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This August, the domestic animated film "Nezha" broke many movie viewing records and has been released overseas in Australia and New Zealand; various regions have further strengthened the management of foreign teachers; two people were admitted to Peking University through the national special program Candidates who withdrew from the program were later re-admitted; Shanxi Qiao Family Courtyard was revoked from the 5A scenic spot quality level; the topic "Shanghai Disney prohibits bringing your own food and drinks defendant" was on the Weibo hot search; the high-cost film "Shanghai Fortress" Both box office and word-of-mouth collapsed; the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council released the "Opinions on Supporting Shenzhen in Building a Pioneer Demonstration Zone of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics"; various celebration activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China were announced.
Personality rights
personality rights
html On August 22, the third review draft of the Personal Rights Section of the Civil Code was submitted to the 12th session of the 13th National People’s Congress Standing Committee for review. The third review draft further expanded the scope of personal information.In the second version of the draft, personal information included an individual's name, birthdate, identity card number, fingerprints, home address and phone number.
In the second version of the draft, personal information included an individual's name, birthdate, identity card number, fingerprints, home address and phone number. Number, personal biometric information, address, phone number, etc.
Email addresses and information about a person's whereabouts will be considered personal information under the latest draft section on personal rights in the civil code. The third review draft of
also clarified that "processing of personal information" includes "use, processing, transmission, supply and disclosure of personal information".
The third draft of the draft further clarifies and improves the definitions of personality rights and privacy, stipulating:
Personality rights are the rights to life, body, and health enjoyed by civil subjects. , name rights, portrait rights, reputation rights, privacy rights (rights of one's life, human body, health, name, identity, image, reputation and privacy) and other rights.
modified the definition of privacy to "the private space, activity or information that a person does not want others to know (the private space, activity or information that a person does not want others to know)", And added regulations: no organization or individual could search, enter, peer into or shoot others' private space, such as hotel rooms.
Loan prime rate
loan prime rate (LPR)
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced Sunday that it will replace the loan benchmark interest rate with the loan prime rate (LPR) as a benchmark for setting the interest rate of newly issued commercial individual housing loans.
html On August 25, the People's Bank of China announced that the pricing basis for new commercial individual housing loan interest rates will be changed from the loan benchmark interest rate to the loan market quoted interest rate.[Explanation of terms]
The loan prime rate (LPR) refers to the loan interest rate (lending rates for their best customers) executed by each quoting bank based on the lending rates for their best customers, which is formed by adding points to the open market operating interest rate. Submit their LPR quotations based on what they have bid for PBOC liquidity in open market operations, an interest rate calculated and published by the National Interbank Loans Center authorized by the People's Bank of China.
Currently, the deposit and loan interest rates implemented by commercial banks are based on the benchmark deposit and lending rate announced by the central bank.
Starting from Oct. 8, the interest rate of newly issued commercial individual housing loans will be based on lastest month's LPR of the corresponding term, while certain basis points will be added, the PBOC said in a statement. Housing loan contracts already inked or in implementation will not be affected by the new rules.
The announcement issued by the central bank stated that starting from October 8, the interest rate of newly issued commercial personal housing loans will be based on the loan prime rate (LPR) of the corresponding period in the most recent month. The benchmark is formed by adding points. The existing personal housing loan interest rates are not affected by the new policy.
After the pricing benchmark conversion, the housing loan interest rate for first-time buyers should not be lower than the LPR of the corresponding term (the housing loan interest rate for first-time buyers should not be lower than the LPR of the corresponding term) nationwide, based on August The LPR of more than 5 years on August 20 is calculated as 4.85%; the interest rate of a second personal housing loan shall not be lower than the LPR of the corresponding period plus 60 basis points (calculated as 5.45% based on the LPR of more than 5 years on August 20), which is consistent with the current personal housing loan rate in my country. The actual lowest interest rates on loans are basically at the same level of the current lowest personal mortgage loan rate.
Announcement stated that the provincial branches of the People's Bank of China should follow the principle of "city-specific policies", based on the unified national credit policy, and based on changes in the local real estate market situation, determine the first and second commercial personal housing loans within their jurisdiction. A basis point addition floor will be decided based on the development of local property markets. Banking financial institutions should reasonably determine the specific point value for each loan based on the lower point limit.
Interest rate policies for individual housing loans via one's housing provident fund will stay unchanged.
Provident Fund individual housing loan interest rate policies will not be adjusted temporarily.
The relevant person in charge of the central bank said that this adjustment is to implement the positioning of "housing is for living in, not for speculation (housing is for living in, not for speculation)" and the long-term management mechanism of the real estate market (a long-term management mechanism). -term management mechanism for the real estate market) to ensure smooth and orderly conversion of pricing benchmarks and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of both borrowers and lenders.
New Pilot Free Trade Zone
new pilot FTZs
A few days ago, the State Council issued the "Overall Plan for China (Shandong), (Jiangsu), (Guangxi), (Hebei), (Yunnan), and (Heilongjiang) Free Trade Pilot Zones."
Setting up new pilot FTZs is "a major decision by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council and a strategic move to advance reform and opening-up in the new era," the plan said.
The plan states that the new pilot FTZs The pilot trade zone is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It is a strategic measure to promote reform and opening up in the new era.
This will bring the total number of the country's pilot FTZs to 18, which serve as pioneers of the country's reform and opening-up as they test new styles of foreign investment management, trade facilitation and transformation of government functions to better integrate the economy with international practices.
The free trade pilot zone is the pioneer of my country's reform and opening up. It is a test field for new foreign investment management, trade facilitation and the transformation of government functions, so that our country's economy can better integrate with international practices. At this point, the total number of free trade pilot zones in my country will reach 18.
The "Overall Plan" proposes differentiated reform pilot tasks with different focuses.
The Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone focuses on accelerating the conversion of new and old development momentum, developing the marine economy, and forming a new highland for opening up to the outside world. It proposes to cultivate new trade formats and new models (nurture new businesses) and accelerate the development of marine specialty industries (develop the marine economy). and explore China-Japan-Republic of Korea economic cooperation at the sub-national level.
Jiangsu Pilot Free Trade Zone focuses on creating a pioneer zone for open economic development, innovative development of real economy and demonstration zone for industrial transformation and upgrade. Specific measures have been taken to improve the level of overseas investment cooperation, strengthen financial support for the real economy, and support innovation and development of the manufacturing industry.
The Guangxi Free Trade Pilot Zone focuses on the construction of a new international land-sea trade channel for international land-sea trade targeting ASEAN at the southwest, central, and northwest seaports and ASEAN, forming the 21st century Maritime Silk Road and Silk Road economy. As an important gateway with organic connections, specific measures have been proposed to smooth international channels, create a pilot zone of cooperation with the ASEAN region, and create a gateway port for land and sea connectivity in the west.
Hebei Free Trade Pilot Zone focuses on building a key hub for international trade and logistics, a new industrialization base, a global innovation highland and an open development pioneer zone, and proposes to support the development of international commodity trade, Specific measures to support the opening up of biomedicine- and healthcare-related industries.
The Yunnan Pilot Free Trade Zone focuses on building an important channel of connectivity for the Belt and Road and the Yangtze River economic belt and building an important node connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia. , to promote the formation of my country's radiating center and open frontier for South Asia and Southeast Asia, and proposed specific measures to innovate modes of cross-border economic cooperation and increase international cooperation in the field of science and technology.
The Heilongjiang Pilot Free Trade Zone focuses on deepening industrial structure adjustment and creating a central hub for regional cooperation with Russia and Northeast Asia. It proposes to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the real economy, promote innovation-driven development and build a strategic cooperation center for Russia and Northeast Asia. Specific measures such as building a transportation and logistics hub to facilitate cooperation with Russia and Northeast Asia. The
plan emphasizes that during the construction of the free trade pilot zone, it is necessary to strengthen bottom-line thinking and risk awareness, improve the risk control and response mechanism (improve mechanism of risk control and response), achieve stable, safe and efficient operation of the region, and effectively safeguard national security and society. Safety (safeguard national and social security). Give full play to the enthusiasm of local governments and departments, implement various reform pilot tasks, and build high-quality free trade pilot zones with high standards.
New version of Chinese textbooks
new Chinese textbooks
The Ministry of Education recently held a press conference to introduce the situation of unified textbooks for the three high school subjects. Starting from September this year, the unified textbooks for high school ideological and political, Chinese, and history subjects will be used first in six provinces (cities): Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shandong, Hainan, and Liaoning. Other provinces and cities will also use the new textbooks by 2022.
"The new Chinese textbooks boast a selection of 67 classic works of ancient poetry and prose that account for 49.3 percent of all articles," said Wen Rumei, editor-in-chief of the new Chinese textbooks, at a press conference held by the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Tuesday.
Chief editor of ordinary high school Chinese textbooks Wen Rumin introduced that in the new unified Chinese textbooks, a total of 67 ancient poems (firsts) were selected, accounting for 49.3% of the total number of texts.
[Vocabulary explanation]
These nouns all mean "article" or "thesis". Composition mostly refers to the composition exercises given to students by teachers in schools; article mostly refers to non-literary articles published in newspapers and magazines, including news reports, academic papers, etc.; prose specifically refers to prose.Paper is American English, and the corresponding British English is essay. In universities, it generally refers to an article. It is a part of the exam score and is not a monograph paper. Both thesis and dissertation can be translated as thesis or graduation thesis in Chinese, and sometimes they can be used interchangeably to mean doctoral thesis or master's thesis. However, strictly speaking, the use and definition of these two words are very different between British universities and American universities. It can be said that they are exactly the opposite: British doctoral thesis is generally thesis, which refers to a creative monograph paper, and master's thesis is dissertation. ; In the United States, dissertation refers to the highest level, in-depth, and original graduation thesis, that is, a doctoral thesis, and thesis mostly refers to a master's thesis.
It is reported that the new Chinese textbooks select classic articles featuring traditional Chinese culture, ranging from ancient styles, folk music, quatrains, metrical verse to lyrics and music. From the prose of various scholars to historical prose, from treatises of the Han Dynasty, poetry of the Wei and Jin Dynasties to ancient prose of the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, from classical novels to vernacular novels, they are all presented.
The textbook puts special emphasis on China's revolutionary history, including five articles written by late Chinese leader Mao Zedong and five articles by prominent modern Chinese writer Lu Xun, who was a leading figure in the New Culture Movement in the 1910s, Wen said.
Wen Rumin He said that the Chinese teaching materials selected works that reflect the history of the revolution, including Mao Zedong 's five (first) articles, and five articles by Lu Xun, the pioneer of the "New Culture Movement" at the beginning of the last century.
It also includes more than 10 foreign classic articles as well as those reflecting China's achievements, he added.
The textbook also includes more than 10 foreign classic articles as well as those reflecting my country's achievements, he added.
Regarding the recitation problem, Wen Rumin said that the number of ancient poems and essays recited is not very high. "High schools are required to recite only 20 ancient poems and essays. If calculated over three years, the average recitation of six or seven poems per school year is not very many."
Medal of the Republic
the Medal of the Republic
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Party Central Committee decided to carry out the centralized selection and awarding of the National Medal (the Medal of the Republic) and national honorary titles (national titles of honor) for the first time, and solemnly commend a group of A meritorious model figure who has made outstanding contributions to the construction and development of New China.
Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin, has been nominated for China's Medal of the Republic.
Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin, has been nominated for China's Medal of the Republic. Selected into the "Medal of the Republic" recommended list.
Besides Tu, seven other role models have been nominated for the honor, including Zhang Fuqing, a 94-year-old war hero who served as a soldier in the Chinese People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War (1946-49) and was awarded twice the title of "Combat Hero", and Yuan Longping, a Chinese agricultural expert who is also called the "father of hybrid rice".
In addition to Tu Youyou, 94-year-old Zhang Fuqing was also selected for the "Medal of the Republic" recommendations As well as seven people including Yuan Longping, my country’s agricultural expert and “the father of hybrid rice”. Zhang Fuqing won many military exploits in the hail of bullets during the War of Liberation, and was awarded the title of "Combat Hero" twice.
Another 28 figures have been nominated for a national honorary title.
Another 28 figures have been nominated for a national honorary title.
Among the candidates are Nan Rendong, the founding scientist of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST); Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and Cheng Kaijia, a nuclear weapons expert who participated in experiments of the country's first atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and the combination of the two bombs.
including Nan Rendong, the proposer of the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) project concept, Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Cheng Kaijia, a pioneer in my country's nuclear weapons industry and a nuclear weapons expert who participated in and presided over the first atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb tests, as well as the "two bombs" combined with flight test.
[my country’s Meritorious Honor Commendation System]
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in order to establish a meritorious honor commendation system with Chinese characteristics, the Party Central Committee has established a “1+1+3” system construction plan. That is, the Party Central Committee formulates a guiding document, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress formulates a law, and relevant parties formulate regulations for commending meritorious service within the party, the country, and the military.
At present, China has established a unified, standardized and authoritative commendation system for meritorious service and honors with "five chapters and one book" as the backbone.
"Five Chapters" refers to "the Medal of the Republic", "the July 1 Medal", " the August 1 Medal", " the Friendship Medal" (the Friendship Medal)" and national titles of honor; "One Book" refers to the Book of Merit.
"The Medal of the Republic"
is awarded to those with great contributions and distinguished service for the Party, the country and the people, This is a national medal decided by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and issued by the President of the People's Republic of China in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and laws. It is the highest honor of the country.
"The July 1 Medal"
is awarded to CPC members who have made great contributions to the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the construction of the CPC), which is the highest honor in the party (the highest honor of the CPC) decided by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and issued by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
"The August 1 Medal" (first awarded on July 28, 2017)
is awarded to military personnel who have made outstanding achievements in safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and promoting national defense and military modernization ( servicemen and women who have strongly safeguarded the country's sovereignty, national security and benefit, and who have made outstanding contributions to the development of national defense and the modernization of the military), which is decided by the Central Military Commission and issued by the Chairman of the Central Military Commission And awarded the highest honor of the military.
On July 28, 2017, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Central Military Commission awarded the "August 1st Medal" for the first time to Mai Xiande, Ma Weiming, Li Zhonghua, Wang Zhongxin, Jing Haipeng, Cheng Kaijia, and Wei Changjin Comrades such as Wang Gang, Leng Pengfei and Yin Chunrong were the first batch of comrades to be awarded the "August 1st Medal".
"The Friendship Medal" (first awarded on June 8, 2018)
is awarded to foreigners who have made outstanding contributions to my country's socialist modernization drive, promotion of Sino-foreign exchanges and cooperation, and maintenance of world peace. Outstanding contributions to China's socialist modernization drive, promoted exchange and cooperation between China and the world, and helped maintain world peace), the country's highest honor.
On June 8, 2018, President Xi Jinping awarded the first "Medal of Friendship" to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
National titles of honor
are awarded to outstanding figures who have made significant contributions and enjoy high reputations in various fields and industries such as economy, society, national defense, diplomacy, education, science and technology, culture, health, sports, etc. made great contributions and earned reputations in fields such as economy, society, national defense, diplomacy, education, science, culture, health and sports).
Book of Merit
In order to keep a record of these medal recipients and their achievements (to keep a record of these medal recipients and their achievements), the Party, State, and Army Merit Books have also been specially established.
National Day celebration events
celebration events on National Day
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the capital Beijing will hold a grand and warm celebration.
htmlOn August 29, Wang Xiaohui, Executive Vice Minister of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, briefed reporters on the arrangements for the celebrations at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office. Responsible comrades from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Beijing Municipality, and the Military Parade Leading Group Office jointly attended the press conference and answered reporters' questions.President Xi Jinping will attend a grand gathering to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on Oct. 1. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will deliver an important speech at the event, said Wang Xiaohui.
Wang Xiaohui introduced that on October 1, a grand meeting to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in Tiananmen Square. . Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission , delivered an important speech.
A military parade and mass pageantry will be held following the gathering, Wang said.
A grand military parade and mass pageantry will be held following the gathering, Wang said.
Cai Zhijun, deputy director of the Parade Leading Group Office and deputy director of the Operations Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, said:
The parade will be larger than those marking the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the PRC's founding and the 70th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) in 2015.
Compared with the military parades celebrating the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the military parades commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, this military parade is larger in scale.
The Tian'anmen Square parade will debut advanced weapons and equipment, he said, adding that all equipment displayed is domestically developed and in service. It will consist of square formations of marching soldiers from different forces and types of vehicles and equipment as well as air formations.
The Tiananmen military parade will be divided into foot formations, equipment formations and aerial echelons. Among them, the equipment reviewed by the equipment formation is all domestically produced equipment in active service, and many advanced weapons and equipment are making their debut.
The celebration activities mainly include the following arrangements:
First, a grand celebration meeting, military parade and mass march are held.
On October 1, a grand gathering to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the name of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the Central Military Commission. the founding of the People's Republic of China), Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chairman of the State Council, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered important speeches. After the celebration, a grand military parade and mass pageantry will be held.
The second is to hold the National Day celebration in the capital.
html On the evening of October 1st, a grand evening gala in Tian'anmen Square was held in Beijing. Party and state leaders held a party with representatives from all walks of life in the capital and watched performances and a fireworks show.The third is to award national medals and national honorary titles.
A grand awarding ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the People. Outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics and defended the country, established outstanding merits, high moral character, and are recognized by the masses will be recognized for their contributions to China's socialist modernization and promotion of Sino-foreign exchanges. Foreigners who have made outstanding contributions to cooperation and maintaining world peace, and outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions in various fields and industries, enjoy high reputations, have high moral character, and are recognized by the masses, will be awarded the "Medal of the Republic" (the Medals of the Republic), "Medals of Friendship" and national titles of honor. President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China will personally award medals, medals and issue certificates.
Fourth, a flower basket-laying ceremony was held to honor the people’s hero Xi Jinping.
html On September 3, 30html, Martyrs' Day, a flower basket ceremony (present flowers to deceased national heroes) was held in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes (the Monument to the People's Heroes) in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, to commemorate the heroes and martyrs. Party and state leaders and representatives from all walks of life in the capital participated.On the fifth day, a National Day reception was held.
In the name of President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China, a grand National Day reception was held at the Great Hall of the People. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered important speeches.
Sixth, the National Day Gala was held.
held an evening gala featuring music and dance at the Great Hall of the People to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This gala will be presented in the form of a large-scale music and dance epic called "Strive, Sons and Daughters of China."
The seventh is to hold a large-scale achievement exhibition to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
html Starting from September 19, a large-scale exhibition on the achievements of the PRC in the past seven decades will be held at the Beijing Exhibition Hall to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.The eighth is to issue the commemorative medal "Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China".
In the name of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council , and the Central Military Commission, we would like to pay tribute to the living veterans and comrades who participated in the work on the revolution before the founding of the PRC, Living individuals who received honors and awards at the State level and above after the founding of the PRC (living individuals who received honors and awards at the State level and above after the founding of the PRC), who were awarded first class for participating in the war after the founding of the People's Republic of China Living service personnel and veterans who received honors above the first-class merit citation for fighting wars after the founding of the PRC and international personnel who have made outstanding contributions to the founding of the People's Republic of China Foreign friends who have made outstanding contributions to the founding of the PRC were awarded the "medals in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the PRC".
Nine is the production and broadcast of large-scale documentary feature films.
takes the glorious achievements of the People's Republic of China in the past seven decades as its main content and produces and broadcasts a large documentary on the achievements of the PRC in the past seven decades. It is broadcast on the prime time of CCTV on the eve of National Day. At the same time, we will also launch a batch of outstanding works of art in traditional opera, music, dance and fine arts that celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and have a high ideological and artistic level. art), screen a number of films and TV series on key themes, and launch a number of key publications.
Ten is the issuance of commemorative stamps and coins.
With the theme of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a set of commemorative coins and a set of commemorative stamps (commemorative coins and stamps) were issued.
(China Daily English Tips Ma Wenying)
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