CCTV News:A few days ago, it was reported that the US government was asking South Korea to reply whether to join the "Four-Party Alliance of Chips" led by the US before August. The South Korean side indicated that it was discussing with the US ways to strengthen cooperation in chip manufacturing. At the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce today (July 21st), some media asked the Ministry of Commerce what comments it had on this development and how it viewed the possible impact of the alliance on China’s semiconductor industry. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce responded.

Shu Yuting, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce:The stability of industrial chain supply chain is a global issue of great concern to all parties at present. China believes that no matter what framework arrangement, it should be inclusive and open, not discriminatory and exclusive; We should promote the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain, rather than damage and split the global market. Under the current situation, strengthening the open cooperation of industrial chain supply chain and preventing fragmentation is beneficial to all parties concerned and the whole world.

　　On the morning of March 11th, the Fifth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress held a press conference in the Great Hall of the People, and Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China attended the press conference. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yin Bogu photo

　　Reduce taxes and fees

　　Before the end of June this year, the remaining tax credits for small and micro enterprises will be refunded in one lump sum.

　　Reporter from American Consumer News and Business Channel: According to relevant research conducted by the National Finance and Development Laboratory, fee reduction is the biggest help for small enterprises, followed by tax reduction. Can you share with us specific data about the impact of tax reduction and fee reduction? In addition, due to the slowdown in the development of the real estate market, local government finances have decreased. What are your considerations in this regard? And when it comes to consumption, will the government consider issuing consumer vouchers and other similar policy measures?

　　Li Keqiang: The conclusion should be supported by theory and practice. From our practice in recent years, the effect of tax reduction and fee reduction is the most direct. I remember talking to more than a dozen entrepreneurs in the eastern region last year. They talked about the difficulties in the operation of enterprises and hoped that the state would introduce some macro-support policies. I said at that time that the central government’s policy reserves were available, but they needed to be used centrally. There are three choices, but you can only make multiple-choice questions, that is, choose one out of three. First, large-scale investment, maybe you can get an order. Second, issuing coupons may directly stimulate consumption. The third is to reduce taxes and fees for enterprises, stabilize employment and promote investment and consumption. They were silent for a while and almost replied with one voice, we chose the third option. Because this is the most direct, fair and efficient. Judging from the relevant reports I received this year, tax reduction and fee reduction are generally regarded as the first expectation of the government’s macro policy. It seems that fertilization has to be applied to the roots, and the roots can flourish.

　　I also saw from the materials that some people are worried that the marginal effect has been decreasing after the tax reduction and fee reduction has been implemented for several years, that is to say, the effect is not as great as before. The large-scale tax reduction and fee reduction we implemented this time is a combination of tax rebate and tax reduction, with a scale of 2.5 trillion yuan. When the economy was hit hardest in 2020, it was such a large policy scale that we finally survived, and this time we adjusted the structure and put the tax rebate first. The so-called tax refund means that according to the design of the value-added tax system, the market subject is similar to the tax paid first and then returned. We adopt the method of early tax refund, that is, we will refund the remaining tax to the enterprise at one time, with a scale of more than 1.5 trillion yuan. If the effect is good, we will increase our efforts.

　　We give priority to small and micro enterprises in tax refund, because small and micro enterprises are large in quantity and wide in scope, support a large number of employed people, and now it is the most tense and difficult time for them to have funds. Therefore, before the end of June this year, we will refund the remaining tax credits of small and micro enterprises in one lump sum, fully solve the remaining tax credits of some key industries such as manufacturing, R&D services and so on, and solve the incremental tax rebates for small and micro enterprises month by month. When I participated in the discussion in the CPPCC, a CPPCC member was an entrepreneur, and he told me that compared with other measures such as tax reduction and fee reduction and investment, the tax rebate effect came fastest and best. There may be many twists and turns in running a project. Tax refund is equivalent to finding money directly for enterprises and increasing cash flow, which is timely rain. It seems that it is better to say a thousand words than to do something practical, and this key measure must be put in place.

　　Reducing taxes and fees is a subtraction, but it is also an addition in essence, because if you retire today, you will increase tomorrow. If you reduce today, you may increase tomorrow. Last year, the money paid by the new tax market participants exceeded the money we reduced taxes in that year, which is recorded. Since we implemented the value-added tax reform in 2013, it has been reduced by 8.7 trillion yuan under the guidance of tax reduction. At that time, our fiscal revenue was about 11 trillion yuan, and last year it exceeded 20 trillion yuan, nearly doubling. Because enterprises have benefited from this process, the benefits have increased. It can be said that there are many fish in the deep water, which is to conserve tax sources and cultivate and expand market players.

　　Just now, you said that local fiscal revenue has encountered new difficulties, and we have noticed it. Therefore, this year’s increase in transfer payments from the central government to local governments is rare for many years, with an increase of 18% and a total scale of 9.8 trillion yuan. The tax rebate is mainly paid by the central government, and of course, local governments have to "chip in". Our tax refund money goes directly to enterprises. Considering the difficulties of the grassroots, our transfer payment subsidy funds go directly to the grassroots below the city and county. Local governments should be "iron cocks", and they should not spend any money they shouldn’t spend. They should not spend any less money on market players. An extra point would add luster.

　　Situation in Ukraine

　　Support and encourage all efforts that are conducive to the peaceful settlement of the crisis.

　　Reuters: Since Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, two million refugees and hundreds of civilians have died. People are also worried about the prospect of nuclear escalation, but China has never condemned Russia’s behavior or called it "invasion". Will China not condemn Russia anyway? Will China further provide economic and financial support to Russia in the face of sanctions? Are you worried that this will be negatively affected by sanctions from other countries?

　　Li Keqiang: As I said just now, China has always pursued an independent foreign policy of peace. Regarding the situation in Ukraine, China advocates that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be observed, and the legitimate security concerns of all countries should be taken seriously. China makes our own judgment on this basis and is willing to play an active role in returning to peace with the international community.

　　The current situation in Ukraine is indeed worrying. We should do our utmost to support Russia and Ukraine to overcome difficulties and negotiate a peaceful outcome. We support and encourage all efforts that are conducive to a peaceful settlement of the crisis. It is urgent to avoid the tension from escalating or even getting out of control, and the international community and all parties have a consensus on this.

　　China calls for maximum restraint to prevent a large-scale humanitarian crisis. China has put forward an initiative to deal with the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.

　　At present, the world economy is already very difficult because of the impact of the epidemic, and the relevant sanctions will have an impact on the recovery of the world economy, which is not good for all parties. China is willing to make its own constructive efforts to safeguard world peace and stability and promote development and prosperity.

　　stabilize employment

　　Give full play to the wisdom of ordinary people, and the big stage of employment will be colorful

　　Reporter from China Central Radio and Television General Station: At present, we have seen that some enterprises have unstable expectations, some industries have reduced their jobs, and some enterprises have laid off employees. On the other hand, the new population in need of employment is increasing. May I ask the Prime Minister, what measures will we take this year to achieve the goal of stable employment?

　　Li Keqiang: Employment is not only a livelihood issue, but also a development issue. Only when you have employment can you earn money, make a living and create wealth for the society. I remember when I went to the enterprise for investigation last year, a person in charge of the enterprise told me that in August, many employees advanced their wages to him. Why? Children have to pay tuition in September. Before the Spring Festival, I went to the northwest countryside for investigation. A farmer told me that it costs more than 10,000 yuan a year for one of his children to go to college, and more than 8,000 yuan a year for another child to go to high school. It is impossible to grow a few acres of land, but there must be income from working. I am really moved by our people. They are working hard. Working and getting jobs are not only related to the current family livelihood, but also strive for a better future for the next generation.

　　This year, we will strengthen the implementation of macro policies, and fiscal and monetary policies should focus on achieving employment goals. Therefore, we emphasize that employment priority is also a macro policy, and other policies should be matched to achieve employment goals. At present, we must create more than 11 million new urban jobs every year, and it is better to have more than 13 million people. I always feel that as long as we achieve full employment, we can realize what some people call the potential economic growth rate of China. For example, when the epidemic hit hard in 2020, we didn’t set an economic growth target, but we set a clear target, that is, more than 9 million new urban jobs were created, and as a result, more than 11 million new urban jobs were created. The economy not only achieved positive growth, but also the growth rate reached 2.2%, which was the only one among major economies to achieve positive growth.

　　This year, the number of new urban laborers who need employment has reached about 16 million, the highest in many years. There are 10.76 million college graduates, the highest in history. There are also nearly 300 million migrant workers who have the opportunity to work, and they must also ensure the employment of retired soldiers. There are still some enterprises that live and die, and some people want to re-employment. The new labor force in cities and towns is growing, and a new employment platform is needed. For the newly-added people who need employment, we should give them various support measures such as training and solve the employment problem by market-oriented methods. For example, in recent years, we have been promoting mass entrepreneurship and innovation, promoting the development of new technologies, new formats and new models, and cultivating new kinetic energy. We believe that ordinary people are intellectually intelligent, and if their special skills and intelligence are brought into play, the big stage of employment will be colorful.

　　Flexible employment has to be mentioned here, because there are more than 200 million people in this field, with various forms and wide coverage. As a developing country, this form of employment will exist for a long time. It is really hard for them to come and go in the wind and rain, and many places are providing them with warm-hearted services. In view of their labor rights, social security and other issues, the government should gradually improve the policy, that is to say, these "riders" should be tied with "safety belts", so that new employment forms such as flexible employment can not only solve urgent needs, but also stimulate market vitality and social creativity.

　　Optimize the business environment

　　The government must carry out the reform with the cutting edge inward, so that the market players can emerge one after another and be full of vitality

　　Xinhua News Agency: In recent years, although China’s business environment has improved, market players have increased substantially, and enterprises have made things much more convenient, there are still many kinds of interference. What efforts will the government make to optimize the business environment and stimulate market vitality and creativity under the current circumstances?

　　Li Keqiang: In recent 10 years, the State Council has held a national conference every year to promote the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform and optimize the business environment. I also noticed that at the beginning of this year, many places held meetings around the theme of improving the business environment. It can be said that the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform is to improve the growing soil for market players, to reduce taxes and fees is to fertilize and water them, and mass entrepreneurship and innovation are to promote more market players to take root. As long as we bring people’s creativity into play and stimulate the vitality of market players, everyone can imagine the vivid situation of the economy. However, the government must carry out the reform with the cutting edge inward, and can’t let the government departments turn around their own power, but through the reform, the market players will emerge one after another and be full of vitality.

　　It is more difficult to touch the interests than the soul. However, the importance of government is constant. In recent years, we have continued to promote market-oriented reform and the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform. More than 1,000 administrative licenses have been decentralized or cancelled, and non-administrative licenses have withdrawn from the historical stage. In the past, it took dozens of days to get a license for running a business, and it took hundreds of days. Now it takes an average of four days nationwide and one day in the least places. At present, about 90% of government services are online, handheld, off-site, and not met. In fact, this is breaking the barriers of interests and breaking through the traditional thinking. We will continue to promote measures that benefit enterprises and benefit the people.

　　Through the continuous improvement of the business environment in recent years, China’s market entities have reached 150 million, a net increase of about 100 million compared with 10 years ago, mainly private market entities, including 100 million individual industrial and commercial households. Don’t underestimate individual industrial and commercial households, they are connected with the livelihood of many people at one end and the consumption of the public at the other. When I participated in the discussion in the CPPCC, those entrepreneurs said that if small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households did not get through the "micro blood vessels", large and medium-sized enterprises and even state-owned enterprises and central enterprises would not be able to move.

　　Let’s take a look at the places with good economic development. There are great reforms, good business environment and many market players, so the economy is full of enthusiasm. Of course, I have repeatedly stressed that "liberalization" and "management" go hand in hand. "liberalization" is not a responsibility, but "management" is a duty that the government must perform. "Liberalization" is not laissez-faire. We must resolutely crack down on those acts of counterfeiting, cheating and abduction, especially in some fields involving people’s lives and health and the interests of the masses, such as food and medicine, safe production and finance. Those who violate the law must be punished. Now the new format and new model are constantly changing and developing. We should constantly improve the regulatory regulations and methods so that market players can truly compete and develop in a fair and just environment.

　　Hong kong epidemic situation

　　The SAR government should take the main responsibility of fighting the epidemic, and the central government will fully support Hong Kong in fighting the epidemic.

　　Phoenix TV reporter: Since last year, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has held elections for the Election Committee and the seventh Legislative Council. This year, the sixth Chief Executive election will be held. On the one hand, a new electoral system is implemented; on the other hand, the epidemic situation in Hong Kong has not shown signs of improvement, and everyone is very concerned about this election. How does the Prime Minister comment on this?

　　Li Keqiang: At present, the epidemic situation of COVID-19 in Hong Kong is grim. The SAR Government has decided to postpone the election of the sixth Chief Executive according to law and concentrate on fighting the epidemic. We fully understand and support it. The central government pays close attention to the epidemic situation in Hong Kong every day, and is very concerned about the life, health and safety of Hong Kong citizens. The SAR Government should assume the main responsibility of fighting the epidemic, and the central government will fully support Hong Kong in fighting the epidemic.

　　We will comprehensively, accurately and unswervingly implement the policy of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong" and a high degree of autonomy, and the change of the SAR government will be carried out in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of the Basic Law. I hope that the SAR Government will unite and lead people from all walks of life in Hong Kong to continue to develop the economy and improve people’s livelihood, consolidate and enhance Hong Kong’s position as the three major international financial, trade and shipping centers, and maintain Hong Kong’s long-term prosperity and stability.

　　epidemic prevention and control

　　Make prevention and control more scientific and accurate according to the change of epidemic situation and virus characteristics.

　　Spanish EFE reporter: It has been two years since the outbreak. In the past two years, China has basically been "closed". Does China now consider making the current "dynamic zero clearing" epidemic prevention and control policy more sustainable? Is there a road map that is "open" to the world?

　　Li Keqiang: Covid-19 is the common enemy of mankind. It has been spreading for two years, and the virus has been mutating. Some laws need to be further studied, and corresponding measures such as vaccine protection and effective drug research and development need to be strengthened. At present, the international community should unite, cooperate and help each other, understand and tolerate each other more, and work hard to create conditions for the world to return to normal.

　　China has been coordinating the prevention and control of epidemic situation and economic and social development, and actively promoting international exchanges and cooperation. We will make prevention and control more scientific and accurate according to the changes of epidemic situation and the characteristics of the virus, so as to ensure people’s life and health, normal production and living order, and the safety of industrial chain and supply chain.

　　Since the outbreak, I have talked with the heads of international organizations, multinational companies and entrepreneurs many times, and they all hope to ensure the necessary business contacts. We have opened "fast track" and "green track" to ensure the normal production and operation of some key enterprises and projects. We will continue to accumulate experience, respond to possible changes in a timely manner, and gradually make logistics and people flow smoothly.

　　Sino-US relations

　　Sino-US cooperation has great potential and is willing to seek long-term benefits with the United States.

　　Bloomberg: Fifty years ago, US President Nixon’s visit to China ushered in the era of American contacts with China. Last year, the Biden administration announced that this era had ended, and the United States and China are now entering a period of fierce competition. Do you agree with this evaluation? Will it become more and more common to ban the sale of American semiconductors in China and the listing of China enterprises in the United States?

　　Li Keqiang: Fifty years ago, China and the United States broke the ice and set sail for the normalization of relations. Half a century has passed, and although the relations between the two countries have been bumpy from time to time, they have been developing forward. We still hope that the two sides will respect each other, coexist peacefully and win-win cooperation in accordance with the consensus reached by the two heads of state at the end of last year, properly control differences in a rational and constructive way, and respect each other’s core interests and major concerns. Still need more dialogue and communication. Since the two sides have opened the door to each other, they should not close it again, let alone "decouple".

　　China and the United States are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the largest developing and developed countries in the world. Dealing with each other’s relations is related to the well-being of the two peoples. At present, many global challenges require cooperation and joint response between China and the United States. It should be said that Sino-US cooperation is beneficial to both countries and the world.

　　Of course, there are great differences in social systems, history, culture and development stages between China and the United States, and differences are inevitable. But we believe that cooperation should be the mainstream, because world peace and development depend on cooperation. Even if we have market competition in the economic and trade field, it should be benign and fair competition. Last year, the trade volume between the two countries exceeded $750 billion, an increase of nearly 30% over the previous year. What does this mean? The scope of Sino-US cooperation is vast and has great potential. If the United States relaxes its export restrictions to China, the bilateral trade volume will be even larger, and both countries and their peoples will benefit from it. China is willing to work with the United States to choose a wide range and seek long-term benefits.

　　Support difficult industries

　　Support industries with special difficulties to survive and make people’s lives warm.

　　China News Service reporter: In the past two years, affected by the epidemic, we found that some snack bars and small restaurants that we used to go to have not opened since they closed, including catering, and tourism, retail, passenger transport and other industries have also been greatly affected. The government work report proposes to stabilize market players and ensure employment. May I ask the Prime Minister, what measures will we take this year to help industries with special difficulties?

　　Li Keqiang: After the outbreak, the service industry, especially the contact service industry, was the hardest hit, among which small and medium-sized enterprises were the largest. They have a thin foundation, and they can be said to be careful in calculating and managing day by day, and many difficulties have accumulated to make it difficult for them to support. Helping them is actually supporting employment, because only 100 million individual industrial and commercial households have driven the employment of nearly 300 million people. If the seedlings are dry and the roots are thoroughly rooted, it will be too late to help them. Therefore, we must see that "the weight is too small to weigh a thousand pounds" and we must give them timely support.

　　For these industries with special difficulties, we have introduced more than 40 support policies. Just the tax rebate, roughly speaking, such industries as catering, tourism, passenger transport and culture can enjoy 180 billion yuan. They not only need financial support, but also give "seamless loan renewal" to those with good market prospects. Moreover, support should also be given to those places where they need to reduce rent and electricity charges in stages, which is actually the owner’s pull on customers.

　　At present, consumer demand is indeed relatively weak, mainly due to weak offline consumer demand. As you can imagine, there are many shops in the long lane of the city, and it is steaming, that is, the bustling fireworks. If it is closed, it will not be a good thing, and the lives of ordinary people will be affected. Therefore, we support these industries with special difficulties, not only to make them survive, but also to make people’s lives warm and our economy show more vitality.

　　relations across the Taiwan Straits

　　Compatriots on both sides of the strait are, in the final analysis, a family’s brotherhood, which can be cut off at any time.

　　Taiwan Province Dongsen New Media Reporter: With the epidemic continuing to spread and the uncertainty and instability of cross-strait relations increasing, how will the mainland respond to the situation in the Taiwan Strait and maintain and enhance the well-being of people on both sides of the strait?

　　Li Keqiang: Our major policy toward Taiwan is clear, as I have stated in the government work report, that is, we will adhere to the one-China principle and the "1992 Consensus", resolutely oppose the "Taiwan independence" separatist acts, and promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and the reunification of the motherland.

　　Compatriots on both sides of the strait are, after all, a family, and brotherhood can never be cut off. We are willing to continue to share development opportunities with the vast number of Taiwan Province compatriots, provide equal treatment to Taiwan Province compatriots who come to the mainland for development, and do practical things and solve difficult problems for them. As long as compatriots on both sides of the strait work together and unite, they will certainly be able to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and share the well-being of the Chinese nation’s rejuvenation.

　　fulfil one’s duty scrupulously

　　In the last year of this government, we will practice our promises with hard work.

　　Singapore Lianhe Zaobao: This year is the closing year of the current China administration. Looking back over the past four years, what achievements do you think this government has made? What is the biggest challenge? In the last year of this government, China’s economy is facing unprecedented pressure. What policies will you focus on to better stabilize social confidence and respond to people’s concerns?

　　Li Keqiang: Since the current government, the international situation has been complicated and changeable, with domestic contradictions and difficulties superimposed. Speaking of the biggest challenge, it is the COVID-19 epidemic and its severe impact on the economy. We are determined not to seek easy things, not to take refuge in things, and not to avoid risks, and we have done our best.

　　I remember the first press conference I held here when I became Prime Minister, that is, in this hall, I made it clear that it is the basic task of our government to continuously develop the economy, continuously improve people’s livelihood and promote social justice. To be broad-based, people-oriented and benefit the world is to take the expectations of the people as the direction of administration. In recent years, we have been persistent and consistent, innovating the way of governance, coping with cyclical economic fluctuations by keeping the economy running in a reasonable range, especially the implementation of macro policies facing the needs of market players; Firmly promote reform, simplify and eliminate complexity, safeguard justice, cultivate and expand market players and new kinetic energy, and stimulate market vitality and social creativity; Adhere to the priority of employment, grasp the actual situation of the country, pay attention to ensuring basic people’s livelihood, and so on. We are clear that there are some areas where the government work is recognized by the people, and there are also some gaps and shortcomings with their expectations.

　　As for you, this year is the last year of this government and my last year as Prime Minister. The situation we are facing is still complicated and grim, and there are still many difficulties and challenges. I have explained and expounded the difficulties and challenges in the government work report and the questions I just answered. My colleagues and I will do our duty with perseverance and practice our promises with hard work.

　　I believe that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, with the strong support from all walks of life, especially the joint efforts of the people, China’s economy will certainly be able to climb over the hill, achieve the main objectives and tasks of economic and social development this year, and lay a solid foundation for future development.

　　opening up to the outside world

　　No matter how the international situation changes, we will unswervingly expand opening up.

　　Kyodo News: The China government indicated that it is moving towards the goal of common prosperity, and proposed to set up "traffic lights" to prevent the disorderly expansion of capital, especially to strengthen the supervision of Internet enterprises. However, foreign capital is worried that the China government will further strengthen the restrictions on corporate behavior because of the goal of common prosperity. What is China’s view? Is there any way to reduce investors’ worries?

　　Li Keqiang: When we talk about common prosperity, we should work together. China’s policy of opening to the outside world has not changed and will not change. Moreover, our foreign investment law clearly stipulates that change will only develop in a direction conducive to opening wider to the outside world and investment and trade.

　　Foreign businessmen come to China to develop themselves, but also bring us investment and sales channels and the goods we need, which is beneficial to everyone. Why should we restrict them? Just now I talked about the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform, which emphasizes the need to simplify administration and decentralize power, combine liberalization with management, optimize services, oppose monopoly and unfair competition, and prevent the disorderly expansion of capital. The purpose is to give support to enterprises operating according to law and ensure that all types of ownership enterprises and domestic and foreign-funded enterprises develop equally and compete fairly. Of course, I also hope that enterprises will be standardized and healthy in their development.

　　China is so big that you can find every case you want. But on the whole, China’s economy has been deeply integrated into the world. China’s total import and export of goods has accounted for more than one-third of GDP, and now the comprehensive impact of imports on industry exceeds 70%. We have been the second largest import market in the world for 10 consecutive years, and have become the largest country in global goods trade for 5 consecutive years. Of course, on the whole, we are still in the process of moving from the low-end to the high-end, but it also shows that the industry and consumption are upgrading, the market potential is great, and there is a lot of room for all kinds of investment.

　　Relevant countries and we jointly signed the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement, namely RCEP, which was officially implemented this year. This can be said to be the largest free trade zone in the world. We will take this opportunity to continue to promote free trade, treat state-owned enterprises, private enterprises and foreign enterprises equally, and continue to make China a hot spot for global foreign investment.

　　I tell you clearly that no matter how the international situation changes, China will unswervingly open wider to the outside world. The Yangtze River and the Yellow River will not flow backwards. Over the past 40 years, China has always been advancing through reform and developing through opening up. As long as it is conducive to expanding high-level opening up, we are willing to do it actively, and we must firmly safeguard the multilateral trading system, which is also the need of our own development.

　　China has been opening to the outside world for more than 40 years, which has developed itself, benefited the people and benefited the world. This is a door of opportunity, and we will never, never close it.

　　(According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 11 th)

　　BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) According to the real-time statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6: 30 a.m. on March 26, Beijing time, there were more than 460,000 confirmed cases and 21,000 cumulative deaths in COVID-19.

　　Among them, the epidemic situation in the United States, Italy, Spain and other countries is still grim; Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Britain’s Prince Charles and other national politicians have successively "recruited"; Britain, France, etc. responded to the epidemic through various laws and proposals; New Zealand, Philippines, Democratic Republic of Congo and many other countries declared a state of emergency.

Data map: UN Secretary-General Guterres. China News Service reporter Liao Panshe

　　United Nations: All mankind must fight back together.

　　On March 25th, local time, the United Nations launched the "Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19 Epidemic", which aims to help the most vulnerable countries in the world to fight the epidemic, protect the lives of millions of people and prevent the virus from spreading in other countries.

　　UN Secretary-General Guterres said that Covid-19 is threatening all mankind, so all mankind must fight back together. It is not enough for a single country to take countermeasures.

　　Guterres and the heads of various agencies called on member countries to commit themselves to preventing the spread of Covid-19 in fragile countries and give maximum support to the response plan, so as to control the spread of the epidemic worldwide.

　　In addition, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, praised the Japanese decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games as "difficult and wise" in his speech on 25th. At the same time, he called on countries that have taken "city closure" measures to make good use of this opportunity and take action to deal with the epidemic.

On March 24th, local time, people walked past the Javits Center in new york, USA. China News Service reporter Liao Panshe

　　The epidemic situation in New York State is serious, and the deployment of US troops abroad has been suspended for 60 days.

　　According to Johns Hopkins University data, as of 6: 30 a.m. on March 26th, Beijing time, there were 65,285 confirmed cases and 926 deaths in the United States. Among them, the epidemic situation in New York State is the most serious, with more than 30,000 confirmed cases.

　　Cuomo, the governor of New York State, said that the number of COVID-19 tests in New York State has accounted for 25% in the United States, but the peak of confirmed cases has not yet arrived.

　　In addition, Louisiana has become another state in the United States that has been listed as a "major disaster area" due to the epidemic. Affected by the epidemic, New York, Washington, California and Iowa have been listed as "major disaster areas".

　　On the 25th, the US Secretary of Defense issued a stop order to the US military, demanding that all US troops stationed overseas stop all travel and action plans. The order will be executed for up to 60 days to prevent the epidemic from spreading among US troops.

　　This measure is the most extensive preventive order of the US military so far, but the downsizing of the US military in Afghanistan will not be disturbed and will continue to maintain the withdrawal of personnel.

　　Italy: collective infection occurred in four nursing homes

　　According to the data of the Italian Ministry of Health on the 25th, the number of confirmed cases in Italy increased to 74,836, with 7,503 deaths.

　　In the past few days, collective infections have occurred in four nursing homes in Rome and surrounding areas. Up to now, more than 160 people have been infected and 3 people have died, and the number of infected people is still increasing. All four old-age care institutions were also isolated.

　　Earlier, the Italian cabinet passed a new epidemic prevention and control law to increase punishment for violations of prevention and control measures. According to the new law, Italy’s national emergency lasts until July 31st, during which the epidemic prevention and control law can be further adjusted.

　　In an interview with the media, the Assistant Director-General of WHO, Ranieri Gueira, said that Italy may see the peak of the epidemic this week.

　　Spain: Deputy Prime Minister tested positive.

　　By the 25th, there were 7,937 new confirmed cases in Spain, with a total of 47,610 cases and 3,434 deaths. Spain has become the fourth country in the world where the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 40,000, and the epidemic situation in Europe is second only to Italy.

　　The Spanish Prime Minister’s Office said on the 25th that the Covid-19 test conducted by Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo on the 24th was positive. At present, Calvo is receiving isolation treatment in a clinic in Madrid, and his recovery is good.

　　In addition, several officials of the Spanish government have been infected. The wife, mother and father-in-law of Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez were also diagnosed.

　　British Parliament Passes Epidemic Emergency Bill

　　On the 25th local time, the British Ministry of Health and Social Security released the latest data. There were 1,452 new confirmed cases and 43 new deaths in the country, with a total of 9,529 confirmed cases. The cumulative total number of deaths is 465.

　　The emergency bill to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic was passed in the upper house of the British Parliament on the same day, and it only needs to be passed by the royal family to become law. The bill aims to give the government more power to deal with the spread of the epidemic.

　　In addition, Buckingham Palace said on the 25th that Prince Charles Covid-19’s test results were positive, but his symptoms were mild, and he was in good health and was in isolation at home. Queen Elizabeth II is currently in good health.

　　Germany: Merkel’s second test was negative

　　As of 0: 00 local time on the 25th, there were 4,118 newly confirmed cases in Germany, with a total of 31,554 cases and 149 deaths.

Data map: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. China News Service reporter Peng Dawei photo

　　German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s second Covid-19 test was negative, and a third test will be conducted early next week, a German government spokesman announced on the 25th. Previously, she had contact with a confirmed patient and began to be isolated at home on the 22nd.

　　France passed 25 emergency decrees, and Switzerland was diagnosed with more than 10,000 cases.

　　On 25th, French President Macron visited the hardest-hit areas in France and announced the launch of anti-epidemic military operations. The French epidemic continued to deteriorate that day, with the cumulative number of confirmed cases rising to 25,233 and the number of deaths rising to 1,331.

Under strict control measures, there are almost no pedestrians and vehicles on Rivoli Avenue in the center of Paris. China News Service reporter Yang Li photo

　　French Prime Minister Philippe announced on the same day that the meeting passed 25 administrative decrees to deal with the impact of the epidemic on all aspects of economy and society.

　　On the other hand, according to the data of Hopkins University, as of 6: 02 Beijing time on the 26th, Switzerland has diagnosed 10,897 cases, making it the fifth country in Europe with more than 10,000 confirmed cases.

　　Russia: The whole people will have a paid holiday for one week from next week.

　　On the 25th local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in his speech on the epidemic that Russia will have a paid holiday for one week next week, and the long holiday will last from March 28th to April 5th.

　　He said: "Of course, all living security institutions, including medical institutions, pharmacies, shops, banks, financial settlement institutions, transportation and power organs at all levels will continue to operate."

　　Affected by the epidemic, the referendum on Russian constitutional amendments will also be postponed.

　　Russian Deputy Prime Minister Gorikova said on the 25th that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Russia has increased to 658, and 29 cases have been cured.

　　Many countries declared a state of emergency.

　　New Zealand announced on the 25th local time that the country entered a state of emergency that day. The state of emergency applies to the whole of New Zealand, including chatham islands, Stewart Island and other inhabited islands.

　　On the same day, the mayor of Ottawa, Canada, Jim Watson announced that Ottawa had entered a state of emergency. Prior to this, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and other big cities have successively declared a state of emergency.

　　In response to the epidemic, the Philippines, Ukraine, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ganel, C? te d ‘Ivoire, Sierra Leone and other countries have declared a state of emergency.

CCTV News:Buses in Changxing, Zhejiang Province took the elderly out of the countryside, while in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, a passenger bus that entered the village was "transformed" into a courier van because of a large number of online shopping by villagers.

In Suxian District, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, at 4 pm every day, urban and rural bus drivers have to drive their vehicles from the city to Feitian Village, Suxian District, 28 kilometers away. Different from other trains of the day, there are many online shopping couriers in this car.

Lin Bo, bus driver of Yi Lin Bus Co., Ltd., Chenzhou, Hunan Province:The company uses the 4 o’clock in the afternoon to deliver express delivery. For each express delivery, we have a subsidy of 10 cents and a monthly income of several hundred dollars.

After the "passenger and freight mail" bus entered the village, it ignited the "online shopping craze" of the villagers. From sofas and home appliances to nail clippers, this express delivery point in Feitian Mountain Village has more than 20 express deliveries from local people online every day.

Cao Xijuan, a villager from Feitian Village, Suxian District, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province:I have never used an air fryer before, but now I want to buy it and try it. Nowadays, online shopping is very convenient, and it will take two or three days to arrive. The TV, washing machine and refrigerator at home are all online shopping.

The number of village-level delivery service points like this has expanded to 825 in Chenzhou in the past three years, covering 1342 villages with a coverage rate of 96.96%. In the whole year of 2022, the rural express delivery business in Chenzhou completed 16,959,200 pieces.

Qingyuan released April sunny and rainy at first sight.

It coincides with the warm spring and flowers.

It’s a good time to step into spring.

Accompanied by frequent turnover of personnel

It is easy to cause diseases such as respiratory tract and intestine.

Qingyuan CDC reminds citizens

When going out to play

Attention should be paid to safety and health first

Be careful in April.

The following seven diseases

hand-foot-and-mouth disease

Hand-foot-mouth disease is mainly caused by enterovirus EV71, Coxsackie virus A16, Coxsackie virus A6 and other enteroviruses. The incubation period is 2-10 days (average 3-5 days). The clinical manifestations are mainly fever and rash or herpes on hands, feet, mouth and buttocks. It spreads through respiratory droplets and faeces, and it is easy to occur in infants under 5 years old. It can occur all year round, and it is spring from April to July.

Guidelines for disease prevention

1. Vaccination with EV71 vaccine can significantly reduce the risk of serious illness and death. In order to play a protective role as early as possible, children are encouraged to complete the whole vaccination before the age of 12 months.

2. Nursery institutions strictly implement the regulations on the management of infectious diseases, implement morning and afternoon inspections, check the causes of absence due to illness, and report the clustered epidemic situation in time.

3. Maintain good hand hygiene, wash your hands before and after meals and after going out and returning.

4. Closed public places and rooms should be ventilated frequently to keep the air circulating. Frequent contact parts, daily necessities and children’s toys are cleaned and disinfected regularly.

whooping cough

Pertussis is a highly contagious acute respiratory infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis infection. Since the wide implementation of DTP vaccine immunization, the incidence of this disease has been significantly reduced. However, in recent years, the number of reported cases of pertussis in our city has been on the rise, and some cases have typical paroxysmal and spasmodic cough, with a course of 2-3 months.

Guidelines for disease prevention

1. Vaccination is one of the important methods to prevent pertussis. Children in China should be vaccinated with one dose at the age of 3, 4, 5 months and 18~24 months, and school-age children should be vaccinated with pertussis in time.

2. Try to avoid exposure. If there is a definite infected person at home, the infected person should follow the doctor’s advice and take antibiotics for treatment in time, and pay attention to ventilation at home to reduce close contact with other family members. In particular, infants who have not been vaccinated at home should try to avoid contact with infected people or live in the same room.

3. Strengthening ventilation, washing hands frequently, wearing masks and other preventive measures can effectively prevent diseases transmitted through respiratory tract.

Tick-borne diseases

Acari, generally reddish brown or taupe, long oval, flat back and abdomen, is only the size of a grain of rice before blood sucking, and can expand several times to dozens of times after blood sucking. Ticks mostly live in grassland, farmland, bushes or wooded environment and animal body surface. As the weather warms up, ticks gradually enter an active period. Ticks can spread many diseases after biting people, such as Lyme disease, forest encephalitis, tick-borne hemorrhagic fever, Q fever, relapsing fever, spotted fever, rabbit fever, tick-borne typhus, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Bartonella infection and so on.

Guidelines for disease prevention

1. Try to avoid sitting and lying for a long time in the main habitats of ticks, such as grasslands and Woods. Do personal protection and wear long-sleeved clothes; Fasten the trouser legs or stuff them into socks and shoes; Don’t wear sandals; Don’t dry clothes on the grass or trees.

2. After you come back from forests, grasslands and other places, you should pay attention to checking clothes and various parts of your body to ensure that there are no ticks attached; If you bring a pet, you should also carefully check the whole body of the pet to prevent ticks from being carried home in the pet hair.

3. After being bitten by ticks, it is generally not recommended to handle it by yourself. It is best to go to the hospital for treatment.

dengue

Dengue fever is an acute mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by dengue virus, which is mainly transmitted by the bite of Aedes albopictus (commonly known as "flower mosquito"). Mainly popular in tropical and subtropical Southeast Asia, Western Pacific, America and Africa. Dengue fever has the characteristics of typical import and suddenness, rapid spread, high incidence, general susceptibility of the population and high mortality of a few severe cases.

With the increase of temperature and rainfall, the density of mosquito vectors increases, which does not rule out the possibility of local infection caused by imported cases in some areas.

Guidelines for disease prevention

1. Wear long-sleeved clothes when going out and try to choose light-colored clothes; Mosquito repellent products such as mosquito repellent can be used in exposed parts of the skin; Install screen doors, screens and other physical protection measures; Avoid staying in the shade, shrubs, grass and other mosquitoes densely.

2. Reduce the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes

Sealing: sealing the water tank, sealing the sewer manhole or installing anti-mosquito devices and sealing useful utensils.

Fill: Fill potholes, waste ponds, ditches, bamboo holes and tree holes.

Dredging: dredge ditches, clean up silt and weeds on the shore.

Row: clear the accumulated water.

Cleaning: remove small containers of garbage, as well as garbage containers such as plastic film bags, discarded bottles and cans.

Novel coronavirus infection

At present, the epidemic situation of novel coronavirus in our city shows a low level of epidemic fluctuation. novel coronavirus has not disappeared, but it is still mutating, and there is still the risk of infection. The general public still needs to do a good job of self-protection.

Guidelines for disease prevention

1. Take the initiative to vaccinate COVID-19 vaccine, wash hands frequently, ventilate more, gather less, maintain good hygiene habits, and wear masks scientifically in crowded places.

2. Enhancing self-immunity and improving self-immunity is an important means to prevent various diseases. Please ask the general public to maintain a healthy lifestyle such as regular work and rest, exercise, drink plenty of water, eat healthily and have a good attitude.

flu

Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus, which has the characteristics of short incubation period, strong infectivity, rapid spread, etc., mainly manifested as acute onset, severe headache, chills, fever, body aches, fatigue and other symptoms, which are easy to cause outbreaks; High incidence in winter and spring, the whole population is susceptible, pregnant women, infants, the elderly and patients with chronic basic diseases are high-risk groups, and serious complications may occur.

Guidelines for disease prevention

1. Vaccinate against influenza. Vaccinate against influenza is the most effective means to prevent influenza, which can significantly reduce the risk of serious complications of vaccinators. The virus is easy to mutate, so it is recommended to vaccinate once a year, especially for the elderly, children, pregnant women, patients with chronic diseases, caregivers and medical staff.

2. Maintain good personal hygiene, wash your hands frequently and correctly, avoid dirty hands touching your eyes, nose and mouth, cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, and wash your hands in time.

3. Reduce going to crowded places and wear masks scientifically.

4. Ventilation indoors to keep the air circulating.

5. Have a balanced diet, moderate exercise and adequate rest to avoid excessive fatigue.

chickenpox

Chickenpox is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus, which occurs frequently in winter and spring. It is characterized by patches, papules, herpes and scabs on the skin and mucosa in batches with mild systemic symptoms. The incubation period is long, generally 14-16 days (ranging from 10-21 days) after exposure to the virus. From 1-2 days before the outbreak of chickenpox infection to the scab of the rash, the infected person is contagious. It is mainly transmitted through respiratory tract and direct contact. April-June and November-January are the high incidence seasons of chickenpox every year.

Children aged 1 -12 are susceptible, and chickenpox is highly contagious. About 90% of susceptible people will get sick after contacting patients, commonly known as "face-to-face transmission". Places where people gather, such as kindergartens and schools, are prone to outbreaks.

Guidelines for disease prevention

1. Vaccination with chickenpox vaccine is the most economical and effective measure. Chickenpox vaccine is suitable for people who are susceptible to chickenpox at the age of 1 and above. Vaccination is recommended for school-age children and people with high exposure.

2. Nursery institutions, schools, etc. strictly implement the regulations on the management of infectious diseases, implement morning and afternoon check-ups, check the causes of absence due to illness, etc. Once suspicious patients are found, they should be disposed of in time, and standardized disinfection should be carried out on the items they have contacted.

3. Maintain good personal hygiene habits. Wash your hands frequently, eat a balanced diet, strengthen physical exercise, and try to avoid contact with patients with acute chickenpox.

4. Strengthen environmental ventilation. Closed public places and rooms should be ventilated frequently to keep indoor air circulation and clean environment.

5. Patients must be treated in isolation at an early stage until all herpes scabs or not less than two weeks after illness.

Qingyuan fafa editorial department

Original title: "Qingyuan CDC Reminder: Seven Infectious Diseases Need to be Focused on in April"

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Recently, a news in the field has aroused widespread concern. It is reported that some owners of Xiaomi models found a new function called "lap time assessment in ranking mode" when receiving the update of Xiaomi HyperOS system. This function claims that if the owner can achieve the officially recommended lap time on the designated track, he can unlock the ranking mode.

This news quickly fermented on the Internet, which triggered heated discussions and doubts among car owners. However, the situation quickly reversed, and many car owners confirmed that Xiaomi had cancelled this OTA update.

In the face of this storm, Xiaomi officially responded quickly. They said that the company has always been committed to establishing good relations with users and attaches great importance to users’ feedback and interests. In the future, before OTA push, we will strengthen communication and forecast with users to ensure the transparency of information and users’ right to know.

According to a car owner of Xiaomi SU7 Ultra, Xiaomi’s sales staff has contacted him actively, apologizing for the incident and offering a car wash machine and points as compensation. The owner said that although the track mode is not used frequently for him personally, he still appreciates Xiaomi’s positive response and compensation measures.

"I think Xiaomi’s handling of this incident is very sincere," the owner said. "They plan to launch a new version of the car machine within 4-6 weeks, and provide 5000 points and car washing machines as compensation for the owners who are locked in power. You can also enjoy the service of free pick-up and delivery of cars to upgrade new cars. "

This incident not only tested Xiaomi’s crisis handling ability in dealing with emergencies, but also highlighted the importance of user feedback to enterprises again. Xiaomi’s quick response and positive compensation measures have undoubtedly alleviated the dissatisfaction of car owners to some extent.

However, different car owners have different views on this incident. Some car owners think that Xiaomi’s compensation measures are sincere enough, while others hope that Xiaomi can pay more attention to the actual needs and experiences of users in future product updates.

　　"Ningbo released" the news of WeChat official account on September 14th. In order to make overall plans for normalized epidemic prevention and control and typhoon prevention and flood control, the Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Office issued the latest notice with the consent of the Municipal Leading Group for Epidemic Prevention and Control.

　　01

　　Due to the impact of Typhoon Meihua, on September 15th and 16th, the city continued to implement the current nucleic acid inspection requirements except the airport, railway station, high-speed bayonet, high-speed service area and other city "gates", and the city continued to suspend the 72-hour normalized nucleic acid inspection requirements. If the nucleic acid test shows "gray code" for more than 72 hours, citizens can still take public transportation and enter public places, but please continue to cooperate with the staff to check the health code and travel code.

　　02

　　Since September 15th, all localities should restore and open normalized nucleic acid sampling points in an orderly manner, increase sampling units, extend sampling time, and effectively protect the needs of citizens for nucleic acid sampling. All districts (counties, cities) should promptly publish information such as sampling site and opening hours of nucleic acids.

　　03

　　From 0: 00 on September 17th, Ningbo will fully resume the 72-hour normalized nucleic acid detection and inspection requirements implemented on September 7th. Please understand, support and cooperate with the general public, and please tell each other.

CCTV News:Five departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, issued an announcement on matters related to the implementation of the national six emission standards for automobiles.

In order to implement the Emission Limits and Measurement Methods of Light Vehicle Pollutants (China Phase VI) (GB 18352.6— 2016) and "Pollutant Emission Limits and Measurement Methods for Heavy Diesel Vehicles (China Phase VI)" (GB 17691— In 2018), the relevant policies to help enterprises bail out, stabilize and expand automobile consumption are implemented. The relevant matters concerning the nationwide full implementation of the National Sixth Emission Standard 6b for light vehicles and the National Sixth Emission Standard 6b for heavy diesel vehicles (hereinafter referred to as the National Sixth Emission Standard 6b) are announced as follows:

1. From July 1, 2023, the national sixth emission standard 6b stage will be fully implemented, and the production, import and sale of automobiles that do not meet the national sixth emission standard 6b stage will be prohibited. The production date is based on the vehicle manufacturing date of the motor vehicle certificate, and the electronic information of the certificate should be uploaded before 0: 00 on July 1, 2023; The date of import is based on the date of arrival of the goods import certificate; The date of sale shall be subject to the date of motor vehicle sales invoice.

Two, for some of the actual driving pollutant emission tests (that is, RDE test) report results as "monitoring only" and other light vehicles, give a half-year sales transition period, allowing sales until December 31, 2023.

Three, automobile production and import enterprises, as the main body responsible for the consistency management of environmental protection production, should disclose the vehicle emission inspection information and pollution control technical information before the vehicle leaves the factory or enters the country according to the relevant provisions of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Air Pollution Prevention Law, so as to ensure that the actually produced and imported vehicles meet the requirements. Relevant certification bodies shall issue compulsory product certification certificates according to the national six emission standards 6b stage.

　　"If you are in politics, you will be governed by the feelings of the next, and if you can’t, you will be chaotic." An important aspect of keeping close contact with the masses is the trend of investigation and research in Daxing.

　　— — Speech by the Supreme Leader at the Party Building Work Conference of Central and State Organs (July 9, 2019)

　　"When you are in power, you will be governed by the emotions, but if you are not in power, you will be in chaos." The language Mozi Shang Tong means that politicians should fully grasp the emotions and public opinion before they can manage the society well, otherwise it will easily lead to chaos. To understand the next situation, we must sink down to the people in a down-to-earth manner.

　　In the Ming Dynasty, there was an official named Zhou Chen who liked to "go into the fields, talk to the villagers and ask about their sufferings". One night, Zhou Chen passed by a village and saw villagers enjoying the cool under the tree, so he took the initiative to talk. It was not until the subordinates found it that the villagers knew that the person in front of them was actually the governor of Jiangnan. In this way, "every time I sit in one place, I am afraid that it will not be exhausted." Zhou Chen learned a lot of local facts through face-to-face conversations with the people.

　　Later, Zhou Chen founded the "square meter law" and reduced the rent of grain from official land, which reduced the burden on the people and solved the problem of tax arrears. He insisted on consulting the people, and many reform strategies came from research. People commented: "Every time Zhou Wenxiang made a revolution, he would oppose reconsideration with officials and scholars. For example, if you elaborate a method, you will call Dongmen huangpo into the platform and often leave a message until midnight. "

　　"The feeling of winning" can not only know "the hardship of farming" and "the hardship of spinning performance", but also serve as an important basis for scientific decision-making. Historically, Shang Yang’s "a strong country knows thirteen numbers" and the two tax laws of the Tang Dynasty were all strategies for governing the country after in-depth investigation.

　　Wang Zhiwang, an official in the Southern Song Dynasty, was the first person who conducted a large-scale public opinion survey in ancient China and revised the national tax policy on this basis. At that time, in view of the uneven land tax and chaotic taxation, the Southern Song government decided to clear the land and rectify the taxation, and introduced the "Economic Boundary Law", but there were great differences among the people. Wang Zhiwang realized that "the matter is the most important, the opinions are different, the interests are suspicious, and I dare not judge by partiality." So, he began to make a comprehensive survey.

　　Wang Zhiwang asked his subordinates to go door-to-door to see how many people supported the old tax law and how many supported the new tax law, and then summarized and analyzed them. This time, a total of 9 States, more than 30 counties and more than 330,000 households were involved, and the amount of work was huge.

　　According to the investigation results, Wang Zhiwang revised the tax reform plan and submitted "On the Management of Tongchuan Road" to the court. In the memorial, he emphasized the different opinions of the people in different States on the "Jing Jie Law": "There are many people in the four States of Huai An Army in Changrong, and there are few people in Fushun Supervision in Suining, Tongchuan." This solid memorial provided a reliable basis for the improvement of the imperial policy.

　　Paying attention to observing people’s feelings and advocating investigation and research are important contents of China’s traditional political culture. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, poetry collectors went to various places to "observe customs and know gains and losses". Some people said that the Book of Songs was an ancient investigation report. Guan Zi Wen puts forward dozens of questions to be asked, which is considered as "the oldest and most comprehensive outline of social investigation". All dynasties have established various patrol systems, which play an important role in reaching the next level.

　　Compared with ancient times, today’s means of transportation and communication are more and more developed, and there are more and more channels to obtain information, but the convenience of technology also brings some problems. For example, some cadres would rather sit in the office and read all kinds of data and collect research reports on the Internet than go to the grass-roots level to dip their legs in mud and stand in the field to chat with the people. This kind of "paper" research can’t get the real situation at all, so how can we formulate policies on this basis?

　　Liu Xiang said in Shuo Yuan Zheng Li in the Western Han Dynasty: "What you hear is not as good as what you see, what you see is not as good as what you practice, and what you practice is not as good as what you distinguish by hand." In order to grasp the truth, leading cadres must carry out hands-on investigation and study, and go to the front line to see, listen, ask and think by themselves. This is a working method and an official style.

　　Wen/Zhiqiu

　　Editor/Zhong Qi

　　Dubbing/Jing Xuan

　　Audio Clip/An Xian

　　Poster design/chess

　　Source/People’s Daily, Beijing Daily, etc.

On May 12th, OPPO announced that it would completely terminate the business of its chip design company ZEKU, which also triggered a huge shock in the industry.

There are also different opinions about why Zheku Technology was suddenly dissolved without warning.

The official reason given by OPPO for dissolving Zheku is "the uncertainty of global economy and mobile phone market".

Liu Jun, CEO of Zheku, also said at the last general meeting: "The global economy and mobile phone industry are extremely pessimistic now, and the company’s entire revenue is far from expectations. So in this case,Such a huge investment in chips will be beyond the company’s affordability.So I regret to make an announcement here. After careful discussion, the company decided to shut down Zheku and terminate the chip self-research business. As CEO of Zheku, I couldn’t take this business to the place we wanted to go, and it’s a pity to tell you in this way. At this time, I can only say, I’m sorry, thank all Zheku colleagues, and thank them for their hard work in Zheku over the past four years. "

Indeed, since last year, the global economic situation has declined and the smartphone market has continued to shrink, which has also put tremendous pressure on OPPO.

According to IDC data, in 2022, global smartphone shipments fell by 11.3% year-on-year, and OPPO shipments were 103.3 million units, down by 22.7% year-on-year. Moreover, the smartphone market is still in a downward trend, and the recovery may have to wait until the second half of the year.

From the current point of view,OPPO has been mass-produced and shipped MariSilicon X. Although it has been adopted by the high-end versions of Find X5, X6 and Reno9 series, the shipment volume is still relatively limited, which may not cover its research and development costs.

This also makes the outside world think that it is because Zheku burned too much money (it is rumored that it burned 50 billion yuan in three years, but it is not so much), and the continuous decline of the global economy and smartphone market since last year has brought greater pressure to OPPO. OPPO finally decided to give up.

However, this explanation seems reasonable, but it is puzzling. becauseIn fact, Zheku has spent less than 10 billion yuan in more than three years since its establishment, and OPPO is not short of money now. Even if you think that self-developed chips burn money, it is entirely possible to reduce Zheku’s product line and focus on some areas you need (such as power management chips).

Just in February this year, Liu Zuohu, senior vice president and chief product officer of OPPO, also publicly disclosed the SUPERVOOC S full-link power management chip developed by OPPO, and said that in the future, OPPO and all models with charging power above 100W will be equipped with Supervooc S.

The compensation scheme is very kind and OPPO is not short of money.

Judging from Zheku’s compensation for layoffs, it can be said that it is very generous. The compensation standard for regular employees in China is "N+3", and the base is the total annual salary+bonus+all other income divided by 12. And in May, salary will be paid according to one month, and social security will be paid for employees in May.

Even fresh graduates who fail to report for duty can get compensation of (offer’s monthly salary+bonus /12) *3. It can be said that the whole compensation scheme is very kind.

According to the data, Zheku was established in August 2019, covering product lines including: core application processor, short-range communication, 5G Modem, RF, ISP and power management chip. At present, the team totals about 3000 people.

According to reports, since its establishment, Zheku Technology has always been a big and high-paying poacher, which also makes the average salary of Zheku Technology significantly higher than the industry average.

According to the statistics of the Staff Friends Group, the average salary of Zheku Technology is 44,504 yuan/month, of which 2.3% is 20,000-30,000 yuan, 45.6% is 30,000-50,000 yuan, and 51.1% is above 50,000 yuan.

If calculated according to the average monthly salary of about 45,000, the "N+3" compensation for 3,000 people will exceed 405 million yuan. If you want to calculate the year-end bonus and other income equally in the compensation base, I’m afraid it will be about 500 million yuan.

OPPO said thatAll these compensations will be paid within 5 working days after signing the resignation agreement before May 19th.This also shows that OPPO is not short of money at this stage.

On May 13th, Shen Yiren, former vice president of OPPO, said in the Weibo, "What money can solve is actually not a big problem … … The problem that money cannot solve is the real problem. "

Therefore, the real reason why OPPO suddenly disbanded Zheku Technology is not simply the problem of "money".

How much did Zheku "burn"? Maybe less than 10 billion

As early as the Future Science and Technology Conference in 2019, Chen Mingyong, founder and CEO of OPPO, announced that "50 billion yuan will be invested in R&D to build a technical moat in the next three years", and then OPPO officially launched the Mariana Plan for self-developed chips. This also shows that OPPO has made plans for a protracted war before opening the self-developed chip, and has given sufficient funds.

Although there are many rumors on the Internet that "Zheku burned 50 billion yuan in three years", in fact Zheku may only spend about 10 billion yuan.

Even according to the current scale of 3,000 people, the annual salary consumption is about 2 billion yuan (calculated according to the previous estimate of 500 million yuan for three months).

Although Zheku was established in August 2019, it has been more than three years since it really started to develop chips. The annual salary costs 2 billion yuan, which is about 6 billion yuan in total.

Moreover, the team of 3,000 people has gradually grown up in more than three years. There were not many people at the beginning of the first year, so in fact, the total expenditure on personnel salaries was not 6 billion yuan.

In addition, EDA tools and semiconductor IP needed for chip research and development, as well as chip streaming and mass production are also very expensive.

"The EDA cost of Zheku is about 30 million to 50 million dollars a year."An insider of an American EDA factory revealed to Xinzhixun.

That is to say, in three years, the EDA cost required by Zheku is about 90 million-150 million, which is about 120 million US dollars, or about 835 million RMB.

In terms of streaming cost, the image NPU chip MariSilicon X released by Zheku is based on TSMC’s 6nm process, and the Bluetooth audio SoC chip MariSilicon X is based on TSMC’s N6RF process. In addition, there is a mobile phone AP chip that was previously under development, which is rumored to be based on TSMC’s 4nm process.

According to Xin Zhixun, an insider of a wafer factory knows that the cost of chip streamer is mainly the cost of MASK, which is mainly related to the complexity of chip design. The more metal layers are used, the more mask layers will be, and the higher the cost will be.

Generally speaking, the cost of making a 6nm MASK is about 10 million dollars, and the cost of making a 4nm MASK is about 2,000 dollars.

Because MariSilicon X is a dedicated NPU chip, MariSilicon is an audio SoC, but its complexity is far less than that of mobile phone AP. Therefore, the actual mask cost required for these two chips is expected to be lower.

Even if the conventional cost is estimated, the total cost of the three chips (calculated according to the success of one tape) is about 40 million dollars, or about 278 million yuan.

As for the IP licensing fee required for each chip project, because most of the IP of MariSilicon X and MariSilicon Y are self-developed, the cost of semiconductor IP to be outsourced is not high, which is estimated to be around several million dollars, so let’s calculate 10 million dollars in Dali, which is about 70 million yuan.

The rumored mobile phone AP is a eight nuclear CPU+10-core GPU, which uses Arm’s Cortex-X2+Cortex-A710+Cortex-A510 CPU IP, and the GPU IP should also belong to Arm, which will make the IP cost of this mobile phone AP soar.

According to insiders, the Arm IP cost for such a 4nm AP chip may need 30 to 50 million dollars, and other IP types may also need 30 to 50 million dollars. According to the median calculation, it is about $80 million.

Therefore, the total IP licensing fee for the three chips may be about 90 million dollars, or about 626 million yuan.

Taken together, Zheku’s three-year staff salary, EDA tools needed for chip research and development, the purchase of semiconductor IP, and the cost of chip streaming are probably less than 7.8 billion yuan.

Even if other expenses such as office rent, all kinds of office equipment, test equipment, servers, water and electricity network fees, and supporting employee benefits are included, how to calculate 10 billion yuan should be enough.

Obviously, the expenditure of 10 billion yuan is far from Chen Mingyong’s psychological budget of "investing 50 billion yuan in research and development in three years".

4nm AP slide failed?

For the reason why OPPO gave up Zheku, there are rumors that the 4nm mobile phone AP is too difficult, and the streaming failed. In the future, more money may be needed to succeed, and even if it succeeds, it may not be recognized by the market, so it is decided to give up.

However, an internal employee of Zheku confirmed to Xinzhixun that,This AP has not failed, "bing up and all kinds of follow-up work are being prepared internally". According to the previous forecast, the film will come back in mid-June, and now no film has come back for testing. How do you know it has failed?

Liu Jun, CEO of Zheku, also stressed at the last general meeting:"This decision has nothing to do with the quality of your work."

Obviously, the sudden dissolution of Zheku is not due to the "4nm AP film failure".

The supporting MediaTek 5G baseband was stopped

Although Zheku’s mobile phone AP doesn’t have its own baseband chip, it can realize the 5G communication function by plugging in a third-party 5G baseband chip, just like Apple A series processors.

According to Xin Zhixun’s understanding,This mobile phone AP was originally planned to plug in a 5G baseband chip supplied by MediaTek.

According to an internal employee of Zheku, Xin Zhixun revealed that,Last week, MediaTek was still solving the problems related to Zheku Baseband, and Zheku suddenly announced its dissolution, which also caught the other side off guard.

Because the existing 5G baseband chips in MediaTek cannot be directly used, they need to be customized according to the AP design and needs of Zheku.

People in the semiconductor industry @ 中中中中中中 also broke the news yesterday.Affected by the closure of Zheku, the 5G baseband plan matched with MediaTek also stopped, and the 6nm/4nm RF/AP WIP (work in process) on TSMC production line was also stopped.

As Zheku suddenly announced its closure, the cooperation with MediaTek has been unilaterally terminated, and it is expected that it may also need to pay a large amount of "liquidated damages".

Summary:

Based on the above analysis,The sudden closure of OPPO without warning seems to be not because Zheku’s "burning money" exceeded expectations, nor because OPPO has no money, nor is there a problem with Zheku’s product development.

So, what caused OPPO to suddenly give up developing its own chips and disband the 3,000-person Zheku team at any cost, so that all the efforts of this group of excellent chip designers in China in the past four years were wasted? I am afraid that most of the existing research and development results will also be abandoned.

Duan Yongping, the founder of BBK brand, left a meaningful comment when evaluating the news of Zheku’s closure on snowball:"Correct mistakes as soon as possible, no matter how much it costs."

Duan Yongping’s implication seems to be that the OPPO self-developed chip was a mistake from the beginning, but if it was a mistake from the beginning, why did it take nearly four years to point it out?

In the past two days, many media and analysts have given such views "with hindsight", but why did these people go early?

Generally speaking, there are some "puzzling" places in OPPO’s sudden dissolution of Zheku, especially in the context of the continuous suppression of the domestic semiconductor industry in recent years. It is no wonder that many netizens believe that the main reason is OPPO’s deep "fear" of that "mysterious force".

After all, the mobile phone business is only one of its three major businesses, compared with another company that has been repeatedly hit by "mysterious forces" but has not fallen. OPPO’s business is more single. Once the mobile phone business is affected, there will be no other business to transfuse blood. The "spare tire" is still under development, and of course there is no chance of "turning positive".

However, regarding this view, a Zheku executive told Core Intelligence:"Conspiracy theories cannot be falsified, so people always like to listen."

Finally, I borrow a passage from Wang Zhuo, the head of Zheku baseband and RF department, at the general meeting as the end of this article, and wish my friends who have worked in Zheku a new job in the future and continue to fight for the rise of China Core!

"Zheku no longer exists, so Zheku may be meaningless in itself, but the journey we have traveled together is meaningful. … … As long as we have made efforts, God will surely see it. I believe that all our efforts will not be in vain, and you will definitely see his help to you at some point. "