CCTV News:In the good season of spring and March, everything recovers and is full of vitality. According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s national economy continued to pick up in the first two months of this year. In addition, export, finance, agriculture, ecology, energy, engineering and many other fields have all ushered in a "good start". China is striding on the road of high-quality development, braving the wind and waves and having a bright future.
China’s national economy continued to pick up in the first two months.
The State Council Press Office held a press conference on March 18th, and the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that 1— In February, with the effectiveness of various macro policies, the national economy continued to pick up.
1— In February, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 7.0% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points faster than that in December last year; The service industry maintained a good growth trend, and the national service industry production index increased by 5.8% year-on-year. Accommodation and catering, transportation, warehousing and postal services maintained rapid growth, and the flow of people, logistics and other factors became more active. In the first two months of this year, the business passenger traffic increased by 27.4% and the service retail sales increased by 12.3%, which provided strong support for the expansion of consumer demand. Driven by the demand for service consumption, the prosperity of the service industry rebounded for two consecutive months, and the expected index of business activities continued to be in a high prosperity range.
From the perspective of supply, more than 90% of industries and more than 60% of products in the industry have achieved year-on-year growth. Consumer goods manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing grew rapidly.
From the demand point of view, market sales continue to recover, and the consumption potential of upgraded goods is released. 1— In February, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 8,130.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%; Sales of communication equipment and sports and entertainment products above designated size all maintained double-digit growth.
From the perspective of investment, 1-mdash; In February, the country completed investment in fixed assets of 5,084.7 billion yuan, up 4.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.2 percentage points faster than that in 2023. Among them, investment in manufacturing industry increased by 9.4% in the first two months, accelerating by 2.9 percentage points, while investment in high-tech industries and investment in technological transformation of manufacturing industry increased by 9.4% and 15.1% respectively, maintaining a relatively fast growth rate. Private investment in manufacturing, accommodation and catering, and transportation all achieved double-digit growth. With the strengthening of financing support for private investment projects and the implementation of factor guarantee policies, as well as the increase in investment in key areas, major projects are accelerated, and investment is expected to continue to maintain steady growth.
Liu Aihua, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, said: "From 1 to 1— According to the data in February, most indicators have maintained a good growth trend or accelerated. The employment situation is generally stable, consumer prices have stabilized and rebounded, and economic operation has continued its upward trend, laying a good foundation for steady and rapid economic growth throughout the year. "
China’s exports of mechanical and electrical products grew steadily in the first two months.
The latest data shows that in the first two months of this year, the global electronic information market picked up and recovered, and the export of mechanical and electrical products in China grew steadily.
Statistics show that in the first two months of this year, China exported 2.22 trillion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 11.8%, accounting for nearly 60% of the total export value. Among them, the export of household appliances reached 101.97 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24%. In this LED display manufacturer in Longgang, Shenzhen, the person in charge of the company told the reporter that there are many orders from the United States, Britain, Germany and other countries, and all the production lines of the company are currently producing at full capacity.
Since the beginning of this year, emerging fields such as global generative AI and intelligent networked vehicles have experienced explosive growth. The export of audio and video equipment and LCD flat panel display modules related to it also increased significantly, both increasing by 16% year-on-year. In addition, the growth of the electronic market has also boosted the export of integrated circuits. January 2024 — In February, China’s exports of integrated circuits reached 160.71 billion yuan, an increase of 28.6%.
Li Ke, chief analyst of CCID Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the rapid development of energy electronics, audio-visual electronics, industrial electronics and other fields in 2024 led to the continuous expansion of demand for computing power, transmission, storage and control.
The implementation of the new regulation of "T+1" for securities lending will reduce the short-selling kinetic energy of A shares.
Starting from March 18th, the declaration of the market-oriented agreement on securities lending will be adjusted from real-time availability to next-day availability, which means that the new "T+1" regulation on securities lending has officially landed. Industry analysts believe that the new rules will reduce the short-selling momentum of A shares.
The securities lending business refers to that China Securities Finance Company lends its own or legally raised securities to a securities company, which provides them to customers for their securities lending and selling. In the past, institutional investors could sell securities in the same trading day, namely "T+0" mechanism. In order to further strengthen the supervision of securities lending business, the CSRC will adjust the declaration of the market-oriented agreement on securities lending to the next trading day, that is, the "T+1" mechanism.
Qin Xiaobin, chief strategist of Galaxy Securities Product Center, said: "From the transaction level, it will reduce the short-selling momentum of the whole market, and of course it will also reduce the volatility of the first few trading days of the IPO. From the perspective of improving the capital market system, this is a positive response from investors to the call for fair trade. "
Regarding the optimization and adjustment of the mechanism of transferring securities from "T+0" to "T+1", the CSRC has previously stated that, first, it will highlight fairness and rationality, restrict the advantages of institutions in the use of information and tools, and give all kinds of investors more time to digest market information; The second is to highlight strict supervision, and resolutely crack down on illegal acts of bypassing the reduction and cashing in the name of lending and securities lending.
Tian Lihui, dean of the Institute of Financial Development of Nankai University, said: "Overall, ‘ T+1’ The system helps to reduce short-term fluctuations in the A-share market and improve market stability, and this system also helps to guide investors to make long-term value investments and reduce speculation. "
The "two highs" issued judicial interpretations on criminal cases endangering tax collection and management.
On March 18th, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate jointly issued the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases Endangering Tax Collection and Management (hereinafter referred to as the Interpretation), which clarified the conviction and sentencing standards of various crimes endangering tax collection and management. The Interpretation will come into force on March 20th.
The Interpretation clarifies the legal application of new criminal means, and clearly lists the signing of a "yin-yang contract" as a means of tax evasion for the first time. It is clear that taxpayers who make false tax returns and conceal their income or property in the name of others by signing a "yin-yang contract" shall be deemed as "deception and concealment means" as stipulated in the crime of tax evasion in Article 201 of the Criminal Law.
The Interpretation clarifies the lenient punishment policy for paying back taxes and recovering tax losses.
Teng Wei, member of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People’s Court and president of the Fourth Criminal Court, said: "The time limit for taxpayers to pay taxes is set before the public security organs file a criminal case; Clarify the time limit for tax payment, including the time limit for deferred and installment payment approved by the tax authorities, prevent the occurrence of tax evasion that is difficult to pay due to short time limit once it is discovered, and maximize the effect of the system stipulated in the criminal law. Encourage actors to pay taxes in a timely manner and stop losses to achieve a win-win situation for the parties and the country. "
All parts of China are busy preparing for farming in spring.
At present, the production of early rice in many places in southern China has stepped up, and wheat in many places in the north has entered a critical period of spring management. All localities seized the farming season and promoted the work of spring ploughing and preparation in an orderly manner.
In Guangxi, the planting area of early rice has now exceeded 26 million mu. This year, the local government has increased the number of intelligent agricultural machinery put into use. At present, more than 3,000 Taipei Dou satellite navigation autopilot equipment and more than 7,000 agricultural unmanned aircraft have been invested to help improve the quality of spring ploughing production, save costs and increase efficiency.
In Jiangxi, the planting area of early rice currently exceeds 18 million mu. The local rice mechanized seedling raising center provides custody service for factory seedling raising, cultivates strong seedlings and speeds up early rice seedling raising. Up to now, the centralized seedling raising area of early rice in Jiangxi is 5,607,300 mu, and 94,000 mu of early rice has been planted in the whole province.
This year, Jilin launched the "Spring Battle" of high-standard farmland, ensuring that 8.6 million mu of high-standard farmland will bring into play the benefits of engineering construction in spring, and 10 million mu of high-standard farmland will be built throughout the year. In Changchun, around the goal of protecting black land and increasing grain production, the proportion of funds for improving soil fertility in the construction of high-standard farmland has increased from 5% to more than 20%.
By 2025, China will basically establish the control system of ecological environment zoning.
The general offices of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council issued opinions on strengthening the management and control of eco-environment, "defining the bottom line" and "drawing the border", aiming at ensuring ecological functions and improving environmental quality, and implementing differentiated and precise management and control in different regions.
Opinions anchor two time nodes: by 2025, China will basically establish the control system of ecological environment zoning management. By 2035, a comprehensive control system of eco-environment zoning with sound system, smooth mechanism and efficient operation will be established, which will provide strong support for the fundamental improvement of eco-environment and the basic realization of the goal of beautiful China.
To this end, China will carry out differentiated and precise management and control in different regions, determine the eco-environmental management and control units, compile the eco-environmental access list, strengthen the sharing of eco-environmental management and control information, and make overall plans for regular adjustment and dynamic update.
Chang Jiwen, deputy director of the Institute of Resources and Environment of the State Council Development Research Center, said: "This document has an important feature, which is to draw a frame and clarify the boundaries. Delineating a frame refers to delineating a frame for the control of land space zoning, and clarifying which places are production spaces, which places are living spaces and which places are ecological spaces, so as to prevent the illegal occupation of nature reserves as before, prevent the illegal construction of houses in cultivated land and villas in nature reserves, and prevent some industrial parks from occupying cultivated land. "
Exploration and discovery of 100 million-ton oil fields in the north-central Bohai Sea, China
On March 18th, the reporter learned from CNOOC that a 100-million-ton oil field was discovered in the north-central Bohai Sea of China — — Qinhuangdao 27-3 Oilfield has proven petroleum geological reserves of 104 million tons.
Qinhuangdao 27-3 Oilfield is located in the north-central Bohai Sea, about 200 kilometers west of Tianjin, with an average water depth of about 25 meters and a drilling depth of 1,570 meters. The discovered oil layer is 48.9 meters thick. After testing, the daily output of crude oil in this oilfield is about 110 tons, showing a good exploration prospect.
Qinhuangdao 27-3 Oilfield is another 100-million-ton oilfield in the central and northern Bohai Sea after a lapse of 10 years, and it is also the sixth 100-million-ton oilfield discovered continuously in Bohai Sea since 2019. The successful discovery of the oilfield further confirms the broad oil and gas exploration prospects in Bohai Sea.
People’s Bank of China: Guide to Digital RMB Payment for Overseas Chinese People Released
On March 18th, the People’s Bank of China issued a digital RMB payment guide for overseas Chinese, introducing the acquisition method and use process of digital RMB service.
According to the guide, foreigners can download the overseas version of the digital RMB App, which has supported the opening of digital RMB wallets with mobile phone numbers in more than 210 countries and regions. If you open a small anonymous wallet, you don’t need to provide additional identity information such as your domestic bank account and passport, and you don’t need to go to the bank counter to handle it online.
After opening the wallet, overseas Chinese can bind visa and MasterCard overseas bank cards "as you use them" without recharging the wallet in advance. Overseas people who want to hold the balance of digital RMB wallets can also use overseas bank cards, RMB or foreign currency cash to recharge their wallets.
The cumulative water transfer of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project has exceeded 70 billion cubic meters.
The reporter learned from China South-to-North Water Diversion Group that as of March 18th, the first phase of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project had accumulated over 70 billion cubic meters of water, benefiting 176 million people. At present, South Water accounts for more than 70% of the water supply in Beijing and almost 100% of the water supply in Tianjin.
The closing ceremony of the fourth cross-sea bridge in Macao was held.
The closing ceremony of the fourth sea-crossing bridge connecting Macao Peninsula and Taipa was held on March 18th, and the project will enter the construction stage of bridge subsidiary structure. The main line of the fourth cross-sea bridge in Macao is about 3.08 kilometers long, connecting the reclamation area A and E of Macau New Town and the artificial island port area of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. When completed and opened to traffic, it will greatly reduce the pressure on Macao’s urban road network and facilitate the travel of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao residents.
Xinjiang: The snow clearing work in Wusu section of the northern section of Duku Highway officially started.
With the warming of the temperature, the snow removal and traffic protection work in Wusu section of the northern section of Duku Highway was officially launched in 2024. The total length of this section is 91 kilometers. Because the number of snows this year is more than that in previous years, the snow on the road surface has been increasing from 618 kilometers of Duku Highway to the highest elevation of Duku Highway — — In Gendaban, Hashel, the thickest part of the snow is more than 5 meters. At present, all kinds of large-scale snow-clearing vehicles enter the Duku highway to start the snow-clearing and traffic-keeping work in the new year.
Sino-US Youth Exchange Activities Held in Beijing
As part of the exchange study of 50,000 American teenagers in China, the Sino-American youth exchange activity "Friends from afar" jointly organized by China Central Radio and Television Station and the American-Chinese Youth Student Exchange Association was held in Beijing on March 18th. At the event site, the reception desk awarded certificates of "Golden Book in the Cloud: My Story with China" to Lincoln Middle School and Strakon Middle School in Washington, USA, and Chinese and American teenagers also experienced the charm of China’s traditional culture together.
Zhangjiajie, Hunan: A sea of clouds wonders after rain in Tianmen Mountain.
On March 18th, after a spring rain, a beautiful sea of clouds appeared on Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan at an altitude of more than 1,500 meters. The white sea of clouds danced around Tianmen Mountain like a gauze ribbon, and the Tianmen Cave was looming, and the sea of clouds among the peaks was scattered or gathered.
Youyang, Chongqing: Groups of herons nest and settle down on ancient trees.
Recently, in the central village of Huatian Township, Youyang County, Chongqing, on a 1,300-year-old yew tree, flocks of herons made their homes and nests on the branches, and ancient trees, villages and herons formed a harmonious and natural ecological picture. It is observed that there are more than 40 pairs of herons nesting in ancient trees. Heron is listed as a "three-owned" protected animal with ecological, scientific and social values by the state. According to the monitoring records, from mid-February to mid-October last year, about 80 herons flew to the central village of Huatian Township, Youyang County to inhabit and reproduce on this ancient tree.
Film critic Wei Junzi and director Jing Wong started an online conversation.
