recently, the Veterans Affairs Department has jointly studied and formulated opinions on promoting the employment and entrepreneurship of veterans with 12 local and military departments. For the first time, the opinion puts forward that employment and entrepreneurship policy should be given priority, and retired soldiers should be given special preferential treatment on the basis of enjoying inclusive employment and entrepreneurship support policies and public services.

Qian Feng, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs

　　Qian Feng, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs: First put forward the employment and entrepreneurship policy priority. Retired soldiers will be given special preferential treatment on the basis of enjoying inclusive employment and entrepreneurship support policies and public services. Second, it puts special emphasis on the improvement of the employability of retired military personnel, and stipulates that retired military personnel can enjoy lifelong vocational skills training. In the past, it was limited to a period of time after retirement, and the free training within one year after retirement can be extended to any time after retirement. This is a great change.

　　Qian Feng also stressed that the conditions for institutions, enterprises and institutions to recruit retired military personnel will be appropriately relaxed, and a certain number of grass-roots civil servants will be set up to recruit retired military personnel. At the same time, it is necessary to formulate a job directory suitable for the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel, and enterprises and institutions that recruit retired military personnel enjoy certain preferential tax policies. Encourage social capital to set up a venture fund for retired military personnel, build a platform for employment and entrepreneurship service information for retired military personnel, and make full use of big data to provide accurate services.

　　An online petition system will be set up to ensure reasonable demand

　　At today’s press conference of the State Council Information Office, Fang Yongxiang, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs, answered a reporter’s question about the current situation of letters and visits and the next arrangement of letters and visits.

　　Fang Yongxiang said that since the establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs more than three months ago, the problems reflected by letters and visits have been concentrated in five aspects: the implementation of resettlement policies, the identification of identity, the standard of special care, and the special difficulties in life. In addition, some of them reflect the problems related to law and litigation. In view of these problems, the Department of Veterans Affairs has classified, analyzed and summarized them, and worked out solutions one by one, urging local governments to implement policies and guiding local governments to carry out personalized solutions. At the same time, a working group was sent to the places where the problems were concentrated to supervise and promote the solution of the problems.

　　On this basis, in the next step, the Department of Veterans Affairs will open an online petition system to improve the efficiency of petition, and at the same time further improve the workflow to ensure the legitimate and reasonable needs of veterans.

　　Fang Yongxiang, Assistant Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission and Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs: strengthen supervision and inspection, strengthen supervision over letters and visits including the implementation of relevant policies, and improve the ability to solve problems and implement policies. Comprehensively sort out opinions and suggestions, and incorporate good and constructive ones into our policies and legislation. Improve the rules, procedures and specific measures to improve the effectiveness of handling and petitioning according to law.

　　Retired soldiers have priority to enjoy basic social security.

　　At today’s press conference, Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs, also said that veterans who have a difficult life will be given priority to enjoy the basic social security system to ensure their basic living needs.

　　Sun Shaocheng introduced that according to the current policy, there are two main steps to solve the difficult problems of special care recipients and ex-servicemen. In the first step, they are given priority to the most basic universal social security system, and on this basis, they will enjoy special preferential treatment and pensions for retired soldiers and special care recipients.

　　Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans AffairsFor example, if a special care recipient or a retired soldier has difficulties in living, he can first apply for subsistence allowances. When he is determined to be the target of subsistence allowances, all the preferential payments and pensions he enjoys are not included in the calculation of family income, that is, he will continue to enjoy preferential treatment and pensions after enjoying subsistence allowances.

　　Secondly, for some veterans who have special difficulties in providing for the aged and medical care, the Department of Veterans Affairs is formulating new policies to provide them with personalized services to solve their worries.

　 　 1905 movie network news A new film co-starred by Tadanobu Asano and Nikaidou Fumi.My man(Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri) officially entered the main competition unit of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival, which will open on June 19th, 2014.

　 　 Moscow Film Festival, together with Cannes, Venice and Berlin Film Festival, is called the four major film festivals in the world. Founded in 1959, it is held every two years, and changed to once a year in 1999. The main purpose of the film festival is to promote the exchange of experience and mutual cooperation among filmmakers from all countries by showing films with artistic value and ideological content. So far, the works of famous Japanese directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kaneto Shindo have appeared at the Moscow Film Festival. In 2013, the film starring Miki Yoko, which was shortlisted in the main competition unit, won the special prize of the jury, which is the first time that Japanese films have won this honor after 48 years.

　 　 For this finalist, Asano said that "My Man was selected from many excellent works, and I am very grateful to the judges for their affirmation. I am very happy that more people can enjoy this film with the opportunity of showing it at the Moscow Film Festival. I think there should be many fans in Russia. "

　 　 The heroine Erjitang also said frankly, "This is a work that symbolizes my destiny. My heart pounded at the thought of being shown in Moscow. " It tells the nervousness of the second-class hall after learning that the film was shortlisted. Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, the director of the film, said, "It was a very good opportunity for Japanese films to go global with the guidance of directors Akira Kurosawa and Kaneto Shindo. At this long-established film festival, I am particularly happy that My Man was shortlisted, and I am very much looking forward to the local audience’s evaluation of this film."

　 　 "My Man" is adapted from a novel of the same name written by Ichiki Sakura, which won the Naoki Award in 2008. The story tells the story of a teenage girl Hua (Nikaidou Fumi) who was orphaned at the age of 10, who met Chun Wu (Tadanobu Asano), the man who adopted her, after the earthquake, and the two who had been longing for love for a long time fell in love in Hokkaido. The 36th Moscow International Film Festival will be held from June 19th to 28th, 2014 local time, and the film My Man will be released in Japan on May 20th, 2014.

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On July 21, local time, US President Biden announced that he would no longer seek re-election and supported Vice President Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate to participate in the 2024 general election. With Biden’s withdrawal from the election, the 2024 American election entered an unprecedented new stage, especially the Democratic camp.

On July 21st, 2024, in new york, USA, people paid attention to the news that US President Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election. Figure /IC photo

Since the "catastrophic failure" of the first TV debate, the voice of the Democratic Party demanding Biden’s withdrawal from the election has been rising. On July 17th, after Biden’s Covid-19 test was positive, behind-the-scenes activities to promote Biden’s withdrawal became more and more frequent. With the Democratic Party split, Biden lost the appeal and authority to lead the Democratic Party to win the presidential and congressional elections. In this case, Biden still insisted on not retreating before, and the reason seems not difficult to guess.

The Republican camp doesn’t seem to care that Harris may become a democratic presidential candidate. Trump said in an interview a few days ago that he believed Harris would be more easily defeated than Biden. The Republican camp is full of confidence now, but just after the 2020 general election four years ago, they just experienced a great division. Now the historical cycle has been replaced by the split of the Democratic Party. I don’t know how much of the two great divisions experienced by the "donkey elephant" two parties in four years are due to political morality and how much is due to political calculation. But at least, these two divisions have made people further see the true side of Washington’s power game. Read the full article > > >

"President Biden decided to withdraw from the election shortly before nominating his convention, which is unprecedented in American history." Rogers Smith, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, said in an interview with the Beijing News reporter. In Smith’s view, Biden’s decision to withdraw from the election is inevitable. "Biden had previously tried to prove that his poor performance in the debate on June 27 was just a defeat, but no one believed it because he had made many wrong statements. At present, for him, the public opinion data is getting worse and worse, major donors stop donating money to his campaign, and more and more core members of the Democratic Party call on him to withdraw from the campaign. He realizes that he can no longer win and can only withdraw from the election. " Smith said.

After Biden announced his withdrawal from the election, the question of who will succeed him as the Democratic presidential candidate became the focus. Biden immediately stated that he would support Vice President Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate, and Harris quickly won the support of many senior Democrats. However, some prominent Democrats did not publicly support Harris. Others explicitly call for an open procedure to determine who should replace Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate. In Smith’s view, Harris is more likely to win the Democratic nomination, but there are also some uncertainties. Read the full article > > >

This is US President Biden (second from left) and Vice President Harris (second from right) filmed at the White House in Washington, USA on July 4th. Figure/Xinhua News Agency

Harris was born in Oakland, California in October 1964. Her mother was an Indian immigrant and her father was a Jamaican immigrant. She studied law at Howard University, a well-known African-American university, and Hastings Law School, University of California. After graduating from college, Harris worked as a district attorney in the San Francisco area for a long time. He served as a prosecutor in San Francisco, California, and the attorney general of California. In 2016, he was elected to the California Senate. In January 2019, Harris chose Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the American civil rights movement, to launch the 2020 presidential campaign, becoming the first African-American woman to announce her participation in the 2020 US election. However, Harris’s performance during the primary debate was mediocre, and she quickly faded out of the campaign stage and became Biden’s deputy. After the 2020 presidential election, she became the first female vice president in American history.

Looking back on Harris’ four-year ruling record as vice president, Jennifer Victor, a professor of political science at George Mei Sen University in Virginia, said that Harris can be said to be a very typical vice president. She supports Biden’s landmark policy to a great extent. "However, Harris’s popularity is not very high. In the past few years, she has not become the focus of political discourse." The chaos within the Democratic Party may continue after Biden’s withdrawal. Wang Yong, a professor at Peking University Institute of International Relations and director of the American Studies Center in Peking University, pointed out that especially after the debate between Biden and Trump, the chaos within the Democratic Party became more and more serious. Now there are still some differences and uncertainties in nominating candidates within the Democratic Party. There are different interest groups and different "money owners" in the Democratic Party, and they all want to put forward their own candidates. Read the full article > > >

On June 17, 2024, in Washington, USA, US Vice President Harris held a press conference in Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Figure /IC

Wu Xinbo, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University and director of the Center for American Studies, said in an interview with the Beijing News reporter that Harris’s nomination for the Democratic Party should not be a big problem. "First of all, from the procedural point of view, Biden temporarily withdrew from the election, so it is more logical for the vice president to replace the election. Secondly, Biden has actually locked in the Democratic Party’s nomination. He publicly supports Harris, which means that to some extent, it can still play a role. " Regarding whether Harris can beat Trump, Wu Xinbo said that it is still unknown, because Biden’s cold-blooded withdrawal may affect the morale of the Democratic Party. "The Democratic Party needs to identify new candidates as soon as possible in the coming period, and then adjust its campaign strategy to reflect Harris’ young and energetic side." Wu Xinbo said, "For Trump, he also needs to adjust his strategy appropriately. In the future, he may need to focus on winning the support of women and ethnic minority voters." Read the full article > > >

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On July 21st, Xinhua News Agency was authorized to publish the full text of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese Modernization, which was deliberated and adopted by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. The reporter interprets it from many aspects such as democracy and the rule of law, economy and people’s livelihood, macroeconomics, and scientific and technological innovation.

On July 5th, the "Employment Pilot Building the Future Together-2024 Summer Employment Service Month for Graduates in Beijing" was officially launched, and the first offline job fair was held at Dahongmen International Convention and Exhibition Center in Beijing on the same day. Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin photo

The Decision puts forward more than 300 important reform measures, and proposes to complete the reform tasks put forward in this decision by the 80th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 2029. The fifth part of the Decision, "Improving the Macroeconomic Governance System", mentioned that it is necessary to improve the financial relationship between the central and local governments, which is specifically expressed as "establishing a financial relationship between the central and local governments with clear rights and responsibilities, coordinated financial resources and regional balance". At the press conference held in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China earlier (July 19th), Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Finance Office in charge of daily work and director of the Central Agricultural Office, said that the "Decision" proposed to improve the financial relationship between the central and local governments, mainly aimed at the current financial difficulties of local governments and grass-roots units. The full text of the "Decision" discloses more details of the reform, one of which is to promote the backward movement of the consumption tax collection link and steadily delimit the localities. Many financial and taxation experts said that allocating part of the consumption tax revenue to local governments will help alleviate local financial difficulties, cultivate local tax sources, promote the fair distribution of tax revenue among regions, and improve the local tax system. Read the full article > > >

In the part of "improving the system of ensuring and improving people’s livelihood", the Decision puts forward a number of reform measures involving workers’ income and pension insurance benefits, which are worthy of attention. In terms of income distribution system, the "Decision" proposes to increase the proportion of labor remuneration in the initial distribution. We will improve the mechanism of wage determination, reasonable growth and payment guarantee for workers, and improve the policy system of distribution according to factors. Improve the redistribution and adjustment mechanisms such as taxation, social security and transfer payment. In terms of improving the social security system, the "Decision" clearly proposed to improve the basic old-age pension, basic medical insurance financing and reasonable adjustment mechanism, and gradually improve the basic pension of basic old-age insurance for urban and rural residents; Improve the social security system for flexible employees, migrant workers and new employment forms, and expand the coverage of unemployment, work injury and maternity insurance; We will completely abolish the restrictions on household registration in places of employment and improve the policy of transferring and continuing social security relations. Read the full article > > >

"The" Decision "has great efforts, practical measures and high gold content in the deployment of reforms in the economic and people’s livelihood fields." At the press conference held in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on July 19th, Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Finance Office in charge of daily work and director of the Central Agricultural Office, said this when introducing the reform contents in the fields of economy and people’s livelihood. The CPC Central Committee attaches great importance to employment and emphasizes that "employment is the foundation of people’s livelihood" and "employment is the greatest livelihood". In the field of employment, the "Decision" proposed four specific reform measures. It is worth noting that the Decision clearly puts forward the reform contents such as "improving the employment support system for key groups", "simultaneously promoting the reform of household registration, employment, archives and other services" and "unblocking social mobility channels". Click to view the interpretation of the Decision of the Third Plenary Session > > >

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"Dividing the sky into four orders equally, the most bitter thing is steaming." At 15: 44 on July 22nd, Beijing time, we ushered in the summer solar term, and entered the hottest period of the year in the process of "steaming and cooking". What’s the weather like at this time of year? How to eat is healthy? How to prevent "emotional heatstroke"?

The great summer heat is the period with the most sunshine and the highest temperature in a year in China, and it is also the last solar term in summer. This year’s summer heat is in the early and middle days of the dog days. This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival will last for 20 days from July 25th to August 13th. As the saying goes: "There are three volts in summer, and the heat is in the middle." During the hot summer season all the year round, the scope of summer in China has expanded to about 5.3 million square kilometers, reaching its peak in a year. It was also during the summer heat that summer began to flourish and decline, then it entered the beginning of autumn solar terms and began to expand its territory in autumn.

The average temperature of summer solar terms is the highest in 24 solar terms, with the largest number of average high temperature days and the largest number of extreme high temperatures, making it an absolute "three-material champion". In addition to the heat, there are often heavy rains in the summer. The rainy season in the northern region is called "seven rains and eight rises". At this time, the rainfall in North China and Northeast China often comes quickly and fiercely, so we should pay special attention to the possible sudden change of drought and flood. During the perennial summer heat, typhoons in the South China Sea and the Northwest Pacific are concentrated and landed in China. The public in East China and South China coastal areas should pay close attention to the typhoon warning and forecasting information, prepare for typhoon prevention in advance, and stay away from dangerous areas.

During the summer solar term, Beijing will start with a thunderstorm. Due to the strong convection, the local rain is strong, and it may be accompanied by short-term strong wind or hail, so it is necessary to pay attention to prevention. Although the temperature will drop under the rain, and the high temperature warning will be lifted soon, it is difficult to alleviate the sultry feeling. In the coming week, rain will occur frequently, and the temperature will basically not break through the high temperature line of 35℃ again, but the humidity is high, and damp heat and thunderstorms will replace the high temperature as the next weather protagonist. Read the full article > > >

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There are still four days left before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games. The Beijing News today published the long volume "From Beijing to Paris", a guide for the China delegation to watch the Paris Olympic Games. Let’s cheer for the athletes together.

In 2024, the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, after the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Olympic Games have always been held in Paris, and the Olympic spirit has been passed from Beijing, the "Double Olympic City", to Paris, where the sports civilizations of the East and the West meet and blend in different time and space. After welcoming the Olympic Games 100 years later, Paris became another city that hosted the Olympic Games three times. Dancing with flags on the banks of the Seine, China athletes marching. From Beijing to Paris, the China sports delegation, consisting of 716 people, will fight hard, surpass itself and win glory for the country in 30 major events, 42 sub-events and 236 minor events.

Malone, Gong Lixiao, Liu Hong, Cao Yuan, Hua Tian and other veterans started their journey to the next Olympic Games, and years have witnessed their greatness. Wang Chuqin, Liu Huanhua, Huang Yuting, Liu Qingyi, Yang Siqi and other young people after 00 first entered the Olympic stage, and Zheng Haohao, a young person after 10, was only 11 years old. Youth blooms under the Eiffel Tower. In previous Olympic Games, diving, weightlifting, table tennis, shooting, gymnastics and badminton were the traditional advantages of China sports delegation. In the Tokyo Olympic Games, only these six events won 27 of the 38 gold medals of the China sports delegation. In the Paris Olympic Games, these six advantages are still the basic items for China Legion to win gold. Table tennis, badminton, diving, weightlifting and other teams all participated in the competition in full, and are expected to win all the gold medals. Break dancing, rock climbing, surfing, skateboarding, BMX freestyle and other new Olympic events are also featured by China athletes, who will make history in Paris. Click to collect the most complete watching guide > > >

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The Beijing News sorted out the popular dramas that aired from March 23rd to June 22nd, 2024. According to the series quality, audience reputation, broadcast popularity and other dimensions, the "Q2 Series List of Beijing News in 2024" was selected.

Literature is the mother of film and television works, and IP adaptation is an important source of film and television scripts. In the drama series broadcast in the second quarter, My Altay, which was adapted from Li Juan’s prose collection, made us see poetry in the film and television drama and saw the charm that literature endowed to the film and television drama; "The Story of the Rose" and "Cheng Huan Ji" make us realize that those literary works published in the last century are not out of date and can still touch people’s hearts after being adapted in line with the current trend of thought; The popularity of "Yunian Qing 2", "Mo Yu Yun Jian" and "Xi Hua Zhi" is telling what empathy can be brought by the "marriage" of online literature and film and television …

Thanks to the broadcast of several large IP adaptations, costume dramas swept away their previous decline in the second quarter, and their popularity and reputation rebounded. Although the "Fox Demon Little Matchmaker Moon Red" has a poor reputation, it has benefited from a popular cast and a huge base of original fans, and it still gained a lot of attention after broadcasting. Yunian Qing 2, also adapted from Big IP, is set in fictional ancient times, and its story core and characters’ spirit are very modern, which easily resonates with the audience and becomes a hit explosion in the second quarter. The original novel Mo Yu Yun Jian is not well-known, but the adaptation has captured the popular drama "cool point" and became a popular dark horse in the second quarter.

In contrast, the performance of realistic dramas in the second quarter was not excellent enough, and the lineup of Riding the Wind and Waves, City in the City and Today’s Women was good, and the response was dull after broadcast. Suspicious drama is a major category of realistic themes, but in recent years, the frequent occurrence of high-quality suspense dramas has also raised the audience’s expectations for this type, making the suspense track more and more "rolled up". If no innovation is just an old routine, suspense dramas will inevitably be rejected by the audience. In the second quarter, although there were no explosions of suspense dramas, New Life was integrated into the drama creation with the narrative skills and visual style of the film. The boy who can’t see the shadow cut into the family suspense from the perspective of body double literature, and Twilight Fire used suspense as a bridge to think about the conflict between "times" and "individuals", all of which were refreshing. Read the full article > > >

Editor Wei Yue designed Zhu Jinghui to proofread Liu Yue.

In the rice fields of the Great Northern Wilderness Group Jiangchuan Farm Co., Ltd., large harvesters rumble forward. National emblem photo (image China)

Pictured: Yangpu International Container Terminal located in Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan. Xinhua News Agency reporter Pu Xiaoxu photo Source: National Bureau of Statistics, etc.

　　The modernization we are promoting is the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). We must persist in promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, neither taking the old road of being closed and rigid, nor taking the evil road of changing the flag. We must persist in putting the development of the country and the nation on the basis of our own strength and firmly hold the destiny of China’s development and progress in our own hands.

　　When the historical pointer points to today, the Chinese nation, which is determined to revive, marches to a key node in a critical period, the Communist Party of China (CPC) blows a loud horn.

　　At the critical moment when we embarked on a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and marched towards the goal of the second century, the Party’s 20th National Congress was held. This very important conference is related to the cause of the party and the country, the future and destiny of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the expectation of hundreds of millions of people and the convergence of global eyes.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, the cause of the party and the country has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes, successfully promoted and expanded Chinese modernization, and provided a more perfect institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual strength for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "China should unswervingly promote Chinese modernization, promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, and constantly make new and greater contributions to mankind."

　　All the way through the thorns, all the way to triumph. Delegates to 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said that the advancement and expansion of Chinese-style modernization has created and enriched new forms of human civilization, ushered in an unprecedented bright future for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and made the Chinese nation once again March in the forefront of the process of world civilization.

　　It expands the way for developing countries to modernize and provides a Chinese plan for human beings to explore a better social system.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has put forward a series of new ideas, new ideas and new strategies for governing the country, leading Chinese modernization to move forward continuously. Emphasizing that "the basic national conditions of our country with a large population will not fundamentally change" is a modernization with a huge population scale; Emphasizing that "no one can be less on the road to a well-off society in an all-round way" is the modernization of common prosperity for all people; Emphasize "persistence ‘ Grasp both hands and be hard with both hands ’ " , is the modernization of material civilization and spiritual civilization; Emphasizing "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" is the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature; Emphasizing "promoting the construction of a community of human destiny" is a modernization that takes the road of peaceful development … … General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly summed up the five characteristics of Chinese modernization and further clarified the direction of Chinese modernization.

　　At the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary of the Supreme Leader solemnly declared: "We uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization and ecological civilization, and create a new road of Chinese modernization and a new form of human civilization."

　　Chinese-style modernization is unprecedented, which has solved many problems in the development of human society, abandoned the old road of western modernization, "expanded the way for developing countries to modernize, and provided a Chinese plan for mankind to explore a better social system."

　　The size of a big country lies in the size of its population. Deputy Jiang Hui, member of the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department, believes that China, the world’s largest developing country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, will build a socialist modernization power in an all-round way by the middle of this century, and its population scale will exceed the total population of existing developed countries, which will completely rewrite the modern world map, which is a major event with far-reaching influence in human history.

　　The development we pursue is the development that benefits the people, and the prosperity we pursue is the common prosperity of all people. In recent years, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province has won the battle against poverty with high quality and is struggling to move forward on the road of common prosperity. "On the road to common prosperity, no one can fall behind." Deputy Guo Zhenggui, secretary of Xiangxi Prefecture Party Committee, said that the gorgeous butterfly change in Shibadong Village and the development and changes in Xiangxi Prefecture are a microcosm of China’s historic achievements and changes in the new era. We will solidly promote rural revitalization and promote rural prosperity, happier life and more beautiful countryside.

　　A powerful socialist country should be strong not only materially but also spiritually. "China’s modernization is a modernization in which material civilization and spiritual civilization are coordinated, and carrying forward China’s excellent traditional culture is the meaning of the title." Deputy Zhao Shengliang, secretary of the Party Committee of Dunhuang Research Institute, said that in the past ten years, murals in more than 200 caves in Dunhuang have been broken into screens, Dunhuang studies have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and cultural and creative products have been refreshing. China’s excellent traditional culture has achieved creative transformation and innovative development, and it has condensed the spiritual strength of self-confidence.

　　"Modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature" is an important part of Chinese modernization. "It is the duty and mission of Guilin people to protect the Lijiang River and the landscape of Guilin. In the past ten years, Guilin has earnestly practiced ‘ Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets ’ Concept, carefully build a world-class tourist city. " Deputy Zhou Jiabin, secretary of Guangxi Guilin Municipal Party Committee, said that the new pattern of harmonious coexistence between man and nature has changed Guilin, and the gold-lettered signboard of "Guilin’s landscape is the best in the world" has become brighter and brighter, and the appearance of urban and rural areas and people’s quality of life have been greatly improved.

　　Chinese modernization not only develops itself, but also benefits the world. "The new development of China has brought new opportunities to the world. In recent years, in the co-construction of ‘ Belt and Road ’ Driven by the initiative, we are based in China and continue to expand overseas markets, achieving win-win cooperation. " Deputy Yu Xiaqiu, Chairman and President of the Board of Directors of Changjiang Runfa Group in Jiangsu Province, said that we will take a more proactive attitude to participate in international cooperation and actively contribute to the new movement of China’s harmonious development with the world.

　　The modernization we are promoting is the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China (CPC).

　　Adhering to the party’s overall leadership is the root of the prosperity of the country and the nation and the happiness and well-being of the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized: "The modernization we are advancing is the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China (CPC)".

　　Along the way, our party has deepened its understanding of building a socialist modern country, matured its strategy and enriched its practice, which has accelerated the process of China’s modernization. The key to building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and realizing the goals and tasks of the new era and new journey lies in the party.

　　"For more than 100 years, all the struggles that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has United and led the people of China are aimed at building China into a modern power and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. History has proved and will continue to prove that to realize Chinese modernization, we must have a backbone, a strong leadership core, and always adhere to the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership. " Deputy Xie Chuntao, vice president of the Central Party School (National School of Administration) in charge of daily work, said that if we always adhere to the Party’s overall leadership over Chinese modernization, we can overcome all kinds of risk challenges on the way forward and ensure that Chinese modernization always advances in the right direction.

　　A solid foundation makes a strong building. Our party’s grass-roots party organizations and party member ranks are powerful organizational resources that no other political party in the world can have.

　　"The biggest advantage and the most striking feature of Chinese modernization is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership. Adhering to the overall leadership of the party is the fundamental guarantee for Chinese-style modernization to always adhere to the fundamental direction of socialism and move forward towards the goal of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. " Deputy Liu Feng, secretary of the Party Committee of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, said that Jingdezhen has continuously laid a solid ideological and political foundation for party member cadres and made every effort to build a contingent of high-quality professional cadres.

　　We must settle down and go our own way wholeheartedly, and we must build up such self-confidence, that is, we will certainly do our own business well and stand tall among the nations of the world.

　　There is no precedent in human history for a large developing country with a vast territory, a huge population and wide regional differences to realize modernization. China must follow its own path.

　　Put the development of the country and the nation on the basis of our own strength, and firmly hold the destiny of China’s development and progress in our own hands. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "We must make up our minds, go our own way wholeheartedly, and build up such self-confidence, that is, we will certainly run our own business well and stand among the nations of the world."

　　The great changes in the world today, which have never happened in a hundred years, have accelerated their evolution, and the characteristics of changes in the world, times and history are more obvious. The more complicated the situation is, the more severe the challenge is, the more we should keep a clear strategic mind, the more we should strengthen our strategic self-confidence, concentrate on our own affairs, and unswervingly move toward the grand goal of building a socialist modern power in an all-round way.

　　"In the face of the complicated and ever-changing international situation, we accurately recognize changes, respond scientifically, take the initiative to change, participate in international market competition, and actively integrate into the new development pattern." Deputy Ruan Lingfei, director of quality department of Zhejiang Xinshunfa Sewing Machine Technology Co., Ltd., said that only by striving for perfection in technology and products and constantly bringing forth new ones can we remain competitive. As a skilled worker who has been fighting in the front line for a long time, he should always keep the momentum of innovation, do one thing, spread one skill and show one skill, and contribute to the new breakthrough of China manufacturing industry with practical actions.

　　To build a socialist modern country in an all-round way, we must adhere to the principle of putting science and technology first and give play to the key and backbone role of scientific and technological innovation. "Scientific and technological research is to adhere to the problem orientation and rush to the most urgent and pressing problems." Deputy Zhou Lei, project director of Keda Guodun Quantum Technology Co., Ltd. said, "Grasping innovation means grasping development, and seeking innovation means seeking the future. Enterprises are the key subjects of innovation chain’s industrial chain integration. We will, as always, be persistent in the cause of quantum communication, carry out technological innovation and product development, and actively participate in accelerating the construction of a strong country in science and technology and realizing the cause of self-reliance and self-reliance of high-level science and technology. "

　　"With the people in our hearts, the truth in our hands and the right path in the world, we are full of confidence and strength." Delegates to 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said that we should unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, adhere to the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, unswervingly follow the bright road of Chinese modernization, and strive to write a new chapter in building a socialist modernized country in an all-round way.

　　(Our reporters Zhang Yao, Sheng Yulei, Xiang Xiang, Pang Geping, Chang Qin, Wang Yi, Luo Shanshan, Chao Huang, Liu Xinwu, Dou Hao, Sun Zhen and Xu Leipeng participated in the writing)

　　People’s Daily (October 16, 2022, 05 edition)