"Build a 100-billion-level AI (artificial intelligence) large-scale model technology system, create financial image character recognition products, and realize batch credit granting and digitalization of the whole process after lending …" In the 2023 annual report published by listed banks, in addition to the business performance indicators that have attracted much attention from the market, the financial technology investment of many banks increased year-on-year, the digital transformation and upgrading progressed steadily, and the exploration of large-scale model technology research and development and application scenarios increased significantly, laying a solid foundation for writing a big article on digital finance.

　　Digital transformation has achieved initial results.

　　The disclosed annual reports of listed banks in 2023 show that more than half of the banks have achieved a year-on-year increase in financial technology investment. From the perspective of the "big four banks", the investment amounts of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China and China Construction Bank in 2023 reached 27.246 billion yuan, 24.85 billion yuan, 22.397 billion yuan and 25.024 billion yuan respectively, up by 3.9%, 7.06%, 3.97% and 7.45% year-on-year.

　　In terms of joint-stock banks, in 2023, two banks invested more than 10 billion yuan in financial technology. China Merchants Bank invested 14.126 billion yuan in science and technology, although it decreased slightly by 0.3% year-on-year, but it is still the institution with the largest amount of investment among joint-stock banks. CITIC Bank’s investment in financial technology reached 12.153 billion yuan, up 38.91% year-on-year, and it was the listed bank with the largest year-on-year growth.

　　"As a key force to promote the digital transformation of banks, financial technology is in an important strategic position in most listed banks. However, at present, the development of digital technology itself and its application in the financial industry require more research and exploration, and it is necessary to increase investment in financial technology. " Lou Feipeng, a researcher at China Postal Savings Bank, said that it is of positive significance for the banking industry to accelerate the digital transformation by increasing investment, so as to enhance its own market competitiveness and service level.

　　With the increasing investment in financial technology, many banks have made remarkable achievements in the digitalization process in 2023, especially in the key field of scene construction.

　　According to the annual report of ICBC, around the goal of "Digital ICBC", we will speed up the construction of a digital financial service system that is compatible with the modern economic system, and innovate a new model of digital financial development with the main line of building a platform, improving capabilities, expanding scenarios and building ecology. In 2023, digital business accounted for more than 99%. Relying on corporate online banking and mobile banking, we will build a digital financial service platform that integrates e-cloud, and launch services such as specialized and special new service areas and Pratt & Whitney areas for exclusive customers to provide customers with ecological services that cover the integration of financial and business scenarios.

　　China Merchants Bank increased its investment in science and technology, comprehensively promoted digital remodeling around online, data-based, intelligent, platform-based, ecological and so on, gradually established an ecological circle of financial services, and explored the application of artificial intelligence scenarios. Intelligent applications have replaced more than 17,000 full-time manpower in intelligent customer service, process intelligence, quality inspection, conch RPA+ (robot process automation) and other scenarios.

　　Many banks mentioned in their annual reports that they should improve their technology and finance system by optimizing their organizational structure. For example, Industrial Bank set up a digital operation department, actively explored new modes of digital operation, and strived to get through the "last mile" from digitalization to productivity; China Postal Savings Bank optimized and adjusted the organizational structure of the information technology section of the head office, and renamed the Information Technology Management Committee under the senior management as the Financial Technology Committee; Reorganize the Information Technology Management Department and the Financial Technology Innovation Department into the Financial Technology Department; Rename the data center as an operational data center, promote the transformation of science and technology governance structure, and strengthen the overall leading role of information technology.

　　Accelerate the application of large model technology

　　In 2023, with the big model tsunami wave set off by ChatGPT sweeping the world, AI big model technology has become the focus of exploration and layout in many industries, and banking is no exception.

　　The reporter noted that six large state-owned banks and a number of joint-stock banks such as CITIC, China Merchants and Xingye disclosed the research and development and application of the big model field in the 2023 annual report. AI big model technology may become an "accelerator" for the digital transformation of financial institutions.

　　China Construction Bank mentioned in its annual report that it will continue to strengthen research on key core technologies. Independent research and development of artificial intelligence platform, and form a comparative advantage in the fields of computer vision and intelligent voice, and implement the "Ark Plan". The big data platform covers over 30,000 physical nodes, and the foundation of data governance is further consolidated. The annual report of Agricultural Bank of China revealed that relying on the artificial intelligence innovation laboratory, the functions of pre-research and incubation of large-scale model technology, online answer recommendation of customer service knowledge base and auxiliary search of knowledge base were accelerated.

　　CITIC Bank has built a CITIC big model platform with integrated software and hardware, completed the deployment of a 100 billion-level open source big model, and explored scenarios such as landing code generation and intelligent operation. China Merchants Bank seized the opportunity of certainty of the big language model to develop the construction and application of the big language model. On the one hand, we actively strengthen the construction of large models, introduce large models with 100 billion parameters, tune, train and adapt the scenes in the industry with our own corpus, follow up the development of open source large model technology, and develop large models with 100 billion parameters in professional scenes. On the other hand, explore the application of big model in retail, wholesale, middle and back office. At the same time, build a large model experience platform, access to a number of domestic mainstream large models.

　　In the view of Wu Dan, a researcher at China Banking Research Institute, at present, banks have increased their application and exploration of big model technology, and strengthening their customer service capabilities with financial technology empowerment is conducive to enhancing the core competitiveness and customer attraction of banking business. In the context of the current narrowing of net interest margin, it is also beneficial for banks to accelerate the pace of digital transformation and enhance their non-interest business capabilities such as smart investment and care, and to seize market share and enhance profit margins.

　　"The smart big model has strong data capture, text understanding and calculation and analysis capabilities, which can improve the existing service quality and efficiency of banking institutions on the basis of deeply tapping the potential value of big data." Wu Dan said that it is very important for the banking industry to accelerate the research, development and application of technologies in the field of big models, which is also the key link to do a good job in digital finance.

　　Broad space for development

　　In recent years, financial management departments have promoted the digitalization process of China’s financial industry as a whole, and taken various measures to encourage the innovation and application of financial technology to enhance the efficiency of financial services to the real economy. In January 2022, the People’s Bank of China issued the Financial Science and Technology Development Plan (2022-2025), which proposed to promote the digital transformation of finance with high quality and improve the modern financial system adapted to the development of digital economy.

　　On January 26th of the same year, the former General Office of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, China issued the Guiding Opinions on the Digital Transformation of Banking and Insurance Industry, proposing that by 2025, the digital transformation of banking and insurance industry will achieve remarkable results. Digital financial products and services have been widely popularized, financial innovation based on data assets and digital technology has been practiced in an orderly manner, the development ability of personalized, differentiated and customized products and services has been significantly enhanced, and the quality and efficiency of financial services have been significantly improved.

　　In the field of securities, in June, 2023, China Securities Industry Association issued the Three-year Improvement Plan for Network and Information Security of Securities Companies (2023-2025), encouraging qualified brokers to make full use of new technologies to actively promote the construction of a new generation of core systems and carry out the transformation and upgrading of the technical framework of core systems, and clearly stated that the average investment in information technology of brokers should not be less than 10% of the average net profit or 7% of the average operating income from 2023 to 2025.

　　Experts believe that under the background of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and the in-depth development of industrial transformation, deepening digital transformation is an inevitable choice for the financial industry to practice the innovation-driven development strategy. Under the continuous guidance of policies, financial institutions will continue to increase the exploration of digital applications represented by large-scale model technology.

　　The Report on the Application of Generative AI in Financial Industry in 2024 jointly released by Tsinghua University Institute of Economics and Management and Du Xiaoman shows that financial institutions can carry out more product innovation, provide more effective credit support, underwriting claims and market financing for the real industry, release huge financial data value, improve the financial service level of the real economy, and promote the innovative development of financial institutions themselves, and move towards the ranks of powerful financial institutions.

　　For the banking industry, Wu Dan suggested that the digital transformation of the banking industry should focus on intelligent, personalized, universal and other key directions. Using AI technology to accurately identify customer needs and provide flexible and diverse personalized services is conducive to improving customer experience and customer stickiness. Use financial technology to extend financial inclusiveness and provide more convenient financial services for small and micro enterprises at a lower cost.

　　"It is expected that the banking industry will make better use of data elements, improve the infrastructure of digital finance development, enrich the application of digital finance scenarios, and increase the exploration and practice of digital finance development security, so that digital finance can empower technology and finance, green finance, inclusive finance and pension finance to better meet economic and social development and people’s demand for high-quality financial services." Yan Feipeng said. (Economic Daily reporter Ma Chunyang)

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During the global COVID-19 epidemic, the e-commerce market in almost all European countries showed a very significant growth trend. Although the epidemic situation in Europe has been obviously controlled and offline physical commerce has picked up, with the impact of another wave of epidemic outbreaks after winter, many places in Europe have been blocked again, and the level of physical shopping is still not optimistic.

How can we target customers? This requires you to have a certain understanding of the characteristics of overseas customers and the development of overseas e-commerce, and on this basis, master the way to search for overseas target customers. Next, let’s take stock of the e-commerce market trends in various countries around the world.

I. Russia

Market overview:

The characteristics of Russian Internet are: late start, rapid development, and large age span of net names. Russian netizens are mainly distributed in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Due to the lack of large clothing stores and incomplete clothing models, the online purchasing power of medium-sized cities is relatively high. Female users account for 60%, mostly aged from 25 to 38. They buy a variety of goods, among which clothing and shoes are more popular.

Demand characteristics:

The temperature difference is large and it is cold in winter. Commodities such as hats, gloves, scarves, long fur coats and short fur coats are necessities of life.

Russians love sports, and sports are an indispensable part of life, which leads to the hot sale of sports goods.

Be infatuated with holidays. The beach is the first choice for Russians to spend their holidays, so the articles needed for beach holidays, such as swimsuits and sandals, are selling well.

Russians are tall, and there is a great demand for large-size clothes.

Price accounts for a large proportion in Russian online shopping decisions, and the price factor is very important. The quality and brand of goods are equally important to them.

Second, Brazil

Market overview:

Brazil is an emerging market for cross-border e-commerce competition, mainly due to its good e-commerce infrastructure, rapid development of logistics and payment platforms, and its vast territory. In recent years, the Brazilian government has made great efforts to build e-commerce infrastructure, which has accelerated the development of e-commerce.

Demand characteristics:

Characteristics of buyers: The buyers in Brazil are basically white-collar workers, aged 25-36, with college education or above, medium English level and 3-4 years of cross-border online shopping experience.

Demand preference: For Brazilian buyers, cheap price and fashionable style are the most important. Category preference is clothing, accessories, shoes and bags, beauty products, toys and 3C accessories.

Style preference: Brazilian buyers love American country style and simple style, like tight-fitting and figure-showing clothes, and like exaggerated and colorful accessories. They pursue the texture of goods, and sellers should pay attention to the effect of pictures.

III. Spain

Market overview:

Whether it is domestic e-commerce or cross-border electronic commerce, Spain is the most potential country in Europe. Spanish consumers are more inclined to shop online than in physical stores. More than half of Spanish online consumers have the experience of shopping from foreign online stores, making Spain a profitable cross-border e-commerce market.

Demand characteristics:

Characteristics of the buying crowd. The ratio of male to female buyers in Spain is average, and the age of buyers is concentrated between 16 and 34 years old, mainly students and office workers. Spanish buyers do not have a very high ability to pay, so they are more concerned about the price of goods.

Shopping habits. Most Spanish buyers are used to browsing and shopping on their desktops, and they mostly buy goods through keyword search. Before buying, they will compare the prices of the whole station and refer to the favorable comments.

Special needs. In selling goods in Spain, sellers must attach a size table to clothes and other goods in addition to complete sizes.

Fourth, France

Market overview:

France is a big trading country in the world, and its total import and export volume ranks fifth in the world. At the beginning of 2016, the growth rate of total e-commerce sales was 10 times that of French business as a whole. Since 2015, the number of people using mobile phones to shop online in France has increased rapidly. Now, 72% of the goods sold by e-commerce are sold through mobile terminals.

Demand characteristics:

Time of purchase. Because of Christmas, November and December are the hottest months for e-commerce sales. Usually, 63% of the French will shop online during this period.

Demand category. Due to the relatively developed tourism industry in France, what the French buys most online are tourism, services, culture and clothing.

Purchase interface preferences. The product details page should pay attention to the richness of the pictures in addition to the French copy in the pictures.

V. Britain

Market overview:

The British government has always supported the development of e-commerce, so British e-commerce is in the leading position in European and American countries. Britain, Germany and France are the most popular import destinations for cross-border electronic commerce in Europe. Such a good development trend of e-commerce in the UK is due to the increase in the Internet access rate of the British public and the improvement of Internet access conditions. In terms of the price and choice of Internet access services, the UK is more competitive than most other European countries.

Demand characteristics:

Price. British consumers will spend a lot of time comparing the same type of goods. In most cases, the price of goods is the decisive factor in their marketing purchase behavior.

Demand preference. With the acceleration of product updating, social media and fashion shows can always trigger fashion trends and product demand. At the same time, members of the British royal family also play a significant role in promoting the sales of fashion goods.

Sixth, the United States

Market overview:

The United States is the earliest and fastest developing country of e-commerce in the world, and its e-commerce application field and development scale are ahead of other countries. The United States has the largest number of large-scale e-commerce platforms in the world, and the user activity of the platforms is also the highest in the world. The main reason is that the good infrastructure and sufficient consumer groups in the United States make the online B2C sales in the United States show a steady upward trend. The United States has a strong Internet economy, more individuals are willing to integrate into this economic system, and local netizens have a very strong sense of sharing and innovation, so the sales of C2C are also increasing year by year.

Demand characteristics:

Consumption habits. Americans basically don’t save money and like to overdraw.

Living habits. Americans live in the present, enjoy life and pay attention to spiritual consumption, such as exercise, fitness, health preservation, tourism and nutrition. Americans will spend a lot of money on fitness, outdoor sports, health care and nutrition. Therefore, the market of fitness products and outdoor products in the United States is hot, and key products are selling well. This is closely related to the living habits of Americans.

Brand demand. Americans attach great importance to brands. Americans believe that brands are the guarantee of quality. They would rather choose high-priced brands than cheap goods without brands. Packaging occupies a large proportion in the hearts of Americans. In their eyes, the quality of packaging and goods is equal. Good goods must have good packaging, otherwise there will be a gap in their shopping experience.

VII. Germany

Market overview:

Germany is the fifth largest e-commerce market in the world and the second largest e-commerce market in Europe. Its Internet penetration rate (93%), the proportion of online shopping consumers (83%) and the average online shopping expenditure (1355) are higher than the European average. Whether it is the number of online buyers or the average annual cost of each buyer, Germany’s ranking is higher than the European average. Its market features mainly include: broad market growth, high consumption level, supporting force, perfect logistics system guarantee experience, customers’ pursuit of quality and high profit rate.

Demand characteristics:

Germans prefer German websites and bank transfers;

Germans prefer German websites and bank transfers: fashion and clothing, electronic products and books are in great demand.

German consumers are keen on online shopping, ranking first in consumer preference with convenient door-to-door service, followed by 24-hour shopping, more convenient online shopping, lower online shopping price, wider choice of online shopping products, easier comparison of goods and smoother online shopping process.

Germans are not impulsive in shopping, and the proportion of consumers who miss physical stores is low.

Eight, Japan

Market overview:

Japan is the third largest economy in the world and the fourth largest e-commerce market. Thanks to the high network coverage in Japan, mobile shopping has become the mainstream. Although it started late in the field of cross-border e-commerce, it has the characteristics of rapid development, high maturity and strong systematization, and has gradually become an important cross-border e-commerce market. Its good development trend has had a profound impact on the surrounding pattern. Moreover, as a world economic power, Japan has undoubtedly become a huge potential consumer market.

Demand characteristics:

High brand loyalty, attention to detail quality;

The network coverage is very high, and mobile phone shopping has become the mainstream;

The purchase behavior is influenced by the season and weather environment (such as rain boots, raincoats, earthquake-proof products);

Enthusiastic about western festivals;

I like to participate in holiday promotion activities.

Preference characteristics:

Toys, hobbies and DIY products;

Furniture and household appliances;

Food and personal care;

Electronic products and media products;

Fashion supplies

(Source: Bean Packet Cross-border Digital Finance)

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　　On December 28th, Cainiao.com and Tmall announced the 2017 China Consumer Economy Ranking, which showed the active zone of online shopping in China (except Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) according to the package flow in a year. Among thousands of districts and counties (including all kinds of new districts), Shanghai Pudong ranks first in the country in terms of package inflow and has become the most active region in consumer economy.

　　Interestingly, in some areas that were considered as "ghost towns" in the past, such as Erdos, the parcel growth rate has far exceeded the average level in the past year, which shows an obvious population inflow trend.

　　Packages in Pudong rank first, and Guangdong ranks the most.

　　The rookie data shows that the status of first-tier cities such as Beishangguangshen and Shenzhen leading China’s consumer economy is still unshakable. Among the regions with the largest inflow of parcels, Pudong New Area in Shanghai ranks first. Followed by Shenzhen Baoan District, Beijing Chaoyang District, Guangzhou Baiyun District, Shenzhen Longgang District, Beijing Haidian District, Shanghai Minhang District, Guangzhou Tianhe District, Guangzhou Panyu District and Foshan Nanhai District.

　　Among the ten districts and counties in the first camp of consumption power, Guangdong has the largest number of regions on the list, accounting for 6 seats, and Beijing and Shanghai each have 2 seats.

　　From the perspective of counties, the consumption economy in major first-and second-tier cities in China is still unbalanced. Taking Beijing as an example, Chaoyang District and Haidian District receive the largest amount of parcels, while Yanqing District receives the smallest amount of parcels. The number of parcels in Chaoyang District is 36 times that in Yanqing District.

　　In Shenzhen, the number one Baoan District is 31 times that of Yantian District. However, the consumption balance of districts and counties in Shanghai and Hangzhou is obviously better than that of Beijing and Shenzhen. The amount of parcels in Pudong is 17 times that of Chongming, and that in Jianggan District of Hangzhou is 13 times that of Chun ‘an County.

　　Guangzhou, which has been questioned whether it is still a "first-tier city", should be proud of the balance of consumption power in its districts and counties. The highest parcel volume in Baiyun District is 12.4 times that in Luogang District, which reflects the coordinated development between districts and counties.

　　With the rise of consumption in the central and western regions, the ability of students to "chop hands" is amazing.

　　In addition to the first-tier cities in the first echelon, with the extension of logistics infrastructure and the improvement of logistics efficiency, the activity of consumer economy in the central and western regions has also increased significantly. Among the top 20 districts and counties in the country in terms of parcel collection, Hongshan District of Wuhan entered the list.

　　Among the top 100 counties in China, Yanta District of Xi ‘an, Yubei District of Chongqing, Wuhou District of Chengdu, Yuelu District of Changsha, Qingxiu District of Nanning, xiaodian district of Taiyuan and Guandu District of Kunming are all consumer star areas in the central and western regions.

　　Interestingly, the consumption power of Xinjiang and parts of Tibet is even stronger than that of counties in first-tier cities. For example, in Xinshi, Shayibak, Tianshan and Shuimogou districts of Urumqi, Xinjiang, Korla City of Bayinguoleng Prefecture, Yining City of Yili Prefecture, Shihezi City of Xinjiang, changji city of Changji Prefecture, Karamay District of Karamay City, Chengguan District of Lhasa, Tibet, the number of parcels received in the past year was higher than that in Yanqing District of Beijing.

　　From the data released by the rookie, we can also find that the consumption power of the student group is amazing. Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Zhejiang Media College, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Wuhan University of Technology, China Communication University, Guangzhou University, China Shiyou University, Zhejiang Institute of Science and Technology and other universities are among the top.

　　In areas where colleges and universities are concentrated, the purchasing power of students directly promotes the ranking of the whole district and county to rise. Yuelu District of Changsha, Hongshan District of Wuhan and Wuhou District of Chengdu are not the first economic districts and counties in their cities, but they occupy the first place in their respective cities by virtue of the consumption power of colleges and universities.

　　The number of parcels confirms the influx of people, and a number of "ghost towns" have been uncapped.

　　Through the flow data of parcels, we can see that the areas that used to bear the title of "ghost town" are gradually getting rid of this hat.

　　According to the rookie, the parcel data in some new districts directly reflect the number of residents, while the growth trend of parcels reflects the inflow of population. Judging from the absolute number of parcels and the growth rate, some so-called "ghost towns" are no longer established.

　　It is understood that from the data in recent years, the average level of parcel volume growth in districts and counties is about 5-7 times. However, many "ghost towns" that have been questioned before have far exceeded the average package growth rate.

　　Representatives of ghost towns proposed by the media — — Taking Chenggong New District of Kunming as an example, the number of parcels in 2017 increased by ten times compared with five years ago, and it also increased by nearly 40% compared with 2016, ranking fourth among 14 districts and counties in Kunming, and has already taken off the "ghost town" hat.

　　In Erdos, another famous "ghost town", rookie data shows that the number of parcels has increased by more than 30% within one year, and consumption activity has exploded.

　　In addition, typical "ghost towns" such as Zhengdong New District in Zhengzhou City, Guanshanhu District in Guiyang City and Xinbei District in Changzhou City have also ensured the above-average parcel growth rate, which also reflects the population growth rate above average.

　　Attachment: Top 100 Districts and Counties of China Consumer Economy (Top 20)

　　The ranking of parcel heat in Beijing is: Chaoyang District, Haidian District, Fengtai District, Changping District, Tongzhou District, Daxing District, Xicheng District, Dongcheng District, Shunyi District, Fangshan District, Shijingshan District, Miyun District, Huairou District, Mentougou District, Pinggu District and Yanqing District.

　　The ranking of package heat in Shanghai is: Pudong New Area, Minhang District, Baoshan District, Songjiang District, Jiading District, Xuhui District, Putuo District, Qingpu District, Yangpu District, Jing ‘an District, Changning District, Fengxian District, Hongkou District, Huangpu District, Jinshan District and Chongming County.

　　The ranking of package heat in Guangzhou is: Baiyun District, Tianhe District, Panyu District, Haizhu District, Huadu District, Yuexiu District, Zengcheng District, Liwan District, Huangpu District, Nansha District, Conghua District and Luogang District.

　　The ranking of parcel heat in Shenzhen is: Baoan District, Longgang District, Nanshan District, Futian District, Luohu District, Longhua New District and Yantian District.

　　The ranking of package heat in Hangzhou is: Jianggan District, Yuhang District, Xiaoshan District, Xihu District, Binjiang District, Gongshu District, Xiacheng District, Fuyang District, Shangcheng District, Lin ‘an District, Tonglu City, jiande city and Chun ‘an County.

With the increasing number of high-rise residential buildings, secondary water supply has become a problem closely related to people’s livelihood. Recently, some citizens have reported that there is a problem with the secondary water supply in their homes: some homes are empty, but the water meters are turning; Some question that there is a lot of water consumption in the home, but the property cannot be solved; Some people think that the water pressure of secondary water supply in the home is a little low, and hope that the water pressure can be high … The problem of secondary water supply has become one of the hot issues of public complaints.

A citizen who lives in Mulan Garden, Dragon City, Oriental reported that his home is a secondary water supply. In the past, the water used to be normal and the water pressure was high. "The bath is standing far away, and the water from the faucet can also be drenched." However, since the water supply company adjusted the water pressure, the water pressure in the home has become lower. Many residents in the same building have the same confusion, and the water experience is not as good as before. It is suggested that the water supply company adjust the water pressure to the same high as before.

The reporter learned from Huayan in Wuhu that the high water pressure has an impact on the lives of residents in the community! With the change of occupancy rate and water consumption, Wuhu Huayan will adjust the secondary water supply pressure according to the relevant national standards to achieve energy-saving, efficient, time-saving and labor-saving high-rise water supply!

"At this stage, before 2015, most of the secondary water supply facilities and pump rooms in Wuhu City were built and operated by real estate enterprises. After delivery, the operation and maintenance of the secondary water supply equipment were managed by the residential property company. In case of insufficient pressure and increased water charges, the main target of citizens’ consultation and reflection was our water supply company." Wuhu Huayan staff introduced that due to some enterprises’ unprofessional management, poor service, aging facilities unable to maintain, untimely cleaning and disinfection of water tanks (pools), and chaotic use of equipment brands and quality, failures occurred from time to time, which brought hidden dangers to water supply safety. The water supply company does not own the property rights of these secondary water supply facilities, nor is it authorized to manage these equipment, only to ensure that the water is qualified when it enters the community.

In 2015, Wuhu City issued the Measures for the Administration of Secondary Water Supply in Wuhu City and other relevant laws and regulations, requiring that the management of secondary water supply be comprehensively strengthened to ensure the safety of urban water supply. Subsequently, Wuhu Huayan actively participated in the formulation of secondary water supply standards, project construction and handover, and 66 projects have been completed and put into operation. It has played a positive role in promoting the standardization construction of secondary water supply facilities in Wuhu, and also opened a good start for the future work of "unified construction and unified management" of secondary water supply.

The reporter learned that the problems reflected by residents of secondary water supply are mainly in the following aspects:

Is the water pressure of secondary water supply as high as possible?

Some residents may think that the higher the water pressure, the better, which is more comfortable to use. In fact, there is an upper limit on the pressure of water supply pipeline. If the pressure of water supply is too high, it will do great harm to pressurizing equipment, water supply equipment and water consumption equipment. According to the standard of Technical Specification for Secondary Water Supply Project in Anhui Province, the pressure of the lowest-level household pipe in each partition should not exceed 0.35Mpa. If the community supplies water with ultra-high pressure for a long time, it will cause great harm.

Water supply exceeding the design pressure will not only lead to the long-term overload operation of the pressurized water pump and increase the power consumption (increase the owner’s share of electricity), but also the pressurized related equipment (water pump, check valve, connector, butterfly valve, etc.) will be easily damaged. Long-term ultra-high pressure water supply, the pressure of water supply pipeline exceeds the design value, which is easy to cause water leakage and damage of water supply equipment pipeline (especially pipeline joints and bends in weak links), and increase the phenomenon of leakage and pipe explosion. On the one hand, it will often stop water maintenance, affect residents’ lives, on the other hand, it will also cause water waste and increase the water sharing of residents. Because the water pressure requirements of household sanitary wares and household appliances are designed according to national standards, the long-term high water pressure of households will also lead to the damage of the toilet bowl, affect the service life of water heaters and faucets, and the household water consumption will also exceed the normal range, resulting in an increase in electricity bills.

I am away from home for a long time, why does the water meter generate expenses?

This is because there is air in the water pipe due to the pressure of the pipe mixed with air and the change of water temperature, and the pulsation effect caused by it makes the water meter installed in some positions slowly move when there is no running water. Wuhu Huayan suggested that users should contact the management unit of secondary water supply to help close the valve before and after the water meter, so as to avoid idling of the water meter.

Why does my home use secondary water supply on the fifth floor?

This is designed according to the actual situation of the developer in the early stage of construction, which may be caused by the high floor height, high terrain and low local water pressure.

Is the water quality of secondary water supply guaranteed?

Since the promulgation of the Measures for the Administration of Secondary Water Supply for Urban Residential Buildings in Wuhu City in 2015, according to the relevant regulations, the secondary water supply management unit needs to clean the secondary water supply tank every quarter, and the health and epidemic prevention department needs to conduct random inspections and issue relevant water quality test reports.

　　According to the current policy, renting a house can apply for points admission, but the landlord needs to cooperate with the street rental office to apply for a lease certificate, which is commonly known as a lease contract. However, many parents are stuck by this certificate because the landlord does not cooperate. Today, some citizens reported that some landlords were willing to cooperate, but the asking price was outrageous.

　　Dapeng points lowland citizens go to rent houses.

　　Ms. Zhou, who lives in Longgang, said that her child will go to primary school next year. According to the current regulations, she needs to apply for a lease contract before April 1 this year, and her child will be able to go to school normally next year. However, she is not a deep household but also a point for renting a house. The surrounding schools generally need more than 70 points. Obviously, her points can’t be a good school. So she turned her attention to Shenzhen School, a high school affiliated to the National People’s Congress in Dapeng New District.

　　The new school is popular, and the rent has soared.

　　Shenzhen School attached to the National People’s Congress is a school that was put into use only in 2017. There are not many students around, so the score is relatively low. According to Ms. Zhou’s points, children will definitely be able to attend school. Everything is ready except for renting a house, so Ms. Zhou chose one of the rented houses at the beginning of this year.

　　Can only rent for a long time and ask for 80 thousand

　　Ms. Zhou said that because the house has a degree, the owner thinks that if Ms. Zhou is allowed to use this degree, it means that the house will be locked in a six-year degree. Therefore, not only the price increase, but also the long-term rent, the rent for two years at a time, this account is counted. Let Ms. Zhou’s heart cool.

　　The rent has all gone up, including the degree fee

　　Ms. Zhou said it was really difficult for her to take out so much money at one time. Ms. Zhou thought that he was not the only degree room in Shenzhen School affiliated to the National People’s Congress, so she continued to look for other houses, but she didn’t expect the rents around her to rise in just half a month.

　　Blank houses are also rented for six years and sixty thousand yuan.

　　Ms. Zhou said that it is not an individual phenomenon that the high-priced rental degree is near the Shenzhen School affiliated to the National People’s Congress. The owners even have a unified market price. Recently, there has also been a phenomenon of renting blank houses. As the name implies, blank houses can’t live in people, but the rent is 10 thousand yuan a year, and it will be 60 thousand after six years.

　　A number of real estate degrees have been rented out.

　　Later, the reporter went to a housing agency near the school. The staff introduced that the additional fee for degree rooms is a tacit understanding recently formed by the owners. The price has gone from a few thousand yuan at the beginning to 11,000 years now, and the rough houses are already in short supply, and they are all rented out but not occupied. The Shenzhen School affiliated to the National People’s Congress, which originally had few students, suddenly became lively.

　　In the past, we often heard about sky-high degree rooms, all of which were about buying degree rooms. It is very rare to rent a degree room at such a high price. After all, it is basically difficult to apply for a good degree and rent points. However, it happened that this abnormal phenomenon occurred in Shenzhen School affiliated to the National People’s Congress in Dapeng New District. Should the relevant departments take care of it?

　　An agreement before renting a house can reduce disputes

　　Lawyers believe that the degree room includes housing points and rental points, which are in conflict, which means that once the degree room is locked for six years in the name of renting, it is equivalent to occupying the owner’s degree in buying a house. Therefore, when the tenant and the owner sign the rental contract, they should clearly agree on the use of the degree in advance, and the owner will get some extra compensation, which is legally protected.

　　Beware of price war, the government should intervene.

　　In real life, many tenants have not agreed with the owners in advance. After renting, they find that they need a degree, so they are prone to conflicts. At present, laws and regulations have not made clear provisions, so they can only solve them through consultation. The lawyer pointed out that in either case, it is reasonable for the degree price to be adjusted according to market rules without legal prohibition, but the price war in special areas should be prevented.

　　The government should strengthen the verification of the degree of renting blank houses

　　The survey found that some owners priced their rental houses and degrees separately, which caused a lot of chaos. For example, the previous "First Scene" survey showed that an intermediary collected money to help people handle the lease contract, so that students who had not rented in the area were eligible to enroll in the school. In the neighborhood around Shenzhen School affiliated to the National People’s Congress, some owners sell rough houses, and the actual houses are uninhabited. The education department and the leasing department should strengthen supervision.

　　Post-event household verification should make a difference.

　　Lawyers, on the other hand, believe that it is reasonable for the leasing office to relax its control on the premise that the registration of housing lease contracts is not mandatory. Therefore, in the follow-up verification, it is necessary for all departments to jointly plug the loopholes, so that the actual renter can obtain the qualification to enter the school nearby. According to the current regulations, it takes one year for the lease contract to participate in the points, and during this year, the street office should do a good job of verification.

　　　 1905 movie network news On the day of "double 11", an "double 11" party, which lasted for more than four hours, was held in the Beijing Water Cube last night, in order for all the people in China to happily buy it in buy buy. According to incomplete statistics, the local tyrants’ party, which cost more than 50 million yuan, was created by our Chinese New Year director Xiaogang Feng. So, apart from fancy telling everyone what to buy, one of the highlights of this party is the placement of movie advertisements (of course, this is also the specialty of small steel cannons). Looking at the whole party, Mr. Ma Yun, our gang leader and spokesman of local tyrants, told everyone that working for BAT in the film industry is by no means a sham.

　

　　　 From to, several upcoming Chinese New Year blockbusters, and then to popular American TV series, plus the appearance of all-star cast, this is not a party, it is simply a big chaos in the marketing implantation of film and television circles: when the propaganda dog meets single dog, it is simply a broken heart for the film.

　

Ma Yun and daniel craig came to the finale.

007 Most Surprise: Ma Yun "shows off" the color for "Bond" daniel craig.

　

　　　 As early as the opening of the "Double Eleven" party, the hosts sold a pass and said meaningfully, "Cats’ paws extend to all parts of the world". Two-thirds of the party, Jane Zhang sang the theme song, and after the song ended, he told everyone that "007 will be released soon, don’t miss it", and the suspense escalated — — Please note that this is the first oral broadcast time of the star.

　

　　　 At almost zero o’clock, the whole party ushered in a surprise and climax: daniel craig in "007: Ghost Party" really came, and what is even more incredible is that the "bond girl" came from our gang leader, and there was a classic picture of Ma Yun standing at Bond’s gun with a wig and heavy makeup on the big screen. "Ladies and gentlemen, you are not mistaken, he is our’ bond girl’!" With the excitement and screaming of the host, the "Wang" appeared in a suit and tie, and came to work with Mr. Bond, a British agent, to send 11 luxury cars for everyone!

　

　　　 As the 24th Bond film series, The Ghost Party’s trip to China was very grounded. daniel craig, who has always been unsmiling and cool and arrogant in the film, showed his closeness to the people, so he boarded the "double 11" party handsomely and coolly, spent a full moon with Ma Yun’s "bond girl" and "bachelor night". Later, he will also meet with "bond girl". — Do you still feel too far away from such a cold British agent?

　

Xiaogang Feng went on stage to sell advertisements.

Feng Family: The producer’s Bad Guy Must Die and the actor’s mr. six are indispensable.

　

　　　 Using stars to attract the audience is an essential means of the party. So how to let the stars promote their own resources by the way, then Xiaogang Feng’s best "advertising implantation" will begin.

　

　　　 The most interesting (or controversial) passage in the whole party was the talk show "Strange Goods" with fancy advertisements brought by Zhao Wei, Ma Dong and Gao Xiaosong: three people brought their own props, changed their ways to promote their own red wine, "Strange Flowers" and "Strange Talks with Xiao Song". In fact, this slightly embarrassing talk show is a "hard and wide" that says no advertising but no words.

　

　　　 Xiaogang Feng, the general director, also pretended that he couldn’t stand it, and ran to the stage to "bomb" the three of them, and then swaggered for his starring "mr. six" directed by Guan Hu. In addition, Xiao Gang Bao also invited the Korean rock band CNBLUE to sing the theme song "cinderella" of the Chinese-Korean co-production film "The Bad Guy Must Die" produced by him. This "softness" of the handsome sunshine fresh meat men really hit the hearts of the post-90 s, causing fans to be elated and shouting "Ouba, get stuck!"

　

The famous American singer adam lambert took the stage.

The president of "House of Cards" teased the Double Eleven.

American TV series: "House of Cards" and "Game of Thrones", American presidents want buy buy to buy them!

　

　　　 After taking care of the post-90s generation of Ha Han, how can we neglect the young and middle-aged people who love watching American TV series? The joining of American TV series in the party is really deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and House of Cards and Game of Thrones also appeared one by one. Kevinspacey fowler, the "American President" in House of Cards, loves to get humor back at the party. Previously, he was most praised for suddenly turning around at the Golden Globe Awards, and a "house of cards" style spit came to his seat. This time, China was far away, so he recorded a video in the "White House". He even laughed and said that the firewall in the White House was tight, and he wanted to shop but couldn’t do it at all. Then he stood up and told everyone how to "cross-dress" at ordinary times. I believe that his Taobao version will be available with the search soon.

　

　　　 In addition, when adam lambert, a famous American singer, sang on stage, she was sitting in a chair full of precious knives in Game of Thrones, and she was proud from beginning to end, which made American TV dogs not lick their screens and become materialistic.

　

TFboys

Talk about live broadcast again: exhausted film shooting techniques TFboys backstage dressing live show.

　

　　　 The whole live broadcast not only caused many singers to fall into the hardest hit areas, but it is noteworthy that Xiaogang Feng used a lot of filming positions and photography techniques to show the party scene in many directions. For example, TFboys, these small fresh meats, are all delicious and attractive, and the cameras at the party have met the wishes of the broad masses of the people. After the end of one of their songs, the camera has been following TFboys to step down. The details of the three people’s changing scenes and discussions with the staff are truly displayed, which is a bit like the feeling of being in the mirror. After the party, many viewers felt: The original live broadcast can be played like this, thanks to the camera!

　

　　　 In addition, as soon as Hua Chenyu opened the scene, he rocked up from just below the stage, and only Hua Chenyu used this seat for the whole party. Farewell to the fixed seat and simple push, pull, shake, move, follow, rise and fall, showing a dark and heroic temperament.

　

　　　 When the festival in single dog was gradually replaced by the "Chop Hands" Festival, it became an out-and-out shopping carnival, and at the same time, it gradually became a national carnival in a wider range, including entertainment circles and film and television circles. Online sales are constantly setting a new record, and movies and stars are also infiltrating bit by bit unconsciously. Just before you notice any clues, in fact, the advertisements have been broadcast and the publicity has been completed. However, the people who don’t know the truth have to continue to buy in buy buy and silently sigh: "The city will play!"

　

introduction

In the first two weeks, Xiao Bian took stock of the list of quick oil change and quick repair and quick maintenance chains in the United States.Some enthusiastic readers left a message saying that they hope to have another issue dedicated to introducing the American accident car maintenance chain. Well, this is the introduction.

Executive summary:

• The Big Four are currentlymainofThe growth means is to buy small accident car maintenance chain;

• It is estimated that before 2021,The Big Four will cover 45% of the American accident car repair market;

• The speed of merger and reorganization slowed down, and the giants began to consider purchasing strategic clusters;

• technologyinnovateIs playing a role in promoting market changes;

• outletsDiversified transformation will become the norm.

A brief introduction to the top 10 accident car maintenance chains in the United States

1. Boyd group,One of the four giants of the American accident car maintenance chain,Founded in 1990 and headquartered in California, USA,It owns Boyd Autobody & Glas,Gerber Collision & Glass andOther accident car maintenance chain.about4,170 employees,the year of 2016The annual output value is578.3 million dollars,haveMore than 400Direct sellingStore.

Its latest acquisition list is:Assured Automotive, Craftmaster Auto Body and Champ’s Holding Company, LLC.

Gerber, who was famous then, is now.A subsidiary of Boyd group,Founded in 1937, headquartered in Illinois, USA, aboutThere are 498 employees,the year of 2016The annual output value is50 million dollars.

Its latest acquisition list is: Faith Autobody Repair Centers..

2. Service King，One of the four giants of the American accident car maintenance chain,Founded in 1976, headquartered in Texas, USA, with about 4,686 employees,the year of 2016Annual output valuefor549 million dollars, with more than 300 direct stores.

Its latest acquisition list includes: First Impressions Collision, Inc., The Body Shop Collision Center and Auto World Paint and Body.

In addition, there were rumors in the first half of this year.Service KingWill soon be acquired, I wonder if it is true.

3. ABRA，One of the four giants of the American accident car maintenance chain,Founded in 1984, headquartered in Minnesota, USA, with about 613 employees,the year of 2016Annual output valuefor100 million dollars, with more than 300 stores, direct sales+joining.

Its latest acquisition list includes: Lehman’s Garage, MGM Collision South, Inc. and Keenan Auto Body..

4. Caliber Collision, one of the four giants of the American accident car maintenance chain,Founded in 1997, headquartered in.United States of AmericaTexas,about6,444 employees, 2016The annual output value is89 million dollars, with more than 500 direct stores.

CalibeR Collision’sThe latest round of financing was in 2013.Raised $60 million, and the main investor was Penfund.

thatThe latest acquisition list includes：Collision care auto body centers Inc., Craigs Collision Ctr and Automotive Collision Tech.

5. MAACO，Founded in 1972,A subsidiary of Driven Brands,Headquartered in North Carolina, USA,Franchise mode. general headquartersaboutThere are 65 employees,the year of 2016Annual output valueIt is $91 million and has more than 500 franchise stores.

Its latest acquisition list is: Spray Glo Auto Refining & Body Repair and 1-Day Paint & Body Centers, Inc.

6. CARSTAR，Founded in 1989, a subsidiary of Driven Brands, headquartered in Kansas, USA,Franchise mode. general headquartersabout306 employees,the year of 2016Annual output value23.2 million US dollars, with more than 500 franchise stores in the United States and Canada.

7. Fix Auto，Founded in 1997, headquartered in Blainville, Canada, it began to implement franchise mode (joining) in the United States in 2011. The number of stores is unknown, and the annual output value is unknown.

Its latest acquisition list is:Novus Glass, Speedy Glass and Speedy Corporation.

8. Joe Hudson，Founded in 1989, it is a family business with 56 direct stores, with unknown number of employees and annual output value.

9. Cooks Collision，　Founded in 1979, headquartered in California, 39Direct sellingShop,The number of employees is unknown and the annual output value is unknown.

10.　Classic Collision，Founded in 1983, currently19Direct sellingStore, located in Atlanta, family business,The number of employees is unknown and the annual output value is unknown.

2. The latest development of accident car maintenance chain in the United States

Last week, Vincent Romans, CEO of Roman Consulting Company, expressed his latest views on the accident car maintenance industry in the United States at the seminar on the development of accident car maintenance chain in Chicago Auto Show.

1. The market in the next five yearspredict

Vincent predicts that before 2021, the market share of the above-mentioned four giants, such as Boyd Group, will continue to grow, covering nearly 45% of the American accident car repair market, equivalent to a share of $16.7 billion (he estimates that the share of the entire accident car market segment is about $37.6 billion).

There are also 55% shares belonging to those small chain stores and single stores.

Vincent said: "We are now at another stage of the industry.Industry consolidation continues, but the speed has obviously slowed down. The Big Four are in no hurry to buy small chains at this stage.Instead, we are considering purchasing strategic clusters. "

"The market is currently in a temporary equilibrium state," Vincent said. "However, in the next two or three years, we will have another large-scale market contraction."

"At present, all kinds oftechnologyInnovation is playing a driving role, "Vincent said.

Diversified transformation in the industry will become the norm, which will lead to various simple and complex partnerships, alliances and market segments will be integrated.

2. Market conditions affecting the industry

At the meeting, Vincent cited various market conditions that affected the industry: stores increased DRP；; Advanced driver assistance system and automatic driving technology; Remote information processing; Supply chain integration;Alternative assessment model of margin pressure;predictive parsing;Photo evaluation;Main engine factory; The speed of technical iteration;Population, urbanization and changing lifestyles, etc.

3. Private equity players also join in the fun.

Private equity funds have also entered the PBE supply chain.VincentIt is mentioned that PNC RiverArch Capital acquired Painter’s Supply, 21 of which are located in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Driven Brands cooperated with many private equity groups to establish a wider MSO (multi-store operation, which means chain operation) group franchise network in its Maaco and CARSTAR.

If they come together, it may not have that great influence, but together, they can be very powerful.VincentSay.

The above is a brief introduction to the American accident car maintenance market at this stage.

The year 2008 is a transitional ceremony of time renewal.

Say goodbye to the old year and enter the new year, and the time for a new cycle of four seasons will be regained, and human life will also enter a new journey. As the saying goes in China, "Nian" is called "Nian Guan", which inevitably reveals the meaning that it is not such an easy time threshold to pass the Chinese New Year.

China is rich in old customs, and there are also many taboos, which need people to treat and practice respectfully. Old people will say, "Chinese New Year is done day by day". The following "Chinese New Year’s Guide" is to take you through the Chinese New Year and teach you how to make the "Year" go by day.

New Year’s Eve: Say goodbye to the old, get rid of the special, and keep the lights on.

New year’s eve dinner The original hand-drawn painting is from the National Festival Handbook, Shanghai Museum (ed.), published by East China Normal University Press in April 2016.

The "year" of the ancients is more like a time pass that needs to be handled carefully than our current "year". According to Lu’s Spring and Autumn Annals and Ji Dong Ji, during the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, people used drums to drive away "ghosts of epidemic diseases" on the day before the New Year to ensure the safety and health of the next year, which was called "eviction", so the evening (evening) of this day was called "New Year’s Eve". The earliest mention of the name "New Year’s Eve" is the "Notes on Local Customs" written by Zhou Chu in the Western Jin Dynasty, in which it is said: "Late years are related to feedback, which is called feedback. Wine and food are invited for another year. On New Year’s Eve, Da Dan didn’t sleep, which was called keeping the year. " Therefore, the so-called "New Year’s Eve", the old year will be removed this evening, and the new year will be replaced tomorrow. Its core words are "farewell to the old" and "removing the special". Su (su), that is, ghosts and demons.

Posting blessings, couplets and New Year pictures. The source of original hand-drawn drawings is the same as above.

During the day of New Year’s Eve, we will start to do the work of "removing the old and creating the new": we should go to the house to clean up the family; Adults and children bathe in turn, which is called "washing the old"; There are also "changing door gods, hanging clocks, nailing peach symbols and sticking spring cards", which means that door couplets, New Year pictures, blessings and the like must be replaced with new ones; If there are patients at home, the leftover dregs need to be thrown out, which is called "losing all diseases".

In the evening, when everyone sits together to have a New Year’s Eve dinner, it pays more attention to auspicious meaning. The essential food for northerners is jiaozi, which means "making friends at a younger age" when the new year and the old year alternate. Southerners eat spring rolls, rice cakes and the like, and the meaning of rice cakes is "high every year". There are also some auspicious foods, such as "fish with more than one year", "Nostoc flagelliforme" and water chestnut, which are also popular among people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces because they look like ingots.

Step on the age. Original hand drawingThe source is the same as above.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, "Shounian" is not just sitting around, but also some interesting activities for recreation. For example, the popular "stepping on the old" in the northern region is to sprinkle sesame stalks on walking places such as courtyards, so that children can crush them and crack them, and the ghosts around them will be scared away. "Stepping on the old age" is actually "stepping on the precious". Similarly, the lucky money is actually "precious". In the era of using copper coins, lucky money should be threaded with brown rope, braided into a dragon shape and placed at the foot of a child’s bed.

On New Year’s Eve, one thing needs to be noted: the lights of vigil should stay on all night. As the folk saying goes, "Thirty fires, fifteen lights", it is the best way to drive away evil spirits with light!

From the first day to the fourth day: welcome the new year and celebrate the New Year, and keep taboos.

On New Year’s Day, we should get up early to welcome the new year. Because we have to set off firecrackers, go out to meet XiShen, and there are good men and women who want to go to the temple to burn incense at the age of four.

When the cock crows, firecrackers are set off first, and its intention, according to the "Record of the Age of Jingchu", is "to make the mountain ashamed of evil spirits". And "welcoming XiShen" means walking and worshipping Kyrgyzstan as mentioned in the almanac, and asking XiShen to bless himself at the age of one. In Shanghai, it’s also called "Happy God’s Prescription".

Happy new year. The source of original hand-drawn drawings is the same as above.

"Happy New Year" is an important theme at the beginning of the year. There is an order for New Year greetings. As far as folk families are concerned, the first is to worship the gods and ancestors, the second is to worship the elders and elders, and then the members of the family worship each other.

There are two points worth noting about New Year greetings. First of all, the traditional custom is to pay New Year greetings only at home on the first day, and not to go out to visit relatives and friends until the second day. Secondly, don’t make a mistake in the "bowing hand" ceremony in New Year’s greetings-China culture respects the left and takes the left as the yang, so when bowing, you need to make a fist with your right hand, palm your left hand, or wrap or cover your right fist. This bowing gesture is "Jibai"; On the contrary, it is fierce worship and can be used for mourning.

The first day is the first day of the new year, and people all hope that everything will go smoothly at the beginning of the year, which is a good sign. Therefore, there are many taboos on this day, and they often can’t be broken until the fifth day:

1. Avoid saying unlucky things. In case children spill the beans, many families put up a red note saying "Children’s words are unbridled" to crack it.

2. Avoid sweeping the floor, splashing water outside and taking out the garbage, because it is easy to sweep away the wealth at home. If the ground is dirty and must be swept, then sweep it inward, symbolizing that the treasure enters the door. After sweeping, put it in the trash can and keep it.

3. Avoid bathing, shampooing and washing clothes, so as not to wash away the good fortune of the year.

4, avoid breaking the cups and bowls. If you accidentally break the dishes, quickly say "peace".

5, when eating, avoid using boiled water to soak rice, and avoid using soup to soak rice, otherwise you will be lucky in the New Year.

"Mice Marry" paper-cut.

As the saying goes, "the first day is early, the second day is early, and the third day is full." The Chinese New Year is very busy and tiring these days. On the third night, people need to give themselves a reason to go to bed early, that is, "a mouse marries a woman". Everyone turns off the lights and goes to sleep early, so as not to disturb the happy event of mice marrying women. People often sprinkle some rice grains or cake crumbs on the corner of the house as a wedding gift to show that they can share a year’s harvest with mice. Therefore, New Year pictures and paper-cuts of "Mice Marry Women" and "Mice Marry" are also regarded as mascots among the people, and can be posted on walls or windows during the New Year.

The fifth day and the sixth day: break the ban, send the poor and welcome the god of wealth.

Set off firecrackers to welcome the god of wealth. The source of original hand-drawn drawings is the same as above.

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, there is a very important god to meet on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, that is, the God of Wealth, also known as the "Road Head God" or "Five Road God". "Five roads", as the name implies, are rich in things, north and south. Everyone loves the god of wealth, and it is very popular. The sooner you receive it, the more effective it will be. Therefore, it is said that the fifth day is the day to meet the gods, but people want to "grab the road" early on the fourth night.

Gu Lu, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, described this great event in Wu in Qing Jia Lu: "The fifth day of the first month is the birthday of Lu Tou Shen. Golden gongs and firecrackers, which are sacrificed to the past, are eager to make a profit, and they must get up early to meet them, which is called the end of the road. " After receiving God, everyone still has to eat road wine, often until dawn.

Shanghai welcomes the god of wealth with carp, also known as "silver ingot fish", and fishmongers call it "sending silver ingot fish". These customs, Yuan Zuzhi’s "Poems of Bamboo Branches on the Sea" wrote: "Yuanbao shouted to send it in, and Caidong made a fortune again tonight; Carps don’t jump into the dragon gate, but also offer gold and silver to Taiwan. “

There are also secular reasons for welcoming the god of wealth on the fourth night and the early morning of the fifth day. In the old days, Chinese New Year shops closed their doors on New Year’s Eve and reopened on the fifth day of the first month. This is connected with the god of wealth, so that we can "open the door to see wealth" and "make rich resources" smoothly and profitably.

Go poor. The source of original hand-drawn drawings is the same as above.

On the fifth day of the fifth day, the more popular customs in northern China are "breaking the fifth day" and "sending the poor", which belong to taboo and blessing activities. "Breaking Five", that is, those taboos in the past few days, can be lifted after this day. And "sending the poor" is also related to this. The garbage that was not dumped in order to accumulate wealth before was just cleaned up on this day, and this attention became "sending the poor".

There are many ways to send the poor. It’s simply that firecrackers are ringing in the morning and the garbage is dumped out of the door. The more complicated thing is to cut a villain ("poor daughter-in-law") with paper, and even let her carry a paper bag filled with garbage outside the door and burn it. In Han Yu’s "Send the Poor", it is mentioned that it is necessary to "make a car out of willows, bind grass as a boat, carry grain, tie the ox under the yoke, and sail on the pole" for the poor. That is to say, when sending the poor, it is necessary to prepare vehicles, boats and dry food for the poor and send them away quickly.

The ceremony of "seeing the poor off" can also be held on the sixth day of the sixth day, even on the dark day of the first month. Han Yu’s "sending the poor" is in the dark days. Dark day, that is, the last day of each month in the lunar calendar, and the dark day in the first month of the year, that is, "the first dark day", is particularly valued.

The seventh day: "People’s Day", Dai Sheng, seven dishes soup.

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is "People’s Day", and the previous six days are "Livestock Day". The Chronicle of Jingchu’s Age quoted Dong Xun’s Asking about Etiquette and Custom as saying: "On the first day of the first month, you will be a chicken, on the second day, a dog, on the third day, a pig, on the fourth day, a sheep, on the fifth day, a cow, on the sixth day, a horse, and on the seventh day, you will be a human being. Zhengdan painted a chicken on the door and posted it on the account on the seventh day. " Therefore, "Today, no chickens, no dogs, no pigs, no sheep, no cattle, no horses, no execution, and no execution."

Dai Ren wins. The source of original hand-drawn drawings is the same as above.

The important custom of "People’s Day" on the seventh day of the seventh day is "wearing people to win", so "People’s Day" is also called "People’s Victory Festival". Human victory is a kind of ornament. Women cut the ribbon for flowers, or cut the ribbon for people, or carve gold foil for people, stick it on screens, bed curtains, or wear it in their hair to pray for blessings and avoid disasters. "Chronicle of Jingchu’s Years Old" explains the meaning of "Dai Ren Sheng", which means that "those who cut the ribbon will enter the New Year, and the description will be changed from the new one", that is, the New Year will take on a new look. This custom has been popular since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and it has been paid more and more attention since the Tang Dynasty. On every "People’s Day", the emperor gave the ministers colorful decorations to win, and gave them a big banquet to compose poems for the holidays, while the people cut the ribbon and gave them to each other. In Li Yuan’s poem "Cut the Ribbon" in the Tang Dynasty, there is a poem "A gift of money is given to a blind date, and a silver hairpin is decorated with a phoenix; Two birds in a row, two bridge people ".

The festive food of "People’s Day" is "seven-dish soup", which is a soup made by chopping seven kinds of vegetables and cooking them together. If you eat them, you can pray for the New Year and prevent all diseases. This food custom has declined in modern times. But interestingly, Japan will eat "seven grass porridge" on January 7th. This custom has been popular among Japanese people since the Edo period. In Japanese haiku, there is praise for seven grass porridge "The porridge tastes good and the intestines are longing for the Soviet Union". In fact, this custom was introduced from the ancient and popular seven dishes soup in China.

　　The "2020 Silk Road Television International Cooperation Community Summit Forum" hosted by China Central Radio and Television General Station and hosted by China International Television Corporation was held in Beijing on December 15th. With the theme of "Deepening Cooperation and Meeting Challenges Together", this forum was held online and offline, with more than 150 representatives from more than 70 mainstream media organizations in more than 40 countries and regions attending.

　　The forum pointed out that over the past seven years, the construction of the "Belt and Road" has been solidly promoted with the extensive participation of the international community, and it has achieved fruitful results in joint construction and sharing, demonstrating its strong vitality in benefiting the people of countries along the route, and is transforming into high-quality development. Practice has fully proved that building the "Belt and Road" is an important platform to promote economic globalization and common development, and has made China contributions to the reform and construction of the global governance system. The role of the media is indispensable and irreplaceable in building the "Belt and Road" and promoting international cooperation. The Silk Road Television International Cooperation Community has always adhered to the spirit of the Silk Road, extensively concentrated media forces, actively carried out pragmatic cooperation, and achieved important results in various fields such as program broadcast, joint filming, media integration, personnel exchange, and think tank construction, and made important contributions to deepening cultural exchanges and promoting public opinion. Especially at the critical moment of the global fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, all members and partners of the Community have helped each other and overcome the difficulties together, spreading sunshine and injecting strength into the global war "epidemic" and practicing the concept of a community of human destiny with practical actions. Facing the new situation, new opportunities and new challenges, all members and partners of the community should adhere to the media responsibility, abide by objectivity and justice, and vividly tell the story of Silk Road. Uphold an open vision, adhere to an inclusive attitude, and inherit and carry forward the spirit of Silk Road; Strengthen communication, build a dialogue platform, and innovate and develop Silk Road cooperation.

　　In his opening speech, Shen Haixiong, Vice Minister of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, Director of the Central Radio and Television General Station and Chairman of the Community, said that to enhance confidence, overcome the epidemic and overcome the crisis, we must help each other in the same boat, unite and cooperate, and uphold the concept of a community of human destiny. We believe in true power, just power and warm power. The Silk Road spirit is showing more vitality, and the role of the Silk Road Television International Cooperation Community as a platform for international media exchange and cooperation will surely become more prominent. The Central Radio and Television General Station will work with partners to adhere to openness and tolerance and promote exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations; Strengthen technological innovation to jointly meet the opportunities and challenges in the all-media era; Broaden the scope of cooperation and unswervingly follow the road of unity, cooperation and win-win.

　　Jawad Mottaki, Vice Chairman of the Community and Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, and Abdourahim Suleiman, Secretary-General of the Arab Broadcasting Union, as well as media leaders such as Russian SPB TV Company, Italian National Radio and Television Company, and El Salvador TVX TV Station, made speeches or held thematic dialogues at the forum. Representatives from NBC, American Discovery Group, CJ Group of South Korea, Chia Tai Group of Thailand, Defu Media of Britain, Wild Bear Entertainment of Australia, PreTV Production Company of Austria, MediaPro Media Group of Spain, Intergrara Industrial Group of Argentina and other institutions attended or participated in the exchange and interaction in depth by video connection. Participants fully affirmed that China Central Radio and Television General Station and the community have United to fight the epidemic, reported the truth, led public opinion, conveyed confidence and accurate and reliable information, expressed sympathy and support to each other, worked together to overcome the difficulties, deepened international cooperation in film and television, played an important role in all-media integration communication channels, multi-level exchanges and transactions, and the development of film and television industry, and achieved important results; It is believed that the community has built a bridge to enhance communication and cooperation among countries along the Silk Road, and made important contributions to deepening the cultural and multicultural exchanges along the Silk Road and promoting the common aspiration and win-win development.

　　Yan Xiaoming, deputy director of the Central Radio and Television General Station, vice chairman and secretary general of the Community, Jiang Xiwei, deputy director of the Central Radio and Television General Station, members of the editorial board of the General Station, Sun Yusheng, Xue Jijun and Jiang Wenbo, and heads of relevant departments of the General Station attended the forum and witnessed the signing ceremony of the series of cooperation projects of the Community.

　　Tang Shiding, President of China International Television Corporation, released the annual work report of the 2020 Community at the forum, reviewed and summarized a series of new achievements made by the community in pragmatic cooperation and contrarian trend over the past year, and looked forward to the future development focus of the community. We will deepen innovative cooperation, work together to meet challenges, build a good platform for members and partners, broaden channels, optimize services, improve mechanisms and make good guarantees.

　　At the forum, the guests witnessed the annual theme work of cooperation among community members — — The world premiere release ceremony of the documentary A Tale of Two Cities Crossing the Silk Road, which tells the story of mutual learning between East and West civilizations and the United States and the United States, focuses on the premiere release ceremony of the Chinese-English co-produced documentary China: the ancient kingdom of nature in China National Park, the launching ceremony of the Sino-US co-produced documentary Historical Track, which tells the story of the founding of the Party for a hundred years from an international perspective, and the joint broadcast ceremony of the international version of the large-scale 4k ultra-high-definition documentary, which closely follows the pulse of the times and deeply praises scientific and technological innovation. Signing ceremony of cooperation intention for the second season of the Sino-British co-production documentary "China’s Treasure", opening ceremony of the international co-production cartoon "Panda+"series and other key projects were signed and released.

　　The "Golden Ribbon — — As a result of the "Special Contribution Award", the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, Defu Media Co., Ltd. of Britain and SPB TV Company of Russia won awards. Also released the 2020 "Golden Ribbon — — Excellent anti-epidemic programs "selection results, from China, the United States, Italian, Russian and other countries," We are together — — China and Italy join hands to fight the epidemic, Chronicle of Spring 2020, Apocalypse of Anti-epidemic, Italy TGCOM24 Thanks for the live connection of the Headquarters, World Watch special program, Winter Go to Spring Return — — China in the 2020 Epidemic, Dagestan Epidemic, and Special Report — — Eight works, including Vaccine, stood out and won awards.

　　As the world’s first international film and television media alliance with Silk Road as the link and facing all media, the Silk Road Television International Cooperation Community has held five consecutive summit forums since its establishment in 2016, becoming a highly recognized media comprehensive forum in the industry. After more than four years of development, the members and partners of the Community have grown to 136 institutions in 60 countries and regions, among which members from G7 and G20 countries account for nearly 60%, and have become an important force to promote international media cooperation and the prosperity and development of film and television, and build a powerful platform for building the "Belt and Road" with high quality, strengthening multicultural exchanges and promoting the communication between Chinese and foreign people.

　　(Photo: Liao Jiangheng, Meng Meiyi, Chen Kaiqiang)

Huaqiang North’s transformation from "the first electronic street in China" to "a beauty mecca" was interrupted by an anti-smuggling operation.

At the end of December 2020, the customs anti-smuggling department and the local police in Shenzhen jointly launched a centralized crackdown on gangs suspected of smuggling through cross-border e-commerce platforms, and investigated suspected smuggled shops in several shopping malls such as Huaqiang North Manha Beauty Trading Center. After investigation, criminal gangs were suspected of smuggling goods worth over 600 million yuan.

A big purge is inevitable.

On the first working day in 2021, the Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the public security departments jointly launched a major inspection on the smuggling and selling of fake cosmetics stalls in Huaqiang North, and many large cosmetics markets such as Mingtong Cosmetics Market and Manha Beauty Trading Center were closed for rectification from now on.

After the rectification, the reporter visited Huaqiang North Mingtong Beauty Market, Manha Beauty Trading Center, Yuanwang Shopping Mall and other places many times. These shopping malls have hung banners of "anti-smuggling, counterfeiting, building integrity and promoting development". Aftershocks are still being delayed, and beauty vendors withdraw their goods overnight and transfer their warehouses to Longgang and Longhua in Shenzhen to avoid rectification. A number of businesses plan to transfer their stores. Huaqiang went north to the critical moment.

Banners to crack down on smuggling can be seen everywhere in Huaqiang North. Photo by Times Weekly reporter.

"Smuggling has plagued Huaqiang North for many years, and the problem has never been cured." On January 7, Huang Liheng (pseudonym), who has been doing business in Huaqiang North for many years, disclosed to reporters that the smuggling methods of unscrupulous merchants are diverse and have undergone many "iterative evolutions".

In the early days, some unscrupulous merchants carried goods by smuggling, smuggling by fishing boats or trucks and taxis, and then developed "water passengers" to carry goods to avoid customs supervision; Recently, the modus operandi has escalated, and smuggling through cross-border e-commerce has become one of the main forms.

Some merchants have also broken through the regulatory restrictions through overseas purchasing and peer-to-peer collusion (merchants exchange different types of goods to enrich the types of goods). These goods that come through smuggling and abnormal channels are collectively referred to as "parallel imports" in Huaqiang North, and are shipped in large quantities through various channels, and the goods are scattered to various places.

Text | Liu Ting Tu Mengying

This article is reproduced from WeChat official account’s WeChat "Mammoth Plus" (ID: mengmashendu) under Time Weekly. The original article was first published on January 11, 2021, and the original title was "Deep | Starting the North American Cosmetic Smuggling Industry Chain in shenzhen huaqiang: Fake Customs Clearance in the Name of Cross-border E-commerce", which does not represent the view of the think tank.

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The smuggling chain has a clear division of labor

"Huaqiang North has a trade gene, and the market chose Huaqiang North." In Huang Liheng’s view, Huaqiang North’s e-commerce and supporting industrial chain are mature, with outstanding advantages in information, logistics and talents, making it a distribution center for beauty products.

According to the requirements of the General Administration of Customs, when importing goods, the information of "three orders" such as transaction, payment and logistics should be transmitted to the customs, and the customs will only release them after comparing the "three orders". In order to meet the requirements of "three orders are consistent", criminals buy other people’s identity information through illegal channels and create false "three orders" information.

The reporter learned from many people close to Huaqiang North that the participants in cross-border e-commerce smuggling include third-party operating platforms (platforms with cross-border e-commerce qualifications, such as foreign trade companies), logistics companies, payment companies, software development companies, etc., and their division of labor is clear:

Some e-commerce platforms have open ports, allowing customers to import sales data from other platforms for generating trading orders. There are even e-commerce platforms that provide so-called "special logistics services" to help customers transport cross-border e-commerce goods out of the bonded area.

Software development companies create false purchase information by importing illegally obtained resident identity information; The payment company fabricates payment information according to false orders; Logistics companies provide "empty delivery" and generate false logistics orders.

This is exactly the same as the modus operandi identified by the customs. On December 28, 2020, Yu Xiaopeng, deputy section chief of the investigation department of Shekou Branch of Shenzhen Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau, said in an interview with CCTV News that the smugglers organized the goods abroad and then handed them over to the customs clearance gang, and then the customs clearance gang used the personal information of citizens purchased through illegal channels to deceive the customs with false payment bills and false logistics bills, and transported the goods into China through cross-border e-commerce.

On January 7, Su Xiaofeng (pseudonym), a supplier of cosmetics market in Mingtong, told reporters that the supply of cosmetics market in Mingtong is different, and Estee Lauder, Chanel and YSL are from Europe and America. Baxian Bitong, Qingcao Ointment, Ray and other products are from Thailand; AHC, WHOO, Yueshi Fengyin, Kerun and other products are sourced from Japan and South Korea. In addition, some of Mingtong’s products come from Russia and Vietnam. Although the price is lower, the logistics cost is high.

"I learned that a team has deployed more than 400 people in South Korea to purchase, enter personal information through plug-in software, and generate personal orders. They get goods in Korean duty-free shops on a large scale, and they can also get low-priced discounts. The purchased products are first sent to Hong Kong and then shipped to Shenzhen. " Su Xiaofeng revealed.

Huaqiang North, which is still moving goods at night, was photographed by a reporter from Time Weekly.

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How to break through the duty-free limit?

According to the Notice on Improving the Tax Policy of Retail Import in cross-border electronic commerce jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration of Taxation (hereinafter referred to as the Notice), the single transaction limit of cross-border electronic commerce’s retail import goods is raised from RMB 2,000 to RMB 5,000, and the annual transaction limit is raised from RMB 20,000 to RMB 26,000. This regulation will be implemented as of January 1, 2019.

How to break through the upper limit of duty-free quota is the most critical link in the smuggling chain.

"Smugglers get other people’s identity information out and steal his quota. They plug-in software to obtain private information, and can steal more than 10,000 pieces of personal information at a time. It is better to use the information of people who have gone abroad less. They are almost not in consumption abroad, so it is difficult to find that the credit line has been stolen. When an identity quota is used up, it will be kicked out of the list library. " Su Xiaofeng said. Su Xiaofeng refused to disclose details such as the source of personal identity information, the name of plug-in software and whether the software was developed by the team itself.

"Water passengers" are favored by more small businesses because of their simple operation, although their single cargo volume is small.

On January 10th, Jia Lin (a pseudonym), a purchasing agent, told reporters that the upper limit of individual customs clearance is 5,000 yuan, and the purchasing agent will calculate and distribute the goods to ensure that the goods carried by each "water passenger" do not exceed this upper limit, and the customs clearance will be carried out in the form of "ants moving". The customs will conduct spot checks on customs clearance individuals, and frequent "water passengers" are also likely to be punished.

"Before the epidemic, many online purchasing agents hired people to go to Hongkong to carry goods, and each person was paid from 200 yuan to 300 yuan every day. White households who have not been in Hong Kong for half a year can get higher remuneration. " Jia Lin said.

On January 7, Xu Minhua (pseudonym), who has been engaged in the foreign trade industry in Shenzhen for 10 years, told reporters that individuals have a tax-free ceiling for overseas shopping and do not enjoy tax-free concessions for purchasing in the name of the company. Companies need to obtain import and export rights before they can purchase overseas. After purchasing, they have to declare the purchase scale and price to the customs, and they can only enter the customs after being approved, but they have to pay corresponding taxes.

Some unscrupulous companies also have the means to clear customs with low taxes and fees. They "exchange civet cats for princes" and declare products with lower taxes and fees, but actually replace them with products with higher taxes and fees, or mix products with different taxes and fees to achieve the purpose of tax evasion. "Some are transported in containers, and some are cleared with other companies." Xu Minhua said.

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Upstream procurement modes are different.

Many merchants in Huaqiang North told reporters that the customs clearance methods of "parallel imports" are different, and the upstream procurement methods are also different: small businesses rely on purchasing to spell orders, medium-sized businesses collude with their peers, and large businesses take advantage of funds to prepay the payment in advance, which has already appeared. Financial practice.

Purchasing is the main force supporting the sales of beauty products.

On January 8, Lin Lin (pseudonym), a practitioner of Huaqiang North Beauty Shop, told reporters that Huaqiang North Beauty Market has obvious advantages in low price and is very popular among purchasing people. "This is especially true after Hong Kong is closed." Purchasing often forms a group of "spelling orders" and goes to Huaqiang North to purchase in large quantities. These purchasing agents "open a group" in their respective customer groups. A bottle of 300ml Lancome powder water is sold at Tmall flagship store for 435 yuan, and the group price can be as low as 205 yuan.

Lin Lin said that the greater the purchase volume, the lower the purchase price. Vendors usually buy a single beauty product in large quantities and then string goods with other businesses. Objectively speaking, cross-selling can also reduce the financial pressure on merchants to hoard goods.

On January 8, Guo Jiawen (pseudonym), who is familiar with Huaqiang North Beauty Market, said that the market is now mature, and there have been many kinds of financial methods for Huaqiang North smugglers. In order to get a lower purchase price, many people will use the "single-order" procurement model to set up a procurement fund to focus on overseas shopping.

"The price of beauty products fluctuates greatly, and buyers will pay in advance to lock the price and receive the goods later. Due to the large purchase volume, the purchase fund will also affect the price trend of products to a certain extent. Once Huaqiang North sneezed, and the national electronic market caught a cold. Now several large procurement funds can affect product prices, and the (market) is so fierce. " Guo Jiawen said.

"Parallel imports" are also mixed with "fake goods" and flow to the market together.

"Real goods are sold to first-and second-tier cities or professional beauty markets, and fakes are sold to third-and fourth-tier cities or personal beauty shops." According to Lin Lin, most smuggled goods in Huaqiang North are mixed with fakes and sold together.

Lin Lin calculated an account: the entrance fee for ordinary stalls in the cosmetics market in Mingtong started at 300,000 yuan, and the minimum monthly rent was about 30,000 yuan/square meter. The monthly rent for stalls of 10 square meters was 300,000 yuan, plus the deposit for shopping malls, purchase funds and labor costs, etc., a store had to operate at least one million yuan per month.

"If we only rely on selling parallel imports, the money for tax evasion cannot support such a large scale of funds." Lin Lin said that Huaqiang North beauty vendors mostly sell in a mixed way. "Some merchants will mix 10% of fakes in the same batch, and some merchants are 100% fakes."

Huaqiang North’s "one-stop shopping" propaganda, photo by Time Weekly reporter.

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When anti-smuggling is going on

Over the years, the regulatory authorities have always maintained a high-pressure situation on smuggling, and repeatedly concentrated on rectifying and regulating the supply of Huaqiang North to maintain market order.

In May 2013, Shenzhen Customs and Shenzhen police successfully destroyed a "water passenger" network smuggling well-known brand mobile phones, and smashed 16 "water passenger" smuggling gangs, involving 105 suspects, with a case value of nearly 1 billion yuan.

According to the official disclosure at that time, this was the largest smuggling case involving the largest amount and the largest number of people detected in Shenzhen during the decade from 2003 to 2013. It is mainly composed of smuggling gangs at all levels, such as overseas cargo gangs, port "water passengers" customs clearance gangs, and domestic collection and delivery gangs. In the same year, Shenzhen Customs launched nine large-scale operations against "water passengers" in succession, and destroyed 72 smuggling gangs of electronic products, with a case value of nearly 3 billion yuan.

Huaqiang North, once the national gathering place of electronic and digital products, has gradually transformed into the beauty industry in recent years. Some unscrupulous merchants have also begun to use cross-border e-commerce platforms to smuggle beauty products to gain product price advantages.

On January 8, Gong Zhuo, a lawyer of Beijing Deheheng (Shanghai) Law Firm, told reporters that according to the provisions of the Notice, the domestic buyers of cross-border e-commerce retail imports must be individuals and may not sell them again. In the smuggling case of beauty cosmetics in Huaqiang North, the beauty cosmetics imported by merchants are sold in China. This "B2B" trade should be imported through "general trade", and customs duties and value-added tax in the import link should be paid. In the case of high-end beauty cosmetics, consumption tax is also required.

"Merchants should buy goods imported by’ general trade’ in the name of cross-border e-commerce retail imports, forge personal purchase information, enjoy preferential tax rates that they cannot enjoy, and it is also a smuggling act of falsely reporting trade." Gong Zhuo analyzed and pointed out.

According to the "Notice", if the single transaction of cross-border electronic commerce retail imported goods is less than RMB 5,000, and the personal annual transaction limit is less than RMB 26,000, the tariff rate is 0%; Import value-added tax and consumption tax are levied at 70% of the statutory tax payable.

On January 10th, Bai Wenxi, chief economist of IP Global China, told reporters that the spontaneously formed market is inevitably disturbed by problems such as disorder of order and product quality. "Market practitioners and regulatory authorities should adapt to changing needs, focus on the sustainable development and sustained prosperity of the industry, and do a good job in maintaining industry norms and order." Bai Wenxi said.

Extended reading

Almost all the beauty shops are closed! "The Change of Huaqiang North" is mired in the "smuggling vortex" of 600 million yuan …

Shenzhen Huaqiang North was once known as "the first electronic street in China". At present, most merchants here are engaged in beauty products instead. However, after investigation, Shenzhen Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau found that behind the dazzling array of brand-name cosmetics, there is a criminal chain of smuggling through cross-border e-commerce platforms.

This article was reprinted from WeChat WeChat official account’s "CCTV Finance" (ID： cctvyscj), and the original text was first published on January 7, 2021 with the title "Almost all beauty shops are closed! "The change of Huaqiang North" is deeply involved in the "smuggling vortex" of 600 million yuan … ",which does not represent the view of a think tank.

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Shenzhen Customs cracked the smuggling case of famous brand cosmetics.

The case value exceeds 600 million yuan.

CC beauty cosmetics in Huaqiang North Mingtong Digital Mall is one of the key places in this investigation. The anti-smuggling police found here that in addition to internationally renowned brand cosmetics made in Europe and America, there are many cosmetics made in Japan and South Korea, covering skin care water, eye shadow, lipstick, sunscreen and other varieties.

After counting, the value of the goods seized on the spot is about 2 million yuan. In Huaqiang North, the anti-smuggling police also investigated several suspected smuggling shops in shopping malls such as Harman Digital Plaza. After investigation, criminal gangs were suspected of smuggling goods worth more than 600 million yuan.

Yu Xiaopeng, deputy section chief of the investigation department of Shekou Branch of Shenzhen Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau, said that these four gangs include customs clearance gangs and cargo owners gangs, which buy personal information of citizens through illegal channels, create false orders, false payment bills and false logistics bills, and then deceive the customs and transport goods into China.

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Huaqiang North Beauty Shop is almost closed.

Shelf emptying

At present, how is the operation of Huaqiang North Business Circle?

The reporter saw at the scene that more than 98% of the beauty shops in Huaqiang North’s business district are still in a closed state, and the shelves in the store are empty, and there is almost no spot. Some merchants still post WeChat QR codes or mobile phone numbers outside the store, which is convenient for customers to contact.

Red banners such as "Combating Smuggling, Benefiting the Country and the People, Participation by the Whole People, Prohibiting Smuggling", "Prospering Business with Honesty, Abiding by the Law and Win-Win" are posted everywhere in these shopping malls, and some of them are marked with "Announcement of Huaqiang North Sub-district Office" in the lower right corner.

Although the stores have been closed, there are still people coming and going in the major beauty cities, and many of them are beauty practitioners who come to inquire about the situation.

Huaqiang North beauty practitioners said: "Because the goods are sent back from various duty-free shops, without formal customs declaration and tax payment, its price will definitely be cheap."

It is understood that China’s laws stipulate that "the contents that should be indicated on the outer packaging, instructions and small packages of imported cosmetics must be recorded in Chinese". Once the businesses that sell illegally are reported or found by relevant departments, they will be fined and closed for rectification.

From the once "China Electronic First Street" to the once prosperous beauty store, the transformation of Huaqiang North was once considered as a gorgeous turn. This severe action against smuggling has once again plunged Huaqiang North into the whirlpool of "parallel imports" and "fake goods". The state’s strict investigation and rectification of Huaqiang North Beauty City is to better correct the market. If Huaqiang North wants to find its former glory, it can no longer be opportunistic, but needs a real foundation.

The article comes from Mammoth PLUS by Liu Ting Tu Mengying.

Original title: "Gorgeous transformation" of the most prosperous street in China … failed! 》

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